1998 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado 1998 15 February 1998 –23 December 1998 Universitario22nd Primera División title Sporting Cristal Lawn Tennis Copa Libertadores UniversitarioSporting Cristal Copa CONMEBOL Sport Boys Copa Merconorte Alianza LimaSporting CristalUniversitario Nílson (25 goals) 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.Rsssf.org Peru 1998A 22 años de un agónico títuloUniversitario de Deportes: un día como hoy, hace 20 años, derrotó a Sporting Cristal para coronarse campeón 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 Team changes Promoted from1997 Segunda División Promoted from1997 Copa Perú Relegated from1997 Primera División Lawn Tennis (1st) Juan Aurich (1st) Alcides Vigo (11th) Atlético Torino (12th) José Gálvez (13th) La Loretana (14th) Stadia locations Peru right 350 Locations of the 1998 Primera División teams Peru -4.8833333 -80.68333333 Alianza Atlético Arrows 12x12 w.svg Peru -6.762961 -79.836614 Juan Aurich left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Peru -10.686389 -76.2625 Unión Minas left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Peru -9.141211 -78.593572 Pesquero Arrows 12x12 w.svg Peru -13.525 -71.972222 Cienciano Arrows 12x12 w.svg Peru -16.398822 -71.536883 Melgar left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Peru -12.043333 -77.028333 Alianza LimaLawn TennisMunicipalSporting Cristal Universitario Sport Boys left Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Team City Stadium Capacity Alianza Atlético Sullana Campeones del 368,000 Alianza Lima Lima Alejandro Villanueva35,000 Cienciano Cuzco Garcilaso 42,056 Deportivo Municipal Lima Nacional 45,750 Deprotivo Pesquero Chimbote Manuel Rivera Sanchez 25,000 Juan Aurich Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500 Lawn Tennis Lima Nacional 45,750 Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000 Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 18,000 Sporting Cristal Lima San Martín de Porres 17,000 Unión Minas Cerro de Pasco Daniel Alcides Carrión8,000 Universitario Lima Teodoro Lolo Fernández 15,000 Torneo Apertura Standings main WDL Q UNI Universitario SBA Sport Boys CRI Sporting Cristal UMI Unión Minas WAN Deportivo Pesquero ALI Alianza Lima JAU Juan Aurich AAS Alianza Atlético CIE Cienciano MEL Melgar MUN Deportivo Municipal LTF Lawn Tennis 11 10 1 40 18 11 6 5 38 23 10 7 5 40 20 11 4 7 33 29 9 6 7 35 21 9 6 7 35 21 7 8 7 27 25 6 8 8 33 26 6 7 9 24 27 7 2 13 20 36 6 4 12 23 48 3 2 17 16 49 #D0F0C0 Copa Libertadores 1999 First stage CL1 #ffffcc 1999 Copa CONMEBOL playoff CCP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. July 1998 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru98.html Results main FBR grey AAS ALI CIE MUN PES JA LTF MEL SBA CRI MIN UNI Alianza Atlético 4–2 3–3 2–3 3–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–3 0–0 Alianza Lima 1–0 2–0 0–1 7–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 6–0 0–0 Cienciano 1–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 Deportivo Municipal 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 0–3 2–3 2–2 Deportivo Pesquero 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 Melgar 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 Juan Aurich 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 Lawn Tennis 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–4 2–0 0–5 Sport Boys 2–2 0–0 3–1 4–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–0 4–1 3–3 Sporting Cristal 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–0 7–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 Unión Minas 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 Universitario 5–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1998 RSSSF Peru 1998 Torneo Clausura Standings main WDL Q CRI Sporting Cristal ALI Alianza Lima SBA Sport Boys UNI Universitario CIE Cienciano WAN Deportivo Pesquero MEL Melgar JAU Juan Aurich AAS Alianza Atlético UMI Unión Minas LTF Lawn Tennis MUN Deportivo Municipal 13 3 6 41 23 A,O 11 9 2 35 17 A 12 6 4 24 12 8 10 4 32 22 7 9 6 23 20 -1 7 8 7 20 20 8 5 