The 1998 season of the
Torneo Descentralizado was the 83rd season of the top category of
Peru
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vian
football (soccer)
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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
Copa Libertadores
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berths went to the winner of each tournament, while the runners-up played for a
Copa CONMEBOL
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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
Team changes
Stadia locations
Torneo Apertura
Results
Torneo Clausura
Results
Clausura title play-off
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Copa CONMEBOL play-off
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Season finals
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Aggregate table
Promotion play-off
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Top scorers
;25 goals
* Nelson Esidio (
Sporting Cristal
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)
;19 goals
* Martín Reyes (
Juan Aurich
Club Juan Aurich S. A., commonly known as Juan Aurich, is a Peru, Peruvian association football, football club based in Chiclayo. The original Juan Aurich club was founded in 1922, this incarnation however was founded in 2005. The club currently ...
)
;17 goals
* Roberto Farfán (
Universitario)
*
Sergio Ibarra (
Sport Boys
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)
;16 goals
* Andrés Gonzales (
Deportivo Pesquero)
*
Jorge Soto (Sporting Cristal)
See also
*
1998 Peruvian Segunda División
*
1998 Copa Perú
External links
Peru 1998 seasonDetails on
RSSSF
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Peruvian Primera División seasons
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Primera Division Peruana
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