1994 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	1994
Champions	Sporting Cristal; 11th Primera División title
Relegated	Carlos A. Mannucci; Defensor Lima
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal; Alianza Lima
Copa CONMEBOL	Ciclista Lima
Top goalscorer	Flavio Maestri (25)
	← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 Torneo Descentralizado was the 79th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). A total of 16 teams competed. The national champion was Sporting Cristal, beginning a run of three consecutive titles.

Changes from 1993

The Torneo Intermedio was replaced by the Torneo Apertura which qualified its champion to the 1995 Copa CONMEBOL and awarded the club two points for the Torneo Descentralizado.
The third-to-last club vs. Copa Perú runner-up relegation playoff was removed.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1993 Segunda División	Promoted from 1993 Copa Perú	Relegated from 1993 Primera División
Ciclista Lima (1st)	Aurich–Cañaña (1st)	Unión Huaral (15th) UTC (16th)

Stadia locations

Alianza Lima
Ciclista Lima
Defensor Lima
Municipal
San Agustín
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Sport Boys

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Locations of the 1994 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000
Aurich–Cañaña	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo	Mansiche	24,000
Ciclista Lima	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	42,056
Defensor Lima	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Deportivo Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Deportivo Sipesa	Chimbote	Manuel Gómez Arellano	25,000
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000
San Agustín	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Sport Boys	Callao	Telmo Carbajo	5,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Estadio Nacional	45,750
Unión Minas	Cerro de Pasco	Daniel Alcides Carrión	8,000
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750

Torneo Apertura

The tournament was played prior to the main Torneo Descentralizado. The group winners advanced to the playoff final. Its champion qualified for the 1995 Copa CONMEBOL.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	7	5	0	2	23	5	+18	10	Final
2	León de Huánuco	7	4	2	1	11	8	+3	10
3	Alianza Lima	7	3	3	1	15	11	+4	9
4	Deportivo Sipesa	7	3	3	1	9	9	0	9
5	Cienciano	7	1	4	2	8	11	−3	6
6	Aurich-Cañaña	7	2	2	3	9	14	−5	6
7	San Agustín	7	0	3	4	7	15	−8	3
8	Defensor Lima	7	0	3	4	6	15	−9	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ALI	AUR	CIE	DEF	SIP	LEO	AGU	SC
Alianza Lima				3–1	1–1			2–1
Aurich-Cañaña	1–3					3–1	2–1	1–5
Cienciano	3–3	0–0		3–1	1–1
Defensor Lima		2–2				1–1	1–1
Deportivo Sipesa		2–0		2–0		1–1	2–1
León de Huánuco	2–1		1–0				3–1	2–1
San Agustín	2–2		1–1					0–4
Sporting Cristal			4–0	3–0	5–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 1994
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ciclista Lima	7	5	2	0	20	8	+12	12	Final
2	Sport Boys	7	4	1	2	14	8	+6	9
3	Deportivo Municipal	7	3	2	2	8	7	+1	8
4	Melgar	7	3	1	3	15	10	+5	7
5	Carlos A. Mannucci	7	2	3	2	9	8	+1	7
6	Unión Minas	7	1	4	2	4	12	−8	6
7	Alianza Atlético	7	1	2	4	11	20	−9	4
8	Universitario	7	1	1	5	11	19	−8	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	MAN	CIC	MUN	MEL	SBA	MIN	UNI
Alianza Atlético				3–2	1–1	3–4		1–5
Carlos A. Mannucci	3–1		2–2	0–0			0–0
Ciclista Lima	4–1				4–3		3–0	4–1
Deportivo Municipal			0–2		2–1	2–0
Melgar		2–1					6–0	2–1
Sport Boys		2–1	1–1		1–0			6–0
Unión Minas	1–1			0–0		1–0
Universitario		1–2		1–2			2–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 1994
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

30 March 1994

Sporting Cristal	4–1	Ciclista Lima

Estadio Nacional
Lima

Sporting Cristal as Torneo Apertura champion; receive 2 bonus points for Torneo Descentralizado and qualified for 1995 Copa CONMEBOL. Later declines berth for Copa Libertadores berth. Ciclista Lima as Runner-up competes in the Copa CONMEBOL instead.

