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Torneo Descentralizado
Season	2015
Dates	1 May 2015 –; 16 December 2015
Champions	Melgar (2nd title)
Relegated	Cienciano; Sport Loreto; León de Huánuco
Copa Libertadores	Melgar ; Sporting Cristal; Universidad César Vallejo
Copa Sudamericana	Real Garcilaso; Sport Huancayo; Deportivo Municipal; Universitario
Matches played	366
Goals scored	963 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lionard Pajoy (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Sport Huancayo 5–3 Sporting Cristal
Biggest away win	Real Garcilaso 0–4 Sporting Cristal; Real Garcilaso 0–4 Melgar
Highest scoring	Sport Huancayo 5–3 Sporting Cristal
Highest attendance	38,710; Universitario v. Sporting Cristal; 23 Aug. 2015
Lowest attendance	236; Sport Huancayo v. Unión Comercio; 8 Aug. 2015
Total attendance	1,543,694
Average attendance	4,217
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The 2015 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2015 Copa Movistar for sponsorship reasons) is the 99th season of the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 17 teams have been confirmed to compete in the season after Alianza Atlético were reinstated in the first division following their relegation in 2011.^[1]

Competition modus

The competition will be played with 17 teams after the restitution of Alianza Atlético's place in the first division. The championship will be divided into several stages.

Tournament	Stage	Dates	Rounds
Torneo del Inca	Group stage	6 February – 5 April	10
	Semi-finals	11 – 19 April	2
	Final	26 April	1
Torneo Apertura	Single stage	1 May – 23 August	17
Torneo Clausura	Single stage	30 August – 29 November	17
Playoffs	Semi-finals	Dates TBA	2
	Third place match	Dates TBA	2
	Finals	Dates TBA	2

The first tournament to be played will be the 2015 Torneo del Inca—played by the 17 teams in 3 groups. Subsequently, the Torneo Apertura will have all teams play each other once either home or away while the Torneo Clausura will repeat those matches but reversing the home or away ground. The winners of these three tournaments will advance to the semi-finals of the playoff phase at the end of the season granted they each finish at least eighth in the aggregate table or above. The aggregate table will consist of the results of only the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura. The fourth team to advance to the semi-finals will be the best placed team in the aggregate table that did not win any of the three tournaments.

Should one team win two of the three tournaments, they will automatically advance to the finals of the playoff phase and the semi-finals will be played by the team that won the remaining tournament and the best placed team on the aggregate table. Should one team win all three tournaments they will automatically become season champions. The aggregate table will also determine the three teams to be relegated at the end of the season.

The teams that qualify for the international competitions will be:

Competition	Enter competition	Achievement	Berth
2016 Copa Libertadores	Second stage	Champion	Peru 1
	Second stage	Runner-up	Peru 2
	First stage	Third place	Peru 3
2016 Copa Sudamericana	First stage	Fourth place	Peru 1
		Fifth place^[A]	Peru 2
		Sixth place^[A]	Peru 3
		Seventh place^[A]	Peru 4

Notes

Determined by aggregate table

Teams

A total of 17 teams have been confirmed to play in the 2015 Torneo Descentralizado. Fourteen teams from the previous season, the 2014 Segunda División champion (Deportivo Municipal), the 2014 Copa Perú champion (Sport Loreto), and Alianza Atlético which were reinstated in the first division following their relegation in 2011.^[2]

Team changes

Promoted from 2014 Segunda División	Promoted from 2014 Copa Perú	Reinstated	Relegated from 2014 Primera División
Deportivo Municipal (1st)	Sport Loreto (1st)	Alianza Atlético	Los Caimanes (15th) San Simón (16th)

Stadia and locations

Juan Aurich

Ayacucho

Cienciano
Real Garcilaso

Alianza Lima
Municipal
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
U. San Martín

