2004 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2004 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-eighth season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twenty-first Primera División title after beating Sporting Cristal in the final playoff.

Changes from 2003

Structural changes

The number of teams for the 2004 season grew from 12 to 14. The relegation system was re-introduced but the system was determined by a points per match average. The qualification for the Copa Sudamericana was determined by the aggregate table instead of the Torneo Apertura playoffs. Due to a structure change in the Copa Libertadores, only two teams will qualify directly to the group stage (the half-year champions) and the best-placed non-champion will have to play in the first stage.

Promotion and relegation

No teams were relegated from the 2003 season and thus the number of teams grew from 12 to 14. Segunda División champion Sport Coopsol and Copa Perú 2003 champion Universidad César Vallejo were promoted.

Universidad San Martín bought the promotional place of the 2003 Segunda División winners, Sport Coopsol.

Team changes

Promoted from 2003 Segunda División	Promoted from 2003 Copa Perú
Increase Sport Coopsol (1st)	Increase Universidad César Vallejo (1st)

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Campeones del 36	8,000	Grass
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000	Grass
Atlético Universidad	Arequipa	Virgen de Chapi	45,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	42,056	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850	Grass
Deportivo Wanka	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass
Grau–Estudiantes	Piura	Miguel Grau	25,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	Grass
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal	Lima	San Martín de Porres	18,000	Grass
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000	Grass
Universidad César Vallejo	Trujillo	Mansiche	24,000	Artificial
Universidad San Martín	Lima	Nacional	18,000	Grass
Universitario	Lima	Monumental	80,093	Grass

Relegation table

Pos	Team	2003 Pts	2004 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Alianza Lima	80	99	179	89	2.01
2	Sporting Cristal	76	95	171	89	1.92
3	Cienciano	49	101	150	88	1.7
4	Alianza Atlético	58	92	150	89	1.69
5	Universitario	41	84	125	89	1.4
6	Unión Huaral	50	75	125	89	1.4
7	Sport Boys	58	62	120	89	1.35
8	Coronel Bolognesi	60	60	120	89	1.35
9	Universidad César Vallejo	—	63	63	52	1.21
10	Melgar	44	62	106	89	1.19
11	Universidad San Martín	—	57	57	52	1.1
12	Atlético Universidad	33	57	90	88	1.02
13	Deportivo Wanka	32	50	82	89	0.92	Relegation to 2005 Segunda División
14	Grau–Estudiantes	27	43	60	89	0.67

Updated as of games played on December, 2005.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Gabriel Garcia	Melgar	35
2	Template:Flagicon Johan Fano	Coronel Bolognesi	29
3	Template:Flagicon Luis Alberto Bonnet	Sporting Cristal	28
4	Template:Flagicon Sergio Ibarra	Cienciano	25
5	Template:Flagicon Pedro García	Alianza Atlético	23
6	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Dominguez	Atlético Universidad	21
7	Template:Flagicon Hernán Rengifo	Unión Huaral	18
8	Template:Flagicon Miguel Mostto	Cienciano	17
	Template:Flagicon Junior Ross	Coronel Bolognesi	17

See also

• 2004 Peruvian Segunda División
• 2004 Copa Perú

External links

• Peru 2004 season Details on RSSSF