1995 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1995 Torneo Descentralizado was the 80th season of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season began on March 4 and concluded on December 27 with the victory of Universitario de Deportes over Alianza Lima for the second berth to the 1996 Copa Libertadores. Sporting Cristal successfully defended its national title after finishing 12 points ahead of Alianza Lima and Universitario.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season1995
ChampionsSporting Cristal
12th Primera División title
RelegatedUnión Huaral
León de Huánuco
Copa LibertadoresSporting Cristal
Universitario
Copa CONMEBOLAlianza Lima
Top goalscorerJulinho (23)
← 1994
1996 →

Changes from 1994
  • Torneo Apertura was removed; Torneo Descentralizado immediately began and played on a home-and-away basis between the 16 clubs.
  • The Octagonal was played at the end of the season with the 8 best-placed teams of the first phase.
  • In the Octagonal, the 8 clubs played a further 14 rounds to determine the national champion and the berths to the Copa Libertadores and Copa CONMEBOL.

Teams
Locations of the 1995 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000
Atlético TorinoTalaraCampeonísimo8,000
Aurich–CañañaChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500
Ciclista LimaLimaNacional45,750
CiencianoCuscoGarcilaso42,056
Deportivo MunicipalLimaNacional45,750
Deportivo SipesaChimboteManuel Gómez Arellano25,000
León de HuánucoHuánucoHeraclio Tapia15,000
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000
San AgustínLimaNacional45,750
Sport BoysCallaoTelmo Carbajo5,000
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000
Unión HuaralHuaralJulio Lores Colan10,000
Unión MinasCerro de PascoDaniel Alcides Carrión8,000
UniversitarioLimaNacional45,750

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Cristal (C) 44 29 9 6 98 32 +66 96 Qualification to the 1996 Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Universitario 44 25 9 10 70 37 +33 84[lower-alpha 1]
3 Alianza Lima 44 26 6 12 70 32 +38 84[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL first round
4 Cienciano 44 21 8 15 58 55 +3 71
5 Deportivo Sipesa 44 18 14 12 71 39 +32 68
6 Deportivo Municipal 44 17 11 16 64 62 +2 62
7 Melgar 44 17 11 16 52 57 −5 62
8 San Agustín 44 14 11 19 53 72 −19 53
9 Sport Boys 30 10 9 11 31 31 0 39
10 Alianza Atlético 30 10 5 15 35 52 −17 35
11 Aurich–Cañaña 30 7 11 12 39 46 −7 32
12 Unión Minas 30 9 5 16 37 51 −14 32
13 Ciclista Lima 30 7 11 12 30 44 −14 32
14 Atlético Torino 30 6 7 17 16 45 −29 25
15 Unión Huaral 30 5 8 17 27 50 −23 23 Relegation to the 1996 Segunda División
16 León de Huánuco 30 2 9 19 15 57 −42 15 Relegation to the 1996 Copa Perú
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Universitario and Alianza Lima–tied on points–played on extra match to determine the runners-up of the season.

Extra match
Alianza Lima0 – 1Universitario
Martínez  85'
Referee: Tejada

Universitario qualified for the 1996 Copa Libertadores.

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