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.
Club Alianza Lima, is a Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on 15 February 1901 by working-class youth in the Chacaritas neighborhood of Lima. It is widely known for having one of the most historical and successful football teams in Peru; they have won a total of 21 official league titles of the Peruvian Primera División and are currently the oldest team playing in that competition, since the club was founded in 1901. According to CONMEBOL, it is considered the second most popular club in Peru with more than 12 million fans as of April 2016.
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.
José Guillermo del Solar Alvarez-Calderón is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.
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.
The 2008 Torneo Descentralizado was the ninety-second season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Universidad San Martín defending their national title. The season began on February 17, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008.
José Aurelio Carvallo Alonso is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universidad César Vallejo.
Renzo Revoredo Zuazo is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Sporting Cristal and the Peru national football team.
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.
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.
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.
Roberto Orlando Mosquera Vera is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a forward.
Horacio Martín Calcaterra is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Peru national team.
Christofer Gonzáles Crespo is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes and the Peru national team.
Alejandro Hohberg González is a Peruvian football player who currently plays for Club Sporting Cristal.
The 2018 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional was the 102nd edition of the top flight of Association football governed by the Federación Peruana de Futbol (FPF). There were 16 teams in play; Alianza Lima were the defending champions. Sporting Cristal won their nineteenth domestic championship on 16 December after beating Alianza Lima in both legs of the finals.
Carlos Jhilmar Lora Saavedra, better known as Jhilmar Lora, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Peruvian Primera División club Sporting Cristal and the Peru national team.
Carlos Percy Liza Espinoza is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Peruvian Primera División club Carlos A. Mannucci.
Hugo Axell Ancajima Effio is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes.
