2009 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season2009
Dates14 February 2009 –
13 December 2009
ChampionsUniversitario de Deportes
15th Descentralizado title
18th professional title
25th Primera División
RelegatedCoronel Bolognesi
Sport Áncash
Copa LibertadoresUniversitario
Alianza Lima
Juan Aurich
Copa SudamericanaSport Huancayo
Universidad San Martín
Universidad César Vallejo
Matches played354
Goals scored885 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerRichard Estigarribia (23 goals)
Biggest home winSport Huancayo 7-0 Coronel Bolognesi
Biggest away winSport Áncash 0-5 Sporting Cristal
Highest scoringCienciano 5-5 Sporting Cristal
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The 2009 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the 93rd season of Association Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season began on February 14 and concluded on December 13 with the victory of Universitario de Deportes over Alianza Lima in the second leg of the final Play-off, giving Universitario its twenty-fifth Peruvian title.[1]

Competitions modus

The season was divided into 3 stages. In the first stage the 16 teams played a round-robin home-and-away round for a total of 30 matches each. In the second stage the 16 teams were divided into 2 groups. The 8 teams that ranked an odd number played in the group Liguilla A and the 8 teams that ranked an even number played in Liguilla B. Each team carried on their records from the first stage. Each group played another round-robin home-and-away round for 14 matches played by each team. The teams ranked first in each group at the end of the 14 matches advanced to the third stage. The two teams with the worst fewest points at the end of the second stage were relegated. In the third stage the championship was contested in a two-legged Play-off. The Play-off finalists qualified for the Copa Libertadores. The remaining international competition berths were determined by the season aggregate table.[2]

Changes from 2008

Structural changes

  • Two teams were added to the first division to make 16 teams in the first division from 14 in 2008.
  • The Apertura and Clausura tournament format was not used after the addition of the two teams to the first division.
  • Peru was given a third berth for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana.
  • In the Play-off finals, goal difference was removed as a tiebreaking criterion. A tie in points meant a third match at a neutral ground.

Promotion and relegation

Atlético Minero and Sport Boys finished the 2008 season in 13th and 14th place, respectively, in the aggregate table and thus were relegated to the Segunda División. They were replaced by the champion and runner-up teams of the 2008 Segunda División, Total Clean and Inti Gas and champion and runner-up teams of the 2008 Copa Perú, Sport Huancayo and CNI

Team changes

Promoted from
2008 Segunda División 		Promoted from
2008 Copa Perú 		Relegated from
2008 Primera División
Increase Total Clean (1st)
Increase Inti Gas (2nd) 		Increase Sport Huancayo (1st)
Increase CNI (2nd) 		Decrease Atlético Minero (13th)
Decrease Sport Boys (14th)

Teams

A total of 16 teams competed in this season. The only teams to have ownership over their home ground is Alianza Lima and Universitario. The other 14 clubs rent their home grounds from the Instituto Peruano del Deporte or their local municipality.

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Locations of the 2009 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
Alianza Atlético Sullana Campeones del 36 8,000
Alianza Lima Lima Alejandro Villanueva 35,000
Cienciano Cusco Garcilaso 42,056
CNI Iquitos Max Augustín 24,000
Coronel Bolognesi Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850
Inti Gas Ayacucho Ciudad de Cumaná 15,000
José Gálvez Chimbote Manuel Rivera Sánchez 25,000
Juan Aurich Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500
Melgar Arequipa Virgen de Chapi 40,000
Sport Áncash Huaraz Gerardo Lara Guerrero 8,000
Sport Huancayo Huancayo Huancayo 20,000
Sporting Cristal Lima San Martín de Porres 18,000
Total Chalaco Callao Miguel Grau 17,000
Universidad César Vallejo Trujillo Mansiche 25,000
Universidad San Martín Lima San Martín de Porres 18,000
Universitario Lima Monumental 80,093

