- Source: 1998 Torneo Descentralizado
- Club Cultural y Deportivo Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca
- FBC Melgar
- Sport Boys
- Club Universitario de Deportes
- 1998 Torneo Descentralizado
- Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca
- History of the Torneo Descentralizado
- Peruvian Primera División
- Juan Aurich
- 1997 Peruvian Segunda División
- 1997 Torneo Descentralizado
- Sport in Peru
- 1999 Torneo Descentralizado
- 1998 Peruvian Segunda División
The 1998 season of the Torneo Descentralizado was the 83rd season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It 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).
Teams
= Team changes
== Stadia locations
=Torneo Apertura
= Results
=Torneo Clausura
= Results
== Clausura title play-off
=Copa CONMEBOL play-off
Season finals
Aggregate table
= Promotion play-off
=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
Peru 1998 season Details on RSSSF