1973 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Descentralizado
	Winning squad
Season	1973
Dates	15 April 1973 –; 13 January 1974
Champions	Defensor Lima; 1st title
Relegated	Sportivo Huracán; Atlético Torino; José Gálvez; Deportivo SIMA
Copa Libertadores	Defensor Lima; Sporting Cristal
Copa Simón Bolívar	Defensor Lima
Top goalscorer	Francisco Gonzales (25 goals)
	← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 Torneo Descentralizado was the 57th season of the Peruvian Primera División and the ninth season of the Torneo Descentralizado. It was won for the first time by Defensor Lima. Sportivo Huracán, Atlético Torino, José Gálvez, and Deportivo SIMA were relegated.

Competition modus

Eighteen teams competed against each other at home and away for a total of 34 rounds. At the end of the 34th round, four teams were relegated and the top six teams in the league table played an additional 5 rounds against each other at a neutral venue which was the Estadio Nacional. Once these 5 rounds concluded, the champions and runners-up qualified to the 1974 Copa Libertadores.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1972 Segunda División	Promoted from 1973 Copa Perú	Relegated from 1972 Primera División
Atlético Chalaco (1st)	Sportivo Huracán (1st) Cienciano (2nd) CNI (Invited)	Carlos A. Mannucci (15th) Defensor Arica (15th)

Stadia locations

Juan Aurich
Unión Tumán

José Gálvez

Melgar
Sportivo Huracán

Alianza Lima
Atlético Chalaco
Defensor Lima
SIMA
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

Locations of the 1973 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Atlético Chalaco	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Atlético Grau	Piura	Miguel Grau (Piura)	25,000	Grass
Atlético Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	40,000	Grass
CNI	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000	Grass
Defensor Lima	Breña, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Deportivo SIMA	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
José Gálvez	Chimbote	Manuel Rivera Sánchez	25,000	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
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Rímac, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Sportivo Huracán	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Unión Tumán	Tumán	Eugenio Zapata Mingoya	8,000	Grass
Universitario	Breña, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Cristal	34	18	9	7	49	28	+21	45	Liguilla Final
2	Universitario	34	17	10	7	58	34	+24	44
3	Melgar	34	17	9	8	53	25	+28	43
4	Defensor Lima	34	13	16	5	46	28	+18	42
5	Deportivo Municipal	34	15	12	7	49	34	+15	42
6	Alianza Lima	34	15	11	8	55	32	+23	41
7	Atlético Chalaco	34	13	12	9	47	43	+4	38
8	Sportivo Huracán	34	13	8	13	40	49	−9	34	Qualification for 1974 Reclasificatorio Regional
9	Cienciano	34	11	11	12	40	42	−2	33
10	Unión Tumán	34	8	16	10	37	38	−1	32
11	Atlético Grau	34	8	14	12	37	36	+1	30
12	León de Huánuco	34	9	12	13	36	54	−18	30
13	Sport Boys	34	11	6	17	47	56	−9	28
14	Juan Aurich	34	7	14	13	38	53	−15	28
15	CNI	34	8	10	16	39	56	−17	26
16	Atlético Torino	34	8	10	16	35	57	−22	26
17	José Gálvez (R)	34	7	11	16	37	56	−19	25	Relegation to the Copa Perú
18	Deportivo SIMA (R)	34	7	11	16	24	46	−22	25	Relegation to the Copa Perú

