The 1998 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 83rd season of the top category of

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. It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario. 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 would play for the national title in a playoff. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically. Following-season

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berths went to the winner of each tournament, while the runners-up played for a

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spot. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a relegation/promotion playoff against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams

Torneo Apertura

Torneo Clausura

Clausura title play-off

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Sporting Cristal Clausura 1998 winners
To

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(Alianza Lima to Copa CONMEBOL playoff)

Copa CONMEBOL play-off

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Season finals

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Title

Aggregate table

Promotion play-off

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Top scorers

;25 goals * Nelson Esidio (

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica ...

) ;19 goals * Martín Reyes (

Juan Aurich Club Juan Aurich S. A., commonly known as Juan Aurich, is a professional football club based in Chiclayo, Peru. The original Juan Aurich club was founded in 1922, this incarnation however was founded in 2005; they play in the Torneo Descentral ...

) ;17 goals * Roberto Farfán ( Universitario) *

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Sport Boys Sport Boys Association, commonly referred to as Sport Boys or simply Boys, is a Peruvian football club based in the port city of Callao. It was founded on 28 July 1927. Its classic and historic rival is the Atlético Chalaco against whom dispute ...

) ;16 goals * Andrés Gonzales (

Deportivo Pesquero Deportivo Wanka is a Peruvian football club, based in the city of Huancayo in the Peruvian Andes. It was founded in 1969 and is named after the Wankas people who formerly inhabited the area and after whom the city of Huancayo is named. The curr ...

) * Jorge Soto (Sporting Cristal)

External links

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