1985 Torneo Descentralizado


The 1985 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 30 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

Format

The national championship was divided into two tournaments; the Torneo Regional and Torneo Descentralizado. The winners of each tournament faced off in the season final and received the berths for the 1986 Copa Libertadores. The Torneo Regional divided the teams into four groups; Metropolitan, North, Central, and South. Each group had its teams advance to the Liguilla Regional, the Torneo Descentralizado and the División Intermedia. The Liguilla Regional determined the Regional champion which advanced to the Descentralizado with a bonus point. The Descentralizado, consisting of 16 teams from the Torneo Regional, had each team play the others twice for a total of 30 games. The team that placed last in this tournament played a relegation playoff. The División Intermedia was a promotion/relegation tournament between first and second division teams. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. No points were awarded for a loss.

Teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacityField
Alfonso UgartePunoEnrique Torres Belón20,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
ADTTarmaUnión Tarma9,000Grass
Atlético ChalacoCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Atlético HuracánMoquegua25 de Noviembre25,000Grass
Atlético TorinoTalaraCampeonísimo8,000Grass
Carlos A. MannucciTrujilloMansiche24,000Grass
ChanchamayoChanchamayoMunicipal de Chanchamayo5,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
CNIIquitosMax Augustín24,000Grass
Coronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850Grass
Defensor ANDAAucayacuMunicipal de Aucayacu5,000Grass
Deportivo CooptripPucallpaAliardo Soria Pérez15,000Grass
Deportivo JunínHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Deportivo MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
Diablos RojosJuliacaEnrique Torres Belón20,000Grass
José GálvezChimboteManuel Rivera Sanchez25,000Grass
Juventud La JoyaChancayRómulo Shaw Cisneros13,000Grass
Juventud La PalmaHuachoSegundo Aranda Torres12,000Grass
León de HuánucoHuánucoHeraclio Tapia15,000Grass
Los EspartanosPacasmayoCarlos A. Olivares2,000Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Octavio EspinosaIcaJosé Picasso Peratta8,000Grass
San AgustínLimaNacional45,750Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sport PilsenGuadalupeGuadalupe5,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaNacional45,750Grass
Unión HuaralHuaralJulio Lores Colan10,000Grass
UTCCajamarcaHéroes de San Ramón18,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaNacional45,750Grass

Torneo Regional

Metropolitan

North

Central

South

Qualification playoff

Liguilla Regional

Numbers in parentheses indicate penalty shootout result. The Regional winner qualified to the 1986 Copa Libertadores and advanced to the Final of the season. Alianza Lima received a bye to the semi-finals as the Metropolitan zone winner.

Torneo Descentralizado

First stage

Liguilla

Relegation play-off

Alfonso Ugarte remain in the Primera División.

Season final

won both tournaments and became the 1985 season champion.