1970 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1970 Torneo Descentralizado was the 54th season of the highest division of Peruvian football. Torino and SIMA made their debut in the first division this season. The national champion was Sporting Cristal while SIMA and Grau were relegated.

Torneo Descentralizado
Season1970
ChampionsSporting Cristal
4th Primera División title
RelegatedSIMA
Atlético Grau
1971 Copa LibertadoresSporting Cristal
Universitario
1971 Copa Ganadores de CopaJuan Aurich
← 1969
1971 →

Competition modus

The season was divided into two phases. In the first phase the 14 teams played each other twice playing at least one home match and one away match. The teams that finished in first to seventh place advanced to the championship group which contested the national title. The teams that finished in eighth to fourteenth place advanced to the relegation group where they determined the two teams that would be relegated from the division. Teams carried their first phase results in the second phase and played the teams in their group at least once.

The points system during the season varied. In the first leg of the first phase—the first 13 rounds—2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and no points for a loss; in the second leg of the first phase—the last 13 rounds—and in the second stage a win was awarded 4 points, a draw was awarded 2 points and no points were awarded for a loss.

Teams
Locations of the 1970 Primera División teams
Team City
Alianza LimaLima
Atlético GrauPiura
Atlético TorinoTalara
Carlos A. MannucciTrujillo
Defensor AricaLima
Defensor LimaLima
Deportivo MunicipalLima
Juan AurichChiclayo
Porvenir MirafloresLima
Octavio EspinosaIca
SIMACallao
Sport BoysCallao
Sporting CristalLima
UniversitarioLima

First phase
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitario 26 16 7 3 56 22 +34 56 Final Group
2 Defensor Arica 26 13 7 6 38 26 +12 53
3 Sporting Cristal 26 13 8 5 44 25 +19 49
4 Juan Aurich 26 10 10 6 34 25 +9 45
5 Deportivo Municipal 26 10 9 7 32 31 +1 44
6 Octavio Espinosa 26 6 13 7 14 13 +1 39
7 Defensor Lima 26 8 9 9 25 24 +1 37
8 Sport Boys 26 8 7 11 31 38 −7 36 Relegation Group
9 Alianza Lima 26 8 8 10 44 40 +4 34
10 Porvenir Miraflores 26 6 10 10 32 41 −9 33
11 Carlos A. Mannucci 26 8 6 12 29 37 −8 32
12 SIMA 26 5 11 10 21 31 −10 32
13 Atlético Grau 26 5 8 13 24 41 −17 28
14 Atlético Torino 26 7 5 14 25 52 −27 28
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Second phase

Final group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Cristal 32 18 9 5 58 32 +26 26 71 1971 Copa Libertadores
2 Universitario 32 19 8 5 69 30 +39 24 70
3 Defensor Arica 32 15 9 8 43 30 +13 26 65
4 Juan Aurich 32 13 10 9 44 36 +8 21 57 1971 Copa Ganadores de Copa
5 Defensor Lima 32 10 11 11 33 32 +1 18 49
6 Deportivo Municipal 32 11 9 12 37 44 −7 17 48
7 Octavio Espinosa 32 7 15 10 22 28 −6 18 47
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Relegation group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Relegation
8 Sport Boys 32 10 10 12 41 48 −7 20 50
9 Alianza Lima 32 10 10 12 49 44 +5 16 46
10 Porvenir Miraflores 32 8 12 12 39 49 −10 17 45
11 Atlético Torino 32 10 7 15 30 55 −25 17 44
12 Carlos A. Mannucci 32 9 9 14 37 44 −7 15 42
13 SIMA 32 5 15 12 27 41 −14 15 40 1971 Segunda División
14 Atlético Grau 32 7 10 15 35 51 −16 16 40 1971 Copa Perú
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