2008 Torneo Descentralizado
| Season | 2008 |
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| Champions |
Universidad San Martín 2nd Primera División title |
| Relegated |
Sport Boys Minero |
| Copa Libertadores |
Universitario de Deportes (Second stage) Universidad San Martín (Second stage) Sporting Cristal (First stage) |
| Copa Sudamericana |
Cienciano (First stage) Alianza Atlético (First stage) |
| Goals scored | 893 |
| Average goals/game | 2.45 |
| Top goalscorer | Miguel Ximénez (32) |
| Biggest home win |
Universidad San Martín de Porres 5-0 Alianza Lima (2008-05-21) Minero 5-0 Sport Boys (2008-08-06) José Gálvez 5-0 Sport Boys (2008-09-14) |
| Biggest away win |
Coronel Bolognesi 0-4 Alianza Atlético (2008-08-06) |
| Highest scoring |
Coronel Bolognesi 4–4 Sport Áncash (2008-12-14) |
| Longest winning run | 9 - Universitario de Deportes (April 30-July 2) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 15 - Universitario de Deportes (April 9-July 13) |
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2009 →
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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 defending their national title. The season began on February 17, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008.
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.
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, Universidad César Vallejo and Juan Aurich. The F.P.F. also invited José Gálvez and Minero into the first division.
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