2017 Sporting Cristal season
# 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.

## Kits

Supplier: Adidas

Sponsor(s): Cerveza Cristal

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

## Competitions

### Overall

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

### 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 | — | — | — | — | — |

**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 |

**Torneo Apertura**

**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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

**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 |

**Torneo Clausura**

**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 | — | — | — | — |

**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

| 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 |
