Primera División Peruana 2008 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2008 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-second season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Universidad San Martín

Universidad San Martín de Porres

Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club, who plays in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. They then bought Club Sport Coopsol's place in the First Division who was promoted to the Peruvian First Division...

defending their national title. The season began on February 17, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008.

Competition modus

The season was divided into two tournaments; Torneo Apertura from February to July and the Torneo Clausura from July to December. Both tournaments had the fourteen teams play a round-robin home-and-away round for a total of 26 matches in each tournament. The winner of the Torneo Apertura qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores group stage and was eligible to play in the season final if they finished above 8th place in the Torneo Clausura. The winner of the Torneo Clausura also qualified to the group stage and was eligible to play in the season final if they finished above 8th place in the Torneo Apertura. A team that would've won both tournament was automatically season champion. If one of the tournament winners failed to place above 8th place, the other tournament winner would've been season champion. If both teams failed to finish above 8th place, the team that placed higher on the aggregate table–the summation of the points earned in both tournaments–would've been season champion. The two teams that placed last on the aggregate table were relegated and the best placed team–excluding the two tournament winners–qualified to the first stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores. The second and third best placed teams on the aggregate table qualified to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana

2009 Copa Sudamericana

The 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes is the 8th edition of the CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. Internacional were the defending champions, having won the trophy the previous season...

Structural changes

The number of teams was increased from 12 to 14.
Due to the increase in teams, the tournament winners could finish in the top seven instead of the top six to play in the season finals.
1,170 minutes of game time was to be accumulated by players born on or after 1989 in the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura. The amount for the Torneo Clausura was later reduced to 600.
The minimum stadium capacity was increased from 4,000 to 5,000.

Promotion and relegation

Deportivo Municipal and Total Clean finished the 2007 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, in the aggregate table and thus were relegated to the Segunda División. They were replaced by the champions of the Segunda División 2007 and Copa Perú 2007

Copa Perú

The Copa Perú is a football tournament in Peru. Despite its name, it is not entirely an elimination-cup competition, but rather a series of league tournaments done within a year whose ultimate level is an elimination round...

, Universidad César Vallejo and Juan Aurich

Juan Aurich

Juan Aurich is a Peruvian football club located in Chiclayo, Peru. They play their home games at the Estadio Elías Aguirre and currently play in Peru's First Division.-History:...

. The F.P.F. also invited José Gálvez and Atlético Minero

Atlético Minero

Club Atlético Minero is a Peruvian football club based in Matucana, located in the Department of Lima. It was founded in 1997 and recently promoted to the Primera División Peruana 2008.-History:...

into the first division.

Season overview

Univesitario won the Apertura title after 6 years of failing to win a half-year tournament. They won the title with 50 points, a ten-point lead, and had four games left to be played. Sporting Cristal was the other team close to winning the title, however they had three games left to play and would have been unable to reach Universitario. Universitario had a 15-game undefeated streak and a 9-game winning streak. In the Clausura Universitario did surprisingly worse and finished 11th. They lost four games at home and failed to finish in the top 7 to contest the national title. U. San Martin finished third in the Apertura and won the Clausura with three games to spare. They achieved their second national title after only four years of existence. This is the first time since 1958 where the big three were not able to win the title for two consecutive years.

