1981 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season1981
Dates8 March 1981 –
31 January 1982
ChampionsMelgar
1st Primera División title
RelegatedAtlético Torino
Copa LibertadoresMelgar
Deportivo Municipal
Top goalscorerJose Carranza (18 goals)
← 1980
1982 →

The 1981 Torneo Descentralizado was the sixty-fifth season of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season was divided into two phases. Melgar won its first national title and become the first club outside the Lima Region to win the title.

Format

The national league was divided into two phases. The first phase divided the sixteen teams into groups. Each team was placed into one of four groups depending on the region where the club was located. This dubbed regional tournament was contested in this season because the Peru national football team was using domestic players in preparation for the 1982 World Cup Qualifiers. In order to reduce the impact of the absence of these key players in the national league, the regional tournament was played in which the winner contested the second berth to the 1982 Copa Libertadores against the Descentralizado runner-up. The second phase of the league was the Descentralizado in which all sixteen teams competed in a single league table and its winner was crowned national champion while its runner-up faced the first phase winner for the second berth of the Copa Libertadores.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
1980 Copa Perú 		Relegated from
1980 Primera División
Increase León de Huánuco (1st) Decrease Juventud La Palma (16th)

Stadia locations

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Locations of the 1981 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alfonso Ugarte Puno Enrique Torres Belón 20,000 Grass
Alianza Lima La Victoria, Lima Alejandro Villanueva 35,000 Grass
ADT Tarma Unión Tarma 9,000 Grass
Atlético Chalaco Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Grass
Atlético Torino Talara Campeonísimo 8,000 Grass
CNI Iquitos Max Augustín 24,000 Grass
Coronel Bolognesi Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850 Grass
Deportivo Junín Huancayo Huancayo 20,000 Grass
Deportivo Municipal Cercado de Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass
Juan Aurich Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500 Grass
León de Huánuco Huánuco Heraclio Tapia 15,000 Grass
Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000 Grass
Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Grass
Sporting Cristal Rímac, Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass
Unión Huaral Huaral Julio Lores Colan 10,000 Grass
Universitario Breña, Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass

Torneo Regional

The Torneo Regional was divided into 4 groups. The groups of the North, South and Central had its group winners advance to a Provincial final group where the top two advanced to the semifinals of the regional tournament. In the Metropolitan group, the top two advanced directly to the semifinals.

Group stage

The North, Central, and South followed these rules:

  • 2 points were given for a win;
  • 1 point for a draw;
  • No points for a loss.

Grupo Norte

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Juan Aurich 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 5
2 Atlético Torino 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 4[a] Final Provincial
3 CNI 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Torino appealed Juan Aurich's qualification to the next round.
Results
Home \ Away TOR CNI AUR
Atlético Torino 1–1 3–1
CNI 2–1 0–0
Juan Aurich 1–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grupo Central

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ADT 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 9 Final Provincial
2 León de Huánuco 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 8
3 Unión Huaral 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 4
4 Deportivo Junín 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 3
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Home \ Away ADT JUN LEO HUA
ADT 2–0 2–0 2–1
Deportivo Junín 1–2 2–2 2–0
León de Huánuco 3–2 1–0 2–0
Unión Huaral 2–2 3–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grupo Sur

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melgar 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 5 Final Provincial
2 Coronel Bolognesi 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 4
3 Alfonso Ugarte 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Home \ Away ALF BOL MEL
Alfonso Ugarte 1–0 2–2
Coronel Bolognesi 2–0 2–0
Melgar 3–1 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Provincial

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melgar 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 4 Fase Eliminatoria
2 ADT 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3 Atlético Torino 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]
Results
Home \ Away ADT TOR MEL
ADT 1–1
Atlético Torino 1–2
Melgar 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grupo Metropolitano

This group had special rules. Matches ending in draws were decided by a penalty shootout.

