2017 Sporting Cristal season

The 2017 season is Sporting Cristal's 62nd season in the Peruvian First Division, and also the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top-flight of Peruvian football. The team played for the thirty-third (33rd) time the Copa Libertadores.

Sporting Cristal
2017 season
ChairmanFederico Cúneo
ManagerJosé del Solar
StadiumEstadio Alberto Gallardo
Torneo Descentralizado8th
Copa LibertadoresSecond Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Irven Ávila (22)
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Kits edit

Supplier: Adidas

Sponsor(s): Cerveza Cristal

Players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   PER Carlos Grados
3 DF   PER Marcos López
4 DF   PER Gianfranco Chávez
5 MF   PER Pedro Aquino
6 MF   PER Alexis Rojas
7 MF   ARG Horacio Calcaterra
8 MF   URU Gabriel Costa
10 MF   PER Joel Sánchez
11 FW   PER Irven Ávila
12 GK   CHI Mauricio Viana
15 DF   PER Renzo Garcés
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   PER Ray Sandoval
21 MF   PER Josepmir Ballón
22 DF   PER Jair Céspedes
23 MF   URU Jorge Cazulo
24 FW   PER Fernando Pacheco
25 MF   PER Martín Távara
27 MF   PER Carlos Lobatón (Captain)
28 DF   PER Edinson Chávez
29 DF   PER Luis Abram
59 FW   ARG Christian Ortiz

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final position / round First match Last match
Torneo Descentralizado Torneo de Verano 8th[1] Feb 5 Dec 3
Copa Libertadores Second stage Second stage[2] Mar 9 May 23

Torneo Descentralizado edit

Torneo de Verano edit

Group stage edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MEL SRO CRI CAN USM AYA UCO AAS
1 Melgar 14 7 6 1 20 12 +8 27 Advance to Finals 2–2
2 Sport Rosario 14 6 6 2 13 7 +6 24 2–1
3 Sporting Cristal 14 6 4 4 27 16 +11 22 2–0 1–0 1–4 3–0 4–0 0–0 4–1
4 Cantolao 14 5 4 5 16 15 +1 19 2–0
5 Universidad San Martín 14 5 2 7 18 19 −1 17 1–0
6 Ayacucho 14 4 4 6 18 21 −3 16 2–2
7 Unión Comercio 14 4 4 6 16 20 −4 16 2–2
8 Alianza Atlético 14 3 2 9 10 28 −18 11 0–5
Source: ADFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw.

Torneo Apertura edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Deportivo Municipal 15 6 5 4 17 13 +4 23
7 Sporting Cristal 15 6 5 4 22 20 +2 23
8 Sport Rosario 15 5 6 4 16 18 −2 21
Results edit
Home \ Away AAS ALI AYA CAN COM JA MEL MUN RGA SHU SRO CRI UCO USM UTC UNI
Alianza Atlético 2–3
Alianza Lima
Ayacucho
Cantolao 1–1
Comerciantes Unidos 4–2
Juan Aurich
Melgar 4–1
Deportivo Municipal
Real Garcilaso 1–0
Sport Huancayo
Sport Rosario 1–3
Sporting Cristal 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Unión Comercio 2–2
Universidad San Martín
UTC
Universitario
Source: ADFP - official fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 UTC 15 6 2 7 17 17 0 20
9 Sporting Cristal 15 5 3 7 27 24 +3 18
10 Juan Aurich 15 5 2 8 22 28 −6 17
Results edit
Home \ Away AAS ALI AYA CAN COM JA MEL MUN RGA SHU SRO CRI UCO USM UTC UNI
Alianza Atlético
Alianza Lima 2–1
Ayacucho 5–3
Cantolao
Comerciantes Unidos
Juan Aurich 2–1
Melgar
Deportivo Municipal 3–2
Real Garcilaso
Sport Huancayo 2–1
Sport Rosario
Sporting Cristal 4–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0
Unión Comercio
Universidad San Martín 2–3
UTC 1–0
Universitario 2–2
Source: ADFP - official fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Sport Rosario 44 16 17 11 49 42 +7 65
8 Sporting Cristal 44 17 12 15 76 60 +16 64 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
9 Deportivo Municipal 44 16 12 16 53 49 +4 60

Copa Libertadores edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Santos 6 3 3 0 11 4 +7 12
2 The Strongest 6 2 3 1 9 5 +4 9
3 Santa Fe 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 8
4 Sporting Cristal 6 0 2 4 2 15 −13 2
9 March 2017 (2017-03-09) Sporting Cristal   1–1   Santos Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:45 UTC−5 Cazulo   13' Report Thiago Maia   66' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
16 March 2017 (2017-03-16) Santa Fe   3–0   Sporting Cristal Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
19:45 UTC−5
Report Attendance: 17,464
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
18 April 2017 (2017-04-18) Sporting Cristal   0–0   The Strongest Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:45 UTC−5 Report Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
4 May 2017 (2017-05-04) The Strongest   5–1   Sporting Cristal Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
18:30 UTC−4
Report D. Bejarano   52' (o.g.) Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
17 May 2017 (2017-05-17) Sporting Cristal   0–2   Santa Fe Estadio Nacional, Lima
17:30 UTC−5 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
23 May 2017 (2017-05-23) Santos   4–0   Sporting Cristal Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos
21:45 UTC−3
Report Attendance: 6,632
Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)

References edit

  1. ^ Nieto, Carlos. "Torneo Descentralizado de Futbol Profesional 2017 - PERUFOOTBALL". www.perufootball.org. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  2. ^ "Copa Libertadores 2017 - Calendario". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-22.