1969 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1969 Torneo Descentralizado was the 53rd season of the highest division of Peruvian football. Despite being relegated at the end of the 1968 season, Carlos A. Mannucci returned to the first division through the 1969 Copa Perú.

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1969
Dates	17 May 1969 – 6 January 1970
Champions	Universitario 13th Primera División title
Relegated	KDT Nacional
1970 Copa Libertadores	Universitario Defensor Arica
1970 Copa Ganadores de Copa	Deportivo Municipal
← 1968 1970 →

The format of the season changed from the previous season. The season was divided into two phases. In the first phase, the fourteen teams played each other once. In the second phase, the teams were divided into two groups. Teams in first to sixth place were grouped into a championship group while teams in seventh to fourteenth place were grouped into a relegation group. All teams carried their records from the first phase into the second phase.

Universitario was crowned champion. Centro Iqueño and KDT Nacional were relegated.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1968 Segunda División	Promoted from 1969 Copa Perú	Relegated from 1968 Primera División
Deportivo Municipal (1st)	Carlos A. Mannucci (1st)	Carlos A. Mannucci (9th) Mariscal Sucre (14th)

Stadia locations

Juan Aurich

Carlos A. Mannucci

Grau

Octavio Espinoza

Alianza Lima
Centro Iqueño
Defensor Arica
Defensor Lima
KDT Nacional
D. Municipal
Porvenir
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

Locations of the 1969 Primera División teams

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
Atlético Grau	Piura
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo
Centro Iqueño	Cercado de Lima
Defensor Arica	Breña, Lima
Defensor Lima	Breña, Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo
KDT Nacional	Callao
Porvenir Miraflores	Miraflores, Lima
Octavio Espinosa	Ica
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Cristal	Rímac, Lima
Universitario	Breña, Lima

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Grau	13	10	1	2	25	13	+12	21	Liguilla Final
2	Universitario	13	8	3	2	25	15	+10	19
3	Juan Aurich	13	6	6	1	23	16	+7	18
4	Sporting Cristal	13	7	1	5	19	16	+3	15
5	Deportivo Municipal	13	7	1	5	23	20	+3	15
6	Defensor Arica	13	5	4	4	22	16	+6	14
7	Porvenir Miraflores	13	5	3	5	20	22	−2	13
8	Carlos A. Mannucci	13	4	5	4	24	27	−3	13
9	Octavio Espinosa	13	4	2	7	17	22	−5	10
10	Defensor Lima	13	4	2	7	16	23	−7	10
11	Alianza Lima	13	4	2	7	17	25	−8	10
12	Sport Boys	13	4	1	8	25	26	−1	9
13	KDT Nacional	13	3	3	7	14	19	−5	9
14	Centro Iqueño	13	2	2	9	11	21	−10	6

Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1969

Results

Home \ Away	ALI	GRA	CAM	CEN	ARI	DEF	MUN	AUR	KDT	OCT	POR	SBA	SCR	UNI
Alianza Lima		0–2			1–3	0–2				4–2	2–3	3–1	1–0
Atlético Grau				3–1		1–0				1–0	3–1	1–2		3–1
Carlos A. Mannucci	1–1	0–1			1–1		2–2	1–4	3–2				1–0
Centro Iqueño	3–4		1–2		0–3					0–2		0–0	0–1
Defensor Arica		2–3				0–1	3–1	2–2	2–2				1–2
Defensor Lima			3–1	1–2						2–2		0–5
Deportivo Municipal	2–0	1–0		1–0		4–0			3–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	1–3	2–5
Juan Aurich	1–1	3–3		1–3		2–1	2–0			1–0		1–0
KDT Nacional	2–0	0–1		1–1		3–1		0–1			0–1
Octavio Espinosa			3–3		0–2				2–0		2–1		3–0	0–2
Porvenir Miraflores			2–2	1–0	1–1	1–4		1–1				4–1	1–3
Sport Boys			2–5		1–2				2–3	3–1			2–3	5–1
Sporting Cristal		2–3				2–1		1–1	2–0
Universitario	3–0		5–2	1–0	1–0	0–0		3–3	0–0		2–0		1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1969. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1969
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Municipal	13	8	4	1	30	16	+14	20	Liguilla Final
2	Universitario	13	7	4	2	27	17	+10	18
3	Defensor Arica	13	6	5	2	18	8	+10	17
4	Alianza Lima	13	4	7	2	21	13	+8	15
5	Juan Aurich	13	5	4	4	20	16	+4	14
6	Atlético Grau	13	5	3	5	14	13	+1	13
7	Octavio Espinosa	13	3	7	3	13	13	0	13	Liguilla Descenso
8	Sport Boys	13	5	3	5	17	19	−2	13
9	Defensor Lima	13	3	7	3	17	19	−2	13
10	Carlos A. Mannucci	13	4	4	5	12	12	0	12
11	Porvenir Miraflores	13	5	2	6	21	28	−7	12
12	Sporting Cristal	13	3	5	5	13	17	−4	11
13	Centro Iqueño	13	2	4	7	12	24	−12	8
14	KDT Nacional	13	1	1	11	8	28	−20	3

Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1969

Results

Home \ Away	ALI	GRA	CAM	CEN	ARI	DEF	MUN	AUR	KDT	OCT	POR	SBA	SCR	UNI
Alianza Lima			0–0	1–1			1–1	1–1	2–0					2–2
Atlético Grau	1–3		1–0		0–1		3–2	2–1	2–0				0–0
Carlos A. Mannucci				2–0		0–0				1–0	0–0	2–0		1–1
Centro Iqueño		1–0				0–2	1–4	1–2	1–0		2–3			1–1
Defensor Arica	2–1		3–1	4–1						1–1	2–0	1–1		0–1
Defensor Lima	0–0	1–1			1–1		1–1	2–2	1–0		4–5		3–2	2–5
Deportivo Municipal			3–2		2–1			1–0
Juan Aurich			0–1		0–0				4–3		3–1		1–3	3–0
KDT Nacional			3–2		0–2		1–5			0–2		0–1	1–1	0–2
Octavio Espinosa	1–1	0–0		2–2		2–0	0–1	1–1				2–1
Porvenir Miraflores	1–6	0–2					1–3		3–0	1–1				2–1
Sport Boys	2–3	2–1		2–1		0–0	3–3	0–2			2–1
Sporting Cristal	1–0		1–0	1–1	0–0		0–2			0–0	2–3	0–3		2–3
Universitario		2–1					2–2			4–1		3–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1969. Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1969
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UNI	ARI	MUN	ALI	AUR	GRA
1	Universitario	18	9	7	2	35	23	+12	25	1970 Copa Libertadores				2–1		1–1	1–1
2	Defensor Arica	18	7	8	3	26	15	+11	22			1–2					3–1
3	Deportivo Municipal	18	8	6	4	38	28	+10	22	1970 Copa Ganadores de Copa			2–2				2–2
4	Alianza Lima	18	6	9	3	31	20	+11	21			2–2	1–1	4–3		0–1	3–0
5	Juan Aurich	18	7	7	4	27	20	+7	21				1–1	2–0
6	Atlético Grau	18	5	6	7	20	24	−4	16							2–2

Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1969

Second place play-off

6 January 1970

Defensor Arica	2–1	Deportivo Municipal

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Liguilla Descenso

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		DEF	SBA	SCR	CAM	OCT	POR	CEN	KDT
7	Defensor Lima	20	8	7	5	34	32	+2	23				1–0			0–3
8	Sport Boys	20	9	4	7	30	30	0	22					1–1	3–1
9	Sporting Cristal	20	7	7	6	28	22	+6	21			3–0						0–0	3–0
10	Carlos A. Mannucci	20	7	6	7	24	23	+1	20			3–5		1–0				1–0	0–0
11	Octavio Espinosa	20	5	9	6	23	25	−2	19				4–2	1–2	1–4			0–0	0–0
12	Porvenir Miraflores	20	7	3	10	35	47	−12	17			1–3	2–3	2–6	2–2	4–1
13	Centro Iqueño	20	3	7	10	19	33	−14	13	1970 Segunda División		3–5	1–2				2–0
14	KDT Nacional	20	1	4	15	12	40	−28	6			0–3	1–2				2–3	1–1

Source: Rsssf.org Peru 1969

Top scorers

Player	Nationality	Goals	Club
Jaime Mosquera	Peru	15	Deportivo Municipal

See also

• 1969 Campeonato de Apertura
• 1969 Peruvian Segunda División
• 1969 Copa Perú

External links

• Peru 1969 season at RSSSF
• Qué Level: Arica y un color copero at DeChalaca
• Qué me mira KDT at DeChalaca