1997 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1997 Torneo Descentralizado was the 82nd season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 14 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima, their first title in 19 years.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season1997
ChampionsAlianza Lima
18th Primera División title
RelegatedAlcides Vigo
Atlético Torino
José Gálvez
La Loretana
Copa LibertadoresAlianza Lima (first stage)
Sporting Cristal (first stage)
Copa CONMEBOLMelgar
Copa MerconorteAlianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Top goalscorerRicardo Zegarra (17)
Biggest home winAlianza Atlético 8–1 Unión Minas
Alianza Atlético 8–1 La Loretana
Biggest away winMunicipal 1–6 Sporting Cristal
Torino 0–5 Alianza Lima
Highest scoringAlianza Atlético 8–1 Unión Minas
Alianza Atlético 8–1 La Loretana
Alianza Lima 5–4 Sporting Cristal
← 1996
1998 →

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a playoff. However, since the same club won both tournaments, it won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to the winner of a Liguilla (small league) featuring teams between second and seventh place on the aggregate table. This had a round-robin format, with the team obtaining the best results in matchups during the "regular season" playing at home. The runner-up would qualify for the Copa CONMEBOL. The bottom four teams on the aggregate table were relegated.

Teams
Locations of the 1997 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alcides VigoLimaNacional45,750Grass
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
Atlético TorinoTalaraCampeonísimo8,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Deportivo MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
Deportivo PesqueroChimboteManuel Rivera Sanchez25,000Grass
José GálvezChimboteManuel Rivera Sanchez25,000Grass
La LoretanaPucallpaAliardo Soria15,000Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau18,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
Unión MinasCerro de PascoDaniel Alcides Carrión8,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaNacional45,750Grass

Torneo Apertura
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alianza Lima 13 9 3 1 27 9 +18 30 Copa Libertadores 1998 Group Stage
2 Sporting Cristal 13 8 3 2 30 13 +17 27
3 Universitario 13 7 4 2 19 8 +11 25
4 Cienciano 13 6 6 1 18 10 +8 24
5 Deportivo Municipal 13 6 2 5 25 23 +2 20
6 Sport Boys 13 5 3 5 15 18 −3 18
7 Alianza Atlético 13 4 3 6 22 18 +4 15
8 Deportivo Pesquero 13 3 5 5 16 16 0 14
9 Melgar 13 4 2 7 16 24 −8 14
10 Atlético Torino 13 2 7 4 14 19 −5 13
11 Alcides Vigo 13 3 3 7 13 18 −5 12
12 Unión Minas 13 3 3 7 14 28 −14 12
13 José Gálvez 13 3 3 7 12 28 −16 12
14 La Loretana 13 2 5 6 9 18 −9 11
Updated to match(es) played on February 27, 2009. Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away AVI AAS ALI TOR CIE MUN PES GAL LOR MEL SBA CRI MIN UNI
Alcides Vigo — — 0–0 — 2–0 1–2 0–1 — — — 1–3 3–2 —
Alianza Atlético 1–0 — 1–2 — 2–2 3–1 — — — 1–2 — 8–1 1–1
Alianza Lima 0–0 2–1 3–1 — — — — 4–0 — — 5–4 0–0 1–0
Atlético Torino — — — 0–0 2–3 — — 1–1 1–1 2–1 — — 1–1
Cienciano 2–1 2–0 0–0 — — 2–2 — — — 2–0 0–0 — —
Deportivo Municipal — — 2–0 — 1–2 — 5–0 — 3–1 — 1–6 4–0 1–2
Deportivo Pesquero — — 0–3 0–0 — 4–0 — 1–1 4–1 — 0–0 — 0–1
José Gálvez — 2–1 0–4 1–1 1–2 — 1–1 — 3–2 — — — —
La Loretana 0–2 1–1 — — 0–0 1–2 — 2–1 — 0–0 1–2 2–1 —
Melgar 5–2 0–1 0–2 — 1–1 — — — 2–0 — — 2–1 —
Sport Boys 2–1 — 1–3 — — 1–1 2–1 2–1 — 0–1 — 1–1 3–2
Sporting Cristal — 2–1 — 4–2 — — — 6–0 — 1–0 2–0 — —
Unión Minas — — — 3–1 2–4 — 1–0 2–1 — — — 0–0 0–2
Universitario 0–0 — – — 2–1 — — 0–0 1–0 5–0 — 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1997. Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alianza Lima 13 10 2 1 33 7 +26 32 Copa Libertadores 1998 Group Stage
2 Universitario 13 8 4 1 19 7 +12 28
3 Sporting Cristal 13 6 4 3 25 16 +9 22
4 Alianza Atlético 13 6 3 4 24 13 +11 21
5 Melgar 13 6 3 4 17 16 +1 21
6 Cienciano 13 6 2 5 17 13 +4 20
7 Unión Minas 13 6 2 5 15 15 0 20
8 Deportivo Municipal 13 6 1 6 18 24 −6 19
9 Deportivo Pesquero 13 4 3 6 17 16 +1 15
10 Sport Boys 13 3 6 4 13 15 −2 15
11 Alcides Vigo 13 3 4 6 19 23 −4 13
12 Atlético Torino 13 3 1 9 13 30 −17 10
13 José Gálvez 13 3 0 10 12 27 −15 9
14 La Loretana 13 2 3 8 10 30 −20 9
Updated to match(es) played on February 27, 2009. Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away AVI AAS ALI TOR CIE MUN PES GAL LOR MEL SBA CRI MIN UNI
Alcides Vigo 0–1 1–3 — 1–0 — — — 0–0 3–1 1–1 — — 0–1
Alianza Atlético — 0–2 — 3–1 — — 4–0 8–1 0–1 — 2–2 — —
Alianza Lima — — — 2–0 4–0 2–1 4–0 — 5–0 2–2 — — 0–0
Atlético Torino 2–5 0–2 0–5 — — 2–1 1–0 — — — 1–1 3–1 —
Cienciano — — — 2–1 3–0 — 3–1 4–0 0–0 — — 1–2 1–0
Deportivo Municipal 4–3 2–1 — 2–0 — 1–3 — 2–0 — 2–0 — — —
Deportivo Pesquero 4–1 1–2 — — 0–0 — 3–1 — — 1–1 — 1–0 —
José Gálvez 4–2 — — — — 0–2 — 3–0 — 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1
La Loretana — — 0–1 3–1 — — 1–1 — 2–1 — — — 1–1
Melgar — — — 3–1 — 2–0 1–0 3–0 — 1–1 1–0 — 2–2
Sport Boys — 0–0 — 2–0 1–2 — — — 2–1 — 1–1 — —
Sporting Cristal 1–1 — 2–3 — 2–0 3–2 3–1 — 4–1 — — 4–1 0–1
Unión Minas 1–1 0–0 1–0 — — 4–0 — — 2–0 2–1 1–0 — —
Universitario — 3–1 — 3–1 — 1–1 1–0 — — — 2–0 — 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1997. Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