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Second Stage placement
1 Juan Aurich 30 15 10 5 46 31 +15 55 Liguilla A
2 Universitario 30 15 9 6 37 22 +15 54 Liguilla B
3 Alianza Lima 30 15 6 9 37 30 +7 51 Liguilla A
4 Sport Huancayo 30 14 6 10 48 30 +18 48 Liguilla B
5 Universidad César Vallejo 30 13 9 8 41 33 +8 48 Liguilla A
6 Universidad San Martín 30 12 11 7 45 34 +11 47[a] Liguilla B
7 Sporting Cristal 30 12 6 12 53 36 +17 42 Liguilla A
8 Cienciano 30 10 12 8 41 38 +3 42 Liguilla B
9 Inti Gas 30 11 8 11 36 31 +5 41 Liguilla A
10 Melgar 30 11 8 11 36 41 −5 41 Liguilla B
11 José Gálvez 30 11 6 13 28 37 −9 39 Liguilla A
12 Total Chalaco 30 9 10 11 40 39 +1 37 Liguilla B
13 CNI 30 9 4 17 24 39 −15 31 Liguilla A
14 Alianza Atlético 30 7 9 14 28 41 −13 30 Liguilla B
15 Sport Áncash 30 7 6 17 26 50 −24 27 Liguilla A
16 Coronel Bolognesi 30 3 11 16 25 58 −33 20 Liguilla B
Updated to match(es) played on September 2, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ U. San Martin was docked three points the first round for fielding four foreign players. The points from the 3–0 loss were not awarded to the opposing team.

Results

Home \ Away AAS ALI CIE CNI BOL MEL IGD JG JA ÁNC CRI SHU TCH UCV USM UNI
Alianza Atlético 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–2
Alianza Lima 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1
Cienciano 3–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 0–0 5–5 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
CNI 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0
Coronel Bolognesi 2–1[a] 1–2 0–0 2–3 3–2 2–3[a] 1–0[a] 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0[a] 1–4[a] 2–2 1–4 0–0
Melgar 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2[b] 1–0 1–3[c] 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Inti Gas 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
José Gálvez 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1
Juan Aurich 3–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0
Sport Áncash 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–5 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2
Sporting Cristal 5–0 0–1[d] 0–2 2–0 5–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–4 1–1[d]
Sport Huancayo 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 7–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–0
Total Chalaco 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–3[e] 4–2 1–1
Universidad César Vallejo 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1
Universidad San Martín 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1[f] 0–1
Universitario 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 1–2 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 28 March 2010. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e Played in Estadio Heroes del Alto de la Alianza.
  2. ^ Played in Estadio Municipal La Tomilla.
  3. ^ Played in Estadio Mariano Melgar.
  4. ^ a b Played in Estadio Miguel Grau.
  5. ^ Played in Estadio San Martín de Porres.
  6. ^ Match was ruled 3-0 loss for San Martín but remained 1-1 draw for César Vallejo.

Second stage

The Second Stage began September 13. The winner of each Liguilla qualified for the 2010 Copa Libertadores group stage and advanced to the third stage of the Torneo Descentralizado.[2]

Liguilla A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alianza Lima 44 22 10 12 58 45 +13 76 Third Stage and the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Juan Aurich 44 20 14 10 61 44 +17 74
3 Universidad César Vallejo 44 17 16 11 59 51 +8 67
4 Inti Gas 44 18 10 16 58 51 +7 64
5 Sporting Cristal 44 16 9 19 71 55 +16 57
6 José Gálvez 44 15 7 22 43 59 −16 52
7 CNI 44 14 8 22 39 59 −20 50
8 Sport Áncash 44 13 9 22 39 61 −22 48
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ALI CNI IGD JG JA ÁNC CRI UCV
Alianza Lima 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2
CNI 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1
Inti Gas 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1
José Gálvez 0–1 1–3 0–3 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–1
Juan Aurich 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1
Sport Áncash 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0
Sporting Cristal 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–2 0–1 4–0 1–3
Universidad César Vallejo 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitario 44 23 12 9 59 32 +27 81 Third Stage and the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Sport Huancayo 44 21 7 16 65 55 +10 70
3 Universidad San Martín 44 18 15 11 64 48 +16 69[a]
4 Melgar 44 15 13 16 59 62 −3 58
5 Cienciano 44 14 16 14 58 63 −5 58
6 Total Chalaco 44 12 15 17 61 62 −1 51
7 Alianza Atlético 44 12 13 19 44 58 −14 49
8 Coronel Bolognesi 44 7 15 22 42 76 −34 36
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ U. San Martin lost points won in the first round for fielding four foreign players. The game was a 3-0 loss. These points were not awarded to the opposing team.

