2004 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2004 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-eighth season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twenty-first Primera División title after beating Sporting Cristal in the final playoff.

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	2004
Champions	Alianza Lima 21st Primera División title
Relegated	Deportivo Wanka Grau–Estudiantes
Copa Libertadores	Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal Cienciano
Copa Sudamericana	Alianza Atlético Universitario
Top goalscorer	Gabriel Garcia (35)
← 2003 2005 →

Changes from 2003

Structural changes

The number of teams for the 2004 season grew from 12 to 14. The relegation system was re-introduced but the system was determined by a points per match average. The qualification for the Copa Sudamericana was determined by the aggregate table instead of the Torneo Apertura playoffs. Due to a structure change in the Copa Libertadores, only two teams will qualify directly to the group stage (the half-year champions) and the best-placed non-champion will have to play in the first stage.

Promotion and relegation

No teams were relegated from the 2003 season and thus the number of teams grew from 12 to 14. Segunda División champion Sport Coopsol and Copa Perú 2003 champion U. César Vallejo were promoted.

Teams

Alianza Atlético

Grau–Estudiantes

U. César Vallejo

Wanka

Unión Huaral

Cienciano

Melgar
A. Universidad

Coronel Bolognesi

Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
U. San Martín
Sport Boys

Locations of the 2004 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
Deportivo Wanka	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass
Grau–Estudiantes	Piura	Miguel Grau	25,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	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

League table

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alianza Lima	26	19	4	3	48	16	+32	61	2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Cienciano	26	18	3	5	53	28	+25	57
3	Alianza Atlético	26	15	5	6	46	29	+17	50
4	Sporting Cristal	26	13	6	7	50	24	+26	45
5	Universitario	26	11	8	7	31	25	+6	41
6	Unión Huaral	26	10	7	9	32	29	+3	37
7	Universidad César Vallejo	26	9	8	9	24	33	−9	35
8	Coronel Bolognesi	26	9	3	14	40	44	−4	30
9	Melgar	26	8	6	12	31	41	−10	30
10	Grau–Estudiantes	26	7	9	10	21	37	−16	30
11	Deportivo Wanka	26	7	7	12	28	43	−15	28
12	Sport Boys	26	6	7	13	28	40	−12	25
13	Atlético Universidad	26	5	9	12	28	42	−14	24
14	Universidad San Martín	26	2	4	20	21	50	−29	10

Updated to match(es) played on May, 2004. Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2004
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	26	16	2	8	55	37	+18	50	2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Universidad San Martín	26	14	5	7	40	26	+14	47
3	Cienciano	26	11	11	4	41	26	+15	44
4	Universitario	26	11	10	5	34	28	+6	43
5	Alianza Atlético	26	12	6	8	41	34	+7	42
6	Alianza Lima	26	10	8	8	31	23	+8	38
7	Unión Huaral	26	10	8	8	35	30	+5	38
8	Sport Boys	26	10	7	9	38	40	−2	37
9	Atlético Universidad	26	8	9	9	37	38	−1	33
10	Melgar	26	9	5	12	47	41	+6	32
11	Coronel Bolognesi	26	8	6	12	45	42	+3	30
12	Universidad César Vallejo	26	7	7	12	24	39	−15	28
13	Deportivo Wanka	26	7	4	15	27	62	−35	22[lower-alpha 1]
14	Grau–Estudiantes	26	3	4	19	19	48	−29	13[lower-alpha 2]

Updated to match(es) played on December, 2004. Source: Peruvian Football Clausura 2004
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Deportivo Wanka were docked 3 points for failing to pay players.
2. Grau-Estudiantes withdrew from tournament, lost last 4 games by walk over.

Final

29 December 2004

Alianza Lima	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Sporting Cristal
Penalties
Soto Quinteros Jayo Maestri Sáenz Ciurlizza Salas	5–4	Zegarra Cominges Soto Moisela Prado Torres Araujo

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Referee: Manuel Garay

Title

Primera División Peruana 2004 Champion
Alianza Lima 21st title

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cienciano	52	29	14	9	94	54	+40	101	2005 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2	Alianza Lima	52	29	12	11	79	39	+40	99	2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3	Sporting Cristal	52	29	8	15	105	61	+44	95
4	Alianza Atlético	52	27	11	14	87	63	+24	92	2005 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5	Universitario	52	22	18	12	65	53	+12	84
6	Unión Huaral	52	20	15	17	67	59	+8	75
7	Universidad César Vallejo	52	16	15	21	48	72	−24	63
8	Melgar	52	17	11	24	78	82	−4	62
9	Sport Boys	52	16	14	22	67	80	−13	62
10	Coronel Bolognesi	52	17	9	26	85	85	0	60
11	Atlético Universidad	52	13	18	21	67	80	−13	57
12	Universidad San Martín	52	16	9	27	61	76	−15	57
13	Deportivo Wanka	52	14	11	27	55	105	−50	50[lower-alpha 1]
14	Grau–Estudiantes	52	10	13	29	40	85	−45	43[lower-alpha 2]

Updated to match(es) played on December 2004. Source: FIFA Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Deportivo Wanka were docked 3 points for failing to pay players.
2. Grau-Estudiantes withdrew from tournament, lost last 4 games by walk over.

Relegation table

Pos Team 2003 Pts 2004 Pts Total Pts Total Pld Avg 1 Alianza Lima 80 99 179 89 2.01 2 Sporting Cristal 76 95 171 89 1.92 3 Cienciano 49 101 150 88 1.7 4 Alianza Atlético 58 92 150 89 1.69 5 Universitario 41 84 125 89 1.4 6 Unión Huaral 50 75 125 89 1.4 7 Sport Boys 58 62 120 89 1.35 8 Coronel Bolognesi 60 60 120 89 1.35 9 Universidad César Vallejo — 63 63 52 1.21 10 Melgar 44 62 106 89 1.19 11 Universidad San Martín — 57 57 52 1.1 12 Atlético Universidad 33 57 90 88 1.02 13 Deportivo Wanka 32 50 82 89 0.92 14 Grau–Estudiantes 27 43 60 89 0.67 Updated as of games played on December, 2005.

Relegated to the 2005 Segunda División

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Gabriel Garcia	Melgar	35
2	Johan Fano	Coronel Bolognesi	29
3	Luis Alberto Bonnet	Sporting Cristal	28
4	Sergio Ibarra	Cienciano	25
5	Pedro García	Alianza Atlético	23
6	Sebastian Dominguez	Atlético Universidad	21
7	Hernán Rengifo	Unión Huaral	18
8	Miguel Mostto	Cienciano	17
	Junior Ross	Coronel Bolognesi	17

Footnotes

External links

• Peru 2004 season Details on RSSSF