The 2005
Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-ninth season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament.
Sporting Cristal
Club Sporting Cristal S.A., shortened to Sporting Cristal, is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, soccer team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by e ...
won its fifteenth Primera División title after beating
Cienciano
Club Cienciano, more commonly known as Cienciano, is a Peru, Peruvian professional association football, football club based in Cusco, that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating Club At ...
in the season final. The season started on March 5, 2005, ended on December 21, 2005.
Changes from 2004
Structural changes
Starting with the 2004 season, the two relegated teams will be able to choose to play in the
Segunda División
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
or drop to their regional league as the Segunda División will now be played with non-capital teams. The number of first division teams dropped from 14 to 13.
Promotion and relegation
Deportivo Wanka
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 curre ...
and
Grau
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Estudiantes finished the 2004 season in 13th and 14th place, respectively, on the three-season average table and thus were relegated to their regional league. They were replaced by the champion of the 2004 Copa Perú
Sport Áncash
Club Sport Áncash is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Huaraz. Sport Áncash was founded on April 22, 1967. The team plays its home games at Rosas Pampa stadium.
History Beginnings
The club was founded in 1960 by a group of young ...
.
Team changes
Teams
Torneo Apertura
Results
Torneo Clausura
Results
Final
Aggregate table
Relegation table
Updated as of games played on December, 2005.
Top scorers
;18 goals
* Miguel Mostto ''(
Cienciano
Club Cienciano, more commonly known as Cienciano, is a Peru, Peruvian professional association football, football club based in Cusco, that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating Club At ...
)''
;17 goals
* Sergio Ibarra ''(
Cienciano
Club Cienciano, more commonly known as Cienciano, is a Peru, Peruvian professional association football, football club based in Cusco, that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating Club At ...
)''
* Roberto Demus ''(
Coronel Bolognesi
Club Deportivo Coronel Bolognesi is a Peruvian football club located in the city of Tacna. Originally founded on 18 October 1929, It was named after Francisco Bolognesi. Years later, a second branch of the club called Club Sport Bolito, was founded ...
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;16 goals
* Paul Cominges ''(
Atlético Universidad
Atlético Universidad was a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Arequipa.
History
The club was the 2002 Copa Perú champion, when it defeated Atlético Grau in the finals.
The club has played at the highest level of Peruvian footbal ...
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;15 goals
* Hernán Rengifo ''(
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See also
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2005 Peruvian Segunda División
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2005 Copa Perú
The 2005 Copa Perú season (), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football
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External links
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RSSSF
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{{2005 in South American football (CONMEBOL)
Peruvian Primera División seasons
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
Torneo Descentralizado, 2005