1974 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1974 season of the Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 22 teams. The top six qualified to the final group stage. The relegation system was as follows: The last-placed team was relegated, the worst Lima-based, Arequipa-based and Lima Province-based teams were relegated. The national champions were Universitario.

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1974
Champions	Universitario
Relegated	Walter Ormeño Piérola Barrio Frigorífico Unión Pesquero
Copa Libertadores	Universitario Unión Huaral
← 1973 1975 →

Teams

Grau

Cienciano

CNI

Mannucci

Alfonso Ugarte

Deportivo Junín

Walter Ormeño

Unión Pesquero

León de Huánuco

Unión Huaral

Juan Aurich
Unión Tumán

Melgar
Piérola

Alianza Lima
Atlético Chalaco
Defensor Lima
Barrio Frigorífico
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

Locations of the 1974 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alfonso Ugarte	Puno	Enrique Torres Belón	20,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Atlético Grau	Piura	Miguel Grau (Piura)	25,000	Grass
Barrio Frigorífico	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo	Mansiche	24,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	40,000	Grass
CNI	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000	Grass
Defensor Lima	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Deportivo Junín	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass
Deportivo Municipal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Piérola	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000	Grass
Unión Pesquero	Ilo	Mariscal Nieto	8,000	Grass
Unión Tumán	Tumán	Eugenio Zapata Mingoya	8,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Walter Ormeño	Cañete	Oscar Ramos Cabieses	8,000	Grass

Results

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	42	25	15	2	96	41	+55	65	Final Group
2	Unión Huaral	42	25	12	5	76	37	+39	62
3	Defensor Lima	42	21	14	7	77	37	+40	56
4	Alianza Lima	42	21	10	11	75	43	+32	52
5	Unión Tumán	42	20	12	10	63	43	+20	52
6	CNI	42	17	17	8	67	49	+18	51
7	Sporting Cristal	42	19	12	11	74	60	+14	50
8	Atlético Chalaco	42	17	14	11	57	43	+14	48
9	Juan Aurich	42	16	14	12	68	55	+13	46
10	Cienciano	42	16	13	13	63	49	+14	45
11	Alfonso Ugarte	42	13	16	13	72	60	+12	42
12	Melgar	42	14	13	15	48	47	+1	41
13	Deportivo Municipal	42	15	10	17	56	65	−9	40
14	León de Huánuco	42	14	11	17	48	68	−20	39
15	Atlético Grau	42	12	14	16	69	78	−9	38
16	Sport Boys	42	9	17	16	50	59	−9	35
17	Walter Ormeño	42	10	11	21	41	65	−24	31	1975 Copa Perú
18	Deportivo Junín	42	10	11	21	53	79	−26	31
19	Piérola	42	9	12	21	45	77	−32	30	1975 Copa Perú
20	Barrio Frigorífico	42	6	12	24	33	78	−45	24
21	Carlos A. Mannucci	42	8	8	26	50	96	−46	24
22	Unión Pesquero	42	4	14	24	27	79	−52	22	1975 Copa Perú

Source:

Triangular de Revalidación

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Piérola	2–0	Walter Ormeño	2–0	-
Juan Aurich	1–0	Piérola	1–0	-
Walter Ormeño	2–3	Juan Aurich	2–3	-

Final group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	47	28	15	4	101	46	+55	71	1975 Copa Libertadores
2	Unión Huaral	47	26	13	8	83	46	+37	65	1975 Copa Libertadores
3	Defensor Lima	47	23	14	10	88	47	+41	60
4	Alianza Lima	47	24	11	12	87	52	+35	59
5	Unión Tumán	47	22	13	12	72	51	+21	57
6	CNI	47	19	18	10	76	61	+15	56

Source:

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UNIVERSITARIO
1974 National Champions - 15th title

External links

• Peru 1974 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)