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Locations of the 2015 Primera División teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity^[3]
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Miguel Grau (Piura)	25,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000
Ayacucho	Ayacucho	Ciudad de Cumaná	15,000
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	40,000
Deportivo Municipal	Lima	Iván Elías Moreno	10,000
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Elías Aguirre	24,500
León de Huánuco	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000
Melgar	Arequipa	Virgen de Chapi	40,217
Real Garcilaso	Cusco	Garcilaso	40,000
Sport Huancayo	Huancayo	Estadio Huancayo	20,000
Sport Loreto	Pucallpa	Aliardo Soria	25,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Alberto Gallardo	18,000
Unión Comercio	Nueva Cajamarca	IPD de Moyobamba	5,000
Universidad César Vallejo	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,000
Universidad San Martín	Lima	Alberto Gallardo	18,000
UTC	Cajamarca	Héroes de San Ramón	18,000
Universitario	Lima	Monumental	80,093

Torneo del Inca

The Torneo del Inca was the first major phase of the overall season. Although the previous season's Torneo del Inca was not part of the national championship, this season the Torneo del Inca's champion could advance to the playoffs if they finish in the top eight of the Torneo Descentralizado's aggregate table. The Torneo del Inca was divided into 3 stages. The first stage was a group stage, the second stage was the semifinals played over two legs, and the third stage was the final. Universidad César Vallejo defeated Alianza Lima in the final.

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Cristal	16	9	4	3	25	16	+9	31	Advance to playoffs
2	Melgar	16	8	6	2	22	11	+11	30
3	Deportivo Municipal	16	7	7	2	19	13	+6	28
4	Real Garcilaso	16	8	4	4	22	20	+2	28
5	Alianza Lima	16	8	2	6	20	14	+6	26
6	Unión Comercio	16	7	5	4	21	19	+2	26
7	Universidad César Vallejo	16	6	6	4	24	20	+4	24
8	Juan Aurich	16	6	4	6	24	18	+6	22
9	Sport Huancayo	16	5	7	4	19	17	+2	22
10	Alianza Atlético	16	6	3	7	19	20	−1	21
11	Cienciano	16	5	4	7	23	23	0	19
12	León de Huánuco	16	5	3	8	21	28	−7	18
13	Sport Loreto	16	4	5	7	14	18	−4	17
14	Universitario	16	3	6	7	10	17	−7	15
15	Ayacucho	16	4	3	9	15	25	−10	15
16	UTC	16	3	5	8	21	31	−10	14
17	Universidad San Martín	16	3	4	9	14	23	−9	13

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	CIE	MUN	AYA	JA	LEÓ	MEL	RGA	CRI	SHU	LOR	UCO	UCV	USM	UTC	UNI
Alianza Atlético		0–1	3–2							1–1	2–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	2–0
Alianza Lima			1–0	0–0		0–1	1–0		0–1				3–0			4–1	1–0
Cienciano				3–1		1–2	4–2	1–3	1–1				3–2			2–0	1–0
Deportivo Municipal	2–0				2–1			1–1		1–0	3–3	0–0		1–0	2–0
Ayacucho	2–1	2–1	0–0							1–2	0–1	1–0		2–2	1–0
Juan Aurich	0–1			1–1	5–0			2–3		1–2	4–0	0–0			1–0
León de Huánuco	1–0			1–1	3–2	0–2		0–3		1–2	0–1	2–1
Melgar	2–1	3–1			1–0					0–0	1–0	2–2		2–0	1–1
Real Garcilaso	2–1			1–0	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–0		0–4		4–0
Sporting Cristal		1–3	3–2								1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2
Sport Huancayo		1–1	0–0						1–1				3–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–0
Sport Loreto		1–0	1–0						0–1		1–1		0–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–1
Unión Comercio	5–2			0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1								1–0
Universidad César Vallejo		1–0	3–2			2–0	2–2		2–0				0–1			1–1	4–2
Universidad San Martín		2–3	1–1				3–1		2–0				0–0	3–2		0–0	0–1
UTC				2–3	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–3				4–2				2–0
Universitario	1–1			0–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on February 2015. Source: ADFP - official fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melgar	16	8	5	3	29	11	+18	29	Advance to playoffs
2	Real Garcilaso	16	8	5	3	26	16	+10	29
3	Sport Huancayo	16	8	4	4	28	20	+8	28
4	Universitario	16	8	4	4	26	20	+6	28
5	Sporting Cristal	16	7	6	3	35	24	+11	27
6	Universidad César Vallejo	16	8	3	5	18	20	−2	27
7	Universidad San Martín	16	7	3	6	17	17	0	24
8	UTC	16	6	5	5	18	15	+3	23
9	Juan Aurich	16	5	4	7	22	25	−3	19
10	Ayacucho	16	5	4	7	22	26	−4	19
11	Cienciano	16	4	6	6	16	19	−3	18
12	Unión Comercio	16	5	3	8	27	32	−5	18
13	Deportivo Municipal	16	4	6	6	13	22	−9	18
14	Alianza Lima	16	4	5	7	18	21	−3	17
15	Alianza Atlético	16	4	4	8	20	29	−9	16
16	León de Huánuco	16	3	6	7	21	31	−10	15
17	Sport Loreto	16	3	5	8	13	21	−8	14

