# 1981 Primera División de Chile

The 1981 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean league top tier's 49th season. Colo-Colo was the tournament's champion, winning its thirteenth title.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 48 | Champions; Qualified to 1982 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Cobreloa | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 21 | +32 | 46 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | Universidad de Chile | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 40 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 4 | Unión Española | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 35 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 5 | Naval | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 33 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 6 | Magallanes | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 32 | |
| 7 | Audax Italiano | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Universidad Católica | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 30 | |
| 9 | Deportes La Serena | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 29 | |
| 10 | O'Higgins | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 27 | |
| 11 | Palestino | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 26 | To Promotion/relegation Liguilla |
| 12 | Deportes Iquique | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 26 | To Promotion/relegation Liguilla |
| 13 | San Luis | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 25 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 14 | Deportes Concepción | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 24 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 15 | Everton | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 23 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 16 | Ñublense | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 70 | −53 | 10 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* ↑ 2 bonus points awarded.
* 1 2 3 1 bonus point awarded.
* Campeonato Nacional 1981 champions
* Colo-Colo 13th title

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUD | CLO | COL | DCO | EVE | DIQ | DLS | MAG | NAV | ÑUB | OHI | PAL | SLU | UCA | UCH | UES |
| Audax | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Cobreloa | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Colo-Colo | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Concepción | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Everton | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Iquique | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 6–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| La Serena | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Magallanes | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Naval | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 8–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Ñublense | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| O'Higgins | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 6–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Palestino | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| San Luis | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| U. Católica | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| U. de Chile | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 |
| U. Española | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |

## Topscorers

| Name | Team | Goals |
| Carlos Caszely | Colo-Colo | 20 |
| Luis Marcoleta | Magallanes | 20 |
| Víctor Cabrera | San Luis | 20 |

## Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cobreloa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Qualified to 1982 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Naval | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Unión Española | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |

## Promotion/relegation Liguilla

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Palestino | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
| 2 | Deportes Iquique | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Deportes Antofagasta | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Coquimbo Unido | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |