Primera División Peruana 2002

The 2002 season of the Primera División Peruana, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Sporting Cristal.

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 would play for the national title in a playoff, but a team had to finish in the top 4 in both tournaments to earn the right to play the final. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to each half-year tournament winner, and the best of the other teams in the aggregate table. The two bottom teams on the aggregate table were to be relegated, but a playoff had to be played between the 10th and 11th teams since both obtained the same number of points (goal difference did not count as a tie-breaker).

Apertura

Relegation playoff

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team1 = Juan Aurich |score = 2–1|report= |team2 = Deportivo Wanka|goals1= A. Torres 55' R. Miñán 70'|goals2 = E. Torrealva 63' |stadium = Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo----footballbox | date = December 15, 2002
team1 = Deportivo Wanka |score = 4–0|report= |team2 = Juan Aurich|goals1=M. Ruiz 3' E. Salazar 40' J. Montenegro 52' H. Veloyes 92'|stadium = Estadio Huancayo, Huancayo |goals2 = ----
Juan Aurich relegated to Copa Perú

Promotion

*Unión Huaral and Atlético Universidad promoted to Primera División 2003
**Unión Huaral won the Segunda División (Second Division) 2002, a second-level league for teams in the Lima area.
**Atlético Universidad (Arequipa) won the Copa Perú 2002 after defeating Atlético Grau (Piura) in the two-legged final (1-1 tie at home, 4-2 win away).

Top scorers

;24 goals
*Luis Artime (FBC Melgar);22 goals
*Sergio Ibarra (Alianza Atlético);18 goals
*Germán Carty (Cienciano)
*Antonio Serrano (Sport Boys);15 goals
*Ernesto Zapata (Cienciano)

International competitions

*Copa Libertadores:Alianza Lima - fourth place in Group 1 with 1 point; eliminated.:Cienciano - second place in Group 2 with 9 points; lost to América in round of 16.:Sporting Cristal - fourth place in Group 5 with 0 points; eliminated
*Copa Sudamericana:Universitario de Deportes - lost to Alianza Lima in Peru Preliminary Round.:Alianza Lima - beat Universitario in Peru Preliminary Round; beat Barcelona SC in Peru - Ecuador Preliminary Round; lost to Nacional in quarterfinals.

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/peru02.html Peru 2002 season] Details on RSSSF