# 1970 Club Universitario de Deportes season

Club Universitario de Deportes' 1970 season was the club's 46th year of existence, the 103rd year in professional football and the 58th in the top level of professional football in Peru.

## Squad

Many players of the Peru national football team that played in the 1970 FIFA World Cup would also play for Universitario.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | PER | Ricardo Valderrama |
| — | GK | PER | Roberto Marius |
| — | GK | PER | Jesús Goyzueta |
| — | GK | PER | Rubén Correa |
| — | DF | PER | Eleazar Soria |
| — | DF | PER | Julio Luna Portal |
| — | DF | PER | Fernando Cuéllar |
| — | DF | PER | Nicolás Fuentes |
| — | DF | PER | Luis La Fuente |
| — | DF | PER | Héctor Chumpitaz |
| — | DF | PER | José Fernández (c) |
| — | DF | PER | Félix Salinas |
| — | MF | PER | Luis Cruzado |
| — | MF | PER | Hernán Castañeda |
| — | MF | PER | Roberto Chale |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | PER | Eduardo Wolf |
| — | MF | PER | Pedro González |
| — | FW | PER | Juan José Muñante |
| — | FW | PER | Ángel Uribe |
| — | FW | PER | Percy Rojas |
| — | FW | PER | Juan Carlos Oblitas |
| — | FW | PER | Fernando Alva |
| — | FW | URU | Carlos Jurado |
| — | FW | PER | Oswaldo Ramírez |
| — | FW | PER | Fernando Cerro |
| — | FW | PER | Víctor Calatayud |
| — | FW | PER | Enrique Casaretto |
| — | FW | PER | Enrique Rodríguez |
| — | FW | PER | Óscar Ríos |
| — | FW | PER | Héctor Bailetti |

## Torneo Descentralizado

The 1970 Torneo Descentralizado would have fourteen teams participate in it. Universitario would reach runners-up and qualified for the following 1971 Copa Libertadores.

### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universitario | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 56 | Liguilla Final |
| 2 | Defensor Arica | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 53 | Liguilla Final |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 49 | Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Juan Aurich | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 45 | Liguilla Final |
| 5 | Deportivo Municipal | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 44 | Liguilla Final |
| 6 | Octavio Espinosa | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 39 | Liguilla Final |
| 7 | Defensor Lima | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 37 | Liguilla Final |
| 8 | Sport Boys | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 36 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 9 | Alianza Lima | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 34 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 10 | Porvenir Miraflores | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 33 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 11 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 32 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 12 | Deportivo SIMA | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 32 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 13 | Atlético Grau | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 28 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 14 | Atlético Torino | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 28 | Liguilla Descenso |

### Second stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 26 | 71 | 1971 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Universitario | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 24 | 70 | 1971 Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | Defensor Arica | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 26 | 65 | |
| 4 | Juan Aurich | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 21 | 57 | 1971 Copa Ganadores de Copa |
| 5 | Defensor Lima | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 18 | 49 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Municipal | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 17 | 48 | |
| 7 | Octavio Espinosa | 32 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 18 | 47 | |

## Copa Libertadores

The 1970 Copa Libertadores was the 11th edition of the tournament with Universitario being part of Group 4 before moving on to the second phase before being eliminated from the tournament.

### Group Stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UNI | LDU | DEF | CDA |
| 1 | Universitario | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | Qualified to the Second Phase | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | Qualified to the Second Phase | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Defensor Arica | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 |
| 4 | América de Quito | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |

### Second Phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RIV | BOC | UNI |
| 1 | River Plate | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Qualified to the Third phase | | 1–0 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| 3 | Universitario | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | |