1977 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1977 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 16 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima.

The season was divided into 3 stages. The Preliminary Tournament contested in two groups (home and away matches plus 2 inter-group matches); 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 two played for relegation. Championship Group was contested by 6 teams in home and away matches; teams carried their Descentralised Tournament record. Although finishing fifth in Descentralised, Universitario qualified for Championship Group, as Alianza had already qualified in Preliminary Tournament. Municipal and Cienciano played a third relegation playoff on a neutral ground, as each team won one match after home and away matches.

Teams

Alianza Lima
Atlético Chalaco
Defensor Lima
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

Locations of the 1977 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alfonso Ugarte	Puno	Enrique Torres Belón	20,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	40,000	Grass
Colegio Nacional Iquitos	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850	Grass
Defensor Lima	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
Junín	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

Torneo Interzonal

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	16	10	2	4	35	25	+10	22	Final Group
2	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	16	7	7	2	30	20	+10	21
3	Sport Boys	16	7	6	3	31	23	+8	20
4	Sporting Cristal	16	7	4	5	29	24	+5	18
5	Junín	16	6	4	6	26	23	+3	16
6	Melgar	16	6	3	7	14	22	−8	15
7	Alfonso Ugarte	16	5	3	8	21	25	−4	13
8	Defensor Lima	16	1	2	13	19	42	−23	4

Group B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Coronel Bolognesi	16	7	5	4	17	10	+7	19	Final Group
2	Unión Huaral	16	6	7	3	18	12	+6	19
3	Juan Aurich	16	6	7	3	18	13	+5	19
4	Universitario	16	7	4	5	16	15	+1	18
5	Atlético Chalaco	16	5	6	5	21	19	+2	16
6	León de Huánuco	16	5	4	7	15	15	0	14
7	Municipal	16	3	5	8	18	23	−5	11
8	Cienciano	16	3	5	8	12	28	−16	11

Torneo Descentralizado


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	30	14	11	5	39	26	+13	39	Final Group
2	Melgar	30	13	13	4	38	27	+11	39
3	Sporting Cristal	30	14	9	7	52	28	+24	37
4	Alianza Lima	30	13	11	6	59	40	+19	37
5	Universitario	30	11	10	9	44	40	+4	32
6	Coronel Bolognesi	30	11	9	10	33	33	0	31
7	Sport Boys	30	13	5	12	37	48	−11	31
8	Atlético Chalaco	30	9	11	10	43	40	+3	29
9	Unión Huaral	30	9	10	11	44	53	−9	28
10	Junín	30	10	8	12	41	53	−12	28
11	Defensor Lima	30	9	8	13	48	52	−4	26
12	Alfonso Ugarte	30	9	8	13	43	47	−4	26
13	Juan Aurich	30	7	12	11	31	37	−6	26
14	León de Huánuco	30	10	6	14	35	47	−12	26
15	Municipal	30	7	10	13	36	46	−10	24	Relegation play-off
16	Cienciano	30	6	9	15	21	37	−16	21	Relegation play-off

Relegation play-off


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Municipal	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
2	Cienciano	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2	1978 Copa Perú

Final Group


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	40	19	14	7	82	50	+32	52	1978 Copa Libertadores
2	Sporting Cristal	40	19	11	10	74	40	+34	49	1978 Copa Libertadores
3	Melgar	40	17	14	9	51	42	+9	48
4	Colegio Nacional Iquitos	40	16	15	9	49	45	+4	47
5	Coronel Bolognesi	40	15	11	14	45	47	−2	41
6	Universitario	40	13	12	15	55	51	+4	38

Title

Primera División Peruana 1977 Champion
Alianza Lima 17th title

External links

RSSSF Peru 1977

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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