Results

Home \ Away AAS CIE BOL MEL SHU TCH USM UNI
Alianza Atlético 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1
Cienciano 1–0 2–0 1–4 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–1
Coronel Bolognesi 2–0 2–2[a] 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–1
Melgar 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 5–0
Sport Huancayo 0–0 3–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Total Chalaco 0–0[b] 4–0 1–2 2–2 5–1 2–2 0–3
Universidad San Martín 0–2 5–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0
Universitario 4–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 5–0 2–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Played in Heroes del Alto de la Alianza.
  2. ^ Played in Estadio Municipal Facundo Ramirez.

Third stage

The Third Stage was the finals (also known as the Play-off) of the 2009 season between the winners of each group of the Second Stage. They were played on December 8 and 13.[2] The group winner with the most points on the aggregate table chose the home ground order.

Alianza Lima0 – 1Universitario
Report Alva 29'
Attendance: 32,441
Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera
Universitario1 – 0Alianza Lima
Solano 9' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 42,076
Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo

Aggregate table

The aggregate table determined the third Peruvian berth for the 2010 Copa Libertadores, the three berths for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, and the relegation to the Segunda División. The aggregate table consists of the points earned in the First and Second stages.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Universitario 44 23 12 9 59 32 +27 81 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Alianza Lima 44 22 10 12 58 45 +13 76
3 Juan Aurich 44 20 14 10 61 44 +17 74 2010 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Sport Huancayo 44 21 7 16 65 55 +10 70 2010 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
5 Universidad San Martín 44 18 15 11 64 48 +16 69[a] 2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6 Universidad César Vallejo 44 17 16 11 60 51 +9 67
7 Inti Gas 44 18 10 16 58 51 +7 64
8 Melgar 44 15 13 16 59 62 −3 58
9 Cienciano 44 14 16 14 58 63 −5 58
10 Sporting Cristal 44 16 9 19 71 55 +16 57
11 José Gálvez 44 15 7 22 43 59 −16 52
12 Total Chalaco 44 12 15 17 61 62 −1 51
13 CNI 44 14 8 22 39 59 −20 50
14 Alianza Atlético 44 12 13 19 44 59 −15 49
15 Sport Áncash 44 13 9 22 40 61 −21 48 2010 Segunda División
16 Coronel Bolognesi 44 7 15 22 42 76 −34 36
Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2009. Source: FIFA Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Universitario and Alianza Lima qualified to the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning their respective Liguillas.
Notes:
  1. ^ U. San Martin was docked three points after the first round of the first stage for fielding four foreign players. The points from the 3–0 loss were not awarded to the opposing team.

Top goalscorers

23 goals
20 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals

References

  1. ^ "World Leagues review". FIFA. Archived from the original on December 17, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2010. It was also championship play-off day in Peru, where Universitario followed up their 1-0 defeat of old rivals Alianza Lima in the first leg with an identical result in the second. Veteran midfielder Nolberto Solano sparked jubilant scenes at the Estadio Monumental in Lima when he converted a penalty to end Universitario's nine-year title drought.
  2. ^ a b c "Bases del Torneo Descentralizado 2009" (PDF) (in Spanish). ADFP. pp. 3–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-22. Retrieved June 6, 2009.