1999 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1999
Champions	Universitario 23rd Primera División title
Relegated	I.M.I.
Copa Libertadores	Universitario Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal
Top goalscorer	Ysrael Zúñiga (32)
← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 84th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

The national championship was divided into two 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. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to the best other team in the aggregate table. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams

Alianza Atlético

Juan Aurich

Unión Minas

IMI

Pesquero

Cienciano

Melgar

Alianza Lima
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Sport Boys

Locations of the 1999 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cuzco	Garcilaso	42,056	Grass
I.M.I.	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000	Grass
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Pesquero	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sanchez	25,000	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	18,000	Grass
Unión Minas	Cerro de Pasco	Daniel Alcides Carrión	8,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	22	15	5	2	35	15	+20	50	Copa Libertadores 2000 First stage
2	Alianza Lima	22	14	4	4	51	20	+31	46
3	Sporting Cristal	22	11	8	3	50	23	+27	41
4	Cienciano	22	10	5	7	32	25	+7	35
5	Melgar	22	9	6	7	35	27	+8	33
6	Sport Boys	22	7	9	6	29	30	−1	30
7	Unión Minas	22	6	7	9	29	29	0	25
8	Alianza Atlético	22	6	7	9	25	38	−13	25
9	Municipal	22	5	6	11	22	36	−14	21
10	I.M.I.	22	5	4	13	22	55	−33	19
11	Juan Aurich	22	4	6	12	21	38	−17	18
12	Pesquero	22	2	9	11	18	43	−25	15

Updated to games played on July, 1999.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru99.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Torneo Clausura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	22	14	5	3	47	18	+29	47	Copa Libertadores 2000 First stage
2	Universitario	22	12	6	4	44	24	+20	42
3	Sport Boys	22	11	6	5	32	25	+7	39
4	Sporting Cristal	22	11	5	6	46	31	+15	38
5	Melgar	22	11	3	8	44	30	+14	36
6	Unión Minas	22	7	7	8	43	39	+4	28
7	Alianza Atlético	22	7	6	9	36	28	+8	27
8	Cienciano	22	7	9	6	27	27	0	0271
9	Juan Aurich	22	8	3	11	26	32	−6	27
10	Pesquero	22	4	8	10	17	38	−21	20
11	Municipal	22	5	3	14	20	54	−34	18
12	I.M.I.	22	1	7	14	12	52	−40	10

Updated to games played on December, 1999.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru99.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Cienciano lost 3 points in Round 13 win over Sporting Cristal for fielding an ineligible player.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Season finals

Universitario v Alianza Lima

December 15, 1999 First leg

Universitario	3–0	Alianza Lima
R. Farfán  10' Esidio  49' del Solar  73'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

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Alianza Lima v Universitario

December 20, 1999 Second leg

Alianza Lima	1–0	Universitario
Mafla  45'

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima

Title

Primera División Peruana 1999 Champion
100px Universitario 23rd title

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	44	28	9	7	98	38	+60	93	Copa Libertadores 2000 First stage
2	Universitario	44	27	11	6	79	39	+40	92
3	Sporting Cristal	44	22	13	9	96	54	+42	79
4	Melgar	44	20	9	15	79	57	+22	69
5	Sport Boys	44	18	15	11	61	55	+6	69
6	Cienciano	44	17	14	13	59	52	+7	65
7	Unión Minas	44	13	14	17	72	68	+4	53
8	Alianza Atlético	44	13	13	18	71	66	+5	52
9	Juan Aurich	44	12	9	23	47	70	−23	45
10	Municipal	44	10	9	25	42	90	−48	39
11	Pesquero (O)	44	6	17	21	35	81	−46	35	Qualification to promotion play-off
12	I.M.I.	44	6	11	27	34	107	−73	29	Relegation to the Copa Perú

Updated to games played on December, 1999.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promotion play-off

Pesquero v América Cochahuayco

December 18, 1999

Pesquero	2–2 4–3 (PSO)	América Cochahuayco
Espinoza  60' Silvera  61'		Carrión  45' Ibarra  72'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

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Pesquero remained in Primera División Peruana

Top scorers

32 goals

• Ysrael Zúñiga (FBC Melgar)

24 goals

• Harry Castillo (Unión Minas)

22 goals

• Waldir Sáenz (Alianza Lima)

19 goals

• Roberto Holsen (Alianza Atlético, Sporting Cristal)
• Claudio Pizarro (Alianza Lima)

External links

• Peru 1999 season Details on RSSSF