2010 Campeonato Descentralizado
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The 2010 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2010 Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-fourth season season of Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams are competing in the tournament, with 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...

 as the defending champion. The season began on February and concluded on December 12 with the victory of 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...

 over León de Huánuco
León de Huánuco
León de Huánuco is a professional Peruvian football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is the biggest football club of Huánuco city. The club was founded in 1946 and play in the Primera División Peruana .-History:...

 in the second leg of the final Play-off, giving Universidad San Martín its third Peruvian title.

Competition modus

The season was divided into 3 stages. In the first stage the 16 teams played a round-robin home-and-away round for a total of 30 matches each. In the second stage the 16 teams were divided into 2 groups. The 8 teams that ranked an odd number played in the group Liguilla A and the 8 teams that ranked an even number played in Liguilla B. In addition, the team ranked first at the end of the first stage is eligible to play the 2011 Copa Libertadores
2011 Copa Libertadores
The 2011 Copa Libertadores de América was the 52nd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. It was held from January 25 to June 22 of the same year...

 as Peru 3. Each team carried on their records from the first stage. Both groups played another round-robin home-and-away round for 14 matches played by each team. Bonus points were awarded to two teams based on the performance of their reserve teams in the 2010 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
2010 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
The Torneo de Promoción y Reserva is a football tournament in Peru. There are currently 16 clubs in the league. It will play from the year 2010 in a simultaneous way and preliminary to the Torneo Descentralizado among the 16 teams of first division. Each team will have in staff to twelve...

 before the first match of the second stage. The teams ranked first in each group at the end of the 14 matches advanced to the third stage. The two teams with the worst least points at the end of the second stage were relegated. In the third stage the championship was contested in a two-legged Play-off. The Play-off finalists qualified for the Copa Libertadores. The remaining international competition berths were determined by the season aggregate table.

Changes from 2009

  • First stage winner is guaranteed a berth in the first stage of the Copa Libertadores if they finish the season above 9th place on the aggregate table. If they advance to the third stage of the Torneo Descentralizado, they can choose whether to enter the Copa Libertadores in the First stage or Group stage.
  • A team can field 4 foreign players and can sign up to 6 foreign players on their squad.
  • A separate tournament called Torneo de Promocion y Reserva
    Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
    The Torneo de Promoción y Reserva is a reserve team league in Peru for the top Peruvian football teams in the Torneo Descentralizado. The reserve league made its debut in 2010. The league has certain rules involving under age players and benefits for the senior teams. Each team must have at least...

     will be played with reserve players of the 16 teams and the winner of this tournament will award their first division team 2 points and the runner-up will award 1 point to their respective first division team. The points will be added to the senior teams after the Second stage groups have been formed.
  • At the end of the second stage, if two teams tie for first place in their group, a match will be played at a neutral venue to determine the winner of the group.

Teams

Sport Áncash
Club Sport Áncash
Club Sport Áncash is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Huaraz. Sport Ancash was founded on April 22, 1967. The team played its home games at Rosas Pampa stadium. Due to the Construction of the Stadium, It plays its home games at "El estadio Municipal de Recuay" at 2442 meters above...

 and 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:...

 finished the 2009 season in 15th and 16th place, respectively, in the aggregate table and thus were relegated to the Segunda División. They were replaced by the champion of the 2009 Segunda División, 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....

 and the champion of the 2009 Copa Perú, León de Huánuco
León de Huánuco
León de Huánuco is a professional Peruvian football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is the biggest football club of Huánuco city. The club was founded in 1946 and play in the Primera División Peruana .-History:...

.

Team City Stadium Capacity
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...

