List of Sporting Cristal seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Sporting Cristal in Peruvian and South American football, from 1951 (the year of the club's first participated in the Peruvian Primera División) to the most recent completed season. Sporting Cristal was founded in December, 1951, in the Rímac district by engineer Ricardo Bentín Mujica and his wife Esther Grande de Bentín, owners of the Peruvian brewery Backus and Johnston.[1][2]

The club has won the Peruvian Primera División twenty times, has finished as Copa Libertadores runner-up once, and has never been relegated from Peru's top division.

This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season (where the information is available). Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Peruvian Primera División that season.

Seasons

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Professional Era (1951-1965)

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Season League National Cups Continental / Other Tournament Top goalscorer(s)
Competition Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Name(s) Goals
1956 Primera División 1st 18 13 3 2 43 19 29
1957 Primera División 5th 22 9 5 8 32 30 23
1958 Primera División 8th 22 9 3 10 35 26 21
1959 Primera División 5th 22 7 6 9 37 39 20
1960 Primera División 3rd 18 9 4 5 37 26 22 DNQ
1961 Primera División 1st[a] 18 12 2 4 34 21 26 DNQ   Alberto Gallardo 13
1962 Primera División 2nd 18 12 3 3 47 18 27 Copa Libertadores GS   Alberto Gallardo 13
1963 Primera División 2nd 18 11 6 1 49 15 28 DNQ
1964 Primera División 5th 22 10 5 7 32 25 25 DNQ
1965 Primera División 6th 22 10 5 7 41 31 25 DNQ

National Championship Era (1966–present)

