# 2010 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2010 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2010 Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-fourth season of Association Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament, with Universitario de Deportes as the defending champion. The season began on February and concluded on December 12 with the victory of Universidad San Martín over León de Huánuco in the second leg of the final Play-off, giving Universidad San Martín its third Peruvian title.

## Competition modus

The season was divided into 3 stages. In the first stage the 16 teams played a round-robin home-and-away round for a total of 30 matches each. In the second stage the 16 teams were divided into 2 groups. The 8 teams that ranked an odd number played in the group Liguilla A and the 8 teams that ranked an even number played in Liguilla B. In addition, the team ranked first at the end of the first stage is eligible to play the 2011 Copa Libertadores as Peru 3. Each team carried on their records from the first stage. Both groups played another round-robin home-and-away round for 14 matches played by each team. Bonus points were awarded to two teams based on the performance of their reserve teams in the 2010 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva before the first match of the second stage. The teams ranked first in each group at the end of the 14 matches advanced to the third stage. The two teams with the fewest points at the end of the second stage were relegated. In the third stage the championship was contested in a two-legged Play-off. The Play-off finalists qualified for the Copa Libertadores. The remaining international competition berths were determined by the season aggregate table.

## Changes from 2009

* First stage winner is guaranteed a berth in the first stage of the Copa Libertadores if they finish the season above 9th place on the aggregate table. If they advance to the third stage of the Torneo Descentralizado, they can choose whether to enter the Copa Libertadores in the First stage or Group stage.
* A team can field 4 foreign players and can sign up to 6 foreign players on their squad.
* A separate tournament called Torneo de Promocion y Reserva will be played with reserve players of the 16 teams and the winner of this tournament will award their first division team 2 points and the runner-up will award 1 point to their respective first division team. The points will be added to the senior teams after the Second stage groups have been formed.
* At the end of the second stage, if two teams tie for first place in their group, a match will be played at a neutral venue to determine the winner of the group.

## Teams

Sport Áncash and Coronel Bolognesi finished the 2009 season in 15th and 16th place, respectively, in the aggregate table and thus were relegated to the Segunda División. They were replaced by the champion of the 2009 Segunda División, Sport Boys and the champion of the 2009 Copa Perú, León de Huánuco.

### Team changes

| Promoted from 2009 Segunda División | Promoted from 2009 Copa Perú | Relegated from 2009 Primera División |
| Sport Boys (1st) | León de Huánuco (1st) | Sport Áncash (15th) Coronel Bolognesi (16th) |

### Stadia locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alianza Atlético | Sullana | Municipal de La Unión | 5,000 |
| Alianza Lima | Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 |
| Cienciano | Cusco | Garcilaso | 40,000 |
| CNI | Iquitos | Max Augustín | 24,000 |
| Inti Gas | Ayacucho | Ciudad de Cumaná | 15,000 |
| José Gálvez | Chimbote | Manuel Rivera Sánchez | 25,000 |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 |
| León de Huánuco | Huánuco | Heraclio Tapia | 15,000 |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Virgen de Chapi | 40,217 |
| Sport Boys | Callao | Miguel Grau | 17,000 |
| Sport Huancayo | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 |
| Sporting Cristal | Lima | San Martín de Porres | 18,000 |
| Total Chalaco | Huacho | Segundo Aranda Torres | 12,000 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | Trujillo | Mansiche | 25,000 |
| Universidad San Martín | Lima | San Martín de Porres | 18,000 |
| Universitario | Lima | Monumental | 80,093 |

## First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Second Stage placement |
| 1 | Universidad San Martín | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 62 | Liguilla A |
| 2 | León de Huánuco | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 56 | Liguilla B |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 56 | Liguilla A |
| 4 | Universidad César Vallejo | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 53 | Liguilla B |
| 5 | Universitario | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 51 | Liguilla A |
| 6 | Juan Aurich | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 48 | Liguilla B |
| 7 | Sporting Cristal | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 44 | Liguilla A |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 38 | Liguilla B |
| 9 | Inti Gas | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 38 | Liguilla A |
| 10 | Melgar | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 36 | Liguilla B |
| 11 | CNI | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 33 | Liguilla A |
| 12 | Cienciano | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 31 | Liguilla B |
| 13 | Total Chalaco | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 30 | Liguilla A |
| 14 | Sport Boys | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 30 | Liguilla B |
| 15 | José Gálvez | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 28 | Liguilla A |
| 16 | Alianza Atlético | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 47 | −23 | 24 | Liguilla B |
* ↑ Universidad San Martín as first stage winners can choose to enter the Copa Libertadores in the First Stage or the Second Stage if they advance to the play-off.
* ↑ Universitario were deducted 2 points for failing to pay a former manager Ricardo Gareca.
* ↑ Colegio Nacional Iquitos were deducted 4 points for failing to pay two former players Enrique Ísmodes and Juan Montenegro.
* ↑ Cienciano were deducted 2 points for failing to pay a former player.
* ↑ Total Chalaco were deducted 2 points for failing to pay a former player Percy Manchego.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | ALI | CIE | CNI | MEL | IGD | JG | JA | LEÓ | SBA | CRI | SHU | TCH | UCV | USM | UNI |
| Alianza Atlético | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Alianza Lima | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Cienciano | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| CNI | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Melgar | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| Inti Gas | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| José Gálvez | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Juan Aurich | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| León de Huánuco | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Sport Boys | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Sporting Cristal | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| Sport Huancayo | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Total Chalaco | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Universidad San Martín | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Universitario | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
* 1 2 Played in Estadio Miguel Grau.
* ↑ Played in Municipal de Cayma.
* ↑ Game was declared a walkover and a 3–0 loss for José Gálvez.
* ↑ Played in Estadio Miguel Grau.

## Second stage

The Second Stage began September. The winner of each Liguilla will qualify for the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

### Liguilla A
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universidad San Martín | 44 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 87 | 39 | +48 | 92 | Third Stage and the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 44 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 78 | |
| 3 | Universitario | 44 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 72 | |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 54 | +4 | 64 | |
| 5 | Inti Gas | 44 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 56 | |
| 6 | CNI | 44 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 52 | |
| 7 | José Gálvez | 44 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 67 | −36 | 43 | |
| 8 | Total Chalaco | 44 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 40 | |
* ↑ Universidad San Martin obtained 1 point by being the 2010 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva runner-up.
* ↑ Universitario were docked 2 points for failing to pay a former manager Ricardo Gareca.
* ↑ Colegio Nacional Iquitos were docked 4 points for failing to pay two former players Enrique Ísmodes and Juan Montenegro.
* ↑ Total Chalaco were docked 2 points for failing to pay a former player Percy Manchego.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | CNI | IGD | JG | CRI | TCH | USM | UNI |
| Alianza Lima | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| CNI | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Inti Gas | 2–2 | 5–0 | | 6–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| José Gálvez | 1–1 | 2–6 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Sporting Cristal | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Total Chalaco | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–5 | 0–0 |
| Universidad San Martín | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 |
| Universitario | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |

### Liguilla B
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | León de Huánuco | 44 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 77 | 44 | +33 | 81 | Third Stage and the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Universidad César Vallejo | 44 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 70 | |
| 3 | Juan Aurich | 44 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 68 | |
| 4 | Sport Huancayo | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 59 | |
| 5 | Sport Boys | 44 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 78 | −24 | 53 | |
| 6 | Melgar | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 50 | |
| 7 | Cienciano | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 47 | |
| 8 | Alianza Atlético | 44 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 44 | |
* ↑ Universidad César Vallejo obtained 2 points by being the 2010 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champion.
* ↑ Cienciano were docked 2 points for failing to pay a former player.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | CIE | MEL | JA | LEÓ | SBA | SHU | UCV |
| Alianza Atlético | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Cienciano | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Melgar | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Juan Aurich | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| León de Huánuco | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Sport Boys | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Sport Huancayo | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |

## Third stage

The Third Stage will be the finals (also known as the Play-off) of the 2010 season between the winners of each group of the Second Stage. They will be played in December. The group winner with the most points on the aggregate table chooses 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.

## Aggregate table

The aggregate table will determine the three teams who qualify to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, and the two teams to be relegated to the Segunda División. The aggregate table consists of the points earned in the First and Second stages.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Universidad San Martín | 44 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 87 | 39 | +48 | 92 | 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | León de Huánuco | 44 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 77 | 44 | +33 | 81 | 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 44 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 78 | 2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | Universitario | 44 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 72 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage |
| 5 | Universidad César Vallejo | 44 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 70 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 6 | Juan Aurich | 44 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 68 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 7 | Sporting Cristal | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 54 | +4 | 64 | |
| 8 | Sport Huancayo | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 59 | |
| 9 | Inti Gas | 44 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 56 | |
| 10 | Sport Boys | 44 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 78 | −24 | 53 | |
| 11 | CNI | 44 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 52 | |
| 12 | Melgar | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 50 | |
| 13 | Cienciano | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 47 | |
| 14 | Alianza Atlético | 44 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 44 | |
| 15 | José Gálvez | 44 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 67 | −36 | 43 | 2011 Segunda División |
| 16 | Total Chalaco | 44 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 40 | 2011 Segunda División |
* ↑ Universidad San Martin obtained 1 point by being the 2010 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva runner-up.
* ↑ Universidad San Martin and León de Huánuco have qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores by winning their respective second stage groups.
* ↑ Universitario were docked 2 points for failing to pay a former manager Ricardo Gareca.
* ↑ Universidad César Vallejo obtained 2 points by being the 2010 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champion.
* ↑ Deducted points restored by ADFP before start of Round 31.
* ↑ Cienciano were docked 2 points for failing to pay a former player.
* ↑ Total Chalaco were docked 2 points for failing to pay a former player Percy Manchego.

## Top goalscorers

| Pos | Player | Player nationality | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Héber Arriola | Argentine | Universidad San Martín | 24 |
| 2 | Luis Alberto Perea | Colombian | León de Huánuco | 22 |
| 3 | Sergio Almirón | Argentine | CNI | 21 |
| 3 | Leonardo Mina Polo | Colombian | Inti Gas | 21 |
| 5 | Miguel Ximénez | Uruguayan | Sporting Cristal | 19 |
| 6 | Irvin Ávila | Peruvian | Sport Huancayo | 17 |
| 7 | Luis Tejada | Panamanian | Juan Aurich | 16 |
| 7 | Germán Alemanno | Argentine | Universidad San Martín | 16 |
| 9 | Ricardo Ciciliano | Colombian | Juan Aurich | 15 |
| 9 | Franco Mendoza | Argentine | Total Chalaco | 15 |