2007 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season 2007
Champions Universidad San Martín
1st Primera División title
Relegated Municipal
Total Clean
Copa Libertadores Universidad San Martín
Coronel Bolognesi
Cienciano
Copa Sudamericana Sport Áncash
Universitario
Goals scored 653
Average goals/game 2.47
Top goalscorer Johan Fano (19)
Biggest home win Alianza Lima 6-0 Deportivo Municipal
(2007-12-16)
Biggest away win Alianza Lima 0-5 Universidad San Martín
(2007-08-12)
Highest scoring Sport Boys 4–4 Melgar
(2007-04-29)
2006
2008

The 2007 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) is the ninety-first season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Universidad San Martín won its first national title as it did not have to play in the season finals due to Coronel Bolognesi's poor performance in the Torneo Apertura. The season began on February 3, 2007 and ended on December 16, 2007.

Changes from 2006

Rule changes

Starting with the 2007 season, promotion of the Segunda División champion was re-introduced.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to 2007 Torneo Descentralizado:

Teams relegated to 2007 Segunda División:

Season overview

Universidad San Martín de Porres won the Apertura, their first title, and qualified for their first Copa Libertadores. Coronel Bolognesi won the Clausura which was their first title too. In the Apertura they had placed last and were in danger of relegation. No national championship final was contested because Coronel Bolognesi did not finish in the top 6 of the Apertura. The national title went to Universidad San Martín, who had accumulated more points on the aggregate table. Coincidentally, both teams also participated in the Copa Sudamericana together in 2006. The final fixture of the Clausura had four potential winners. Aside from Bolognesi, Universitario de Deportes, Alianza Lima, Cienciano, and Sport Áncash had a chance at winning the title. They all won their last fixtures, however, Bolognesi also won its fixture and surpassed Universitario by one point. Despite not winning the Clausura, Cienciano qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 Preliminary Round, and Universitario and Sport Áncash qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008. Alianza Lima, however, finished the season empty-handed.

Sporting Cristal, a Peruvian giant, was in danger of relegation throughout the season. This was Cristal's worst season in its history. The team failed in the Apertura under the Argentine Sampaoli and the club decided to hire Juan Carlos Oblitas for the Clausura. At first he did not have much success but during the second-half of the Clausura, they were undefeated for the remaining 11 games with 5 wins and 6 draws. Cristal finished tying the last fixture and remained in the First Division. The newly promoted Deportivo Municipal and Total Clean were relegated. Deportivo Municipal played its last fixture with its U-20 squad and as a result, Alianza Lima defeated them 6-0. The first-team squad did not play because the club did not pay them for several months.

Teams

Team City Stadium Capacity
Alianza Atlético Sullana Campeones del 368,000
Alianza Lima Lima Alejandro Villanueva35,000
Cienciano Cusco Garcilaso 42,056
Coronel Bolognesi Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850
Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000
Municipal Lima Nacional 45,574
Sport Áncash Huaraz Rosas Pampa 8,000
Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000
Sporting Cristal Lima San Martín de Porres 18,000
Total Clean Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000
Universidad San Martín Lima San Martín de Porres 18,000
Universitario de Deportes Lima Monumental80,093


Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universidad San Martín 22 13 5 4 44 22 +22 44 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cienciano 22 10 7 5 32 22 +10 37
3 Sport Áncash 22 9 7 6 30 22 +8 0342
4 Sport Boys 22 9 7 6 33 29 +4 34
5 Universitario 22 9 5 8 31 31 0 32
6 Alianza Lima 22 9 8 5 31 23 +8 0311
7 Melgar 22 8 5 9 32 38 6 29
8 Alianza Atlético 22 6 10 6 23 23 0 28
9 Municipal 22 6 6 10 25 30 5 24
10 Sporting Cristal 22 5 7 10 25 35 10 22
11 Total Clean 22 6 2 14 28 45 17 20
12 Coronel Bolognesi 22 4 7 11 22 36 14 0192

