2000 Torneo Descentralizado


The 2000 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football. It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a play-off, but since the same club had won both tournaments, it automatically won the national championship.
Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to each of the half-year tournament's runners-up, who held a play-off as a formality to decide the overall season runners-up. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place team held a promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División.

Teams

Before the start of the season, Pesquero relocated from Chimbote to Huancayo and changed its name to Deportivo Wanka.
TeamCityStadiumCapacityField
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Deportivo MunicipalLimaNacional45,750Grass
Deportivo WankaHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
Unión MinasCerro de PascoDaniel Alcides Carrión8,000Grass
UPAOTrujilloMansiche24,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaMonumental80,093Grass

Torneo Apertura

Torneo Clausura

Final stages

Final

No final for the championship title was contested after Universitario won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus automatically becoming national champions.

Second place play-off

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Sporting Cristal second place overall

Aggregate table

Promotion play-off

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UPAO remained in Primera División Peruana

Top scorers

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