# 2012 Sporting Cristal season

The 2012 season is Sporting Cristal's 57th season in the Peruvian First Division, and also the club's 57th consecutive season in the top-flight of Peruvian football.
Sporting Cristal won their 16th Torneo Descentralizado title, after seven years of failed attempts. The team finished the season first in the aggregate table and were undefeated at home during the entire season.

## Events

On February 12, 2012, Roberto Palacios played his last game in a Sporting Cristal jersey in a friendly match against San Martín in the Estadio Nacional.
Sporting Cristal were crowned champions of the 2012 Torneo Descentralizado on December 9, 2012 after defeating Real Garcilaso 1-0, at the Estadio Nacional.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Roberto Mosquera |
| Fitness trainer | Eduardo Noriega, Sebastián Salvatore |
| Goalkeepers coach | Humberto Camino |
| Technical assistant | Duilio Cisneros |
| Match delegate | Maximiliano Frías |
| Doctors | Ramón Aparicio, Elisbán Linares |
| Physiotherapists | Antonio Rodas, Hugo Araujo |
| Equipment managers | Miguel Linares, Denys Refulio, Rodoldo Zavala |
Source: clubsportingcristal.pe

### Grounds

| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Estadio Alberto Gallardo (18,000 / 105x68m) |

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 6 December 2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | PER | Erick Delgado (Captain) |
| 3 | DF | PER | Giancarlo Peña |
| 4 | DF | PER | Walter Vilchez (vice-captain) |
| 5 | MF | PER | Oscar Vílchez |
| 6 | MF | PER | Marco Delgado |
| 7 | MF | PER | Renzo Sheput |
| 8 | MF | PER | Juan Carlos Mariño |
| 9 | FW | PER | Hernán Rengifo |
| 11 | FW | PER | Irven Ávila |
| 12 | GK | PER | Luis Araujo |
| 13 | MF | PER | Irwin Acuña |
| 14 | MF | PER | Yoshimar Yotún |
| 15 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Ayr |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | PER | Marcio Valverde |
| 17 | DF | PER | Luis Advíncula |
| 18 | FW | PER | José Shoro |
| 19 | DF | PER | Giancarlo Carmona |
| 20 | MF | PER | Deyair Reyes |
| 23 | MF | URU | Jorge Cazulo |
| 24 | FW | PER | Junior Ross |
| 25 | GK | PER | Luis Ortiz |
| 26 | MF | PER | Tarek Carranza |
| 27 | MF | PER | Carlos Lobatón |
| 28 | FW | PER | Gonzalo Sotomayor |
| 29 | MF | PER | Claudio Torrejón |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Leandro Franco |

## Transfers
### In

    As of 6 December 2012.
| # | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Type | Fee | Source |
| 11 | FW | Irven Ávila | Sport Huancayo | Transfer | Free | elcomercio.pe |
| 30 | FW | Leandro Franco | Sport Boys | Transfer | Free | elcomercio.pe |
| 19 | MF | Juan José Barros | FBC Melgar | Transfer | Free | clubsportingcristal.pe |
| 20 | MF | Deyair Reyes | Sport Huancayo | Transfer | Free | peru.com |
| 6 | MF | Marcos Delgado | Sport Huancayo | Transfer | Free | peru.com |
| 8 | MF | Juan Carlos Mariño | Cienciano | Transfer | Free | elcomercio.pe |
| 7 | MF | Renzo Sheput | Juan Aurich | Transfer | Free | terra.com.pe Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine |
| 23 | MF | Jorge Cazulo | C.D. Universidad César Vallejo | Transfer | Free | larepublica.pe |
| 12 | GK | Elexander Araujo | Inti Gas Deportes | Transfer | Free | netjoven.pe |
| 15 | DF | Nicolás Ayr | Atlético Huila | Transfer | Free | elcomercio.pe |
| 28 | MF | Gonzalo Sotomayor | Coronel Bolognesi | Transfer | Free | |
| 9 | FW | Hernán Rengifo | AC Omonia | Transfer | Free | clubsportingcristal.pe |
| 5 | MF | Oscar Vílchez | Alianza Lima | Transfer | Free | clubsportingcristal.pe |
| 18 | DF | Jesús Álvarez | CD Universidad San Martín | Transfer | Free | clubsportingcristal.pe |
| 19 | DF | Giancarlo Carmona | San Lorenzo de Almagro | Loan | Free | clubsportingcristal.pe |
| 17 | DF | Luis Advíncula | SC Tavriya Simferopol | Loan | Free | clubsportingcristal.pe |