 
} || align="center"|5,000
|-
| 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:...

 || align="center"|35,000
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| 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...

 || align="center"|40,000
|-
| Colegio Nacional Iquitos || Iquitos
Iquitos
Iquitos is the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest, with a population of 370,962. It is the capital of Loreto Region and Maynas Province.Located on the Amazon River, it is only above sea level, although it is more than from the mouth of the Amazon at Belém on the Atlantic Ocean...

 || Max Augustín || align="center"| 24,000
|-
| 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...

 || Virgen de Chapi || align="center"|40,217
|-
| Inti Gas Deportes
Inti Gas Deportes
Inti Gas Deportes is a Peruvian football club located in Huamanga, Ayacucho however its current home ground is in Ica. Some of its former names are Aurora Miraflores, Olímpico San Luis, Olímpico Somos Peru, Olímpico Aurora Miraflores and Loreto FC. Inti Gas plays its home games in Ica at Estadio...

 || Ayacucho
Ayacucho
Ayacucho is the capital city of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru.Ayacucho is famous for its 33 churches, which represent one for each year of Jesus's life. Ayacucho has large religious celebrations, especially during the Holy Week of Easter...

 || Ciudad de Cumaná
Estadio Ciudad de Cumaná
Estadio Ciudad de Cumaná is a multi-use stadium in Huamanga, Peru. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Inti Gas Deportes of the Peruvian Primera División. The stadium holds 15,000 spectators-External links:*...

 || align="center"|15,000
|-
| 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 Sánchez
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...

 || align="center"|25,000
|-
| 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...

 || align="center"|24,500
|-
| León de Huánuco
León de Huánuco
León de Huánuco is a professional Peruvian football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is the biggest football club of Huánuco city. The club was founded in 1946 and play in the Primera División Peruana .-History:...

 || Huánuco
Huánuco
-Famous Natives:* Daniel Alomía Robles - Musical composer and ethnologist born in 1871, famous for El Cóndor Pasa* Johan Fano- Professional football player-External links:*** - Catholic Encyclopedia article...

 || Heraclio Tapia
Estadio Heraclio Tapia
Estadio Heraclio Tapia is a multi-purpose stadium in Huánuco, Peru. It is currently used by football team León de Huánuco. The stadium holds 20,000 people....

 || align="center"|15,000
|-
| 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
There are two stadiums in Peru named Estadio Miguel Grau.* Estadio Miguel Grau in Piura* Estadio Miguel Grau in Callao...

 || align="center"|17,000
|-
| Sport Huancayo
Sport Huancayo
Sport Huancayo is a Peruvian football club, located in the city of Huancayo, Junín. The club was founded on February 7, 2007 and in 2008, they were promoted to the top tier of Peruvian football, the Peruvian Primera División.- History :...

 || Huancayo
Huancayo
Huancayo with a rock') is the capital of the Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. It is located in Junín Province, of which it is also capital. Situated near the Mantaro Valley at an altitude of 3,271 meters, it has a population of 377,000 and is the fifth most populous city of the...

 || Huancayo
Estadio Huancayo
Estadio Huancayo is a multi-use stadium in Huancayo, Peru. It is currently used by football teams Deportivo Wanka and Meteor Junin. The stadium holds 20,000 people.-External links:**...

 || align="center"|20,000
|-
| 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...

 || align="center"|18,000
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| Total Chalaco || Huacho
Huacho
Huacho is a city in Peru, capital of the Huaura Province and capital of the Lima Region. It is located 223 feet above sea level and 148 km north of the city of Lima...

 || Segundo Aranda Torres
Estadio Segundo Aranda Torres
Estadio Segundo Aranda Torres is a multi-use stadium in Huacho, Peru. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Total Chalaco of the Peruvian Segunda División and Juventud Barranco of the Copa Perú. The stadium holds 8,000 spectators.-External links:**...

 || align="center"|12,000
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| 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
Mansiche Stadium
Mansiche Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Trujillo, Peru. It is used by many football clubs in Trujillo such as Primera División club Universidad César Vallejo and Carlos A. Mannucci. The stadium holds 24,000 people....

 || align="center"|25,000
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| 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...

 || 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...

 || align="center"|18,000
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| Universitario de Deportes
2010 Universitario de Deportes season
The 2010 season was Universitario de Deportes' 82nd season in the Peruvian Primera División and 45th in the Torneo Descentralizado. This article shows player statistics and all matches that the club played during the 2010 season....

