2004 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2004 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-eighth season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twenty-first Primera División title after beating Sporting Cristal in the final playoff.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season2004
ChampionsAlianza Lima
21st Primera División title
RelegatedDeportivo Wanka
Grau–Estudiantes
Copa LibertadoresAlianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Cienciano
Copa SudamericanaAlianza Atlético
Universitario
Top goalscorerGabriel Garcia (35)
← 2003
2005 →

Changes from 2003

Structural changes

The number of teams for the 2004 season grew from 12 to 14. The relegation system was re-introduced but the system was determined by a points per match average. The qualification for the Copa Sudamericana was determined by the aggregate table instead of the Torneo Apertura playoffs. Due to a structure change in the Copa Libertadores, only two teams will qualify directly to the group stage (the half-year champions) and the best-placed non-champion will have to play in the first stage.

Promotion and relegation

No teams were relegated from the 2003 season and thus the number of teams grew from 12 to 14. Segunda División champion Sport Coopsol and Copa Perú 2003 champion U. César Vallejo were promoted.

Teams
Locations of the 2004 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
Atlético UniversidadArequipaVirgen de Chapi45,000Grass
CiencianoCuscoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Coronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850Grass
Deportivo WankaHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Grau–EstudiantesPiuraMiguel Grau25,000Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
Unión HuaralHuaralJulio Lores Colan10,000Grass
Universidad César VallejoTrujilloMansiche24,000Artificial
Universidad San MartínLimaNacional18,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaMonumental80,093Grass

League table

Torneo Apertura
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alianza Lima 26 19 4 3 48 16 +32 61 2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cienciano 26 18 3 5 53 28 +25 57
3 Alianza Atlético 26 15 5 6 46 29 +17 50
4 Sporting Cristal 26 13 6 7 50 24 +26 45
5 Universitario 26 11 8 7 31 25 +6 41
6 Unión Huaral 26 10 7 9 32 29 +3 37
7 Universidad César Vallejo 26 9 8 9 24 33 −9 35
8 Coronel Bolognesi 26 9 3 14 40 44 −4 30
9 Melgar 26 8 6 12 31 41 −10 30
10 Grau–Estudiantes 26 7 9 10 21 37 −16 30
11 Deportivo Wanka 26 7 7 12 28 43 −15 28
12 Sport Boys 26 6 7 13 28 40 −12 25
13 Atlético Universidad 26 5 9 12 28 42 −14 24
14 Universidad San Martín 26 2 4 20 21 50 −29 10
Updated to match(es) played on May, 2004. Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2004
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Torneo Clausura
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal 26 16 2 8 55 37 +18 50 2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Universidad San Martín 26 14 5 7 40 26 +14 47
3 Cienciano 26 11 11 4 41 26 +15 44
4 Universitario 26 11 10 5 34 28 +6 43
5 Alianza Atlético 26 12 6 8 41 34 +7 42
6 Alianza Lima 26 10 8 8 31 23 +8 38
7 Unión Huaral 26 10 8 8 35 30 +5 38
8 Sport Boys 26 10 7 9 38 40 −2 37
9 Atlético Universidad 26 8 9 9 37 38 −1 33
10 Melgar 26 9 5 12 47 41 +6 32
11 Coronel Bolognesi 26 8 6 12 45 42 +3 30
12 Universidad César Vallejo 26 7 7 12 24 39 −15 28
13 Deportivo Wanka 26 7 4 15 27 62 −35 22[lower-alpha 1]
14 Grau–Estudiantes 26 3 4 19 19 48 −29 13[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on December, 2004. Source: Peruvian Football Clausura 2004
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Deportivo Wanka were docked 3 points for failing to pay players.
  2. Grau-Estudiantes withdrew from tournament, lost last 4 games by walk over.

Final
Alianza Lima0–0 (a.e.t.)Sporting Cristal
Penalties
Soto
Quinteros
Jayo
Maestri
Sáenz
Ciurlizza
Salas 		5–4 Zegarra
Cominges
Soto
Moisela
Prado
Torres
Araujo
Referee: Manuel Garay

Title
Primera División Peruana
2004 Champion
Alianza Lima
21st title

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cienciano 52 29 14 9 94 54 +40 101 2005 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2 Alianza Lima 52 29 12 11 79 39 +40 99 2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3 Sporting Cristal 52 29 8 15 105 61 +44 95
4 Alianza Atlético 52 27 11 14 87 63 +24 92 2005 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Universitario 52 22 18 12 65 53 +12 84
6 Unión Huaral 52 20 15 17 67 59 +8 75
7 Universidad César Vallejo 52 16 15 21 48 72 −24 63
8 Melgar 52 17 11 24 78 82 −4 62
9 Sport Boys 52 16 14 22 67 80 −13 62
10 Coronel Bolognesi 52 17 9 26 85 85 0 60
11 Atlético Universidad 52 13 18 21 67 80 −13 57
12 Universidad San Martín 52 16 9 27 61 76 −15 57
13 Deportivo Wanka 52 14 11 27 55 105 −50 50[lower-alpha 1]
14 Grau–Estudiantes 52 10 13 29 40 85 −45 43[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on December 2004. Source: FIFA Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Deportivo Wanka were docked 3 points for failing to pay players.
  2. Grau-Estudiantes withdrew from tournament, lost last 4 games by walk over.

Relegation table

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Gabriel Garcia Melgar 35
2 Johan Fano Coronel Bolognesi 29
3 Luis Alberto Bonnet Sporting Cristal 28
4 Sergio Ibarra Cienciano 25
5 Pedro García Alianza Atlético 23
6 Sebastian Dominguez Atlético Universidad 21
7 Hernán Rengifo Unión Huaral 18
8 Miguel Mostto Cienciano 17
Junior Ross Coronel Bolognesi 17

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