The 1981 Campeonato Profesional was the thirty-fourth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Junior won the league for the fourth time after winning the Cuadrangular final.
Teams Team City Stadium América Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander Deportes Quindío Armenia San José de Armenia Deportes Tolima Ibagué Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Deportivo Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot Junior Barranquilla Romelio Martínez Millonarios Bogotá El Campín Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande Santa Fe Bogotá El Campín Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Eduardo Santos
Torneo Apertura PosTeamPWDLGFGAPtsNotes1América261583422138Advance to Group A and Semi-final quadrangulars2Millonarios261475462835Advance to Group A and Semi-final quadrangulars3Atlético Nacional261376413233Advance to Group A4Deportivo Cali261178352229Advance to Group A5Deportes Quindío26998282927Advance to Group A6Unión Magdalena26998232827Advance to Group A7Cúcuta Deportivo269710303625Advance to Group A8Deportivo Pereira266128293224Advance to Group B9Santa Fe266119364023Advance to Group B10Atlético Bucaramanga267910293723Advance to Group B11Independiente Medellín267811263622Advance to Group B12Junior266911192621Advance to Group B13Once Caldas267613324120Advance to Group B14Deportes Tolima266713212919Advance to Group B
Torneo Finalización Group A PosTeamPWDLGFGAPtsNotes1Deportes Quindío21896333125Advance to Semi-final quadrangulars2Deportivo Cali21957322623Advance to Semi-final quadrangulars3Unión Magdalena219572425234Atlético Nacional218582827215Cúcuta Deportivo2151152933216Millonarios215972025197América218211313018
Group B PosTeamPWDLGFGAPtsNotes1Deportes Tolima211074292027Advance to Semi-final quadrangulars2Junior21885342924Advance to Semi-final quadrangulars3Once Caldas218583232214Atlético Bucaramanga217682325205Santa Fe216693133186Independiente Medellín216692529187Deportivo Pereira21489263216
Aggregate table The overall standings combining results from both the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Finalización determined the remaining qualifiers for the semi-final quadrangulars.
PosTeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsNotes1América de Cali472310147351+2256Qualified via Apertura2Atlético Nacional472112146959+1054Qualified via Aggregate table3Millonarios471916126653+1354Qualified via Apertura4Deportivo Cali472012156748+1952Qualified via Finalización5Deportes Quindío471718126160+152Qualified via Finalización6Unión Magdalena471814154754−750Qualified via Aggregate table7Deportes Tolima471614174249−746Qualified via Finalización8Cúcuta Deportivo471418155969−1046Advance to Copa Colombia9Junior471417165355−245Qualified via Finalización10Atlético Bucaramanga471415185262−1043Advance to Copa Colombia11Once Caldas471511216373−1041Advance to Copa Colombia12Santa Fe471217186773−641Advance to Copa Colombia13Deportivo Pereira471020175564−940Advance to Copa Colombia14Independiente Medellín471214215066−1638Advance to Copa Colombia
Semi-final quadrangulars Group A PosTeamPWDLGFGAPtsNotes1América64111219Advance to Final quadrangular2Junior64111199Advance to Final quadrangular3Millonarios61145123Advance to Copa Colombia4Unión Magdalena6114393Advance to Copa Colombia
Group B PosTeamPWDLGFGAPtsNotes1Deportes Tolima6240648Advance to Final quadrangular2Atlético Nacional6231847Advance to Final quadrangular3Deportivo Cali62221096Advance to Copa Colombia4Deportes Quindío60333103Advance to Copa Colombia
Copa Colombia
The Copa Colombia was played as an additional part of the league championship. Draws were decided by penalty shoot-out, with winners obtaining 2 points and losers none.
First stage The six clubs that had not qualified for the Cuadrangulares played a round-robin tournament. Independiente Medellín advanced to the final as winners.
Atlético Bucaramanga Cúcuta Deportivo Independiente Medellín Once Caldas Deportivo Pereira Santa Fe
Second stage The four clubs eliminated in the Cuadrangulares played a round-robin tournament. Deportivo Cali advanced to the final as winners.
Deportivo Cali Millonarios Deportes Quindío Unión Magdalena
Final Team 11st leg2nd legTeam 2Independiente Medellín3–11–1Deportivo Cali
Final quadrangular PosTeamPWDLGFGAPtsNotes1Atlético Nacional6321768Qualified for 1982 Copa Libertadores2Deportes Tolima62221096Qualified for 1982 Copa Libertadores3América61326854Junior613210105
References
External links Dimayor's official website