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Campeonato Paulista – Série A1
Season 1981
Champions São Paulo
Relegated Noroeste
Taça de Ouro
São Paulo
Ponte Preta
Inter de Limeira
Santos
XV de Jaú
São José
Taça de Prata Corinthians
Portuguesa
Palmeiras
Botafogo
Juventus
Matches played537
Goals scored1,190 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer Jorge Mendonça ( Guarani) – 38 goals
Biggest home win Guarani 5-0 América (June 17, 1981)
Ponte Preta 5-0 Santos (July 11, 1981)
Ponte Preta 6-1 Taubaté (August 9, 1981)
Biggest away win Comercial 0-5 Guarani (June 21, 1981)
Ferroviária 0-5 Taubaté (September 6, 1981)
Highest scoring Taubaté 3-4 Marília (March 5, 1981)
Taubaté 5-2 Juventus (March 8, 1981)
Guarani 2-5 XV de Jaú (May 31, 1981)
São José 3-4 Taubaté (July 5, 1981)
Ponte Preta 6-1 Taubaté (August 9, 1981)
Taubaté 5-2 Comercial (August 12, 1981)
Juventus 5-2 Comercial (September 20, 1981)
← 1980
1982 →

The 1981 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional [1] was the 80th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the championship by the 13th time. Noroeste was relegated. [2]

Championship

The championship would be divided into two rounds, and each round was divided into three phases - Qualifying, in which two teams qualified into the Final phase, Regular, in which six teams qualified into the Final phase, and Final, divided into two groups of four, with the winners of each group qualifying to the Finals. The winners of each round qualified to the Championship Finals. [1] [2]

First round

Qualifying phase

This stage involved twelve teams: all of the first level teams except for the eight teams that were still participating either in that year's Taça de Ouro or the Taça de Ouro. The twelve teams were divided into two groups of six, in which each team played twice against the teams of its own group. the top two teams of each group qualified to a playoff to determine the two teams that would qualify into that round's final phase. [2]

Group Gold
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 São Bento 10 7 1 2 19 15 +4 15 Qualified
2 Marília 10 5 3 2 19 16 +3 13
3 São José 10 3 3 4 15 12 +3 9
4 XV de Jaú 10 3 3 4 15 17 −2 9
5 Juventus 10 3 3 4 16 19 −3 9
6 Taubaté 10 1 3 6 14 19 −5 5
Updated to match(es) played on March 28, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
Group Red
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Comercial 10 5 3 2 16 8 +8 13 Qualified
2 América 10 4 4 2 10 9 +1 12
3 Ferroviária 10 5 1 4 15 12 +3 11
4 Botafogo 10 3 4 3 11 11 0 10
5 Francana 10 2 5 3 10 10 0 9
6 Noroeste 10 2 1 7 9 21 −12 5
Updated to match(es) played on March 28, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
Qualifying phase Finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marília 1–2 Comercial 1–0 0–2
América 2–1 São Bento 1–0 1–1

Regular phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ponte Preta 19 11 7 1 29 13 +16 29 Qualified
2 Guarani 19 9 7 3 36 23 +13 25
3 Inter de Limeira 19 10 4 5 31 21 +10 24
4 Botafogo 19 9 4 6 16 15 +1 22
5 Portuguesa 19 8 6 5 19 16 +3 22
6 Santos 19 9 3 7 26 20 +6 21
7 Corinthians 19 7 7 5 28 20 +8 21 Second round qualifying phase
8 XV de Jaú 19 7 7 5 20 16 +4 21
9 Juventus 19 7 6 6 17 11 +6 20
10 São José 19 6 8 5 21 22 −1 20
11 São Paulo 19 7 5 7 22 14 +8 19
12 América 19 5 9 5 11 14 −3 19 Qualified through the Qualifying phase
13 Palmeiras 19 4 11 4 22 20 +2 19 Second round qualifying phase
14 Taubaté 19 6 6 7 26 26 0 18
15 Comercial 19 5 7 7 15 26 −11 17 Qualified through the Qualifying phase
16 Francana 19 4 6 9 20 31 −11 14 Second round qualifying phase
17 Ferroviária 19 3 7 9 15 25 −10 13
18 Marília 19 4 4 11 16 28 −12 12
19 Noroeste 19 4 4 11 10 22 −12 12
20 São Bento 19 2 8 9 12 27 −15 12
Updated to match(es) played on July 7, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Final phase

Group Red
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ponte Preta 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 9 Qualified
2 América 6 2 3 1 4 3 +1 7
3 Botafogo 6 1 3 2 2 4 −2 5
4 Santos 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 3
Updated to match(es) played on July 29, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
Group Black
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guarani 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10 Qualified
2 Comercial 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 6
3 Portuguesa 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 5
4 Inter de Limeira 6 0 3 3 4 9 −5 3
Updated to match(es) played on July 29, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

First round Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guarani 3–4 Ponte Preta 1–1 2–3

Second round

Qualifying phase

This stage, that happened simultaneously with the First round's Final stage, was composed of the twelve teams that had been eliminated in the First round, divided into three groups of four, in which each team played twice against the teams of its own group, with the best team in each group qualifying to the Finals, where the three teams played once against each other, the best two qualifying to the Second round's Final phase.

