1972 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1972 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 16 teams. The season was divided into 3 stages. The first stage was contested in two groups: Metropolitan (teams from Lima and Callao) and Regional (teams from the rest of the country); each group winner qualified for the Championship Group. The second stage was the Descentralised (league tournament); the top 4 qualified for the Championship Group and the bottom 2 were relegated. Championship Group was contested by 6 teams in Lima; neither team carried their previous records. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Teams

Grau

Torino

León de Huánuco

Juan Aurich
Unión Tumán

Mannucci

José Gálvez

Melgar

Alianza Lima
Defensor Arica
Defensor Lima
SIMA
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

Locations of the 1972 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alianza Lima	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo	Mansiche	24,000	Grass
Defensor Arica	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Defensor Lima	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Grau	Piura	Miguel Grau (Piura)	25,000	Grass
José Gálvez	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sánchez	25,000	Artificial
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
SIMA	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000	Grass
Unión Tumán	Tumán	Eugenio Zapata Mingoya	8,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

First stage

Metropolitan group


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	14	8	4	2	21	13	+8	20	Final Group
2	Defensor Lima	14	8	3	3	28	16	+12	19
3	Sport Boys	14	4	7	3	28	22	+6	15
4	Municipal	14	5	4	5	19	18	+1	14
5	Universitario	14	4	5	5	17	17	0	13
6	Alianza Lima	14	5	2	7	18	28	−10	12
7	Defensor Arica	14	2	6	6	16	25	−9	10
8	SIMA	14	2	5	7	16	24	−8	9

Regional group


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	José Gálvez	14	8	4	2	18	11	+7	20	Final Group
2	Unión Tumán	14	7	6	1	23	13	+10	20
3	Torino	14	6	5	3	19	13	+6	17
4	Melgar	14	6	3	5	23	18	+5	15
5	Juan Aurich	14	4	7	3	26	23	+3	15
6	Grau	14	4	3	7	24	24	0	11
7	Carlos A. Mannucci	14	3	2	9	13	29	−16	8
8	León de Huánuco	14	2	2	10	12	27	−15	6

Torneo Descentralizado


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	30	17	7	6	55	26	+29	41	Final Group
2	Defensor Lima	30	16	8	6	60	35	+25	40
3	Municipal	30	16	8	6	45	30	+15	40
4	Universitario	30	12	11	7	61	34	+27	35
5	Juan Aurich	30	15	5	10	55	44	+11	35
6	Sporting Cristal	30	11	10	9	41	34	+7	32
7	Grau	30	11	7	12	38	47	−9	29
8	José Gálvez	30	8	12	10	32	34	−2	28
9	SIMA	30	6	16	8	33	37	−4	28
10	Melgar	30	12	3	15	38	43	−5	27
11	Torino	30	10	7	13	35	47	−12	27
12	Unión Tumán	30	8	10	12	40	41	−1	26
13	Sport Boys	30	9	8	13	38	45	−7	26
14	León de Huánuco	30	7	12	11	33	47	−14	26
15	Carlos A. Mannucci	30	7	10	13	30	53	−23	24	1973 Copa Perú
16	Defensor Arica	30	4	8	18	24	61	−37	16	1973 Copa Perú

Final group


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	5	3	2	0	6	3	+3	8	1973 Copa Libertadores
2	Universitario	5	2	3	0	10	7	+3	7	1973 Copa Libertadores
3	Municipal	5	1	3	1	8	7	+1	5
4	José Gálvez	5	0	4	1	5	6	−1	4
5	Alianza Lima	5	0	3	2	4	7	−3	3
6	Defensor Lima	5	0	3	2	3	6	−3	3

SPORTING CRISTAL
1972 National Champions - 5th title

External links

Peru 1972 season at RSSSF

Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional

2017 clubs	Alianza Atlético Alianza Lima Ayacucho Comerciantes Unidos Juan Aurich Melgar Municipal Real Garcilaso Sport Huancayo Sporting Cristal Unión Comercio Universidad San Martín Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca Universitario

Former clubs	ADO AELU Alcides Vigo Alfonso Ugarte Alfonso Ugarte (Ch) Alianza Huánuco Alipio Ponce Asociación Deportiva Tarma Atlético Chalaco Atlético Universidad Aurich–Cañaña Aurora Bancos Barrio Frigorífico Belén Cañaña Carlos A. Mannucci Carlos Concha Centro Iqueño Chacarita Versalles Chanchamayo Ciclista Lima Cienciano Circolo Sportivo Italiano Cobresol Colegio Nacional Iquitos Comercio Coopsol Trujillo Coronel Bolognesi Coronel Bolognesi FC Defensor ANDA Defensor Arica Defensor Lima Diablos Rojos Estudiantes de Medicina Grau Guardia Republicana Hijos de Yurimaguas Hospital Hungaritos Agustinos Huracán I.M.I. Internazionale Jorge Chávez Jorge Chávez (C) José Gálvez José Gálvez (L) Juan Aurich (1922–1992) Juan Aurich (1996–2004) Juan Bielovucic Junín Juvenil Los Ángeles Juventud La Joya Juventud La Palma KDT Nacional La Bocana La Loretana Lawn Tennis León de Huánuco Libertad Lima Cricket Los Caimanes Los Espartanos Mariscal Nieto Mariscal Sucre Mina San Vicente Minero Morba Octavio Espinoza Pacífico Pacífico (T) Peruano Piérola Porvenir Miraflores Pucallpa Sáenz Peña San Agustín San Martín de Porres San Simón 15 de Septiembre SIMA Sport Áncash Sport Boys Sport Inca Sport Loreto Sport Pilsen Sport Progreso Sportivo Huracán Tarapacá Ferrocarril Tintaya Torino Total Chalaco Unión Buenos Aires Unión Huaral Unión Huayllaspanca Unión Minas Unión Miraflores Unión Pesquero Unión Tarapoto Unión Tumán Universidad César Vallejo Walter Ormeño Wanka

Seasons	Liga Provincial de Fútbol de Lima 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Champions Torneo de Promoción y Reserva

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