Alianza Lima experienced a terrible season because they were close to being relegated this season. Every team, with the exception of José Gálvez, gained points playing at their home ground and they had also lost several home games. Fortunately, Alianza Lima remained in the First Division. Sport Boys saved itself from relegation two years ago, however this year they could not. They were the worst team of the year and won very few games. Problems arose in the club as the players were not paid for many months. This led to a sorrowful year for the fans of Sport Boys.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Field
Alianza Atlético Alianza Atlético Club Alianza Atlético Sullana is a Peruvian football club, located in the city of Sullana, Piura. The club was founded on January 18, 1920 and in 1988, they were promoted to the top tier of Peruvian football, the Peruvian Primera División...	Sullana Sullana Sullana is the name of the capital of the Sullana Province, in the north-western coastal plains of Peru on the Chira valley.-Location:Sullana is located at 04°53' south latitude and 80°41' west longitude, 38 km north of Piura, the capital of the region.-Climate:The province has a tropical...	Campeones del 36 Estadio Campeones del 36 The Estadio Municipal Campeones del 36 is a multi-use stadium in Sullana, Peru. It is currently used by the football team Alianza Atlético. The stadium holds 8,000 people and was built in 2000. It is a small stadium that is planned to be expanded....	8,000	Grass
Alianza Lima Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...	Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...	Alejandro Villanueva Estadio Alejandro Villanueva Estadio Alejandro Villanueva is a stadium located in the neighborhood of Matute in La Victoria District in Lima, Peru. The stadium is the home field of the football club Alianza Lima. The stadium has a capacity of 40,000 people.-History:...	35,000	Grass
Atlético Minero Atlético Minero Club Atlético Minero is a Peruvian football club based in Matucana, located in the Department of Lima. It was founded in 1997 and recently promoted to the Primera División Peruana 2008.-History:...	Matucana Matucana Matucana is a genus of cacti , containing approximately 20 species of mostly globular plants. The genus is only known from Peru, mostly along the Marañón River....	Municipal de Matucana	5,000	Grass
Cienciano	Cusco Cusco Cusco , often spelled Cuzco , is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cuzco Province. In 2007, the city had a population of 358,935 which was triple the figure of 20 years ago...	Garcilaso Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega Estadio Garcilaso is Cusco's principal stadium and the home venue of the local team Cienciano. The stadium was named after the Peruvian mestizo Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and inaugurated in 1960, with an initial capacity of 30,000...	42,056	Grass
Coronel Bolognesi Coronel Bolognesi Coronel Bolognesi is a Peruvian football club located in the city of Tacna. It was founded on 1998 and is named after Francisco Bolognesi.The club is the biggest of Tacna city.-Stadium:...	Tacna Tacna - Rail :Tacna is served by a cross-border standard gauge railway to Arica, Chile.It is also the location of the National Railway Museum of Peru.-Air:Tacna is served by the Crnl. FAP...	Jorge Basadre Estadio Jorge Basadre The Estadio Jorge Basadre, previously known as the Estadio Modelo, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tacna, Peru named after historian Jorge Basadre. It is currently used as a football stadium in the Primera Division Peruana by Coronel Bolognesi. The stadium holds 19,850 people and has 277 individual...	19,850	Grass
FBC Melgar	Arequipa Arequipa Arequipa is the capital city of the Arequipa Region in southern Peru. With a population of 836,859 it is the second most populous city of the country...	Mariano Melgar Estadio Mariano Melgar The Estadio Mariano Melgar is a multi-use stadium in Arequipa, Peru. Its primary use is to host football games for Peruvian First Division team Melgar FBC and Copa Peru teams Sportivo Huracán, Senati FC, FBC Aurora and FBC White Star. The stadium has a seating capacity of 20,000 and includes a...	20,000	Grass
José Gálvez	Chimbote Chimbote Chimbote is the largest city in the Ancash Region of Peru, and the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote District.The city is located on the coast in Chimbote Bay, south of Trujillo and north of Lima on the North Pan-American highway. It is the start of a chain of important cities like...	Manuel Rivera Sanchez Estadio Manuel Rivera Sanchez Estadio Municipal Centenario Manuel Rivera Sanchez is a multi-purpose stadium in Chimbote, Peru. It was inaugurated on June 30, 2007 with a friendly game between the Peru U-17 national football team and the Colombia U-17 national football team. Peru lost 4-2. It hosts the home games of José Gálvez...	25,000	Artificial
Juan Aurich Juan Aurich Juan Aurich is a Peruvian football club located in Chiclayo, Peru. They play their home games at the Estadio Elías Aguirre and currently play in Peru's First Division.-History:...	Chiclayo Chiclayo Chiclayo is the capital city of the Lambayeque region in northern Peru. It is located 13 kilometers inland from the Pacific coast and 770 kilometers from the nation's capital, Lima...	Elias Aguirre Estadio Elias Aguirre Estadio Elías Aguirre is a multi-purpose stadium administrated by the governmental Instituto Peruano del Deporte in Chiclayo, Peru. It was built in 1970 named after the 19th century Peruvian sailor Elías Aguirre Romero...	24,500	Artificial
Sport Áncash	Huaraz Huaraz Huaraz is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the Departmento de Ancash and the seat of government of the Provincia de Huaraz . The urban agglomerations population is distributed over the districts of Huaraz and Independencia. It was estimated in 2007 to exceed 120,000...	Rosas Pampa Estadio Rosas Pampa Estadio Rosas Pampa is a multi-use stadium in Huaraz, Peru. It is currently used by the football team Club Sport Áncash. The stadium's capacity is 8,000....	8,000	Grass
Sport Boys Sport Boys Sport Boys Association is a Peruvian football club, playing in the port city of Callao. It was founded on Peru's independence day, July 28, 1927....	Callao Callao Callao is the largest and most important port in Peru. The city is coterminous with the Constitutional Province of Callao, the only province of the Callao Region. Callao is located west of Lima, the country's capital, and is part of the Lima Metropolitan Area, a large metropolis that holds almost...	Miguel Grau Estadio Miguel Grau (Callao) Estadio Miguel Grau is a multi-use stadium in Callao, Peru. Its use is available to several football teams in the region including Primera División club Sport Boys. The stadium's maximum capacity is 17,000 and was inaugurated on 16 June 1996 with a match between Sport Boys and Deportivo Pesquero...	15,000	Grass
Sporting Cristal Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...	Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...	San Martín de Porres Estadio San Martin de Porres Estadio San Martín de Porres is a multi-purpose stadium in Lima, Peru. It is currently used by the football club Sporting Cristal and Club Deportivo San Martín...	18,000	Grass
Universidad César Vallejo	Trujillo Trujillo, Peru Trujillo, in northwestern Peru, is the capital of the La Libertad Region, and the third largest city in Peru. The urban area has 811,979 inhabitants and is an economic hub in northern Peru...	Mansiche	25,000	Artificial
Universidad de San Martín Universidad San Martín de Porres Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club, who plays in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. They then bought Club Sport Coopsol's place in the First Division who was promoted to the Peruvian First Division...	Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...	San Martín de Porres Estadio San Martin de Porres Estadio San Martín de Porres is a multi-purpose stadium in Lima, Peru. It is currently used by the football club Sporting Cristal and Club Deportivo San Martín...	18,000	Grass
Universitario de Deportes Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...	Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...	Monumental	80,093	Grass