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Clausura play-off

Because Melgar and Real Garcilaso tied with 29 points a title play-off on neutral ground was played as the tournament rules specify.

December 2, 2015

19:30

Clausura play-off

Melgar	1–1	Real Garcilaso
Gonzales Vigíl 68'		89' Rodríguez
Penalties
Schuler Hinostroza Palomino Arce	4–2	Ramúa Aubert Rodríguez Carando

Miguel Grau, Callao

Referee: Manuel Garay

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	CIE	MUN	AYA	JA	LEÓ	MEL	RGA	CRI	SHU	LOR	UCO	UCV	USM	UTC	UNI
Alianza Atlético				4–1	3–3	2–2		0–0	3–1				2–1				1–2
Alianza Lima	4–2				0–1			0–0		2–0	3–0	1–0		2–2	0–1
Cienciano	2–0	1–0			1–1					2–2	0–1	1–0		0–1	3–0
Deportivo Municipal		2–1	1–0			1–2	1–1		1–0				1–1			1–1	0–1
Ayacucho				2–0		2–1	2–0	1–2	2–2				4–0			1–2	1–2
Juan Aurich		2–0	2–2				3–0		1–3				1–0	2–1		0–0	2–2
León de Huánuco		3–1	0–0						2–4				3–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2
Melgar			5–1	0–0		4–1	5–0		2–0				4–1			1–0	2–0
Real Garcilaso		1–1	1–1								0–0		2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	4–2
Sporting Cristal	4–1			2–2	4–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–0								1–2
Sport Huancayo	4–0			5–0	2–2	1–0	4–3	3–2		5–3		2–0
Sport Loreto	0–0			1–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2
Unión Comercio		2–2	3–1							1–4	2–0	5–2		1–2	1–2	2–0
Universidad César Vallejo	1–0			1–0	1–0			1–0		0–2	0–0	4–2			2–1
Universidad San Martín	2–1			0–0	3–0	3–1		1–0		0–2	1–1	0–1
UTC	2–0	3–0	0–0							2–3	2–0	2–0		2–1	1–1
Universitario		1–1	2–1								2–0	0–0	2–3	3–0	2–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on February 2015. Source: ADFP - official fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melgar	32	16	11	5	51	22	+29	60^[a]	Advance to semifinals as Clausura winners
2	Sporting Cristal	32	16	10	6	60	40	+20	58	Advance to semifinals as Apertura winners
3	Real Garcilaso	32	16	9	7	48	36	+12	57	Advance to semifinal as best placed team on aggregate table
4	Universidad César Vallejo	32	14	9	9	42	40	+2	51	Advance to semifinals as Torneo del Inca winner
5	Sport Huancayo	32	13	11	8	47	37	+10	47^[b]	Qualification to the 2016 Copa Sudamericana first stage
6	Deportivo Municipal	32	11	13	8	32	35	−3	46
7	Universitario	32	11	10	11	36	37	−1	44^[c]
8	Unión Comercio	32	12	8	12	48	51	−3	44
9	Alianza Lima	32	12	7	13	38	35	+3	43
10	Juan Aurich	32	11	8	13	46	43	+3	41
11	Universidad San Martín	32	10	7	15	31	40	−9	38^[d]
12	UTC	32	9	10	13	39	46	−7	37
13	Alianza Atlético	32	10	7	15	39	49	−10	37
14	Ayacucho	32	9	7	16	37	51	−14	33^[e]
15	Cienciano	32	9	10	13	39	42	−3	31^[f]	Relegation to 2016 Segunda División
16	Sport Loreto	32	7	10	15	27	39	−12	29^[g]
17	León de Huánuco	32	8	9	15	42	59	−17	29^[h]