Updated to games played on June 10, 2007.
Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2007
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Alianza Lima were docked 4 points for failing to pay debts owed to two former players.
2. Bolognesi forfeited against Sport Áncash in Round 14. 2-0 win awarded to Sport Áncash.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] AAS ALI CIEBOLDMUMELÁNCSBACRITCLUSMUNI
Alianza Atlético 01 22 20 21 00 22 00 00 10 22 30
Alianza Lima 20 21 00 10 11 20 22 11 30 41 12
Cienciano 21 00 30 20 23 10 11 10 22 12 01
Coronel Bolognesi 11 20 23 22 11 00 02 31 13 11 23
Municipal 11 22 11 10 12 11 11 12 30 01 21
Melgar 10 21 22 25 01 12 14 20 31 03 21
Sport Áncash 11 22 01 20 30 10 41 20 41 11 10
Sport Boys 01 21 01 10 20 44 10 01 21 20 11
Sporting Cristal 11 11 22 00 31 13 02 13 41 03 31
Total Clean 02 12 02 30 13 32 32 21 21 23 12
Universidad San Martín 30 20 02 12 21 30 40 40 22 10 22
Universitario 31 12 10 40 02 10 00 33 31 11 03

Updated to games played on November 3, 2007.
Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2007 Fixture
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Torneo Clausura

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Coronel Bolognesi 22 10 6 6 27 15 +12 36 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Universitario 22 9 8 5 27 22 +5 35
3 Cienciano 22 10 4 8 35 28 +7 34
4 Alianza Lima 22 9 7 6 29 25 +4 34
5 Sport Áncash 22 9 6 7 26 27 1 33
6 Sporting Cristal 22 7 9 6 21 23 2 30
7 Universidad San Martín 22 7 6 9 25 24 +1 27
8 Melgar 22 5 11 6 18 17 +1 26
9 Alianza Atlético 22 6 8 8 17 22 5 26
10 Total Clean 22 7 4 11 22 27 5 25
11 Municipal 22 6 6 10 24 38 14 24
12 Sport Boys 22 4 11 7 25 28 3 23

Updated to games played on December 10, 2007.
Source: Peruvian Football Clausura 2007
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] AAS ALI CIEBOLDMUMELÁNCSBACRITCLUSMUNI
Alianza Atlético 00 30 00 10 10 11 21 00 10 21 00
Alianza Lima 21 12 32 60 00 30 12 01 21 05 11
Cienciano 20 30 10 40 00 21 30 20 31 40 23
Coronel Bolognesi 10 00 62 10 20 20 31 01 30 01 00
Municipal 32 01 11 12 00 20 22 10 10 22 32
Melgar 00 11 41 02 10 02 20 00 22 21 01
Sport Áncash 32 11 11 00 31 02 22 31 10 10 21
Sport Boys 00 12 00 22 11 11 11 30 30 10 11
Sporting Cristal 10 12 10 10 33 11 20 11 22 11 10
Total Clean 41 20 10 10 41 00 01 10 11 20 01
Universidad San Martín 30 00 31 02 01 10 21 11 11 30 02
Universitario 00 13 21 11 21 22 12 31 21 10 00

Updated to games played on December 10, 2007.
Source: Peruvian Football Clausura 2007 Fixture
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Aggregate table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universidad San Martín 44 20 11 13 69 44 +25 71 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cienciano 44 20 11 13 67 50 +17 71 2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage
3 Sport Áncash 44 18 13 13 56 49 +7 67 2008 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
4 Universitario 44 18 13 13 58 53 +5 67 2008 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary
5 Alianza Lima 44 18 15 11 60 48 +12 65
6 Sport Boys 44 13 18 13 58 58 0 57
7 Melgar 44 13 16 15 50 55 5 55
8 Coronel Bolognesi 44 14 13 17 49 51 2 55 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
9 Alianza Atlético 44 12 18 14 40 45 5 54
10 Sporting Cristal 44 12 16 16 46 58 12 52
11 Municipal 44 12 12 20 49 68 19 48 Relegation to the Segunda División 2008
12 Total Clean 44 13 6 25 50 72 22 45

Updated to games played on December 10, 2007.
Source: Peruvian Football Aggregate Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Season finals

No season finals were contested since the Apertura winners Universidad San Martín de Porres failed to finish in the top six of the Torneo Clausura and the Clausura winners Coronel Bolognesi failed to finish in the top six of the Torneo Apertura. Therefore, San Martín won the national title due to the team's better positioning on the aggregate table.

Top scorers

Sources:Peru.com Peru.com

19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
13 goals
12 goals

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