Torneo Descentralizado
Season1999
ChampionsUniversitario
23rd Primera División title
RelegatedI.M.I.
Copa LibertadoresUniversitario
Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Copa MerconorteAlianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Top goalscorerYsrael 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

1999 Torneo Descentralizado is located in Peru
Alianza Atlético
Juan Aurich
Unión Minas
IMI
Pesquero
Cienciano
Melgar
Alianza Lima Municipal Sporting Cristal Universitario Sport Boys
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: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru99.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away AAS ALI CIE MUN PES IMI MEL JA SBA CRI MIN UNI
Alianza Atlético 2–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 6–0 1–1 5–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–2
Alianza Lima 2–0 2–1 3–0 7–0 5–0 5–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 4–1 0–1
Cienciano 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0
Deportivo Municipal 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 2–3
Deportivo Pesquero 2–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
I.M.I. 0–2 2–4 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3
Melgar 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 1–3 2–1 3–2
Juan Aurich 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–0
Sport Boys 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–2 2–1 3–3 1–1 0–0
Sporting Cristal 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 5–0 6–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 1–1
Unión Minas 4–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2
Universitario 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 0–2 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1999. Source: RSSSF Peru 1999
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru99.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Cienciano lost 3 points in Round 13 win over Sporting Cristal for fielding an ineligible player.

Results

Home \ Away AAS ALI CIE MUN PES IMI MEL JA SBA CRI MIN UNI
Alianza Atlético 1–2 2–0 5–0 4–0 7–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–5
Alianza Lima 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 7–1 0–0
Cienciano 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–2
Deportivo Municipal 2–1 1–6 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 3–2 0–1
Deportivo Pesquero 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
I.M.I. 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 4–3 0–0
Melgar 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 5–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–0
Juan Aurich 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 5–2 1–1 1–1 0–1
Sport Boys 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0
Sporting Cristal 3–2 2–2 1–3 6–0 2–1 4–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 5–1 2–2
Unión Minas 2–2 0–0 1–1 7–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
Universitario 2–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 5–0 6–1 4–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1999. Source: RSSSF Peru 1999
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season finals

First leg
Universitario3–0Alianza Lima
R. Farfán 10'
Esidio 49'
del Solar 73'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Second leg
Alianza Lima1–0Universitario
Mafla 45'
Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima

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 and 2000 Copa Merconorte
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

Deportivo Pesquero2–2América Cochahuayco
Espinoza 60'
Silvera 61'		 Carrión 45'
Ibarra 72'
Penalties
Luis Molina soccer ball with check mark
José Espinoza soccer ball with check mark
Wilmer Ricardi soccer ball with red X
Juan Manuel Olivares soccer ball with check mark
Carlos Silvera soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 Juan Iriarte soccer ball with red X
Giancarlo Sarnia soccer ball with check mark
Roberto Valenzuela soccer ball with check mark
José Laurie soccer ball with red X
John Galliquio soccer ball with check mark
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Deportivo Pesquero remained in Primera División

Top scorers

32 goals
24 goals
22 goals
19 goals

External links

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