# 1999 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1999 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 84th 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 champion, as well as to the best other team in the aggregate table. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 1998 Copa Perú | Relegated from 1998 Primera División |
| I.M.I. (1st) | Lawn Tennis (12th) |

### Stadia locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Field |
| Alianza Atlético | Sullana | Campeones del 36 | 8,000 | Grass |
| Alianza Lima | Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 | Grass |
| Cienciano | Cuzco | Garcilaso | 42,056 | Grass |
| Deportivo Municipal | Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Deportivo Pesquero | Chimbote | Manuel Rivera Sanchez | 25,000 | Grass |
| I.M.I. | Talara | Campeonísimo | 8,000 | Grass |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 | 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 Minas | Cerro de Pasco | Daniel Alcides Carrión | 8,000 | Grass |
| Universitario | Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |

## Torneo Apertura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universitario | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 50 | Copa Libertadores 2000 First stage |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 46 | |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 41 | |
| 4 | Cienciano | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | Melgar | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 33 | |
| 6 | Sport Boys | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 30 | |
| 7 | Unión Minas | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 25 | |
| 8 | Alianza Atlético | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 25 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Municipal | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 21 | |
| 10 | I.M.I. | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 55 | −33 | 19 | |
| 11 | Juan Aurich | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 18 | |
| 12 | Deportivo Pesquero | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 15 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | ALI | CIE | MUN | PES | IMI | MEL | JA | SBA | CRI | MIN | UNI |
| Alianza Atlético | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Alianza Lima | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Cienciano | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Deportivo Pesquero | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| I.M.I. | 0–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Melgar | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Juan Aurich | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Sport Boys | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Sporting Cristal | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Unión Minas | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Universitario | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |

## Torneo Clausura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 47 | Copa Libertadores 2000 First stage |
| 2 | Universitario | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 42 | |
| 3 | Sport Boys | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 39 | |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 38 | |
| 5 | Melgar | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 36 | |
| 6 | Unión Minas | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 28 | |
| 7 | Alianza Atlético | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 27 | |
| 8 | Cienciano | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 27 | |
| 9 | Juan Aurich | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 27 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Pesquero | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 20 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Municipal | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 54 | −34 | 18 | |
| 12 | I.M.I. | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 52 | −40 | 10 | |
* ↑ Cienciano lost 3 points in Round 13 win over Sporting Cristal for fielding an ineligible player.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | ALI | CIE | MUN | PES | IMI | MEL | JA | SBA | CRI | MIN | UNI |
| Alianza Atlético | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–5 |
| Alianza Lima | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 0–0 |
| Cienciano | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 2–1 | 1–6 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Deportivo Pesquero | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| I.M.I. | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 |
| Melgar | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Juan Aurich | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Sport Boys | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Sporting Cristal | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| Unión Minas | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 |
| Universitario | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 44 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 98 | 38 | +60 | 93 | 2000 Copa Libertadores and 2000 Copa Merconorte |
| 2 | Universitario | 44 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 79 | 39 | +40 | 92 | 2000 Copa Libertadores and 2000 Copa Merconorte |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 96 | 54 | +42 | 79 | 2000 Copa Libertadores and 2000 Copa Merconorte |
| 4 | Melgar | 44 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 79 | 57 | +22 | 69 | |
| 5 | Sport Boys | 44 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 69 | |
| 6 | Cienciano | 44 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 65 | |
| 7 | Unión Minas | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 72 | 68 | +4 | 53 | |
| 8 | Alianza Atlético | 44 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 71 | 66 | +5 | 52 | |
| 9 | Juan Aurich | 44 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 47 | 70 | −23 | 45 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Municipal | 44 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 42 | 90 | −48 | 39 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Pesquero (O) | 44 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 35 | 81 | −46 | 35 | Qualification for promotion play-off |
| 12 | I.M.I. | 44 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 107 | −73 | 29 | Relegation to 2000 Copa Perú |

### Promotion play-off
## Top scorers
### 32 goals

* Ysrael Zúñiga (FBC Melgar)

### 24 goals

* Harry Castillo (Unión Minas)

### 22 goals

* Waldir Sáenz (Alianza Lima)

### 19 goals

* Roberto Holsen (Alianza Atlético, Sporting Cristal)
* Claudio Pizarro (Alianza Lima)