 || 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 || align="center"|80,093
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|}

Results






Second stage

The Second Stage began September. The winner of each Liguilla will qualify for the 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Standings

Results

Standings

Results

Third stage

The Third Stage will be the finals (also known as the Play-off) of the 2010 season between the winners of each group of the Second Stage. They will be played in December. The group winner with the most points on the aggregate table chooses which leg they will play as the home team. They will also choose the venue of the third match in case both teams are tied on points after the second leg.
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Aggregate table

The aggregate table will determine the three teams who qualify to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana
2011 Copa Sudamericana
The 2011 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes is the 10th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner will qualify for the 2012 Copa Libertadores, the 2012 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2012 Suruga Bank Championship...

, and the two teams to be relegated to the Segunda División. The aggregate table consists of the points earned in the First and Second stages.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Player nationality Club Goals
1 Héber Arriola
Héber Arriola
Héber Alberto Arriola is an Argentine football forward who plays for Universidad San Martín in Peru.-Career:Arriola began his playing career in 2000 with Deportivo Español in the Argentine 3rd division....

 
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...

 
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2 Luis Alberto Perea
Luis Alberto Perea
Luis Alberto Perea, born in Medellín, Colombia, on September 3, 1986, is a young Colombian footballer who currently plays for Everton. He started his professional career in early 2006 with Real Cartagena a team which currently is on its second division....

 
León de Huánuco
León de Huánuco
León de Huánuco is a professional Peruvian football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is the biggest football club of Huánuco city. The club was founded in 1946 and play in the Primera División Peruana .-History:...

 
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3 Sergio Almirón
Sergio Oscar Almirón
Sergio Oscar Almirón Sergio Oscar Almirón Sergio Oscar Almirón (born September 20, 1985 in Rosario is an Argentine football defender currently playing for Paraguayan Club Olimpia.-References:...

 
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Leonardo Mina Polo
Leonardo Mina Polo
Leonardo Mina Polo is a Colombian footballer currently playing for Cobresol FBC of the Primera Division in Peru....

 
Inti Gas Deportes
Inti Gas Deportes
Inti Gas Deportes is a Peruvian football club located in Huamanga, Ayacucho however its current home ground is in Ica. Some of its former names are Aurora Miraflores, Olímpico San Luis, Olímpico Somos Peru, Olímpico Aurora Miraflores and Loreto FC. Inti Gas plays its home games in Ica at Estadio...

 
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5 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...

 
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6 Irvin Ávila
Irvin Ávila
Irven Ávila is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays for Sport Huancayo in the Peruvian First Division, as a striker. He is represented by FIFA agents Marcelo Houseman and Narciso Algamis...

 
Sport Huancayo
Sport Huancayo
Sport Huancayo is a Peruvian football club, located in the city of Huancayo, Junín. The club was founded on February 7, 2007 and in 2008, they were promoted to the top tier of Peruvian football, the Peruvian Primera División.- History :...

 
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7 Luis Tejada
Luis Tejada
Luis "Matador" Tejada is a Panamanian professional association football striker. He currently plays for Juan Aurich of the Peruvian Primera División and the Panamanian national team.-Club career:...

 
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:...

 
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Germán Alemanno
Germán Alemanno
Germán Alemanno is an Argentine football striker who is currently playing for Universidad San Martin.Alemanno began his career with Rosario Central, making his debut against Banfield on 13 November 2004....

 
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...

 
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9 Ricardo Ciciliano
Ricardo Ciciliano
Ricardo Ciciliano is a Colombian football midfielder, who currently plays for Juan Aurich in the Copa Cable Magico.- Career :...

 
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:...

 
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Franco Mendoza
Franco Mendoza
Franco Daniel Mendoza is an Argentine football striker currently playing for Gimnasia .Mendoza started his playing career in 2000 with Atlético de Rafaela in the Argentine 2nd division. In 2002-2003 the club won the league and obtained promotion to the Argentine Primera...

 
Total Chalaco 15

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