1986 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1986
Champions	San Agustín 1st Primera División title
Copa Libertadores	San Agustín Alianza Lima
Top goalscorer	Juvenal Briceño (16 goals)
← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 30 teams. The season started in 1986 but ended in early 1987. The national champion was first-time winner San Agustín .

Format

The national championship was divided into two tournaments; the Torneo Regional and Torneo Descentralizado. The winners of each tournament faced off in the season final and received the berths for the 1987 Copa Libertadores. The Torneo Regional divided the teams into four groups; Metropolitan, North, Central, and South. Each group had its teams advance to the Liguilla Regional, the Torneo Descentralizado and the División Intermedia. The Liguilla Regional determined the Regional champion. The Descentralizado divided the teams in three groups and the top two in each group advanced to thee Descentralizado Liguilla which decided the Descentralizado champion. The División Intermedia was a promotion/relegation tournament between first and second division teams. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. No points were awarded for a loss.

Torneo Regional

Metropolitan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	22	12	9	1	34	17	+17	33	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Alianza Lima	22	12	4	6	30	14	+16	28
3	San Agustín	22	12	4	6	30	20	+10	28
4	Municipal	22	12	3	7	33	21	+12	27
5	Universitario	22	9	8	5	24	19	+5	26	Torneo Descentralizado
6	Octavio Espinoza	22	8	7	7	17	16	+1	23
7	Juventud La Palma	22	8	5	9	25	30	−5	21	Qualification playoff
8	Unión Huaral	22	6	6	10	24	30	−6	18
9	Sport Boys	22	6	6	10	21	29	−8	18
10	Juventud La Joya	22	4	7	11	20	30	−10	15	División Intermedia
11	Guardia Republicana	22	5	5	12	18	29	−11	15
12	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	22	2	8	12	14	35	−21	12

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca	15	10	2	3	31	11	+20	22	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Hungaritos Agustinos	15	7	4	4	20	14	+6	18
3	Grau	15	4	8	3	8	13	−5	16	Torneo Descentralizado
4	Los Espartanos	15	4	5	6	14	23	−9	13	Qualification playoff
5	Carlos A. Mannucci	15	3	6	6	9	16	−7	12	División Intermedia
6	Torino	15	3	3	9	17	22	−5	9

Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pucallpa	15	9	2	4	20	15	+5	20	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Asociación Deportiva Tarma	15	7	4	4	21	13	+8	18
3	Defensor ANDA	15	7	3	5	18	18	0	17	Torneo Descentralizado
4	Unión Minas	15	5	6	4	18	15	+3	16	Qualification playoff
5	León de Huánuco	15	3	4	8	12	19	−7	10	División Intermedia
6	Junín	15	2	5	8	8	17	−9	9

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melgar	15	12	2	1	24	6	+18	26	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Cienciano	15	6	4	5	21	16	+5	16
3	Coronel Bolognesi	15	5	5	5	17	15	+2	15
4	Alfonso Ugarte	15	4	7	4	15	15	0	15	Qualification play-offs
5	Mariscal Nieto	15	3	4	8	8	13	−5	10	División Intermedia
6	Huracán	15	1	6	8	7	27	−20	8

Qualification playoffs

The winners advanced to the Torneo Descentralizado.

Teams			Scores
1st leg home team	Points	2nd leg home team	1st leg	2nd leg	Pen.
Sport Boys	2–2	Los Espartanos	0–0	1–1	8–7
Unión Huaral	2–2	Unión Minas	4–1	0–4	2–3
Juventud La Palma	2–2	Alfonso Ugarte	1–0	0–3	3–2

Liguilla Regional

The four group winners and the second placed team in the Metropolitan group qualified directly to the quarter-finals. The remaining qualified teams started in the preliminary round to determine the 3 remaining quarter-finalists. Numbers in parentheses indicate a penalty shootout result. The Regional winner qualified to the 1987 Copa Libertadores and advanced to the Final of the season.

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

1C

Pucallpa

0

3M

San Agustín

3

3M

San Agustín

1

3S

Coronel Bolognesi

0

3M

San Agustín (p)

0 (4)

4M

Municipal

0 (3)

1S

Melgar

0 (3)

4M

Municipal (p)

0 (4)

2S

Cienciano

0

4M

Municipal

4

3M

San Agustín (p)

1 (3)

2M

Alianza Lima

1 (1)

2M

Alianza Lima (p)

0 (4)

2N

Hungaritos Agustinos

0 (2)

2C

Asociación Deportiva Tarma

0

2N

Hungaritos Agustinos

2

2M

Alianza Lima (p)

0 (4)

1N

UTC

0 (3)

1M

Sporting Cristal

0 (0)

1N

UTC (p)

0 (3)

Torneo Descentralizado

The top two of each group advanced to the Liguilla.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	10	6	2	2	25	6	+19	14	Liguilla
2	Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca	10	6	1	3	14	14	0	13
3	Universitario	10	5	2	3	14	11	+3	12
4	Juventud La Palma	10	3	2	5	9	15	−6	8
5	Asociación Deportiva Tarma	10	3	2	5	8	14	−6	8
6	Coronel Bolognesi	10	2	1	7	6	16	−10	5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Municipal	10	5	3	2	19	9	+10	13	Liguilla
2	San Agustín	10	4	5	1	11	4	+7	13
3	Melgar	10	4	3	3	13	7	+6	11
4	Unión Minas	10	3	2	5	10	12	−2	8
5	Hungaritos Agustinos	9	3	1	5	7	15	−8	7
6	Defensor ANDA	9	1	4	4	5	18	−13	6

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	10	5	3	2	13	6	+7	13	Liguilla
2	Sport Boys	10	3	6	1	12	10	+2	12
3	Grau	10	3	4	3	13	11	+2	10
4	Octavio Espinoza	10	2	5	3	17	13	+4	9
5	Cienciano	10	3	2	5	11	18	−7	8
6	Pucallpa	10	3	2	5	12	20	−8	8

Liguilla

The winner of the Liguilla qualified to the 1987 Copa Libertadores and advanced to the Final of the season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	5	4	1	0	9	1	+8	9	1987 Copa Libertadores
2	San Agustín	5	3	0	2	6	3	+3	6
3	Municipal	5	2	1	2	9	7	+2	5
4	Sport Boys	5	2	1	2	7	8	−1	5
5	Sporting Cristal	5	2	0	3	5	7	−2	4
6	Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca	5	0	1	4	4	14	−10	1

Final

San Agustín v Alianza Lima

February 22, 1987

San Agustín	1 – 0	Alianza Lima

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Topscorer

16 goals

• Juvenal Briceño (Universitario)

External links

• RSSSF Peru 1986