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Melgar were awarded 1 point for 2015 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva success.
^ Sport Huancayo were deducted 3 points for ADFP.
^ Universitario were awarded 1 point for 2015 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva success.
^ Universidad San Martín were awarded 1 point for 2015 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva success.
^ Ayacucho were deducted 1 point for finishing 16th in the 2015 Torneo del Inca.
^ Cienciano were deducted 6 points for an outstanding debt with the players' union SAFAP.
^ Sport Loreto were deducted 2 points for finishing 17th in the 2015 Torneo del Inca.
^ León de Huánuco were deducted 4 points for an outstanding debt with the players' union SAFAP.

Playoff phase

Semi-finals				Final

Universidad César Vallejo	1	4	5

Sporting Cristal	3	3	6
				Sporting Cristal	2	2	4

				Melgar	2	3	5
Melgar	1	4	5

Real Garcilaso	0	0	0	Third place play-off


				Universidad César Vallejo	0	3	3

				Real Garcilaso	1	0	1

Semi-finals

The teams that will qualify to the semi-finals will be the first place team on the aggregate table, the Torneo Apertura winner, the Torneo Clausura winner, and the 2015 Torneo del Inca winner. A draw will be held to determine the match-ups.

First leg

December 6, 2015

13:00

First Leg

Melgar	1–0	Real Garcilaso
Zúñiga 89' (pen.)

Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa

Attendance: 31,806

Referee: Diego Haro

December 6, 2015

15:30

First Leg

Sporting Cristal	3–1	Universidad César Vallejo
Revoredo 26' 54' Luiz da Silva 87'		24' Chávez

Alberto Gallardo, Lima

Attendance: 7,018

Referee: Luis Seminario

Second leg

December 9, 2015

13:00

Second Leg

Universidad César Vallejo	4–3	Sporting Cristal
Millán 12' 79' Ciucci 34' Silva 88'		31' (o.g.) Cardoza 47' Ávila 51' Luiz da Silva

Mansiche, Trujillo

Attendance: 9,284

Referee: Manuel Garay

December 9, 2015

15:30

Second Leg

Real Garcilaso	0–4	Melgar
		7' Arias 22' 74' 83' Cuesta

Garcilaso, Cusco

Attendance: 12,350

Referee: Michael Espinoza

Third place play-off

The two losing semi-finalists will play in a match to determine the third place team of the season.

December 12, 2015

15:30

Real Garcilaso	1–0	Universidad César Vallejo
Correa 20'

Garcilaso, Cusco

Attendance: 719

Referee: Luis Seminario

December 15, 2015

15:30

Universidad César Vallejo	3–0	Real Garcilaso
Montes 20' Millán 84' Cobelli 88'

Mansiche, Trujillo

Attendance: 2,453

Referee: Manuel Garay

Finals

The two winning semi-finalists will contest the finals.

December 13, 2015

15:30

First Leg

Sporting Cristal	2–2	Melgar
Quina 43' (o.g.) Sheput 52' (pen.)		40' Uribe 87' Quina

Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 21,955

Referee: Diego Haro

December 16, 2015

15:30

Second Leg

Melgar	3–2	Sporting Cristal
Zúñiga 22' Fernández 44.' Cuesta 90'		16' Da Silva 71' (pen.) Blanco

Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa

Attendance: 35,565

Referee: Luis Garay

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