2002 Torneo Descentralizado


The 2002 Torneo Descentralizado was the 86th season of the top category of Peruvian football. It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two and half-year 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 playoff, but a team had to finish in the top 4 in both tournaments to earn the right to play the final. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.
Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to each half-year tournament winner, and the best-placed team in the aggregate table. The two bottom teams on the aggregate table were relegated, but a playoff had to be played between the 10th- and 11th-placed teams since both obtained the same number of points.

Teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacityField
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Coopsol TrujilloTrujilloMansiche24,000Artificial
Coronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850Grass
Deportivo WankaHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Estudiantes de MedicinaIcaJosé Picasso Peratta8,000Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaMonumental80,093Grass

Torneo Apertura

League table

Results

Apertura playoff

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Universitario Apertura 2002 winners
To Copa Libertadores 2003

Torneo Clausura

Final playoff

No final playoff was played since the Apertura winner Universitario did not finish in the Clausura's top 4, while Sporting Cristal won the Clausura after placing third in the Apertura.

Title

Aggregate table

Promotion play-off

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Juan Aurich relegated to Copa Perú

Top scorers