Torneo Descentralizado
Season2002
Dates22 February 2002 –
15 December 2002
ChampionsSporting Cristal
14th Primera División title
RelegatedJuan Aurich
Coopsol Trujillo
Copa LibertadoresSporting Cristal
Universitario
Alianza Lima
Copa SudamericanaAlianza Lima
Cienciano
Top goalscorerLuis 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 and 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

2002 Torneo Descentralizado is located in Peru
Alianza Atlético
Juan Aurich
Coopsol Trujillo
Estudiantes
Wanka
Cienciano
Melgar
Coronel Bolognesi
Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal Universitario Sport Boys
Locations of the 2002 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
Coopsol Trujillo Trujillo Mansiche 24,000 Artificial
Coronel Bolognesi Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850 Grass
Deportivo Wanka Huancayo Huancayo 20,000 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 Monumental 80,093 Grass

Torneo Apertura

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 for 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 Deportivo Wanka 22 5 4 13 23 40 −17 19
Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Results

Home \ Away AAS ALI CIE BOL WAN EST MEL JA SBA COO CRI UNI
Alianza Atlético 1–2 1–0 3–0 5–0 4–1 3–3 3–0 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–0
Alianza Lima 0–1 5–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 5–1 1–0
Cienciano 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–0
Coronel Bolognesi 3–2 0–0 3–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–2 1–3 0–0
Deportivo Wanka 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–2
Estudiantes de Medicina 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–1
Melgar 1–1 2–3 3–3 3–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–4 1–0
Juan Aurich 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2
Sport Boys 0–2 2–3 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–4 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1
Coopsol Trujillo 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 6–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–3
Sporting Cristal 4–3 2–4 2–2 4–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Universitario 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–4
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2012. Source: RSSSF Peru 2002
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Apertura playoff

First leg
Universitario1–0Alianza Lima
Vilallonga 57'
Estadio Monumental, Lima
Second leg
Alianza Lima0–0Universitario
Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo
Universitario Apertura 2002 winners
To Copa Libertadores 2003

Torneo Clausura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 42[a]
3 Alianza Atlético 22 11 6 5 40 18 +22 36[a]
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 Deportivo 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 match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.

Results

Home \ Away AAS ALI CIE BOL WAN EST MEL JA SBA COO CRI UNI
Alianza Atlético 2–2 4–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–1
Alianza Lima 2–2 4–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–2
Cienciano 4–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 5–2
Coronel Bolognesi 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–1
Deportivo Wanka 1–1 3–1 3–3 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 0–0 1–3
Estudiantes de Medicina 2–0 0–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 9–1 1–1 1–0
Melgar 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0
Juan Aurich 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 5–2 1–2
Sport Boys 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 0–0 4–0
Coopsol Trujillo 2–4 0–3 2–2 0–4 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–1
Sporting Cristal 2–0 0–2 5–0 5–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
Universitario 0–0 1–2 2–3 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2002. Source: RSSSF Peru 2002
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

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[a] 2003 Copa Libertadores First stage
2 Sporting Cristal 44 24 12 8 89 18 +71 84
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[a]
5 Universitario 44 19 9 16 57 53 +4 66 2003 Copa Libertadores 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 2003 Copa Perú
11 Deportivo Wanka (A, O) 44 12 12 20 53 75 −22 48
12 Coopsol Trujillo 44 9 10 25 46 83 −37 37 Relegation to 2003 Copa Perú
Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.

Promotion play-off

Juan Aurich2–1Deportivo Wanka
A. Torres 55'
R. Miñán 70'		 E. Torrealva 63'
Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo
Deportivo Wanka4–0Juan Aurich
M. Ruiz 3'
E. Salazar 40'
J. Montenegro 52'
H. Veloyes 92'
Estadio Huancayo, Huancayo
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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