2017 Sporting Cristal season

The 2017 season is Sporting Cristal's 62nd season in the Peruvian First Division, and also the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top-flight of Peruvian football. The team played for the thirty-third (33rd) time the Copa Libertadores.

Sporting Cristal
2017 season
ChairmanFederico Cúneo
ManagerJosé del Solar
StadiumEstadio Alberto Gallardo
Torneo Descentralizado8th
Copa LibertadoresSecond Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Irven Ávila (22)
← 2016
2018 →

Kits

Supplier: Adidas

Sponsor(s): Cerveza Cristal

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 Peru PER Carlos Grados
3 DF Peru PER Marcos López
4 DF Peru PER Gianfranco Chávez
5 MF Peru PER Pedro Aquino
6 MF Peru PER Alexis Rojas
7 MF Argentina ARG Horacio Calcaterra
8 MF Uruguay URU Gabriel Costa
10 MF Peru PER Joel Sánchez
11 FW Peru PER Irven Ávila
12 GK Chile CHI Mauricio Viana
15 DF Peru PER Renzo Garcés
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Peru PER Ray Sandoval
21 MF Peru PER Josepmir Ballón
22 DF Peru PER Jair Céspedes
23 MF Uruguay URU Jorge Cazulo
24 FW Peru PER Fernando Pacheco
25 MF Peru PER Martín Távara
27 MF Peru PER Carlos Lobatón (Captain)
28 DF Peru PER Edinson Chávez
29 DF Peru PER Luis Abram
59 FW Argentina ARG Christian Ortiz

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final position / round First match Last match
Torneo Descentralizado Torneo de Verano 8th[1] Feb 5 Dec 3
Copa Libertadores Second stage Second stage[2] Mar 9 May 23

Torneo Descentralizado

Main article: 2017 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo de Verano

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MEL SRO CRI CAN USM AYA UCO AAS
1 Melgar 14 7 6 1 20 12 +8 27 Advance to Finals — — 2–2 — — — — —
2 Sport Rosario 14 6 6 2 13 7 +6 24 — — 2–1 — — — — —
3 Sporting Cristal 14 6 4 4 27 16 +11 22 2–0 1–0 — 1–4 3–0 4–0 0–0 4–1
4 Cantolao 14 5 4 5 16 15 +1 19 — — 2–0 — — — — —
5 Universidad San Martín 14 5 2 7 18 19 −1 17 — — 1–0 — — — — —
6 Ayacucho 14 4 4 6 18 21 −3 16 — — 2–2 — — — — —
7 Unión Comercio 14 4 4 6 16 20 −4 16 — — 2–2 — — — — —
8 Alianza Atlético 14 3 2 9 10 28 −18 11 — — 0–5 — — — — —
Source: ADFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw.

Torneo Apertura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Deportivo Municipal 15 6 5 4 17 13 +4 23
7 Sporting Cristal 15 6 5 4 22 20 +2 23
8 Sport Rosario 15 5 6 4 16 18 −2 21
Results
Home \ Away AAS ALI AYA CAN COM JA MEL MUN RGA SHU SRO CRI UCO USM UTC UNI
Alianza Atlético — — — — — — — — — — — 2–3 — — — —
Alianza Lima — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Ayacucho — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Cantolao — — — — — — — — — — — 1–1 — — — —
Comerciantes Unidos — — — — — — — — — — — 4–2 — — — —
Juan Aurich — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Melgar — — — — — — — — — — — 4–1 — — — —
Deportivo Municipal — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Real Garcilaso — — — — — — — — — — — 1–0 — — — —
Sport Huancayo — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sport Rosario — — — — — — — — — — — 1–3 — — — —
Sporting Cristal — 0–1 2–0 — — 0–0 — 2–2 — 2–0 — — — 2–1 1–0 1–1
Unión Comercio — — — — — — — — — — — 2–2 — — — —
Universidad San Martín — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
UTC — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Universitario — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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
8 UTC 15 6 2 7 17 17 0 20
9 Sporting Cristal 15 5 3 7 27 24 +3 18
10 Juan Aurich 15 5 2 8 22 28 −6 17
Results
Home \ Away AAS ALI AYA CAN COM JA MEL MUN RGA SHU SRO CRI UCO USM UTC UNI
Alianza Atlético — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Alianza Lima — — — — — — — — — — — 2–1 — — — —
Ayacucho — — — — — — — — — — — 5–3 — — — —
Cantolao — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Comerciantes Unidos — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Juan Aurich — — — — — — — — — — — 2–1 — — — —
Melgar — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Deportivo Municipal — — — — — — — — — — — 3–2 — — — —
Real Garcilaso — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sport Huancayo — — — — — — — — — — — 2–1 — — — —
Sport Rosario — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sporting Cristal 4–0 — — 3–0 2–2 — 1–2 — 0–0 — 2–1 — 2–0 — — —
Unión Comercio — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Universidad San Martín — — — — — — — — — — — 2–3 — — — —
UTC — — — — — — — — — — — 1–0 — — — —
Universitario — — — — — — — — — — — 2–2 — — — —
Source: ADFP - official fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Sport Rosario 44 16 17 11 49 42 +7 65
8 Sporting Cristal 44 17 12 15 76 60 +16 64 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
9 Deportivo Municipal 44 16 12 16 53 49 +4 60

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2017 Copa Libertadores
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Santos 6 3 3 0 11 4 +7 12
2 The Strongest 6 2 3 1 9 5 +4 9
3 Santa Fe 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 8
4 Sporting Cristal 6 0 2 4 2 15 −13 2
9 March 2017 (2017-03-09) Sporting Cristal Peru 1–1 Brazil Santos Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:45 UTC−5 Cazulo 13' Report Thiago Maia 66' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
16 March 2017 (2017-03-16) Santa Fe Colombia 3–0 Peru Sporting Cristal Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
19:45 UTC−5
Report Attendance: 17,464
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
18 April 2017 (2017-04-18) Sporting Cristal Peru 0–0 Bolivia The Strongest Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:45 UTC−5 Report Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
4 May 2017 (2017-05-04) The Strongest Bolivia 5–1 Peru Sporting Cristal Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
18:30 UTC−4
Report D. Bejarano 52' (o.g.) Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
17 May 2017 (2017-05-17) Sporting Cristal Peru 0–2 Colombia Santa Fe Estadio Nacional, Lima
17:30 UTC−5 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
23 May 2017 (2017-05-23) Santos Brazil 4–0 Peru Sporting Cristal Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos
21:45 UTC−3
Report Attendance: 6,632
Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)

References

  1. ^ Nieto, Carlos. "Torneo Descentralizado de Futbol Profesional 2017 - PERUFOOTBALL". www.perufootball.org. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  2. ^ "Copa Libertadores 2017 - Calendario". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-22.