1981 Primera División de Chile

Cobreloa (Liguilla winners)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	661 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Caszely; Luis Marcoleta; Víctor Cabrera; (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Naval 8–1 Ñublense; (2 January 1982)
Highest attendance	74,570 Universidad de Chile 0–2 Colo-Colo; (13 December)
Total attendance	1,991,278
Average attendance	8,567
	← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean league top tier's 49th season. Colo-Colo was the tournament's champion, winning its thirteenth title.^[1]

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^[a]	Champions; Qualified to 1980 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
4	Unión Española	30	12	10	8	44	32	+12	35^[b]
5	Naval	30	11	11	8	46	34	+12	33
6	Magallanes	30	12	8	10	45	39	+6	32
7	Audax Italiano	30	10	10	10	42	40	+2	31^[b]
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
15	Everton	30	5	12	13	36	60	−24	23^[b]
16	Ñublense	30	2	6	22	17	70	−53	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 2 bonus points awarded.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

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

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

27 January 1982	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	L. Rojas 37' Donoso 82' Pinto 87'		3' Siviero 16' Olivera 34' Alarcón	Attendance: 20,095 Referee: J. Silvagno

27 January 1982	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Pellegrini 57'			Attendance: 20,095 Referee: S. Vásquez

30 January 1982	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
			50' (pen.) Espinoza	Attendance: 27,676 Referee: M. Lira

30 January 1982	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Gamboa 32' (pen.)		13' Own-goal	Attendance: 27,676 Referee: G. Castro

3 February 1982	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Own-goal 2' Alarcón 61'		18' Flores	Attendance: 17,243 Referee: V. Ojeda

Universidad de Chile v Unión Española

3 February 1982	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Mondaca 57' Hoffens 60'		68' Baquela	Attendance: 17,243 Referee: G. Budge

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

Source: rsssf.com

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