1970 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	1970
Dates	20 June 1970 –; 10 January 1971
Champions	Sporting Cristal; 4th Primera División title
Relegated	Deportivo SIMA; Atlético Grau
1971 Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal; Universitario
1971 Copa Ganadores de Copa	Juan Aurich
	← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Torneo Descentralizado was the 54th season of the highest division of Peruvian football. Atlético Torino and Deportivo SIMA made their debut in the first division this season. The national champion was Sporting Cristal while Deportivo SIMA and Atlético Grau were relegated.

Competition modus

The season was divided into two phases. In the first phase the 14 teams played each other twice playing at least one home match and one away match. The teams that finished in first to seventh place advanced to the championship group which contested the national title. The teams that finished in eighth to fourteenth place advanced to the relegation group where they determined the two teams that would be relegated from the division. Teams carried their first phase results in the second phase and played the teams in their group at least once.

The points system during the season varied. In the first leg of the first phase—the first 13 rounds—2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and no points for a loss; in the second leg of the first phase—the last 13 rounds—and in the second stage a win was awarded 4 points, a draw was awarded 2 points and no points were awarded for a loss.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1969 Segunda División	Promoted from 1970 Copa Perú	Relegated from 1969 Primera División
Deportivo SIMA (1st)	Atlético Torino (1st)	Centro Iqueño (13th) KDT Nacional (14th)

Stadia locations

Alianza Lima
Defensor Arica
Defensor Lima
SIMA
Municipal
Porvenir
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

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Locations of the 1970 Primera División teams

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Atlético Grau	Piura
Atlético Torino	Talara
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo
Defensor Arica	Breña, Lima
Defensor Lima	Breña, Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
Deportivo SIMA	Callao
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo
Porvenir Miraflores	Miraflores, Lima
Octavio Espinosa	Ica
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Cristal	Rímac, Lima
Universitario	Breña, Lima

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	26	16	7	3	56	22	+34	56	Liguilla Final
2	Defensor Arica	26	13	7	6	38	26	+12	53
3	Sporting Cristal	26	13	8	5	44	25	+19	49
4	Juan Aurich	26	10	10	6	34	25	+9	45
5	Deportivo Municipal	26	10	9	7	32	31	+1	44
6	Octavio Espinosa	26	6	13	7	14	13	+1	39
7	Defensor Lima	26	8	9	9	25	24	+1	37
8	Sport Boys	26	8	7	11	31	38	−7	36	Liguilla Descenso
9	Alianza Lima	26	8	8	10	44	40	+4	34
10	Porvenir Miraflores	26	6	10	10	32	41	−9	33
11	Carlos A. Mannucci	26	8	6	12	29	37	−8	32
12	Deportivo SIMA	26	5	11	10	21	31	−10	32
13	Atlético Grau	26	5	8	13	24	41	−17	28
14	Atlético Torino	26	7	5	14	25	52	−27	28

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second stage

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Cristal	32	18	9	5	58	32	+26	26	71	1971 Copa Libertadores
2	Universitario	32	19	8	5	69	30	+39	24	70	1971 Copa Libertadores
3	Defensor Arica	32	15	9	8	43	30	+13	26	65
4	Juan Aurich	32	13	10	9	44	36	+8	21	57	1971 Copa Ganadores de Copa
5	Defensor Lima	32	10	11	11	33	32	+1	18	49
6	Deportivo Municipal	32	11	9	12	37	44	−7	17	48
7	Octavio Espinosa	32	7	15	10	22	28	−6	18	47

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Liguilla Descenso

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Relegation
8	Sport Boys	32	10	10	12	41	48	−7	20	50
9	Alianza Lima	32	10	10	12	49	44	+5	16	46
10	Porvenir Miraflores	32	8	12	12	39	49	−10	17	45
11	Atlético Torino	32	10	7	15	30	55	−25	17	44
12	Carlos A. Mannucci	32	9	9	14	37	44	−7	15	42
13	Deportivo SIMA	32	5	15	12	27	41	−14	15	40	1971 Segunda División
14	Atlético Grau	32	7	10	15	35	51	−16	16	40	1971 Copa Perú

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Player	Nationality	Goals	Club
Teófilo Cubillas	Peru	22	Alianza Lima

External links

Peru 1970 season at RSSSF