| Season | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Universitario |
| Relegated | Atlético Chalaco Chanchamayo Diablos Rojos José Gálvez Sport Pilsen |
| Copa Libertadores | Universitario UTC |
| Top goalscorer | Genaro Neyra (22) (Melgar) |
← 1984 1986 → | |
The 1985 Torneo Descentralizado , the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 30 teams. The national champion was Universitario.
The national championship was divided into two tournaments; the Torneo Regional and Torneo Descentralizado. The winners of each tournament faced off in the season final and received the berths for the 1986 Copa Libertadores. The Torneo Regional divided the teams into four groups; Metropolitan, North, Central, and South. Each group had its teams advance to the Liguilla Regional, the Torneo Descentralizado and the División Intermedia. The Liguilla Regional determined the Regional champion which advanced to the Descentralizado with a bonus point. The Descentralizado, consisting of 16 teams from the Torneo Regional, had each team play the others twice (a double round robin system) for a total of 30 games. The team that placed last in this tournament played a relegation playoff. The División Intermedia was a promotion/relegation tournament between first and second division teams. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. No points were awarded for a loss.
| Promoted from 1984 Copa Perú | Promoted from 1984 División Intermedia | Relegated from 1984 Primera División (1984 División Intermedia) |
|---|---|---|
 Los Espartanos (1st) | Juventud La Joya (Intermedia A - 4th) San Agustín (Liguilla - 1st) León de Huánuco (Zona Centro - 1st) Deportivo Cooptrip (Zona Centro - 4th) Atlético Huracán (Zona Sur - 3th) |  Deportivo Hospital (Zona Centro - 5th) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 31 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Deportivo Municipal | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 29 | |
| 3 | CNI | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 26 | |
| 4 | Universitario | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 24 | |
| 5 | Octavio Espinosa | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 23 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 6 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 21 | |
| 7 | Sport Boys | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 21 | |
| 8 | Juventud La Joya | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 21 | Qualification playoff |
| 9 | Unión Huaral | 22 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 20 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 10 | Juventud La Palma | 22 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 19 | |
| 11 | San Agustín | 22 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 18 | |
| 12 | Atlético Chalaco | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 32 | −23 | 11 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 20 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Los Espartanos | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 16 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | UTC | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 16 | |
| 4 | Sport Pilsen | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 5 | José Gálvez | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 12 | |
| 6 | Atlético Torino | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 10 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADT | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 20 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Deportivo Junín | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 15 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | Deportivo Cooptrip | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 15 | Qualification playoff |
| 4 | Defensor ANDA | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 14 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 5 | León de Huánuco | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 13 | |
| 6 | Chanchamayo | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 13 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coronel Bolognesi | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 24 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Melgar | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 24 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | Alfonso Ugarte | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 18 | |
| 4 | Cienciano | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 11 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 5 | Atlético Huracán | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 10 | |
| 6 | Diablos Rojos | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 37 | −30 | 3 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juventud La Joya | 10–0 | Deportivo Cooptrip | 2–0 | 8 – 0 |
Numbers in parentheses indicate penalty shootout result. The Regional winner qualified to the 1986 Copa Libertadores and advanced to the Final of the season. Alianza Lima received a bye to the semi-finals as the Metropolitan zone winner.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Universitario | 4 | |||||||||
| 8 August – Lima | ||||||||||
| Carlos A. Mannucci | 1 | |||||||||
| Universitario | 0 (8) | |||||||||
| Alianza Lima | 0 (7) | |||||||||
| Universitario | 3 | |||||||||
| CNI | 1 | |||||||||
| CNI | 3 | |||||||||
| Coronel Bolognesi | 1 | |||||||||
| CNI | 3 | |||||||||
| Deportivo Municipal | 0 | |||||||||
| Deportivo Municipal | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| ADT | 1 (1) | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTC | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 46 | Liguilla Final, Bonus +2 |
| 2 | Universitario | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 39 | Liguilla Final, Bonus +1 |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 39 | Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 36 | |
| 5 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 35 | |
| 6 | Los Espartanos | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 35 | |
| 7 | Melgar | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 31 | |
| 8 | CNI | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 30 | |
| 9 | Octavio Espinosa | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 29 | |
| 10 | Sporting Cristal | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 27 | |
| 11 | Sport Boys | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 26 | |
| 12 | Coronel Bolognesi | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 23 | |
| 13 | Deportivo Junín | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 23 | |
| 14 | Juventud La Joya | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 23 | |
| 15 | ADT | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 22 | |
| 16 | Alfonso Ugarte | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 75 | −56 | 16 | Relegation play-off |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universitario | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 1 | 11 | 1986 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | UTC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | 8 | 1986 Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | Los Espartanos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Municipal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | 3 |
| Alfonso Ugarte | 2–1 | Diablos Rojos |
|---|---|---|
Alfonso Ugarte remain in the Primera División.
Universitario won both tournaments and became the 1985 season champion.
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