2016 Sporting Cristal season

The 2016 season is Sporting Cristal's 61st season in the Peruvian First Division, and also the club's 61st consecutive season in the top-flight of Peruvian football.

Sporting Cristal

2016 season
Chairman	Federico Cúneo
Manager	Mariano Soso
Stadium	Alberto Gallardo
Torneo Descentralizado	Champion
Copa Libertadores	Second Stage
Top goalscorer	League: All: Santiago Silva (14)
Home colours Away colours

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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	Brian Bernaola
5	MF	PER	Pedro Aquino
7	MF	ARG	Horacio Calcaterra
9	FW	URU	Santiago Silva
10	MF	PER	Renzo Sheput
11	FW	PER	Irven Ávila
12	GK	PER	Carlos Grados
13	DF	PER	Renzo Revoredo
15	DF	PER	Alexis Cossio

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	PER	Ray Sandoval
19	MF	ARG	Alfredo Ramúa
21	MF	PER	Josepmir Ballón
22	DF	PER	Jair Céspedes
23	MF	URU	Jorge Cazulo
24	DF	PER	Josué Estrada
25	MF	URU	Gabriel Costa
27	MF	PER	Carlos Lobatón (Captain)
29	DF	PER	Luis Abram
30	FW	PER	Alexander Succar

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Torneo Descentralizado	Torneo Apertura	Champion	Feb 6	Dec 18
Copa Libertadores	Second stage	Second stage	Feb 18	Apr 19

Torneo Descentralizado

Main article: 2016 Torneo Descentralizado

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Universitario	15	11	2	2	31	12	+19	35
2	Sporting Cristal	15	7	5	3	21	11	+10	26
3	Alianza Lima	15	8	2	5	24	18	+6	26

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	AYA	COM	MUN	JA	BOC	MEL	RGA	CRI	SHU	UCO	UCV	USM	UTC	UNI
Alianza Atlético
Alianza Lima										2–4
Ayacucho
Comerciantes Unidos
Deportivo Municipal
Juan Aurich										0–3
Defensor La Bocana										2–1
Melgar										1–2
Real Garcilaso										1–1
Sporting Cristal	3–0		1–0	1–1	0–1						0–0	2–1		1–1		0–1
Sport Huancayo
Unión Comercio
Universidad César Vallejo										0–2
Universidad San Martín
UTC										0–0
Universitario

Updated to match(es) played on May 6, 2016. 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	Qualification
1	Sporting Cristal	30	14	11	5	46	27	+19	53	Qualification to the 2017 Copa Sudamericana and advance to Liguilla A
2	Universitario	30	15	6	9	51	39	+12	51
3	Melgar	30	13	7	10	48	38	+10	46

Results

Home \ Away	AAS	ALI	AYA	COM	MUN	JA	BOC	MEL	RGA	CRI	SHU	UCO	UCV	USM	UTC	UNI
Alianza Atlético										0–2
Alianza Lima
Ayacucho										1–1
Comerciantes Unidos
Deportivo Municipal										0–0
Juan Aurich
Defensor La Bocana
Melgar
Real Garcilaso
Sporting Cristal		0–2				1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1				1–1		4–0
Sport Huancayo										3–1
Unión Comercio										1–2
Universidad César Vallejo
Universidad San Martín										1–2
UTC
Universitario										2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 August 2016. Source: ADFP - official fixture
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguillas

Liguilla A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sporting Cristal	44	21	12	11	70	48	+22	77
2	Melgar	44	21	11	12	68	48	+20	74
3	Deportivo Municipal	44	19	12	13	54	52	+2	69

Results

Home \ Away	MUN	JA	BOC	MEL	RGA	CRI	UCO	UCV
Deportivo Municipal						1–3
Juan Aurich						0–0
Defensor La Bocana						1–2
Melgar						2–0
Real Garcilaso						1–0
Sporting Cristal	0–2	3–0	2–5	3–2	2–1		1–0	7–2
Unión Comercio						2–0
Universidad César Vallejo						2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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
1	Sporting Cristal	44	21	12	11	70	48	+22	77	Advance to Playoffs and qualification to the 2017 Copa Libertadores
2	Melgar	44	21	11	12	68	48	+20	74
3	Universitario	44	20	11	13	73	61	+12	72

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Deportivo Municipal v Sporting Cristal

November 30, 2016 First Leg	Deportivo Municipal	1–0	Sporting Cristal	Iván Elías Moreno, Lima
15:30	Masakatsu Sawa 90+1'			Attendance: 5,806 Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo

Sporting Cristal v Deportivo Municipal

December 4, 2016 Second Leg	Sporting Cristal	1–0 (3–2 p)	Deportivo Municipal	Nacional, Lima
16:00	Carlos Lobaton 3'			Attendance: 19,604 Referee: Miguel Santivañez
	Penalties
	Cazulo Silva Ramúa Calcaterra Rojas		Símon García Vasquez Gonzales Vigil Zela

Finals

Melgar v Sporting Cristal

December 11, 2016 First Leg	Melgar	1–1	Sporting Cristal	Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa
	Bernardo Cuesta 57'		64' Diego Ifrán	Attendance: 30,176 Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo

Sporting Cristal v Melgar

December 18, 2016 Second Leg	Sporting Cristal	0–0	Melgar	Nacional, Lima
15:30				Attendance: 32,002 Referee: Henry Gambetta

Copa Libertadores

Main article: 2016 Copa Libertadores

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Nacional	6	5	1	0	12	0	+12	16
2	Huracán	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
3	Peñarol	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5
4	Sporting Cristal	6	1	1	4	9	15	−6	4

Sporting Cristal v Peñarol

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)	Sporting Cristal	1–1	Peñarol	Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:45 UTC−5	Rodríguez 74'	Report	Aguiar 39'	Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Atlético Nacional v Sporting Cristal

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01)	Atlético Nacional	3–0	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
19:45 UTC−5	Sánchez 11' Copete 32' Moreno 73'	Report		Attendance: 44,109 Referee: Oscar Maldonado (Bolivia)

Sporting Cristal v Huracán

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)	Sporting Cristal	3–2	Huracán	Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:45 UTC−5	Costa 25' S. Silva 35', 55' (pen.)	Report	Ábila 56', 78'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Huracán v Sporting Cristal

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05)	Huracán	4–2	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires
19:30 UTC−3	Ábila 23', 30' Romero Gamarra 67' Miralles 83'	Report	S. Silva 17' Calcaterra 42'	Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Sporting Cristal v Atlético Nacional

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12)	Sporting Cristal	0–1	Atlético Nacional	Estadio Nacional, Lima
19:45 UTC−5		Report	Ibarbo 11' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

Peñarol v Sporting Cristal

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19)	Peñarol	4–3	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo
19:30 UTC−3	Aguiar 29' Novick 72', 80' Albarracín 85'	Report	Rodríguez 18', 23' I. Ávila 36'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira (Brazil)