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALI	CHA	GRA	TOR	CIE	CNI	DEF	MUN	SIM	GAL	AUR	LEO	MEL	SBA	CRI	HUR	TUM	UNI
Alianza Lima		3–1	4–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	2–3	2–1	7–0	2–2	2–3
Atlético Chalaco	0–0		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3	0–1	—	—	3–0
Atlético Grau	2–1	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–0	2–0	—	—	0–0
Atlético Torino	0–1	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3	1–0	—	—	1–1
Cienciano	0–0	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	4–3	0–0	—	—	0–1
CNI	1–3	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	0–1	—	—	1–1
Defensor Lima	2–1	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2	0–1	—	—	0–3
Deportivo Municipal	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	1–1	1–0	—	—	2–0
Deportivo SIMA	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	0–4	0–1	—	—	0–2
José Gálvez	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	2–1	0–1	—	—	1–3
Juan Aurich	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	0–3	0–3	—	—	1–1
León de Huánuco	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	1–0	2–2	—	—	1–3
Melgar	2–0	—	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		4–1	2–2	—	—	3–0
Sport Boys	1–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–2		0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2
Sporting Cristal	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	7–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–2		3–1	1–2	1–1
Sportivo Huracán	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	1–1		—	3–1
Unión Tumán	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	0–0	—		1–1
Universitario	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	6–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–3	2–1	6–0	0–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DLI	CRI	UNI	ALI	MUN	MEL
1	Defensor Lima (C)	39	17	17	5	54	30	+24	51	1974 Copa Libertadores and 1974 Copa Simón Bolívar			2–1	3–0
2	Sporting Cristal	39	20	10	9	55	33	+22	50	1974 Copa Libertadores	0–1		1–1	2–0
3	Universitario	39	19	11	9	67	40	+27	49					1–2		4–0
4	Alianza Lima	39	18	11	10	61	39	+22	47						2–1	2–0
5	Deportivo Municipal	39	17	12	10	54	40	+14	46		0–1	1–0	1–2
6	Melgar	39	17	10	12	57	37	+20	44	Qualification for 1974 Reclasificatorio Regional	1–1	2–3			1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
(C) Champions

Top scorers

Player	Nationality	Goals	Club
Francisco Gonzales	Peru	25	Defensor Lima
Marcos Portilla	Peru	24	José Gálvez^[2]
Jorge Ramírez	Peru	23	Sport Boys
Vinha de Souza	Brazil	20	Sporting Cristal^[3]
Héctor Bailetti	Peru	17	Universitario^[4]
Juan Rivero Arias	Peru	16	Alianza Lima^[5]
Eladio Reyes	Peru	15	Deportivo Municipal
Pedro Alexis González	Argentina	14	Defensor Lima
Oswaldo Ramírez	Peru	14	Universitario^[4]
Pablo Muchotrigo	Peru	14	Cienciano
Francisco Montero	Peru	13	Atlético Torino
Enrique Casaretto	Peru	13	Atlético Chalaco
Oscar Pianetti	Argentina	12	Unión Tumán
Mario Núñez	Peru	12	Sportivo Huracán
Antonio Gómez	Argentina	12	FBC Melgar
David Arévalo	Peru	12	León de Huánuco
Dagoberto Lavalle	Peru	12	Sport Boys

Awards

Award	Winner
Best Team	Defensor Lima
Golden Boot	Vinha de Souza (Sporting Cristal)
Manager of the year	Roque Gastón Máspoli (Defensor Lima)
Goalkeeper of the year	Ramón Quiroga (Sporting Cristal)
Foreign player of the year	Vinha de Souza (Sporting Cristal)
Young player of the year	César Cueto (Deportivo Municipal)
Veteran player of the year	Pedro Pablo León (Alianza Lima)
Breakout player	Marcos Portilla (José Gálvez)
Disappointing player	Ángel Clemente Rojas (Deportivo Municipal)

References

↑ Andrés, Juan Pablo; Nieto Tarazona, Carlos Manuel; Pierrend, José Luis. "Peru - List of First Division Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
↑ Ramírez, Aldo (3 December 2011). "Franja de cierre". De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
↑ "Vinha de Souza: el goleador extranjero más importante en los años setenta". Extremo Celeste (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
1 2 "CLUB UNIVERSITARIO DE DEPORTES: Campaña 1973". Dale U Campeón (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
↑ Gonzales, Peter Arevalo (23 October 2011). "JUAN RIVERO : UN LUJO DENTRO DEL AREA". CAFE, RON Y GOL (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2025.

External links

Peru 1973 season at RSSSF
Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)

[1] Andrés, Juan Pablo; Nieto Tarazona, Carlos Manuel; Pierrend, José Luis. "Peru - List of First Division Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

[2] Ramírez, Aldo (3 December 2011). "Franja de cierre". De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2025.

[3] "Vinha de Souza: el goleador extranjero más importante en los años setenta". Extremo Celeste (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2025.

[Dale_U-4] 1 2 "CLUB UNIVERSITARIO DE DEPORTES: Campaña 1973". Dale U Campeón (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2025.

[5] Gonzales, Peter Arevalo (23 October 2011). "JUAN RIVERO : UN LUJO DENTRO DEL AREA". CAFE, RON Y GOL (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2025.

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Competition modus

Teams

Team changes

Stadia locations

First stage

Standings

Results

Liguilla Final

Standings

Top scorers

Awards

See also

References

External links