1987 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1987 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 30 teams. The season started in 1987 and ended in early 1988. The national champion was Universitario .

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1987
Champions	Universitario
Relegated	Atlético Torino Juventud La Palma Juvenil Los Ángeles Sport Boys
Copa Libertadores	Universitario Alianza Lima
← 1986 1988 →

The national championship was divided into two tournaments, the Regional Tournament and the Descentralized Tournament. The winners of each tournament faced off in the final and received the berths for the Copa Libertadores 1988. The Regional Tournament divided the teams into four groups; Metropolitan, North, Central, and South. Each group had its teams qualify for the Regional Finals, the Descentralized Tournament and the Intermediary Division. The Regional Finals determined the Regional Champion. The Descentralized Tournament divided the teams in three groups and had its teams qualify for the Descentralized Liguilla which decided the Descentralized Champion. The Intermediary Division was a promotion/relegation tournament between first and second division teams.

Torneo Regional

Metropolitan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	22	13	6	3	37	22	+15	32	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Unión Huaral	22	11	10	1	35	18	+17	32
3	San Agustín	22	11	6	5	33	27	+6	28
4	Sporting Cristal	22	10	6	6	42	22	+20	26	Torneo Descentralizado
5	CNI	22	9	7	6	28	20	+8	25
6	Alianza Lima	22	7	11	4	23	21	+2	25
7	Deportivo Municipal	22	7	8	7	28	25	+3	22
8	La Joya–Iqueño	22	6	8	8	21	24	−3	20	1987 División Intermedia
9	Internazionale	22	6	4	12	24	30	−6	16
10	Sport Boys	22	5	5	12	18	44	−26	15
11	Juventud La Palma	22	4	6	12	12	31	−19	14
12	Octavio Espinosa	22	2	5	15	19	36	−17	9

Source:

First Place Playoff

	Playoff
	1	Universitario	1
	2	Unión Huaral	0

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carlos A. Mannucci	15	8	4	3	25	14	+11	20	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	UTC	15	8	1	6	23	17	+6	17	Torneo Descentralizado
3	Hungaritos Agustinos	15	6	4	5	29	30	−1	16
4	Atlético Grau	15	5	4	6	22	23	−1	14	1987 División Intermedia
5	Atlético Torino	15	4	5	6	18	23	−5	13
6	Deportivo Cañaña	15	2	6	7	11	21	−10	10

Source:

Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Junín	15	8	5	2	26	13	+13	21	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Unión Minas	15	8	3	4	22	14	+8	19	Torneo Descentralizado
3	Deportivo Pucallpa	15	5	6	4	16	15	+1	16
4	ADT	15	7	1	7	16	16	0	15	1987 División Intermedia
5	Defensor ANDA	14	4	4	6	12	18	−6	12
6	Mina San Vicente	14	1	3	10	10	26	−16	5

Source:

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Coronel Bolognesi	15	9	4	2	21	9	+12	22	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Alfonso Ugarte	15	5	8	2	15	12	+3	18	Torneo Descentralizado
3	Cienciano	15	6	4	5	18	11	+7	16
4	Melgar	15	3	7	5	11	13	−2	13	1987 División Intermedia
5	Atlético Huracán	15	3	6	6	8	13	−5	12
6	Juvenil Los Ángeles	15	1	7	7	8	23	−15	9

Source:

Liguilla Regional

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	7	1988 Copa Libertadores, Championship Match
2	Unión Huaral	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4	7
3	San Agustín	5	3	0	2	8	6	+2	6
4	Coronel Bolognesi	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	5
5	Carlos A. Mannucci	5	1	3	1	8	7	+1	5
6	Deportivo Junín	5	0	0	5	2	15	−13	0

Source:

Torneo Descentralizado

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Cristal	30	17	10	3	54	25	+29	44	Liguilla, Bonus +2
2	Alianza Lima	30	17	9	4	40	16	+24	43	Liguilla, Bonus +1
3	Universitario	30	14	13	3	46	21	+25	41	Liguilla
4	Unión Huaral	30	14	11	5	53	36	+17	39
5	Coronel Bolognesi	30	12	12	6	37	26	+11	36
6	Alfonso Ugarte	30	11	10	9	40	34	+6	32
7	CNI	30	10	11	9	34	32	+2	31
8	Deportivo Municipal	30	12	7	11	38	38	0	31
9	Cienciano	30	8	11	11	32	37	−5	27
10	UTC	30	10	5	15	34	33	+1	25
11	Deportivo Junín	30	8	8	14	31	51	−20	24
12	Carlos A. Mannucci	30	9	5	16	33	47	−14	23
13	San Agustín	30	5	12	13	22	31	−9	22
14	Deportivo Pucallpa	30	8	6	16	24	48	−24	22
15	Hungaritos Agustinos	30	7	7	16	37	50	−13	21
16	Unión Minas	30	7	5	18	23	53	−30	19

Source:

Liguilla

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	5	3	2	0	8	3	+5	1	9	1988 Copa Libertadores, Championship Match
2	Unión Huaral	5	3	2	0	10	6	+4	0	8
3	Universitario	5	3	0	2	10	5	+5	0	6
4	Sporting Cristal	5	2	0	3	5	5	0	2	6
5	Coronel Bolognesi	5	1	1	3	4	10	−6	0	3
6	Alfonso Ugarte	5	0	1	4	5	13	−8	0	1

Source:

Championship Match

March 26, 1988

Universitario	1 – 0	Alianza Lima

Estadio Nacional
Lima

Title

Primera División Peruana 1987 Champion
Universitario 17th title

Topscorer

Player	Nationality	Goals	Club
Fidel Suarez	Peru	20	Universitario

International competition

• Copa Libertadores 1988

Universitario - Second Stage; eliminated by América de Cali.

Alianza Lima - fourth place in Group 5 with 3 points; eliminated.

External links

• RSSSF Peru 1987