1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	1981
Champions	Grêmio 1st Campeonato Brasileiro title 1st Brazilian 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
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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

Nacional

Paysandu

Sampaio Corrêa

River

Fortaleza

Ferroviário

América-RN

Campinense

CRB

CSA

Desportiva

Atlético Mineiro

Cruzeiro

Uberaba

Vila Nova

Goiás

Brasília

Operário-MS

Mixto

Itabaiana

Joinville

Pinheiros

Colorado

Grêmio

Internacional

Londrina

Inter de Limeira

Ponte Preta

Santos

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

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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
	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
	Ferroviário Atlético Clube	1980 Campeonato Cearense runners-up
Goiás 2 berths	Vila Nova	1980 Campeonato Goiano Champion
	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
	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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vasco da Gama (A)	9	6	1	2	24	9	+15	13
2	Ponte Preta (A)	9	5	2	2	16	12	+4	12
3	Colorado (A)	9	4	4	1	8	4	+4	12
4	Bangu (A)	9	4	3	2	18	9	+9	11
5	Internacional (A)	9	3	4	2	8	8	0	10
6	Internacional de Limeira (A)	9	3	3	3	7	11	−4	9
7	Vitória (A)	9	3	2	4	10	12	−2	8
8	Joinville	9	2	2	5	5	11	−6	6
9	Vila Nova	9	2	1	6	8	16	−8	5
10	Londrina	9	2	0	7	5	17	−12	4

Source:
(A) Advanced to second phase

Group B

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

Source:
(A) Advanced to second phase

Group C

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

Source:
(A) Advanced to second phase

Group D

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

Source: FutebolNacional.com
(A) Advanced to second phase

Second phase

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vasco da Gama (A)	6	4	2	0	13	5	+8	10
2	CSA (A)	6	3	2	1	13	5	+8	8
3	Nacional-AM	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	4
4	Galícia	6	1	0	5	5	17	−12	2

Source:
(A) Advanced to round of 16

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ponte Preta (A)	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4	9
2	Bahia (A)	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	7
3	Santa Cruz	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	7
4	Corinthians	6	0	1	5	4	14	−10	1

Source:
(A) Advanced to round of 16

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vitória (A)	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	8
2	Fluminense (A)	6	2	3	1	12	6	+6	7
3	Portuguesa	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	6
4	Paysandu	6	0	3	3	3	11	−8	3

Source:
(A) Advanced to round of 16

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Operário-MS (A)	6	5	0	1	16	5	+11	10
2	Náutico (A)	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	8
3	Cruzeiro	6	3	0	3	9	13	−4	6
4	Ferroviário-CE	6	0	0	6	3	16	−13	0

Source:
(A) Advanced to round of 16

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	São Paulo (A)	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	9
2	Grêmio (A)	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	8
3	Internacional de Limeira	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5	6
4	Fortaleza	6	0	1	5	2	15	−13	1

Source:
(A) Advanced to round of 16

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Internacional (A)	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	9
2	Sport (A)	6	2	3	1	9	4	+5	7
3	Palmeiras	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	6
4	Goiás	6	0	2	4	1	10	−9	2

Source:
(A) Advanced to round of 16

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Botafogo (A)	6	3	3	0	10	4	+6	9
2	Santos (A)	6	2	3	1	7	4	+3	7
3	Bangu	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	5
4	Mixto	6	0	3	3	4	9	−5	3

Source:
(A) Advanced to round of 16

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Flamengo (A)	6	3	2	1	9	9	0	8
2	Atlético Mineiro (A)	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	7
3	Colorado	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	5
4	Uberaba	6	0	4	2	5	9	−4	4

Source: FutebolNacional.com
(A) Advanced to round of 16

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vasco da Gama	0–0	Ponte Preta	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ponte Preta	3–3	Grêmio	2–3	1–0
Botafogo	3–3	São Paulo	1–0	2–3

Finals

First leg

30 April 1981 (1981-04-30)

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

3 May 1981 (1981-05-03)

São Paulo	0 – 1	Grêmio
		Baltazar 65'

Morumbi, São Paulo (SP)

Attendance: 95,106

Referee: José Roberto Wright

Final standings

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

Source: rsssf.com

Sources

• 1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF
• RSSSF Brasil