9 26 33 6 8 8 24 27 6 6 10 24 30 6 6 10 22 30 6 4 12 20 38 3 4 15 24 43 Cienciano were docked 1 points for fielding 4 foreign players in Round 3. #D0F0C0 Copa Libertadores 1999 First stage CL1 #ffffcc 1999 Copa CONMEBOL playoff CCP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. December 1998 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru98.html Results main FBR grey AAS ALI CIE MUN PES JA LTF MEL SBA CRI MIN UNI Alianza Atlético 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 Alianza Lima 4–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 Cienciano 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 Deportivo Municipal 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 5–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–1 Deportivo Pesquero 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 Melgar 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–3 Juan Aurich 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–4 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 Lawn Tennis 2–0 1–5 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 Sport Boys 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 Sporting Cristal 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 7–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 Unión Minas 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 Universitario 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 1998 RSSSF Peru 1998 Clausura title play-off 16 December 1998 20:00 Sporting Cristal 1–0 Alianza Lima Andrés Mendoza 42 Gilberto Hidalgo 40,698 Estadio Nacional, Lima Sporting Cristal Clausura 1998 winnersTo Copa Libertadores 1999(Alianza Lima to Copa CONMEBOL playoff) Copa CONMEBOL play-off 20 December 1998 11:30 Sport Boys 0–1 Alianza Lima Juan Saavedra 74 Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao Juan Mondoñedo 800 22 December 1998 15:30 Alianza Lima 2–0 Sport Boys Carlos Basombrío 6Facundo Gareca 29 Francisco Núñez Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima 1,500 Alianza Lima to 1999 Copa CONMEBOL(Alianza Lima later declined their spot in favor of Sport Boys) Title play-off 20 December 1998 15:30 Sporting Cristal 2–1 Universitario Nilson Esidio 30Andrés Mendoza 40 Luis Guadalupe 62 Estadio Nacional, Lima URU Gustavo Méndez 28,809 23 December 1998 Universitario 20:00 2–1 Sporting Cristal Roberto Farfán 41 55 Andrés Mendoza 74 Gustavo Grondona César Casas Gustavo Falaschi Luis Guadalupe Eduardo Esidio 4–2 Javier Ferreira Jorge Soto Roger Serrano Germán Carty Estadio Nacional, Lima URU José Luis da Rosa 38,459 Aggregate table main WDL QR SBA Sport Boys CRI Sporting Cristal UNI Universitario ALI Alianza Lima WAN Deportivo Pesquero UMI Unión Minas JAU Juan Aurich CIE Cienciano MEL Melgar AAS Alianza Atlético MUN Deportivo Municipal LTF Lawn Tennis 23 12 9 62 35 23 10 11 81 43 19 20 5 72 40 C 20 15 9 70 38 16 14 14 53 49 17 10 17 55 60 13 16 15 51 52 13 16 15 47 47 -1 15 7 22 46 69 12 14 18 57 66 9 8 27 47 91 O 9 6 29 36 87 R Cienciano were docked 1 points for fielding 4 foreign players in Round 3. #BBEBFF 1999 Copa CONMEBOL CC #D0F0C0 1999 Copa Libertadores and 1999 Copa Merconorte CL1 CL1 #FFFFBB 1999 Copa Merconorte CM1 #FFE6E6 Qualification for Promotion/relegation play-off QPP #ffcccc Relegation to 1999 Segunda División R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. December, 1999 Promotion/relegation play-off The promotion/relegation play-off was a two-legged series played by the team placing 11th in the 1998 Primera División, Deportivo Municipal and the 1998 Segunda División champion Hijos de Yurimaguas. 20 December 1998 15:00 Deportivo Municipal 4–1 yes Hijos de Yurimaguas Ronald Baroni 34 100 113Paolo Maldonado 119 Benjamín Rodríguez 64 Estadio Nacional, Lima 5,000 José Arana Deportivo Municipal remained in Primera División 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 (Deportivo Pesquero) Jorge Soto (Sporting Cristal) References See also 1998 Peruvian Segunda División 1998 Copa Perú External links Peru 1998 season Details on RSSSF Category:Peruvian Primera División seasons Peru Primera Division Peruana