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Season League Position National Cups Continental / Other Tournament Top goalscorer(s)
Competition Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Play-offs[b] Name(s) Goals
1966 Torneo Descentralizado 26 12 6 8 36 25 30 4th DNQ
1967 Torneo Descentralizado 26 13 10 3 43 20 36 2nd DNQ
1968 Torneo Descentralizado 26 15 7 4 35 15 37 1st 1st[c] Copa Libertadores R2
1969 Torneo Apertura 13 7 1 5 19 16 15 4th Copa Libertadores GS
Torneo Descentralizado 20 7 7 6 28 22 21 9th
1970 Torneo Descentralizado 32 18 9 5 58 32 71 1st Copa Presidente de la República GS DNQ
1971 Torneo Descentralizado 30 13 12 5 50 36 38 4th Copa Libertadores GS
1972 Metropolitan Group 14 8 4 2 21 13 20 1st DNQ
Torneo Descentralizado 30 11 10 9 41 34 32 6th
Final Group 5 3 2 0 6 3 8 1st
1973 Torneo Descentralizado 39 20 10 9 55 33 50 2nd Copa Libertadores GS
1974 Torneo Descentralizado 42 19 12 11 74 60 50 7th Copa Libertadores GS
1975 Torneo Descentralizado 34 12 11 11 35 35 35 8th DNQ
1976 Torneo Descentralizado 30 9 12 9 28 26 30 7th DNQ
1977 Torneo Interzonal 16 7 4 5 29 24 18 4th DNQ
Torneo Descentralizado 40 19 11 10 74 40 49 2nd
1978 Preliminary Tournament 14 2 2 10 14 32 6 8th Copa Libertadores GS
Torneo Descentralizado 30 18 6 6 61 28 42 3rd
1979 First Stage 30 10 15 5 46 26 35 3rd DNQ
Final Group 14 9 4 1 26 8 23 [d] 1st
1980 Torneo Descentralizado 36 19 11 6 54 30 49 1st Copa Libertadores GS   Oswaldo Ramírez 18
1981 Torneo Regional 10 2 3 5 10 14 8 [e] 6th Copa Libertadores GS
Torneo Descentralizado 30 8 12 10 30 38 28 9th
1982 First Stage 20 9 8 3 30 18 26 1st DNQ
Second Stage 8 2 1 5 10 11 5 4th[f]
1983 First Stage 32 14 13 5 59 31 41 2nd DNQ   Juan Caballero 29
Final Group 5 5 0 0 13 4 12 [g] 1st
1984 Regional tournament 18 9 4 5 37 26 22 3rd Copa Libertadores GS
Torneo Descentralizado 26 8 12 6 35 24 28 4th
1985 Regional tournament 22 6 9 7 26 25 21 6th DNQ DNQ
Torneo Descentralizado 30 11 5 14 37 43 27 10th DNQ [f]
1986 Torneo Regional 22 12 9 1 34 17 33 1st QF DNQ
Torneo Descentralizado 10 5 3 2 13 6 13 1st
Final Group Stage 5 2 0 3 5 7 4 5th
1987 Regional tournament 22 10 6 6 42 22 26 4th DNQ
Torneo Descentralizado 30 17 10 3 54 25 44 1st
Final Group Stage 5 2 0 3 5 5 6 4th
1988 Regional tournament 12 4 5 3 16 13 13 3rd DNQ[f] DNQ
Torneo Descentralizado 22 11 6 5 28 15 28 1st
Final Group Stage 5 2 2 1 3 2 8 1st 1st [h]
1989 Regional I 10 5 3 2 23 9 15 1st Torneo Plácido Galindo GS Copa Libertadores GS
Regional I - Liguilla 5 1 4 0 3 0 6 1st W
Regional II 10 7 2 1 14 3 16 2nd [i] 2nd
1990 Regional I 11 2 6 3 9 11 10 6th DNQ [f] Copa Libertadores GS
Regional II 22 8 5 9 26 23 21 7th DNQ [f]
1991 Regional I 11 7 3 1 23 11 17 1st W [j] DNQ   Horacio Raúl Baldessari 25
Regional I - Liguilla Final 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 2nd 1st [k]
Regional II 22 11 6 5 42 25 28 4th W [l]
Regional II - Liguilla Final 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 1st [m] 1st [n]
1992 Torneo Descentralizado 30 15 10 5 47 29 55 [o] 2nd Copa Libertadores Ro16
Continental Competition/Runner-up play-off 30 19 5 6 53 23 62 2nd
1993 Torneo Descentralizado 30 16 5 9 68 33 37 5th W [p] Torneo Intermedio QF Copa Libertadores QF
Continental Competition/Runner-up play-off 3 2 1 0 9 1 5 3rd
1994 Torneo Apertura 7 5 0 2 23 5 10 1st 1st[q] Copa CONMEBOL QF   Flavio Maestri 25
Torneo Descentralizado 30 24 3 3 86 19 51[r] 1st
1995 Torneo Descentralizado 44 29 9 6 98 32 96 [s] 1st Copa Libertadores QF   Julinho 23
1996 Torneo Descentralizado 30 22 3 5 73 26 69 1st Copa Libertadores Ro16
1997 Torneo Apertura 13 8 3 2 27 9 27 2nd Copa Libertadores RU
Torneo Clausura 13 6 4 3 25 16 22 3rd
Continental Competition/Runner-up Play-off 5 4 1 0 9 1 13 2nd
