Primera División Peruana 1998

The 1998 season of the Primera División Peruana, the top category of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Universitario.

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. If the same club had won both tournaments, it would have won the national championship automatically.

Following-season Copa Libertadores berths went to the winner of each tournament, while the runners-up played for a Copa CONMEBOL spot. The bottom team on the aggregate table was relegated, while the eleventh place held a relegation/promotion playoff against the winner of the Segunda División (Second Division).

Results

Torneo Apertura

Relegation/Promotion playoff

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team1 = Deportivo Municipal |score = 4–1 (AET)|report= |team2 = Hijos de Yurimaguas|goals1=Baroni 34' Baroni 100' Baroni 113' Maldonado 119'|goals2 = Rodríguez 64' |stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima----
Deportivo Municipal remained in Primera División Peruana

Promotion

*I.M.I. promoted to Primera División 1999
**I.M.I. (Talara) won the Copa Perú 1998 after defeating Coronel Bolognesi (Tacna) in the two-legged final. Each team won 3-1 at home, but the second leg in Talara was abandoned after 81 minutes, following a brawl started by Bolognesi players. I.M.I. were declared 2-0 winners in the penalty shootout that was not played.

Top scorers

;25 goals
*Nelson Esidio (Sporting Cristal);19 goals
*Martín Reyes (Juan Aurich);17 goals
*Roberto Farfán (Universitario)
*Sergio Ibarra (Sport Boys);16 goals
*Andrés Gonzales (Deportivo Pesquero)
*Jorge Soto (Sporting Cristal)

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/peru98.html Peru 1998 season] Details on RSSSF