Group Green
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Palmeiras 6 2 4 0 6 2 +4 8 Qualified
2 São Bento 6 3 1 2 5 4 +1 7
3 Ferroviária 6 0 5 1 5 7 −2 5
4 XV de Jaú 6 0 4 2 3 6 −3 4
Updated to match(es) played on July 29, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
Group Gold
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 São Paulo 6 4 0 2 12 5 +7 8 Qualified
2 Noroeste 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 6
3 Taubaté 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 5
4 Francana 6 2 1 3 5 9 −4 5
Updated to match(es) played on July 29, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
Group Red
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Corinthians 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 9 Qualified
2 Juventus 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 7
3 São José 6 0 4 2 3 6 −3 4
4 Marília 6 0 4 2 5 9 −4 4
Updated to match(es) played on July 29, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
Qualifying phase Finals
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 São Paulo 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Qualified
2 Palmeiras 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
3 Corinthians 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Updated to match(es) played on August 6, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Regular phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 São Paulo 19 11 3 5 36 18 +18 25 Qualified through the Qualifying phase
2 Guarani 19 9 6 4 34 23 +11 24 Qualified
3 São José 19 8 6 5 19 18 +1 22
4 Ponte Preta 19 7 8 4 31 20 +11 22
5 XV de Jaú 19 7 8 4 24 17 +7 22
6 Santos 19 7 8 4 21 15 +6 22
7 Palmeiras 19 6 8 5 20 24 −4 20 Qualified through the Qualifying phase
8 Corinthians 19 6 7 6 23 23 0 19 Qualified
9 Ferroviária 19 6 7 6 22 26 −4 19
10 Marília 19 5 9 5 24 26 −2 19
11 Comercial 19 7 4 8 20 31 −11 18
12 Portuguesa 19 5 8 6 16 17 −1 18
13 Juventus 19 4 10 5 26 21 +5 18
14 Inter de Limeira 19 4 10 5 12 15 −3 18
15 São Bento 19 4 10 5 14 19 −5 18
16 Francana 19 4 9 6 18 22 −4 17
17 Botafogo 19 5 6 8 15 21 −6 16
18 Taubaté 19 4 7 8 21 25 −4 15
19 Noroeste 19 4 6 9 14 20 −6 14
20 América 19 3 8 8 12 21 −9 14
Updated to match(es) played on October 18, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Final phase

Group White
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 São Paulo 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 8 Qualified
2 Guarani 6 2 4 0 9 5 +4 8
3 Corinthians 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 7
4 XV de Jaú 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1
Updated to match(es) played on November 15, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
Group Black
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 São José 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 7 Qualified
2 Palmeiras 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 7
3 Santos 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 5
4 Ponte Preta 6 1 3 2 2 4 −2 5
Updated to match(es) played on November 15, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Second round finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
São José 3–3 [3] São Paulo 1–0 2–3

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
São Paulo 3–1 Ponte Preta 1–1 2–0

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ponte Preta 38 18 15 5 60 33 +27 51 1982 Taça de Ouro
2 Guarani 38 18 13 7 70 46 +24 49 Qualified to 1982 Taça de Ouro as Taça de Prata champion
3 São Paulo 38 18 8 12 58 32 +26 44 1982 Taça de Ouro
4 Santos 38 16 11 11 47 35 +12 43
5 XV de Jaú 38 14 15 9 44 33 +11 43
6 Inter de Limeira 38 14 14 10 43 36 +7 42
7 São José 38 14 14 10 40 40 0 42
8 Corinthians 38 13 14 11 51 43 +8 40 1982 Taça de Prata
9 Portuguesa 38 13 14 11 35 33 +2 40
10 Palmeiras 38 10 19 9 42 44 −2 39
11 Botafogo 38 14 10 14 31 36 −5 38
12 Juventus 38 11 16 11 43 32 +11 38
13 Comercial 38 12 11 15 35 57 −22 35
14 Taubaté 38 10 13 15 47 51 −4 33
15 América 38 8 17 13 23 35 −12 33
16 Ferroviária 38 9 14 15 37 51 −14 32
17 Francana 38 8 15 15 38 53 −15 31
18 Marília 38 8 14 16 28 43 −15 30
19 São Bento 38 6 18 14 26 46 −20 30 Relegation Playoff
20 Noroeste 38 8 10 20 24 42 −18 26 Relegated
Updated to match(es) played on October 18, 1981. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Much like in the previous year, [4] the team with the fewest points would be relegated and the team with the second-fewest points would go to a playoff against the runner-up of the Second Level. only the results of the regular phases were counted. as such, Noroeste was relegated and São Bento had to dispute a playoff in neutral ground against XV de Piracicaba. [5]

Relegation Playoffs

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
XV de Piracicaba 3–3 São Bento 1–0 0–1 0-0 (1-3 pen.)

References

  1. ^ a b "Futebolnacional.com.br – Championship of Sao Paulo 1981". Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "RSSSF – Championship of Sao Paulo 1981". Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  3. ^ São Paulo won due to having a better season record
  4. ^ "Francana pode garantir seu lugar na 1.a" [Francana might remain in the first level]. Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil. November 11, 1980. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Tabelão". Placar (in Portuguese). No. 604. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Abril. December 11, 1981. p. 76. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
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