1975 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1975 season of the Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 18 teams. The top six qualified to the final group stage. As the First Division was reduced to 16 teams for 1976, no team was promoted and two teams were relegated. The criteria for relegation: Grau as the last placed team; Unión Tumán as the worst team from a Department (Lambayeque) with two teams (the other was Juan Aurich). This rule didn't apply for Lima clubs. A playoff match for 2nd place (qualifying for the Copa Libertadores) was necessary. The national champions were Alianza Lima.

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1975
Dates	11 January 1975 – 29 February 1976
Champions	Alianza Lima
Relegated	Unión Tumán Atlético Grau
Copa Libertadores	Alianza Lima Alfonso Ugarte
Copa Simón Bolívar	Alianza Lima
← 1974 1976 →

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from 1974 Primera División
Piérola (TR) Walter Ormeño (TR) Atlético Barrio Frigorífico (20th) Unión Pesquero (22th)

Stadia locations

Grau

Cienciano

CNI

Mannucci

Alfonso Ugarte

Junín

León de Huánuco

Unión Huaral

Juan Aurich
Unión Tumán

Melgar

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

Locations of the 1975 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alfonso Ugarte	Puno	Enrique Torres Belón	20,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Atlético Grau	Piura	Miguel Grau (Piura)	25,000	Grass
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo	Mansiche	24,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	40,000	Grass
CNI	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000	Grass
Defensor Lima	Breña, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Deportivo Junín	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Rímac, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000	Grass
Unión Tumán	Tumán	Eugenio Zapata Mingoya	8,000	Grass
Universitario	Breña, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

League table

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	34	19	12	3	62	25	+37	50	Liguilla Final
2	Alfonso Ugarte	34	19	7	8	65	39	+26	45
3	Universitario	34	16	10	8	43	38	+5	42
4	Melgar	34	12	14	8	48	39	+9	38
5	Juan Aurich	34	12	13	9	36	26	+10	37
6	Deportivo Junín	34	15	7	12	57	52	+5	37
7	Atlético Chalaco	34	13	9	12	50	39	+11	35
8	Sporting Cristal	34	12	11	11	35	35	0	35
9	Carlos A. Mannucci	34	12	10	12	40	44	−4	34
10	Sport Boys	34	9	14	11	20	24	−4	32
11	Deportivo Municipal	34	9	13	12	41	45	−4	31
12	Unión Huaral	34	10	11	13	42	48	−6	31
13	CNI	34	11	9	14	40	50	−10	31
14	Defensor Lima	34	8	13	13	37	51	−14	29
15	Unión Tumán	34	9	10	15	41	41	0	28	1976 Copa Perú
16	Cienciano	34	10	8	16	44	53	−9	28
17	León de Huánuco	34	6	15	13	30	55	−25	27
18	Atlético Grau	34	8	6	20	31	58	−27	22	1976 Copa Perú

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	UGA	ALI	CHA	GRA	CAM	CIE	CNI	DEF	JUN	MUN	AUR	LEO	MEL	SBA	CRI	HUA	TUM	UNI
Alfonso Ugarte		0–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	4–2	1–0	3–0	5–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–0
Alianza Lima	2–0		1–1	4–1	1–1	7–0	6–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	2–2	0–3	3–2	2–1
Atlético Chalaco	2–3	0–1		4–0	5–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0
Atlético Grau	0–1	1–4	1–1		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–3
Carlos A. Mannucci	3–2	0–0	0–1	1–1		3–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–1
Cienciano	7–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	0–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1
CNI	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	5–1		0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–1
Defensor Lima	2–3	1–3	1–3	2–3	0–0	0–3	2–0		1–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–1
Deportivo Junín	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–2		5–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	5–1	2–0	1–2
Deportivo Municipal	2–2	2–3	3–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–1		0–4	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1
Juan Aurich	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0		1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0
León de Huánuco	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–6	0–2	0–0	0–0		0–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Melgar	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	4–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2		1–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–1
Sport Boys	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1		1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Sporting Cristal	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1		0–0	1–0	2–0
Unión Huaral	2–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–6	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2		3–2	0–2
Unión Tumán	2–4	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	5–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	2–0		1–2
Universitario	0–1	0–1	4–0	1–3	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–6	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1975. Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru75.html
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ALI	UGA	UNI	MEL	AUR	JUN
1	Alianza Lima	39	22	13	4	69	28	+41	57	1976 Copa Libertadores and 1976 Copa Simón Bolívar			3–1	0–0			2–0
2	Alfonso Ugarte	39	22	7	10	75	46	+29	51	Second place play-off				0–2		3–1	2–1
3	Universitario	39	20	11	8	51	41	+10	51						2–1	2–1	2–1
4	Melgar	39	14	14	11	55	47	+8	42			0–1	0–4
5	Juan Aurich	39	17	12	10	54	40	+14	46			2–1			0–3
6	Deportivo Junín	39	15	7	17	60	62	−2	37						1–3	0–1

Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru75.html

Second place play-off

Alfonso Ugarte v Universitario

March 1, 1976

Alfonso Ugarte

0–0 (5–4 p)

Universitario

Top scorers

Player	Nationality	Goals	Club
José Leyva	Peru	25	Alfonso Ugarte
Ángel Avilés	Peru	19	Deportivo Junín
Juan Rivero Arias	Peru	17	Alianza Lima
Gerónimo Barbadillo	Peru	16	Defensor Lima
Juan José Oré	Peru	16	Universitario de Deportes
Manuel Lobatón	Peru	14	Atlético Chalaco
Ernesto Neyra	Peru	14	Alfonso Ugarte
Juan del Águila	Peru	13	CNI de Iquitos
Víctor Calatayud	Peru	13	Juan Aurich
Reynaldo Jaime	Peru	13	Sporting Cristal
Miguel Ángel Canziani	Argentina	12	Melgar
Jorge Bolívar	Peru	12	Juan Aurich
Attilio Escate	Peru	11	Atlético Grau
Juan Tardío	Peru	11	Cienciano
Pedro Ruiz	Peru	11	Unión Huaral
Freddy Ravello	Peru	10	Deportivo Municipal
Félix Suárez	Peru	10	Atlético Chalaco
Jorge Jaramillo	Peru	10	Carlos A. Mannucci

Awards

Award	Winner
Best Team	Alianza Lima
Golden Boot	César Cueto (Alianza Lima)
Manager of the year	Marcos Calderón (Alianza Lima)
Goalkeeper of the year	José González Ganoza (Alianza Lima)
Foreign player of the year	Rubén Techera (Universitario de Deportes)
Young player of the year	Gerónimo Barbadillo (Defensor Lima)
Veteran player of the year	Julio Meléndez (Juan Aurich)
Breakout player	José Leyva (Alfonso Ugarte)

See also

• 1975 Copa Perú

External links

• Peru 1975 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)