1979 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1979 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 16 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

The season was divided into 2 stages. On the first stage, top 8 teams qualified to play for the championship with a points bonus of 3, 2 and 1 for the top 3; bottom eight qualified to play for relegation with a points penalty of -1, -2 and -3 for bottom three. Teams entered the second stage without carrying their whole season records. As three teams tied on points the last place of Relegation Group they had to enter a Relegation Playoff that was played in Lima.

Teams

Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alfonso UgartePunoEnrique Torres Belón20,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
Atlético ChalacoCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
CNIIquitosMax Augustín24,000Grass
Coronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850Grass
Deportivo JunínHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
Juventud La PalmaHuachoSegundo Aranda Torres12,000Grass
León de HuánucoHuánucoHeraclio Tapia15,000Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaNacional45,750Grass
TorinoTalaraCampeonísimo8,000Grass
Unión HuaralHuaralJulio Lores Colan10,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaNacional45,750Grass

Results

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitario 30 16 9 5 44 19 +25 41 Final Group, Bonus +3
2 Juan Aurich 30 13 12 5 30 24 +6 38 Final Group, Bonus +2
3 Sporting Cristal 30 10 15 5 46 26 +20 35 Final Group, Bonus +1
4 Alianza Lima 30 12 9 9 48 26 +22 33 Final Group
5 Alfonso Ugarte 30 14 5 11 42 43 −1 33
6 Unión Huaral 30 8 15 7 32 29 +3 31
7 Atlético Chalaco 30 9 13 8 28 27 +1 31
8 Deportivo Junín 30 11 8 11 39 43 −4 30
9 León de Huánuco 30 12 6 12 32 42 −10 30 Relegation Group
10 Sport Boys 30 11 7 12 35 37 −2 29
11 Municipal 30 11 6 13 30 34 −4 28
12 CNI 30 10 8 12 33 45 −12 28
13 Coronel Bolognesi 30 11 5 14 36 40 −4 27
14 Torino 30 7 10 13 25 37 −12 24 Relegation Group, Penalty -1
15 Juventud La Palma 30 6 10 14 21 32 −11 22 Relegation Group, Penalty -2
16 Melgar 30 6 8 16 26 43 −17 20 Relegation Group, Penalty -3
Source:

Final group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal 14 9 4 1 26 8 +18 1 23 1980 Copa Libertadores
2 Atlético Chalaco 14 7 5 2 17 7 +10 0 19 1980 Copa Libertadores
3 Juan Aurich 14 6 4 4 16 11 +5 2 18
4 Alianza Lima 14 5 7 2 16 13 +3 0 17
5 Alfonso Ugarte 14 4 5 5 16 20 −4 0 13
6 Universitario 14 2 4 8 11 19 −8 3 11
7 Deportivo Junín 14 3 5 6 13 28 −15 0 11
8 Unión Huaral 14 1 4 9 17 26 −9 0 6
Source:

Relegation group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Relegation
9 Sport Boys 14 7 3 4 24 19 +5 0 17
10 Coronel Bolognesi 14 5 4 5 15 16 −1 0 14
11 Melgar 14 6 4 4 16 12 +4 −3 13
12 Torino 14 6 2 6 17 14 +3 −1 13
13 Municipal 14 4 5 5 15 19 −4 0 13
14 CNI 14 5 2 7 13 12 +1 0 12 Relegation play-off
15 Juventud La Palma 14 5 4 5 13 15 −2 −2 12
16 León de Huánuco 14 6 0 8 15 21 −6 0 12
Source:

Relegation Play-off

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 CNI 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 4
2 Juventud La Palma 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2
3 León de Huánuco 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 1980 Copa Perú
Source:
SPORTING CRISTAL
1979 National Champions - 6th title
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