1979 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1979
Dates	1 April 1979 – 26 January 1980
Champions	Sporting Cristal
Relegated	León de Huánuco
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal Sporting Cristal
← 1978 1980 →

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 changes

Promoted from 1978 Copa Perú	Relegated from 1978 Primera División
Juventud La Palma (1st)	Defensor Lima (16th)

Stadia locations

CNI

Torino

Coronel Bolognesi

Alfonso Ugarte

Junín

León de Huánuco

Juventud La Palma

Unión Huaral

Juan Aurich

Melgar

Alianza Lima
Atlético Chalaco
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

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Locations of the 1979 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alfonso Ugarte	Puno	Enrique Torres Belón	20,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Atlético Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000	Grass
CNI	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850	Grass
Deportivo Junín	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
Juventud La Palma	Huacho	Segundo Aranda Torres	12,000	Grass
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Rímac, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000	Grass
Universitario	Breña, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

League table

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	30	16	9	5	44	19	+25	41	Liguilla Final, Bonus +3
2	Juan Aurich	30	13	12	5	30	24	+6	38	Liguilla Final, Bonus +2
3	Sporting Cristal	30	10	15	5	46	26	+20	35	Liguilla Final, Bonus +1
4	Alianza Lima	30	12	9	9	48	26	+22	33	Liguilla Final
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	Liguilla Descenso
10	Sport Boys	30	11	7	12	35	37	−2	29
11	Deportivo 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	Atlético Torino	30	7	10	13	25	37	−12	24	Liguilla Descenso, Penalty -1
15	Juventud La Palma	30	6	10	14	21	32	−11	22	Liguilla Descenso, Penalty -2
16	Melgar	30	6	8	16	26	43	−17	20	Liguilla Descenso, Penalty -3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Liguilla Final

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: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Liguilla Descenso

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	Atlético Torino	14	6	2	6	17	14	+3	−1	13
13	Deportivo 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: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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SPORTING CRISTAL
1979 National Champions - 6th title

External links

• RSSSF Peru 1979