1973 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1973 Torneo Descentralizado was the 57th season of the Peruvian Primera División and the ninth season of the Torneo Descentralizado. It was won for the first time by Defensor Lima. Sportivo Huracán, Atlético Torino, José Gálvez, and Deportivo SIMA were relegated.

Torneo Descentralizado

Winning squad
Season	1973
Dates	15 April 1973 – 13 January 1974
Champions	Defensor Lima 1st title
Relegated	Sportivo Huracán Atlético Torino José Gálvez Deportivo SIMA
Copa Libertadores	Defensor Lima Sporting Cristal
Copa Simón Bolívar	Defensor Lima
Top goalscorer	Francisco Gonzalez (25 goals)[1]
← 1972 1974 →

Competition modus

Eighteen teams competed against each other at home and away for a total of 34 rounds. At the end of the 34th round, four teams were relegated and the top six teams in the league table played an additional 5 rounds against each other at a neutral venue which was the Estadio Nacional. Once these 5 rounds concluded, the champions and runners-up qualified to the 1974 Copa Libertadores.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1972 Segunda División	Promoted from 1973 Copa Perú	Relegated from 1972 Primera División
Atlético Chalaco (1st)	Sportivo Huracán (1st) Cienciano (2nd)	Carlos A. Mannucci (15th) Defensor Arica (15th)

Stadia locations

Grau

Torino

Cienciano

CNI

León de Huánuco

Juan Aurich
Unión Tumán

José Gálvez

Melgar
Sportivo Huracán

Alianza Lima
Atlético Chalaco
Defensor Lima
SIMA
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

Locations of the 1973 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Atlético Grau	Piura	Miguel Grau (Piura)	25,000	Grass
Atlético Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	40,000	Grass
CNI	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000	Grass
Defensor Lima	Breña, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Deportivo SIMA	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
José Gálvez	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sánchez	25,000	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
Sportivo Huracán	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Unión Tumán	Tumán	Eugenio Zapata Mingoya	8,000	Grass
Universitario	Breña, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	34	18	9	7	49	28	+21	45	Liguilla Final
2	Universitario	34	17	10	7	58	34	+24	44
3	Melgar	34	17	9	8	53	25	+28	43
4	Defensor Lima	34	13	16	5	46	28	+18	42
5	Deportivo Municipal	34	15	12	7	49	34	+15	42
6	Alianza Lima	34	15	11	8	55	32	+23	41
7	Atlético Chalaco	34	13	12	9	47	43	+4	38
8	Sportivo Huracán	34	13	8	13	40	49	−9	34	Qualification for 1974 Reclasificatorio Regional
9	Cienciano	34	11	11	12	40	42	−2	33
10	Unión Tumán	34	8	16	10	37	38	−1	32
11	Atlético Grau	34	8	14	12	37	36	+1	30
12	León de Huánuco	34	9	12	13	36	54	−18	30
13	Sport Boys	34	11	6	17	47	56	−9	28
14	Juan Aurich	34	7	14	13	38	53	−15	28
15	CNI	34	8	10	16	39	56	−17	26
16	Atlético Torino	34	8	10	16	35	57	−22	26
17	José Gálvez	34	7	11	16	37	56	−19	25	Relegation to the Copa Perú
18	Deportivo SIMA	34	7	11	16	24	46	−22	25

Source: RSSSF

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Defensor Lima	39	17	17	5	54	30	+24	51	1974 Copa Libertadores and 1974 Copa Simón Bolívar
2	Sporting Cristal	39	20	10	9	55	33	+22	50	1974 Copa Libertadores
3	Universitario	39	19	11	9	67	40	+27	49
4	Alianza Lima	39	18	11	10	61	39	+22	47
5	Deportivo Municipal	39	17	12	10	54	40	+14	46
6	Melgar	39	17	10	12	57	37	+20	44	Qualification for 1974 Reclasificatorio Regional

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Player	Nationality	Goals	Club
Francisco Gonzales	Peru	25	Defensor Lima

References

1. Andrés, Juan Pablo; Nieto Tarazona, Carlos Manuel; Pierrend, José Luis. "Peru - List of First Division Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

External links

• Peru 1973 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)