1980 Argentine Primera División

89th season of top-tier football league in Argentina

Football league season

Primera División
Season	1980
Champions	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.^[1]

Metropolitano Championship

Football league season

Metropolitano
River Plate, Metropolitano champions
Season	1980
Champions	River Plate (20th title)
Promoted	Talleres (C) Tigre
Relegated	All Boys Quilmes Tigre
1981 Copa Libertadores	River Plate
Top goalscorer	Diego Maradona (25 goals)
← 1979 1981 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	36	20	11	5	64	33	+31	51
2	Argentinos Juniors	36	13	16	7	57	48	+9	42
3	Talleres (C)	36	12	17	7	58	43	+15	41
3	Platense	36	12	17	7	36	30	+6	41
5	Unión	36	16	7	13	49	44	+5	39
6	Newell's Old Boys	36	12	14	10	54	35	+19	38
6	Boca Juniors	36	12	14	10	43	47	−4	38
8	Huracán	36	11	15	10	58	50	+8	37
8	Rosario Central	36	11	15	10	43	41	+2	37
10	Racing	36	9	18	9	35	34	+1	36
10	Colón	36	13	10	13	41	49	−8	36
10	Estudiantes (LP)	36	10	16	10	34	43	−9	36
13	Ferro Carril Oeste	36	11	13	12	55	50	+5	35
13	Independiente	36	11	13	12	45	49	−4	35
13	Vélez Sársfield	36	11	13	12	35	42	−7	35
16	San Lorenzo	36	9	15	12	39	43	−4	33
17	Quilmes	36	6	18	12	37	44	−7	30
18	All Boys	36	3	17	16	29	56	−27	23
19	Tigre	36	5	11	20	38	69	−31	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Nacional Championship

Football league season

Nacional
Rosario Central, Nacional champions
Season	1980
Champions	Rosario Central (3rd title)
1981 Copa Libertadores	Rosario Central
Top goalscorer	Diego Maradona (18 goals)
← 1979 1981 →

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rosario Central	14	7	3	4	24	13	+11	17
1	Racing (C)	14	8	1	5	20	15	+5	17
3	Estudiantes (LP)	14	6	4	4	27	17	+10	16
4	Vélez Sársfield	14	5	4	5	23	21	+2	14
5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	14	4	6	4	20	24	−4	14
6	Racing	14	4	3	7	24	31	−7	11
7	Atlético Tucumán	14	3	3	8	15	30	−15	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentinos Juniors	14	9	2	3	35	21	+14	20
2	Unión	14	8	1	5	19	17	+2	17
3	Talleres (C)	14	6	4	4	24	12	+12	16
4	Huracán	14	6	2	6	26	25	+1	14
5	Boca Juniors	14	4	4	6	17	22	−5	12
6	San Martín (M)	14	3	6	5	14	27	−13	12
7	San Lorenzo	14	4	0	10	18	26	−8	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newell's Old Boys	14	8	4	2	21	12	+9	20
2	Independiente	14	8	3	3	26	11	+15	19
3	Ferro Carril Oeste	14	6	5	3	18	10	+8	17
4	Atlético Uruguay	14	6	2	6	15	18	−3	14
5	Quilmes	14	5	1	8	15	17	−2	11
6	Central Norte	14	3	4	7	11	25	−14	10
7	Chaco For Ever	14	3	1	10	15	30	−15	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Instituto	14	6	6	2	22	15	+7	18
2	River Plate	14	8	1	5	30	16	+14	17
2	Platense	14	7	3	4	25	14	+11	17
4	San Lorenzo	14	6	2	6	17	17	0	14
4	Colón	14	6	2	6	15	20	−5	14
6	Cipolletti	14	4	4	6	14	21	−7	12
7	Independiente Rivadavia	14	0	5	9	8	31	−23	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosario Central	3–1	Newell's Old Boys	3–0	0–1
Racing (C)	7–5	Independiente	4–0	3–5

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosario Central	5–3	Racing (C)	5–1	0–2

Rosario Central won the championship 5–3 on aggregate.

First leg

1980 Campeonato Nacional Final

17 December 1980

First leg

Rosario Central	5–1	Racing (C)
Bauza 7' Palma 43' Marchetti 64' Agonil 72' Trama 76'	Report	Oyola 54'

Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario

Second leg

21 December 1980

Second leg

Racing (C)	2–0	Rosario Central
Oyola 7' Gasparini 82'	Report

Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Referee: Teodoro Nitti

Racing (C)

Rosario Central


GK	1	Juan Ramos
DF	4	Lucio Del Mul
DF	2	Pascual Noriega
DF	6	Héctor Maldonado
DF	3	Enrique Vivanco
MF	8	Oscar A. López
MF	5	Guillermo Aramayo
MF	10	Roberto Gasparaini
FW	7	Luis Amuchástegui
FW	9	Miguel Ballejo
FW	11	Atilio Oyola
Substitutes:
FW		Horacio Baldessari
MF		Rubén Molina
Manager:
Alfio Basile


GK	1	Daniel Carnevali
DF	4	Juan C. Ghielmetti
DF	2	Oscar Crayacich
DF	6	Edgardo Bauza
DF	3	Jorge A. García
MF	8	José Luis Gaitán
MF	5	Omar Palma
MF	10	Eduardo Bacas
FW	7	Félix Orte
FW	9	Víctor Marchetti
FW	11	Daniel Teglia
Substitutes:
FW		Guillermo Trama
DF		Aldo Espinoza
Manager:
Ángel Tulio Zof