1999 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1999 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 84th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season1999
ChampionsUniversitario
23rd Primera División title
RelegatedI.M.I.
Copa LibertadoresUniversitario
Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Top goalscorerYsrael Zúñiga (32)
← 1998
2000 →

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 champion, as well as to the best other team in the aggregate table. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams
Locations of the 1999 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Deportivo MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
Deportivo PesqueroChimboteManuel Rivera Sanchez25,000Grass
I.M.I.TalaraCampeonísimo8,000Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
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 15 5 2 35 15 +20 50 Copa Libertadores 2000 First stage
2 Alianza Lima 22 14 4 4 51 20 +31 46
3 Sporting Cristal 22 11 8 3 50 23 +27 41
4 Cienciano 22 10 5 7 32 25 +7 35
5 Melgar 22 9 6 7 35 27 +8 33
6 Sport Boys 22 7 9 6 29 30 −1 30
7 Unión Minas 22 6 7 9 29 29 0 25
8 Alianza Atlético 22 6 7 9 25 38 −13 25
9 Deportivo Municipal 22 5 6 11 22 36 −14 21
10 I.M.I. 22 5 4 13 22 55 −33 19
11 Juan Aurich 22 4 6 12 21 38 −17 18
12 Deportivo Pesquero 22 2 9 11 18 43 −25 15
Updated to match(es) played on July 1999. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru99.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 Alianza Lima 22 14 5 3 47 18 +29 47 Copa Libertadores 2000 First stage
2 Universitario 22 12 6 4 44 24 +20 42
3 Sport Boys 22 11 6 5 32 25 +7 39
4 Sporting Cristal 22 11 5 6 46 31 +15 38
5 Melgar 22 11 3 8 44 30 +14 36
6 Unión Minas 22 7 7 8 43 39 +4 28
7 Alianza Atlético 22 7 6 9 36 28 +8 27
8 Cienciano 22 7 9 6 27 27 0 27[lower-alpha 1]
9 Juan Aurich 22 8 3 11 26 32 −6 27
10 Deportivo Pesquero 22 4 8 10 17 38 −21 20
11 Deportivo Municipal 22 5 3 14 20 54 −34 18
12 I.M.I. 22 1 7 14 12 52 −40 10
Updated to match(es) played on December 1999. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru99.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Cienciano lost 3 points in Round 13 win over Sporting Cristal for fielding an ineligible player.

Season finals
First leg
Universitario3–0Alianza Lima
R. Farfán  10'
Esidio  49'
del Solar  73'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Second leg
Alianza Lima1–0Universitario
Mafla  45'

Title
Primera División Peruana
1999 Champion

Universitario
23rd title

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza Lima 44 28 9 7 98 38 +60 93 2000 Copa Libertadores First stage
2 Universitario 44 27 11 6 79 39 +40 92
3 Sporting Cristal 44 22 13 9 96 54 +42 79
4 Melgar 44 20 9 15 79 57 +22 69
5 Sport Boys 44 18 15 11 61 55 +6 69
6 Cienciano 44 17 14 13 59 52 +7 65
7 Unión Minas 44 13 14 17 72 68 +4 53
8 Alianza Atlético 44 13 13 18 71 66 +5 52
9 Juan Aurich 44 12 9 23 47 70 −23 45
10 Deportivo Municipal 44 10 9 25 42 90 −48 39
11 Deportivo Pesquero (O) 44 6 17 21 35 81 −46 35 Qualification for promotion play-off
12 I.M.I. 44 6 11 27 34 107 −73 29 Relegation to 2000 Copa Perú
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.

Promotion play-off
Deportivo Pesquero2–2
4–3
(PSO)		América Cochahuayco
Espinoza  60'
Silvera  61'		 Carrión  45'
Ibarra  72'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Deportivo Pesquero remained in Primera División Peruana

Top scorers
32 goals
24 goals
22 goals
19 goals
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.