The 1980 Torneo Descentralizado was the sixty-fourth season of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season was divided into two phases. Sporting Cristal won its seventh first division title and fifth national title.Sporting Cristal campeón 1980Campaña Sporting Cristal 1980Boys - Cristal 1980: Rosa cortadoraRsssf.org Peru 1980
Format The first stage of the tournament involves all sixteen teams playing against each other, once at home and once away. When this stage concluded, the top four teams advanced to an end-of-season playoff phase known as the Liguilla to determine the national champion. Relegation was determined by the bottom four teams of the first stage in a four-team group. The fourth-placed team was relegated and the third-placed team played a promotion/relegation playoff with the 1980 Copa Perú runner-up. The teams carried their first stage results into the Liguilla and relegation group except the sixteenth placed team which were docked 2 points for placing last.
Teams Team changes Promoted from1979 Copa Perú Relegated from1979 Primera División ADT León de Huánuco
Stadia locations
Team City Stadium Capacity Field Alfonso Ugarte Puno Enrique Torres Belón 20,000 Grass Alianza Lima La Victoria, Lima Alejandro Villanueva35,000 Grass ADT Tarma Unión Tarma 9,000 Grass Atlético Chalaco Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Grass Atlético Torino Talara Campeonísimo8,000 Grass CNI Iquitos Max Augustín 24,000 Grass Coronel Bolognesi Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850 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 Juventud La Palma Huacho Segundo Aranda Torres 12,000 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 Colan10,000 Grass Universitario Breña, Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass
First Stage Standings
Results
Liguilla Final Standings
Liguilla Descenso Standings
Promotion/relegation play-off The Promotion/relegation play-off was contested between Coronel Bolognesi, who finished second-to-last in the 1980 Torneo Descentralizado, and Unión González Prada, runners-up of the 1980 Copa Perú. The Tacna-based side secured a convincing 5-0 aggregate victory, thereby retaining their place in the top division. Meanwhile, the Lima-based club missed out on what was arguably its best opportunity to earn promotion to the First Division.
References
See also 1980 Copa Perú
External links RSSSF Peru 1980