1977 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1977 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 16 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima.

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1977
Dates	13 February 1977 – 22 January 1978
Champions	Alianza Lima
Relegated	Cienciano
Copa Libertadores	Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal
← 1976 1978 →

The season was divided into 3 stages. The Preliminary Tournament contested in two groups (home and away matches plus 2 inter-group matches); each group winner qualified for the Championship Group. The second stage was the Descentralised (league tournament); the top 4 qualified for the Championship Group and the bottom two played for relegation. Championship Group was contested by 6 teams in home and away matches; teams carried their Descentralised Tournament record. Although finishing fifth in Descentralised, Universitario qualified for Championship Group, as Alianza had already qualified in Preliminary Tournament. Municipal and Cienciano played a third relegation playoff on a neutral ground, as each team won one match after home and away matches.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1976 Copa Perú	Relegated from 1976 Primera División
Coronel Bolognesi (1st)	Carlos A. Mannucci (16th)

Stadia locations

Cienciano

CNI

Coronel Bolognesi

Alfonso Ugarte

Deportivo Junín

León de Huánuco

Unión Huaral

Juan Aurich

Melgar

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

Locations of the 1977 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
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	40,000	Grass
CNI	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850	Grass
Defensor Lima	Breña, Lima	Nacional	45,750	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 Interzonal

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	16	10	2	4	35	25	+10	22	Liguilla Final
2	CNI	16	7	7	2	30	20	+10	21
3	Sport Boys	16	7	6	3	31	23	+8	20
4	Sporting Cristal	16	7	4	5	29	24	+5	18
5	Deportivo Junín	16	6	4	6	26	23	+3	16
6	Melgar	16	6	3	7	14	22	−8	15
7	Alfonso Ugarte	16	5	3	8	21	25	−4	13
8	Defensor Lima	16	1	2	13	19	42	−23	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Coronel Bolognesi	16	7	5	4	17	10	+7	19	Liguilla Final
2	Unión Huaral	16	6	7	3	18	12	+6	19
3	Juan Aurich	16	6	7	3	18	13	+5	19
4	Universitario	16	7	4	5	16	15	+1	18
5	Atlético Chalaco	16	5	6	5	21	19	+2	16
6	León de Huánuco	16	5	4	7	15	15	0	14
7	Deportivo Municipal	16	3	5	8	18	23	−5	11
8	Cienciano	16	3	5	8	12	28	−16	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Torneo Descentralizado

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CNI	30	14	11	5	39	26	+13	39	Liguilla Final
2	Melgar	30	13	13	4	38	27	+11	39
3	Sporting Cristal	30	14	9	7	52	28	+24	37
4	Alianza Lima	30	13	11	6	59	40	+19	37
5	Universitario	30	11	10	9	44	40	+4	32
6	Coronel Bolognesi	30	11	9	10	33	33	0	31
7	Sport Boys	30	13	5	12	37	48	−11	31
8	Atlético Chalaco	30	9	11	10	43	40	+3	29
9	Unión Huaral	30	9	10	11	44	53	−9	28
10	Deportivo Junín	30	10	8	12	41	53	−12	28
11	Defensor Lima	30	9	8	13	48	52	−4	26
12	Alfonso Ugarte	30	9	8	13	43	47	−4	26
13	Juan Aurich	30	7	12	11	31	37	−6	26
14	León de Huánuco	30	10	6	14	35	47	−12	26
15	Deportivo Municipal	30	7	10	13	36	46	−10	24	Relegation play-off
16	Cienciano	30	6	9	15	21	37	−16	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Deportivo Municipal	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
2	Cienciano	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2	1978 Copa Perú

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Teams			Scores
1st leg home team	Points	2nd leg home team	1st leg	2nd leg	Extra match
Cienciano	2–4	Deportivo Municipal	2–1	1–3	0–1

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	40	19	14	7	82	50	+32	52	1978 Copa Libertadores
2	Sporting Cristal	40	19	11	10	74	40	+34	49	1978 Copa Libertadores
3	Melgar	40	17	14	9	51	42	+9	48
4	CNI	40	16	15	9	49	45	+4	47
5	Coronel Bolognesi	40	15	11	14	45	47	−2	41
6	Universitario	40	13	12	15	55	51	+4	38

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Player	Nationality	Goals	Club
Freddy Ravello	Peru	27	Alianza Lima

External links

• RSSSF Peru 1977