2002 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season 2002
Champions Sporting Cristal
14th Primera División title
Relegated Juan Aurich
Coopsol Trujillo
Copa Libertadores Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Alianza Lima
Copa Sudamericana Alianza Lima
Cienciano
Top goalscorer Luis Fabián Artime (24)
2001
2003

The 2002 Torneo Descentralizado was the 86th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a playoff, but a team had to finish in the top 4 in both tournaments to earn the right to play the final. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to each half-year tournament winner, and the best-placed team in the aggregate table. The two bottom teams on the aggregate table were relegated, but a playoff had to be played between the 10th- and 11th-placed teams since both obtained the same number of points (goal difference did not count as a tie-breaker).

Teams

Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alianza Atlético Sullana Campeones del 368,000 Grass
Alianza Lima Lima Alejandro Villanueva35,000 Grass
Cienciano Cuzco Garcilaso 42,056 Grass
Coopsol Trujillo Trujillo Mansiche 24,000 Artificial
Coronel Bolognesi Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850 Grass
Estudiantes de Medicina Ica José Picasso Peratta 8,000 Grass
Juan Aurich Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500 Grass
Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000 Grass
Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Grass
Sporting Cristal Lima San Martín de Porres 18,000 Grass
Universitario Lima Monumental80,093 Grass
Wanka Huancayo Huancayo 20,000 Grass

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universitario (O) 22 15 2 5 30 17 +13 47 Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
2 Alianza Lima 22 14 5 3 43 23 +20 47 Qualification to 2002 Copa Sudamericana
3 Sporting Cristal 22 11 5 6 43 32 +11 38
4 Cienciano 22 9 7 6 33 31 +2 34
5 Alianza Atlético 22 10 3 9 37 26 +11 33
6 Juan Aurich 22 7 7 8 29 25 +4 28
7 Melgar 22 6 9 7 36 43 7 27
8 Sport Boys 22 7 4 11 29 37 8 25
9 Coopsol Trujillo 22 6 6 10 28 32 4 24
10 Coronel Bolognesi 22 6 5 11 27 39 12 23
11 Estudiantes de Medicina 22 4 7 11 25 28 3 19
12 Wanka 22 5 4 13 23 40 17 19

Updated to games played on August 26, 2009.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru02.html
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 CIEBOLWANESTMELJASBACOOCRIUNI
Alianza Atlético 12 10 30 50 41 33 30 02 32 01 00
Alianza Lima 01 51 20 32 21 21 11 31 01 51 10
Cienciano 10 21 21 21 33 11 00 30 32 10 20
Coronel Bolognesi 32 00 32 33 11 11 32 32 12 13 00
Wanka 10 00 23 01 20 21 31 30 00 11 12
Estudiantes de Medicina 12 11 00 23 10 40 11 22 20 00 01
Melgar 11 23 33 32 10 31 00 10 41 44 10
Juan Aurich 31 22 20 10 40 12 30 31 11 21 12
Sport Boys 02 23 32 10 20 30 44 10 13 10 01
Coopsol Trujillo 02 12 00 21 60 30 00 11 11 03 03
Sporting Cristal 43 24 22 40 21 31 40 10 11 21 01
Universitario 10 01 10 10 21 31 42 10 21 21 34

Updated to games played on 30 January 2012.
Source: RSSSF Peru 2002
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.

Apertura playoff



Universitario Apertura 2002 winners
To Copa Libertadores 2003

Torneo Clausura

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Cristal 22 13 7 2 46 18 +28 46 Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
2 Alianza Lima 22 13 6 3 40 18 +22 042
3 Alianza Atlético 22 11 6 5 40 18 +22 036
4 Cienciano 22 11 3 8 50 44 +6 36
5 Estudiantes de Medicina 22 9 5 8 36 29 +7 32
6 Sport Boys 22 7 8 7 28 24 +4 29
7 Wanka 22 7 8 7 30 35 5 29
8 Coronel Bolognesi 22 8 4 10 24 29 5 28
9 Melgar 22 6 7 9 25 33 8 25
10 Juan Aurich 22 5 5 12 20 35 15 20
11 Universitario 22 4 7 11 27 36 9 19
12 Coopsol Trujillo 22 3 4 15 18 51 33 13

Updated to games played on August 26, 2009.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.
(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.

Final playoff

No final playoff was played since the Apertura winner Universitario did not finish in the Clausura's top 4, while Sporting Cristal won the Clausura after placing third in the Apertura.

Title

Primera División Peruana
2002 Champion
Sporting Cristal
14th title

Aggregate table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza Lima 44 27 11 6 83 41 +42 89 Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
2 Sporting Cristal 44 24 12 8 89 18 +71 84 Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
3 Cienciano 44 20 10 14 83 75 +8 70 2003 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Phase
4 Alianza Atlético 44 21 9 14 71 52 +19 69
5 Universitario 44 19 9 16 57 53 +4 66 Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
6 Sport Boys 44 14 12 18 57 61 4 54
7 Melgar 44 12 16 16 61 67 6 52
8 Estudiantes de Medicina 44 13 12 19 61 67 6 51
9 Coronel Bolognesi 44 14 9 21 51 68 17 51
10 Juan Aurich (A) 44 12 12 20 49 60 11 48 Relegation to the Copa Perú
11 Wanka (O) (A) 44 12 12 20 53 75 22 48
12 Coopsol Trujillo 44 9 10 25 46 83 37 37 Relegation to the Copa Perú

Updated to games played on August 26, 2009.
Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru02.html
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.

Promotion play-off

11 December 2002
Juan Aurich 21 Wanka
A. Torres  55'
R. Miñán  70'
E. Torrealva  63'

15 December 2002
Wanka 40 Juan Aurich
M. Ruiz  3'
E. Salazar  40'
J. Montenegro  52'
H. Veloyes  92'

Juan Aurich relegated to Copa Perú

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Argentina Luis Artime Melgar 24
2 Argentina Sergio Ibarra Alianza Atlético 22
3 Peru Germán Carty Cienciano 18
Peru Antonio Serrano Sport Boys 18
5 Uruguay Ernesto Zapata Cienciano 15

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