1980 Argentine Primera División

89th season of top-tier football league in Argentina Primera División 1980 River Plate (Metropolitano) Rosario Central (Nacional) 1979 1981 The 1980 Primera División season was the 89th season of top-flight football in Argentina. River Plate won the Metropolitano (20th title) while Rosario Central (3rd title) won the Nacional championship. All Boys, Quilmes and Tigre were relegated.Argentina 1980 on RSSSF.com Metropolitano Championship Metropolitano River plate 1980.jpg River Plate, Metropolitano champions 1980 River Plate (20th title) Talleres (C) Tigre All Boys Quilmes Tigre 1981 Copa Libertadores River Plate ARG Diego Maradona (25 goals) 1979 1981 main WDL Q 5 2 RIV River Plate ARJ Argentinos Juniors TAL Talleres (C) PLA 3 Platense UNI Unión NEW Newell's Old Boys BOC 6 Boca Juniors HUR Huracán RCE 8 Rosario Central RCA Racing COL 10 Colón EST 10 Estudiantes (LP) FCO Ferro Carril Oeste IND 13 Independiente VEL 13 Vélez Sársfield SLA San Lorenzo QUI Quilmes ALL All Boys TIG Tigre 20 11 5 64 33 13 16 7 57 48 12 17 7 58 43 12 17 7 36 30 16 7 13 49 44 12 14 10 54 35 12 14 10 43 47 11 15 10 58 50 11 15 10 43 41 9 18 9 35 34 13 10 13 41 49 10 16 10 34 43 11 13 12 55 50 11 13 12 45 49 11 13 12 35 42 9 15 12 39 43 6 18 12 37 44 3 17 16 29 56 5 11 20 38 69 lightgreen C pink R R R complete Nacional Championship Nacional Rosario Central, Nacional champions 1980 Rosario Central (3rd title) 1981 Copa Libertadores Rosario Central ARG Diego Maradona (18 goals) 1979 1981 Group A main WDL Q 2 RCE Rosario Central RCC 1 Racing (C) EST Estudiantes (LP) VEL Vélez Sársfield GJU Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) RCA Racing ATT Atlético Tucumán 7 3 4 24 13 8 1 5 20 15 6 4 4 27 17 5 4 5 23 21 4 6 4 20 24 4 3 7 24 31 3 3 8 15 30 lightgreen C complete Group B main WDL Q 2 ARJ Argentinos Juniors UNI Unión TAL Talleres (C) HUR Huracán BOC Boca Juniors SMM San Martín (M) SLA San Lorenzo 9 2 3 35 21 8 1 5 19 17 6 4 4 24 12 6 2 6 26 25 4 4 6 17 22 3 6 5 14 27 4 0 10 18 26 complete Group C main WDL Q 2 NEW Newell's Old Boys IND Independiente FCO Ferro Carril Oeste ATU Atlético Uruguay QUI Quilmes CTN Central Norte CFE Chaco For Ever 8 4 2 21 12 8 3 3 26 11 6 5 3 18 10 6 2 6 15 18 5 1 8 15 17 3 4 7 11 25 3 1 10 15 30 complete Group D main WDL Q 2 INS Instituto RIV River Plate PLA 2 Platense SLA San Lorenzo COL 4 Colón CIP Cipolletti IRV Independiente Rivadavia 6 6 2 22 15 8 1 5 30 16 7 3 4 25 14 6 2 6 17 17 6 2 6 15 20 4 4 6 14 21 0 5 9 8 31 complete Quarterfinals River Plate 5–8 Newell's Old Boys 3–2 2–6 Instituto 3–6 Independiente 2–1 1–5 Argentinos Juniors 2–4 Racing (C) 1–1 1–3 Rosario Central 3–2 Unión 2–0 1–2 |- |} Semifinals Rosario Central 3–1 Newell's Old Boys 3–0 0–1 Racing (C) 7–5 Independiente 4–0 3–5 |- |} Finals Rosario Central 5–3 Racing (C) 5–1 0–2 |- |} Rosario Central won the championship 5–3 on aggregate. First leg 17 December 1980 1980 Campeonato Nacional Final First leg Rosario Central 5–1 Report Racing (C) Bauza 7 Palma 43 Marchetti 64 Agonil 72 Trama 76 Oyola 54 Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario Second leg 21 December 1980 Second leg Racing (C) 2–0 Report Rosario Central Oyola 7 Gasparini 82 Chateau Carreras Córdoba Teodoro Nitti _nikewhitestripes _mancity1985 _nikewhitestripes 77bbff 77bbff 77bbff 000040 ffffff Racing (C) _RC_80h _RC_80h _RC_80h _adidas_yellow 000041 000041 000041 000041 000041 Rosario Central GK 1 ARG Juan RamosDF 4 ARG Lucio Del MulDF 2 ARG Pascual NoriegaDF 6 ARG Héctor Maldonado DF 3 ARG Enrique VivancoMF 8 ARG Oscar A. LópezMF 5 ARG Guillermo AramayoMF 10 ARG Roberto GasparainiFW 7 ARG Luis AmuchásteguiFW 9 ARG Miguel Ballejo FW 11 ARG Atilio OyolaSubstitutes: FW ARG Horacio Baldessari MF ARG Rubén Molina Manager: ARG Alfio Basile GK 1 ARG Daniel CarnevaliDF 4 ARG Juan C. GhielmettiDF 2 ARG Oscar CrayacichDF 6 ARG Edgardo Bauza DF 3 ARG Jorge A. García MF 8 ARG José Luis GaitánMF 5 ARG Omar Palma MF 10 ARG Eduardo Bacas FW 7 ARG Félix OrteFW 9 ARG Víctor Marchetti FW 11 ARG Daniel Teglia Substitutes:FW ARG Guillermo Trama DF ARG Aldo Espinoza Manager: ARG Ángel Tulio Zof References Category:Argentine Primera División seasons Primera Division Arg Category:Rosario Central matches Category:Racing de Córdoba Category:Football competitions in Córdoba Province, Argentina Category:December 1980 sports events in South America Category:Football competitions in Rosario, Santa Fe