Torneo Descentralizado
Season	1991
Champions	Sporting Cristal 10th Primera División title
Relegated	AELU Alfonso Ugarte Alianza Huánuco ADT Atlético Grau Atlético Torino Aurora Coronel Bolognesi Deportivo Bancos Deportivo Cañaña Deportivo Comercio Deportivo Hospital Deportivo Pacífico Diablos Rojos Internazionale Juan Aurich Juvenil Los Ángeles Libertad Mariscal Nieto Mina San Vicente Morba Octavio Espinoza Unión Huayllaspanca Unión Huaral Unión Tarapoto
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal Sport Boys
Copa CONMEBOL	Universitario
Top goalscorer	Horacio Raúl Baldessari (25)
← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tournament of Peruvian football, was played by 41 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments, whose winner advanced to national finals. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Torneo Regional I

Zona Metropolitana

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	11	7	3	1	23	11	+12	17	Octagonal
2	Sport Boys	11	6	4	1	17	10	+7	16
3	Alianza Lima	11	6	3	2	19	10	+9	15
4	Universitario	11	4	5	2	15	10	+5	13
5	Defensor Lima	11	5	3	3	18	14	+4	13
6	Deportivo Municipal	11	4	3	4	13	12	+1	11
7	San Agustín	11	4	3	4	11	14	−3	11
8	Unión Huaral	11	4	2	5	13	16	−3	10
9	Hijos de Yurimaguas	11	3	3	5	14	22	−8	9
10	Internazionale	11	2	5	4	8	17	−9	9
11	AELU	11	1	5	5	7	21	−14	7
12	Octavio Espinosa	11	1	3	7	5	29	−24	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Zona Norte

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carlos A. Mannucci	18	12	3	3	23	10	+13	27	Octagonal
2	Deportivo Pacífico	18	9	4	5	22	19	+3	22
3	UTC	18	9	3	6	23	16	+7	21
4	Atlético Torino	18	7	7	4	20	15	+5	21
5	Alianza Atlético	18	7	5	6	24	21	+3	19
6	Morba	18	6	6	6	16	18	−2	18
7	Juan Aurich	18	7	3	8	19	17	+2	17
8	Atlético Grau	18	5	6	7	19	8	+11	16
9	Deportivo Cañaña	18	4	4	10	12	20	−8	12
10	Libertad	18	2	3	13	14	35	−21	7

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Zona Sur

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Melgar	Octagonal
2	Cienciano
3	Aurora
4	Diablos Rojos
5	Alfonso Ugarte
6	Mariscal Nieto
7	Juvenil Los Ángeles
8	Coronel Bolognesi

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Zona Centro

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión Huayllaspanca	Octagonal
2	Alianza Huánuco
3	ADT
4	León de Huánuco
5	Mina San Vicente
6	Unión Minas

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Zona Oriente

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	CNI	Octagonal
2	Deportivo Bancos
3	Deportivo Comercio
4	Deportivo Hospital
5	Unión Tarapoto

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Octagonal

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Unión Huayllaspanca	0–4	Universitario	0–0	0–4
Melgar	5–3	Alianza Lima	3–0	2–3
Sporting Cristal	4–1	Carlos A. Mannucci	2–1	2–0
Sport Boys	7–2	CNI	4–1	3–1

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sport Boys	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	4
2	Sporting Cristal	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	1992 Copa Libertadores
3	Universitario	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Melgar	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. Liguilla Final was played only at the Estadio Nacional, Lima.

Home \ Away	MEL	SBA	CRI	UNI
Melgar		—	1–1	—
Sport Boys	3–0		—	—
Sporting Cristal	—	0–0		1–0
Universitario	1–1	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1991. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regional I final

August 29, 1991

Sporting Cristal	1 – 0	Sport Boys

Estadio Nacional
Lima

Torneo Regional II

Zona Metropolitana

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	22	12	8	2	37	18	+19	32	Octagonal
2	Sport Boys	22	10	10	2	30	18	+12	30
3	Defensor Lima	22	12	4	6	35	27	+8	28
4	Sporting Cristal	22	11	6	5	42	25	+17	28
5	Alianza Lima	22	8	10	4	33	22	+11	26
6	San Agustín	22	9	6	7	28	19	+9	24
7	Deportivo Municipal	22	9	6	7	30	27	+3	24
8	Hijos de Yurimaguas	22	8	7	7	30	26	+4	23
9	Unión Huaral	22	5	10	7	27	33	−6	20
10	AELU	22	4	3	15	17	45	−28	11
11	Internazionale	22	1	8	13	18	39	−21	10
12	Octavio Espinosa	22	3	2	17	16	44	−28	8

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Note: The championship was suspended after 9 games until mid-July. One player Hector Mathei (Deportivo Municipal) was killed and seven other players injured in a bomb attack on a club dressing room (Deportivo Municipal vs Alianza Lima).

Zona Norte

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Atlético	18	12	5	1	34	9	+25	29	Octagonal
2	Atlético Grau	18	11	4	3	30	20	+10	26
3	UTC	18	9	4	5	32	23	+9	22
4	Deportivo Pacífico	18	9	3	6	35	24	+11	21
5	Atlético Torino	18	8	5	5	24	19	+5	21
6	Carlos A. Mannucci	18	6	4	8	31	28	+3	16
7	Deportivo Cañaña	18	5	5	8	21	21	0	15
8	Juan Aurich	18	4	5	9	12	27	−15	13
9	Morba	18	4	3	11	23	35	−12	11
10	Libertad	18	1	4	13	9	45	−36	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Zona Sur

