2002 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2002 Torneo Descentralizado was the 86th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season2002
ChampionsSporting Cristal
14th Primera División title
RelegatedJuan Aurich
Coopsol Trujillo
Copa LibertadoresSporting Cristal
Universitario
Alianza Lima
Copa SudamericanaAlianza Lima
Cienciano
Top goalscorerLuis Fabián Artime (24)
← 2001
2003 →

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two and half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a playoff, but a team had to finish in the top 4 in both tournaments to earn the right to play the final. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to each half-year tournament winner, and the best-placed team in the aggregate table. The two bottom teams on the aggregate table were relegated, but a playoff had to be played between the 10th- and 11th-placed teams since both obtained the same number of points (goal difference did not count as a tie-breaker).

Teams
Locations of the 2002 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Coopsol TrujilloTrujilloMansiche24,000Artificial
Coronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850Grass
Deportivo WankaHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Estudiantes de MedicinaIcaJosé Picasso Peratta8,000Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaMonumental80,093Grass

Torneo Apertura

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitario (O) 22 15 2 5 30 17 +13 47 Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
2 Alianza Lima 22 14 5 3 43 23 +20 47 Qualification for 2002 Copa Sudamericana
3 Sporting Cristal 22 11 5 6 43 32 +11 38
4 Cienciano 22 9 7 6 33 31 +2 34
5 Alianza Atlético 22 10 3 9 37 26 +11 33
6 Juan Aurich 22 7 7 8 29 25 +4 28
7 Melgar 22 6 9 7 36 43 −7 27
8 Sport Boys 22 7 4 11 29 37 −8 25
9 Coopsol Trujillo 22 6 6 10 28 32 −4 24
10 Coronel Bolognesi 22 6 5 11 27 39 −12 23
11 Estudiantes de Medicina 22 4 7 11 25 28 −3 19
12 Deportivo Wanka 22 5 4 13 23 40 −17 19
Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner.

Results
Home \ Away AAS ALI CIE BOL WAN EST MEL JA SBA COO CRI UNI
Alianza Atlético 1–2 1–0 3–0 5–0 4–1 3–3 3–0 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–0
Alianza Lima 0–1 5–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 5–1 1–0
Cienciano 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–0
Coronel Bolognesi 3–2 0–0 3–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–2 1–3 0–0
Deportivo Wanka 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–2
Estudiantes de Medicina 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–1
Melgar 1–1 2–3 3–3 3–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–4 1–0
Juan Aurich 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2
Sport Boys 0–2 2–3 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–4 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1
Coopsol Trujillo 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 6–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–3
Sporting Cristal 4–3 2–4 2–2 4–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Universitario 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–4
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2012. Source: RSSSF Peru 2002
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Apertura playoff
First leg
Universitario1–0Alianza Lima
Vilallonga  57'
Second leg
Alianza Lima0–0Universitario
Universitario Apertura 2002 winners
To Copa Libertadores 2003

Torneo Clausura
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal 22 13 7 2 46 18 +28 46 Copa Libertadores 2003 First stage
2 Alianza Lima 22 13 6 3 40 18 +22 42[lower-alpha 1]
3 Alianza Atlético 22 11 6 5 40 18 +22 36[lower-alpha 1]
4 Cienciano 22 11 3 8 50 44 +6 36
5 Estudiantes de Medicina 22 9 5 8 36 29 +7 32
6 Sport Boys 22 7 8 7 28 24 +4 29
7 Deportivo Wanka 22 7 8 7 30 35 −5 29
8 Coronel Bolognesi 22 8 4 10 24 29 −5 28
9 Melgar 22 6 7 9 25 33 −8 25
10 Juan Aurich 22 5 5 12 20 35 −15 20
11 Universitario 22 4 7 11 27 36 −9 19
12 Coopsol Trujillo 22 3 4 15 18 51 −33 13
Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.

Final playoff

No final playoff was played since the Apertura winner Universitario did not finish in the Clausura's top 4, while Sporting Cristal won the Clausura after placing third in the Apertura.

Title
 Primera División Peruana
2002 Champion 
Sporting Cristal
14th title

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza Lima 44 27 11 6 83 41 +42 89[lower-alpha 1] 2003 Copa Libertadores First stage
2 Sporting Cristal 44 24 12 8 89 18 +71 84
3 Cienciano 44 20 10 14 83 75 +8 70 2003 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Phase
4 Alianza Atlético 44 21 9 14 71 52 +19 69[lower-alpha 1]
5 Universitario 44 19 9 16 57 53 +4 66 2003 Copa Libertadores First stage
6 Sport Boys 44 14 12 18 57 61 −4 54
7 Melgar 44 12 16 16 61 67 −6 52
8 Estudiantes de Medicina 44 13 12 19 61 67 −6 51
9 Coronel Bolognesi 44 14 9 21 51 68 −17 51
10 Juan Aurich (A) 44 12 12 20 49 60 −11 48 Relegation to 2003 Copa Perú
11 Deportivo Wanka (A, O) 44 12 12 20 53 75 −22 48
12 Coopsol Trujillo 44 9 10 25 46 83 −37 37 Relegation to 2003 Copa Perú
Updated to match(es) played on August 26, 2009. Source: http://rsssf.com/tablesp/peru02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:
  1. Alianza Lima and Alianza Atlético were docked 3 points for evading anti-doping tests in Torneo Apertura's Round 22.

Promotion play-off
Juan Aurich2–1Deportivo Wanka
A. Torres  55'
R. Miñán  70'		 E. Torrealva  63'
Deportivo Wanka4–0Juan Aurich
M. Ruiz  3'
E. Salazar  40'
J. Montenegro  52'
H. Veloyes  92'
Juan Aurich relegated to Copa Perú

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Luis Artime Melgar 24
2 Sergio Ibarra Alianza Atlético 22
3 Germán Carty Cienciano 18
Antonio Serrano Sport Boys 18
5 Ernesto Zapata Cienciano 15
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