1971 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1971 Torneo Descentralizado was the 55th season of the highest division of Peruvian football. The number of teams increased from 14 to 16 teams as four teams gained promotion. The last three teams were relegated from the first division.

Torneo Descentralizado

Season	1971
Dates	30 May 1971 – 8 January 1972
Champions	Universitario 14th Primera División title
Relegated	ADO Octavio Espinosa Porvenir Miraflores
1972 Copa Libertadores	Universitario Alianza Lima
← 1970 1972 →

The national champion was Universitario. ADO, Octavio Espinosa and Porvenir Miraflores were relegated.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1970 Segunda División	Promoted from 1971 Copa Perú	Relegated from 1970 Primera División
ADO (1st)	Melgar (1st) Unión Tumán (2nd) José Gálvez (3rd)	Deportivo SIMA (13th) Atlético Grau (14th)

Stadia locations

Torino

Juan Aurich
Unión Tumán

Mannucci

Octavio Espinoza

José Gálvez

Melgar

ADO
Alianza Lima
Defensor Arica
Defensor Lima
Municipal
Porvenir
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

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Locations of the 1971 Primera División teams

Team	City
Alianza Lima	La Victoria, Lima
ADO	Callao
Atlético Torino	Talara
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo
Defensor Arica	Breña, Lima
Defensor Lima	Breña, Lima
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima
José Gálvez	Chimbote
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo
Melgar	Arequipa
Porvenir Miraflores	Miraflores, Lima
Octavio Espinosa	Ica
Sport Boys	Callao
Sporting Cristal	Rímac, Lima
Unión Tumán	Tumán
Universitario	Breña, Lima

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitario	30	18	10	2	57	20	37	46	1972 Copa Libertadores
2	Alianza Lima	30	16	8	6	50	25	25	40
3	Defensor Lima	30	14	11	5	48	30	18	39
4	Sporting Cristal	30	13	12	5	50	36	14	38
5	Deportivo Municipal	30	14	9	7	47	34	13	37
6	Juan Aurich	30	15	6	9	48	37	11	36
7	Melgar	30	10	14	6	40	30	10	34
8	Atlético Torino	30	10	10	10	30	38	−8	30
9	Sport Boys	30	9	11	10	30	27	3	29
10	Unión Tumán	30	9	8	13	38	50	−12	26
11	Carlos A. Mannucci	30	7	10	13	43	49	−6	24
12	Defensor Arica	30	8	8	14	30	46	−16	24
13	José Gálvez	30	5	10	15	27	50	−23	20
14	ADO	30	5	10	15	32	56	−24	20	1972 Segunda División
15	Octavio Espinosa	30	6	7	17	26	43	−17	19	1972 Copa Perú
16	Porvenir Miraflores	30	3	12	15	38	63	−25	18	1972 Segunda División

Source:

Top scorers

Player	Nationality	Goals	Club
Manuel Mellán	Peru	25	Deportivo Municipal

External links

• Peru 1971 season at RSSSF
• Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)