1983 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1983 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 17 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Top 6 from First Stage played in Lima for the Championship without carrying their whole season record; top 3 entered that round with Bonus of 3, 2, and 1 point respectively. For 1984 First Division grew to 25 teams. So besides Sport Pilsen which gained the right to be promoted, 9 other teams were invited to join First Division.

Teams

CNI

Torino

ADT

U. Técnica de Cajamarca

León de Huánuco

Coronel Bolognesi

Alfonso Ugarte

Deportivo Junín

Unión Huaral

Juan Aurich

Melgar

Alianza Lima
Atlético Chalaco
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

Locations of the 1983 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
Huancayo	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000	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
Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca	Cajamarca	Héroes de San Ramón	18,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

Results

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melgar	32	19	6	7	37	20	+17	44	Final Group, Bonus +3
2	Sporting Cristal	32	14	13	5	59	31	+28	41	Final Group, Bonus +2
3	Universitario	32	13	14	5	43	20	+23	40	Final Group, Bonus +1
4	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	32	14	12	6	43	27	+16	40	Final Group
5	Municipal	32	14	12	6	43	33	+10	40
6	Torino	32	17	5	10	53	36	+17	39
7	Sport Boys	32	14	10	8	39	29	+10	38
8	Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca	32	11	11	10	31	30	+1	33
9	Alianza Lima	32	10	11	11	36	32	+4	31
10	Asociación Deportiva Tarma	32	10	9	13	34	39	−5	29
11	Atlético Chalaco	32	8	12	12	24	33	−9	28
12	Coronel Bolognesi	32	8	11	13	31	38	−7	27
13	Unión Huaral	32	7	11	14	24	43	−19	25
14	Huancayo	32	9	6	17	24	42	−18	24
15	Alfonso Ugarte	32	8	7	17	29	57	−28	23
16	Juan Aurich	32	8	6	18	27	43	−16	22	1984 Copa Perú
17	León de Huánuco	32	5	10	17	19	43	−24	20

Final group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	5	5	0	0	13	4	+9	12	1984 Copa Libertadores
2	Melgar	5	2	2	1	11	11	0	9	1984 Copa Libertadores
3	Universitario	5	2	2	1	9	8	+1	7
4	Municipal	5	2	1	2	7	5	+2	5
5	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	5	1	0	4	5	9	−4	2
6	Torino	5	0	1	4	5	13	−8	1

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SPORTING CRISTAL
1983 National Champions - 8th title

External links

• RSSSF Peru 1983