1980–81 Mexican Primera División season

39th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico
Football league season
  • UNAM
  • Cruz Azul
Matches played406Goals scored1,060 (2.61 per match)

Statistics of Primera División de México for the 1980–81 season.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and UNAM won the championship.

Atletas Campesinos was promoted from Segunda División.

Unión de Curtidores was relegated to Segunda División.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

1980–81 Mexican Primera División season is located in Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico City
Atlas Guadalajara Tecos UdeG
  • Atlas
  • Guadalajara
  • Tecos
  • UdeG
Monterrey UANL
  • Monterrey
  • UANL
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Location of the 1980-81 Primera División teams
Team City Venue
América Mexico City Azteca
Atlante Mexico City Azteca
Atlas Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
Atletas Campesinos Querétaro, Querétaro Municipal de Querétaro
Atlético Español Mexico City Azteca
Atlético Potosino San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Plan de San Luis
Cruz Azul Mexico City Azteca
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
León León, Guanajuato León
Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Tecnológico
Neza Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico Municipal de Texcoco
Puebla Puebla, Puebla Cuauhtémoc
Tampico Tampico, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas
Tecos Zapopan, Jalisco Tres de Marzo
Toluca Toluca, State of Mexico Toluca 70
Unión de Curtidores León, Guanajuato La Martinica
UANL Monterrey, Nuevo León Universitario
UdeG Guadalajara, Jalisco Jalisco
UNAM Mexico City Olímpico Universitario
Zacatepec Zacatepec, Morelos Agustín Coruco Díaz

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Español 38 15 12 11 43 43 0 42 Playoff
2 Toluca 38 14 12 12 47 41 +6 40
3 Monterrey 38 12 14 12 50 55 −5 38
4 América 38 11 14 13 53 49 +4 36
5 Atlas 38 7 13 18 30 51 −21 27
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 38 14 14 10 45 36 +9 42 Playoff
2 Deportivo Neza 38 13 15 10 42 39 +3 41
3 Puebla 38 12 13 13 56 59 −3 37
4 UDG 38 11 10 17 44 55 −11 32
5 León 38 8 15 15 32 65 −33 31
Source: [citation needed]

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tecos 38 19 13 6 70 49 +21 51 Playoff
2 Zacatepec 38 17 8 13 67 54 +13 42
3 Atlante 38 16 9 13 58 47 +11 41
4 Atlético Potosino 38 10 16 12 48 55 −7 36
5 Unión de Curtidores 38 7 16 15 28 46 −18 30 Relegated
Source: [citation needed]

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 38 19 11 8 79 53 +26 49 Playoff
2 Guadalajara 38 15 13 10 53 41 +12 43
3 UANL 38 14 9 15 52 52 0 37
4 Tampico 38 11 12 15 57 60 −3 34
5 Atletas Campesinos 38 12 7 19 42 46 −4 31
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away AME ATN ATL ACM ATE APO CRA GDL LEO MTY NEZ PUE TAM TOL UDC TEC UNL UDG UNM ZAC
América 1–2 2–1 1–1 5–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–0
Atlante 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 5–0 1–2 0–3 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–3 5–3
Atlas 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–4 2–3 1–2
Atletas Campesinos 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 2–0 5–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 4–3 1–0 2–0 1–3
Atlético Español 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Atlético Potosino 4–4 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–1
Cruz Azul 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Guadalajara 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 4–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 5–1 0–1
León 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–4 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–4 2–1
Monterrey 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1
Deportivo Neza 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–3 0–0
Puebla 1–1 0–0 6–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 5–3 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1
Tampico 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 2–3 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–5 4–4 3–1
Toluca 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–0
Unión de Curtidores 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
Tecos UAG 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 6–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–3 0–0 2–2 2–0
UANL 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–0
UDG 1–4 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–5 2–1
UNAM 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 5–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 4–1 5–0 3–1 4–1 2–0
Zacatepec 3–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 5–0 4–0 4–3 1–0 6–0 2–1 1–1 6–2 2–1 2–0 3–4 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Atlas2-0Unión de Curtidores
  • Sergio Lima 10' (pen) 
  • Jorge Humberto Torres 64'
 Report
Unión de Curtidores2-1Atlas
  • José Luis Rivera 33' (pen)
  • Juan Carlos da Rosa 74'
 Report Sergio Lima 71'
Estadio La Martinica, León

Atlas won 2-3 on aggregate. Unión de Curtidores was relegated to Segunda División.

Final stage

Semifinal

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cruz Azul 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 8 Final
2 Zacatepec 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 7
3 Toluca 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 5
4 Tecos 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 4
Source: [citation needed]
Home \ Away CRA TEC TOL ZAC
Cruz Azul 1–2 1–0 1–0
Tecos 0–0 0–0 3–4
Toluca 0–1 3–1 1–0
Zacatepec 1–1 3–1 4–1
Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/mex81.html
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UNAM 6 4 1 1 12 9 +3 9 Final
2 Deportivo Neza 6 2 2 2 4 3 +1 6
3 Guadalajara 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 5
4 Atlético Español 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 4
Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/mex81.html
Home \ Away ATE GDL NEZ UNM
Atlético Español 2–0 0–0 1–1
Guadalajara 2–1 0–0 2–3
Deportivo Neza 2–0 1–0 1–2
UNAM 3–2 2–3 1–0
Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/mex81.html
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

Cruz Azul1-0UNAM
Adrián Camacho 47' Report
UNAM4-1Cruz Azul
  • Hugo Sánchez 10'
  • Ricardo Ferretti 22'
  • Manuel Manzo 24'
  • Enrique López Zarza
Report Rafael Toribio

UNAM won 4-2 on aggregate.


 1980-81 winners 
UNAM
2nd

References

  • Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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