# 2014 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2014 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2014 Copa Movistar for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th season of the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The Torneo Descentralizado began on June 7 and ended on December 21 2014.

## Tournament modus

The season was divided into three stages. The first two stages were two smaller Apertura and Clausura tournaments of 15 games each. Each team played other teams once during the Apertura tournament and during the Clausura tournament in a reversed order for a total of 30 matches each. In the third stage the championship was contested in a two-legged Play-off. The two teams ranked first at the end of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments moved on to the next round as long as they finished within the top eight teams in the aggregate table. The Play-off finalists qualified for the Copa Libertadores second stage. The remaining international competition berths were determined by the season aggregate table. Bonus points were awarded to two teams based on the performance of their reserve teams in the 2014 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva at the end of the tournament. The two teams with the fewest points in the aggregate table at the end of the tournament was relegated.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams competed in the championship, including 14 sides from the 2013 season, the 2013 Peruvian Segunda División champion, and the 2013 Copa Perú champion.
Pacífico and José Gálvez were relegated to 2014 Peruvian Segunda División the previous season: Pacífico immediately returned to the Peruvian Segunda Division after being promoted the previous year. José Gálvez was relegated for the sixth time after a brief two-year tenure in the top division thus becoming the Peruvian team with the most promotions and relegations in history.
The relegated teams were replaced by Los Caimanes and San Simón from the Peruvian Segunda División and Copa Perú respectively who both make their debut in the top flight of Peruvian football. Los Caimanes won the Segunda División by a three-point margin after a short two-year tenure in it. San Simón reached the top division by defeating Unión Huaral in the Copa Perú final.

### Team changes

| Promoted from 2013 Segunda División | Promoted from 2013 Copa Perú | Relegated from 2013 Primera División |
| Los Caimanes (1st) | San Simón (1st) | Pacífico (15th) José Gálvez (16th) |

### Stadia locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alianza Lima | Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 |
| Cienciano | Cusco | Garcilaso | 40,000 |
| Inti Gas | Ayacucho | Ciudad de Cumaná | 15,000 |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 |
| León de Huánuco | Huánuco | Heraclio Tapia | 15,000 |
| Los Caimanes | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Virgen de Chapi | 40,217 |
| Real Garcilaso | Cusco | Garcilaso | 40,000 |
| San Simón | Moquegua | 25 de Noviembre | 21,000 |
| Sport Huancayo | Huancayo | Estadio Huancayo | 20,000 |
| Sporting Cristal | Lima | Alberto Gallardo | 18,000 |
| Unión Comercio | Nueva Cajamarca | IPD de Moyobamba | 5,000 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | Trujillo | Mansiche | 25,000 |
| Universidad San Martín | Lima | Alberto Gallardo | 18,000 |
| UTC | Cajamarca | Héroes de San Ramón | 18,000 |
| Universitario | Lima | Monumental | 80,093 |

## Torneo Apertura
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Juan Aurich | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 30 | Third stage and 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 2 | Melgar | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 25 | |
| 3 | Universidad César Vallejo | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 24 | |
| 4 | Universitario | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 24 | |
| 5 | Inti Gas | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 23 | |
| 6 | León de Huánuco | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 22 | |
| 7 | Universidad San Martín | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 21 | |
| 8 | Unión Comercio | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 21 | |
| 9 | Real Garcilaso | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 20 | |
| 10 | Cienciano | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 19 | |
| 11 | Alianza Lima | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 19 | |
| 12 | UTC | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 18 | |
| 13 | Sporting Cristal | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 17 | |
| 14 | Sport Huancayo | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 15 | |
| 15 | San Simón | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 14 | |
| 16 | Los Caimanes | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 12 | |
* ↑ Cienciano were deducted 3 points for finishing last in the 2014 Torneo del Inca

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | CIE | IGD | JA | LEÓ | MEL | CAI | RGA | SSM | CRI | SHU | UCO | UCV | USM | UTC | UNI |
| Alianza Lima | | | | 0–0 | | 1–1 | | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | | |
| Cienciano | 2–1 | | | 1–1 | | | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | | | 1–2 |
| Inti Gas | 1–1 | 3–1 | | | | | 2–1 | | 3–2 | | | | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Juan Aurich | | | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | | | 2–1 | 3–4 | 6–0 | 2–1 | | | | 2–0 |
| León de Huánuco | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | | | 1–0 | | 4–0 | | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Melgar | | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | | 3–0 | | | | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Los Caimanes | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | | | | 0–1 | | | | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–4 |
| Real Garcilaso | | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | | |
| San Simón | 1–0 | 0–2 | | | | 1–0 | 2–4 | | | | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Sporting Cristal | | | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 6–0 | | 1–2 | | | 0–0 | | |
| Sport Huancayo | | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | | 5–1 | | 1–1 | | | | | 2–4 | 1–1 | |
| Unión Comercio | | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | | | 2–0 | 3–0 | | | 1–0 | | |
| Universidad César Vallejo | | | | 2–0 | 3–1 | | | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Universidad San Martín | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | | | 3–1 | 2–0 | | | | | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 3–3 |
| UTC | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | | | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | | | 2–1 |
| Universitario | 1–0 | | | | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | | | |

## Torneo Clausura
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 33 | Third stage and 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 33 | |
| 3 | Unión Comercio | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 28 | |
| 4 | Melgar | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 27 | |
| 5 | León de Huánuco | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 23 | |
| 6 | Real Garcilaso | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 21 | |
| 7 | Universitario | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 21 | |
| 8 | Inti Gas | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 20 | |
| 9 | Los Caimanes | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 20 | |
| 10 | Universidad César Vallejo | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 19 | |
| 11 | Juan Aurich | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 19 | |
| 12 | Sport Huancayo | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 17 | |
| 13 | Cienciano | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 17 | |
| 14 | UTC | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 15 | |
| 15 | Universidad San Martín | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 14 | |
| 16 | San Simón | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal were tied on points for first place. A play-off match was played to determine the winner of the Torneo Clausura as goal difference and number of goals scored is not taken into account to determine the winner of the tournament when tied for first place.

### Clausura play-off

Because Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal tied with 33 points a title play-off on neutral ground was played as the tournament rules specify.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | CIE | IGD | JA | LEÓ | MEL | CAI | RGA | SSM | CRI | SHU | UCO | UCV | USM | UTC | UNI |
| Alianza Lima | | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | 3–1 | | 2–0 | | | | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Cienciano | | | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | | 2–0 | | | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Inti Gas | | | | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | | | |
| Juan Aurich | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| León de Huánuco | | | | 3–0 | | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | | 2–0 |
| Melgar | 2–3 | | | 1–1 | | | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | | | 1–1 |
| Los Caimanes | | | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 0–3 | | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | | |
| Real Garcilaso | 0–0 | 0–2 | | | | | 2–0 | | | | | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| San Simón | | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | | 2–2 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | | | | | 1–1 |
| Sporting Cristal | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | | | | 1–1 | | | | 2–3 | 4–1 | | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Sport Huancayo | 0–1 | | | 0–1 | | 3–1 | | 3–1 | | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | | | 0–1 |
| Unión Comercio | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | | | | 2–2 | 3–1 | | | | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | | | | | 1–0 | | |
| Universidad San Martín | | | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | | 6–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | | | |
| UTC | | | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | | |
| Universitario | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | | 1–0 | | | | | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |

## Play-offs

The Third Stage were the finals (also known as the Play-off) of the 2014 season between the winners of the Clausura and Apertura tournaments. The team with the most points on the aggregate table chose which leg they play as the home team.

## Aggregate table

The aggregate table determined the four teams who qualified to the 2015 Copa Sudamericana, one team to the 2015 Copa Libertadores if necessary, and the two teams to be relegated to the Segunda División. The aggregate table consisted of the points earned in the Apertura and Clausura stages.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Melgar | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 54 | Qualification to the Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 52 | Qualification to the Copa Libertadores first stage |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 50 | Qualification to the Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Unión Comercio | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 49 | Qualification to the Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 5 | Juan Aurich | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 49 | Qualification to the Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 6 | Universitario | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 46 | Qualification to the Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 7 | León de Huánuco | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 45 | Qualification to the Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 8 | Universidad César Vallejo | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 43 | |
| 9 | Inti Gas | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 43 | |
| 10 | Real Garcilaso | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 41 | |
| 11 | Cienciano | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 39 | |
| 12 | Universidad San Martín | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 35 | |
| 13 | UTC | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 33 | |
| 14 | Sport Huancayo | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 32 | |
| 15 | Los Caimanes | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 32 | Relegation to 2015 Segunda División |
| 16 | San Simón | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 64 | −36 | 23 | Relegation to 2015 Segunda División |
* ↑ Awarded 2 points as 2014 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champion
* ↑ Qualified as 2014 Torneo del Inca winner
* 1 2 Qualified as Torneo Apertura or Torneo Clausura winners
* ↑ Awarded 1 point as 2014 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva runner-up
* 1 2 Sport Huancayo and Los Caimanes are tied on points for fourteenth and fifteenth place. A play-off match is required to determine the second relegated team as goal difference and number of goals scored are not taken into account to determine the last two positions for relegation when tied on points.

## Relegation play-off

Because Sport Huancayo and Los Caimanes tied with 32 points a relegation play-off on neutral ground will be played as the tournament rules specify.