1981 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

Football league season

Liga Nacional
Season	1981
Champions	Comunicaciones (10th title)
Relegated	Tipografía Nacional
Champions' Cup	Comunicaciones Xelajú
Copa Fraternidad	Comunicaciones Xelajú
← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Guatemalan Liga Nacional was the 30th edition of the Guatemalan Liga Nacional. Comunicaciones F.C. won their 10th title after finishing first in the Final round.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Comunicaciones	22	14	5	3	51	18	+33	33	Qualified to the Final round
2	Cobán Imperial	22	11	6	5	36	23	+13	28
3	Xelajú	22	10	7	5	36	24	+12	27
4	Aurora	22	10	6	6	28	25	+3	26
5	Finanzas	22	9	7	6	25	23	+2	25
6	Galcasa	22	8	7	7	31	30	+1	23
7	Suchitepéquez	22	9	5	8	25	23	+2	23
8	Pensamiento	22	6	7	9	25	33	−8	19
9	Juventud Retalteca	22	6	6	10	22	27	−5	18	Relegation round
10	Antigua	22	5	6	11	23	30	−7	16
11	Municipal	22	4	7	11	15	30	−15	15
12	Tipografía Nacional	22	2	7	13	18	49	−31	11

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Championship Round

Also known as the Octogonal

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Comunicaciones	14	9	4	1	22	9	+13	22	Champions
2	Xelajú	14	5	6	3	21	15	+6	16
3	Cobán Imperial	14	4	6	4	18	19	−1	14
4	Pensamiento	14	5	4	5	15	16	−1	14
5	Aurora	14	4	5	5	14	16	−2	13
6	Finanzas	14	3	6	5	17	19	−2	12
7	Galcasa	14	4	4	6	20	25	−5	12
8	Suchitepéquez	14	2	5	7	12	20	−8	9

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Comunicaciones F.C. and Club Xelajú MC qualified to the 1982 CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the 1982 Copa Fraternidad.

Relegation Round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
9	Juventud Retalteca	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8	10
10	Municipal	6	3	2	1	7	2	+5	8
11	Antigua	6	2	2	2	7	4	+3	6
12	Tipografía Nacional	6	0	0	6	3	19	−16	0	Relegated

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References

RSSSF.com – Guatemala 1981 – 17 December 2005

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