Football league season
The 1987 Torneo Descentralizado , the top tier of Peruvian football (soccer) , was played by 30 teams. The season started in 1987 and ended in early 1988. The national champion was Universitario .
The national championship was divided into two tournaments, the Regional Tournament and the Descentralized Tournament. The winners of each tournament faced off in the final and received the berths for the Copa Libertadores 1988 . The Regional Tournament divided the teams into four groups; Metropolitan, North, Central, and South. Each group had its teams qualify for the Regional Finals, the Descentralized Tournament and the Intermediary Division. The Regional Finals determined the Regional Champion. The Descentralized Tournament divided the teams in three groups and had its teams qualify for the Descentralized Liguilla which decided the Descentralized Champion. The Intermediary Division was a promotion/relegation tournament between first and second division teams.
Locations of the 1987 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field Alfonso Ugarte Puno Enrique Torres Belón 20,000 Grass Alianza Lima La Victoria , Lima Alejandro Villanueva 35,000 Grass ADT Tarma Unión Tarma 9,000 Grass Atlético Grau Piura Miguel Grau (Piura) 25,000 Grass Atlético Huracán Moquegua 25 de Noviembre 25,000 Grass Atlético Torino Talara Campeonísimo 8,000 Grass Carlos A. Mannucci Trujillo Mansiche 24,000 Grass Cienciano Cusco Garcilaso 42,056 Grass CNI Iquitos Max Augustín 24,000 Grass Coronel Bolognesi Tacna Jorge Basadre 19,850 Grass Defensor ANDA Aucayacu Municipal de Aucayacu 5,000 Grass Deportivo Cañaña Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500 Grass Deportivo Junín Huancayo Huancayo 20,000 Grass Deportivo Municipal Cercado de Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass Deportivo Pucallpa Pucallpa Aliardo Soria Pérez 15,000 Grass Hungaritos Agustinos Iquitos Max Augustín 24,000 Grass Internazionale San Borja , Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass Juvenil Los Ángeles Moquegua Héroes de Estuquiña 10,000 Grass Juventud La Palma Huacho Segundo Aranda Torres 12,000 Grass La Joya–Iqueño Chancay Rómulo Shaw Cisneros 13,000 Grass Los Espartanos Pacasmayo Carlos A. Olivares 2,000 Grass Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000 Grass Mina San Vicente Junín, Peru Municipal de San Ramón 10,000 Grass Octavio Espinosa Ica José Picasso Peratta 8,000 Grass San Agustín San Isidro , Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Grass Sporting Cristal Rímac , Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass Unión Huaral Huaral Julio Lores Colan 10,000 Grass Unión Minas Cerro de Pasco Daniel Alcides Carrión 8,000 Grass UTC Cajamarca Héroes de San Ramón 18,000 Grass Universitario Breña , Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass
Updated to match(es) played on 1987. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
First Place Playoff [ edit ] Updated to match(es) played on 1987. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Updated to match(es) played on 1987. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Updated to match(es) played on 1987. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Updated to match(es) played on 1987. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Updated to match(es) played on 1987. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Updated to match(es) played on 1987. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Teams play each other once, either home or away. Liguilla Final was played only at the Estadio Nacional , Lima .
Updated to match(es) played on 1987. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
First Place Playoff [ edit ] Torneo Descentralizado [ edit ] Updated to match(es) played on 1987. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Teams play each other once, either home or away. Liguilla Final was played only at the Estadio Nacional , Lima .
Updated to match(es) played on 1987. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Player Nationality Goals Club Fidel Suarez Peru 20 Universitario
International competition [ edit ] Universitario - Second Stage; eliminated by América de Cali. Alianza Lima - fourth place in Group 5 with 3 points; eliminated.
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