2000 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2000 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season2000
Dates5 February 2000 –
12 December 2000
ChampionsUniversitario
24th Primera División title
RelegatedDeportivo Municipal
Copa LibertadoresUniversitario
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Copa MerconorteAlianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Top goalscorerEduardo Esidio (37)
1999
2001

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a play-off, but since the same club had won both tournaments, it automatically won the national championship.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to each of the half-year tournament's runners-up, who held a play-off as a formality to decide the overall season runners-up. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place team held a promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams

Before the start of the season, Deportivo Pesquero relocated from Chimbote to Huancayo and changed its name to Deportivo Wanka.[1]

TeamCityStadiumCapacityField
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Deportivo MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
Deportivo UPAOTrujilloMansiche24,000Grass
Deportivo WankaHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
Unión MinasCerro de PascoDaniel Alcides Carrión8,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaMonumental80,093Grass

Torneo Apertura

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Universitario2213723920+1946Copa Libertadores 2001 First stage
2Sport Boys2211653625+1139
3Melgar2210663927+1236
4Cienciano2210663130+136
5Alianza Lima229762322+134
6Unión Minas2210392823+533
7Alianza Atlético228682827+130
8Sporting Cristal227784031+928
9Deportivo Wanka2266102132−1124
10Juan Aurich2231182130−920
11Deportivo UPAO2247112439−1519
12Deportivo Municipal2226142448−2412
Updated to match(es) played on July 2000. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru00.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ AwayAASALICIEMUNUPAOWANMELJASBACRIMINUNI
Alianza Atlético1–03–26–23–11–10–00–12–11–12–12–3
Alianza Lima0–13–12–02–12–21–13–11–00–02–00–2
Cienciano2–10–03–32–12–01–21–01–12–21–02–1
Deportivo Municipal1–11–10–12–03–11–41–10–00–42–21–5
Deportivo UPAO1–01–10–14–21–12–11–11–41–00–20–0
Deportivo Wanka1–20–11–31–01–04–21–00–13–11–11–0
Melgar2–02–00–03–20–03–03–04–03–11–00–0
Juan Aurich0–02–22–21–01–11–13–20–23–31–11–2
Sport Boys1–14–02–33–13–33–14–21–01–01–01–1
Sporting Cristal3–10–14–02–18–33–00–01–10–13–03–3
Unión Minas2–00–12–01–02–12–04–21–02–04–11–2
Universitario1–02–02–12–12–10–04–21–12–22–02–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2000. Source: RSSSF Peru 2000
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Universitario2217325523+3254Copa Libertadores 2001 First stage
2Sporting Cristal2215524824+2450
3Cienciano2210574728+1935
4Melgar2210393328+533
5Alianza Atlético229583624+1232
6Deportivo Wanka229583634+232
7Unión Minas229493337−431
8Alianza Lima227783633+328
9Sport Boys226792525025
10Juan Aurich2245132250−2817
11Deportivo Municipal2237122443−1916
12Deportivo UPAO2243151950−3115
Updated to match(es) played on December 2000. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru00.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ AwayAASALICIEMUNUPAOWANMELJASBACRIMINUNI
Alianza Atlético3–24–13–21–22–00–02–12–11–24–01–1
Alianza Lima2–12–10–01–13–04–11–10–01–24–00–1
Cienciano5–02–04–02–04–25–27–11–13–10–12–3
Deportivo Municipal1–12–31–11–05–41–01–30–00–43–31–2
Deportivo UPAO2–41–50–20–03–10–21–10–32–43–22–3
Deportivo Wanka2–03–22–04–12–01–04–02–01–10–00–0
Melgar3–12–01–11–02–14–02–12–11–21–22–0
Juan Aurich1–51–10–03–20–11–11–00–10–74–21–2
Sport Boys0–02–21–20–04–02–01–32–10–12–00–2
Sporting Cristal1–11–13–23–21–01–01–11–02–14–22–2
Unión Minas3–04–11–11–04–00–12–13–12–21–22–1
Universitario2–04–12–13–15–06–23–25–03–13–22–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2000. Source: RSSSF Peru 2000
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stages

Final

No final for the championship title was contested after Universitario won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus automatically becoming national champions.

Second place play-off

Sporting Cristal2–1Sport Boys
Silva
Hidalgo
Lobatón

Sporting Cristal second place overall

Aggregate table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Universitario44301049443+511002001 Copa Libertadores First stage and 2001 Copa Merconorte
2Sporting Cristal442212108855+3378
3Cienciano442011137858+2071
4Melgar44209157255+1769
5Sport Boys441713146150+11642001 Copa Libertadores First stage
6Unión Minas44197186160+164
7Alianza Lima441614145955+4622001 Copa Merconorte
8Alianza Atlético441711166461+362
9Deportivo Wanka441511185367−1456
10Juan Aurich44716214380−3737
11Deportivo UPAO (O)44810264389−4634Qualification for promotion play-off
12Deportivo Municipal44513264891−4328Relegation to 2001 Segunda División
Updated to match(es) played on December 2000. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Promotion play-off


Deportivo UPAO remained in Peruvian Primera División[note 1]

Top scorers

37 goals
19 goals
15 goals
13 goals
12 goals

Notes

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