1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Season 1981
Champions Guarani (1st title)
Promoted Guarani
Anapolina
Matches played 197
Goals scored 489 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer Jorge Mendonça (Guarani) - 11 goals
Biggest home win Guarani 6-0 Serrano-RJ (January 21, 1981)
Biggest away win Anápolis 0-5 Bahia (January 31, 1981)
Highest scoring Vitória-ES 2-6 Americano (January 14, 1981)
1980
1982

The 1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, officially, the Taça de Prata 1981, was the 4th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.The championship was performed by 48 clubs, divided into 6 groups of 8 teams each, in which the two best teams of each group proceeded to the second phase, in which the twelve teams were divided into four groups of three teams.the first placed team of each group were promoted to the Second phase of the Taça de Ouro of the same year. the second placed teams of each group would proceed to the semifinals, disputed in a knockout tournament format, in which the winners were promoted to the Taça de Ouro of the following year.

First phase

Group A

Pos. Team Pt Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Pará Remo 10 6 [1] 4 2 0 12 4 +8
2 Pará Tuna Luso 9 7 4 1 2 8 6 +2
3 Ceará Ceará 9 7 3 3 1 12 8 +4
4 Ceará Guarany de Sobral 6 7 2 2 3 6 9 -3
5 Piauí Flamengo-PI 5 6[1] 2 1 3 5 6 -1
6 Piauí Tiradentes-PI 5 7 2 1 4 9 11 -2
7 Maranhão Maranhão 5 7 2 1 4 9 13 -3
8 Amazonas (Brazilian state) Rio Negro 5 7 2 1 4 5 9 -4

Group B

Pos. Team Pt Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Pernambuco Náutico 10 7 3 4 0 12 6 +6
2 Paraíba Botafogo-PB 9 7 3 3 1 10 7 +3
3 Pernambuco América-PE 9 7 3 3 1 6 5 +1
4 Rio Grande do Norte ABC 7 7 2 3 2 10 11 -1
5 Pernambuco Central 6 7 2 2 3 7 8 -1
6 Sergipe Confiança 5 7 2 1 4 7 10 -3
7 Paraíba Treze 5 7 2 1 4 8 11 -3
8 Alagoas ASA 5 7 1 3 3 5 7 -2

Group C

Pos. Team Pt Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Bahia Bahia 10 7 5 0 2 13 7 +6
2 Goiás Anapolina 9 7 3 3 1 13 8 +5
3 Mato Grosso União Rondonópolis 8 7 3 2 2 7 7 0
4 Bahia Leônico 8 7 3 2 2 7 6 +1
5 Goiás Anápolis 8 7 2 4 1 6 9 -3
6 Federal District (Brazil) Gama 7 7 1 5 1 7 6 +1
7 Bahia Itabuna 4 7 1 2 4 5 10 -5
8 Goiás Atlético-GO 2 7 0 2 5 6 11 -5

Group D

Pos. Team Pt Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 São Paulo (state) Guarani 11 7 5 1 1 16 6 +10
2 Paraná (state) Coritiba 9 7 4 1 2 9 5 +5
3 São Paulo (state) Juventus 8 7 3 2 2 11 9 +2
4 Rio de Janeiro (state) Campo Grande 8 7 3 2 2 4 3 +1
5 São Paulo (state) Botafogo-SP 7 7 3 1 3 5 8 -3
6 Paraná (state) Grêmio Maringá 6 7 1 4 2 6 7 -1
7 Paraná (state) Cascavel 4 7 1 2 4 7 10 -3
8 Rio de Janeiro (state) Serrano-RJ 3 7 0 3 4 3 14 -11

Group E

Pos. Team Pt Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Minas Gerais Uberaba 11 7 5 1 1 15 6 +9
2 Rio de Janeiro (state) Americano 10 7 4 2 1 17 7 +10
3 São Paulo (state) São Bento 10 7 4 2 1 11 8 +3
4 Minas Gerais América-MG 8 7 3 2 2 5 8 -3
5 Rio de Janeiro (state) América-RJ 7 7 3 1 3 6 7 -1
6 São Paulo (state) Comercial-SP 6 7 2 2 3 8 11 -3
7 Rio de Janeiro (state) Volta Redonda 3 7 1 1 5 8 11 -3
8 Espírito Santo Vitória 1 7 0 1 6 4 16 -12

Group F

Pos. Team Pt Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 São Paulo (state) Palmeiras 11 7 4 3 0 10 4 +6
2 Mato Grosso do Sul Comercial-MS 8 7 2 4 1 11 9 +2
3 Rio Grande do Sul Internacional de Santa Maria 7 7 3 1 3 11 11 0
4 Rio Grande do Sul São Paulo-RS 7 7 2 3 2 10 11 -1
5 São Paulo (state) Ferroviária 7 7 2 3 2 8 8 0
6 Santa Catarina (state) Criciúma 6 7 2 2 3 8 10 -2
7 Rio Grande do Sul Novo Hamburgo 6 7 2 2 3 8 11 -3
8 São Paulo (state) América-SP 4 7 1 2 4 7 9 -2

Second phase

Group G

P
Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Promotion or relegation
1. Bahia 7 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 Promoted to Second phase of Taça de Ouro
2. Remo 3 4 1 1 2 6 5 +1 Qualified to Semifinals
3. Botafogo-PB 2 4 0 2 2 2 7 -5

Group H

P
Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Promotion or relegation
1. Náutico 6 4 2 2 0 7 5 +2 Promoted to Second phase of Taça de Ouro
2. Anapolina 5 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 Qualified to Semifinals
3. Tuna Luso 1 4 0 1 3 3 7 -4

Group I

P
Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Promotion or relegation
1. Palmeiras 5 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 Promoted to Second phase of Taça de Ouro
2. Guarani 4 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 Qualified to Semifinals
3. Americano 3 4 1 1 2 3 6 -5

Group G

P
Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Promotion or relegation
1. Uberaba 5 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 Promoted to Second phase of Taça de Ouro
2. Comercial-MS 4 4 1 2 1 4 6 -2 Qualified to Semifinals
3. Coritiba 3 4 1 1 2 4 3 +1

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Comercial-MS 1-5 Guarani 1-2 0-3
Remo 5-7 Anapolina 2-3 3-4

Finals

First leg

21 March 1981
Anapolina Goiás 2 – 4 São Paulo (state) Guarani
Nei 48'
Fernando  60'
Careca  3',  12'
Lúcio  15'
Miranda 63'
Jonas Duarte, Anápolis (GO)
Attendance: 8,595
Referee: Minas Gerais Maurílio José Santiago

Second leg

27 March 1981
Guarani São Paulo (state) 1 – 1 Goiás Anapolina
Marcelo  21' Osmário  90'
Brinco de Ouro, Campinas (SP)
Attendance: 12,4452
Referee: Bahia Manuel Serapião Filho

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The match between Flamengo-PI and Remo wasn't disputed.

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