Primera División (Uruguay) 1981

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Primera División 1981
master Club Atlético Peñarol
Relegated Centro Atlético Fénix
Teams 15th
Games 210
Gates 555  (ø 2.64 per game)
Top scorer Rubén Paz ( Club Atlético Peñarol )
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The 1981 season of the Primera División was the 78th season (the 50th of the professional era) of the Uruguayan top division in men's football , the Primera División .

The Primera División consisted of 15 clubs in the championship season of 1981, whose teams met twice in a total of 210 championship games played from the end of March to mid-December of the year. 555 goals were scored. The championship won the Club Atlético Peñarol as first table in front of Nacional Montevideo and the Montevideo Wanderers as second and third in the season final table . Centro Atlético Fénix had to relegate to the Segunda División . Peñarol and Club Atlético Defensor qualified for the 1982 Copa Libertadores .

Furthermore, a playoff game for 6th place and thus for the starting place in the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores between Defensor and Miramar Misiones was played, which Defensor decided 2-1 in his favor.

A relegation playoff round between Rampla Juniors and Liverpool FC was also played in three games. After the Rampla Juniors lost their first game 0-1, but won the second game 2-1, the third meeting ended with a 0-0 draw. In the penalty shootout, the Rampla Juniors prevailed 5: 4. Liverpool were allowed to remain first class, however.

The top scorer was Rubén Paz from master Peñarol with 17 goals .

Annual table

rank society Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
01. Club Atlético Peñarol 28 19th 06th 03 63:25 44
02. Nacional Montevideo (M) 28 17th 07th 04th 61:35 41
03. Montevideo Wanderers 28 11 13 04th 37:27 35
04th Bella Vista 28 10 12 06th 39:30 32
05. River Plate 28 09 13 06th 38:34 31
06th Club Atlético Defensor 28 11 08th 09 41:37 30th
07th Miramar Misiones 28 09 12 07th 36:33 30th
08th. Huracan Buceo 28 07th 14th 07th 32:33 28
09. Club Atlético Cerro 28 07th 11 10 37:38 25th
10. Rampla Juniors (N) 28 06th 11 11 23:40 23
11. Liverpool FC (N) 28 07th 09 12 22:43 23
12. Danubio FC 28 06th 09 13 38:39 21st
13. Club Atlético Progreso 28 05 11 12 31:51 21st
14th South America 28 05 10 13 28:39 20th
15th Centro Atlético Fénix 28 04th 08th 16 29:51 16
(M) Champion of the previous season
(N) Promoted from the Segunda División

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez : Club Atlético Peñarol - 120, Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo 2011, p. 146 - ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8
  2. ↑ Uruguay - List of Final Tables 1900-2000 on rsssf.com, accessed October 28, 2016
  3. ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed October 28, 2016