This is a list of seasons played by Sporting Cristal in Peruvian and South American football, from 1951 (the year of the club's first participated in the Peruvian Primera División) to the most recent completed season. Sporting Cristal was founded in December, 1951, in the Rímac district by engineer Ricardo Bentín Mujica and his wife Esther Grande de Bentín, owners of the Peruvian brewery Backus and Johnston.
The club has won the Peruvian Primera División twenty times, has finished as Copa Libertadores runner-up once, and has never been relegated from Peru's top division.
This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season (where the information is available). Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Peruvian Primera División that season.
Key
Key to colors and symbols 1st or W Winners 2nd or RU Runners-up 3rd Third place Pro. ↑ Promoted ↑ Rel. ↓ Relegated ↓ ♦ League top scorer
Key to league record Season = The year and article of the season League = League name Pld = Games played W = Games won L = Games lost D = Games drawn GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goal difference Pts = Points Pos = Regular season position Play-offs = Play-offs position
Key to national cups record — = Competition not held or canceled DNE = Did not enter DNQ = Did not qualify QR = Qualifying round PR = Preliminary round GS = Group stage R1 = First round R2 = Second round R3 = Third round R4 = Fourth round R5 = Fifth round Ro16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals F = Final RU = Runners-up W = Winners
Seasons Professional Era (1951-1965) SeasonLeagueNational CupsContinental / OtherTournament Top goalscorer(s) CompetitionName(s)Goals1956Primera División1st1813324319291957Primera División5th229583230231958Primera División8th2293103526211959Primera División5th227693739201960Primera División3rd18945372622DNQ1961Primera División1st181224342126DNQ Alberto Gallardo131962Primera División2nd181233471827Copa LibertadoresGS Alberto Gallardo131963Primera División2nd181161491528DNQ1964Primera División5th221057322525DNQ1965Primera División6th221057413125DNQ
National Championship Era (1966–present) SeasonLeaguePositionNational CupsContinental / OtherTournament Top goalscorer(s) CompetitionPlay-offsName(s)Goals1966Torneo Descentralizado2612683625304th DNQ1967Torneo Descentralizado26131034320362nd DNQ1968Torneo Descentralizado2615743515371st1stCopa LibertadoresR21969Torneo Apertura137151916154thCopa LibertadoresGSTorneo Descentralizado207762822219th1970Torneo Descentralizado3218955832711stCopa Presidente de la RepúblicaGS DNQ1971Torneo Descentralizado30131255036384thCopa LibertadoresGS1972Metropolitan Group148422113201st DNQTorneo Descentralizado30111094134326thFinal Group53206381st1973Torneo Descentralizado39201095533502ndCopa LibertadoresGS1974Torneo Descentralizado421912117460507thCopa LibertadoresGS1975 Torneo Descentralizado341211113535358th DNQ1976Torneo Descentralizado3091292826307th DNQ1977Torneo Interzonal167452924184th DNQTorneo Descentralizado401911107440492nd1978Preliminary Tournament142210143268thCopa LibertadoresGSTorneo Descentralizado3018666128423rd1979First Stage30101554626353rd DNQFinal Group1494126823 1st1980Torneo Descentralizado36191165430491stCopa LibertadoresGS Oswaldo Ramírez181981Torneo Regional1023510148 6thCopa LibertadoresGSTorneo Descentralizado30812103038289th1982First Stage209833018261stDNQSecond Stage8215101154th1983First Stage32141355931412ndDNQ Juan Caballero29Final Group550013412 1st1984Regional tournament189453726223rdCopa LibertadoresGSTorneo Descentralizado2681263524284th1985Regional tournament226972625216thDNQDNQTorneo Descentralizado301151437432710thDNQ 1986Torneo Regional2212913417331stQFDNQTorneo Descentralizado10532136131stFinal Group Stage52035745th1987Regional tournament2210664222264thDNQTorneo Descentralizado30171035425441stFinal Group Stage52035564th1988Regional tournament124531613133rdDNQDNQTorneo