  • 3 points were given for a win;
  • 2 points were given for a win after a penalty shootout;
  • 1 point for a draw;
  • No points for a loss or loss after a penalty shootout.

In addition, the top two of this group advanced to the semifinals.

Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts Resv. Total Qualification
1 Universitario 10 5 2 0 3 13 10 +3 19 8.0 27 Fase Eliminatoria
2 Deportivo Municipal 10 6 0 1 3 13 8 +5 18 7.5 25.5 Fase Eliminatoria
3 Alianza Lima 10 6 1 0 3 13 10 +3 20 2.5 22.5
4 Atlético Chalaco 10 3 0 1 6 8 12 -4 9 4.5 13.5
5 Sport Boys 10 3 1 1 5 12 15 -3 11 1.0 12
6 Sporting Cristal 10 2 1 2 5 10 14 -4 8 2.5 10.5
  • Alianza Lima did not advance to the semifinals due to a parallel reserve tournament that was favorable to Universitario (champion) and Deportivo Municipal (runner-up).
Results
Home \ Away ALI CHA MUN SBA CRI UNI
Alianza Lima 1–0 1–3 3–2 2–2 3–1
Atlético Chalaco 0–1 0–2 4–2 2–0 0–0
Deportivo Municipal 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1
Sport Boys 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1
Sporting Cristal 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–3
Universitario 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fase Eliminatoria

Semifinals Finals
          
1 Deportivo Municipal 3 0 3
4 ADT 0 1 1
Deportivo Municipal 0 1 1
Universitario 0 1 1
3 Universitario 2 0 2
2 Melgar 0 1 1
  • No winner in finals after two matches. Play-off was contested to determine winner.

Play-off

10 June 1981 Deportivo Municipal 1–0 Universitario Estadio Nacional

Torneo Descentralizado

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Melgar 30 16 8 6 39 22 +17 40 1982 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 30 16 7 7 48 30 +18 39 Copa Libertadores play-off
3 Alianza Lima 30 16 4 10 51 33 +18 36
4 Alfonso Ugarte 30 14 8 8 43 32 +11 36
5 León de Huánuco 30 10 13 7 30 30 0 33
6 Atlético Chalaco 30 10 12 8 38 30 +8 32
7 Sport Boys 30 9 12 9 41 37 +4 30
8 Deportivo Junín 30 11 6 13 39 45 −6 28
9 Sporting Cristal 30 8 12 10 30 38 −8 28
10 CNI 30 9 9 12 35 40 −5 27
11 Deportivo Municipal 30 8 11 11 33 41 −8 27 Copa Libertadores play-off
12 Coronel Bolognesi 30 10 6 14 29 35 −6 26
13 Juan Aurich 30 6 14 10 21 33 −12 26
14 ADT 30 9 7 14 27 31 −4 25
15 Unión Huaral 30 7 10 13 28 44 −16 24
16 Atlético Torino 30 10 3 17 34 45 −11 23 1982 Copa Perú
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away ADT UGA ALI CHA TOR CNI BOL JUN MUN AUR LEO MEL SBA CRI HUA UNI
ADT 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–0
Alfonso Ugarte 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–2
Alianza Lima 3–0 3–3 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1
Atlético Chalaco 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0
Atlético Torino 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–3
CNI 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 6–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–4 4–1 0–1
Coronel Bolognesi 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2
Deportivo Junín 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–3
Deportivo Municipal 0–0 2–4 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–2
Juan Aurich 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1
León de Huánuco 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Melgar 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
Sport Boys 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 4–4 3–0 1–2
Sporting Cristal 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0
Unión Huaral 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2
Universitario 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–4 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1981. Source: RSSSF Peru 1981
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Copa Libertadores play-off

3 February 1982 Deportivo Municipal 2–1 Universitario
7 February 1982 Deportivo Municipal 0–1 Universitario
  • No winner after two matches. Play-off was contested to determine winner.
10 February 1982 Deportivo Municipal 3–2 Universitario Estadio Nacional