2004 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	2004
Champions	Alianza Lima 21st Primera División title
Relegated	Wanka Grau–Estudiantes
Copa Libertadores	Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal Cienciano
Copa Sudamericana	Alianza Atlético Universitario
Top goalscorer	Gabriel Garcia (35)
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-eighth season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twenty-first Primera División title after beating Sporting Cristal in the final playoff.

Changes from 2003

Structural changes

The number of teams for the 2004 season grew from 12 to 14. The relegation system was re-introduced but the system was determined by a points per match average. The qualification for the Copa Sudamericana was determined by the aggregate table instead of the Torneo Apertura playoffs. Due to a structure change in the Copa Libertadores, only two teams will qualify directly to the group stage (the half-year champions) and the best-placed non-champion will have to play in the first stage.

Promotion and relegation

No teams were relegated from the 2003 season and thus the number of teams grew from 12 to 14. Segunda División champion Sport Coopsol and Copa Perú 2003 champion U. César Vallejo were promoted.

Teams

Alianza Atlético

Grau–Estudiantes

U. César Vallejo

Wanka

Unión Huaral

Cienciano

Melgar
A. Universidad

Coronel Bolognesi

Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
U. San Martín
Sport Boys

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Locations of the 2004 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Atlético Universidad	Arequipa	Virgen de Chapi	45,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	42,056	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850	Grass
Grau–Estudiantes	Piura	Miguel Grau	25,000	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
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000	Grass
Universidad César Vallejo	Trujillo	Mansiche	24,000	Artificial
Universidad San Martín	Lima	Nacional	18,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Monumental	80,093	Grass
Wanka	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass

Final

29 December 2004

Alianza Lima	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Sporting Cristal
Penalties
Soto Quinteros Jayo Maestri Sáenz Ciurlizza Salas	5–4	Zegarra Cominges Soto Moisela Prado Torres Araujo

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Referee: Manuel Garay

Title

Primera División Peruana 2004 Champion
Alianza Lima 21st title

Relegation table

Pos	Team	2003 Pts	2004 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
1	Alianza Lima	80	99	179	89	2.01
2	Sporting Cristal	76	95	171	89	1.92
3	Cienciano	49	101	150	88	1.7
4	Alianza Atlético	58	92	150	89	1.69
5	Universitario	41	84	125	89	1.4
6	Unión Huaral	50	75	125	89	1.4
7	Sport Boys	58	62	120	89	1.35
8	Coronel Bolognesi	60	60	120	89	1.35
9	Universidad César Vallejo	—	63	63	52	1.21
10	Melgar	44	62	106	89	1.19
11	Universidad de San Martín	—	57	57	52	1.1
12	Atlético Universidad	33	57	90	88	1.02
13	Wanka	32	50	82	89	0.92
14	Grau–Estudiantes	27	43	60	89	0.67

Updated as of games played on December, 2005.

Relegated to the Segunda Division Peruana

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Gabriel Garcia	FBC Melgar	35
2	Johan Fano	Coronel Bolognesi	29
3	Luis Alberto Bonnet	Sporting Cristal	28
4	Sergio Ibarra	Cienciano	25
5	Pedro García	Alianza Atlético	23
6	Sebastian Dominguez	Atlético Universidad	21
7	Hernán Rengifo	Unión Huaral	18
8	Miguel Mostto	Cienciano	17
	Junior Ross	Coronel Bolognesi	17

External links

• Peru 2004 season Details on RSSSF