# 2004 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2004 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-eighth season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twenty-first Primera División title after beating Sporting Cristal in the final playoff.

## Changes from 2003
### Structural changes

The number of teams for the 2004 season grew from 12 to 14. The relegation system was re-introduced but the system was determined by a points per match average. The qualification for the Copa Sudamericana was determined by the aggregate table instead of the Torneo Apertura playoffs. Due to a structure change in the Copa Libertadores, only two teams will qualify directly to the group stage (the half-year champions) and the best-placed non-champion will have to play in the first stage.

### Promotion and relegation

No teams were relegated from the 2003 season and thus the number of teams grew from 12 to 14. Segunda División champion Sport Coopsol and Copa Perú 2003 champion Universidad César Vallejo were promoted.
Universidad San Martín bought the promotional place of the 2003 Segunda División winners, Sport Coopsol.

### Team changes

| Promoted from 2003 Segunda División | Promoted from 2003 Copa Perú |
| Sport Coopsol (1st) | Universidad César Vallejo (1st) |

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Field |
| Alianza Atlético | Sullana | Campeones del 36 | 8,000 | Grass |
| Alianza Lima | Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 | Grass |
| Atlético Universidad | Arequipa | Virgen de Chapi | 45,000 | Grass |
| Cienciano | Cusco | Garcilaso | 42,056 | Grass |
| Coronel Bolognesi | Tacna | Jorge Basadre | 19,850 | Grass |
| Deportivo Wanka | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 | Grass |
| Grau–Estudiantes | Piura | Miguel Grau | 25,000 | Grass |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Mariano Melgar | 20,000 | 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 César Vallejo | Trujillo | Mansiche | 24,000 | Artificial |
| Universidad San Martín | Lima | Nacional | 18,000 | Grass |
| Universitario | Lima | Monumental | 80,093 | Grass |

## Torneo Apertura
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 16 | +32 | 61 | 2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Cienciano | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 57 | |
| 3 | Alianza Atlético | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 50 | |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 45 | |
| 5 | Universitario | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 41 | |
| 6 | Unión Huaral | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 37 | |
| 7 | Universidad César Vallejo | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 35 | |
| 8 | Coronel Bolognesi | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 30 | |
| 9 | Melgar | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 30 | |
| 10 | Grau–Estudiantes | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 37 | −16 | 30 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Wanka | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 28 | |
| 12 | Sport Boys | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 25 | |
| 13 | Atlético Universidad | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 24 | |
| 14 | Universidad San Martín | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 50 | −29 | 10 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | ALI | ATL | CIE | BOL | WAN | EST | MEL | SBA | CRI | HUA | UCV | USM | UNI |
| Alianza Atlético | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Alianza Lima | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Universidad | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Cienciano | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 0–2 | 2–6 | 3–2 | 2–4 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo Wanka | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Grau–Estudiantes | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Melgar | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Sport Boys | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Sporting Cristal | 0–1 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 4–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Unión Huaral | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Universidad San Martín | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–2 |
| Universitario | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |

## Torneo Clausura
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 50 | 2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Universidad San Martín | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 47 | |
| 3 | Cienciano | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 44 | |
| 4 | Universitario | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 43 | |
| 5 | Alianza Atlético | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 42 | |
| 6 | Alianza Lima | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 38 | |
| 7 | Unión Huaral | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 38 | |
| 8 | Sport Boys | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 37 | |
| 9 | Atlético Universidad | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 33 | |
| 10 | Melgar | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 32 | |
| 11 | Coronel Bolognesi | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 30 | |
| 12 | Universidad César Vallejo | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 28 | |
| 13 | Deportivo Wanka | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 62 | −35 | 22 | |
| 14 | Grau–Estudiantes | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 48 | −29 | 13 | |
* ↑ Deportivo Wanka were docked 3 points for failing to pay players.
* ↑ Grau-Estudiantes withdrew from tournament, lost last 4 games by walkover.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | ALI | ATL | CIE | BOL | WAN | EST | MEL | SBA | CRI | HUA | UCV | USM | UNI |
| Alianza Atlético | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Alianza Lima | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Universidad | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Cienciano | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Coronel Bolognesi | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Wanka | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Grau–Estudiantes | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| Melgar | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 2–2 |
| Sport Boys | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Sporting Cristal | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Unión Huaral | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Universidad San Martín | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 2–0 |
| Universitario | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cienciano | 52 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 94 | 54 | +40 | 101 | 2005 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 52 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 79 | 39 | +40 | 99 | 2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 52 | 29 | 8 | 15 | 105 | 61 | +44 | 95 | 2005 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 4 | Alianza Atlético | 52 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 87 | 63 | +24 | 92 | 2005 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Universitario | 52 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 84 | 2005 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 6 | Unión Huaral | 52 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 67 | 59 | +8 | 75 | |
| 7 | Universidad César Vallejo | 52 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 63 | |
| 8 | Melgar | 52 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 78 | 82 | −4 | 62 | |
| 9 | Sport Boys | 52 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 67 | 80 | −13 | 62 | |
| 10 | Coronel Bolognesi | 52 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 85 | 85 | 0 | 60 | |
| 11 | Atlético Universidad | 52 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 67 | 80 | −13 | 57 | |
| 12 | Universidad San Martín | 52 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 61 | 76 | −15 | 57 | |
| 13 | Deportivo Wanka | 52 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 55 | 105 | −50 | 50 | |
| 14 | Grau–Estudiantes | 52 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 40 | 85 | −45 | 43 | |
* ↑ Deportivo Wanka were docked 3 points for failing to pay players.
* ↑ Grau-Estudiantes withdrew from tournament, lost last 4 games by walkover.

## Relegation table

| Pos | Team | 2003 Pts | 2004 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 80 | 99 | 179 | 89 | 2.01 | |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 76 | 95 | 171 | 89 | 1.92 | |
| 3 | Cienciano | 49 | 101 | 150 | 88 | 1.7 | |
| 4 | Alianza Atlético | 58 | 92 | 150 | 89 | 1.69 | |
| 5 | Universitario | 41 | 84 | 125 | 89 | 1.4 | |
| 6 | Unión Huaral | 50 | 75 | 125 | 89 | 1.4 | |
| 7 | Sport Boys | 58 | 62 | 120 | 89 | 1.35 | |
| 8 | Coronel Bolognesi | 60 | 60 | 120 | 89 | 1.35 | |
| 9 | Universidad César Vallejo | — | 63 | 63 | 52 | 1.21 | |
| 10 | Melgar | 44 | 62 | 106 | 89 | 1.19 | |
| 11 | Universidad San Martín | — | 57 | 57 | 52 | 1.1 | |
| 12 | Atlético Universidad | 33 | 57 | 90 | 88 | 1.02 | |
| 13 | Deportivo Wanka | 32 | 50 | 82 | 89 | 0.92 | Relegation to 2005 Segunda División |
| 14 | Grau–Estudiantes | 27 | 43 | 60 | 89 | 0.67 | Relegation to 2005 Segunda División |
Updated as of games played on December, 2005.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gabriel Garcia | Melgar | 35 |
| 2 | Johan Fano | Coronel Bolognesi | 29 |
| 3 | Luis Alberto Bonnet | Sporting Cristal | 28 |
| 4 | Sergio Ibarra | Cienciano | 25 |
| 5 | Pedro García | Alianza Atlético | 23 |
| 6 | Sebastian Dominguez | Atlético Universidad | 21 |
| 7 | Hernán Rengifo | Unión Huaral | 18 |
| 8 | Miguel Mostto | Cienciano | 17 |
| 8 | Junior Ross | Coronel Bolognesi | 17 |