1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	1981
Champions	Grêmio (1st title)
Copa Libertadores de América	Flamengo (title holders) Grêmio São Paulo
Matches played	306
Goals scored	754 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nunes (Flamengo) - 16 goals
Biggest home win	Flamengo 8-0 Fortaleza (February 4, 1981)
Biggest away win	Desportiva 0-4 Botafogo (January 18, 1981) Mixto 0-4 Atlético Mineiro (February 21, 1981) Itabaiana 1-5 Cruzeiro (February 21, 1981) Paysandu 0-4 Fluminense (March 15, 1981) Fortaleza 0-4 Grêmio (March 28, 1981)
Highest scoring	Flamengo 8-0 Fortaleza (February 4, 1981)
Average attendance	17,545
← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the 1981 Taça de Ouro) was the 25th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Overview

It was performed by 44 teams, and Grêmio won the championship. Teams were selected by record on previous state championship

Teams and locations

São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Recife

Salvador

Rio de Janeiro teams:
Bangu
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Portuguesa
São Paulo
Recife teams:
Náutico
Santa Cruz
Sport Recife
Salvador teams:
Bahia
Galícia
Vitória

Locations of the 1981 Série A teams

State	Team	Qualification method
São Paulo 7 berths	São Paulo	1980 Campeonato Paulista Champion
	Santos	1980 Campeonato Paulista runners
	Ponte Preta	1980 Campeonato Paulista 3rd
	Corinthians	1980 Campeonato Paulista 4th
	Portuguesa	1980 Campeonato Paulista 5th
	Internacional	1980 Campeonato Paulista 6th
	Palmeiras¹	Promoted from 1981 Taça de Prata
Rio de Janeiro 5 berths	Fluminense	1980 Campeonato Carioca Champion
	Vasco da Gama	1980 Campeonato Carioca runners
	Flamengo	1980 Campeonato Carioca 3rd
	Bangu	1980 Campeonato Carioca 4th
	Botafogo	1980 Campeonato Carioca 5th
Rio Grande do Sul 2 berths	Grêmio	1980 Campeonato Gaucho Champion
Rio Grande do Sul 2 berths	Internacional	1980 Campeonato Gaucho runners
Bahia 3 berths	Vitória	1980 Campeonato Baiano Champion
	Galícia	1980 Campeonato Baiano runners-up
	Bahia¹	Promoted from 1981 Taça de Prata
Ceará 2 berths	Fortaleza	1980 Campeonato Cearense champions
Ceará 2 berths	Ferroviário Atlético Clube	1980 Campeonato Cearense runners-up
Goiás 2 berths	Vila Nova	1980 Campeonato Goiano Champion
Goiás 2 berths	Goiás	1980 Campeonato Goiano runners-up
Minas Gerais 3 berths	Atlético Mineiro	1980 Campeonato Mineiro Champion
	Cruzeiro	1980 Campeonato Mineiro runners-up
	Uberaba¹	Promoted from 1981 Taça de Prata
Paraná 2+1 berths	Londrina	1980 Taça de Prata
	Colorado	1980 Campeonato Paranaense Champion
	Pinheiros
Pernambuco 3 berths	Santa Cruz	1980 Campeonato Pernambucano champions
	Sport Recife	1980 Campeonato Pernambucano runners-up
	Náutico¹	Promoted from 1981 Taça de Prata
Alagoas 2 berths	CSA	1980 Taça de Prata
Alagoas 2 berths	CRB	State championship runners-up
Amazonas	Nacional	1980 state champions
Distrito Federal	Brasília	1980 state champions
Espírito Santo	Desportiva	1980 state champions
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa	1980 state champions
Mato Grosso	Mixto	1980 state champions
Mato Grosso do Sul 1berth	Operário	1980 state champions
Pará	Paysandu	1980 state champions
Paraíba	Campinense	1980 state champions
Piauí	Ríver	1980 state champion
Rio Grande do Norte	América de Natal	1980 state champion
Santa Catarina	Joinville	1980 state champion
Sergipe	Itabaiana	1980 state champion

¹ Entered directly on second phase.

