The 1999 season of the
Torneo Descentralizado was the 84th season of the top category of
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 ...
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 champion, as well as to the best other team in the aggregate table. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).
Teams
Team changes
Stadia locations
Torneo Apertura
Results
Torneo Clausura
Results
Season finals
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Aggregate table
Promotion play-off
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Top scorers
;32 goals
*
Ysrael Zúñiga (
FBC Melgar
Foot Ball Club Melgar, known simply as FBC Melgar or Melgar, is a Peru, Peruvian professional Association football, football club based in Arequipa. It is one of Peru's oldest football teams, founded in 1915 under the name Juventud Melgar by a ...
)
;24 goals
* Harry Castillo (
Unión Minas)
;22 goals
*
Waldir Sáenz
Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez (born May 15, 1973, in Lima) is a Peruvian retired football striker.
Career
Waldir is most famous as a player for Alianza Lima, in which he became the all-time leading goalscorer of the club with 168 goals in 324 ...
(
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...
)
;19 goals
* Roberto Holsen (
Alianza Atlético
Club Alianza Atlético de Sullana, shorted to Alianza Atlético, is a Peru, Peruvian professional association football, football club, located in the city of Sullana. The club was founded in 1920 and promoted to the Primera División Peruana, Peruv ...
,
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 ...
)
*
Claudio Pizarro
Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio (; born 3 October 1978) is a Peruvian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He is currently serving as club ambassador for Bayern Muni ...
(Alianza Lima)
See also
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1999 Peruvian Segunda División
*
1999 Copa Perú
The 1999 Copa Perú season (), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football
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External links
Peru 1999 seasonDetails on
RSSSF
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Peruvian Primera División seasons
Peru
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