1981 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season 1981
Champions Melgar
1st Primera División title
Relegated Torino
Copa Libertadores Melgar
Municipal
Top goalscorer Jose Carranza (15 goals)
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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.

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 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

Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alfonso UgartePunoEnrique Torres Belón20,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
ADTTarmaUnión Tarma9,000Grass
Atlético ChalacoCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
CNIIquitosMax Augustín24,000Grass
Coronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
Deportivo JunínHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
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

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.

North group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Juan Aurich 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 5
2 Torino 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 4[lower-alpha 1]
3 CNI 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 3
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ Torino appealed Juan Aurich's qualification to the next round.

Central group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 ADT 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 9
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:

South group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Melgar 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 5
2 Coronel Bolognesi 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 4
3 Alfonso Ugarte 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3
Source:

Metropolitan group

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
1 Alianza Lima 1061031310+320
2 Universitario 1052031310+319
3 Municipal 106013138+518
4 Sport Boys 1031151215-311
5 Atlético Chalaco 103016812-49
6 Sporting Cristal 1021251014-48
  • 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).

Provincial Final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Melgar 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 4
2 ADT 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3 Torino 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Source:

Knockout phase

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

Play-off

Torneo Descentralizado

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 Municipal 30 8 11 11 33 41 −8 27
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 Torino 30 10 3 17 34 45 −11 23 1982 Copa Perú
Source:

Copa Libertadores play-off

Libertadores play-off
    
Municipal 2 0 2
Universitario 1 1 2
  • No winner after two matches. Play-off was contested to determine winner.
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