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

20 goals Miguel Ximénez

Miguel Ximénez

Miguel Ximénez or also known as "El Chino" is a Uruguayan football striker. He currently plays for Sporting Cristal of Peru.-Sporting Cristal:...

(Sporting Cristal
Sporting Cristal
Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...

)
13 goals Juan Gonzáles-Vigil

Juan Diego González-Vigil

Juan Diego González-Vigil Bentin , simply known as Juan González-Vigil, is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Sporting Cristal in the Peruvian First Division. He is also member of the Peruvian national team....

(Bolognesi

Coronel Bolognesi

Coronel Bolognesi is a Peruvian football club located in the city of Tacna. It was founded on 1998 and is named after Francisco Bolognesi.The club is the biggest of Tacna city.-Stadium:...

)
12 goals Jamie Ruiz

Jaime Alfonso Ruiz

Jaime Alfonso Ruiz is a Colombian football forward, who currently plays for K.V. Mechelen in the Belgian First Division.-Club career:...

(Alianza Atlético
Alianza Atlético
Club Alianza Atlético Sullana is a Peruvian football club, located in the city of Sullana, Piura. The club was founded on January 18, 1920 and in 1988, they were promoted to the top tier of Peruvian football, the Peruvian Primera División...

) Héctor Hurtado

Héctor Hurtado

Héctor Hurtado is a Colombian football striker playing for Universidad Cesar Vallejo.- Career :On April 13, 2008, he scored his first career hat-trick against Sport Boys...

(Universitario
Universitario de Deportes
Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...

)
11 goals Wilmer Aguirre

Wilmer Aguirre

Wilmer Alexander Aguirre Vásquez is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays for San Luis de Potosì.-Career:Aguirre began his career on youthside for Alianza Lima and joined in January 2002 on loan to Atlas Guadalajara. After eleven months on loan in Mexico returned in December 2002 to his club...

(Alianza Lima
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...

) Gustavo Vassallo

Gustavo Vassallo

Gustavo Vassallo is a Peruvian football player.He played in Sporting Cristal, Sport Boys, Universitario de Deportes, Cienciano del Cuzco and now he plays for Juan Aurich....

