# 1983 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1983 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 17 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.
Top 6 from First Stage played in Lima for the Championship without carrying their whole season record; top 3 entered that round with Bonus of 3, 2, and 1 point respectively. For 1984 First Division grew to 25 teams. So besides Sport Pilsen which gained the right to be promoted, 9 other teams were invited to join First Division.

## Teams
### Team changes

* Promoted from 1982 Copa Perú
* Atlético Torino (1st)

### 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 Municipal | Cercado de Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Huancayo | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 | Grass |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 | Grass |
| León de Huánuco | Huánuco | Heraclio Tapia | 15,000 | 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 |
| UTC | Cajamarca | Héroes de San Ramón | 18,000 | Grass |
| Universitario | Breña, Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |

## First stage
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Melgar | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 44 | Liguilla Final, Bonus +3 |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 32 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 41 | Liguilla Final, Bonus +2 |
| 3 | Universitario | 32 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 40 | Liguilla Final, Bonus +1 |
| 4 | CNI | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 40 | Liguilla Final |
| 5 | Deportivo Municipal | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 40 | Liguilla Final |
| 6 | Atlético Torino | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 39 | Liguilla Final |
| 7 | Sport Boys | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 38 | |
| 8 | UTC | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 33 | |
| 9 | Alianza Lima | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 31 | |
| 10 | ADT | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 29 | |
| 11 | Atlético Chalaco | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 28 | |
| 12 | Coronel Bolognesi | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 27 | |
| 13 | Unión Huaral | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 25 | |
| 14 | Huancayo | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 24 | |
| 15 | Alfonso Ugarte | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 23 | |
| 16 | Juan Aurich | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 22 | 1984 División Intermedia |
| 17 | León de Huánuco | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 20 | 1984 División Intermedia |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ADT | UGA | ALI | CHA | TOR | CNI | BOL | MUN | HYO | AUR | LEO | MEL | SBA | CRI | HUA | UTC | UNI |
| ADT | | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Alfonso Ugarte | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Alianza Lima | 6–1 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1—2 |
| Atlético Chalaco | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Torino | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| CNI | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Huancayo | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 |
| Juan Aurich | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| León de Huánuco | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Melgar | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sport Boys | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Sporting Cristal | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Unión Huaral | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| UTC | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Universitario | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2—1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |

## Liguilla Final
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification | CRI | MEL | UNI | MUN | CNI | TOR |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 2 | 12 | 1984 Copa Libertadores | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | |
| 2 | Melgar | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1984 Copa Libertadores | | | | | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Universitario | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 1 | 7 | | | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Municipal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 0 | 5 | | | 1–2 | | | | 3–0 |
| 5 | CNI | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | 2 | | 0–2 | | | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 6 | Atlético Torino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 0 | 1 | | 2–3 | | 1–2 | | | |