The 1974 season of the Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 22 teams. The top six qualified to the final group stage. The relegation system was as follows: The last-placed team was relegated, the worst Lima-based, Arequipa-based and Lima Province-based teams were relegated. The national champions were Universitario.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
1974 Reclasificatorio Regional 		Relegated from
1973 Primera División
Increase Alfonso Ugarte
Increase Atlético Barrio Frigorífico
Increase Carlos A. Mannucci
Increase Deportivo Junín
Increase Piérola
Increase Unión Pesquero
Increase Unión Huaral
Increase Walter Ormeño 		Decrease Sportivo Huracán (RR)
Decrease Atlético Torino (RR)
Decrease José Gálvez (17th)
Decrease Deportivo SIMA (18th)

Stadia locations

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Locations of the 1974 Primera División teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Field
Alfonso Ugarte Puno Enrique Torres Belón 20,000 Grass
Alianza Lima La Victoria, Lima Alejandro Villanueva 35,000 Grass
Atlético Barrio Frigorífico Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Grass
Atlético Chalaco Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Grass
Atlético Grau Piura Miguel Grau (Piura) 25,000 Grass
Carlos A. Mannucci Trujillo Mansiche 24,000 Grass
Cienciano Cusco Garcilaso 40,000 Grass
CNI Iquitos Max Augustín 24,000 Grass
Defensor Lima Breña, Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass
Deportivo Junín Huancayo Huancayo 20,000 Grass
Deportivo Municipal Cercado de Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass
Juan Aurich Chiclayo Elías Aguirre 24,500 Grass
León de Huánuco Huánuco Heraclio Tapia 15,000 Grass
Melgar Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000 Grass
Piérola Arequipa Mariano Melgar 20,000 Grass
Sport Boys Callao Miguel Grau 15,000 Grass
Sporting Cristal Rímac, Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass
Unión Huaral Huaral Julio Lores Colan 10,000 Grass
Unión Pesquero Ilo Mariscal Nieto 8,000 Grass
Unión Tumán Tumán Eugenio Zapata Mingoya 8,000 Grass
Universitario Breña, Lima Nacional 45,750 Grass
Walter Ormeño Cañete Oscar Ramos Cabieses 8,000 Grass

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Universitario 42 25 15 2 96 41 +55 65 Liguilla Final
2 Unión Huaral 42 25 12 5 76 37 +39 62
3 Defensor Lima 42 21 14 7 77 37 +40 56
4 Alianza Lima 42 21 10 11 75 43 +32 52
5 Unión Tumán 42 20 12 10 63 43 +20 52
6 CNI 42 17 17 8 67 49 +18 51
7 Sporting Cristal 42 19 12 11 74 60 +14 50
8 Atlético Chalaco 42 17 14 11 57 43 +14 48
9 Juan Aurich 42 16 14 12 68 55 +13 46 Triangular de Revalidación
10 Cienciano 42 16 13 13 63 49 +14 45
11 Alfonso Ugarte 42 13 16 13 72 60 +12 42
12 Melgar 42 14 13 15 48 47 +1 41
13 Deportivo Municipal 42 15 10 17 56 65 −9 40
14 León de Huánuco 42 14 11 17 48 68 −20 39
15 Atlético Grau 42 12 14 16 69 78 −9 38
16 Sport Boys 42 9 17 16 50 59 −9 35
17 Walter Ormeño 42 10 11 21 41 65 −24 31 Triangular de Revalidación
18 Deportivo Junín 42 10 11 21 53 79 −26 31
19 Piérola 42 9 12 21 45 77 −32 30 Triangular de Revalidación
20 Atlético Barrio Frigorífico 42 6 12 24 33 78 −45 24 1975 Copa Perú
21 Carlos A. Mannucci 42 8 8 26 50 96 −46 24
22 Unión Pesquero 42 4 14 24 27 79 −52 22 1975 Copa Perú
Source: [citation needed]

Triangular de Revalidación

Piérola 2–0 Walter Ormeño
Juan Aurich 1–0 Piérola
Walter Ormeño 2–3 Juan Aurich

Liguilla Final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UNI HUA DEF ALI TUM CNI
1 Universitario 47 28 15 4 101 46 +55 71 1975 Copa Libertadores 1–0 1–3 1–0
2 Unión Huaral 47 26 13 8 83 46 +37 65 1975 Copa Libertadores — — —
3 Defensor Lima 47 23 14 10 88 47 +41 60 1–2 — —
4 Alianza Lima 47 24 11 12 87 52 +35 59 3–2 2–0
5 Unión Tumán 47 22 13 12 72 51 +21 57 3–1 —
6 CNI 47 19 18 10 76 61 +15 56 1–0 3–3
Source: [citation needed]

Top scorers

Player Nationality Goals Club
Pablo Muchotrígo  Peru 32 Cienciano
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campeonato_Descentralizado_1974
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