# 1987 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1987 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 30 teams. The season started in 1987 and ended in early 1988. The national champion was Universitario .
The national championship was divided into two tournaments, the Regional Tournament and the Descentralized Tournament. The winners of each tournament faced off in the final and received the berths for the Copa Libertadores 1988. The Regional Tournament divided the teams into four groups; Metropolitan, North, Central, and South. Each group had its teams qualify for the Regional Finals, the Descentralized Tournament and the Intermediary Division. The Regional Finals determined the Regional Champion. The Descentralized Tournament divided the teams in three groups and had its teams qualify for the Descentralized Liguilla which decided the Descentralized Champion. The Intermediary Division was a promotion/relegation tournament between first and second division teams.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 1986 Copa Perú | Promoted from 1986 División Intermedia | Relegated from 1986 Primera División (1986 División Intermedia) |
| Deportivo Cañaña (1st) | Internazionale (Intermedia A - 1st) Mina San Vicente (Zona Centro - 1st) Juvenil Los Ángeles (Zona Sur - 3rd) | Guardia Republicana (Zona Metropolitana - 5th) Los Espartanos (Zona Norte - 3rd) León de Huánuco (Zona Norte - 3rd) Mariscal Nieto (Zona Sur - 5th) |

### Stadia locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Field |
| Alfonso Ugarte | Puno | Enrique Torres Belón | 20,000 | Grass |
| Alianza Lima | La Victoria, Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 | Grass |
| ADT | Tarma | Unión Tarma | 9,000 | Grass |
| Atlético Grau | Piura | Miguel Grau (Piura) | 25,000 | Grass |
| Atlético Huracán | Moquegua | 25 de Noviembre | 25,000 | Grass |
| Atlético Torino | Talara | Campeonísimo | 8,000 | Grass |
| Carlos A. Mannucci | Trujillo | Mansiche | 24,000 | Grass |
| Cienciano | Cusco | Garcilaso | 42,056 | Grass |
| CNI | Iquitos | Max Augustín | 24,000 | Grass |
| Coronel Bolognesi | Tacna | Jorge Basadre | 19,850 | Grass |
| Defensor ANDA | Aucayacu | Municipal de Aucayacu | 5,000 | Grass |
| Deportivo Cañaña | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 | Grass |
| Deportivo Junín | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 | Grass |
| Deportivo Municipal | Cercado de Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Deportivo Pucallpa | Pucallpa | Aliardo Soria Pérez | 15,000 | Grass |
| Hungaritos Agustinos | Iquitos | Max Augustín | 24,000 | Grass |
| Internazionale | San Borja, Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Juvenil Los Ángeles | Moquegua | Héroes de Estuquiña | 10,000 | Grass |
| Juventud La Palma | Huacho | Segundo Aranda Torres | 12,000 | Grass |
| La Joya–Iqueño | Chancay | Rómulo Shaw Cisneros | 13,000 | Grass |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Mariano Melgar | 20,000 | Grass |
| Mina San Vicente | Junín, Peru | Municipal de San Ramón | 10,000 | Grass |
| Octavio Espinosa | Ica | José Picasso Peratta | 8,000 | Grass |
| San Agustín | San Isidro, Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Sport Boys | Callao | Miguel Grau | 15,000 | Grass |
| Sporting Cristal | Rímac, Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Unión Huaral | Huaral | Julio Lores Colan | 10,000 | Grass |
| Unión Minas | Cerro de Pasco | Daniel Alcides Carrión | 8,000 | Grass |
| UTC | Cajamarca | Héroes de San Ramón | 18,000 | Grass |
| Universitario | Breña, Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |

## Torneo Regional
### Zona Metropolitana

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Universitario | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 32 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Unión Huaral | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 32 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 3 | San Agustín | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 28 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 26 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 5 | CNI | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 25 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 6 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 25 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 7 | Deportivo Municipal | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 22 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 8 | La Joya–Iqueño | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 20 | 1987 División Intermedia |
| 9 | Internazionale | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 16 | 1987 División Intermedia |
| 10 | Sport Boys | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 44 | −26 | 15 | 1987 División Intermedia |
| 11 | Juventud La Palma | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 31 | −19 | 14 | 1987 División Intermedia |
| 12 | Octavio Espinosa | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 9 | 1987 División Intermedia |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | CNI | MUN | INT | JLP | JOY | OCT | AGU | SBA | CRI | HUA | UNI |
| Alianza Lima | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| CNI | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Internazionale | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Juventud La Palma | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| La Joya–Iqueño | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Octavio Espinosa | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| San Agustín | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Sport Boys | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Sporting Cristal | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Unión Huaral | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 0–0 |
| Universitario | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |

#### First Place Playoff

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Universitario | 1–0 | Unión Huaral |

### Zona Norte

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 20 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | UTC | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 17 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | Hungaritos Agustinos | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 16 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 4 | Atlético Grau | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 14 | 1987 División Intermedia |
| 5 | Atlético Torino | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 13 | 1987 División Intermedia |
| 6 | Deportivo Cañaña | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 10 | 1987 División Intermedia |

#### Results
### Zona Central

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Deportivo Junín | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 21 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Unión Minas | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 19 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | Deportivo Pucallpa | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 16 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 4 | ADT | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1987 División Intermedia |
| 5 | Defensor ANDA | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 12 | 1987 División Intermedia |
| 6 | Mina San Vicente | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 5 | 1987 División Intermedia |

#### Results
### Zona Sur

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Coronel Bolognesi | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 22 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Alfonso Ugarte | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 18 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | Cienciano | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 16 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 4 | Melgar | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 13 | 1987 División Intermedia |
| 5 | Atlético Huracán | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 12 | 1987 División Intermedia |
| 6 | Juvenil Los Ángeles | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 9 | 1987 División Intermedia |

#### Results
### Liguilla Regional

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UNI | HUA | AGU | BOL | CAM | JUN |
| 1 | Universitario | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | 1988 Copa Libertadores, Championship Match | | | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 |
| 2 | Unión Huaral | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | | 1–0 | | | | 2–2 | |
| 3 | San Agustín | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | | | 1–2 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Coronel Bolognesi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | | | 1–0 | | | 2–2 | |
| 5 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 | | 0–0 | | 1–3 | | | 3–0 |
| 6 | Deportivo Junín | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | | | 0–3 | | 2–5 | | |

#### First Place Playoff

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Universitario | 2–0 | Unión Huaral |

## Torneo Descentralizado
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 44 | Liguilla Final, Bonus +2 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 40 | 16 | +24 | 43 | Liguilla Final, Bonus +1 |
| 3 | Universitario | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 41 | Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Unión Huaral | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 39 | Liguilla Final |
| 5 | Coronel Bolognesi | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 36 | Liguilla Final |
| 6 | Alfonso Ugarte | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 32 | Liguilla Final |
| 7 | CNI | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Deportivo Municipal | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 31 | |
| 9 | Cienciano | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 27 | |
| 10 | UTC | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 25 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Junín | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 24 | |
| 12 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 23 | |
| 13 | San Agustín | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 22 | |
| 14 | Deportivo Pucallpa | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 22 | |
| 15 | Hungaritos Agustinos | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 21 | |
| 16 | Unión Minas | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 53 | −30 | 19 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALF | ALI | CAM | CIE | CNI | BOL | JUN | MUN | PUC | HUN | AGU | CRI | HUA | UMI | UNI | UTC |
| Alfonso Ugarte | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Alianza Lima | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Carlos A. Mannucci | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Cienciano | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 2–0 |
| CNI | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Deportivo Junín | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| Deportivo Pucallpa | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Hungaritos Agustinos | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| San Agustín | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Sporting Cristal | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Unión Huaral | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Unión Minas | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–4 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Universitario | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| UTC | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |

### Liguilla Final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification | ALI | HUA | UNI | CRI | BOL | ALF |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 1 | 9 | 1988 Copa Libertadores, Championship Match | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | |
| 2 | Unión Huaral | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 0 | 8 | | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| 3 | Universitario | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 0 | 6 | | | | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Coronel Bolognesi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | 3 | | 0–2 | | | | | 2–1 |
| 6 | Alfonso Ugarte | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 0 | 1 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | | | | |

## Topscorer

| Player | Nationality | Goals | Club |
| Fidel Suarez | Peru | 20 | Universitario |

## International competition

* Copa Libertadores 1988
    Universitario - Second Stage; eliminated by América de Cali.
    Alianza Lima - fourth place in Group 5 with 3 points; eliminated.