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2008 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2008 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-second season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Universidad San Martín defending their national title. The season began on February 17, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season2008
Dates16 February 2008 –
17 December 2008
ChampionsUniversidad San Martín
2nd Primera División title
RelegatedSport Boys
Atlético Minero
Copa LibertadoresUniversitario de Deportes (Second stage)
Universidad San Martín (Second stage)
Sporting Cristal (First stage)
Copa SudamericanaCienciano (First stage)
Alianza Atlético (First stage)
Goals scored893
Average goals/game2.45
Top goalscorerMiguel Ximénez (32)
Biggest home winUniversidad San Martín 5-0 Alianza Lima
(2008-05-21)
Atlético Minero 5-0 Sport Boys
(2008-08-06)
José Gálvez 5-0 Sport Boys
(2008-09-14)
Biggest away winCoronel Bolognesi 0-4 Alianza Atlético
(2008-08-06)
Highest scoringCoronel Bolognesi 4–4 Sport Áncash
(2008-12-14)
Longest winning run9 - Universitario de Deportes (April 30-July 2)
Longest unbeaten run15 - Universitario de Deportes (April 9-July 13)
← 2007
2009 →

Competition modus

The season was divided into two tournaments; Torneo Apertura from February to July and the Torneo Clausura from July to December. Both tournaments had the fourteen teams play a round-robin home-and-away round for a total of 26 matches in each tournament. The winner of the Torneo Apertura qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores group stage and was eligible to play in the season final if they finished above 8th place in the Torneo Clausura. The winner of the Torneo Clausura also qualified to the group stage and was eligible to play in the season final if they finished above 8th place in the Torneo Apertura. A team that would've won both tournament was automatically season champion. If one of the tournament winners failed to place above 8th place, the other tournament winner would've been season champion. If both teams failed to finish above 8th place, the team that placed higher on the aggregate table–the summation of the points earned in both tournaments–would've been season champion. The two teams that placed last on the aggregate table were relegated and the best placed team–excluding the two tournament winners–qualified to the first stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores. The second and third best placed teams on the aggregate table qualified to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.

Changes from 2007

Structural changes

  • The number of teams was increased from 12 to 14.
  • Due to the increase in teams, the tournament winners could finish in the top seven instead of the top six to play in the season finals.
  • 1,170 minutes of game time was to be accumulated by players born on or after 1989 in the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura. The amount for the Torneo Clausura was later reduced to 600.
  • The minimum stadium capacity was increased from 4,000 to 5,000.

Promotion and relegation

Deportivo Municipal and Total Clean finished the 2007 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the aggregate table and thus were relegated to the Segunda División. They were replaced by the champions of the Segunda División 2007 and Copa Perú 2007, Universidad César Vallejo and Juan Aurich. The F.P.F. also invited José Gálvez and Minero into the first division.

Team changes

Promoted from
2007 Segunda División		Promoted from
2007 Copa Perú		ReinstatedRelegated from
2007 Primera División
Universidad César Vallejo (1st)
Atlético Minero (2nd)		 Juan Aurich (1st) José Gálvez Deportivo Municipal (11th)
Total Clean (12th)

Season overview

Universitario won the Apertura title after 6 years of failing to win a half-year tournament. They won the title with 50 points, a ten-point lead, and had four games left to be played. Sporting Cristal was the other team close to winning the title, however they had three games left to play and would have been unable to reach Universitario. Universitario had a 15-game undefeated streak and a 9-game winning streak. In the Clausura Universitario did surprisingly worse and finished 11th. They lost four games at home and failed to finish in the top 7 to contest the national title. U. San Martin finished third in the Apertura and won the Clausura with three games to spare. They achieved their second national title after only four years of existence. This is the first time since 1958 where the big three were not able to win the title for two consecutive years.

Alianza Lima experienced a terrible season because they were close to being relegated this season. Every team, with the exception of José Gálvez, gained points playing at their home ground and they had also lost several home games. Fortunately, Alianza Lima remained in the First Division. Sport Boys saved itself from relegation two years ago, however this year they could not. They were the worst team of the year and won very few games. Problems arose in the club as the players were not paid for many months. This led to a sorrowful year for the fans of Sport Boys.

Teams

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Locations of the 2008 Primera División teams
TeamCityStadiumCapacityField
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
Atlético MineroMatucanaMunicipal de Matucana[1]5,000Grass
CiencianoCuscoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Coronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850Grass
José GálvezChimboteManuel Rivera Sanchez25,000Artificial
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Artificial
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport ÁncashHuarazRosas Pampa8,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
Universidad César VallejoTrujilloMansiche25,000Artificial
Universidad San MartínLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaMonumental80,093Grass

Torneo Apertura

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Universitario2616734021+19552009 Copa Libertadores second stage
2Sporting Cristal2615474632+1449
3Universidad San Martín26111054020+2043
4Cienciano2612593728+941
5Coronel Bolognesi2610883328+538
6Alianza Atlético26104122828034
7Universidad César Vallejo2697102632−634
8Juan Aurich2696112730−333
9José Gálvez2679102632−630
10Melgar2679101825−730
11Alianza Lima2678112732−529
12Sport Áncash2692152536−1129
13Sport Boys2678112342−1927[a]
14Atlético Minero2667132636−1025
Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2008
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayAASALIATMCIEBOLMELJGJAÁNCSBACRIUCVUSMUNI
Alianza Atlético0–13–11–01–43–03–01–13–00–01–21–31–11–0
Alianza Lima0–14–10–00–10–03–00–11–01–11–32–10–11–1
Atlético Minero0–00–02–23–10–02–11–03–03–03–10–01–10–2
Cienciano1–03–21–01–31–03–03–23–01–04–04–10–04–1
Coronel Bolognesi1–21–02–1[a]0–11–1[a]1–13–1[a]2–1[a]3–00–21–11–21–1
Melgar1–01–11–11–01–11–02–10–21–11–01–12–10–1
José Gálvez1–01–11–01–10–02–14–01–03–21–22–20–20–1
Juan Aurich0–21–21–01–02–01–00–03–03–01–00–01–01–1
Sport Áncash2–11–01–03–31–20–20–03–24–01–21–01–00–1
Sport Boys0–12–12–11–01–30–00–01–02–11–13–12–22–1
Sporting Cristal3–12–2[b]4–11–01–12–13–21–12–15–13–03–41–2[b]
Universidad César Vallejo2–02–32–11–02–01–00–22–10–11–00–13–10–0
Universidad San Martín2–05–0[c]4–03–00–02–01–11–11–00–00–1[b]4–01–1[b]
Universitario2–12–1[b]2–13–11–02–03–23–12–05–11–00–01–1
Updated to match(es) played on June 25, 2008. Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2008 Fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Top goalscorers

20 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
9 goals

Torneo Clausura

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Universidad San Martín2615654120+21512009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2Sporting Cristal2614393625+1145
3Sport Áncash2612773929+1043
4Melgar2611783534+140
5Cienciano2611693430+439
6Alianza Atlético2610883525+1038
7Universidad César Vallejo26115103532+338
8Atlético Minero2691073226+637
9José Gálvez2610794238+437
10Alianza Lima26111143836+234
11Universitario2681083132−134
12Juan Aurich2685132434−1029
13Coronel Bolognesi2675143451−1726
14Sport Boys2618171854−3611
Updated to match(es) played on December 14, 2008. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ AwayAASALIATMCIEBOLMELJGJAÁNCSBACRIUCVUSMUNI
Alianza Atlético1–02–03–02–01–13–21–11–34–01–20–11–21–1
Alianza Lima1–21–22–01–22–12–11–00–22–01–01–21–31–2
Atlético Minero1–21–01–12–02–02–12–00–05–00–11–00–31–1
Cienciano2–14–11–12–23–12–13–10–14–12–12–12–12–1
Coronel Bolognesi0–4[a]3–43–22–01–13–1[a]1–24–4[a]0–00–11–2[a]0–20–1
Melgar0–01–02–21–03–22–12–02–13–11–12–01–21–2
José Gálvez0–04–30–01–03–14–21–11–15–03–22–22–22–0
Juan Aurich2–01–31–01–03–00–10–14–12–02–11–30–21–1
Sport Áncash0–03–12–2[b]1–0[b]1–12–12–02–0[c]2–10–1[c]1–00–13–0
Sport Boys0–01–12–20–01–20–11–21–10–31–25–22–50–0
Sporting Cristal1–11–2[d]1–02–11–24–13–02–02–12–01–11–00–1[d]
Universidad César Vallejo2–10–21–20–14–11–12–30–02–13–01–01–12–0
Universidad San Martín3–11–0[d]0–0[e]1–13–10–1[e]1–0[d]1–03–00–0[e]2–1[d]0–11–1[f]
Universitario0–21–21–11–11–22–21–14–02–22–01–22–12–1
Updated to match(es) played on December 14, 2008. Source: Fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Top goalscorers

15 goals
14 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals

Aggregate table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Universidad San Martín522616108142+39942009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
2Sporting Cristal52297168257+25942009 Copa Libertadores First stage
3Universitario522417117153+18892009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
4Cienciano522311187157+14802009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5Alianza Atlético522012206353+1072
6Sport Áncash52219226465−172
7Universidad César Vallejo522012206164−372
8Melgar521816185359−670
9José Gálvez521716196870−267
10Coronel Bolognesi521713226779−1264
11Alianza Lima52189256271−963
12Juan Aurich521711245164−1362
13Atlético Minero521517205862−462Relegation to 2009 Segunda División
14Sport Boys52816284097−5738[b]
Updated to match(es) played on December 14, 2008. Source: Peruvian Football
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

12th/13th place playoff

Atlético Minero1–2Juan Aurich
Portillo 26'ReportChará 19'
Zegarra 35'
Referee: Héctor Pacheco

Atlético Minero relegated to Segunda División.

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