# 2006 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2006 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the ninetieth season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Sporting Cristal as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twenty-second Primera División title after beating Cienciano in the final playoffs. The season began on February 3, 2006, and ended on December 27, 2006.

## Changes from 2005
### Structural changes

* Number of teams reduced from 13 to 12.
* Season final to be played over two legs (home and away) instead of one leg at a neutral venue.
* The relegation would be decided by the season aggregate table; three-season average relegation table removed.

### Promotion and relegation

Universidad César Vallejo and Atlético Universidad finished the 2005 season in 12th and 13th place, respectively, on the three-season average table and thus were relegated to the Segunda División. They were replaced by the champion of the Copa Perú 2005 José Gálvez.

### Team changes

| Promoted from 2005 Copa Perú | Relegated from 2005 Primera División |
| José Gálvez (1st) | Universidad César Vallejo (12th) Atlético Universidad (13th) |

## Season overview

Alianza Lima won the Apertura tournament which allowed them to qualify to the Copa Libertadores 2007. Universitario and Cienciano tied for first in the Clausura tournament and were forced to play a playoff. The playoff was a single game, played on a neutral ground, in Trujillo at Estadio Mansiche. Cienciano won the playoff 2–1, qualifying to the Copa Libertadores 2007. Sporting Cristal placed second on the aggregate table, which allowed them to qualify to the first stage of the Copa Libertadores 2007. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, Alianza Lima and Cienciano, played in a two-legged final. Both teams won their home games, but due to goal difference, Alianza Lima won their twenty-second national title. Unión Huaral placed last on the aggregate table which meant they were relegated to the second division. José Gálvez FBC and Sport Boys tied for second-to-last place. A playoff was contested and Sport Boys won 5–4 in the penalty shootout after a 0–0 draw.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Field |
| Alianza Atlético | Sullana | Campeones del 36 | 8,000 | Grass |
| Alianza Lima | Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 | Grass |
| Cienciano | Cusco | Garcilaso | 42,056 | Grass |
| Coronel Bolognesi | Tacna | Jorge Basadre | 19,850 | Grass |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Mariano Melgar | 20,000 | Grass |
| José Gálvez | Chimbote | Manuel Gomez Arellano | 8,000 | Grass |
| Sport Áncash | Huaraz | Rosas Pampa | 8,000 | Grass |
| Sport Boys | Callao | Miguel Grau | 15,000 | Grass |
| Sporting Cristal | Lima | San Martín de Porres | 18,000 | Grass |
| Unión Huaral | Huaral | Julio Lores Colan | 10,000 | Grass |
| Universidad San Martín | Lima | Nacional | 18,000 | Grass |
| Universitario | Lima | Monumental | 80,093 | Grass |

## Torneo Apertura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 46 | 2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 45 | |
| 3 | Coronel Bolognesi | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 34 | |
| 4 | Cienciano | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 33 | |
| 5 | Universidad San Martín | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 33 | |
| 6 | Universitario | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 31 | |
| 7 | Alianza Atlético | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 29 | |
| 8 | Sport Áncash | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 25 | |
| 9 | Unión Huaral | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 24 | |
| 10 | José Gálvez | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 22 | |
| 11 | Melgar | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 22 | |
| 12 | Sport Boys | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 15 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | ALI | CIE | BOL | GAL | MEL | ÁNC | SBA | CRI | HUA | USM | UNI |
| Alianza Atlético | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Alianza Lima | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Cienciano | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| José Gálvez | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Melgar | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Sport Áncash | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Sport Boys | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Sporting Cristal | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Unión Huaral | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Universidad San Martín | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Universitario | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 2–3 | |

## Torneo Clausura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universitario | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 41 | Clausura play-off |
| 2 | Cienciano (O) | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 41 | Clausura play-off |
| 3 | Coronel Bolognesi | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 39 | |
| 4 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 38 | |
| 5 | Universidad San Martín | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 34 | |
| 6 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 31 | |
| 7 | Melgar | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 31 | |
| 8 | Sport Boys | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 31 | |
| 9 | José Gálvez | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 24 | |
| 10 | Sport Áncash | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 23 | |
| 11 | Alianza Atlético | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 21 | |
| 12 | Unión Huaral | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 15 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | ALI | CIE | BOL | GAL | MEL | ÁNC | SBA | CRI | HUA | USM | UNI |
| Alianza Atlético | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Alianza Lima | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Cienciano | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| José Gálvez | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Melgar | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Sport Áncash | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Sport Boys | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Sporting Cristal | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Unión Huaral | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Universidad San Martín | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| Universitario | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |

### Clausura play-off

Cienciano advanced to the season finals.

## Finals

Alianza Lima won 3–2 on aggregate; 2006 season champion

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 44 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 84 | 2007 Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 44 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 76 | 2007 Copa Libertadores first stage |
| 3 | Cienciano | 44 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 74 | 2007 Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Coronel Bolognesi | 44 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 73 | 2007 Copa Sudamericana preliminary round |
| 5 | Universitario | 44 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 72 | 2007 Copa Sudamericana preliminary round |
| 6 | Universidad San Martín | 44 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 67 | |
| 7 | Melgar | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 53 | |
| 8 | Alianza Atlético | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 55 | 75 | −20 | 50 | |
| 9 | Sport Áncash | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 48 | |
| 10 | Sport Boys | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 46 | |
| 11 | José Gálvez | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 46 | Relegation to 2007 Segunda División |
| 12 | Unión Huaral | 44 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 68 | −33 | 39 | Relegation to 2007 Segunda División |
* 1 2 Alianza Lima and Cienciano qualified to the 2007 Copa Libertadores as Apertura and Clausura champions respectively.

### 10th/11th place play-off

José Gálvez relegated to Segunda División.