1972 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1972 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 16 teams. The season was divided into 3 stages. The first stage was contested in two groups: Metropolitan (teams from Lima and Callao) and Regional (teams from the rest of the country); 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 2 were relegated. Championship Group was contested by 6 teams in Lima; neither team carried their previous records. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season1972
ChampionsSporting Cristal
RelegatedCarlos A. Mannucci
Defensor Arica
1973 Copa LibertadoresSporting Cristal
Universitario
← 1971
1973 →

Teams
Locations of the 1972 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alianza LimaLimaNacional45,750Grass
Atlético GrauPiuraMiguel Grau (Piura)25,000Grass
Atlético TorinoTalaraCampeonísimo8,000Grass
Carlos A. MannucciTrujilloMansiche24,000Grass
Defensor AricaLimaNacional45,750Grass
Defensor LimaLimaNacional45,750Grass
Deportivo MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
José GálvezChimboteManuel Rivera Sánchez25,000Artificial
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
León de HuánucoHuánucoHeraclio Tapia15,000Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
SIMACallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaNacional45,750Grass
Unión TumánTumánEugenio Zapata Mingoya8,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaNacional45,750Grass

First stage

Metropolitan group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal 14 8 4 2 21 13 +8 20 Final Group
2 Defensor Lima 14 8 3 3 28 16 +12 19
3 Sport Boys 14 4 7 3 28 22 +6 15
4 Deportivo Municipal 14 5 4 5 19 18 +1 14
5 Universitario 14 4 5 5 17 17 0 13
6 Alianza Lima 14 5 2 7 18 28 −10 12
7 Defensor Arica 14 2 6 6 16 25 −9 10
8 SIMA 14 2 5 7 16 24 −8 9
Source:

Regional group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 José Gálvez 14 8 4 2 18 11 +7 20 Final Group
2 Unión Tumán 14 7 6 1 23 13 +10 20
3 Atlético Torino 14 6 5 3 19 13 +6 17
4 Melgar 14 6 3 5 23 18 +5 15
5 Juan Aurich 14 4 7 3 26 23 +3 15
6 Atlético Grau 14 4 3 7 24 24 0 11
7 Carlos A. Mannucci 14 3 2 9 13 29 −16 8
8 León de Huánuco 14 2 2 10 12 27 −15 6
Source:

Tiebreaker
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
José Gálvez 1–0 Unión Tumán 1–0 -

Torneo Descentralizado
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza Lima 30 17 7 6 55 26 +29 41 Final Group
2 Defensor Lima 30 16 8 6 60 35 +25 40
3 Deportivo Municipal 30 16 8 6 45 30 +15 40
4 Universitario 30 12 11 7 61 34 +27 35
5 Juan Aurich 30 15 5 10 55 44 +11 35
6 Sporting Cristal 30 11 10 9 41 34 +7 32
7 Atlético Grau 30 11 7 12 38 47 −9 29
8 José Gálvez 30 8 12 10 32 34 −2 28
9 SIMA 30 6 16 8 33 37 −4 28
10 Melgar 30 12 3 15 38 43 −5 27
11 Atlético Torino 30 10 7 13 35 47 −12 27
12 Unión Tumán 30 8 10 12 40 41 −1 26
13 Sport Boys 30 9 8 13 38 45 −7 26
14 León de Huánuco 30 7 12 11 33 47 −14 26
15 Carlos A. Mannucci 30 7 10 13 30 53 −23 24 1973 Copa Perú
16 Defensor Arica 30 4 8 18 24 61 −37 16
Source:

Final group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal 5 3 2 0 6 3 +3 8 1973 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 5 2 3 0 10 7 +3 7 1973 Copa Libertadores
3 Deportivo Municipal 5 1 3 1 8 7 +1 5
4 José Gálvez 5 0 4 1 5 6 −1 4
5 Alianza Lima 5 0 3 2 4 7 −3 3
6 Defensor Lima 5 0 3 2 3 6 −3 3
Source:
SPORTING CRISTAL
1972 National Champions - 5th title
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