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Torneo Descentralizado
Season	1983
Dates	17 April 1983 –; 21 December 1983
Champions	Sporting Cristal
Relegated	Juan Aurich; León de Huánuco
Copa Libertadores	Sporting Cristal; Melgar
	← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 17 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

Top 6 from First Stage played in Lima for the Championship without carrying their whole season record; top 3 entered that round with Bonus of 3, 2, and 1 point respectively. For 1984 First Division grew to 25 teams. So besides Sport Pilsen which gained the right to be promoted, 9 other teams were invited to join First Division.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 1982 Copa Perú
Atlético Torino (1st)

Stadia locations

Alianza Lima
Atlético Chalaco
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Sport Boys
Universitario

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Locations of the 1983 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 Chalaco	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000	Grass
Atlético Torino	Talara	Campeonísimo	8,000	Grass
CNI	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi	Tacna	Jorge Basadre	19,850	Grass
Deportivo Municipal	Cercado de Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass
Huancayo	Huancayo	Huancayo	20,000	Grass
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500	Grass
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000	Grass
Melgar	Arequipa	Mariano Melgar	20,000	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
UTC	Cajamarca	Héroes de San Ramón	18,000	Grass
Universitario	Breña, Lima	Nacional	45,750	Grass

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melgar	32	19	6	7	37	20	+17	44	Liguilla Final, Bonus +3
2	Sporting Cristal	32	14	13	5	59	31	+28	41	Liguilla Final, Bonus +2
3	Universitario	32	13	14	5	43	20	+23	40	Liguilla Final, Bonus +1
4	CNI	32	14	12	6	43	27	+16	40	Liguilla Final
5	Deportivo Municipal	32	14	12	6	43	33	+10	40
6	Atlético Torino	32	17	5	10	53	36	+17	39
7	Sport Boys	32	14	10	8	39	29	+10	38
8	UTC	32	11	11	10	31	30	+1	33
9	Alianza Lima	32	10	11	11	36	32	+4	31
10	ADT	32	10	9	13	34	39	−5	29
11	Atlético Chalaco	32	8	12	12	24	33	−9	28
12	Coronel Bolognesi	32	8	11	13	31	38	−7	27
13	Unión Huaral	32	7	11	14	24	43	−19	25
14	Huancayo	32	9	6	17	24	42	−18	24
15	Alfonso Ugarte	32	8	7	17	29	57	−28	23
16	Juan Aurich	32	8	6	18	27	43	−16	22	1984 División Intermedia
17	León de Huánuco	32	5	10	17	19	43	−24	20	1984 División Intermedia

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ADT	UGA	ALI	CHA	TOR	CNI	BOL	MUN	HYO	AUR	LEO	MEL	SBA	CRI	HUA	UTC	UNI
ADT		4–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–3	5–2	1–1	1–0
Alfonso Ugarte	0–1		0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0
Alianza Lima	6–1	3–0		0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1—2
Atlético Chalaco	2–1	2–0	0–0		0–2	1–4	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Atlético Torino	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–0
CNI	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2		1–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	6–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2
Coronel Bolognesi	1–0	4–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Deportivo Municipal	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–0		2–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2
Huancayo	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0		1–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–5
Juan Aurich	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0		3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–2
León de Huánuco	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0		0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1
Melgar	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–0		0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Sport Boys	0–0	4–1	0–2	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	0–4	5–1	1–1	2–1	0–1		3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Sporting Cristal	1–0	5–2	2–2	2–0	4–1	2–2	4–2	4–1	4–0	2–1	6–1	1–1	1–1		6–1	1–1	1–1
Unión Huaral	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1		4–1	0–0
UTC	1–2	5–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0		0–0
Universitario	0–0	5–0	2—1	2–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1983. Source: RSSSF Peru 1983
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguilla Final

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Cristal	5	5	0	0	13	4	+9	2	12	1984 Copa Libertadores
2	Melgar	5	2	2	1	11	11	0	3	9	1984 Copa Libertadores
3	Universitario	5	2	2	1	9	8	+1	1	7
4	Deportivo Municipal	5	2	1	2	7	5	+2	0	5
5	CNI	5	1	0	4	5	9	−4	0	2
6	Atlético Torino	5	0	1	4	5	13	−8	0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	TOR	CNI	MUN	MEL	CRI	UNI
Atlético Torino		—	—	—	2–3	1–2
CNI	3–0		1–2	—	0–2	—
Deportivo Municipal	3–0	—		1–2	—	—
Melgar	2–2	3–1	—		—	—
Sporting Cristal	—	—	1–0	4–1		3–1
Universitario	—	2–0	1–1	3–3	—