1981 Torneo Descentralizado

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Torneo Descentralizado
Season1981
Dates8 March 1981 –
31 January 1982
Champions Melgar
1st Primera División title
Relegated Atlético Torino
Copa Libertadores Melgar
Deportivo Municipal
Top goalscorerJose Carranza (18 goals)
← 1980
1982 →

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.

Contents

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 a 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 changes

Promoted from
1980 Copa Perú 		Relegated from
1980 Primera División
Increase2.svg León de Huánuco (1st)Decrease2.svg Juventud La Palma (16th)

Stadia locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacityField
Alfonso Ugarte Puno Enrique Torres Belón 20,000Grass
Alianza Lima La Victoria, Lima Alejandro Villanueva 35,000Grass
ADT Tarma Unión Tarma 9,000Grass
Atlético Chalaco Callao Miguel Grau 15,000Grass
Atlético Torino Talara Campeonísimo 8,000Grass
CNI Iquitos Max Augustín 24,000Grass
Coronel Bolognesi Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850Grass
Deportivo Junín Huancayo Huancayo 20,000Grass
Deportivo Municipal Cercado de Lima Nacional 45,750Grass
Juan Aurich Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500Grass
León de Huánuco Huánuco Heraclio Tapia 15,000Grass
Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000Grass
Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000Grass
Sporting Cristal Rímac, Lima Nacional 45,750Grass
Unión Huaral Huaral Julio Lores Colan 10,000Grass
Universitario Breña, Lima Nacional 45,750Grass

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:

Grupo Norte

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification AUR TOR CNI
1 Juan Aurich 421144051–11–0
2 Atlético Torino 412165+14 [a] Final Provincial 3–11–1
3 CNI 411234−130–02–1
Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Notes:
  1. ↑ Torino appealed Juan Aurich's qualification to the next round.

Grupo Central

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ADT LEO HUA JUN
1 ADT 6411137+69 Final Provincial 2–02–12–0
2 León de Huánuco 632198+183–22–01–0
3 Unión Huaral 612379−242–21–13–0
4 Deportivo Junín 6114510−531–22–22–0

Grupo Sur

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MEL BOL ALF
1 Melgar 421186+25 Final Provincial 3–13–1
2 Coronel Bolognesi 420254+142–02–0
3 Alfonso Ugarte 411247−332–21–0

Final Provincial

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MEL ADT TOR
1 Melgar 220042+24 Fase Eliminatoria 2–1
2 ADT 201123−111–1
3 Atlético Torino 201123−111–2

Grupo Metropolitano

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 Resv. Total Qualification
1 Universitario 1052031310+3198.027 Fase Eliminatoria
2 Deportivo Municipal 106013138+5187.525.5 Fase Eliminatoria
3 Alianza Lima 1061031310+3202.522.5
4 Atlético Chalaco 103016812-494.513.5
5 Sport Boys 1031151215-3111.012
6 Sporting Cristal 1021251014-482.510.5
  • 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).
Results
Home \ Away ALI CHA MUN SBA CRI UNI
Alianza Lima 1–01–33–22–23–1
Atlético Chalaco 0–10–24–22–00–0
Deportivo Municipal 1–01–03–10–10–1
Sport Boys 1–00–12–01–12–1
Sporting Cristal 0–13–11–20–01–3
Universitario 0–12–01–12–12–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fase Eliminatoria

Semifinals Finals
          
1 Deportivo Municipal 3 0 3
4 ADT 0 1 1
Deportivo Municipal 0 1 1
Universitario 0 1 1
3 Universitario 2 0 2
2 Melgar 0 1 1

Play-off

Torneo Descentralizado

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Melgar 3016863922+1740 1982 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 3016774830+1839 Copa Libertadores play-off
3 Alianza Lima 30164105133+1836
4 Alfonso Ugarte 3014884332+1136
5 León de Huánuco 30101373030033
6 Atlético Chalaco 30101283830+832
7 Sport Boys 3091294137+430
8 Deportivo Junín 30116133945−628
9 Sporting Cristal 30812103038−828
10 CNI 3099123540−527
11 Deportivo Municipal 30811113341−827 Copa Libertadores play-off
12 Coronel Bolognesi 30106142935−626
13 Juan Aurich 30614102133−1226
14 ADT 3097142731−425
15 Unión Huaral 30710132844−1624
16 Atlético Torino 30103173445−1123 1982 Copa Perú
Source: [ citation needed ]

Results

Home \ Away ADT UGA ALI CHA TOR CNI BOL JUN MUN AUR LEO MEL SBA CRI HUA UNI
ADT 0–00–20–03–01–00–11–12–14–00–02–12–14–02–10–0
Alfonso Ugarte 2–02–02–21–13–01–00–02–01–04–01–33–01–03–01–2
Alianza Lima 3–03–32–14–01–21–04–03–02–02–02–02–00–12–1 2–1
Atlético Chalaco 1–03–12–22–10–02–02–23–01–11–00–02–20–13–11–0
Atlético Torino 2–11–20–11–04–10–12–02–11–10–00–21–02–04–02–3
CNI 1–01–13–21–02–01–16–11–10–02–21–02–12–44–10–1
Coronel Bolognesi 2–02–01–11–12–21–02–01–32–20–11–02–10–11–01–2
Deportivo Junín 1–21–22–13–23–12–03–12–14–21–00–10–03–13–11–3
Deportivo Municipal 0–02–42–10–22–31–02–11–00–02–22–13–10–12–22–2
Juan Aurich 1–00–11–01–01–01–11–11–00–02–20–00–10–01–00–1
León de Huánuco 1–01–13–23–12–11–02–11–10–01–10–02–01–12–01–0
Melgar 1–02–13–12–10–23–02–01–13–12–11–00–03–11–02–0
Sport Boys 3–14–00–01–12–01–03–12–11–11–12–02–24–43–01–2
Sporting Cristal 1–00–01–20–03–02–20–10–20–11–12–21–12–20–10–0
Unión Huaral 3–10–02–10–02–11–11–02–01–13–00–00–02–21–12–2
Universitario 1–14–0 0–1 2–43–03–12–02–10–03–12–01–20–02–13–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: RSSSF Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Libertadores play-off

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