2015 Sporting Cristal season

Sporting Cristal

2015 season
Chairman	Federico Cúneo
Manager	Daniel Ahmed
Stadium	Estadio Alberto Gallardo, Lima
Torneo Descentralizado	Runner-up
Copa Libertadores	Second Stage
Top goalscorer	League: All: Carlos Lobatón (16)
Home colours Away colours

The 2015 season is Sporting Cristal's 60th season in the Peruvian First Division, and also the club's 60th consecutive season in the top-flight of Peruvian football.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  PER Diego Penny 2 DF  PER Alberto Rodríguez 3 DF  PER Luis Rivas 4 DF  PER Adán Balbín 5 MF  PER Pedro Aquino 7 MF  ARG Horacio Calcaterra 9 FW  URU César Pereyra 10 MF  PER Renzo Sheput 11 FW  PER Irven Ávila 12 GK  PER Luis Araujo 13 DF  PER Renzo Revoredo 15 DF  PER Alexis Cossio

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  PER Alexander Succar 17 MF  ARG Diego Manicero 19 FW  PER Joazinho Arroé 20 FW  URU Sergio Blanco 21 MF  PER Josepmir Ballón 22 DF  ARG Matías Martínez 23 MF  URU Jorge Cazulo 25 DF  PER Paolo de La Haza 27 MF  PER Carlos Lobatón (Captain) 29 DF  PER Luis Abram 30 FW  PER Luis Da Silva

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Torneo Descentralizado	Torneo del Inca	Runner-up[1]	Feb 7	Dec 16
Copa Libertadores	Second stage	Second stage[2]	Feb 18	Apr 14

Torneo Descentralizado

Main article: 2015 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo del Inca

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Universidad San Martín	10	6	1	3	12	7	+5	19
2	Sporting Cristal	10	6	0	4	15	11	+4	18
3	Melgar	10	6	0	4	14	15	−1	18

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Cristal	16	9	4	3	25	16	+9	31	Advance to playoffs
2	Melgar	16	8	6	2	22	11	+11	30
3	Deportivo Municipal	16	7	7	2	19	13	+6	28

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	CIE	MUN	AYA	JA	LEÓ	MEL	RGA	CRI	SHU	LOR	UCO	UCV	USM	UTC	UNI
Alianza Atlético										1–1
Alianza Lima
Cienciano
Deportivo Municipal										1–0
Ayacucho										1–2
Juan Aurich										1–2
León de Huánuco										1–2
Melgar										0–0
Real Garcilaso										0–4
Sporting Cristal		1–3	3–2								1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2
Sport Huancayo
Sport Loreto
Unión Comercio
Universidad César Vallejo
Universidad San Martín
UTC
Universitario										0–0

Updated to match(es) played on February 2015. Source: ADFP - official fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Clausura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Universitario	16	8	4	4	26	20	+6	28
5	Sporting Cristal	16	7	6	3	35	24	+11	27
6	Universidad César Vallejo	16	8	3	5	18	20	−2	27

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	CIE	MUN	AYA	JA	LEÓ	MEL	RGA	CRI	SHU	LOR	UCO	UCV	USM	UTC	UNI
Alianza Atlético
Alianza Lima										2–0
Cienciano										2–2
Deportivo Municipal
Ayacucho
Juan Aurich
León de Huánuco
Melgar
Real Garcilaso
Sporting Cristal	4–1			2–2	4–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–0								1–2
Sport Huancayo										5–3
Sport Loreto										2–2
Unión Comercio										1–4
Universidad César Vallejo										0–2
Universidad San Martín										0–2
UTC										2–3
Universitario

Updated to match(es) played on February 2015. Source: ADFP - official fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi-finals

Sporting Cristal v Universidad César Vallejo

December 6, 2015 First Leg	Sporting Cristal	3–1	Universidad César Vallejo	Alberto Gallardo, Lima
15:30	Revoredo 26' 54' Luiz da Silva 87'		24' Chávez	Attendance: 7,018 Referee: Luis Seminario

Universidad César Vallejo v Sporting Cristal

December 9, 2015 Second Leg	Universidad César Vallejo	4–3	Sporting Cristal	Mansiche, Trujillo
13:00	Millán 12' 79' Ciucci 34' Silva 88'		31' (o.g.) Cardoza 47' Ávila 51' Luiz da Silva	Attendance: 9,284 Referee: Manuel Garay

Finals

Sporting Cristal v Melgar

December 13, 2015 First Leg	Sporting Cristal	2–2	Melgar	Nacional, Lima
15:30	Quina 43' (o.g.) Sheput 52' (pen.)		40' Uribe 87' Quina	Attendance: 21,955 Referee: Diego Haro

Melgar v Sporting Cristal

December 16, 2015 Second Leg	Melgar	3–2	Sporting Cristal	Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa
15:30	Zúñiga 22' Fernández 44.' Cuesta 90'		16' Da Silva 71' (pen.) Blanco	Attendance: 35,565 Referee: Luis Garay

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2015 Copa Libertadores

Second Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Racing	6	4	0	2	15	7	+8	12
2	Guaraní	6	2	3	1	12	10	+2	9
3	Sporting Cristal	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7
4	Deportivo Táchira	6	0	3	3	6	15	−9	3

Guaraní v Sporting Cristal

February 18, 2015	Guaraní	2–2	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
18:45 UTC−3	Fernández 69' Santander 84'	Report	Pereyra 31' Ballón 47'	Referee: Péricles Cortez (Brazil)

Sporting Cristal v Deportivo Táchira

February 24, 2015	Sporting Cristal	1–1	Deportivo Táchira	Estadio Nacional, Lima
21:30 UTC−5	Lobatón 26'	Report	González 87'	Referee: Imer Machado (Colombia)

Racing v Sporting Cristal

March 10, 2015	Racing	1–2	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
21:45 UTC−3	Fernández 66'	Report	Lobatón 58', 80' (pen.)	Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Sporting Cristal v Racing

March 17, 2015	Sporting Cristal	0–2	Racing	Estadio Nacional, Lima
18:00 UTC−5		Report	Milito 76' (pen.) Videla 88'	Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

Deportivo Táchira v Sporting Cristal

April 8, 2015	Deportivo Táchira	0–0	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal
18:15 UTC−4:30		Report		Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

Sporting Cristal v Guaraní

April 14, 2015	Sporting Cristal	1–1	Guaraní	Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:15 UTC−5	Blanco 58'	Report	Santander 13'	Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

References

1. Nieto, Carlos. "Torneo Descentralizado de Futbol Profesional 2015 - PERUFOOTBALL". www.perufootball.org. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
2. "Copa Libertadores 2015 - Grupo 8". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-19.