2005 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season	2005
Champions	Sporting Cristal; 15th Primera División title
Relegated	U. César Vallejo; Atlético Universidad
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal; Cienciano; Universitario
Copa Sudamericana	Coronel Bolognesi; Universidad San Martín
Top goalscorer	Miguel Mostto (18)
	← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-ninth season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament. Sporting Cristal won its fifteenth Primera División title after beating Cienciano in the season final. The season started on March 5, 2005 ended on December 21, 2005.

Changes from 2004[]

Structural changes[]

Starting with the 2004 season, the two relegated teams will be able to choose to play in the Segunda División or drop to their regional league as the Segunda División will now be played with non-capital teams. The number of first division teams dropped from 14 to 13.

Promotion and relegation[]

Deportivo Wanka and Grau–Estudiantes finished the 2004 season in 13th and 14th place, respectively, on the three-season average table and thus were relegated to their regional league. They were replaced by the champion of the 2004 Copa Perú Sport Áncash.

Teams[]

Melgar
A. Universidad

Coronel Bolognesi

Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
U. San Martín
Sport Boys

Locations of the 2005 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Atlético Universidad	Arequipa	Virgen de Chapi	45,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	42,056	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Sport Áncash	Huaraz	Rosas Pampa	8,000	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	18,000	Grass
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000	Grass
Universidad César Vallejo	Trujillo	Mansiche	24,000	Artificial
Universidad San Martín	Lima	Nacional	18,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Monumental	80,093	Grass

Torneo Apertura[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cienciano	24	16	3	5	37	21	+16	51	2006 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Universitario	24	13	9	2	40	20	+20	48
3	Alianza Lima	24	9	11	4	43	25	+18	38
4	Sporting Cristal	24	9	9	6	34	28	+6	36
5	Coronel Bolognesi	24	8	11	5	25	20	+5	35
6	Sport Áncash	24	10	4	10	28	33	−5	34
7	Universidad San Martín	24	8	7	9	28	26	+2	31
8	Sport Boys	24	8	7	9	31	34	−3	31
9	Melgar	24	7	6	11	32	42	−10	27
10	Atlético Universidad	24	5	8	11	26	40	−14	23
11	Universidad César Vallejo	24	4	10	10	27	36	−9	22
12	Unión Huaral	24	4	9	11	24	32	−8	21
13	Alianza Atlético	24	3	10	11	29	47	−18	19

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2005. Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2005
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	24	15	7	2	37	13	+24	52	2006 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Universidad San Martín	24	14	6	4	40	20	+20	48
3	Coronel Bolognesi	24	14	2	8	38	32	+6	44
4	Universitario	24	11	7	6	31	20	+11	40
5	Cienciano	24	9	6	9	33	30	+3	33
6	Sport Áncash	24	9	5	10	27	32	−5	32
7	Melgar	24	9	5	10	26	37	−11	32
8	Atlético Universidad	24	9	4	11	35	39	−4	31
9	Alianza Atlético	24	9	3	12	29	39	−10	30
10	Sport Boys	24	7	7	10	23	30	−7	28
11	Alianza Lima	24	7	5	12	26	23	+3	26
12	Universidad César Vallejo	24	5	7	12	31	39	−8	22
13	Unión Huaral	24	4	4	16	16	38	−22	16

Updated to match(es) played on November, 2005. Source: Peruvian Football Clausura 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Final[]

21 December 2005

Final

Cienciano	0 – 1	Sporting Cristal
	Report	45' Zegarra

Estadio Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa

Referee: Manuel Garay

Aggregate table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	48	24	16	8	71	40	+31	88	2006 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2	Sporting Cristal	48	24	16	8	71	41	+30	88	2006 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3	Cienciano	48	25	9	14	70	51	+19	84	2006 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
4	Universidad San Martín	48	22	13	13	68	46	+22	79	Copa Sudamericana 2006 Preliminary Round
5	Coronel Bolognesi	48	22	13	13	63	52	+11	79	Copa Sudamericana 2006 Preliminary Round
6	Sport Áncash	48	19	9	20	55	65	−10	66
7	Alianza Lima	48	16	16	16	69	48	+21	64
8	Sport Boys	48	15	14	19	54	64	−10	59
9	Melgar	48	16	11	21	58	79	−21	59
10	Atlético Universidad	48	14	12	22	61	79	−18	54
11	Alianza Atlético	48	12	13	23	58	86	−28	49
12	Universidad César Vallejo	48	9	17	22	58	75	−17	44
13	Unión Huaral	48	8	13	27	40	70	−30	37

Updated to match(es) played on December 2005. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Relegation table[]

Pos	Team	2003 Pts	2004 Pts	2005 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg
1	Sporting Cristal	76	95	88	259	137	1.891
2	Alianza Lima	80	99	64	243	137	1.774
3	Cienciano	49	101	84	234	136	1.721
4	Universitario	41	84	88	213	137	1.555
5	Alianza Atlético	58	92	49	202	137	1.474
6	Coronel Bolognesi	60	60	79	198	137	1.445
7	Sport Áncash	—	—	66	66	48	1.417
8	Universidad San Martín	—	57	79	136	100	1.36
9	Sport Boys	58	62	59	185	137	1.35
10	Melgar	44	62	59	169	137	1.234
11	Unión Huaral	50	75	37	168	137	1.226
12	Universidad César Vallejo	—	63	44	106	100	1.06
13	Atlético Universidad	33	57	54	143	136	1.051

Updated as of games played on December, 2005.

	Relegated to the 2006 Segunda División

Top scorers[]

18 goals

Miguel Mostto (Cienciano)

17 goals

Sergio Ibarra (Cienciano)
Roberto Demus (Coronel Bolognesi)

16 goals

Paul Cominges (Atlético Universidad)

15 goals

Hernán Rengifo (U. San Martín)

External links[]

Peru 2005 season Details on RSSSF