2016 Sporting Cristal season

The 2016 season is Sporting Cristal's 61st season in the Peruvian First Division, and also the club's 61st consecutive season in the top-flight of Peruvian football.

Sporting Cristal
2016 season
ChairmanFederico Cúneo
ManagerMariano Soso
StadiumAlberto Gallardo
Torneo DescentralizadoChampion
Copa LibertadoresSecond Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Santiago Silva (14)
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2017 →

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
17MF  PERRay Sandoval
19MF  ARGAlfredo Ramúa
21MF  PERJosepmir Ballón
22DF  PERJair Céspedes
23MF  URUJorge Cazulo
24DF  PERJosué Estrada
25MF  URUGabriel Costa
27MF  PERCarlos Lobatón (Captain)
29DF  PERLuis Abram
30FW  PERAlexander Succar

Competitions

Overall

CompetitionStarted roundFinal position / roundFirst matchLast match
Torneo DescentralizadoTorneo AperturaChampion[1]Feb 6Dec 18
Copa LibertadoresSecond stageSecond stage[2]Feb 18Apr 19

Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Apertura

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Universitario1511223112+1935
2Sporting Cristal157532111+1026
3Alianza Lima158252418+626

Results

Home \ AwayAASALIAYACOMMUNJABOCMELRGACRISHUUCOUCVUSMUTCUNI
Alianza Atlético
Alianza Lima2–4
Ayacucho
Comerciantes Unidos
Deportivo Municipal
Juan Aurich0–3
Defensor La Bocana2–1
Melgar1–2
Real Garcilaso1–1
Sporting Cristal3–01–01–10–10–02–11–10–1
Sport Huancayo
Unión Comercio
Universidad César Vallejo0–2
Universidad San Martín
UTC0–0
Universitario
Updated to match(es) played on May 6, 2016. Source: ADFP - official fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Sporting Cristal30141154627+1953Qualification to the 2017 Copa Sudamericana

and advance to Liguilla A

2Universitario3015695139+1251
3Melgar30137104838+1046

Results

Liguillas

Liguilla A
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Sporting Cristal442112117048+2277
2Melgar442111126848+2074
3Deportivo Municipal441912135452+269
Results
Home \ AwayMUNJABOCMELRGACRIUCOUCV
Deportivo Municipal1–3
Juan Aurich0–0
Defensor La Bocana1–2
Melgar2–0
Real Garcilaso1–0
Sporting Cristal0–23–02–53–22–11–07–2
Unión Comercio2–0
Universidad César Vallejo2–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ADFP - official fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Sporting Cristal442112117048+2277Advance to Playoffs and qualification to the 2017 Copa Libertadores
2Melgar442111126848+2074
3Universitario442011137361+1272

Playoffs

Semi-finals
November 30, 2016 First Leg Deportivo Municipal 1–0 Sporting Cristal Iván Elías Moreno, Lima
15:30Masakatsu Sawa 90+1'Attendance: 5,806
Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo
December 4, 2016 Second Leg Sporting Cristal 1–0
(3–2 p)
Deportivo Municipal Nacional, Lima
16:00Carlos Lobaton 3'Attendance: 19,604
Referee: Miguel Santivañez
Penalties
Finals
December 11, 2016 First Leg Melgar 1–1 Sporting Cristal Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa
Bernardo Cuesta 57' 64' Diego IfránAttendance: 30,176
Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo
December 18, 2016 Second Leg Sporting Cristal 0–0 Melgar Nacional, Lima
15:30Attendance: 32,002
Referee: Henry Gambetta

Copa Libertadores

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Atlético Nacional6510120+1216
2Huracán62227708
3Peñarol6123511−65
4Sporting Cristal6114915−64
v Peñarol
18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) Sporting Cristal 1–1 Peñarol Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:45 UTC−5Rodríguez 74'ReportAguiar 39'Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
v Sporting Cristal
1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) Atlético Nacional 3–0 Sporting Cristal Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
19:45 UTC−5Sánchez 11'
Copete 32'
Moreno 73'
ReportAttendance: 44,109
Referee: Oscar Maldonado (Bolivia)
v Huracán
8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) Sporting Cristal 3–2 Huracán Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:45 UTC−5Costa 25'
S. Silva 35', 55' (pen.)
ReportÁbila 56', 78'Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
v Sporting Cristal
19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) Peñarol 4–3 Sporting Cristal Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo
19:30 UTC−3Aguiar 29'
Novick 72', 80'
Albarracín 85'
ReportRodríguez 18', 23'
I. Ávila 36'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira (Brazil)

References