1998 Torneo Apertura 22 10 7 5 40 20 37 3rd 2nd [t] Copa Libertadores
Copa Merconorte
GS
GS
  Nílson Esidio 25
Torneo Clausura 22 13 3 6 41 23 42 1st
1999 Torneo Apertura 22 11 8 3 50 23 41 3rd DNQ Copa Libertadores
Copa Merconorte
GS
GS
Torneo Clausura 22 11 5 6 46 31 38 4th
2000 Torneo Apertura 22 7 7 8 40 31 28 8th 2nd [u] Copa Libertadores
Copa Merconorte
GS
GS
  Roberto Silva 13
Torneo Clausura 22 15 5 2 48 24 50 2nd
2001 Torneo Apertura 22 13 7 2 46 18 46 1st 2nd[v] Copa Libertadores
Copa Merconorte
GS
GS
  Luis Alberto Bonnet
  Jorge Soto
18
Torneo Clausura 22 14 2 6 44 25 44 3rd W[w]
2002 Torneo Apertura 22 11 5 6 43 23 38 1st 1st [x] Copa Libertadores GS   Luis Alberto Bonnet 23
Torneo Clausura 22 13 7 2 46 18 46 1st
2003 Torneo Apertura 22 15 4 3 50 20 49 1st 2nd[y] Copa Libertadores GS   Luis Alberto Bonnet 20
Torneo Clausura 15 [z] 7 6 2 29 18 27 3rd
2004 Torneo Apertura 26 13 6 7 50 24 45 4th 2nd[aa] Copa Libertadores Ro16   Luis Alberto Bonnet 28
Torneo Clausura 26 16 2 8 55 37 50 1st
2005 Torneo Apertura 24 9 9 6 34 28 36 4th 1st[ab] Copa Sudamericana GS
Torneo Clausura 24 15 7 2 37 13 52 1st
2006 Torneo Apertura 22 13 6 3 37 17 45 2nd DNQ Copa Libertadores GS   Luis Alberto Bonnet 12
Torneo Clausura 22 9 4 9 24 15 31 6th
2007 Torneo Apertura 22 6 2 14 25 35 20 10th DNQ Copa Libertadores R1
Torneo Clausura 22 7 9 6 21 23 30 6th
2008 Torneo Apertura 26 15 4 7 46 32 49 2nd 3rd [ac] DNQ   Miguel Ximénez 32
Torneo Clausura 26 14 3 9 36 25 45 2nd
2009 Torneo Descentralizado 44 16 9 19 71 55 57 10th DNQ Copa Libertadores R1   Héctor Hurtado 20
2010 Torneo Descentralizado 44 18 10 16 58 54 64 7th DNQ DNQ   Miguel Ximénez 19
2011 Torneo Descentralizado 30 10 8 12 30 34 38 10th DNQ Torneo Intermedio SF DNQ
2012 Torneo Descentralizado 44 25 11 8 93 44 86 1st 1st [ad] DNQ   Junior Ross 17
2013 Torneo Descentralizado 44 22 9 13 76 45 75 3rd [ae] DNQ Copa Libertadores GS   Irven Ávila 18
2014 Torneo Apertura 15 4 5 6 26 19 17 13th 1st Torneo del Inca GS Copa Libertadores R1   Irven Ávila 20
Torneo Clausura 15 10 3 2 35 19 13 1st[af]
2015 Torneo Apertura 16 9 4 3 25 16 31 1st 2nd Torneo del Inca GS Copa Libertadores GS   Carlos Lobatón 13
Torneo Clausura 16 7 6 3 35 24 27 5th
2016 Torneo Descentralizado 44 21 12 11 70 48 77 [ag] 1st 1st Copa Libertadores GS
2017 Torneo de Verano 14 6 4 4 27 16 22 3rd DNQ Copa Libertadores GS   Irven Ávila 22
Torneo Apertura 15 6 5 4 22 20 23 7th
Torneo Clausura 15 5 3 7 27 24 19 [ah] 9th
2018 Torneo de Verano 14 10 3 1 42 15 33 1st 1st [ai] DNQ Copa Sudamericana R1   Emanuel Herrera 40
Torneo Apertura 15 9 5 1 27 7 32 1st 1st
Torneo Clausura 15 7 3 5 37 14 24 5th
2019 Torneo Apertura 17 9 5 3 28 13 32 2nd 3rd Copa Bicentenario QF Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
GS
Ro16
  Cristian Palacios 13
Torneo Clausura 17 9 4 4 31 20 31 3rd
2020 Torneo Apertura 19 9 6 4 38 23 33 3rd 1st [aj] Copa Bicentenario [ak] Copa Libertadores R2   Emanuel Herrera 20
Torneo Clausura 9 7 2 0 20 9 23 2nd[al]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Alianza Lima by 2–0 after both teams tied on points at the end of the regular season.
  2. ^ Since 1966, play-off games have been used as a tie breaker between teams tie on points for promotion or relegation or as a post-season stage to decide the national championship. Whenever they have occurred, the club's position on that stage is shown in this column.
  3. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Juan Aurich by 2–1 in the Championship play-off.
  4. ^ Received a 1 point bonus for finishing third in the First Stage.
  5. ^ The points system was W:3, Won penalty shoot-out:2, L:0. The results of the reserve teams league were added as bonus points.
  6. ^ a b c d e Did not qualify to the final group.
