1988 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1988
Champions	Sporting Cristal
Relegated	Alianza Naval Deportivo Pucallpa Guardia Republicana Hungaritos Agustinos
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal Universitario
← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football was played by 37 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Torneo Regional

Zona Metropolitana

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	12	7	2	3	19	7	+12	16	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	San Agustín	12	6	4	2	16	13	+3	16	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional Play-off
3	Sporting Cristal	12	4	5	3	16	13	+3	13	Torneo Descentralizado
4	AELU	12	4	3	5	12	14	−2	11	Torneo Descentralizado "B"
5	CNI	12	3	4	5	10	15	−5	10
6	Guardia Republicana	12	0	5	7	9	26	−17	5	Torneo Descentralizado "B", Relegation Play-off

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión Huaral	12	6	5	1	20	10	+10	17	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Octavio Espinosa	12	5	5	2	15	12	+3	15	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional Play-off
3	Deportivo Municipal	12	6	1	5	15	9	+6	13	Torneo Descentralizado
4	Alianza Lima	12	5	3	4	10	7	+3	13	Torneo Descentralizado "B"
5	Juventud La Joya	12	3	3	6	9	18	−9	9
6	Internazionale	12	2	2	8	10	17	−7	6	Relegation Play-off

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Relegation Play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Internazionale	1–0	Guardia Republicana

Liguilla Regional Play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
San Agustín	2–1	Octavio Espinosa

Zona Norte

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Atlético	16	9	6	1	21	9	+12	24	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	UTC	16	7	5	4	20	13	+7	19	Torneo Descentralizado
3	Carlos A. Mannucci	16	6	6	4	14	10	+4	18	Torneo Descentralizado "B"
4	Atlético Grau	16	4	7	5	18	15	+3	15
5	Deportivo Cañaña	16	3	9	4	13	14	−1	15
6	Libertad	16	3	8	5	11	13	−2	14
7	Juan Aurich	16	2	9	5	11	16	−5	13
8	15 de Setiembre	16	3	7	6	15	23	−8	13
9	Hungaritos Agustinos	16	3	7	6	13	23	−10	13

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Zona Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Junín	14	6	6	2	21	12	+9	18	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Mina San Vicente	14	6	6	2	15	8	+7	18	Torneo Descentralizado
3	Unión Minas	14	6	5	3	18	13	+5	17	Torneo Descentralizado "B"
4	León de Huánuco	14	5	4	5	11	15	−4	14
5	ADT	14	4	5	5	13	13	0	13
6	Deportivo Pucallpa	14	5	3	6	10	14	−4	13
7	Alipio Ponce	14	1	8	5	10	17	−7	10
8	Defensor ANDA	14	3	3	8	8	14	−6	9

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Zona Sur

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cienciano	14	10	2	2	30	9	+21	22	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Melgar	14	10	1	3	33	15	+18	21	Torneo Descentralizado
3	Coronel Bolognesi	14	8	2	4	22	13	+9	18	Torneo Descentralizado "B"
4	Alfonso Ugarte	14	5	4	5	13	11	+2	14
5	Deportivo Tintaya	14	3	4	7	18	31	−13	10
6	Diablos Rojos	14	4	1	9	12	20	−8	9
7	Atlético Huracán	14	3	3	8	14	24	−10	9
8	Alianza Naval	14	3	3	8	15	34	−19	9

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Liguilla Regional

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	5	3	2	0	10	1	+9	8	1989 Copa Libertadores, Title Match
2	Unión Huaral	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6	7
3	Alianza Atlético	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	5
4	Deportivo Junín	5	1	2	2	5	12	−7	4
5	San Agustín	5	1	1	3	6	9	−3	3
6	Cienciano	5	1	1	3	5	10	−5	3

Source:

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. Liguilla Final was played only at the Estadio Nacional, Lima.

Home \ Away	AAS	CIE	JUN	AGU	HUA	UNI
Alianza Atlético		2–1	1–1			0–0
Cienciano			2–2		2–1
Deportivo Junín				2–1
San Agustín	2–2	3–0			0–1
Unión Huaral	1–0		5–0			1–1
Universitario		2–0	3–0	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1988. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Descentralizado "B"

Zona Norte

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Cañaña	12	5	6	1	16	8	+8	16	Grupo Final
2	Juan Aurich	12	4	6	2	9	7	+2	14
3	Libertad	12	2	9	1	10	7	+3	13
4	Carlos A. Mannucci	12	3	6	3	9	9	0	12
5	15 de Setiembre	12	1	9	2	8	9	−1	11
6	Hungaritos Agustinos	12	3	3	6	9	15	−6	9
7	Atlético Grau	12	2	5	5	7	13	−6	9