Descentralizado2211652815281stFinal Group Stage52213281st1st 1989Regional I10532239151stTorneo Plácido GalindoGSCopa LibertadoresGSRegional I - Liguilla51403061stWRegional II10721143162nd 2nd1990Regional I11263911106thDNQ Copa LibertadoresGSRegional II228592623217thDNQ 1991Regional I117312311171stW DNQ Horacio Raúl Baldessari25Regional I - Liguilla Final31202142nd1st Regional II2211654225284thW Regional II - Liguilla Final32015341st 1st 1992Torneo Descentralizado3015105472955 2ndCopa LibertadoresRo16Continental Competition/Runner-up play-off3019565323622nd1993Torneo Descentralizado3016596833375thW Torneo IntermedioQFCopa LibertadoresQFContinental Competition/Runner-up play-off32109153rd1994Torneo Apertura7502235101st1stCopa CONMEBOLQF Flavio Maestri25Torneo Descentralizado3024338619511st1995Torneo Descentralizado442996983296 1stCopa LibertadoresQF Julinho231996Torneo Descentralizado3022357326691stCopa LibertadoresRo161997Torneo Apertura13832279272ndCopa LibertadoresRUTorneo Clausura136432516223rdContinental Competition/Runner-up Play-off541091132nd1998Torneo Apertura2210754020373rd2nd Copa LibertadoresCopa MerconorteGSGS Nílson Esidio25Torneo Clausura2213364123421st1999Torneo Apertura2211835023413rdDNQCopa LibertadoresCopa MerconorteGSGSTorneo Clausura2211564631384th2000Torneo Apertura227784031288th2nd Copa LibertadoresCopa MerconorteGSGS Roberto Silva13Torneo Clausura2215524824502nd2001Torneo Apertura2213724618461st2ndCopa LibertadoresCopa MerconorteGSGS Luis Alberto Bonnet Jorge Soto18Torneo Clausura2214264425443rdW2002Torneo Apertura2211564323381st1st Copa LibertadoresGS Luis Alberto Bonnet23Torneo Clausura2213724618461st2003Torneo Apertura2215435020491st2ndCopa LibertadoresGS Luis Alberto Bonnet20Torneo Clausura15 7622918273rd2004Torneo Apertura2613675024454th2ndCopa LibertadoresRo16 Luis Alberto Bonnet28Torneo Clausura2616285537501st2005Torneo Apertura249963428364th1stCopa SudamericanaGSTorneo Clausura2415723713521st2006Torneo Apertura2213633717452ndDNQCopa LibertadoresGS Luis Alberto Bonnet12Torneo Clausura229492415316th2007Torneo Apertura22621425352010thDNQCopa LibertadoresR1 Torneo Clausura227962123306th2008Torneo Apertura2615474632492nd3rd DNQ Miguel Ximénez32Torneo Clausura2614393625452nd2009Torneo Descentralizado441691971555710thDNQCopa LibertadoresR1 Héctor Hurtado202010Torneo Descentralizado441810165854647thDNQDNQ Miguel Ximénez192011Torneo Descentralizado301081230343810thDNQTorneo IntermedioSFDNQ2012Torneo Descentralizado44251189344861st1st DNQ Junior Ross172013Torneo Descentralizado44229137645753rd DNQCopa LibertadoresGS Irven Ávila182014Torneo Apertura1545626191713th1stTorneo del IncaGSCopa LibertadoresR1 Irven Ávila20Torneo Clausura1510323519131st2015Torneo Apertura169432516311st2ndTorneo del IncaGSCopa LibertadoresGS Carlos Lobatón13Torneo Clausura167633524275th2016Torneo Descentralizado44211211704877 1st1stCopa LibertadoresGS2017Torneo de Verano146442716223rdDNQCopa LibertadoresGS Irven Ávila22Torneo Apertura156542220237thTorneo Clausura15537272419 9th2018Torneo de Verano1410314215331st1st DNQCopa SudamericanaR1 Emanuel Herrera40Torneo Apertura15951277321st1stTorneo Clausura157353714245th2019Torneo Apertura179532813322nd3rdCopa BicentenarioQFCopa LibertadoresCopa SudamericanaGSRo16 Cristian Palacios13Torneo Clausura179443120313rd2020Torneo Apertura199643823333rd1st Copa BicentenarioCopa LibertadoresR2 Emanuel Herrera20Torneo Clausura9720209232nd2021Torneo Apertura9801186241st2nd Copa Bicentenario 1stCopa LibertadoresCopa SudamericanaGSQF Alejandro Hohberg10Torneo Clausura1710433923342nd2022Torneo Apertura1811523520383rd3rd Copa LibertadoresGS Alejandro Hohberg11Torneo Clausura1812513917412nd2023Torneo Apertura189813318352ndDNQCopa LibertadoresCopa SudamericanaGSKO Brenner Marlos14Torneo Clausura1810623113364th2024Torneo Apertura1713134420402ndDNQCopa LibertadoresR2 Martín Cauteruccio35Torneo Clausura1710434715343rd
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