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| Season | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 April 1980– 8 February 1981 |
| Champions | Sporting Cristal 5th Descentralizado title 7th Primera División title |
| Relegated | Juventud La Palma |
| Copa Libertadores | Sporting Cristal Atlético Torino |
| Top goalscorer | Oswaldo Rámirez (18 goals) |
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The 1980 Torneo Descentralizado was the sixty-fourth season of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season was divided into two phases. Sporting Cristal won its seventh first division title and fifth national title.
Format
The first stage of the tournament involves all sixteen teams playing against each other, once at home and once away. When this stage concluded, the top four teams advanced to an end-of-season playoff phase known as the Liguilla to determine the national champion. Relegation was determined by the bottom four teams of the first stage in a four-team group. The fourth-placed team was relegated and the third-placed team played a promotion/relegation playoff with the 1980 Copa Perú runner-up. The teams carried their first stage results into the Liguilla and relegation group except the sixteenth placed team which were docked 2 points for placing last.
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 Junín | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 | Grass |
| Deportivo Municipal | Cercado de Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 | Grass |
| Juventud La Palma | Huacho | Segundo Aranda Torres | 12,000 | 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 |
| Universitario | Breña, Lima | Nacional | 45,750 | Grass |
First stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 41 | Liguilla Final |
| 2 | Atlético Torino | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 38 | |
| 3 | Alfonso Ugarte | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 36 | |
| 4 | ADT | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 36 | |
| 5 | Alianza Lima | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 34 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Municipal | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 31 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Junín | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 30 | |
| 8 | Atlético Chalaco | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 29 | |
| 9 | Universitario | 30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 28 | |
| 10 | Unión Huaral | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 28 | |
| 11 | Juan Aurich | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 28 | |
| 12 | CNI | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 26 | |
| 13 | Sport Boys | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 25 | Liguilla Descenso |
| 14 | Melgar | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 25 | |
| 15 | Coronel Bolognesi | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 24 | |
| 16 | Juventud La Palma | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 21 | Liguilla Descenso, Penalty -2 |