Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica and his wife Esther Grande de Bentín, stockholders of the Peruvian brewery Backus and Johnston. The club and the brewery have been closely linked since its inception, and it is for this reason that it is popularly known as los Cerveceros.
Foot Ball Club Melgar, known simply as FBC Melgar or Melgar, is a Peruvian football club based in Arequipa, Peru. It is one of Peru's oldest football teams, founded on 25 March 1915 by a group of football enthusiasts from Arequipa.
The Peru First Division, officially known as Liga 1, is the top flight of association football in Peru. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since 1966, when the first teams residing outside the Lima and Callao provinces were invited to compete in the inaugural league national competition.
The 2007 Torneo Descentralizado is the ninety-first season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Universidad San Martín won its first national title as it did not have to play in the season finals due to Coronel Bolognesi's poor performance in the Torneo Apertura. The season began on February 3, 2007 and ended on December 16, 2007.
Walter Ricardo Vílchez Soto is a Peruvian former footballer who last played for Comerciantes Unidos in the Segunda División Peruana.
Erick Omar Torres Arias is a retired professional Peruvian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was most recently the head coach of Deportivo Garcilaso.
Renzo Revoredo Zuazo is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Sporting Cristal and the Peru national football team.
Irven Beybe Ávila Acero is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sporting Cristal.
The 1995 Torneo Descentralizado was the 80th season of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season began on March 4 and concluded on December 27 with the victory of Universitario de Deportes over Alianza Lima for the second berth to the 1996 Copa Libertadores. Sporting Cristal successfully defended its national title after finishing 12 points ahead of Alianza Lima and Universitario.
The 1994 Torneo Descentralizado was the 79th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). A total of 16 teams competed. The national champion was Sporting Cristal, beginning a run of three consecutive titles.
The 1993 Torneo Descentralizado was the 78th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. Universitario de Deportes conquered its twenty-first Primera División.
Miguel "El Chino" Ximénez Acosta is an Uruguayan former football striker.
Miguel Alejandro Company Chumpitazi is a Peruvian football coach, former player (1965–1973), and sports reporter.
Víctor Yoshimar Yotún Flores is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Peruvian Primera División club Sporting Cristal and the Peru national team. He can play as a left back, left winger, or defensive midfielder.
Orlando Contreras Collantes is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a center back for Academia Deportiva Cantolao in the Peruvian First Division.
The Torneo Descentralizado is the national Peruvian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Peruvian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The responsibility for its organization lies within the Asociación Deportiva de Fútbol Profesional. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Segunda División and the Copa Peru. Seasons run from February to December but the competition format varies from season to season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. It is currently sponsored by Movistar TV and therefore commercially known as the Torneo Descentralizado Copa Movistar.
Julio César "Coyote" Rivera González is a retired Peruvian footballer who played mainly as a winger.
Marcos Abner Delgado Ocampo is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Ayacucho FC as a central midfielder.
Alejandro Hohberg González is a Peruvian football player who currently plays for Club Sporting Cristal.
