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2001 Torneo Descentralizado
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Torneo Descentralizado |
| season | 2001 |
| dates | 17 February 2001 – |
| 29 December 2001 | |
| winners | Alianza Lima |
| 19th Primera División title | |
| runners-up | Cienciano |
| relegated | Unión Minas |
| continentalcup1 | Copa Libertadores |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Alianza Lima |
| Cienciano | |
| Sporting Cristal | |
| league topscorer | Jorge Ramírez (21 goals) |
| prevseason | 2000 |
| nextseason | 2002 |
29 December 2001 19th Primera División title | runners-up = Cienciano Cienciano Sporting Cristal 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
Team changes
| Promoted from | |
|---|---|
| 2000 Copa Perú | Relegated from |
| 2000 Primera División | |
| Estudiantes de Medicina (1st) | Deportivo Municipal (12th) |
Stadia locations
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza Atlético | Sullana | Campeones del 36 | 8,000 | Grass |
| Alianza Lima | Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 | Grass |
| Cienciano | Cuzco | Garcilaso | 42,056 | Grass |
| Coopsol Trujillo | Trujillo | Mansiche | 24,000 | Artificial |
| Deportivo Wanka | Huancayo | Huancayo | 20,000 | Grass |
| Estudiantes de Medicina | Ica | José Picasso Peratta | 8,000 | Grass |
| Juan Aurich | Chiclayo | Elías Aguirre | 24,500 | Grass |
| Melgar | Arequipa | Mariano Melgar | 20,000 | Grass |
| Sport Boys | Callao | Miguel Grau | 15,000 | Grass |
| Sporting Cristal | Lima | San Martín de Porres | 18,000 | Grass |
| Unión Minas | Cerro de Pasco | Daniel Alcides Carrión | 8,000 | Grass |
| Universitario | Lima | Monumental | 80,093 | Grass |
Torneo Apertura
Results
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
Results
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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Soto Julinho |goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima}}
Season finals
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Martín García Cristian García Ernesto Zapata Henry Quinteros Roger Serrano Roberto Holsen Waldir Sáenz
Aggregate table
10th/11th place play-off
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Promotion play-off
Top scorers
;21 goals
- Jorge Ramírez (Wanka) ;19 goals
- Paul Cominges (Estudiantes de Medicina) ;18 goals
- Johan Fano (Unión Minas, Sport Boys) ;17 goals
- Jorge Soto (Sporting Cristal) ;16 goals
- Luis A. Bonnet (Sporting Cristal)
- Pedro Ascoy (Juan Aurich)
Footnotes
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