# 2000 Torneo Descentralizado

The 2000 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

## Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each would play for the national title in a play-off, but since the same club had won both tournaments, it automatically won the national championship.
Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the champion, as well as to each of the half-year tournament's runners-up, who held a play-off as a formality to decide the overall season runners-up. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place team held a promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

## Teams

Before the start of the season, Deportivo Pesquero relocated from Chimbote to Huancayo and changed its name to Deportivo Wanka.

### Team changes

| Promoted from 1999 Copa Perú | Relegated from 1999 Primera División |
| Deportivo UPAO (1st) | I.M.I. (12th) |

### Stadia locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Field |
| Alianza Atlético | Sullana | Campeones del 36 | 8,000 | Grass |
| Alianza Lima | Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 | Grass |
| Cienciano | Cuzco | Garcilaso | 42,056 | Grass |
| Deportivo Municipal | Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Deportivo UPAO | Trujillo | Mansiche | 24,000 | Grass |
| Deportivo Wanka | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 | Grass |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 | 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 Minas | Cerro de Pasco | Daniel Alcides Carrión | 8,000 | Grass |
| Universitario | Lima | Monumental | 80,093 | Grass |

## Torneo Apertura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universitario | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 46 | Copa Libertadores 2001 First stage |
| 2 | Sport Boys | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 39 | Copa Libertadores 2001 First stage |
| 3 | Melgar | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 36 | |
| 4 | Cienciano | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 36 | |
| 5 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 34 | |
| 6 | Unión Minas | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 33 | |
| 7 | Alianza Atlético | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 30 | |
| 8 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 28 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Wanka | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 24 | |
| 10 | Juan Aurich | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 20 | |
| 11 | Deportivo UPAO | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 19 | |
| 12 | Deportivo Municipal | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 12 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | ALI | CIE | MUN | UPAO | WAN | MEL | JA | SBA | CRI | MIN | UNI |
| Alianza Atlético | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Alianza Lima | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Cienciano | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 |
| Deportivo UPAO | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Wanka | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Melgar | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Juan Aurich | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Sport Boys | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Sporting Cristal | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 8–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 3–3 |
| Unión Minas | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–2 |
| Universitario | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |

## Torneo Clausura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universitario | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 54 | Copa Libertadores 2001 First stage |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 50 | Copa Libertadores 2001 First stage |
| 3 | Cienciano | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 35 | |
| 4 | Melgar | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 33 | |
| 5 | Alianza Atlético | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 32 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Wanka | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 32 | |
| 7 | Unión Minas | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 31 | |
| 8 | Alianza Lima | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 28 | |
| 9 | Sport Boys | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| 10 | Juan Aurich | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 17 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Municipal | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 16 | |
| 12 | Deportivo UPAO | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 50 | −31 | 15 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAS | ALI | CIE | MUN | UPAO | WAN | MEL | JA | SBA | CRI | MIN | UNI |
| Alianza Atlético | | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Alianza Lima | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Cienciano | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Deportivo Municipal | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Deportivo UPAO | 2–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Deportivo Wanka | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Melgar | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Juan Aurich | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–7 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Sport Boys | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Sporting Cristal | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 2–2 |
| Unión Minas | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| Universitario | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |

## Final stages
### Final

No final for the championship title was contested after Universitario won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus automatically becoming national champions.

### Second place play-off
## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Universitario | 44 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 94 | 43 | +51 | 100 | 2001 Copa Libertadores First stage and 2001 Copa Merconorte |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 44 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 88 | 55 | +33 | 78 | 2001 Copa Libertadores First stage and 2001 Copa Merconorte |
| 3 | Cienciano | 44 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 78 | 58 | +20 | 71 | |
| 4 | Melgar | 44 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 69 | |
| 5 | Sport Boys | 44 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 64 | 2001 Copa Libertadores First stage |
| 6 | Unión Minas | 44 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 64 | |
| 7 | Alianza Lima | 44 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 62 | 2001 Copa Merconorte |
| 8 | Alianza Atlético | 44 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 62 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Wanka | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 53 | 67 | −14 | 56 | |
| 10 | Juan Aurich | 44 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 43 | 80 | −37 | 37 | |
| 11 | Deportivo UPAO (O) | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 43 | 89 | −46 | 34 | Qualification for promotion play-off |
| 12 | Deportivo Municipal | 44 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 48 | 91 | −43 | 28 | Relegation to 2001 Segunda División |

### Promotion play-off
## Top scorers
### 37 goals

* Eduardo Esidio (Universitario)

### 19 goals

* Luis A. Bonnet (Cienciano)

### 15 goals

* Roberto Holsen (Alianza Lima)

### 13 goals

* James Angulo (Sport Boys)

### 12 goals

* Piero Alva (Universitario)
* Carlos Juárez (Sporting Cristal)
* Sergio Ibarra (Deportivo Wanka)