(Cienciano) Germán Carty

Germán Carty

Germán Luis Carty is a Peruvian professional football player, played currently for Deportivo Coopsol. Who most prominently played for Cienciano. He was the top goalscorer as Cienciano won the 2003 Copa Sudamericana. He played for the Peru national football team...

(Sport Áncash)
9 goals Donny Neyra

Donny Neyra

Donny Neyra is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for Cobresol FBC in the Peruvian First Division.-Club career:*Universitario de Deportes Statistics: 2008 Apertura...

Carlos Lobatón

Carlos Lobaton is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays as a center midfielder for Sporting Cristal and the Peruvian national team.-Club career:...

Pedro García

Pedro García or Garcia may refer to:*Pedro Francisco García , Spanish water-polo player*Pedro García Cabrera , Spanish writer of the Generation of '27*Pedro García , Puerto Rican major league baseball player...

(U. San Martín
Universidad San Martín de Porres
Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club, who plays in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. They then bought Club Sport Coopsol's place in the First Division who was promoted to the Peruvian First Division...

) Carlos Alberto Pérez (Sport Boys
Sport Boys
Sport Boys Association is a Peruvian football club, playing in the port city of Callao. It was founded on Peru's independence day, July 28, 1927....

)

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

15 goals Ronaille Calheira

Ronaille Calheira

Ronaille Calheira is a Brazilian soccer player who currently plays for América de Cali in the Colombian Copa Mustang.-AAttributes:...

(Sport Áncash)
14 goals Claudio Velásquez

Claudio Velásquez

Claudio Matías Velásquez is an Argentine football striker who currently plays in Peru for Cobresol FBC.Velásquez started his professional playing career in 2006 with Rosario Central in a 3-0 win over Tiro Federal....

(José Gálvez FBC)
12 goalsMiguel Ximénez

Miguel Ximénez

Miguel Ximénez or also known as "El Chino" is a Uruguayan football striker. He currently plays for Sporting Cristal of Peru.-Sporting Cristal:...

José Luis Díaz

José Luis Díaz is an Argentinian professional footballer. His nickname is "Pepe." He currently plays for the Peruvian club San Martin....

(Universidad San Martín
Universidad San Martín de Porres
Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club, who plays in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. They then bought Club Sport Coopsol's place in the First Division who was promoted to the Peruvian First Division...

) Sergio Ibarra

Sergio Ibarra

Sergio Ramón Ibarra is a football striker.- Career :Although born in Argentina, Ibarra has played during almost all of his career in Peru, where he first moved at age 21 to join the ranks of Ciclista Lima in the first division, in 1992.His biggest claim to fame was in 2004 when he won the Copa...

(FBC Melgar)
10 goals Antonio Meza Cuadra

Antonio Meza Cuadra

Antonio Meza Cuadra Bisso is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a striker for FBC Melgar in the Peruvian First Division. He is also currently the club's team captain.-Club career:...

(José Gálvez FBC)
9 goals Roberto Jiménez

Roberto Jiménez

Roberto Jiménez is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a striker for Unión Comercio in the Peruvian First Division.-Career:Jiménez began his career in 2003 at Alianza Atlético in the Peruvian Primera División...

Juan José Barros

Juan José Barros Araujo is a Peruvian footballer. He currently plays for FBC Melgar in the Peruvian First Division.-Club career:At the club level, Barros played for Coronel Bolognesi from 2006-2009...

(Coronel Bolognesi
Coronel Bolognesi
Coronel Bolognesi is a Peruvian football club located in the city of Tacna. It was founded on 1998 and is named after Francisco Bolognesi.The club is the biggest of Tacna city.-Stadium:...

) Mauricio Montes

Mauricio Montes

Mauricio Alejandro Montes Sanguinetti is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Club Juan Aurich in the Peruvian First Division.-Club Juan Aurich:...

(Cienciano)
7 goals Donny Neyra

Donny Neyra

Piero Alva

Piero Alva is a Peruvian international football striker. He currently plays for Sporting Cristal in the Primera Division Peruana.-Playing Style:...

(Cienciano) Wilmer Aguirre

Wilmer Aguirre

Roberto Ovelar

Roberto Ovelar is a football forward. He currently plays for Alianza Lima, and is known as The Buffalo.- Career :...

Aggregate table

12th/13th place playoff

Atlético Minero relegated to Segunda División.

External links

Peru 2008 season at RSSSF
Peruvian Football League News

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