# 1980 Argentine Primera División

The 1980 Primera División season was the 89th season of top-flight football in Argentina. River Plate won the Metropolitano (20th title) while Rosario Central (3rd title) won the Nacional championship.
All Boys, Quilmes and Tigre were relegated.

## Metropolitano Championship

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | River Plate | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 64 | 33 | +31 | 51 |
| 2 | Argentinos Juniors | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 42 |
| 3 | Talleres (C) | 36 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 41 |
| 3 | Platense | 36 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 41 |
| 5 | Unión | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 39 |
| 6 | Newell's Old Boys | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 38 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 38 |
| 8 | Huracán | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 37 |
| 8 | Rosario Central | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 37 |
| 10 | Racing | 36 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 36 |
| 10 | Colón | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 36 |
| 10 | Estudiantes (LP) | 36 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 36 |
| 13 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 35 |
| 13 | Independiente | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 35 |
| 13 | Vélez Sársfield | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 35 |
| 16 | San Lorenzo | 36 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 33 |
| 17 | Quilmes | 36 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 30 |
| 18 | All Boys | 36 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 56 | −27 | 23 |
| 19 | Tigre | 36 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 21 |

## Nacional Championship
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rosario Central | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 17 |
| 1 | Racing (C) | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 17 |
| 3 | Estudiantes (LP) | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 16 |
| 4 | Vélez Sársfield | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 14 |
| 5 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 14 |
| 6 | Racing | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 11 |
| 7 | Atlético Tucumán | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 9 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Argentinos Juniors | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 20 |
| 2 | Unión | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 17 |
| 3 | Talleres (C) | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 16 |
| 4 | Huracán | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 14 |
| 5 | Boca Juniors | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 12 |
| 6 | San Martín (M) | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 12 |
| 7 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 8 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Newell's Old Boys | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 20 |
| 2 | Independiente | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 19 |
| 3 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlético Uruguay | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 14 |
| 5 | Quilmes | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 11 |
| 6 | Central Norte | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 10 |
| 7 | Chaco For Ever | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 7 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Instituto | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 18 |
| 2 | River Plate | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 17 |
| 2 | Platense | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 17 |
| 4 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Colón | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 14 |
| 6 | Cipolletti | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 12 |
| 7 | Independiente Rivadavia | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 31 | −23 | 5 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| River Plate | 5–8 | Newell's Old Boys | 3–2 | 2–6 |
| Instituto | 3–6 | Independiente | 2–1 | 1–5 |
| Argentinos Juniors | 2–4 | Racing (C) | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Rosario Central | 3–2 | Unión | 2–0 | 1–2 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rosario Central | 3–1 | Newell's Old Boys | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Racing (C) | 7–5 | Independiente | 4–0 | 3–5 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rosario Central | 5–3 | Racing (C) | 5–1 | 0–2 |
Rosario Central won the championship 5–3 on aggregate.

#### Second leg

| Racing (C) | Rosario Central |
| GK | 1 | Juan Ramos |
| DF | 4 | Lucio Del Mul |
| DF | 2 | Pascual Noriega |
| DF | 6 | Héctor Maldonado |
| DF | 3 | Enrique Vivanco |
| MF | 8 | Oscar A. López |
| MF | 5 | Guillermo Aramayo |
| MF | 10 | Roberto Gasparaini |
| FW | 7 | Luis Amuchástegui |
| FW | 9 | Miguel Ballejo |
| FW | 11 | Atilio Oyola |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | | Horacio Baldessari |
| MF | | Rubén Molina |
| Manager: ||
| Alfio Basile ||
| GK | 1 | Daniel Carnevali |
| DF | 4 | Juan C. Ghielmetti |
| DF | 2 | Oscar Crayacich |
| DF | 6 | Edgardo Bauza |
| DF | 3 | Jorge A. García |
| MF | 8 | José Luis Gaitán |
| MF | 5 | Omar Palma |
| MF | 10 | Eduardo Bacas |
| FW | 7 | Félix Orte |
| FW | 9 | Víctor Marchetti |
| FW | 11 | Daniel Teglia |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | | Guillermo Trama |
| DF | | Aldo Espinoza |
| Manager: ||
| Ángel Tulio Zof ||