1998 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	1998
Champions	Universitario 22nd Primera División title
Relegated	Lawn Tennis
Copa Libertadores	Universitario Sporting Cristal
Top goalscorer	Nelson Esidio (25)
← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 83rd 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 winner of each tournament, while the runners-up played for a Copa CONMEBOL spot. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a relegation/promotion playoff against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams

Alianza Lima
Lawn Tennis
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Sport Boys

Locations of the 1998 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
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
Lawn Tennis	Lima	Nacional	45,750	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	18,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	17,000	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	11	10	1	40	18	+22	43	Copa Libertadores 1999 First stage
2	Sport Boys	22	11	6	5	38	23	+15	39	1999 Copa CONMEBOL playoff
3	Sporting Cristal	22	10	7	5	40	20	+20	37
4	Unión Minas	22	11	4	7	33	29	+4	37
5	Pesquero	22	9	6	7	35	21	+14	33
6	Alianza Lima	22	9	6	7	35	21	+14	33
7	Juan Aurich	22	7	8	7	27	25	+2	29
8	Alianza Atlético	22	6	8	8	33	26	+7	26
9	Cienciano	22	6	7	9	24	27	−3	25
10	Melgar	22	7	2	13	20	36	−16	23
11	Municipal	22	6	4	12	23	48	−25	22
12	Lawn Tennis	22	3	2	17	16	49	−33	11

Updated to games played on July, 1998.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru98.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	Sporting Cristal (O) (A)	22	13	3	6	41	23	+18	42	Copa Libertadores 1999 First stage
2	Alianza Lima (A)	22	11	9	2	35	17	+18	42	1999 Copa CONMEBOL playoff
3	Sport Boys	22	12	6	4	24	12	+12	42
4	Universitario	22	8	10	4	32	22	+10	34
5	Cienciano	22	7	9	6	23	20	+3	029¹
6	Pesquero	22	7	8	7	20	20	0	29
7	Melgar	22	8	5	9	26	33	−7	29
8	Juan Aurich	22	6	8	8	24	27	−3	26
9	Alianza Atlético	22	6	6	10	24	30	−6	24
10	Unión Minas	22	6	6	10	22	30	−8	24
11	Lawn Tennis	22	6	4	12	20	38	−18	22
12	Municipal	22	3	4	15	24	43	−19	13

Updated to games played on December, 1998.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru98.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Cienciano were docked 1 points for fielding 4 foreign players in Round 3.
(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.

Clausura title play-off

Sporting Cristal v Alianza Lima

December 16, 1998

Sporting Cristal	1–0	Alianza Lima
A. Mendoza 42'

Estadio Nacional,
Lima

Sporting Cristal Clausura 1998 winners
To Copa Libertadores 1999
(Alianza Lima to Copa CONMEBOL playoff)

Copa CONMEBOL play-off

Sport Boys v Alianza Lima

December 20, 1998

Sport Boys	0–1	Alianza Lima
		Saavedra 74'

Estadio Miguel Grau,
Callao

Alianza Lima v Sport Boys

December 22, 1998

Alianza Lima	2–0	Sport Boys
Basombrío 6' Gareca 29'

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva,
Lima

Alianza Lima to 1999 Copa CONMEBOL
(Alianza Lima later declined their spot in favor of Sport Boys)

Season finals

Sporting Cristal v Universitario

December 20, 1998

Sporting Cristal	2–1	Universitario
N. Esidio 30' A. Mendoza 40'		L. Guadalupe 62'

Estadio Nacional,
Lima

Universitario v Sporting Cristal

December 23, 1998

Universitario	2–1 4–2 (PSO)	Sporting Cristal
R. Farfán 50' R. Farfán 56'		A. Mendoza 74'

