1980 Torneo Descentralizado
Football league season
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The 1980 Torneo Descentralizado was the sixty-fourth season of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season was divided into two phases. Sporting Cristal won its seventh first division title and fifth national title.[1][2][3][4]
8 February 1981
5th Descentralizado title
7th Primera División title
| Season | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 April 1980– 8 February 1981 |
| Champions | Sporting Cristal 5th Descentralizado title 7th Primera División title |
| Runner up | Atlético Torino |
| Relegated | Juventud La Palma |
| Copa Libertadores | Sporting Cristal Atlético Torino |
| Top goalscorer | Oswaldo Ramírez (18 goals) |
← 1979 1981 → | |
Format
The first stage of the tournament involves all sixteen teams playing against each other, once at home and once away. When this stage concluded, the top four teams advanced to an end-of-season playoff phase known as the Liguilla to determine the national champion. Relegation was determined by the bottom four teams of the first stage in a four-team group. The fourth-placed team was relegated and the third-placed team played a promotion/relegation playoff with the 1980 Copa Perú runner-up. The teams carried their first stage results into the Liguilla and relegation group except the sixteenth placed team which were docked 2 points for placing last.
Teams
Team changes
| Promoted from 1979 Copa Perú |
Relegated from 1979 Primera División |
|---|---|
 ADT (1st) |
 León de Huánuco (16th) |
Stadia locations
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Ugarte | Puno | Enrique Torres Belón | 20,000 | Grass |
| Alianza Lima | La Victoria, Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 | Grass |
| ADT | Tarma | Unión Tarma | 9,000 | Grass |
| Atlético Chalaco | Callao | Miguel Grau | 15,000 | Grass |
| Atlético Torino | Talara | Campeonísimo | 8,000 | Grass |
| CNI | Iquitos | Max Augustín | 24,000 | Grass |
| Coronel Bolognesi | Tacna | Jorge Basadre | 19,850 | Grass |
| Deportivo Junín | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 | Grass |
| Deportivo Municipal | Cercado de Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 | Grass |
| Juventud La Palma | Huacho | Segundo Aranda Torres | 12,000 | Grass |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Mariano Melgar | 20,000 | Grass |
| Sport Boys | Callao | Miguel Grau | 15,000 | Grass |
| Sporting Cristal | Rímac, Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Unión Huaral | Huaral | Julio Lores Colan | 10,000 | Grass |
| Universitario | Breña, Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
First Stage
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 41 | Liguilla Final |
| 2 | Atlético Torino | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 38 | |
| 3 | Alfonso Ugarte | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 36 | |
| 4 | ADT | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 36 | |
| 5 | Alianza Lima | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 34 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Municipal | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 31 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Junín | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 30 | |
| 8 | Atlético Chalaco | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 29 | |
| 9 | Universitario | 30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 28 | |
| 10 | Unión Huaral | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 28 | |
| 11 | Juan Aurich | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 28 | |
| 12 | CNI | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 26 | |
| 13 | Sport Boys | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 25 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 14 | Melgar | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 25 | |
| 15 | Coronel Bolognesi | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 24 | |
| 16 | Juventud La Palma | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 21 | Liguilla Descenso, Penalty -2 |
Results
Liguilla Final
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CRI | TOR | ADT | UGA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Cristal (C) | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 49 | 1981 Copa Libertadores | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 2 | Atlético Torino | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 44 | 1981 Copa Libertadores | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | ADT | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 42 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | |||
| 4 | Alfonso Ugarte | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 40 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
(C) Champions
Liguilla Descenso
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | MEL | SBA | BOL | PAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melgar | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 34 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 2 | Sport Boys | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 33 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||
| 3 | Coronel Bolognesi (O) | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 29 | Promotion/relegation play-off | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Juventud La Palma (R) | 36 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 69 | −39 | 21 | 1981 Copa Perú | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Promotion/relegation play-off
The Promotion/relegation play-off was contested between Coronel Bolognesi, who finished second-to-last in the 1980 Torneo Descentralizado, and Unión González Prada, runners-up of the 1980 Copa Perú. The Tacna-based side secured a convincing 5-0 aggregate victory, thereby retaining their place in the top division. Meanwhile, the Lima-based club missed out on what was arguably its best opportunity to earn promotion to the First Division.
| 1 February 1981 | Unión González Prada | 0–2 | Coronel Bolognesi | Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima |
| 16:00 |
|
Attendance: 6,075 Referee: Enrique Labo |
| 8 February 1981 | Coronel Bolognesi | 3–0 | Unión González Prada | Estadio Jorge Basadre, Tacna |
| 15:30 |
|