First phase

Group A

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Vasco da Gama	13	9	6	1	2	24	9	+15
2	Ponte Preta	12	9	5	2	2	16	12	+4
3	Colorado	12	9	4	4	1	8	4	+4
4	Bangu	11	9	4	3	2	18	9	+9
5	Internacional	10	9	3	4	2	8	8	0
6	Internacional de Limeira	9	9	3	3	3	7	11	-4
7	Vitória	8	9	3	2	4	10	12	-2
8	Joinville	6	9	2	2	5	5	11	-6
9	Vila Nova	5	9	2	1	6	8	16	-8
10	Londrina	4	9	2	0	7	5	17	-12

Group B

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Portuguesa	14	9	6	2	1	13	7	+6
2	Operário-MS	11	9	5	1	3	11	8	+3
3	Goiás	11	9	4	3	2	10	6	+4
4	Grêmio	10	9	4	2	3	11	9	+2
5	Corinthians	10	9	4	2	3	10	8	+2
6	Galícia	9	9	4	1	4	10	10	0
7	Botafogo	9	9	4	1	4	15	12	+3
8	Pinheiros	8	9	1	6	2	9	11	-2
9	Brasília	6	9	2	2	5	10	15	-5
10	Desportiva	2	9	0	2	7	4	17	-13

Group C

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	São Paulo	13	9	4	5	0	13	5	+8
2	Sport	12	9	4	4	1	10	8	+2
3	Ferroviário-CE	11	9	4	3	2	14	11	+3
4	Fluminense	9	9	4	1	4	16	15	+1
5	Atlético Mineiro	9	9	3	3	3	13	8	+5
6	Mixto	8	9	3	2	4	11	15	-4
7	CSA	8	9	3	2	4	9	15	-6
8	América-RN	8	9	3	2	4	16	17	-1
9	Campinense	6	9	2	2	5	10	11	-1
10	River	6	9	2	2	5	7	14	-7

Group D

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Santos	15	9	6	3	0	19	4	+15
2	Flamengo	13	9	5	3	1	18	7	+11
3	Santa Cruz	12	9	4	4	1	16	9	+7
4	Nacional-AM	11	9	4	3	2	7	6	+1
5	Cruzeiro	11	9	4	3	2	11	7	+4
6	Paysandu	8	9	3	2	4	12	12	0
7	Fortaleza	7	9	2	3	4	9	16	-7
8	CRB	6	9	2	2	5	11	16	-5
9	Sampaio Corrêa	5	9	1	3	5	4	15	-11
10	Itabaiana	2	9	1	0	8	4	19	-15

Second phase

Group E

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	PL	GF	GA	GD
1	Vasco da Gama	10	6	4	2	0	13	5	+8
2	CSA	8	6	3	2	1	13	5	+8
3	Nacional-AM	4	6	2	0	4	7	11	-4
4	Galícia	2	6	1	0	5	5	17	-12

Group F

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Ponte Preta	9	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4
2	Bahia	7	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4
3	Santa Cruz	7	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2
4	Corinthians	1	6	0	1	5	4	14	-10

Group G

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Vitória	8	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2
2	Fluminense	7	6	2	3	1	12	6	+6
3	Portuguesa	6	6	1	4	1	6	6	0
4	Paysandu	3	6	0	3	3	3	11	-8

Group H

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Operário-MS	10	6	5	1	16	5	+11
2	Náutico	8	6	4	2	11	5	+6
3	Cruzeiro	6	6	3	3	9	13	-4
4	Ferroviário-CE	0	6	0	6	3	16	-13

Group I

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	São Paulo	9	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5
2	Grêmio	8	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3
3	Internacional de Limeira	6	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5
4	Fortaleza	1	6	0	1	5	2	15	-13

Group J

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Internacional	9	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8
2	Sport	7	6	2	3	1	9	4	+5
3	Palmeiras	6	6	3	0	3	7	11	-4
4	Goiás	2	6	0	2	4	1	10	-9

Group K

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Botafogo	9	6	3	3	0	10	4	+6
2	Santos	7	6	2	3	1	7	4	+3
3	Bangu	5	6	2	1	3	6	10	-4
4	Mixto	3	6	0	3	3	4	9	-5

Group L

Pos.	Team	Pt	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Flamengo	8	6	3	2	1	9	9	0
2	Atlético Mineiro	7	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3
3	Colorado	5	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1
4	Uberaba	4	6	0	4	2	5	9	-4

