1981 Argentine Primera División

The 1981 Primera División season was the 90th season of top-flight football in Argentina. Boca Juniors won the Metropolitano (20th title) while River Plate (21st title) won the Nacional championship. League is Superliga Argentina.

Primera División
Season1981
Dates22 February – 20 December
ChampionsBoca Juniors (Metropolitano)
River Plate (Nacional)
1982 Copa LibertadoresBoca Juniors
River Plate
← 1980
1982 →

Colón and San Lorenzo were relegated.[1]

Metropolitano championship
Metropolitano
Boca Juniors, Metropolitano champions
Season1981
Dates22 February – 15 August
ChampionsBoca Juniors (20th title)
PromotedInstituto (C)
Sarmiento (J)
RelegatedColón
San Lorenzo
1982 Copa LibertadoresBoca Juniors
Top goalscorerArgentina Raúl Chaparro (20)
← 1980
1982 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors 34 20 10 4 60 27 +33 50
2 Ferro Carril Oeste 34 18 13 3 50 20 +30 49
3 Newell's Old Boys 34 14 11 9 58 44 +14 39
3 River Plate 34 14 11 9 62 50 +12 39
5 Racing 34 12 14 8 46 30 +16 38
6 Independiente 34 14 9 11 43 35 +8 37
7 Rosario Central 34 9 16 9 36 39 −3 34
8 Huracán 34 12 9 13 41 50 −9 33
9 Instituto 34 13 6 15 56 54 +2 32
9 Unión 34 11 10 13 39 37 +2 32
11 Vélez Sársfield 34 8 15 11 39 48 −9 31
11 Platense 34 10 11 13 39 49 −10 31
13 Sarmiento 34 9 12 13 46 52 −6 30
13 Estudiantes (LP) 34 11 8 15 35 43 −8 30
15 Talleres (C) 34 10 9 15 36 45 −9 29
15 Argentinos Juniors 34 9 11 14 44 57 −13 29
17 San Lorenzo 34 9 10 15 31 48 −17 28
18 Colón 34 6 9 19 26 59 −33 21
Source:

Nacional championship
Nacional
River Plate, Nacional champions
Season1981
Dates13 September – 20 December
ChampionsRiver Plate (21st title)
1982 Copa LibertadoresRiver Plate
Top goalscorerArgentina Carlos Bianchi (15 goals)
← 1980
1982 →

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rosario Central 14 7 4 3 32 20 +12 18
2 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 14 6 4 4 19 16 +3 16
3 Argentinos Juniors 14 4 7 3 15 15 0 15
4 Huracán 14 5 4 5 20 20 0 14
4 Belgrano 14 5 4 5 16 16 0 14
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 14 4 6 4 15 16 −1 14
7 Racing 14 2 6 6 12 22 −10 10
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ferro Carril Oeste 14 10 2 2 24 11 +13 22
2 River Plate 14 7 5 2 26 12 +14 19
2 Loma Negra 14 7 5 2 15 10 +5 19
4 Talleres (C) 14 2 6 6 9 16 −7 10
4 Guaraní Antonio Franco 14 3 4 7 16 24 −8 10
6 San Martín (T) 14 3 3 8 17 24 −7 9
6 Sarmiento 14 3 3 8 10 20 −10 9
Source:

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Independiente 14 9 3 2 29 10 +19 21
2 Vélez Sársfield 14 8 1 5 26 14 +12 17
3 Racing (C) 14 8 3 3 27 16 +11 19
4 Newell's Old Boys 14 4 4 6 23 24 −1 12
4 Platense 14 3 6 5 7 15 −8 12
6 Gimnasia y Tiro 14 1 5 8 9 26 −17 7
6 Huracán (SR) 14 1 5 8 14 34 −20 7
Source:

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors 14 8 3 3 28 12 +16 19
2 Instituto 14 6 4 4 18 14 +4 16
2 Estudiantes (LP) 14 5 6 3 16 13 +3 16
4 San Lorenzo 14 4 6 4 14 15 −1 14
4 Atlético Tucumán 14 6 2 6 14 17 −3 14
6 Unión 14 2 6 6 13 15 −2 10
7 San Lorenzo 14 3 3 8 13 30 −17 9
Source:

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rosario Central 1–2 River Plate 1–2 0–0
Ferro Carril Oeste 2–0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 1–0 1–0
Instituto 1–2 Independiente 1–2 0–0
Boca Juniors 3–4 Vélez Sársfield 2–1 1–3

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Independiente 1–1 River Plate 1–1 0–0
Vélez Sársfield 2–3 Ferro Carril Oeste 1–2 1–1
  • River Plate advanced on away goals rule

Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
River Plate 2–0 Ferro Carril Oeste 1–0 1–0
  • River Plate won 2–0 on aggregate.

First leg
1981 Campeonato Nacional Final
First leg
River Plate1–0Ferro Carril Oeste
Report

Second leg
Second leg
Ferro Carril Oeste0–1River Plate
Report Kempes 58'
Attendance: 22,371
Referee: Argentina Teodoro Nitti
Ferro C.O.
River Plate

References
  1. Argentina 1981 on RSSSF.com
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