Football league season
The 2004 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-eighth season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twenty-first Primera División title after beating Sporting Cristal in the final playoff.
Changes from 2003
Structural changes
The number of teams for the 2004 season grew from 12 to 14. The relegation system was re-introduced but the system was determined by a points per match average. The qualification for the Copa Sudamericana was determined by the aggregate table instead of the Torneo Apertura playoffs. Due to a structure change in the Copa Libertadores, only two teams will qualify directly to the group stage (the half-year champions) and the best-placed non-champion will have to play in the first stage.
Promotion and relegation
No teams were relegated from the 2003 season and thus the number of teams grew from 12 to 14. Segunda División champion Sport Coopsol and Copa Perú 2003 champion Universidad César Vallejo were promoted.
Universidad San Martín bought the promotional place of the 2003 Segunda División winners, Sport Coopsol.
Team changes
Teams
Locations of the 2004 Primera División teams
Torneo Apertura
League table
Updated to match(es) played on May, 2004. Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2004
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Updated to match(es) played on 2004. Source: RSSSF Peru 2004
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Torneo Clausura
League table
Updated to match(es) played on December, 2004. Source: Peruvian Football Clausura 2004
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Deportivo Wanka were docked 3 points for failing to pay players.
- ^ Grau-Estudiantes withdrew from tournament, lost last 4 games by walkover.
Results
Updated to match(es) played on 2004. Source: RSSSF Peru 2004
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Final
Aggregate table
Updated to match(es) played on December 2004. Source: FIFA Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Deportivo Wanka were docked 3 points for failing to pay players.
- ^ Grau-Estudiantes withdrew from tournament, lost last 4 games by walkover.
Relegation table
Updated as of games played on December, 2005.
Top scorers
Footnotes
External links
- Peru 2004 season Details on RSSSF
