1981 Argentine Primera División

90th season of top-tier football league in Argentina Primera División 1981 22 February – 20 December Boca Juniors (Metropolitano) River Plate (Nacional) 1982 Copa Libertadores Boca Juniors River Plate 1980 1982 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. Colón and San Lorenzo were relegated.Argentina 1981 on RSSSF.com Metropolitano championship Metropolitano Boca equipo vs talleres 1981.jpg Boca Juniors, Metropolitano champions 1981 22 February – 15 August Boca Juniors (20th title) Instituto (C) 10px Sarmiento (J) 10px Colón 10px San Lorenzo 10px 1982 Copa Libertadores Boca Juniors ARG Raúl Chaparro (20) 1980 1982 main WDL Q 5 2 BOC Boca Juniors FCO Ferro Carril Oeste NEW Newell's Old Boys RIV 3 River Plate RCA Racing IND Independiente RCE Rosario Central HUR Huracán INS Instituto UNI 9 Unión VEL Vélez Sársfield PLA 11 Platense SAR Sarmiento EST 13 Estudiantes (LP) TAL Talleres (C) ARJ 15 Argentinos Juniors SLA San Lorenzo COL Colón 20 10 4 60 27 18 13 3 50 20 14 11 9 58 44 14 11 9 62 50 12 14 8 46 30 14 9 11 43 35 9 16 9 36 39 12 9 13 41 50 13 6 15 56 54 11 10 13 39 37 8 15 11 39 48 10 11 13 39 49 9 12 13 46 52 11 8 15 35 43 10 9 15 36 45 9 11 14 44 57 9 10 15 31 48 6 9 19 26 59 #ccffcc C pink R R complete Nacional championship Nacional River plate 1981.jpg River Plate, Nacional champions 1981 13 September – 20 December River Plate (21st title) 1982 Copa Libertadores River Plate ARG Carlos Bianchi (15 goals) 1980 1982 Group A main WDL Q 2 RCE Rosario Central GJU Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) ARJ Argentinos Juniors HUR Huracán BEL 4 Belgrano GYE 4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) RCA Racing 7 4 3 32 20 6 4 4 19 16 4 7 3 15 15 5 4 5 20 20 5 4 5 16 16 4 6 4 15 16 2 6 6 12 22 complete Group B main WDL Q 2 FCO Ferro Carril Oeste RIV River Plate LNO 2 Loma Negra TAL Talleres (C) GAF 4 Guaraní Antonio Franco SMT San Martín (T) SAR 6 Sarmiento 10 2 2 24 11 7 5 2 26 12 7 5 2 15 10 2 6 6 9 16 3 4 7 16 24 3 3 8 17 24 3 3 8 10 20 #ccffcc C complete Group C main WDL Q 2 IND Independiente VEL Vélez Sársfield RCC Racing (C) NEW Newell's Old Boys PLA 4 Platense GYT Gimnasia y Tiro HSR 6 Huracán (SR) 9 3 2 29 10 8 1 5 26 14 8 3 3 27 16 4 4 6 23 24 3 6 5 7 15 1 5 8 9 26 1 5 8 14 34 complete Group D main WDL Q 2 BOC Boca Juniors INS Instituto EST 2 Estudiantes (LP) SLA San Lorenzo ATT 4 Atlético Tucumán UNI Unión SLO San Lorenzo 8 3 3 28 12 6 4 4 18 14 5 6 3 16 13 4 6 4 14 15 6 2 6 14 17 2 6 6 13 15 3 3 8 13 30 complete Quarterfinals 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 Independiente 1–1 (a) River Plate 1–1 0–0 Vélez Sársfield 2–3 Ferro Carril Oeste 1–2 1–1 |- |} Finals 1981 Campeonato Nacional finals River Plate 2–0 Ferro Carril Oeste 1–0 1–0 |- |} References Category:Argentine Primera División seasons Primera Division Arg Category:Club Atlético River Plate matches Category:Ferro Carril Oeste matches Category:December 1981 sports events in South America Category:Football competitions in Buenos Aires Category:1980s in Buenos Aires