1997 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season 1997
Champions Alianza Lima
18th Primera División title
Relegated Alcides Vigo
Torino
José Gálvez
La Loretana
Copa Libertadores Alianza Lima (first stage)
Sporting Cristal (first stage)
Copa CONMEBOL Melgar
Top goalscorer Ricardo Zegarra (17)
Biggest home win Alianza Atlético 8–1 Unión Minas
Alianza Atlético 8–1 La Loretana
Biggest away win Municipal 1–6 Sporting Cristal
Torino 0–5 Alianza Lima
Highest scoring Alianza Atlético 8–1 Unión Minas
Alianza Atlético 8–1 La Loretana
Alianza Lima 5–4 Sporting Cristal
← 1996
1998 →

The 1997 Torneo Descentralizado was the 82nd season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 14 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima, their first title in 19 years.

Competition modus

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

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to the winner of a Liguilla (small league) featuring teams between second and seventh place on the aggregate table. This had a round-robin format, with the team obtaining the best results in matchups during the "regular season" playing at home. The runner-up would qualify for the Copa CONMEBOL. The bottom four teams on the aggregate table were relegated.

Teams

Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alcides VigoLimaNacional45,750Grass
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
José GálvezChimboteManuel Rivera Sanchez25,000Grass
La LoretanaPucallpaAliardo Soria15,000Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
PesqueroChimboteManuel Rivera Sanchez25,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau18,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
TorinoTalaraCampeonísimo8,000Grass
Unión MinasCerro de PascoDaniel Alcides Carrión8,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaNacional45,750Grass

Torneo Apertura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alianza Lima 13 9 3 1 27 9 +18 30 Copa Libertadores 1998 Group Stage
2 Sporting Cristal 13 8 3 2 30 13 +17 27
3 Universitario 13 7 4 2 19 8 +11 25
4 Cienciano 13 6 6 1 18 10 +8 24
5 Municipal 13 6 2 5 25 23 +2 20
6 Sport Boys 13 5 3 5 15 18 −3 18
7 Alianza Atlético 13 4 3 6 22 18 +4 15
8 Pesquero 13 3 5 5 16 16 0 14
9 Melgar 13 4 2 7 16 24 −8 14
10 Torino 13 2 7 4 14 19 −5 13
11 Alcides Vigo 13 3 3 7 13 18 −5 12
12 Unión Minas 13 3 3 7 14 28 −14 12
13 José Gálvez 13 3 3 7 12 28 −16 12
14 La Loretana 13 2 5 6 9 18 −9 11
Updated to match(es) played on February 27, 2009. Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
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 Alianza Lima 13 10 2 1 33 7 +26 32 Copa Libertadores 1998 Group Stage
2 Universitario 13 8 4 1 19 7 +12 28
3 Sporting Cristal 13 6 4 3 25 16 +9 22
4 Alianza Atlético 13 6 3 4 24 13 +11 21
5 Melgar 13 6 3 4 17 16 +1 21
6 Cienciano 13 6 2 5 17 13 +4 20
7 Unión Minas 13 6 2 5 15 15 0 20
8 Municipal 13 6 1 6 18 24 −6 19
9 Pesquero 13 4 3 6 17 16 +1 15
10 Sport Boys 13 3 6 4 13 15 −2 15
11 Alcides Vigo 13 3 4 6 19 23 −4 13
12 Torino 13 3 1 9 13 30 −17 10
13 José Gálvez 13 3 0 10 12 27 −15 9
14 La Loretana 13 2 3 8 10 30 −20 9
Updated to match(es) played on February 27, 2009. Source: RSSSF Peru 1997
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Finals

No finals were held after Alianza Lima won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus automatically obtaining the national title.

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza Lima (C) 26 19 5 2 60 16 +44 62 Qualification for 1998 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 26 15 8 3 49 15 +34 53 Qualification for Hexagonal
3 Sporting Cristal 26 14 7 5 55 29 +26 49
4 Cienciano 26 12 8 6 35 23 +12 44
5 Municipal 26 12 3 11 43 47 −4 39
6 Alianza Atlético 26 10 6 10 46 31 +15 36
7 Melgar 26 10 5 11 33 40 −7 35
8 Sport Boys 26 8 9 9 28 33 −5 33
9 Unión Minas 26 9 5 12 29 43 −14 32
10 Pesquero 26 7 8 11 33 32 +1 29
11 Alcides Vigo 26 6 7 13 32 41 −9 25 Relegation to Segunda División 1998
12 Torino 26 5 8 13 27 49 −22 23 Relegation to 1998 Copa Perú
13 José Gálvez 26 6 3 17 24 55 −31 21
14 La Loretana 26 4 8 14 19 48 −29 20
Updated to match(es) played on December 1997. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Title

Primera División Peruana
1997 Champion
Alianza Lima
19th title

Hexagonal

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Cristal 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 13 1998 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 5 2 2 1 12 4 +8 8
3 Melgar 5 2 2 1 4 4 0 8 1998 Copa CONMEBOL
4 Cienciano 5 2 0 3 8 10 −2 6
5 Alianza Atlético 5 1 2 2 8 11 −3 5
6 Municipal 5 0 1 4 5 16 −11 1
Updated to match(es) played on December 1997. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top scorers

Source: RSSSF

17 goals
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