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
Season1977
ChampionsAlianza Lima
RelegatedCienciano
Copa LibertadoresAlianza 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
Locations of the 1977 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alfonso UgartePunoEnrique Torres Belón20,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
Atlético ChalacoCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
CiencianoCuscoGarcilaso40,000Grass
CNIIquitosMax Augustín24,000Grass
Coronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850Grass
Defensor LimaLimaNacional45,750Grass
Deportivo JunínHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Deportivo MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
León de HuánucoHuánucoHeraclio Tapia15,000Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaNacional45,750Grass
Unión HuaralHuaralJulio Lores Colan10,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaNacional45,750Grass

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 Final Group
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:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Coronel Bolognesi 16 7 5 4 17 10 +7 19 Final Group
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:

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 Final Group
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:

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:

Final Group
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:

Title
Primera División Peruana
1977 Champion
Alianza Lima
17th title
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