1980–81 Mexican Primera División season

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

Primera División de México

Season	1980–81
Champions	UNAM (2nd title)
Relegated	Unión de Curtidores
Champions' Cup	UNAM Cruz Azul
Matches played	406
Goals scored	1,060 (2.61 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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

Mexico City

• Atlas
• Guadalajara
• Tecos
• UdeG

• León
• UdeC

Toluca

• Monterrey
• UANL

At. Potosino

Tampico

Zacatepec

Puebla

At. Campesinos

Greater Mexico City teams
América
Atlético Español
Atlante
Cruz Azul
Neza
UNAM

Location of the 1980-81 Primera División teams

Team City Stadium 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: 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: 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: 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: Results Home \ Away AME ATN ATL ACM ATE APO CRA GDL LEO MTY NEZ PUE TAM TEC TOL UDC 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 1–0 1–1 0–0 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 0–2 2–2 1–2 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 0–0 1–0 2–2 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 2–2 0–1 0–1 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 1–1 0–0 2–1 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 1–1 3–1 1–0 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 0–1 2–0 0–0 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 2–0 3–0 4–2 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 2–2 3–3 0–0 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 1–2 3–1 0–2 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 1–2 0–0 3–2 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 2–1 0–0 2–2 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 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–5 4–4 3–1 Tecos 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 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 4–1 1–2 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 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 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 1–2 3–2 4–2 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 1–0 2–0 0–2 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 5–0 2–1 4–1 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 1–0 2–0 3–4 3–2 2–2 2–2 Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Relegation Playoff July 16, 1981 Atlas 2-0 Unión de Curtidores Sergio Lima  10' (pen)  Jorge Humberto Torres  64' Report Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara July 23, 1981 Unión de Curtidores 2-1 Atlas 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. Playoff 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: 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 August 6, 1981 Cruz Azul 1-0 UNAM Adrián Camacho 47' Report Estadio Azteca, Mexico City August 9, 1981 UNAM 4-1 Cruz Azul Hugo Sánchez  10' Ricardo Ferretti  22' Manuel Manzo  24' Enrique López Zarza Report Rafael Toribio Estadio Olimpico Universitario, Mexico City UNAM won 4-2 on aggregate.  1980-81 winners  UNAM 2nd References Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)