2002 Torneo Descentralizado

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Torneo Descentralizado
Season2002
Dates22 February 2002 –
15 December 2002
Champions Sporting Cristal
14th Primera División title
Relegated Juan Aurich
Coopsol Trujillo
Copa Libertadores Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Alianza Lima
Copa Sudamericana Alianza Lima
Cienciano
Top goalscorer Luis Fabián Artime (24)
2001
2003

The 2002 Torneo Descentralizado was the 86th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Contents

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two and 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, but a team had to finish in the top 4 in both tournaments to earn the right to play the final. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to each half-year tournament winner, and the best-placed team in the aggregate table. The two bottom teams on the aggregate table were relegated, but a playoff had to be played between the 10th- and 11th-placed teams since both obtained the same number of points (goal difference did not count as a tie-breaker).

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2001 Copa Perú
Relegated from
2001 Primera División
Increase2.svg Coronel Bolognesi (1st)Decrease2.svg Unión Minas (12th)

Stadia locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacityField
Alianza Atlético Sullana Campeones del 36 8,000Grass
Alianza Lima Lima Alejandro Villanueva 35,000Grass
Cienciano Cuzco Garcilaso 42,056Grass
Coopsol Trujillo Trujillo Mansiche 24,000Artificial
Coronel Bolognesi Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850Grass
Deportivo Wanka Huancayo Huancayo 20,000Grass
Estudiantes de Medicina Ica José Picasso Peratta 8,000Grass
Juan Aurich Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500Grass
Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000Grass
Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000Grass
Sporting Cristal Lima San Martín de Porres 18,000Grass
Universitario Lima Monumental 80,093Grass

Torneo Apertura

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Universitario (O)2215253017+1347 Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
2 Alianza Lima 2214534323+2047Qualification for 2002 Copa Sudamericana
3 Sporting Cristal 2211564332+1138
4 Cienciano 229763331+234
5 Alianza Atlético 2210393726+1133
6 Juan Aurich 227782925+428
7 Melgar 226973643727
8 Sport Boys 2274112937825
9 Coopsol Trujillo 2266102832424
10 Coronel Bolognesi 22651127391223
11 Estudiantes de Medicina 2247112528319
12 Deportivo Wanka 22541323401719
Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Results

Home \ Away AAS ALI CIE BOL WAN EST MEL JA SBA COO CRI UNI
Alianza Atlético 1–21–03–05–04–13–33–00–23–20–10–0
Alianza Lima 0–15–12–03–22–12–11–13–10–15–1 1–0
Cienciano 1–02–12–12–13–31–10–03–03–21–02–0
Coronel Bolognesi 3–20–03–23–31–11–13–23–21–21–30–0
Deportivo Wanka 1–00–02–30–12–02–13–13–00–01–11–2
Estudiantes de Medicina 1–21–10–02–31–04–01–12–22–00–00–1
Melgar 1–12–33–33–21–03–10–01–04–14–41–0
Juan Aurich 3–12–22–01–04–01–23–03–11–12–11–2
Sport Boys 0–22–33–21–02–03–04–41–01–31–00–1
Coopsol Trujillo 0–21–20–02–16–03–00–01–11–10–30–3
Sporting Cristal 4–32–42–24–02–13–14–01–01–12–10–1
Universitario 1–0 0–1 1–01–02–13–14–21–02–12–13–4
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2012. Source: RSSSF Peru 2002
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Apertura playoff

First leg
Universitario 1–0 Alianza Lima
Vilallonga Soccerball shade.svg57'

Second leg
Alianza Lima 0–0 Universitario

Universitario Apertura 2002 winners
To Copa Libertadores 2003

Torneo Clausura

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Sporting Cristal 2213724618+2846 Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
2 Alianza Lima 2213634018+2242 [a]
3 Alianza Atlético 2211654018+2236 [a]
4 Cienciano 2211385044+636
5 Estudiantes de Medicina 229583629+732
6 Sport Boys 227872824+429
7 Deportivo Wanka 227873035529
8 Coronel Bolognesi 2284102429528
9 Melgar 226792533825
10 Juan Aurich 22551220351520
11 Universitario 2247112736919
12 Coopsol Trujillo 22341518513313
Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.

Results

Home \ Away AAS ALI CIE BOL WAN EST MEL JA SBA COO CRI UNI
Alianza Atlético 2–24–01–04–01–03–21–10–02–00–32–1
Alianza Lima 2–24–23–00–01–03–13–01–13–10–0 3–2
Cienciano 4–12–12–14–13–04–13–13–11–12–35–2
Coronel Bolognesi 3–20–01–21–01–01–02–10–20–12–32–1
Deportivo Wanka 1–13–13–31–04–21–11–14–13–20–01–3
Estudiantes de Medicina 2–00–24–21–11–13–04–11–19–11–11–0
Melgar 0–10–22–11–12–02–00–02–22–02–21–0
Juan Aurich 0–10–22–11–00–20–13–10–03–15–21–2
Sport Boys 1–21–02–10–12–20–12–24–02–10–04–0
Coopsol Trujillo 2–40–32–20–40–12–31–11–01–00–31–1
Sporting Cristal 2–00–25–05–12–04–12–03–02–02–01–1
Universitario 0–0 1–2 2–32–24–11–11–20–00–22–01–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2002. Source: RSSSF Peru 2002
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final playoff

No final playoff was played since the Apertura winner Universitario did not finish in the Clausura's top 4, while Sporting Cristal won the Clausura after placing third in the Apertura.

Aggregate table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Alianza Lima 44271168341+4289 [a] 2003 Copa Libertadores First stage
2 Sporting Cristal 44241288918+7184
3 Cienciano 442010148375+870 2003 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Phase
4 Alianza Atlético 44219147152+1969 [a]
5 Universitario 44199165753+466 2003 Copa Libertadores First stage
6 Sport Boys 441412185761454
7 Melgar 441216166167652
8 Estudiantes de Medicina 441312196167651
9 Coronel Bolognesi 441492151681751
10 Juan Aurich (A)4412122049601148Relegation to 2003 Copa Perú
11 Deportivo Wanka (A, O)4412122053752248
12 Coopsol Trujillo 449102546833737Relegation to 2003 Copa Perú
Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.

Relegation play-off

Juan Aurich 2–1 Deportivo Wanka
A. Torres Soccerball shade.svg55'
R. Miñán Soccerball shade.svg70'
E. Torrealva Soccerball shade.svg63'

Deportivo Wanka 4–0 Juan Aurich
M. Ruiz Soccerball shade.svg3'
E. Salazar Soccerball shade.svg40'
J. Montenegro Soccerball shade.svg52'
H. Veloyes Soccerball shade.svg92'

Juan Aurich relegated to Copa Perú

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Artime Melgar 24
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Ibarra Alianza Atlético 22
3 Flag of Peru.svg Germán Carty Cienciano 18
Flag of Peru.svg Antonio Serrano Sport Boys 18
5 Flag of Uruguay.svg Ernesto Zapata Cienciano 15

See also