2001 Torneo Descentralizado Explained

Season:2001
Dates:17 February 2001 –
29 December 2001
Winners:Alianza Lima
19th Primera División title
League Topscorer:Jorge Ramírez (21)
Nextseason:2002

The 2001 Torneo Descentralizado, was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima.

Competition modus

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 tournament played for the national title in a two-legged final. Should the same team have won both tournaments, they would have been automatic champions.

Qualification to CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores was won by each tournament winner and the winner of a play-off between the teams that placed second in each tournament. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh placed team played a relegation/promotion play-off against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Teams

Stadia locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacityField
Campeones del 368,000 Grass
Alejandro Villanueva35,000 Grass
42,056 Grass
24,000Artificial
20,000 Grass
8,000 Grass
24,500 Grass
20,000 Grass
15,000Grass
18,000Grass
Daniel Alcides Carrión8,000 Grass
Monumental80,093 Grass

Torneo Apertura

Apertura play-off

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Alianza Lima Apertura 2001 winners
To 2002 Copa Libertadores
(Sporting Cristal to Copa Libertadores play-off)

Torneo Clausura

Clausura play-off

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Cienciano Clausura 2001 winners
To 2002 Copa Libertadores
(Estudiantes to Copa Libertadores play-off)

Copa Libertadores play-off

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Season finals

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Aggregate table

10th/11th place play-off

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Promotion play-off

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Top scorers

21 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals

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