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fluminense	3–4	Vasco da Gama	0–2	3–2
Náutico	1-2	Ponte Preta	0–0	1-2
Vitória	2–3	Grêmio	2–1	0–2
Sport	1-3	Operário-MS	0-0	1-3
Bahia	0-2	Flamengo	0-0	0-2
CSA	0-2	Botafogo	0–0	0-2
Atlético Mineiro	1-2	Internacional	0-1	1-1
Santos	1-4	São Paulo	0–2	1-2

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vasco da Gama	0-0	Ponte Preta^[1]	0-0	0-0
Grêmio	3-0	Operário-MS	2-0	1-0
Flamengo	1-3	Botafogo	0-0	1-3
Internacional	0-3	São Paulo	0-1	0-2

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ponte Preta	3-3	Grêmio^[2]	2-3	1-0
Botafogo	3-3	São Paulo^[3]	1-0	2-3

Finals

First leg

Grêmio v São Paulo

30 April 1981

Grêmio	2 – 1	São Paulo
Paulo Isidoro 55', 69'		Serginho Chulapa 39'

Olímpico, Porto Alegre (RS)
Attendance: 53,388
Referee:

Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

Second leg

São Paulo v Grêmio

30 April 1981

São Paulo	0 – 1	Grêmio
		Baltazar 65'

Morumbi, São Paulo (SP)
Attendance: 95,106
Referee:

José Roberto Wright

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Grêmio	30	23	14	2	7	32	21	11
2	São Paulo	32	23	13	6	4	32	15	17
3	Ponte Preta	28	21	10	8	3	31	22	9
4	Botafogo	26	21	10	6	5	33	20	13
5	Vasco da Gama	27	19	11	5	3	41	17	24
6	Flamengo	25	19	9	7	3	30	19	11
7	Operário-MS	24	19	11	2	6	30	17	13
8	Internacional	22	19	7	8	4	20	14	6
9	Santos	22	17	8	6	3	27	12	15
10	Sport	20	17	6	8	3	20	15	5
11	Fluminense	18	17	7	4	6	31	25	6
12	Vitória	18	17	7	4	6	18	19	−1
13	CSA	17	17	6	5	6	22	22	0
14	Atlético Mineiro	17	17	5	7	5	22	15	7
15	Náutico	9	8	4	1	3	12	7	5
16	Bahia	8	8	3	2	3	10	8	2
17	Portuguesa	20	15	7	6	2	19	13	6
18	Santa Cruz	19	15	7	5	3	28	19	9
19	Cruzeiro	17	15	7	3	5	20	20	0
20	Colorado	17	15	5	7	3	16	11	5
21	Bangu	16	15	6	4	5	24	19	5
22	Nacional	15	15	6	3	6	14	17	−3
23	Internacional-SP	15	15	5	5	5	19	18	1
24	Goiás	13	15	4	5	6	11	16	−5
25	Galícia	11	15	5	1	9	15	27	−12
26	Corinthians	11	15	4	3	8	14	22	−8
27	Ferroviário	11	15	4	3	8	17	27	−10
28	Paysandu	11	15	3	5	7	15	23	−8
29	Mixto	11	15	3	5	7	15	24	−9
30	Fortaleza	8	15	2	4	9	11	31	−20
31	Palmeiras	6	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4
32	Uberaba	4	6	0	4	2	5	9	−4
33	América-RN	8	9	3	2	4	16	17	−1
34	Pinheiros	8	9	1	6	2	9	11	−2
35	Campinense	6	9	2	2	5	10	11	−1
36	CRB	6	9	2	2	5	11	16	−5
37	Brasília	6	9	2	2	5	10	15	−5
38	Joinville	6	9	2	2	5	5	11	−6
39	River	6	9	2	2	5	7	14	−7
40	Vila Nova-GO	5	9	2	1	6	8	16	−8
41	Sampaio Corrêa	5	9	1	3	5	4	15	−11
42	Londrina	4	9	2	0	7	5	17	−12
43	Itabaiana	2	9	1	0	8	4	19	−15
44	Desportiva Capixaba	2	9	0	2	7	4	17	−13

References

↑ Ponte Preta qualified due to scoring more points in the Round of 16.
↑ Grêmio qualified due to scoring more points in the quarterfinals
↑ São Paulo qualified due to scoring more points in the quarterfinals

Sources

RSSSF

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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