1966 Torneo Descentralizado
Football league season
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The 1966 Torneo Descentralizado was the 50th season of the highest division of Peruvian football. This season marked the first time the Primera División was named the Descentralizado because teams outside Lima and Callao were invited for the first time making it the first national championship in Peru.
19 February 1967
| Season | 1966 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 August 1966 – 19 February 1967 |
| Champions | Universitario (11th title) |
| Runner up | Sport Boys |
| Relegated | Melgar Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín Octavio Espinosa Carlos Concha |
| 1967 Copa Libertadores | Universitario Sport Boys |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 542 (2.98 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Teófilo Cubillas (19 goals) |
← 1965 1967 → | |
The first match of the season was played on 13 August 1966 between Universitario and Mariscal Sucre in the Estadio Nacional. Shortly after this match, the first match to feature a team outside the Lima and Callao region was between Sporting Cristal and Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín in the same stadium on the same day.[1]
The champion was Universitario. Four teams were relegated at the end of the season. Carlos Concha was relegated to the 1967 Segunda División as the last placed team. In addition, Octavio Espinosa, Alfonso Ugarte, and Melgar were relegated as they needed to place seventh or higher to remain in the first division.[2] They needed to play the 1967 Copa Perú to attain promotion to the first division.[3]
Election of teams
It was established that fourteen teams would participate in this first national tournament. Given that the necessary financial support to fund a complete transformation was lacking, the process was carried out gradually. Thus, the first Descentralizado tournament retained a still centralist structure: ten teams from Lima and four from the provinces.
The four teams invited to play in the inaugural national championship were the district champions of Arequipa, Ica, Piura, and Trujillo: Melgar, Octavio Espinosa, Atlético Grau, and Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín, respectively.
Teams
Team changes
| Promoted from 1965 Segunda División |
Invited | Relegated from 1965 Primera División |
|---|---|---|
 Mariscal Sucre (1st) |
Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín (1st Trujillo) Atlético Grau (1st Piura) Melgar (1st Arequipa) Octavio Espinosa (1st Ica) |
 Ciclista Lima (10th) |
Stadia locations
| Team | City | Mannager |
|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín | Trujillo |  Ángel Fernández Roca |
| Alianza Lima | La Victoria, Lima |  Jaime de Almeida |
| Atlético Grau | Piura |  László Pákozdi |
| Carlos Concha | Callao |  Alfonso Huapaya |
| Centro Iqueño | Cercado de Lima |  Miguel Ortega |
| Defensor Arica | Breña, Lima |  Hugo Tassara |
| Defensor Lima | Breña, Lima | Juan Honores |
| Deportivo Municipal | Cercado de Lima | Luis Guzmán |
| Mariscal Sucre | La Victoria, Lima | Clemente Velásquez |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Gilberto dos Santos |
| Octavio Espinosa | Ica | Pablo Pasache |
| Sport Boys | Callao | José Chiarella |
| Sporting Cristal | Rímac, Lima | Alberto Terry |
| Universitario | Breña, Lima | Marcos Calderón |
The whole tournament was played in seven stadiums:
League table
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universitario (C) | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 27 | +38 | 41 | 1967 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Sport Boys | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 35 | |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 33 | |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 30 | |
| 5 | Centro Iqueño | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 30 | |
| 6 | Atlético Grau | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 29 | |
| 7 | Defensor Lima | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 28 | |
| 8 | Melgar (R) | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 28 | 1967 Copa Perú |
| 9 | Defensor Arica | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 28 | |
| 10 | Mariscal Sucre | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 21 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Municipal | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 21 | |
| 12 | Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín (R) | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 17 | 1967 Copa Perú |
| 13 | Octavio Espinosa (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 12 | |
| 14 | Carlos Concha (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 79 | −50 | 11 | 1967 Segunda División |
Results
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teófilo Cubillas |
Alianza Lima | 19 |
| 2 | Ricardo López Lavalle |
Defensor Lima | 14 |
| Ángel Uribe |
Universitario | 14 | |