1998 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season 1998
Champions Universitario
22nd Primera División title
Relegated Lawn Tennis
Copa Libertadores Universitario
Sporting Cristal
Top goalscorer Nelson Esidio (25)
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 83rd season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

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

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the winner of each tournament, while the runners-up played for a Copa CONMEBOL spot. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a relegation/promotion playoff against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams

Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
Lawn TennisLimaNacional45,750Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
PesqueroChimboteManuel Rivera Sanchez25,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau18,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres17,000Grass
Unión MinasCerro de PascoDaniel Alcides Carrión8,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaNacional45,750Grass

Torneo Apertura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitario 22 11 10 1 40 18 +22 43 Copa Libertadores 1999 First stage
2 Sport Boys 22 11 6 5 38 23 +15 39 1999 Copa CONMEBOL playoff
3 Sporting Cristal 22 10 7 5 40 20 +20 37
4 Unión Minas 22 11 4 7 33 29 +4 37
5 Pesquero 22 9 6 7 35 21 +14 33
6 Alianza Lima 22 9 6 7 35 21 +14 33
7 Juan Aurich 22 7 8 7 27 25 +2 29
8 Alianza Atlético 22 6 8 8 33 26 +7 26
9 Cienciano 22 6 7 9 24 27 −3 25
10 Melgar 22 7 2 13 20 36 −16 23
11 Municipal 22 6 4 12 23 48 −25 22
12 Lawn Tennis 22 3 2 17 16 49 −33 11
Updated to match(es) played on July 1998. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru98.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Torneo Clausura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal (A, O) 22 13 3 6 41 23 +18 42 Copa Libertadores 1999 First stage
2 Alianza Lima (A) 22 11 9 2 35 17 +18 42 1999 Copa CONMEBOL playoff
3 Sport Boys 22 12 6 4 24 12 +12 42
4 Universitario 22 8 10 4 32 22 +10 34
5 Cienciano 22 7 9 6 23 20 +3 29[lower-alpha 1]
6 Pesquero 22 7 8 7 20 20 0 29
7 Melgar 22 8 5 9 26 33 −7 29
8 Juan Aurich 22 6 8 8 24 27 −3 26
9 Alianza Atlético 22 6 6 10 24 30 −6 24
10 Unión Minas 22 6 6 10 22 30 −8 24
11 Lawn Tennis 22 6 4 12 20 38 −18 22
12 Municipal 22 3 4 15 24 43 −19 13
Updated to match(es) played on December 1998. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru98.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Cienciano were docked 1 points for fielding 4 foreign players in Round 3.

Clausura title play-off

Sporting Cristal 1–0 Alianza Lima
A. Mendoza 42'
Sporting Cristal Clausura 1998 winners
To Copa Libertadores 1999
(Alianza Lima to Copa CONMEBOL playoff)

Copa CONMEBOL play-off

Sport Boys 0–1 Alianza Lima
Saavedra 74'
Alianza Lima 2–0 Sport Boys
Basombrío 6'
Gareca 29'
Alianza Lima to 1999 Copa CONMEBOL
(Alianza Lima later declined their spot in favor of Sport Boys)

Season finals

Sporting Cristal 2–1 Universitario
N. Esidio 30'
A. Mendoza 40'		 L. Guadalupe 62'
Universitario 2–1
4–2
(PSO)		 Sporting Cristal
R. Farfán 50'
R. Farfán 56'		 A. Mendoza 74'

Title

Primera División Peruana
1998 Champion

Universitario
22nd title

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sport Boys 44 23 12 9 62 35 +27 81 1999 Copa CONMEBOL
2 Sporting Cristal 44 23 10 11 81 43 +38 79 Copa Libertadores 1999 First stage
3 Universitario 44 19 20 5 72 40 +32 77
4 Alianza Lima 44 20 15 9 70 38 +32 75
5 Pesquero 44 16 14 14 53 49 +4 62
6 Unión Minas 44 17 10 17 55 60 −5 61
7 Juan Aurich 44 13 16 15 51 52 −1 55
8 Cienciano 44 13 16 15 47 47 0 54[lower-alpha 1]
9 Melgar 44 15 7 22 46 69 −23 52
10 Alianza Atlético 44 12 14 18 57 66 −9 50
11 Municipal (O) 44 9 8 27 47 91 −44 35 Qualification for promotion play-off
12 Lawn Tennis 44 9 6 29 36 87 −51 33 Relegation to Segunda División 1999
Updated to match(es) played on December, 1999. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Cienciano were docked 1 points for fielding 4 foreign players in Round 3.

Promotion play-off

Municipal 4–1
(AET)		 Hijos de Yurimaguas
Baroni 34'
Baroni 100'
Baroni 113'
Maldonado 119'		 Rodríguez 64'
Municipal remained in Primera División Peruana

Top scorers

25 goals
19 goals
17 goals
16 goals
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