2001 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2001 Torneo Descentralizado, was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season2001
ChampionsAlianza Lima
19th Primera División title
RelegatedUnión Minas
Copa LibertadoresAlianza Lima
Cienciano
Sporting Cristal
Top goalscorerJorge Ramírez (21)
← 2000
2002 →

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each tournament played for the national title in a two-legged final. Should the same team have won both tournaments, they would have been automatic champions.

Qualification to CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores was won by each tournament winner and the winner of a play-off between the teams that placed second in each tournament. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh placed team played a relegation/promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams
Locations of the 2001 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Coopsol TrujilloTrujilloMansiche24,000Artificial
Deportivo WankaHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Estudiantes de MedicinaIcaJosé Picasso Peratta8,000Grass
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal (A) 22 13 7 2 46 18 +28 46 2002 Copa Libertadores play-off
2 Alianza Lima (A, O) 22 13 7 2 42 19 +23 46 Copa Libertadores 2002 First stage
3 Melgar 22 10 5 7 45 30 +15 35
4 Cienciano 22 11 2 9 43 28 +15 35
5 Sport Boys 22 9 4 9 36 40 −4 31
6 Juan Aurich 22 9 3 10 24 39 −15 30
7 Alianza Atlético 22 9 3 10 24 39 −15 30
8 Universitario 22 8 5 9 29 30 −1 29
9 Coopsol Trujillo 22 7 4 11 38 48 −10 25
10 Unión Minas 22 7 2 13 30 39 −9 23
11 Estudiantes de Medicina 22 5 5 12 25 53 −28 20
12 Deportivo Wanka 22 4 6 12 27 36 −9 18
Updated to match(es) played on July 2001. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru01.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (O) Play-off winner.

Apertura play-off
Alianza Lima2–1Sporting Cristal
Quinteros  45+1'
Holsen 		Ferrari
Alianza Lima Apertura 2001 winners
To 2002 Copa Libertadores
(Sporting Cristal to Copa Libertadores play-off)

Torneo Clausura
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cienciano (A, O) 22 14 3 5 39 30 +9 45 Copa Libertadores 2002 First stage
2 Estudiantes de Medicina (A) 22 14 3 5 35 26 +9 45 2002 Copa Libertadores play-off
3 Sporting Cristal 22 14 2 6 44 25 +19 44
4 Alianza Atlético 22 11 3 8 25 24 +1 36
5 Sport Boys 22 9 5 8 29 31 −2 32
6 Universitario 22 8 7 7 29 24 +5 31
7 Deportivo Wanka 22 8 4 10 22 27 −5 28
8 Melgar 22 8 2 12 30 31 −1 26
9 Coopsol Trujillo 22 6 7 9 35 35 0 25
10 Alianza Lima 22 4 9 9 25 28 −3 21
11 Unión Minas 22 5 5 12 27 42 −15 20
12 Juan Aurich 22 3 6 13 22 39 −17 15
Updated to match(es) played on December 2001. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru01.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (O) Play-off winner.

Clausura play-off
Cienciano1–0Estudiantes de Medicina
E. Zapata
Cienciano Clausura 2001 winners
To 2002 Copa Libertadores
(Estudiantes to Copa Libertadores play-off)

Copa Libertadores play-off
Estudiantes de Medicina4–3Sporting Cristal
Carty  12'  30'  54'  82' Bonnet  86'  87'
Soria  93'
Sporting Cristal3–0Estudiantes de Medicina
Soria  2'
Soto  14'
Julinho  43'
Sporting Cristal to 2002 Copa Libertadores

Season finals
Alianza Lima3–2Cienciano
Sáenz  20'
Soto  57'
Farfán  90'		 C. Cumapa  29'
E. Zapata  35' (pen)
Cienciano1–0Alianza Lima
R. Rodríguez  83'
Penalties
2–4

Title
Primera División Peruana
2001 Champion
Alianza Lima
20th title

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Cristal 44 27 9 8 90 43 +47 90 Copa Libertadores 2002 First stage
2 Cienciano 44 25 5 14 82 58 +24 80
3 Alianza Lima 44 17 16 11 67 47 +20 67
4 Alianza Atlético 44 20 6 18 49 63 −14 66
5 Estudiantes de Medicina 44 19 8 17 60 79 −19 65
6 Sport Boys 44 18 9 17 65 71 −6 63
7 Melgar 44 18 7 19 75 61 +14 61
8 Universitario 44 16 12 16 58 54 +4 60
9 Coopsol Trujillo 44 13 11 20 73 83 −10 50
10 Deportivo Wanka (A) 44 12 10 22 49 63 −14 46 Qualification for promotion play-off
11 Juan Aurich (A, O) 44 12 10 22 56 78 −22 46
12 Unión Minas 44 12 7 25 57 81 −24 43 Relegation to 2002 Copa Perú
Updated to match(es) played on December 2001. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru01.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (O) Play-off winner.

10th/11th place play-off
Juan Aurich2–1 (a.e.t.)Deportivo Wanka
N. Álvarez  35'
A. Torres  110'		 R. Dolorier  9'
Wanka to Relegation play-off

Promotion play-off
Deportivo Wanka1–0 (a.e.t.)Alcides Vigo
J. Ramírez  99'
Deportivo Wanka remained in Primera División Peruana

Top scorers
21 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
  • Luis A. Bonnet (Sporting Cristal)
  • Pedro Ascoy (Juan Aurich)

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