Torneo Descentralizado

Sporting Cristal received 2 bonus points as Torneo Apertura champions. Sporting Cristal declined their Copa CONMEBOL berth after qualifying for the Copa Libertadores at the end of the Torneo Descentralizado.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal (C)	30	24	3	3	86	19	+67	51	1995 Copa Libertadores
2	Universitario	30	19	4	7	43	20	+23	42	Liguilla Pre-Libertadores with 1 bonus point
3	Alianza Lima	30	16	8	6	56	29	+27	40	Pre-Liguilla
4	León de Huánuco	30	17	4	9	43	36	+7	38
5	Deportivo Sipesa	30	12	9	9	38	30	+8	33
6	Deportivo Municipal	30	13	6	11	40	37	+3	32
7	Ciclista Lima	30	13	6	11	54	54	0	32
8	Melgar	30	12	7	11	41	42	−1	31
9	Aurich-Cañaña	30	12	6	12	36	36	0	30
10	Unión Minas	30	10	8	12	32	42	−10	28
11	Sport Boys	30	11	2	17	34	43	−9	24
12	San Agustín	30	8	8	14	36	48	−12	24
13	Cienciano	30	7	7	16	23	41	−18	21
14	Alianza Atlético	30	8	5	17	38	59	−21	21
15	Carlos A. Mannucci	30	6	8	16	24	45	−21	20	1995 Copa Perú
16	Defensor Lima	30	2	9	19	25	68	−43	13	1995 Segunda División

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	AUR	CAM	CIC	CIE	DEF	MUN	SIP	LEO	MEL	AGU	SBA	CRI	MIN	UNI
Alianza Atlético		0–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	3–3	1–2	3–4	5–2	1–1
Alianza Lima	2–0		4–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	4–2	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–0
Aurich–Cañaña	4–1	1–2		0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	5–0	1–1
Carlos A. Mannucci	3–1	3–3	3–1		1–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–4	0–0	0–1
Ciclista Lima	4–2	2–1	2–1	1–0		1–0	6–1	3–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–5
Cienciano	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–1		1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2
Defensor Lima	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0		1–6	1–1	0–1	3–3	0–0	1–2	1–11	3–1	0–1
Deportivo Municipal	1–1	0–3	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0		1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–4	1–0	0–1
Deportivo Sipesa	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–2		5–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0
León de Huánuco	2–0	4–3	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0		1–3	2–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–1
Melgar	1–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–2	2–1		2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1
San Agustín	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–3	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1		1–1	0–4	2–2	2–1
Sport Boys	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1		0–3	4–0	0–1
Sporting Cristal	4–0	1–0	2–1	5–0	3–1	6–1	4–1	3–2	3–2	4–0	5–0	4–0	5–0		1–1	2–0
Unión Minas	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–0		2–3
Universitario	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1994. Source: RSSSF Peru 1994
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pre-Liguilla

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Melgar	1–2	Alianza Lima	1–0	0–2
León de Huánuco	2–2	Ciclista Lima	0–0	2–2
Deportivo Sipesa	2–2	Deportivo Municipal	1–1	1–1

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

All matches were played in Lima. Universitario started with 1 bonus point for finishing second in the Torneo Descentralizado.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5	1995 Copa Libertadores
2	Deportivo Sipesa	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
3	León de Huánuco	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	2
4	Universitario	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	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	ALI	SIP	LEO	UNI
Alianza Lima			3–1	2–1
Deportivo Sipesa	0–0		3–2
León de Huánuco				3–2
Universitario		1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1994. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

External links

RSSSF Peru 1994 by Eli Schmerler, Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona