1998 Torneo Descentralizado Explained

Season:1998
Winners:Universitario
22nd Primera División title
League Topscorer:Nelson Esidio (25)
Nextseason:1999

The 1998 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 83rd season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

The national championship was divided into two 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. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the winner of each tournament, while the runners-up played for a Copa CONMEBOL spot. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a relegation/promotion playoff against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacityField
Campeones del 368,000 Grass
Alejandro Villanueva35,000 Grass
42,056 Grass
45,750 Grass
25,000 Grass
24,500 Grass
45,750 Grass
20,000 Grass
18,000Grass
17,000Grass
Daniel Alcides Carrión8,000 Grass
45,750 Grass

Torneo Apertura

Results

Torneo Clausura

Clausura title play-off

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Sporting Cristal Clausura 1998 winners
To Copa Libertadores 1999
(Alianza Lima to Copa CONMEBOL playoff)

Copa CONMEBOL play-off

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Season finals

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Aggregate table

Promotion play-off

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Top scorers

25 goals
19 goals
17 goals
16 goals

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