No finals were held after Alianza Lima won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus automatically obtaining the national title.

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza Lima (C) 26 19 5 2 60 16 +44 62 Qualification for 1998 Copa Libertadores and 1998 Copa Merconorte
2 Universitario 26 15 8 3 49 15 +34 53 Qualification for Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
3 Sporting Cristal 26 14 7 5 55 29 +26 49
4 Cienciano 26 12 8 6 35 23 +12 44
5 Deportivo Municipal 26 12 3 11 43 47 −4 39
6 Alianza Atlético 26 10 6 10 46 31 +15 36
7 Melgar 26 10 5 11 33 40 −7 35
8 Sport Boys 26 8 9 9 28 33 −5 33
9 Unión Minas 26 9 5 12 29 43 −14 32
10 Deportivo Pesquero 26 7 8 11 33 32 +1 29
11 Alcides Vigo 26 6 7 13 32 41 −9 25 Relegation to 1998 Segunda División
12 Atlético Torino 26 5 8 13 27 49 −22 23 Relegation to 1998 Copa Perú
13 José Gálvez 26 6 3 17 24 55 −31 21
14 La Loretana 26 4 8 14 19 48 −29 20
Updated to match(es) played on December 1997. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Cristal 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 13 1998 Copa Libertadores and 1998 Copa Merconorte
2 Universitario 5 2 2 1 12 4 +8 8 1998 Copa Merconorte
3 Melgar 5 2 2 1 4 4 0 8 1998 Copa CONMEBOL
4 Cienciano 5 2 0 3 8 10 −2 6
5 Alianza Atlético 5 1 2 2 8 11 −3 5
6 Deportivo Municipal 5 0 1 4 5 16 −11 1
Updated to match(es) played on December 1997. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. Liguilla Final was played only at the Estadio Nacional, Lima.

Home \ Away AAS CIE MUN MEL SC UNI
Alianza Atlético 4–2 — 1–1 — —
Cienciano — 3–2 — — 3–1
Deportivo Municipal 2–2 — 0–1 — 1–7
Melgar — 2–0 — 0–3 —
Sporting Cristal 2–1 1–0 3–0 — —
Universitario 4–0 — — 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 1997
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: RSSSF

17 goals
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