1980 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1980
Champions	Sporting Cristal 5th Descentralizado title 7th Primera División title
Relegated	Juventud La Palma
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal Torino
Top goalscorer	Oswaldo Rámirez (18 goals)
← 1979 1981 →

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.

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

CNI

ADT

Atlético Torino

Coronel Bolognesi

Alfonso Ugarte

Junín

Juventud La Palma

Unión Huaral

Juan Aurich

Melgar

Alianza Lima
Atlético Chalaco
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

Locations of the 1980 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alfonso Ugarte	Puno	Enrique Torres Belón	20,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Asociación Deportiva Tarma	Tarma	Unión Tarma	9,000	Grass
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Colegio Nacional Iquitos	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850	Grass
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
Junín	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass
Juventud La Palma	Huacho	Segundo Aranda Torres	12,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000	Grass
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	30	16	9	5	47	24	+23	41	Final Group
2	Torino	30	14	10	6	51	34	+17	38
3	Alfonso Ugarte	30	14	8	8	49	32	+17	36
4	Asociación Deportiva Tarma	30	13	10	7	40	31	+9	36
5	Alianza Lima	30	11	12	7	39	26	+13	34
6	Municipal	30	11	9	10	45	44	+1	31
7	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	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	30	7	12	11	33	49	−16	26
13	Sport Boys	30	7	11	12	33	39	−6	25	Relegation Group
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	Relegation Group, Penalty -2

Final Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	36	19	11	6	54	30	+24	49	1981 Copa Libertadores
2	Torino	36	17	10	9	57	40	+17	44	1981 Copa Libertadores
3	Asociación Deportiva Tarma	36	15	12	9	47	37	+10	42
4	Alfonso Ugarte	36	15	10	11	58	43	+15	40

Relegation Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Melgar	36	10	14	12	45	45	0	34
14	Sport Boys	36	10	13	13	44	46	−2	33
15	Coronel Bolognesi	36	8	13	15	33	40	−7	29	Relegation play-off
16	Juventud La Palma	36	6	11	19	30	69	−39	21	1981 Copa Perú

Relegation play-off

	Relegation playoff
	Coronel Bolognesi		2	2	4
	Unión Gonzáles Prada		0	0	0

External links

• RSSSF Peru 1980