# 2016 Sporting Cristal season

The 2016 season is Sporting Cristal's 61st season in the Peruvian First Division, and also the club's 61st consecutive season in the top-flight of Peruvian football.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | PER | Diego Penny |
| 2 | DF | PER | Alberto Rodríguez |
| 3 | DF | PER | Brian Bernaola |
| 5 | MF | PER | Pedro Aquino |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Horacio Calcaterra |
| 9 | FW | URU | Santiago Silva |
| 10 | MF | PER | Renzo Sheput |
| 11 | FW | PER | Irven Ávila |
| 12 | GK | PER | Carlos Grados |
| 13 | DF | PER | Renzo Revoredo |
| 15 | DF | PER | Alexis Cossio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | PER | Ray Sandoval |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Alfredo Ramúa |
| 21 | MF | PER | Josepmir Ballón |
| 22 | DF | PER | Jair Céspedes |
| 23 | MF | URU | Jorge Cazulo |
| 24 | DF | PER | Josué Estrada |
| 25 | MF | URU | Gabriel Costa |
| 27 | MF | PER | Carlos Lobatón (Captain) |
| 29 | DF | PER | Luis Abram |
| 30 | FW | PER | Alexander Succar |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Torneo Descentralizado | Torneo Apertura | Champion | Feb 6 | Dec 18 |
| Copa Libertadores | Second stage | Second stage | Feb 18 | Apr 19 |

### Torneo Descentralizado
#### Torneo Apertura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Universitario | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 35 |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 26 |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 26 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | AYA | COM | MUN | CRI | SHU | UCO | USM | UNI |
| Alianza Atlético | | | | | | | | | |
| Alianza Lima | | | | | 2–4 | | | | |
| Ayacucho | | | | | | | | | |
| Comerciantes Unidos | | | | | | | | | |
| Deportivo Municipal | | | | | | | | | |
| Juan Aurich | | | | | 0–3 | | | | |
| Defensor La Bocana | | | | | 2–1 | | | | |
| Melgar | | | | | 1–2 | | | | |
| Real Garcilaso | | | | | 1–1 | | | | |
| Sporting Cristal | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Sport Huancayo | | | | | | | | | |
| Unión Comercio | | | | | | | | | |
| Universidad César Vallejo | | | | | 0–2 | | | | |
| Universidad San Martín | | | | | | | | | |
| UTC | | | | | 0–0 | | | | |
| Universitario | | | | | | | | | |

#### Torneo Clausura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 53 | Qualification to the 2017 Copa Sudamericana and advance to Liguilla A |
| 2 | Universitario | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 51 | |
| 3 | Melgar | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 46 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | JA | BOC | MEL | RGA | CRI | UCV | UTC |
| Alianza Atlético | | | | | | 0–2 | | |
| Alianza Lima | | | | | | | | |
| Ayacucho | | | | | | 1–1 | | |
| Comerciantes Unidos | | | | | | | | |
| Deportivo Municipal | | | | | | 0–0 | | |
| Juan Aurich | | | | | | | | |
| Defensor La Bocana | | | | | | | | |
| Melgar | | | | | | | | |
| Real Garcilaso | | | | | | | | |
| Sporting Cristal | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Sport Huancayo | | | | | | 3–1 | | |
| Unión Comercio | | | | | | 1–2 | | |
| Universidad César Vallejo | | | | | | | | |
| Universidad San Martín | | | | | | 1–2 | | |
| UTC | | | | | | | | |
| Universitario | | | | | | 2–2 | | |

#### Liguillas
##### Liguilla A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 77 |
| 2 | Melgar | 44 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 74 |
| 3 | Deportivo Municipal | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 69 |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | MUN | JA | BOC | MEL | RGA | CRI | UCO | UCV |
| Deportivo Municipal | | | | | | 1–3 | | |
| Juan Aurich | | | | | | 0–0 | | |
| Defensor La Bocana | | | | | | 1–2 | | |
| Melgar | | | | | | 2–0 | | |
| Real Garcilaso | | | | | | 1–0 | | |
| Sporting Cristal | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 7–2 |
| Unión Comercio | | | | | | 2–0 | | |
| Universidad César Vallejo | | | | | | 2–1 | | |

#### Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 77 | Advance to Playoffs and qualification to the 2017 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Melgar | 44 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 74 | |
| 3 | Universitario | 44 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 61 | +12 | 72 | |

#### Playoffs
##### Finals
### Copa Libertadores

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 16 |
| 2 | Huracán | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Peñarol | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 5 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 4 |