# 1984 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1984 Torneo Descentralizado is the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 25 teams. The national champion was Sport Boys.
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 1985. The Regional Tournament divided the teams into four groups; Metropolitan, North, Central, and South. Teams that not qualified for Descentralised Tournament played on the Intermediary Division against teams from Second Division to gain promotion for next year. Regional Tournament grew to 30 teams for 1985. If any of the Regional Groups winners finished on the top 6 of Descentralised Tournament, that team earned the right to playoff in the Liguilla against Descentralised runner-up for a Copa Libertadores place.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 1983 Copa Perú | Invited from 1983 Segunda División | Invited from Ligas Departamentales | Relegated from 1983 Primera División |
| Sport Pilsen (1st) Cienciano (Invited) | José Gálvez (4th) Carlos A. Mannucci (5th) Juventud La Palma (6th) Octavio Espinosa (7th) | Deportivo Hospital (Invited) Hostal Rey (Invited) Defensor ANDA (Invited) Diablos Rojos (Invited) | Juan Aurich (16th) León de Huánuco (17th) |

### 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 |
| 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 |
| Diablos Rojos | Juliaca | Enrique Torres Belón | 20,000 | Grass |
| Deportivo Hospital | Pucallpa | Aliardo Soria Pérez | 15,000 | Grass |
| Deportivo Municipal | Cercado de Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Hostal Rey | Chanchamayo | Municipal de Chanchamayo | 5,000 | Grass |
| Huancayo | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 | Grass |
| José Gálvez | Chimbote | Manuel Rivera Sanchez | 25,000 | Grass |
| Juventud La Palma | Huacho | Segundo Aranda Torres | 12,000 | Grass |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Mariano Melgar | 20,000 | Grass |
| Octavio Espinosa | Ica | José Picasso Peratta | 8,000 | Grass |
| Sport Boys | Callao | Miguel Grau | 15,000 | Grass |
| Sport Pilsen | Guadalupe | Guadalupe | 5,000 | Grass |
| Sporting Cristal | Rímac, Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Unión Huaral | Huaral | Julio Lores Colan | 10,000 | 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 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 26 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 24 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 22 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 4 | Sport Boys | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 21 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 5 | Unión Huaral | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 16 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 6 | CNI | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 16 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 7 | Deportivo Municipal | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 15 | Play-offs |
| 8 | Atlético Chalaco | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 15 | Play-offs |
| 9 | Juventud La Palma | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 34 | −18 | 13 | 1984 División Intermedia |
| 10 | Octavio Espinosa | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 38 | −28 | 12 | 1984 División Intermedia |

### Zona Norte

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Torino | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 20 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 2 | Sport Pilsen | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 19 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | UTC | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 18 | Play-offs |
| 4 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 12 | 1984 División Intermedia |
| 5 | José Gálvez | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 11 | 1984 División Intermedia |

### Zona Central

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ADT | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 22 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 2 | Huancayo | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 17 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | Defensor ANDA | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 17 | 1984 División Intermedia |
| 4 | Deportivo Hospital | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 13 | 1984 División Intermedia |
| 5 | Hostal Rey | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 11 | 1984 División Intermedia |

### Zona Sur

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Melgar | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 21 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 2 | Diablos Rojos | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 20 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | Coronel Bolognesi | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 17 | Play-offs |
| 4 | Alfonso Ugarte | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 11 | 1984 División Intermedia |
| 5 | Cienciano | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 11 | 1984 División Intermedia |

### Play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UTC | 3–3 (5–3 p) | Deportivo Municipal | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 3–2 | Atlético Chalaco | 1–1 | 2–1 |

## Torneo Descentralizado
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sport Boys | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 35 | 1985 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | CNI | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 34 | Liguilla Final |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 29 | |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 28 | |
| 5 | Melgar | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 28 | Liguilla Final |
| 6 | Universitario | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 27 | Liguilla Final |
| 7 | Atlético Torino | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 27 | |
| 8 | Coronel Bolognesi | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 26 | |
| 9 | Huancayo | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 26 | |
| 10 | ADT | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 23 | |
| 11 | Unión Huaral | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 22 | |
| 12 | UTC | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 21 | |
| 13 | Sport Pilsen | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 19 | |
| 14 | Diablos Rojos | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 17 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ADT | ALI | TOR | CNI | BOL | DIA | HYO | MEL | SBA | PIL | CRI | HUA | UTC | UNI |
| ADT | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Alianza Lima | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 11–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Torino | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 7–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| CNI | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Diablos Rojos | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | W.O. | 3–0 |
| Huancayo | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Melgar | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Sport Boys | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Sport Pilsen | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Sporting Cristal | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| Unión Huaral | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| UTC | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Universitario | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |

### Liguilla Final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UNI | MEL | CNI |
| 1 | Universitario | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1985 Copa Libertadores | | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Melgar | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | | | 0–0 |
| 3 | CNI | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 0–0 | | |