### Out

    As of 6 December 2012.
| # | Pos. | Player | Transferred To | Type | Fee | Source |
| 10 | MF | Roberto Palacios | Retired | Retired | Free | fifa.com |
| 5 | MF | Alejandro Frezzotti | Free Agent | Transfer | Free | |
| 12 | GK | Manuel Heredia | Free Agent | Transfer | Free | |
| 19 | FW | Juan Diego González-Vigil | Free Agent | Transfer | Free | |
| 2 | DF | Wenceslao Fernández | Free Agent | Transfer | Free | |
| 21 | MF | Rodolfo Espinoza | Free Agent | Transfer | Free | |
| 25 | GK | Julio Aliaga | Free Agent | Transfer | Free | |
| 5 | MF | Diego Chávarri | Free Agent | Transfer | Free | |
| 3 | DF | Germán Rivera | Free Agent | Transfer | Free | |
| 7 | MF | Yancarlo Casas | Cienciano | Transfer | Free | |
| 8 | MF | Minzum Quina | León de Huánuco | Transfer | Free | |
| 20 | DF | Juan Lojas | León de Huánuco | Transfer | Free | |
| 18 | FW | Miguel Ximénez | Universitario de Deportes | Transfer | Free | |
| 23 | FW | Piero Alva | Oriente Petrolero | Transfer | Free | |
| 13 | DF | Renzo Revoredo | Club Olimpia | Transfer | Free | |
| 19 | MF | Juan José Barros | Cobreloa | Transfer | Free | |
| 17 | MF | Luis Advíncula | Tavriya Simferopol | Transfer | $300,000 | |
| 28 | DF | Jose Granda | Real Garcilaso | Transfer | Free | |
| 22 | DF | Willy Rivas | Club Universitario de Deportes | Transfer | Free | |
| 11 | FW | Iván Bulos | Standard Liège | Transfer | Free | |

## Competitions
### Overall

This season Sporting Cristal will participate in the 2012 Torneo Descentralizado.
| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Torneo Descentralizado | — | 1st | 1st | 19 February 2012 | 9 December 2012 |
Updated to match played 15 Jul 2012 Source: Competitions

### Torneo Descentralizado
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 Nov 2012. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### First stage

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Second Stage - Liguilla A

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Playoff Finals

The Third Stage will be the finals (also known as the Play-off) of the 2012 season between the winners of each group of the Second Stage. As Sporting Cristal had the most points on the aggregate table, Sporting Cristal decided which leg they will play as the home team. They will also choose the venue of the third match in case both teams are tied on points after the second leg.

## Squad statistics
### Goal Scorers

| # | Player | Position | |
| 1 | Junior Ross | Forward | 17 |
| 2 | Hernán Rengifo | Forward | 16 |
| 3 | Irven Ávila | Forward | 15 |
| 4 | Renzo Sheput | Midfielder | 11 |
| 5 | Juan Carlos Mariño | Midfielder | 8 |
| 6 | Carlos Lobatón | Midfielder | 5 |
| 7 | Jorge Cazulo | Midfielder | 4 |
| 7 | Leandro Franco | Forward | 4 |
| 9 | Marcos Delgado | Defender | 2 |
| 9 | Nicolás Ayr | Defender | 2 |
| 9 | Marcio Valverde | Defender | 2 |
| 9 | Yoshimar Yotún | Defender | 2 |
| 13 | Irwing Acuña | Midfielder | 1 |
| 13 | Christian Adrianzén | Midfielder | 1 |
| 13 | Tarek Carranza | Midfielder | 1 |
| 13 | José Granda | Defender | 1 |
| 13 | Pier Saavedra | Forward | 1 |
| 13 | Edson Salazar | Forward | 1 |
| 13 | Óscar Vílchez | Midfielder | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 95 |

### Overall

| | Total | Home | Away |
| Games played | 46 | 23 | 23 |
| Games won | 27 | 17 | 10 |
| Games drawn | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| Games lost | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Biggest win | 6–0 vs Cobresol | 6–0 vs Cobresol | 5–0 vs Sport Boys |
| Biggest loss | 0–3 vs Real Garcilaso | - | 0–3 vs Real Garcilaso |
| Clean sheets | 17 | 11 | 6 |
| Goals scored | 95 | 60 | 35 |
| Goals conceded | 44 | 16 | 28 |
Last updated: 10 Dec 2012 Source: Competitive matches