1970 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
Season 1970
Champions Sporting Cristal
4th Primera División title
Relegated SIMA
Grau
1971 Copa Libertadores Sporting Cristal
Universitario
1969
1971

The 1970 Torneo Descentralizado was the 54th season of the highest division of Peruvian football. Torino and SIMA made their debut in the first division this season. The national champion was Sporting Cristal while SIMA and Grau were relegated.

Competition modus

The season was divided into two phases. In the first phase the 14 teams played each other twice playing at least one home match and one away match. The teams that finished in first to seventh place advanced to the championship group which contested the national title. The teams that finished in eighth to fourteenth place advanced to the relegation group where they determined the two teams that would be relegated from the division. Teams carried their first phase results in the second phase and played the teams in their group at least once.

The points system during the season varied. In the first leg of the first phase—the first 13 rounds—2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and no points for a loss; in the second leg of the first phase—the last 13 rounds—and in the second stage a win was awarded 4 points, a draw was awarded 2 points and no points were awarded for a loss.

Teams

Team City
Alianza Lima Lima
Carlos A. Mannucci Trujillo
Defensor Arica Lima
Defensor Lima Lima
Grau Piura
Juan Aurich Chiclayo
Municipal Lima
Porvenir Miraflores Lima
Octavio Espinoza Ica
SIMA Callao
Sport Boys Callao
Sporting Cristal Lima
Torino Talara
Universitario Lima

First phase

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universitario 26 16 7 3 56 22+34 56 Final Group
2 Defensor Arica 26 13 7 6 38 26+12 53
3 Sporting Cristal 26 13 8 5 44 25+19 49
4 Juan Aurich 26 10 10 6 34 25+9 45
5 Municipal 26 10 9 7 32 31+1 44
6 Octavio Espinoza 26 6 13 7 14 13+1 39
7 Defensor Lima 26 8 9 9 25 24+1 37
8 Sport Boys 26 8 7 11 31 387 36 Relegation Group
9 Alianza Lima 26 8 8 10 44 40+4 34
10 Porvenir Miraflores 26 6 10 10 32 419 33
11 Carlos A. Mannucci 26 8 6 12 29 378 32
12 SIMA 26 5 11 10 21 3110 32
13 Grau 26 5 8 13 24 4117 28
14 Torino 26 7 5 14 25 5227 28

Second phase

Final group

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting Cristal 32 18 9 5 58 32+26 71 1971 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 32 19 8 5 69 30+39 70
3 Defensor Arica 32 15 9 8 43 30+13 65
4 Juan Aurich 32 13 10 9 44 36+8 57
5 Defensor Lima 32 10 11 11 33 32+1 49
6 Municipal 32 11 9 12 37 447 48
7 Octavio Espinoza 32 7 15 10 22 286 47

Relegation group

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
8 Sport Boys 32 10 10 12 41 487 50
9 Alianza Lima 32 10 10 12 49 44+5 46
10 Porvenir Miraflores 32 8 12 12 39 4910 45
11 Torino 32 10 7 15 30 5525 44
12 Carlos A. Mannucci 32 9 9 14 37 447 42
13 SIMA 32 5 15 12 27 4114 40 1971 Segunda División
14 Grau 32 7 10 15 35 5116 40 1971 Copa Perú

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