Estadio Nacional,
Lima

Title

Primera División Peruana 1998 Champion
Universitario 22nd title

Aggregate table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sport Boys	44	23	12	9	62	35	+27	81	1999 Copa CONMEBOL
2	Sporting Cristal	44	23	10	11	81	43	+38	79	Copa Libertadores 1999 First stage
3	Universitario	44	19	20	5	72	40	+32	77	Copa Libertadores 1999 First stage
4	Alianza Lima	44	20	15	9	70	38	+32	75
5	Pesquero	44	16	14	14	53	49	+4	62
6	Unión Minas	44	17	10	17	55	60	−5	61
7	Juan Aurich	44	13	16	15	51	52	−1	55
8	Cienciano	44	13	16	15	47	47	0	054¹
9	Melgar	44	15	7	22	46	69	−23	52
10	Alianza Atlético	44	12	14	18	57	66	−9	50
11	Municipal (O)	44	9	8	27	47	91	−44	35	Qualification for promotion play-off
12	Lawn Tennis	44	9	6	29	36	87	−51	33	Relegation to the Segunda División 1999

Updated to games played on December, 1999.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Cienciano were docked 1 points for fielding 4 foreign players in Round 3.
(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

Municipal v Hijos de Yurimaguas

December 20, 1998

Municipal	4–1 (AET)	Hijos de Yurimaguas
Baroni 34' Baroni 100' Baroni 113' Maldonado 119'		Rodríguez 64'

Estadio Nacional,
Lima

Municipal remained in Primera División Peruana

Top scorers

25 goals

Nelson Esidio (Sporting Cristal)

19 goals

Martín Reyes (Juan Aurich)

17 goals

Roberto Farfán (Universitario)
Sergio Ibarra (Sport Boys)

16 goals

Andrés Gonzales (Pesquero)
Jorge Soto (Sporting Cristal)

External links

Peru 1998 season Details on RSSSF

Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional

2017 clubs	Alianza Atlético Alianza Lima Ayacucho Comerciantes Unidos Juan Aurich Melgar Municipal Real Garcilaso Sport Huancayo Sporting Cristal Unión Comercio Universidad San Martín Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca Universitario

Former clubs	ADO AELU Alcides Vigo Alfonso Ugarte Alfonso Ugarte (Ch) Alianza Huánuco Alipio Ponce Asociación Deportiva Tarma Atlético Chalaco Atlético Universidad Aurich–Cañaña Aurora Bancos Barrio Frigorífico Belén Cañaña Carlos A. Mannucci Carlos Concha Centro Iqueño Chacarita Versalles Chanchamayo Ciclista Lima Cienciano Circolo Sportivo Italiano Cobresol Colegio Nacional Iquitos Comercio Coopsol Trujillo Coronel Bolognesi Coronel Bolognesi FC Defensor ANDA Defensor Arica Defensor Lima Diablos Rojos Estudiantes de Medicina Grau Guardia Republicana Hijos de Yurimaguas Hospital Hungaritos Agustinos Huracán I.M.I. Internazionale Jorge Chávez Jorge Chávez (C) José Gálvez José Gálvez (L) Juan Aurich (1922–1992) Juan Aurich (1996–2004) Juan Bielovucic Junín Juvenil Los Ángeles Juventud La Joya Juventud La Palma KDT Nacional La Bocana La Loretana Lawn Tennis León de Huánuco Libertad Lima Cricket Los Caimanes Los Espartanos Mariscal Nieto Mariscal Sucre Mina San Vicente Minero Morba Octavio Espinoza Pacífico Pacífico (T) Peruano Piérola Porvenir Miraflores Pucallpa Sáenz Peña San Agustín San Martín de Porres San Simón 15 de Septiembre SIMA Sport Áncash Sport Boys Sport Inca Sport Loreto Sport Pilsen Sport Progreso Sportivo Huracán Tarapacá Ferrocarril Tintaya Torino Total Chalaco Unión Buenos Aires Unión Huaral Unión Huayllaspanca Unión Minas Unión Miraflores Unión Pesquero Unión Tarapoto Unión Tumán Universidad César Vallejo Walter Ormeño Wanka

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Champions Torneo de Promoción y Reserva

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