1966 Torneo Descentralizado

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Torneo Descentralizado
Season1966
ChampionsUniversitario
11th Primera División title
RelegatedMelgar
Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín
Octavio Espinosa
Carlos Concha
1967 Copa LibertadoresUniversitario
Sport Boys
Matches played182
Top goalscorerTeófilo Cubillas (19)
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The 1966 Torneo Descentralizado was the 50th season of the highest division of Peruvian football. This season marked the first time the Primera División was named the Descentralizado because teams outside Lima and Callao were invited for the first time making it the first national championship in Peru. The four teams invited to play in the inaugural national championship were Melgar of Arequipa, Octavio Espinosa of Ica, Grau of Piura, and Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín of Trujillo.

The first match of the season was played on 13 August 1966 between Universitario and Mariscal Sucre in the Estadio Nacional. Shortly after this match, the first match to feature a team outside the Lima and Callao region was between Sporting Cristal and Alfonso Ugarte in the same stadium on the same day.[1]

The champion was Universitario. Four teams were relegated at the end of the season. Carlos Concha was relegated to the as the last placed team. In addition, Octavio Espinosa, Alfonso Ugarte, and Melgar were relegated as they needed to place seventh or higher to remain in the first division.[2] They needed to play the 1967 Copa Perú to attain promotion to the first division.[3]

Teams[]

Locations of the 1966 Primera División teams
Teams City
Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín Trujillo
Alianza Lima Lima
Atlético Grau Piura
Carlos Concha Callao
Centro Iqueño Lima
Defensor Arica Lima
Defensor Lima Lima
Deportivo Municipal Lima
Mariscal Sucre Lima
Melgar Arequipa
Octavio Espinosa Ica
Sport Boys Callao
Sporting Cristal Lima
Universitario Lima

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Universitario 26 19 3 4 65 27 +38 41 1967 Copa Libertadores
2 Sport Boys 26 15 5 6 43 19 +24 35
3 Alianza Lima 26 14 5 7 58 34 +24 33
4 Sporting Cristal 26 12 6 8 36 25 +11 30
5 Centro Iqueño 26 13 4 9 31 27 +4 30
6 Atlético Grau 26 10 9 7 36 32 +4 29
7 Defensor Lima 26 10 8 8 49 36 +13 28
8 Melgar 26 12 4 10 41 32 +9 28 1967 Copa Perú
9 Defensor Arica 26 10 8 8 31 25 +6 28
10 Mariscal Sucre 26 7 7 12 30 40 −10 21
11 Deportivo Municipal 26 9 3 14 41 54 −13 21
12 Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín 26 7 3 16 28 60 −32 17 1967 Copa Perú
13 Octavio Espinosa 26 3 6 17 24 52 −28 12
14 Carlos Concha 26 4 3 19 29 79 −50 11
Source:[citation needed]

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Player Nationality Goals Club
Teófilo Cubillas  Peru 19 Alianza Lima

Scoring[]

  • First goal of the season – Héctor Chumpitaz for Universitario against Mariscal Sucre (13 August 1966)[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Castro, Roberto; Behr, Raúl (13 February 2009). "Descentralizado X-Files". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  2. ^ Behr, Raúl (13 February 2010). "Descentralizado ye-ye". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  3. ^ Nieto, Carlos; Pierrend, José. "Peru - List of Final Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

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