1993 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	1993
Champions	Universitario; 11th Descentralizado title; 14th professional title; 21st Primera División title
Relegated	Unión Huaral; UTC
Copa Libertadores	Universitario; Alianza Lima
Copa CONMEBOL	Sporting Cristal
Top goalscorer	Waldir Sáenz (19)
	← 1992 1994 →

The 1993 Torneo Descentralizado was the 78th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. Universitario de Deportes conquered its twenty-first Primera División.

Changes from 1992

Due to the 1993 Copa América, a minor tournament (1993 Torneo Intermedio) was played in the middle of the year between the 16 clubs. The winner would qualify for the 1994 Copa CONMEBOL.
The end-of-season Liguilla would feature 4 teams, instead of 6.
A preliminary round prior to the Liguilla would be played with the teams that placed 3 to 8 to determine the 3 teams that join the second-placed team in the Liguilla.
The third-to-last team in the Torneo Descentralizado plays a relegation playoff against Copa Perú runner-up.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1992 Torneo Zonal	Relegated from 1992 Primera División
Ovación Sipesa (1st) Unión Huaral (2nd)	CNI (15th) Hijos de Yurimaguas (16th)

Stadia locations

U. Técnica de Cajamarca

Alianza Lima
Defensor Lima
Municipal
San Agustín
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
Sport Boys

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Locations of the 1993 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo	Mansiche	24,000
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	42,056
Defensor Lima	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Deportivo Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Deportivo Sipesa	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sanchez	25,000
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000
San Agustín	Lima	Nacional	45,750
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	18,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	15,000
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000
Unión Minas	Cerro de Pasco	Daniel Alcides Carrión	8,000
UTC	Cajamarca	Héroes de San Ramón	18,000
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750

Torneo Descentralizado

The Torneo Descentralizado was played with as a double round-robin tournament. Universitario de Deportes as champions qualified for the 1994 Copa Libertadores. Alianza Lima advanced to the end-of-season Liguilla and received a bonus point for placing second. The teams that placed 3 to 8 advanced to a preliminary round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario (C)	30	19	7	4	46	18	+28	45	1994 Copa Libertadores
2	Alianza Lima	30	17	7	6	70	36	+34	41	Liguilla Pre-Libertadores with 1 bonus point
3	Sport Boys	30	16	9	5	58	32	+26	41	Pre-Liguilla
4	Melgar	30	16	6	8	55	40	+15	38
5	Sporting Cristal	30	16	5	9	68	33	+35	37
6	Deportivo Municipal	30	13	8	9	43	31	+12	34
7	Deportivo Sipesa	30	12	8	10	39	29	+10	32
8	Carlos A. Mannucci	30	12	6	12	36	40	−4	30
9	Cienciano	30	10	9	11	27	36	−9	29
10	San Agustín	30	9	8	13	31	50	−19	26
11	León de Huánuco	30	6	12	12	29	40	−11	24
12	Unión Minas	30	6	10	14	23	50	−27	22
13	Alianza Atlético	30	6	10	14	35	64	−29	22
14	Defensor Lima	30	7	7	16	46	56	−10	21	Relegation play-off
15	Unión Huaral	30	5	9	16	45	65	−20	19	1994 Segunda División
16	UTC	30	7	5	18	34	65	−31	19	1994 Copa Perú

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	CAM	CIE	DEF	MUN	SIP	LEO	MEL	AGU	SBA	CRI	HUA	MIN	UTC	UNI
Alianza Atlético		3–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–3	2–4	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–4	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1
Alianza Lima	3–1		4–0	5–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	7–2	4–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	6–0	6–2	0–1
Carlos A. Mannucci	2–0	1–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	0–4	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–4	2–0	0–0	1–3
Cienciano	1–1	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	5–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0
Defensor Lima	3–3	0–2	1–2	2–3		1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–1
Deportivo Municipal	4–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	3–0		1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0
Deportivo Sipesa	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2		1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	0–1
León de Huánuco	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–3		1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1
Melgar	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1		2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–1	2–1
San Agustín	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–6	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0		1–3	2–4	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–3
Sport Boys	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	5–3	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	1–1		2–0	3–3	2–0	7–1	0–2
Sporting Cristal	3–0	5–1	5–3	7–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	6–2	3–0	1–1		1–0	8–0	3–0	1–0
Unión Huaral	2–2	3–3	0–4	2–0	2–3	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	4–2		1–0	1–0	0–3
Unión Minas	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1		3–1	0–0
UTC	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–3	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–5	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1		4–3
Universitario	4–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	4–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1993. Source: RSSSF Peru 1993
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

1993

Defensor Lima	3–3 (AET) (7–6 PSO)	Aurora

Estadio Nacional
Lima

Defensor Lima remains in the First Division.

Pre-Liguilla

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Carlos A. Mannucci	3–4	Sport Boys	2–1	1–3
Deportivo Sipesa	5–3	Melgar	3–1	2–2
Deportivo Municipal	2–3	Sporting Cristal	0–1	2–2

Liguilla Pre-Libertadores

Alianza Lima started the Liguilla with a bonus point. Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal tied for first placed, forcing a playoff match to determine the second Peruvian club in the 1994 Copa Libertadores. Although Sporting Cristal lost the playoff match, they qualified for the 1994 Copa CONMEBOL after Deportivo Municipal declined to play in it.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	5	1994 Copa Libertadores
2	Sporting Cristal	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	5	1994 Copa CONMEBOL
3	Sport Boys	3	1	0	2	4	12	−8	2
4	Deportivo Sipesa	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Teams play each other once, either home or away. Liguilla Final was played only at the Estadio Nacional, Lima.

Home \ Away	ALI	SIP	SBA	SC
Alianza Lima		3–1	2–0
Deportivo Sipesa				0–0
Sport Boys		4–3
Sporting Cristal	2–1		7–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 1993
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla play-off

22 December 1993

Alianza Lima	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sporting Cristal

Penalties
Marco Valencia José Soto Mario Antonio Rodríguez Carlos Basombrío Wilmar Valencia Waldir Sáenz	5–4	Jorge Soto Manuel Earl Flavio Maestri Pablo Zegarra Germán Pinillos Orlando Prado