2015 Sporting Cristal season
# 2015 Sporting Cristal season

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. 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 | Feb 7 | Dec 16 |
| Copa Libertadores | Second stage | Second stage | Feb 18 | Apr 14 |

### 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 | |

**Torneo Apertura**

**Results**

| Home \ Away | ALI | CIE | CRI | SHU | LOR | UCO | UCV | USM | UTC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | | | | | | |

**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 |

**Torneo Clausura**

**Results**

| Home \ Away | AAS | MUN | AYA | JA | LEÓ | MEL | RGA | CRI | 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 | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
