1988 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1988 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football was played by 37 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1988
Champions	Sporting Cristal
Relegated	Alianza Naval Deportivo Pucallpa Guardia Republicana Hungaritos Agustinos
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal Universitario
← 1987 1989 →

Torneo Regional

Metropolitan

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	12	7	2	3	19	7	+12	16	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	San Agustín	12	6	4	2	16	13	+3	16	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional Play-off
3	Sporting Cristal	12	4	5	3	16	13	+3	13	Torneo Descentralizado
4	AELU	12	4	3	5	12	14	−2	11	Torneo Descentralizado "B"
5	CNI	12	3	4	5	10	15	−5	10
6	Guardia Republicana	12	0	5	7	9	26	−17	5	Torneo Descentralizado "B", Relegation Play-off

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión Huaral	12	6	5	1	20	10	+10	17	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Octavio Espinosa	12	5	5	2	15	12	+3	15	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional Play-off
3	Deportivo Municipal	12	6	1	5	15	9	+6	13	Torneo Descentralizado
4	Alianza Lima	12	5	3	4	10	7	+3	13	Torneo Descentralizado "B"
5	Juventud La Joya	12	3	3	6	9	18	−9	9
6	Internazionale	12	2	2	8	10	17	−7	6	Torneo Descentralizado "B", Relegation Play-off

Source:

Relegation playoff       1 Internazionale 1 2 Guardia Republicana 0

Regional Final playoff       1 San Agustín 2 2 Octavio Espinosa 1

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Atlético	16	9	6	1	21	9	+12	24	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	UTC	16	7	5	4	20	13	+7	19	Torneo Descentralizado
3	Carlos A. Mannucci	16	6	6	4	14	10	+4	18	Torneo Descentralizado "B"
4	Atlético Grau	16	4	7	5	18	15	+3	15
5	Deportivo Cañaña	16	3	9	4	13	14	−1	15
6	Libertad	16	3	8	5	11	13	−2	14
7	Juan Aurich	16	2	9	5	11	16	−5	13
8	15 de Setiembre	16	3	7	6	15	23	−8	13
9	Hungaritos Agustinos	16	3	7	6	13	23	−10	13

Source:

Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Junín	14	6	6	2	21	12	+9	18	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Mina San Vicente	14	6	6	2	15	8	+7	18	Torneo Descentralizado
3	Unión Minas	14	6	5	3	18	13	+5	17	Torneo Descentralizado "B"
4	León de Huánuco	14	5	4	5	11	15	−4	14
5	ADT	14	4	5	5	13	13	0	13
6	Deportivo Pucallpa	14	5	3	6	10	14	−4	13
7	Alipio Ponce	14	1	8	5	10	17	−7	10
8	Defensor ANDA	14	3	3	8	8	14	−6	9

Source:

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cienciano	14	10	2	2	30	9	+21	22	Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional
2	Melgar	14	10	1	3	33	15	+18	21	Torneo Descentralizado
3	Coronel Bolognesi	14	8	2	4	22	13	+9	18	Torneo Descentralizado "B"
4	Alfonso Ugarte	14	5	4	5	13	11	+2	14
5	Deportivo Tintaya	14	3	4	7	18	31	−13	10
6	Diablos Rojos	14	4	1	9	12	20	−8	9
7	Atlético Huracán	14	3	3	8	14	24	−10	9
8	Alianza Naval	14	3	3	8	15	34	−19	9

Source:

Liguilla Regional

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	5	3	2	0	10	1	+9	8	1989 Copa Libertadores, Championship Match
2	Unión Huaral	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6	7
3	Alianza Atlético	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	5
4	Deportivo Junín	5	1	2	2	5	12	−7	4
5	San Agustín	5	1	1	3	6	9	−3	3
6	Cienciano	5	1	1	3	5	10	−5	3

Source:

Torneo Descentralizado "B"

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Cañaña	12	5	6	1	16	8	+8	16	Final Group
2	Juan Aurich	12	4	6	2	9	7	+2	14
3	Libertad	12	2	9	1	10	7	+3	13
4	Carlos A. Mannucci	12	3	6	3	9	9	0	12
5	15 de Setiembre	12	1	9	2	8	9	−1	11
6	Hungaritos Agustinos	12	3	3	6	9	15	−6	9
7	Atlético Grau	12	2	5	5	7	13	−6	9

Source:

Central

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Defensor ANDA	10	6	2	2	12	5	+7	14	Final Group
2	Unión Minas	10	5	3	2	11	7	+4	13
3	ADT	10	5	2	3	11	10	+1	12
4	León de Huánuco	10	2	6	2	8	6	+2	10
5	Alipio Ponce	10	3	3	4	12	12	0	9
6	Deportivo Pucallpa	10	0	2	8	2	16	−14	2

Source:

Metropolitan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	10	6	2	2	14	9	+5	14	Final Group
2	Guardia Republicana	10	5	4	1	10	5	+5	14
3	Juventud La Joya	10	1	7	2	12	13	−1	9
4	CNI	10	2	5	3	11	12	−1	9
5	AELU	10	2	4	4	12	15	−3	8
6	Internazionale	10	2	2	6	8	13	−5	6

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South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alfonso Ugarte	10	5	3	2	15	5	+10	13	Final Group
2	Coronel Bolognesi	10	4	4	2	13	5	+8	12
3	Alianza Naval	10	5	2	3	7	9	−2	12
4	Deportivo Tintaya	10	4	1	5	10	16	−6	9
5	Atlético Huracán	10	3	1	6	6	10	−4	7
6	Diablos Rojos	10	2	3	5	7	13	−6	7

Source:

Final group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza Lima	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Liguilla
2	Deportivo Cañaña	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	4
3	Alfonso Ugarte	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	2
4	Defensor ANDA	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source:

Torneo Descentralizado

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	22	11	6	5	28	15	+13	28	Liguilla, Bonus +2
2	Alianza Atlético	22	12	3	7	29	23	+6	27	Liguilla, Bonus +1
3	Universitario	22	10	6	6	42	20	+22	26	Liguilla
4	Unión Huaral	22	11	4	7	34	27	+7	26
5	Octavio Espinosa	22	10	4	8	32	29	+3	24
6	UTC	22	9	6	7	28	25	+3	24
7	Deportivo Junín	22	9	4	9	29	23	+6	22
8	Cienciano	22	7	6	9	27	35	−8	20
9	Melgar	22	7	5	10	33	39	−6	19
10	San Agustín	22	5	8	9	19	33	−14	18
11	Deportivo Municipal	22	5	7	10	25	33	−8	17
12	Mina San Vicente	22	3	7	12	13	37	−24	13

Source:

Liguilla

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	5	2	2	1	3	2	+1	8	1989 Copa Libertadores, Championship Match
2	Universitario	5	2	3	0	8	3	+5	7
3	Alianza Atlético	5	2	1	2	4	4	0	6
4	Octavio Espinosa	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1	5
5	Unión Huaral	5	1	2	2	4	6	−2	4
6	Alianza Lima	5	0	3	2	8	11	−3	3

Source:

Championship Match

January 26, 1989

Sporting Cristal	2 – 1	Universitario

Estadio Nacional (Lima)
Lima

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Title

Primera División Peruana 1988 Champion
Sporting Cristal 9th title

External links

• Peru 1988 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)