# 1985 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1985 Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 30 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

## Format

The national championship was divided into two tournaments; the Torneo Regional and Torneo Descentralizado. The winners of each tournament faced off in the season final and received the berths for the 1986 Copa Libertadores. The Torneo Regional divided the teams into four groups; Metropolitan, North, Central, and South. Each group had its teams advance to the Liguilla Regional, the Torneo Descentralizado and the División Intermedia. The Liguilla Regional determined the Regional champion which advanced to the Descentralizado with a bonus point. The Descentralizado, consisting of 16 teams from the Torneo Regional, had each team play the others twice (a double round robin system) for a total of 30 games. The team that placed last in this tournament played a relegation playoff. The División Intermedia was a promotion/relegation tournament between first and second division teams. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. No points were awarded for a loss.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 1984 Copa Perú | Promoted from 1984 División Intermedia | Relegated from 1984 Primera División (1984 División Intermedia) |
| Los Espartanos (1st) | Juventud La Joya (Intermedia A - 4th) San Agustín (Liguilla - 1st) León de Huánuco (Zona Centro - 1st) Deportivo Cooptrip (Zona Centro - 4th) Atlético Huracán (Zona Sur - 3th) | Deportivo Hospital (Zona Centro - 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 Chalaco | Callao | Miguel Grau | 15,000 | 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 |
| Chanchamayo | Chanchamayo | Municipal de Chanchamayo | 5,000 | 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 Cooptrip | Pucallpa | Aliardo Soria Pérez | 15,000 | Grass |
| Deportivo Junín | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 | Grass |
| Deportivo Municipal | Cercado de Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Diablos Rojos | Juliaca | Enrique Torres Belón | 20,000 | Grass |
| José Gálvez | Chimbote | Manuel Rivera Sanchez | 25,000 | Grass |
| Juventud La Joya | Chancay | Rómulo Shaw Cisneros | 13,000 | Grass |
| Juventud La Palma | Huacho | Segundo Aranda Torres | 12,000 | Grass |
| León de Huánuco | Huánuco | Heraclio Tapia | 15,000 | Grass |
| Los Espartanos | Pacasmayo | Carlos A. Olivares | 2,000 | Grass |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Mariano Melgar | 20,000 | 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 |
| 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 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 31 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Deportivo Municipal | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 29 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 3 | CNI | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 26 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 4 | Universitario | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 24 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 5 | Octavio Espinosa | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 23 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 6 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 21 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 7 | Sport Boys | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 21 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 8 | Juventud La Joya | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 21 | Qualification playoff |
| 9 | Unión Huaral | 22 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 20 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 10 | Juventud La Palma | 22 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 19 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 11 | San Agustín | 22 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 18 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 12 | Atlético Chalaco | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 32 | −23 | 11 | 1985 División Intermedia |

### Zona Norte

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 20 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Los Espartanos | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 16 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | UTC | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 16 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 4 | Sport Pilsen | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 5 | José Gálvez | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 12 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 6 | Atlético Torino | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 10 | 1985 División Intermedia |

### Zona Central

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ADT | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 20 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Deportivo Junín | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 15 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | Deportivo Cooptrip | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 15 | Qualification playoff |
| 4 | Defensor ANDA | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 14 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 5 | León de Huánuco | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 13 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 6 | Chanchamayo | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 13 | 1985 División Intermedia |

### Zona Sur

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Coronel Bolognesi | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 24 | Torneo Descentralizado, Liguilla Regional |
| 2 | Melgar | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 24 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 3 | Alfonso Ugarte | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 18 | Torneo Descentralizado |
| 4 | Cienciano | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 11 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 5 | Atlético Huracán | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 10 | 1985 División Intermedia |
| 6 | Diablos Rojos | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 37 | −30 | 3 | 1985 División Intermedia |

### Qualification playoff

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Juventud La Joya | 10–0 | Deportivo Cooptrip | 2–0 | 8 – 0 |

### Liguilla Regional

Numbers in parentheses indicate penalty shootout result. The Regional winner qualified to the 1986 Copa Libertadores and advanced to the Final of the season. Alianza Lima received a bye to the semi-finals as the Metropolitan zone winner.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Universitario | 4 | | |
| Universitario | 4 | 8 August – Lima | 8 August – Lima | |
| Carlos A. Mannucci | 1 | 8 August – Lima | 8 August – Lima |
| Carlos A. Mannucci | 1 | Universitario | 0 (8) |
| | | Alianza Lima | 0 (7) |
| | | | | Universitario | 3 |
| | | | | CNI | 1 |
| CNI | 3 | | | CNI | 1 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 1 | | | | |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 1 | CNI | 3 | | |
| | | Deportivo Municipal | 0 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 1 (3) | Deportivo Municipal | 0 |
| ADT | 1 (1) | | |

## Torneo Descentralizado
### First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | UTC | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 46 | Liguilla Final, Bonus +2 |
| 2 | Universitario | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 39 | Liguilla Final, Bonus +1 |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 39 | Liguilla Final |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 36 | Liguilla Final |
| 5 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 35 | Liguilla Final |
| 6 | Los Espartanos | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 35 | Liguilla Final |
| 7 | Melgar | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 31 | |
| 8 | CNI | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 30 | |
| 9 | Octavio Espinosa | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 29 | |
| 10 | Sporting Cristal | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 27 | |
| 11 | Sport Boys | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 26 | |
| 12 | Coronel Bolognesi | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 23 | |
| 13 | Deportivo Junín | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 23 | |
| 14 | Juventud La Joya | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 23 | |
| 15 | ADT | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 22 | |
| 16 | Alfonso Ugarte | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 75 | −56 | 16 | Relegation play-off |

### Liguilla Final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification | UNI | UTC | LEP | ALI | CAM | MUN |
| 1 | Universitario | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 1 | 11 | 1986 Copa Libertadores | | 4–0 | 4–0 | | | 3–0 |
| 2 | UTC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | 8 | 1986 Copa Libertadores | | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Los Espartanos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | 5 | | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | — | |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | 2–3 | | | | | 3–0 |
| 5 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 0 | 3 | | 3–6 | | | 1–1 | | |
| 6 | Deportivo Municipal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | 3 | | | 2–2 | — | | — | |

## Relegation play-off

Alfonso Ugarte remain in the Primera División.

## Season final

Universitario won both tournaments and became the 1985 season champion.