The 2016 season was Universitario de Deportes' 92nd season since its founding in 1924. The club played the Torneo Descentralizado and the Copa Sudamericana.
Universitario de Deportes 2016 football season| 2016 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Roberto Chale | ||
| Stadium | Estadio Monumental | ||
| Peruvian Primera División | 3rd | ||
| Copa Sudamericana | First stage | ||
| |||
| ← 20152017 → | |||
Competitions
Descentralizado
Main article: 2016 Torneo DescentralizadoApertura
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universitario | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 35 | Qualification to the 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
| 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 | 1–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Ayacucho | 2–5 | |||||||||||||||
| Comerciantes Unidos | ||||||||||||||||
| Deportivo Municipal | 1–4 | |||||||||||||||
| Juan Aurich | ||||||||||||||||
| Defensor La Bocana | ||||||||||||||||
| Melgar | ||||||||||||||||
| Real Garcilaso | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Sporting Cristal | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Sport Huancayo | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Unión Comercio | ||||||||||||||||
| Universidad César Vallejo | 0–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Universidad San Martín | ||||||||||||||||
| UTC | ||||||||||||||||
| Universitario | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Clausura
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 53 | |
| 2 | Universitario | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 51 | Advance to Liguilla B |
| 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 | 2–3 | |||||||||||||||
| Alianza Lima | ||||||||||||||||
| Ayacucho | ||||||||||||||||
| Comerciantes Unidos | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Deportivo Municipal | ||||||||||||||||
| Juan Aurich | 2–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Defensor La Bocana | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Melgar | 5–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Real Garcilaso | ||||||||||||||||
| Sporting Cristal | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport Huancayo | ||||||||||||||||
| Unión Comercio | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Universidad César Vallejo | ||||||||||||||||
| Universidad San Martín | 3–1 | |||||||||||||||
| UTC | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Universitario | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Liguilla B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universitario | 44 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 61 | +12 | 72 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 66 |
| 3 | Comerciantes Unidos | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 63 |
- Results
| Home \ Away | AAS | ALI | AYA | COM | SHU | USM | UTC | UNI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza Atlético | 1–3 | |||||||
| Alianza Lima | 3–0 | |||||||
| Ayacucho | 1–1 | |||||||
| Comerciantes Unidos | 1–1 | |||||||
| Sport Huancayo | 4–0 | |||||||
| Universidad San Martín | 4–4 | |||||||
| UTC | 1–1 | |||||||
| Universitario | 4–0 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Semi-finals
Universitario v Melgar| November 30, 2016 First Leg | Universitario | 1–2 | Melgar | Nacional, Lima |
| 20:00 | John Galliquio  9' |
58' José Carlos Fernández 86' Bernardo Cuesta |
Attendance: 27,438 Referee: Henry Gambetta |
| December 4, 2016 Second Leg | Melgar | 2–2 | Universitario | Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa |
| 13:00 | Omar Fernández 67' Alexis Arias 77' |
14' Diego Manicero 33' Andy Polo |
Attendance: 28,917 Referee: Diego Haro |
Third place play-off
Universitario v Deportivo Municipal| December 10, 2016 | Universitario | 3–2 | Deportivo Municipal | Mansiche, Trujillo |
| 15:00 | Hernán Rengifo 33' 90' Alexi Gómez 53' |
Damián Ísmodes 64' Velasco 77' |
Attendance: 9,177 Referee: Luis Garay |
Copa Sudamericana
Main article: 2016 Copa SudamericanaFirst stage
Universitario
v 
Emelec
| 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) | Universitario | 0–3 | Emelec | Estadio Nacional, Lima |
| 21:30 UTC−5 | Report | Achilier 52' Stracqualursi 61', 80' |
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia) |
Emelec
v Universitario
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) | Emelec | 3–1 | Universitario | Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt, Guayaquil |
| 21:00 UTC−5 | Giménez 22' Stracqualursi 37' (pen.)Mena 68' |
Report | Rengifo 32' |
Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia) |
References
- Nieto Tarazona, Carlos Manuel (29 January 2009). "Universitario de Deportes". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- Nieto, Carlos. "Universitario en la Copa Sudamericana 2016". Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- Nieto, Carlos. "Campaña 2016". Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- Nieto, Carlos. "Directores Técnicos". Dale U Campeón. Retrieved 6 May 2023.