  7. ^ Received a 2 point bonus for finishing second in the First Stage.
  8. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Universitario by 2–1 in the Championship play-off.
  9. ^ Sporting Cristal lost the play-offs to the Liguilla Final to Aurora and Alianza Atlético.
  10. ^ Sporting Cristal won a play-off match against Carlos A. Mannucci to reach the Liguilla Final.
  11. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Sport Boys by 1–0 in the Liguilla Final play-off after both tied on points in the Liguilla Final.
  12. ^ Sporting Cristal won a play-off match against Melgar to reach the Liguilla Final.
  13. ^ Sporting Cristal won the Regional II play-off to Universitario.
  14. ^ Sporting Cristal won the national championship by finishing first in the Regional I and Regional II tournaments.
  15. ^ The league experimented with the three points for a win rule this year.
  16. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Deportivo Municipal to reach the Continental Competition/Runner-up play-off.
  17. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Ciclista Lima by 4–1 in the Torneo Apertura final.
  18. ^ Received a 2 point bonus for finishing second in the Torneo Descentralizado.
  19. ^ The league permanently adopted the three points for a win rule this year.
  20. ^ Sporting Cristal lost to Universitario in the Championship play-offs.
  21. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Sport Boys 2–1 in the runner-up play-off.
  22. ^ Sporting Cristal lost the Apertura tournament play-off final against Alianza Lima.
  23. ^ Sporting Cristal won a play-off match against Estudiantes de Medicina to qualify to the Copa Libertadores.
  24. ^ Sporting Cristal automatically won the Championship play-offs after Universitario did not qualify due to finishing below 8th place in the Clausura tournament.
  25. ^ Sporting Cristal lost the championship play-off to Alianza Lima by 2–1.
  26. ^ A strike by the professional players cut the Clausura short. Most matches of Rounds 16 and 17 were played with under-20 and amateur players, but were later annulled.[3]
  27. ^ Sporting Cristal lost the championship play-off to Alianza Lima by 5–4 in penalties after drawing 0–0.
  28. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Cienciano by 0–1 in the Championship play-off.
  29. ^ Sporting Cristal finished 2nd on the tournament aggregate table but was champion of the Apertura or Clausura tournaments.
  30. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Real Garcilaso in the Championship play-offs.
  31. ^ Sporting Cristal finished third in the aggregate table.
  32. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Alianza Lima in a play-off match for the Clausura championship after both finished tied on points.
  33. ^ Sporting Cristal were awarded 2 point for 2016 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva success.
  34. ^ Sporting Cristal were awarded 1 point for 2017 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva success.
  35. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Sport Huancayo in the Torneo de Verano finals.
  36. ^ Sporting Cristal defeated Universitario in the play-off finals.
  37. ^ The Copa Bicentenario was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  38. ^ Sporting Cristal lost the Clausura playoff to Ayacucho.

References

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Specific
  1. ^ "La grandeza de la Familia Bentín" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Pasión 'Cervecera': Sepa cómo se fundó el Sporting Cristal" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ Behr, Raúl. "2003: Sin dinero y sin torneo". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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