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melgar	14	13	0	1	55	24	+31	26	Octagonal
2	Cienciano	14	9	2	3	51	18	+33	20
3	Aurora	14	7	4	3	46	23	+23	18
4	Diablos Rojos	14	6	3	5	29	43	−14	15
5	Alfonso Ugarte	14	4	3	7	27	49	−22	11
6	Mariscal Nieto	14	3	3	8	31	36	−5	9
7	Juvenil Los Ángeles	14	1	5	8	24	40	−16	7
8	Coronel Bolognesi	14	3	0	11	14	53	−39	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Zona Centro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	León de Huánuco	10	7	2	1	33	10	+23	16	Octagonal
2	Unión Minas	10	6	2	2	37	20	+17	14
3	ADT	10	6	1	3	22	19	+3	13
4	Unión Huayllaspanca	10	6	0	4	35	18	+17	12
5	Alianza Huánuco	10	1	1	8	16	36	−20	3
6	Mina San Vicente	10	1	0	9	10	50	−40	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Note: Two players and an official of the Union Minas (Central zone of the decentralized championship), were injured and a member of the coaching staff was killed when the team's bus was shot at as the squad returned from an away match. Highway robbers or terrorists were thought to be responsible. The central-zone championship, which qualified the winner for The final round, was suspended as a result.

Zona Oriente

Primera Liguilla

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión Tarapoto	3	3	0	6	1	+5	6	Octagonal
2	Deportivo Bancos	3	2	1	8	3	+5	4
3	CNI	3	1	2	3	3	0	2
4	Deportivo Comercio	3	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Segunda Liguilla

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CNI	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5	Octagonal
2	Deportivo Bancos	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Unión Tarapoto	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	2
4	Deportivo Comercio	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Octagonal

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alianza Atletico	2–7	Universitario	1–3	1–4
Melgar	3–6	Sporting Cristal	3–1	0–5
Sport Boys	4–2	León de Huánuco	1–0	3–2
CNI	1–3	Defensor Lima	1–1	1–2

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4	1992 Copa Libertadores
2	Universitario	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
3	Sport Boys	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Defensor Lima	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. Liguilla Final was played only at the Estadio Nacional, Lima.

Home \ Away	DEF	SBA	CRI	UNI
Defensor Lima		—	—	2–2
Sport Boys	2–0		—	—
Sporting Cristal	2–1	2–1		—
Universitario	—	1–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1991. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regional II final

December 18, 1991

Universitario	1 – 1 (6-7)p	Sporting Cristal

Estadio Nacional
Lima

Playoff for Copa Libertadores 1992

December 22, 1991

Universitario	3 – 3 (1-4)p	Sport Boys

Estadio Nacional
Lima

Aggregate tables (Regional I and Regional II)

Metropolitan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sport Boys	33	16	14	3	47	28	+19	46	1992 Torneo Descentralizado
2	Sporting Cristal	33	18	9	6	65	36	+29	45
3	Universitario	33	16	13	4	52	28	+24	45
4	Alianza Lima	33	14	13	6	52	32	+20	41
5	Defensor Lima	33	17	7	9	53	41	+12	41
6	San Agustín	33	13	9	11	39	33	+6	35
7	Deportivo Municipal	33	13	9	11	43	39	+4	35
8	Hijos de Yurimaguas	33	11	10	12	44	48	−4	32
9	Unión Huaral	33	9	12	12	40	49	−9	30	1992 Segunda División
10	Internazionale	33	3	13	17	26	56	−30	19
11	AELU	33	5	8	20	24	66	−42	18
12	Octavio Espinosa	33	4	5	24	21	73	−52	13

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Norte

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Atlético	36	19	10	7	58	30	+28	48	1992 Torneo Descentralizado
2	UTC	36	18	7	11	55	39	+16	43	1992 Torneo Descentralizado
3	Carlos A. Mannucci	36	18	7	11	54	38	+16	43	Relegation Play-off
4	Deportivo Pacífico	36	18	7	11	57	43	+14	43	Relegation Play-off
5	Atlético Grau	36	16	10	10	49	28	+21	42	1992 Torneo Zonal
6	Atlético Torino	36	15	12	9	44	34	+10	42
7	Juan Aurich	36	11	8	17	32	44	−12	30
8	Morba	36	10	9	17	39	53	−14	29
9	Deportivo Cañaña	36	9	9	18	33	41	−8	27
10	Libertad	36	3	7	26	23	80	−57	13

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Playoff for Descentralizado 1992

1991

Carlos A. Mannucci	3 – 0	Deportivo Pacífico

Estadio Nacional
Lima

South

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Melgar	1992 Torneo Descentralizado
2	Cienciano	1992 Torneo Descentralizado
3	Aurora	Relegation Play-off
4	Diablos Rojos	1992 Torneo Zonal
5	Alfonso Ugarte
6	Mariscal Nieto
7	Juvenil Los Ángeles
8	Coronel Bolognesi

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Central

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	León de Huánuco	1992 Torneo Descentralizado
2	Unión Minas	Relegation Play-off
3	Unión Huayllaspanca	1992 Torneo Zonal
4	ADT
5	Alianza Huánuco
6	Mina San Vicente

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Relegation Playoff for Descentralizado 1992 (3rd South Zone / 2nd Center Zone)

1991

Unión Minas	? – ?	Aurora

Estadio Nacional
Lima

Oriental

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CNI	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	7	Relegation Play-off
2	Deportivo Bancos	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	9	Relegation Play-off
3	Unión Tarapoto	6	4	0	2	11	8	+3	8	1992 Torneo Zonal
4	Deportivo Comercio	6	0	0	6	0	16	−16	0	1992 Torneo Zonal

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Relegation Playoff for Descentralizado 1992 (1st Oriental Zone / 2nd Oriental Zone)

1991

CNI	4 – 1	Deportivo Bancos

Estadio Nacional
Lima

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