The 2004 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-eighth season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twenty-first Primera División title after beating Sporting Cristal in the final playoff.Alianza Lima temporada 2004Alianza Lima ganó el título de la Liga peruana de 2004Alianza Lima: con Butrón, Waldir, Jayo y Costas como protagonistas, revive el título del 2004
Changes from 2003 Structural changes The number of teams for the 2004 season grew from 12 to 14. The relegation system was re-introduced but the system was determined by a points per match average. The qualification for the Copa Sudamericana was determined by the aggregate table instead of the Torneo Apertura playoffs. Due to a structure change in the Copa Libertadores, only two teams will qualify directly to the group stage (the half-year champions) and the best-placed non-champion will have to play in the first stage. Promotion and relegation No teams were relegated from the 2003 season and thus the number of teams grew from 12 to 14. Segunda División champion Sport Coopsol and Copa Perú 2003 champion Universidad César Vallejo were promoted.
Universidad San Martín bought the promotional place of the 2003 Segunda División winners, Sport Coopsol.
Team changes Promoted from2003 Segunda División Promoted from2003 Copa Perú Sport Coopsol Universidad César Vallejo
Teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Alianza Atlético Sullana Campeones del 368,000 Alianza Lima Lima Alejandro Villanueva35,000 Atlético Universidad Arequipa Virgen de Chapi 45,000 Cienciano Cusco Garcilaso 42,056 Coronel Bolognesi Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850 Deportivo Wanka Huancayo Huancayo 20,000 Grau–Estudiantes Piura Miguel Grau 25,000 Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000 Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Sporting Cristal Lima San Martín de Porres 18,000 Unión Huaral Huaral Julio Lores Colan 10,000 Universidad César Vallejo Trujillo Mansiche 24,000 Universidad San Martín Lima Nacional 18,000 Universitario Lima Monumental80,093
Torneo Apertura Standings
Results
Torneo Clausura Standings
Results
Final
Aggregate table
Relegation table Team Relegation1Alianza Lima8099179892Sporting Cristal7695171893Cienciano49101150884Alianza Atlético5892150895Universitario4184125896Unión Huaral5075125897Sport Boys5862120898Coronel Bolognesi6060120899Universidad César Vallejo—63635210Melgar44621068911Universidad San Martín—57575212Atlético Universidad3357908813Deportivo Wanka (R)3250828914Grau–Estudiantes (R)27436089 Updated as of games played on December, 2005.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Gabriel GarciaMelgar352 Johan FanoCoronel Bolognesi293 Luis Alberto BonnetSporting Cristal284 Sergio IbarraCienciano255 Pedro GarcíaAlianza Atlético236 Sebastian Dominguez Atlético Universidad217 Hernán Rengifo Unión Huaral188 Miguel Mostto Cienciano17 Junior Ross Coronel Bolognesi17
References
See also 2004 Peruvian Segunda División 2004 Copa Perú
External links Peru 2004 season Details on RSSSF