# 1980 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1980 Torneo Descentralizado was the sixty-fourth season of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season was divided into two phases. Sporting Cristal won its seventh first division title and fifth national title.

## Format

The first stage of the tournament involves all sixteen teams playing against each other, once at home and once away. When this stage concluded, the top four teams advanced to an end-of-season playoff phase known as the Liguilla to determine the national champion. Relegation was determined by the bottom four teams of the first stage in a four-team group. The fourth-placed team was relegated and the third-placed team played a promotion/relegation playoff with the 1980 Copa Perú runner-up. The teams carried their first stage results into the Liguilla and relegation group except the sixteenth placed team which were docked 2 points for placing last.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 1979 Copa Perú | Relegated from 1979 Primera División |
| ADT (1st) | León de Huánuco (16th) |

### 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 Chalaco | Callao | Miguel Grau | 15,000 | Grass |
| Atlético Torino | Talara | Campeonísimo | 8,000 | Grass |
| CNI | Iquitos | Max Augustín | 24,000 | Grass |
| Coronel Bolognesi | Tacna | Jorge Basadre | 19,850 | Grass |
| Deportivo Junín | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 | Grass |
| Deportivo Municipal | Cercado de Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 | Grass |
| Juventud La Palma | Huacho | Segundo Aranda Torres | 12,000 | Grass |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Mariano Melgar | 20,000 | 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 |
| Universitario | Breña, Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |

## First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 41 | Liguilla Final |
| 2 | Atlético Torino | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 38 | Liguilla Final |
| 3 | Alfonso Ugarte | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 36 | Liguilla Final |
| 4 | ADT | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 36 | Liguilla Final |
| 5 | Alianza Lima | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 34 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Municipal | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 31 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Junín | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 30 | |
| 8 | Atlético Chalaco | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 29 | |
| 9 | Universitario | 30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 28 | |
| 10 | Unión Huaral | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 28 | |
| 11 | Juan Aurich | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 28 | |
| 12 | CNI | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 26 | |
| 13 | Sport Boys | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 25 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 14 | Melgar | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 25 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 15 | Coronel Bolognesi | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 24 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 16 | Juventud La Palma | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 21 | Liguilla Descenso, Penalty -2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ADT | UGA | ALI | CHA | TOR | CNI | BOL | JUN | MUN | AUR | PAL | MEL | SBA | CRI | HUA | UNI |
| ADT | | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Alfonso Ugarte | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Alianza Lima | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Chalaco | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Atlético Torino | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| CNI | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Deportivo Junín | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Juan Aurich | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Juventud La Palma | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Melgar | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–2 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Sport Boys | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Sporting Cristal | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Unión Huaral | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Universitario | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–5 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

## Liguilla Final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CRI | TOR | ADT | UGA |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 49 | 1981 Copa Libertadores | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Atlético Torino | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 44 | 1981 Copa Libertadores | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | ADT | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 42 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–3 |
| 4 | Alfonso Ugarte | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 40 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |

## Liguilla Descenso

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | MEL | SBA | BOL | PAL |
| 1 | Melgar | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 34 | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Sport Boys | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 33 | | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Coronel Bolognesi | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 29 | Relegation play-off | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 2–0 |
| 4 | Juventud La Palma | 36 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 69 | −39 | 21 | 1981 Copa Perú | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |

### Relegation play-off

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 5–0 | Unión Gonzales Prada | 2–0 | 3–0 |