2008 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2008 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-second season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Universidad San Martín defending their national title. The season began on February 17, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season2008
Dates16 February 2008 –
17 December 2008
ChampionsUniversidad San Martín
2nd Primera División title
RelegatedSport Boys
Atlético Minero
Copa LibertadoresUniversitario de Deportes (Second stage)
Universidad San Martín (Second stage)
Sporting Cristal (First stage)
Copa SudamericanaCienciano (First stage)
Alianza Atlético (First stage)
Goals scored893
Average goals/game2.45
Top goalscorerMiguel Ximénez (32)
Biggest home winUniversidad San Martín 5-0 Alianza Lima
(2008-05-21)
Atlético Minero 5-0 Sport Boys
(2008-08-06)
José Gálvez 5-0 Sport Boys
(2008-09-14)
Biggest away winCoronel Bolognesi 0-4 Alianza Atlético
(2008-08-06)
Highest scoringCoronel Bolognesi 4–4 Sport Áncash
(2008-12-14)
Longest winning run9 - Universitario de Deportes (April 30-July 2)
Longest unbeaten run15 - Universitario de Deportes (April 9-July 13)
← 2007
2009 →

Competition modus

The season was divided into two tournaments; Torneo Apertura from February to July and the Torneo Clausura from July to December. Both tournaments had the fourteen teams play a round-robin home-and-away round for a total of 26 matches in each tournament. The winner of the Torneo Apertura qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores group stage and was eligible to play in the season final if they finished above 8th place in the Torneo Clausura. The winner of the Torneo Clausura also qualified to the group stage and was eligible to play in the season final if they finished above 8th place in the Torneo Apertura. A team that would've won both tournament was automatically season champion. If one of the tournament winners failed to place above 8th place, the other tournament winner would've been season champion. If both teams failed to finish above 8th place, the team that placed higher on the aggregate table–the summation of the points earned in both tournaments–would've been season champion. The two teams that placed last on the aggregate table were relegated and the best placed team–excluding the two tournament winners–qualified to the first stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores. The second and third best placed teams on the aggregate table qualified to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.

Changes from 2007

Structural changes
  • The number of teams was increased from 12 to 14.
  • Due to the increase in teams, the tournament winners could finish in the top seven instead of the top six to play in the season finals.
  • 1,170 minutes of game time was to be accumulated by players born on or after 1989 in the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura. The amount for the Torneo Clausura was later reduced to 600.
  • The minimum stadium capacity was increased from 4,000 to 5,000.

Promotion and relegation

Deportivo Municipal and Total Clean finished the 2007 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the aggregate table and thus were relegated to the Segunda División. They were replaced by the champions of the Segunda División 2007 and Copa Perú 2007, Universidad César Vallejo and Juan Aurich. The F.P.F. also invited José Gálvez and Minero into the first division.

Season overview

Universitario won the Apertura title after 6 years of failing to win a half-year tournament. They won the title with 50 points, a ten-point lead, and had four games left to be played. Sporting Cristal was the other team close to winning the title, however they had three games left to play and would have been unable to reach Universitario. Universitario had a 15-game undefeated streak and a 9-game winning streak. In the Clausura Universitario did surprisingly worse and finished 11th. They lost four games at home and failed to finish in the top 7 to contest the national title. U. San Martin finished third in the Apertura and won the Clausura with three games to spare. They achieved their second national title after only four years of existence. This is the first time since 1958 where the big three were not able to win the title for two consecutive years.

Alianza Lima experienced a terrible season because they were close to being relegated this season. Every team, with the exception of José Gálvez, gained points playing at their home ground and they had also lost several home games. Fortunately, Alianza Lima remained in the First Division. Sport Boys saved itself from relegation two years ago, however this year they could not. They were the worst team of the year and won very few games. Problems arose in the club as the players were not paid for many months. This led to a sorrowful year for the fans of Sport Boys.

Teams
Locations of the 2008 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
Atlético MineroMatucanaMunicipal de Matucana[1]5,000Grass
CiencianoCuscoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Coronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850Grass
José GálvezChimboteManuel Rivera Sanchez25,000Artificial
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Artificial
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport ÁncashHuarazRosas Pampa8,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
Universidad César VallejoTrujilloMansiche25,000Artificial
Universidad San MartínLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaMonumental80,093Grass

Torneo Apertura

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitario 26 16 7 3 40 21 +19 55 2009 Copa Libertadores second stage
2 Sporting Cristal 26 15 4 7 46 32 +14 49
3 Universidad San Martín 26 11 10 5 40 20 +20 43
4 Cienciano 26 12 5 9 37 28 +9 41
5 Coronel Bolognesi 26 10 8 8 33 28 +5 38
6 Alianza Atlético 26 10 4 12 28 28 0 34
7 Universidad César Vallejo 26 9 7 10 26 32 −6 34
8 Juan Aurich 26 9 6 11 27 30 −3 33
9 José Gálvez 26 7 9 10 26 32 −6 30
10 Melgar 26 7 9 10 18 25 −7 30
11 Alianza Lima 26 7 8 11 27 32 −5 29
12 Sport Áncash 26 9 2 15 25 36 −11 29
13 Sport Boys 26 7 8 11 23 42 −19 27[lower-alpha 1]
14 Atlético Minero 26 6 7 13 26 36 −10 25
Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2008
Notes:
  1. Sport Boys were docked 2 points for an outstanding debt with a former manager.

