1999 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	1999
Champions	Universitario; 23rd Primera División title
Relegated	I.M.I.
Copa Libertadores	Universitario; Alianza Lima; Sporting Cristal
Top goalscorer	Ysrael Zúñiga (32)
	← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 84th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

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. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to the best other team in the aggregate table. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams

Alianza Lima
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Sport Boys

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Locations of the 1999 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
Cienciano	Cuzco	Garcilaso	42,056	Grass
Deportivo Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Deportivo Pesquero	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sanchez	25,000	Grass
I.M.I.	Talara	Campeonísimo	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
Unión Minas	Cerro de Pasco	Daniel Alcides Carrión	8,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	22	15	5	2	35	15	+20	50	Copa Libertadores 2000 First stage
2	Alianza Lima	22	14	4	4	51	20	+31	46
3	Sporting Cristal	22	11	8	3	50	23	+27	41
4	Cienciano	22	10	5	7	32	25	+7	35
5	Melgar	22	9	6	7	35	27	+8	33
6	Sport Boys	22	7	9	6	29	30	−1	30
7	Unión Minas	22	6	7	9	29	29	0	25
8	Alianza Atlético	22	6	7	9	25	38	−13	25
9	Deportivo Municipal	22	5	6	11	22	36	−14	21
10	I.M.I.	22	5	4	13	22	55	−33	19
11	Juan Aurich	22	4	6	12	21	38	−17	18
12	Deportivo Pesquero	22	2	9	11	18	43	−25	15

Updated to match(es) played on July 1999. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru99.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Torneo Clausura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	22	14	5	3	47	18	+29	47	Copa Libertadores 2000 First stage
2	Universitario	22	12	6	4	44	24	+20	42
3	Sport Boys	22	11	6	5	32	25	+7	39
4	Sporting Cristal	22	11	5	6	46	31	+15	38
5	Melgar	22	11	3	8	44	30	+14	36
6	Unión Minas	22	7	7	8	43	39	+4	28
7	Alianza Atlético	22	7	6	9	36	28	+8	27
8	Cienciano	22	7	9	6	27	27	0	27^[a]
9	Juan Aurich	22	8	3	11	26	32	−6	27
10	Deportivo Pesquero	22	4	8	10	17	38	−21	20
11	Deportivo Municipal	22	5	3	14	20	54	−34	18
12	I.M.I.	22	1	7	14	12	52	−40	10

Updated to match(es) played on December 1999. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru99.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Cienciano lost 3 points in Round 13 win over Sporting Cristal for fielding an ineligible player.

Season finals

December 15, 1999

First leg

Universitario	3–0	Alianza Lima
R. Farfán 10' Esidio 49' del Solar 73'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

December 20, 1999

Second leg

Alianza Lima	1–0	Universitario
Mafla 45'

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima

Title

Primera División Peruana 1999 Champion
Universitario 23rd title

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	44	28	9	7	98	38	+60	93	2000 Copa Libertadores First stage
2	Universitario	44	27	11	6	79	39	+40	92
3	Sporting Cristal	44	22	13	9	96	54	+42	79
4	Melgar	44	20	9	15	79	57	+22	69
5	Sport Boys	44	18	15	11	61	55	+6	69
6	Cienciano	44	17	14	13	59	52	+7	65
7	Unión Minas	44	13	14	17	72	68	+4	53
8	Alianza Atlético	44	13	13	18	71	66	+5	52
9	Juan Aurich	44	12	9	23	47	70	−23	45
10	Deportivo Municipal	44	10	9	25	42	90	−48	39
11	Deportivo Pesquero (O)	44	6	17	21	35	81	−46	35	Qualification for promotion play-off
12	I.M.I.	44	6	11	27	34	107	−73	29	Relegation to 2000 Copa Perú

Updated to match(es) played on December 1999. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Promotion play-off

December 18, 1999

Deportivo Pesquero	2–2 4–3 (PSO)	América Cochahuayco
Espinoza 60' Silvera 61'		Carrión 45' Ibarra 72'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Deportivo Pesquero remained in Primera División Peruana

Top scorers

32 goals

Ysrael Zúñiga (FBC Melgar)

24 goals

Harry Castillo (Unión Minas)

22 goals

Waldir Sáenz (Alianza Lima)

19 goals

Roberto Holsen (Alianza Atlético, Sporting Cristal)
Claudio Pizarro (Alianza Lima)

External links

Peru 1999 season Details on RSSSF

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