2001 Torneo Descentralizado


The 2001 Torneo Descentralizado, was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football. It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima.

Competition modus

The national championship was divided into two half-year tournaments, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. Each was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each tournament played for the national title in a two-legged final. Should the same team have won both tournaments, they would have been automatic champions.
Qualification to CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores was won by each tournament winner and the winner of a play-off between the teams that placed second in each tournament. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh placed team played a relegation/promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División.

Teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacityField
Alianza AtléticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000Grass
Alianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000Grass
CiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056Grass
Coopsol TrujilloTrujilloMansiche24,000Artificial
Deportivo WankaHuancayoHuancayo20,000Grass
Estudiantes de MedicinaIcaJosé Picasso Peratta8,000Grass
Juan AurichChiclayoElías Aguirre24,500Grass
MelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000Grass
Sport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau15,000Grass
Sporting CristalLimaSan Martín de Porres18,000Grass
Unión MinasCerro de PascoDaniel Alcides Carrión8,000Grass
UniversitarioLimaMonumental80,093Grass

Torneo Apertura

Apertura play-off

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Alianza Lima Apertura 2001 winners
To 2002 Copa Libertadores

Torneo Clausura

Clausura play-off

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Cienciano Clausura 2001 winners
To 2002 Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores play-off

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Sporting Cristal to 2002 Copa Libertadores

Season finals

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Title

Aggregate table

10th/11th place play-off

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Wanka to Relegation play-off

Promotion play-off

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Deportivo Wanka remained in Primera División Peruana

Top scorers

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