1981 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1981 Torneo Descentralizado was the sixty-fifth season of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season was divided into two phases. Melgar won its first national title and become the first club outside the Lima Region to win the title.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season1981
Dates8 March 1981 –
31 January 1982
ChampionsMelgar
1st Primera División title
RelegatedAtlético Torino
Copa LibertadoresMelgar
Deportivo Municipal
Top goalscorerJose Carranza (15 goals)
← 1980
1982 →

Format

The national league was divided into two phases. The first phase divided the sixteen teams into groups. Each team was placed into one of four groups depending on the region where the club was located. This dubbed regional tournament was contested in this season because the Peru national football team was using domestic players in preparation for the 1982 World Cup Qualifiers. In order to reduce the impact of the absence of these key players in the national league, the regional tournament was played in which the winner contested the second berth to the 1982 Copa Libertadores against the Descentralizado runner-up. The second phase of the league was the Descentralizado in which all sixteen teams competed in a single league table and its winner was crowned national champion while its runner-up faced the first phase winner for the second berth of the Copa Libertadores.

Teams
Locations of the 1981 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alfonso UgartePunoEnrique Torres Belón20,000Grass
Alianza LimaLa Victoria, LimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
ADTTarmaUnión Tarma9,000Grass
Atlético ChalacoCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Atlético TorinoTalaraCampeonísimo8,000Grass
CNIIquitosMax Augustín24,000Grass
Coronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850Grass
Deportivo JunínHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Deportivo MunicipalCercado de LimaNacional45,750Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
León de HuánucoHuánucoHeraclio Tapia15,000Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalRímac, LimaNacional45,750Grass
Unión HuaralHuaralJulio Lores Colan10,000Grass
UniversitarioBreña, LimaNacional45,750Grass

Torneo Regional

The Torneo Regional was divided into 4 groups. The groups of the North, South and Central had its group winners advance to a Provincial final group where the top two advanced to the semifinals of the regional tournament. In the Metropolitan group, the top two advanced directly to the semifinals.

Group stage

The North, Central, and South followed these rules:

  • 2 points were given for a win;
  • 1 point for a draw;
  • No points for a loss.

Grupo Norte
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Juan Aurich 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 5
2 Atlético Torino 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 4[lower-alpha 1] Final Provincial
3 CNI 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 3
Source:
Notes:
  1. Torino appealed Juan Aurich's qualification to the next round.
Results
Home \ Away TOR CNI AUR
Atlético Torino 1–1 3–1
CNI 2–1 0–0
Juan Aurich 1–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grupo Central
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ADT 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 9 Final Provincial
2 León de Huánuco 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 8
3 Unión Huaral 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 4
4 Deportivo Junín 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 3
Source:
Results
Home \ Away ADT JUN LEO HUA
ADT 2–0 2–0 2–1
Deportivo Junín 1–2 2–2 2–0
León de Huánuco 3–2 1–0 2–0
Unión Huaral 2–2 3–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grupo Sur
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melgar 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 5 Final Provincial
2 Coronel Bolognesi 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 4
3 Alfonso Ugarte 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3
Source:
Results
Home \ Away ALF BOL MEL
Alfonso Ugarte 1–0 2–2
Coronel Bolognesi 2–0 2–0
Melgar 3–1 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Provincial
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melgar 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 4 Fase Eliminatoria
2 ADT 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3 Atlético Torino 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Source:
Results
Home \ Away ADT TOR MEL
ADT 1–1 —
Atlético Torino — 1–2
Melgar 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grupo Metropolitano

This group had special rules. Matches ending in draws were decided by a penalty shootout.

  • 3 points were given for a win;
  • 2 points were given for a win after a penalty shootout;
  • 1 point for a draw;
  • No points for a loss or loss after a penalty shootout.

In addition, the top two of this group advanced to the semifinals.

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts Resv. Total Qualification
1 Universitario 1052031310+3198.027Fase Eliminatoria
2 Deportivo Municipal 106013138+5187.525.5Fase Eliminatoria
3 Alianza Lima 1061031310+3202.522.5
4 Atlético Chalaco 103016812-494.513.5
5 Sport Boys 1031151215-3111.012
6 Sporting Cristal 1021251014-482.510.5
  • Alianza Lima did not advance to the semifinals due to a parallel reserve tournament that was favorable to Universitario (champion) and Deportivo Municipal (runner-up).
Results
Home \ Away ALI CHA MUN SBA CRI UNI
Alianza Lima 1–0 1–3 3–2 2–2 3–1
Atlético Chalaco 0–1 0–2 4–2 2–0 0–0
Deportivo Municipal 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1
Sport Boys 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1
Sporting Cristal 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–3
Universitario 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fase Eliminatoria
Semifinals Finals
          
1 Deportivo Municipal 3 0 3
4 ADT 0 1 1
Deportivo Municipal 0 1 1
Universitario 0 1 1
3 Universitario 2 0 2
2 Melgar 0 1 1
  • No winner in finals after two matches. Play-off was contested to determine winner.

Play-off
10 June 1981 Deportivo Municipal 1–0 Universitario Estadio Nacional

Torneo Descentralizado

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Melgar 30 16 8 6 39 22 +17 40 1982 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 30 16 7 7 48 30 +18 39 Copa Libertadores play-off
3 Alianza Lima 30 16 4 10 51 33 +18 36
4 Alfonso Ugarte 30 14 8 8 43 32 +11 36
5 León de Huánuco 30 10 13 7 30 30 0 33
6 Atlético Chalaco 30 10 12 8 38 30 +8 32
7 Sport Boys 30 9 12 9 41 37 +4 30
8 Deportivo Junín 30 11 6 13 39 45 −6 28
9 Sporting Cristal 30 8 12 10 30 38 −8 28
10 CNI 30 9 9 12 35 40 −5 27
11 Deportivo Municipal 30 8 11 11 33 41 −8 27 Copa Libertadores play-off
12 Coronel Bolognesi 30 10 6 14 29 35 −6 26
13 Juan Aurich 30 6 14 10 21 33 −12 26
14 ADT 30 9 7 14 27 31 −4 25
15 Unión Huaral 30 7 10 13 28 44 −16 24
16 Atlético Torino 30 10 3 17 34 45 −11 23 1982 Copa Perú
Source:

Results
Home \ Away ADT UGA ALI CHA TOR CNI BOL JUN MUN AUR LEO MEL SBA CRI HUA UNI
ADT 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–0
Alfonso Ugarte 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–2
Alianza Lima 3–0 3–3 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1
Atlético Chalaco 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0
Atlético Torino 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–3
CNI 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 6–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–4 4–1 0–1
Coronel Bolognesi 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2
Deportivo Junín 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–3
Deportivo Municipal 0–0 2–4 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–2
Juan Aurich 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1
León de Huánuco 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Melgar 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
Sport Boys 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 4–4 3–0 1–2
Sporting Cristal 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0
Unión Huaral 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2
Universitario 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–4 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: RSSSF Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Libertadores play-off
3 February 1982 Deportivo Municipal 2–1 Universitario
7 February 1982 Deportivo Municipal 0–1 Universitario
  • No winner after two matches. Play-off was contested to determine winner.
10 February 1982 Deportivo Municipal 3–2 Universitario Estadio Nacional
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