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A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Sporting Cristal as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twentieth Primera Divisi\u00f3n title after beating Sporting Cristal in the final playoff.  Table of ContentsChanges from 2002[edit]Structural changes[edit]Promotion and Relegation[edit]Torneo Apertura[edit]Copa Sudamericana 2003 qualifying[edit]First leg[edit]Second leg[edit]Torneo Clausura[edit]Final playoff[edit]Aggregate table[edit]2004 international qualifying[edit]Qualifying preliminary[edit]Qualifying group[edit]Top goalscorers[edit]External links[edit]Changes from 2002[edit]Structural changes[edit]Starting in the 2003 season, half-year champions had to finish in the top six of each tournament to dispute the national title instead of the top four. A Copa Sudamericana qualifying round was disputed between the top four of the Torneo Clausura. No relegation took place at the end of the season due to a player’s strike during the Clausura. The player’s strike also caused an international qualifying round be played between the top five of the aggregate table who had not already qualified to an international tournament for 2004.Promotion and Relegation[edit]Juan Aurich and Coopsol Trujillo finished the 2002 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, on the three-season average table and thus were relegated to their regional leagues. They were replaced by the champion of the 2002 Copa Per\u00fa Atl\u00e9tico Universidad and the 2002 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n champion Uni\u00f3n Huaral.  Locations of the 2003 Primera Divisi\u00f3n teamsTeamCityStadiumCapacityFieldAlianza Atl\u00e9ticoSullanaCampeones del 368,000GrassAlianza LimaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000GrassAtl\u00e9tico UniversidadArequipaMonumental UNSA45,000GrassCiencianoCuzcoGarcilaso42,056GrassCoronel BolognesiTacnaJorge Basadre19,850GrassDeportivo WankaHuancayoHuancayo20,000GrassEstudiantes de MedicinaIcaJos\u00e9 Picasso Peratta8,000GrassMelgarArequipaMariano Melgar20,000GrassSport BoysCallaoMiguel Grau18,000GrassSporting CristalLimaSan Mart\u00edn de Porres15,000GrassUni\u00f3n HuaralHuaralJulio Lores Colan10,000GrassUniversitarioLimaMonumental80,093GrassTorneo Apertura[edit]Updated to match(es) played on June 2003. Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2003Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.Copa Sudamericana 2003 qualifying[edit]First leg[edit]Second leg[edit]Cienciano and Alianza Lima qualified to the 2003 Copa Sudamericana, which Cienciano went on to win.Torneo Clausura[edit]A strike by professional players cut the Clausura short. Most matches of Rounds 16 and 17 were played with under-20 and amateur players, but were later annulled. These are not included in the table below.Updated to match(es) played on November 2003. Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2003Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.Final playoff[edit]While not officially the Clausura champions because of the strike, Alianza Lima was leading the tournament, as well as the aggregate table, so a final playoff against the Apertura winners Sporting Cristal was held in January 2004, once the strike was called off.Primera Divisi\u00f3n Peruana 2003 ChampionAlianza Lima20th title Aggregate table[edit]Updated to match(es) played on November 2003. Source: Peruvian Football Apertura 2003Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.2004 international qualifying[edit]After the strike was called off in January 2004, it was decided that, since the tournament had not been completed, a qualifying tournament would decide the allocation of the third Peruvian berth for the Copa Libertadores 2004. The tournament was to include four teams, in principle from the third to the sixth teams according to the aggregate table. But since Cienciano had played one match less and would have surpassed Uni\u00f3n Huaral had they won it, a preliminary playoff was held between them. Sport Boys withdrew from the tournament in disagreement with the decision. Had the Clausura Rounds 16 and 17 not been annulled, the team would have been third in the aggregate table, and could have claimed the remaining berth. Also, some teams saw the tournament as a way to favor Cienciano, who had just won the Copa Sudamericana 2003, to give them a chance at representing Peru at the Copa Libertadores.Qualifying preliminary[edit]Qualifying group[edit]Updated to match(es) played on November 2003. Source:[citation needed]Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.Top goalscorers[edit]20 goals19 goals17 goals15 goals14 goalsExternal links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki14\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki14\/2003-torneo-descentralizado-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"2003 Torneo Descentralizado – Wikipedia"}}]}]