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Zona Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Defensor ANDA	10	6	2	2	12	5	+7	14	Grupo Final
2	Unión Minas	10	5	3	2	11	7	+4	13
3	ADT	10	5	2	3	11	10	+1	12
4	León de Huánuco	10	2	6	2	8	6	+2	10
5	Alipio Ponce	10	3	3	4	12	12	0	9
6	Deportivo Pucallpa	10	0	2	8	2	16	−14	2

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Zona Metropolitana

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	10	6	2	2	14	9	+5	14	Grupo Final
2	Guardia Republicana	10	5	4	1	10	5	+5	14
3	Juventud La Joya	10	1	7	2	12	13	−1	9
4	CNI	10	2	5	3	11	12	−1	9
5	AELU	10	2	4	4	12	15	−3	8
6	Internazionale	10	2	2	6	8	13	−5	6

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Zona Sur

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alfonso Ugarte	10	5	3	2	15	5	+10	13	Grupo Final
2	Coronel Bolognesi	10	4	4	2	13	5	+8	12
3	Alianza Naval	10	5	2	3	7	9	−2	12
4	Deportivo Tintaya	10	4	1	5	10	16	−6	9
5	Atlético Huracán	10	3	1	6	6	10	−4	7
6	Diablos Rojos	10	2	3	5	7	13	−6	7

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Grupo Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Liguilla Final
2	Deportivo Cañaña	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	4
3	Alfonso Ugarte	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	2
4	Defensor ANDA	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source:

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. Liguilla Final was played only at the Estadio Nacional, Lima.

Home \ Away	ALF	ALI	AND	CAÑ
Alfonso Ugarte			1–0
Alianza Lima	2–0			2–0
Defensor ANDA		0–2
Deportivo Cañaña	1–0		2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1988. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Descentralizado

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	22	11	6	5	28	15	+13	28	Liguilla Final, Bonus +2
2	Alianza Atlético	22	12	3	7	29	23	+6	27	Liguilla Final, Bonus +1
3	Universitario	22	10	6	6	42	20	+22	26	Liguilla Final
4	Unión Huaral	22	11	4	7	34	27	+7	26
5	Octavio Espinosa	22	10	4	8	32	29	+3	24
6	UTC	22	9	6	7	28	25	+3	24
7	Deportivo Junín	22	9	4	9	29	23	+6	22
8	Cienciano	22	7	6	9	27	35	−8	20
9	Melgar	22	7	5	10	33	39	−6	19
10	San Agustín	22	5	8	9	19	33	−14	18
11	Deportivo Municipal	22	5	7	10	25	33	−8	17
12	Mina San Vicente	22	3	7	12	13	37	−24	13

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	CIE	JUN	MUN	MEL	MSV	OCT	AGU	CRI	HUA	UNI	UTC
Alianza Atlético		3–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Cienciano	3–0		0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	5–2	2–1	2–1
Deportivo Junín	3–0	2–1		0–0	3–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	5–1	1–0	2–3	2–0
Deportivo Municipal	0–1	2–1	1–1		3–2	3–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1
Melgar	1–0	1–0	2–1	6–1		5–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	4–2	2–1	2–2
Mina San Vicente	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–1		1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–1
Octavio Espinosa	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1
San Agustín	1–0	3–0	0–2	4–2	2–2	1–0	0–1		0–1	0–2	0–5	1–2
Sporting Cristal	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–1	0–0		1–0	4–0	1–1
Unión Huaral	4–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–4	1–1	1–2		1–0	3–0
Universitario	0–0	6–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	7–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–1		4–1
UTC	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1988. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	5	2	2	1	3	2	+1	8	1989 Copa Libertadores, Title Match
2	Universitario	5	2	3	0	8	3	+5	7
3	Alianza Atlético	5	2	1	2	4	4	0	6
4	Octavio Espinosa	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1	5
5	Unión Huaral	5	1	2	2	4	6	−2	4
6	Alianza Lima	5	0	3	2	8	11	−3	3

Source:

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. Liguilla Final was played only at the Estadio Nacional, Lima.

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	OCT	CRI	HUA	UNI
Alianza Atlético			0–0
Alianza Lima	1–2			1–1	2–2
Octavio Espinosa		4–2
Sporting Cristal	0–1		1–0		1–0	0–0
Unión Huaral	1–0		1–1
Universitario	2–1	2–2	0–0		2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1988. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Title Match

January 26, 1989

Sporting Cristal	2 – 1	Universitario

Estadio Nacional (Lima)
Lima

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External links

• Peru 1988 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)