Results
Home \ Away AAS ALI ATM CIE BOL MEL JG JA ÁNC SBA CRI UCV USM UNI
Alianza Atlético 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–4 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–0
Alianza Lima 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–1
Atlético Minero 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–2
Cienciano 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 4–0 4–1 0–0 4–1
Coronel Bolognesi 1–2 1–0 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–1[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 3–1[lower-alpha 1] 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1
Melgar 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
José Gálvez 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–1
Juan Aurich 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Sport Áncash 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 3–2 4–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1
Sport Boys 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1
Sporting Cristal 3–1 2–2[lower-alpha 2] 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 3–4 1–2[lower-alpha 2]
Universidad César Vallejo 2–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–0
Universidad San Martín 2–0 5–0[lower-alpha 3] 4–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1[lower-alpha 2] 4–0 1–1[lower-alpha 2]
Universitario 2–1 2–1[lower-alpha 2] 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on June 25, 2008. Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2008 Fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Played in Estadio Héroes del Alto de la Alianza.
  2. Played in Estadio Nacional.
  3. Played in Estadio Miguel Grau.

Top goalscorers
20 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
9 goals

Torneo Clausura

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universidad San Martín 26 15 6 5 41 20 +21 51 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Sporting Cristal 26 14 3 9 36 25 +11 45
3 Sport Áncash 26 12 7 7 39 29 +10 43
4 Melgar 26 11 7 8 35 34 +1 40
5 Cienciano 26 11 6 9 34 30 +4 39
6 Alianza Atlético 26 10 8 8 35 25 +10 38
7 Universidad César Vallejo 26 11 5 10 35 32 +3 38
8 Atlético Minero 26 9 10 7 32 26 +6 37
9 José Gálvez 26 10 7 9 42 38 +4 37
10 Alianza Lima 26 11 1 14 38 36 +2 34
11 Universitario 26 8 10 8 31 32 −1 34
12 Juan Aurich 26 8 5 13 24 34 −10 29
13 Coronel Bolognesi 26 7 5 14 34 51 −17 26
14 Sport Boys 26 1 8 17 18 54 −36 11
Updated to match(es) played on December 14, 2008. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away AAS ALI ATM CIE BOL MEL JG JA ÁNC SBA CRI UCV USM UNI
Alianza Atlético 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1
Alianza Lima 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–2
Atlético Minero 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 5–0 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–1
Cienciano 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1
Coronel Bolognesi 0–4[lower-alpha 1] 3–4 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–1[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 4–4[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–1 1–2[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–1
Melgar 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2
José Gálvez 0–0 4–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 5–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 2–0
Juan Aurich 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1
Sport Áncash 0–0 3–1 2–2[lower-alpha 2] 1–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0[lower-alpha 3] 2–1 0–1[lower-alpha 3] 1–0 0–1 3–0
Sport Boys 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 5–2 2–5 0–0
Sporting Cristal 1–1 1–2[lower-alpha 4] 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1[lower-alpha 4]
Universidad César Vallejo 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0
Universidad San Martín 3–1 1–0[lower-alpha 4] 0–0[lower-alpha 5] 1–1 3–1 0–1[lower-alpha 5] 1–0[lower-alpha 4] 1–0 3–0 0–0[lower-alpha 5] 2–1[lower-alpha 4] 0–1 1–1[lower-alpha 6]
Universitario 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on December 14, 2008. Source: Fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Played in Estadio Héroes del Alto de la Alianza.
  2. Played in Estadio Gerardo Lara Guerrero.
  3. Played in Estadio Manuel Rivera Sanchez.
  4. Played in Estadio Nacional.
  5. Played in Estadio Monumental "U".
  6. Played in Estadio Miguel Grau.

Top goalscorers
15 goals
14 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Universidad San Martín 52 26 16 10 81 42 +39 94 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Sporting Cristal 52 29 7 16 82 57 +25 94 2009 Copa Libertadores First stage
3 Universitario 52 24 17 11 71 53 +18 89 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 Cienciano 52 23 11 18 71 57 +14 80 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Alianza Atlético 52 20 12 20 63 53 +10 72
6 Sport Áncash 52 21 9 22 64 65 −1 72
7 Universidad César Vallejo 52 20 12 20 61 64 −3 72
8 Melgar 52 18 16 18 53 59 −6 70
9 José Gálvez 52 17 16 19 68 70 −2 67
10 Coronel Bolognesi 52 17 13 22 67 79 −12 64
11 Alianza Lima 52 18 9 25 62 71 −9 63
12 Juan Aurich 52 17 11 24 51 64 −13 62
13 Atlético Minero 52 15 17 20 58 62 −4 62 Relegation to 2009 Segunda División
14 Sport Boys 52 8 16 28 40 97 −57 38[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on December 14, 2008. Source: Peruvian Football
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Universitario and U. San Martín qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as Apertura and Clausura champions respectively.
  2. Sport Boys were docked 2 points for an outstanding debt with a former manager.

12th/13th place playoff
Atlético Minero1–2Juan Aurich
Portillo 26' Report Chará 19'
Zegarra 35'
Referee: Héctor Pacheco

Atlético Minero relegated to Segunda División.

References
  1. Used Estadio Huancayo during the Apertura.
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