1972 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1972 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 16 teams. The season was divided into 3 stages. The first stage was contested in two groups: Metropolitan (teams from Lima and Callao) and Regional (teams from the rest of the country); each group winner qualified for the Championship Group. The second stage was the Descentralised (league tournament); the top 4 qualified for the Championship Group and the bottom 2 were relegated. Championship Group was contested by 6 teams in Lima; neither team carried their previous records. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Teams

Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alianza LimaLimaNacional45,750Grass
Carlos A. MannucciTrujilloMansiche24,000Grass
Defensor AricaLimaNacional45,750Grass
Defensor LimaLimaNacional45,750Grass
GrauPiuraMiguel Grau (Piura)25,000Grass
José GálvezChimboteManuel Rivera Sánchez25,000Artificial
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
León de HuánucoHuánucoHeraclio Tapia15,000Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
SIMACallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaNacional45,750Grass
TorinoTalaraCampeonísimo8,000Grass
Unión TumánTumánEugenio Zapata Mingoya8,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaNacional45,750Grass

First stage

Metropolitan group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal 14 8 4 2 21 13 +8 20 Final Group
2 Defensor Lima 14 8 3 3 28 16 +12 19
3 Sport Boys 14 4 7 3 28 22 +6 15
4 Municipal 14 5 4 5 19 18 +1 14
5 Universitario 14 4 5 5 17 17 0 13
6 Alianza Lima 14 5 2 7 18 28 −10 12
7 Defensor Arica 14 2 6 6 16 25 −9 10
8 SIMA 14 2 5 7 16 24 −8 9
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Regional group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 José Gálvez 14 8 4 2 18 11 +7 20 Final Group
2 Unión Tumán 14 7 6 1 23 13 +10 20
3 Torino 14 6 5 3 19 13 +6 17
4 Melgar 14 6 3 5 23 18 +5 15
5 Juan Aurich 14 4 7 3 26 23 +3 15
6 Grau 14 4 3 7 24 24 0 11
7 Carlos A. Mannucci 14 3 2 9 13 29 −16 8
8 León de Huánuco 14 2 2 10 12 27 −15 6
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Torneo Descentralizado

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza Lima 30 17 7 6 55 26 +29 41 Final Group
2 Defensor Lima 30 16 8 6 60 35 +25 40
3 Municipal 30 16 8 6 45 30 +15 40
4 Universitario 30 12 11 7 61 34 +27 35
5 Juan Aurich 30 15 5 10 55 44 +11 35
6 Sporting Cristal 30 11 10 9 41 34 +7 32
7 Grau 30 11 7 12 38 47 −9 29
8 José Gálvez 30 8 12 10 32 34 −2 28
9 SIMA 30 6 16 8 33 37 −4 28
10 Melgar 30 12 3 15 38 43 −5 27
11 Torino 30 10 7 13 35 47 −12 27
12 Unión Tumán 30 8 10 12 40 41 −1 26
13 Sport Boys 30 9 8 13 38 45 −7 26
14 León de Huánuco 30 7 12 11 33 47 −14 26
15 Carlos A. Mannucci 30 7 10 13 30 53 −23 24 1973 Copa Perú
16 Defensor Arica 30 4 8 18 24 61 −37 16
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Final group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal 5 3 2 0 6 3 +3 8 1973 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 5 2 3 0 10 7 +3 7 1973 Copa Libertadores
3 Municipal 5 1 3 1 8 7 +1 5
4 José Gálvez 5 0 4 1 5 6 −1 4
5 Alianza Lima 5 0 3 2 4 7 −3 3
6 Defensor Lima 5 0 3 2 3 6 −3 3
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SPORTING CRISTAL
1972 National Champions - 5th title
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