The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season.
[1] Both teams qualified to the 1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
Additionally, Real España, Marathón, Club Deportivo Olimpia and C.D.S.
Vida obtained berths to the 1981 Copa Fraternidad.
Due to the national team's participation at the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the league defined that no relegation was to take place this season.