1994 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1994 Torneo Descentralizado was the 79th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). A total of 16 teams competed. The national champion was Sporting Cristal, beginning a run of three consecutive titles.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season1994
ChampionsSporting Cristal
11th Primera División title
RelegatedCarlos A. Mannucci
Defensor Lima
Copa LibertadoresSporting Cristal
Alianza Lima
Copa CONMEBOLCiclista Lima
Top goalscorerFlavio Maestri (25)
1993
1995

Changes from 1993

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  • The Torneo Intermedio was replaced by the Torneo Apertura which qualified its champion to the 1995 Copa CONMEBOL and awarded the club two points for the Torneo Descentralizado.
  • The third-to-last club vs. Copa Perú runner-up relegation playoff was removed.

Teams

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Team changes

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Promoted from
1993 Segunda División
Promoted from
1993 Copa Perú
Relegated from
1993 Primera División
  Ciclista Lima (1st)   Aurich–Cañaña (1st)   Unión Huaral (15th)
  UTC (16th)

Stadia locations

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Team City Stadium Capacity
Alianza Atlético Sullana Campeones del 36 8,000
Alianza Lima Lima Alejandro Villanueva 35,000
Aurich–Cañaña Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500
Carlos A. Mannucci Trujillo Mansiche 24,000
Ciclista Lima Lima Nacional 45,750
Cienciano Cusco Garcilaso 42,056
Defensor Lima Lima Nacional 45,750
Deportivo Municipal Lima Nacional 45,750
Deportivo Sipesa Chimbote Manuel Gómez Arellano 25,000
León de Huánuco Huánuco Heraclio Tapia 15,000
Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000
San Agustín Lima Nacional 45,750
Sport Boys Callao Telmo Carbajo 5,000
Sporting Cristal Lima Estadio Nacional 45,750
Unión Minas Cerro de Pasco Daniel Alcides Carrión 8,000
Universitario Lima Nacional 45,750

Torneo Apertura

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The tournament was played prior to the main Torneo Descentralizado. The group winners advanced to the playoff final. Its champion qualified for the 1995 Copa CONMEBOL.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Cristal 7 5 0 2 23 5 +18 10 Final
2 León de Huánuco 7 4 2 1 11 8 +3 10
3 Alianza Lima 7 3 3 1 15 11 +4 9
4 Deportivo Sipesa 7 3 3 1 9 9 0 9
5 Cienciano 7 1 4 2 8 11 −3 6
6 Aurich-Cañaña 7 2 2 3 9 14 −5 6
7 San Agustín 7 0 3 4 7 15 −8 3
8 Defensor Lima 7 0 3 4 6 15 −9 3
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Home \ Away ALI AUR CIE DEF SIP LEO AGU SC
Alianza Lima 3–1 1–1 2–1
Aurich-Cañaña 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–5
Cienciano 3–3 0–0 3–1 1–1
Defensor Lima 2–2 1–1 1–1
Deportivo Sipesa 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
León de Huánuco 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1
San Agustín 2–2 1–1 0–4
Sporting Cristal 4–0 3–0 5–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 1994
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ciclista Lima 7 5 2 0 20 8 +12 12 Final
2 Sport Boys 7 4 1 2 14 8 +6 9
3 Deportivo Municipal 7 3 2 2 8 7 +1 8
4 Melgar 7 3 1 3 15 10 +5 7
5 Carlos A. Mannucci 7 2 3 2 9 8 +1 7
6 Unión Minas 7 1 4 2 4 12 −8 6
7 Alianza Atlético 7 1 2 4 11 20 −9 4
8 Universitario 7 1 1 5 11 19 −8 3
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Home \ Away AAS MAN CIC MUN MEL SBA MIN UNI
Alianza Atlético 3–2 1–1 3–4 1–5
Carlos A. Mannucci 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–0
Ciclista Lima 4–1 4–3 3–0 4–1
Deportivo Municipal 0–2 2–1 2–0
Melgar 2–1 6–0 2–1
Sport Boys 2–1 1–1 1–0 6–0
Unión Minas 1–1 0–0 1–0
Universitario 1–2 1–2 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 1994
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

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Sporting Cristal as Torneo Apertura champion; receive 2 bonus points for Torneo Descentralizado and qualified for 1995 Copa CONMEBOL. Later declines berth for Copa Libertadores berth. Ciclista Lima as Runner-up competes in the Copa CONMEBOL instead.

Torneo Descentralizado

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Sporting Cristal received 2 bonus points as Torneo Apertura champions. Sporting Cristal declined their Copa CONMEBOL berth after qualifying for the Copa Libertadores at the end of the Torneo Descentralizado.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Cristal (C) 30 24 3 3 86 19 +67 51 1995 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 30 19 4 7 43 20 +23 42 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores with 1 bonus point
3 Alianza Lima 30 16 8 6 56 29 +27 40 Pre-Liguilla
4 León de Huánuco 30 17 4 9 43 36 +7 38
5 Deportivo Sipesa 30 12 9 9 38 30 +8 33
6 Deportivo Municipal 30 13 6 11 40 37 +3 32
7 Ciclista Lima 30 13 6 11 54 54 0 32
8 Melgar 30 12 7 11 41 42 −1 31
9 Aurich-Cañaña 30 12 6 12 36 36 0 30
10 Unión Minas 30 10 8 12 32 42 −10 28
11 Sport Boys 30 11 2 17 34 43 −9 24
12 San Agustín 30 8 8 14 36 48 −12 24
13 Cienciano 30 7 7 16 23 41 −18 21
14 Alianza Atlético 30 8 5 17 38 59 −21 21
15 Carlos A. Mannucci 30 6 8 16 24 45 −21 20 1995 Copa Perú
16 Defensor Lima 30 2 9 19 25 68 −43 13 1995 Segunda División
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away AAS ALI AUR CAM CIC CIE DEF MUN SIP LEO MEL AGU SBA CRI MIN UNI
Alianza Atlético 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–3 1–2 3–4 5–2 1–1
Alianza Lima 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 3–2 4–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Aurich–Cañaña 4–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 1–1
Carlos A. Mannucci 3–1 3–3 3–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–4 0–0 0–1
Ciclista Lima 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 3–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–5
Cienciano 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2
Defensor Lima 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–6 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–2 1–11 3–1 0–1
Deportivo Municipal 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–1
Deportivo Sipesa 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 5–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
León de Huánuco 2–0 4–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–1
Melgar 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 4–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1
San Agustín 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–2 2–1
Sport Boys 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 4–0 0–1
Sporting Cristal 4–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 3–1 6–1 4–1 3–2 3–2 4–0 5–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 2–0
Unión Minas 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–3
Universitario 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1994. Source: RSSSF Peru 1994
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pre-Liguilla

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Melgar 1–2 Alianza Lima 1–0 0–2
León de Huánuco 2–2 Ciclista Lima 0–0 2–2
Deportivo Sipesa 2–2 Deportivo Municipal 1–1 1–1

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

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All matches were played in Lima. Universitario started with 1 bonus point for finishing second in the Torneo Descentralizado.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza Lima 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 1995 Copa Libertadores
2 Deportivo Sipesa 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
3 León de Huánuco 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 2
4 Universitario 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Teams play each other once, either home or away. Liguilla Final was played only at the Estadio Nacional, Lima.

Home \ Away ALI SIP LEO UNI
Alianza Lima 3–1 2–1
Deportivo Sipesa 0–0 3–2
León de Huánuco 3–2
Universitario 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1994. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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