1981 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional 1981
Dates11 July 1981 – 24 January 1982
ChampionsColo-Colo (13th title)
RelegatedÑublense
Everton
Deportes Concepción
San Luis
1982 Copa LibertadoresColo-Colo
Cobreloa (Liguilla winners)
Matches played240
Goals scored661 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerCarlos Caszely
Luis Marcoleta
Víctor Cabrera
(20 goals)
Biggest home winNaval 8–1 Ñublense
(2 January 1982)
Highest attendance74,570 Universidad de Chile 0–2 Colo-Colo
(13 December)
Total attendance1,991,278
Average attendance8,567
← 1980
1982 →

The 1981 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean league top tier's 49th season. Colo-Colo was the tournament's champion, winning its thirteenth title.[1]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Colo-Colo 30 19 8 3 63 22 +41 48[a] Champions; Qualified to 1980 Copa Libertadores
2 Cobreloa 30 20 6 4 53 21 +32 46 Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3 Universidad de Chile 30 16 8 6 50 34 +16 40
4 Unión Española 30 12 10 8 44 32 +12 35[b]
5 Naval 30 11 11 8 46 34 +12 33
6 Magallanes 30 12 8 10 45 39 +6 32
7 Audax Italiano 30 10 10 10 42 40 +2 31[b]
8 Universidad Católica 30 11 8 11 41 33 +8 30
9 Deportes La Serena 30 10 9 11 40 49 −9 29
10 O'Higgins 30 9 9 12 40 44 −4 27
11 Palestino 30 7 12 11 32 36 −4 26 To Promotion/relegation Liguilla
12 Deportes Iquique 30 9 8 13 43 53 −10 26
13 San Luis 30 8 9 13 38 50 −12 25 Relegated to Segunda División
14 Deportes Concepción 30 7 10 13 33 46 −13 24
15 Everton 30 5 12 13 36 60 −24 23[b]
16 Ñublense 30 2 6 22 17 70 −53 10
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 bonus points awarded.
  2. ^ a b c 1 bonus point awarded.


 Campeonato Nacional
1981 champions 
Colo-Colo
13th title

Results

Home \ Away AUD CLO COL DCO EVE DIQ DLS MAG NAV ÑUB OHI PAL SLU UCA UCH UES
Audax 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–4 0–1
Cobreloa 2–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–0
Colo-Colo 1–1 2–0 3–0 5–2 0–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 6–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Concepción 2–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 5–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 4–0 0–2
Everton 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–2
Iquique 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 6–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–3
La Serena 1–2 2–2 0–2 4–3 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–2
Magallanes 1–3 0–0 1–4 2–1 5–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 4–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–1
Naval 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–2 8–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–1 0–1 0–0
Ñublense 2–5 0–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
O'Higgins 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 5–3 6–4 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–0
Palestino 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4
San Luis 0–0 0–1 0–2 4–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–4 2–2
U. Católica 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0
U. de Chile 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–3 5–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1
U. Española 2–3 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 3–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Name Team Goals
Chile Carlos Caszely Colo-Colo 20
Chile Luis Marcoleta Magallanes 20
Chile Víctor Cabrera San Luis 20

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

27 January 1982 Unión Española 3 – 3 Cobreloa Estadio Nacional, Santiago
L. Rojas 37'
Donoso 82'
Pinto 87'		 3' Siviero
16' Olivera
34' Alarcón		 Attendance: 20,095
Referee: J. Silvagno
27 January 1982 Universidad de Chile 1 – 0 Naval Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Pellegrini 57' Attendance: 20,095
Referee: S. Vásquez
30 January 1982 Unión Española 0 – 1 Naval Estadio Nacional, Santiago
50' (pen.) Espinoza Attendance: 27,676
Referee: M. Lira
30 January 1982 Universidad de Chile 1 – 2 Cobreloa Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Gamboa 32' (pen.) 13' Siviero
58' Own-goal		 Attendance: 27,676
Referee: G. Castro
3 February 1982 Cobreloa 2 – 1 Naval Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Own-goal 2'
Alarcón 61'		 18' Flores Attendance: 17,243
Referee: V. Ojeda
3 February 1982 Universidad de Chile 2 – 1 Unión Española Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Mondaca 57'
Hoffens 60'		 68' Baquela Attendance: 17,243
Referee: G. Budge
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cobreloa 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 5 Qualified to 1982 Copa Libertadores
2 Universidad de Chile 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
3 Naval 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
4 Unión Española 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion/relegation Liguilla

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Palestino 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5
2 Deportes Iquique 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1 4
3 Deportes Antofagasta 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4 Coquimbo Unido 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

  1. ^ "1981: Bajando a Cobreloa". Colo-Colo Official Web Site. Retrieved 1 September 2018.