1980–81 European Cup
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The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 August 1980 – 27 May 1981 |
| Teams | 33 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Liverpool (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |
.svg.png){kind=small} Real Madrid |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 166 (2.63 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Terry McDermott Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Graeme Souness(6 goals each) |
The 1980–81 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for a third time by Liverpool in the final against Real Madrid. In the 11 seasons up to and including this one, there were only four winners of the European Cup (Ajax, Bayern Munich, Nottingham Forest and Liverpool), but there were eleven different runners-up. This record would have continued into the next year as well, but Bayern lost to first-time finalists Aston Villa.
Nottingham Forest, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the first round.
Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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11–0 |  Valletta |
8–0 | 3–0 |
First leg
16 August 1980 |
| Budapest Honvéd |
8–0 | Valletta |
|---|---|---|
Bodonyi  3'Garaba 4'Esterházy 25'Kocsis 43' (pen.)Dajka 54', 83'Varga 83', 90' |
Report |
Second leg
Budapest Honvéd won 11–0 on aggregate.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen |
1–0 |  Austria Vienna |
1–0 | 0–0 |
OPS  |
2–11 | Liverpool |
1–1 | 1–10 |
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2–0 | Nottingham Forest |
1–0 | 1–0 |
Trabzonspor  |
2–4 |  Szombierki Bytom |
2–1 | 0–3 |
Olympiacos  |
2–7 | Bayern Munich |
2–4 | 0–3 |
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0–3 |  Ajax |
0–2 | 0–1 |
ÍBV  |
1–2 |  Baník Ostrava |
1–1 | 0–1 |
Dynamo Berlin  |
4–2 |  APOEL |
3–0 | 1–2 |
Jeunesse Esch  |
0–9 |  Spartak Moscow |
0–5 | 0–4 |
Halmstad  |
2–3 |  Esbjerg |
0–0 | 2–3 |
Limerick  |
2–7 | Real Madrid |
1–2 | 1–5 |
Sporting CP  |
0–3 | Budapest Honvéd |
0–2 | 0–1 |
Linfield  |
0–3 |  Nantes |
0–1 | 0–2 |
Internazionale  |
3–1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Universitatea Craiova |
2–0 | 1–1 |
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1–5 |  Basel |
0–1 | 1–4 |
Viking  |
3–7 |  Red Star Belgrade |
2–3 | 1–4 |
First leg
17 September 1980 |
| OPS |
1–1 | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Puotiniemi 81' |
Report | McDermott 15' |
Raatti Stadium, Oulu Attendance: 14,000 |
17 September 1980 |
| Olympiacos |
2–4 | Bayern Munich |
|---|---|---|
| Galakos 26' Ahlström 82' |
Report | Dremmler 22', 63' Rummenigge 57'Kraus 66' |
17 September 1980 |
| Jeunesse Esch |
0–5 | Spartak Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gavrilov 1', 31', 68' Khidiyatullin 43'Yartsev 84' |
17 September 1980 |
| Limerick |
1–2 | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Kennedy 51' |
Report | Juanito 71' (pen.) Pineda 85' |
Lansdowne Road Attendance: 10,000 |
17 September 1980 |
| Viking |
2–3 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Svendsen 30' Sæbø 50' |
Report | Petrović 70' Brekke 77' (o.g.)Repčić 80' |
Second leg
Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.
1 October 1980 |
| Liverpool |
10–1 | OPS |
|---|---|---|
| Souness 5', 24', 52' (pen.) McDermott 29', 41', 83'Lee 53'Kennedy 66'Fairclough 68', 81' |
Report | Armstrong 47' |
Liverpool won 11–2 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.
1 October 1980 |
| Szombierki Bytom |
3–0 | Trabzonspor |
|---|---|---|
| Byś 17' Ogaza 80'Sroka 89' (pen.) |
Report |
Referee: Erik Fredriksson |
Szombierki Bytom won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.
Baník Ostrava won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin won 4–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1980 |
| Spartak Moscow |
4–0 | Jeunesse Esch |
|---|---|---|
| Pigat 15' (o.g.) Rodionov 24'Gavrilov 40'Yartsev 88' |
Report |
Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.
1 October 1980 |
| Esbjerg |
3–2 | Halmstad |
|---|---|---|
| Iversen 9' Lauridsen 24'Nielsen 49' |
Report | Johansson 31' Larsson 89' |
Esbjerg won 3–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1980 |
| Real Madrid |
5–1 | Limerick |
|---|---|---|
| Santillana 15', 31' de Los Santos 69'Cunningham 71'Pineda 83' |
Report | Kennedy 43' |
Real Madrid won 7–2 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 3–0 on aggregate.
Nantes won 3–0 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1980 |
| Basel |
4–1 | Club Brugge |
|---|---|---|
| Tanner 14' Stohler 48' (pen.)von Wartburg 55'Geisser 81' |
Report | Ceulemans 4' |
Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1980 |
| Red Star Belgrade |
4–1 | Viking |
|---|---|---|
| B. Ǵurovski 21' Janjanin 24'Petrović 29'Stamenković 58' |
Report | Brekke 58' |
Red Star Belgrade won 7–3 on aggregate.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen |
0–5 | Liverpool |
0–1 | 0–4 |
| CSKA Sofia |
5–0 | Szombierki Bytom |
4–0 | 1–0 |
| Bayern Munich |
6–3 | Ajax |
5–1 | 1–2 |
| Baník Ostrava |
1–1 (a) | Dynamo Berlin |
0–0 | 1–1 |
| Spartak Moscow |
3–2 | Esbjerg |
3–0 | 0–2 |
| Real Madrid |
3–0 | Budapest Honvéd |
1–0 | 2–0 |
| Nantes |
2–3 | Internazionale |
1–2 | 1–1 |
| Basel |
1–2 | Red Star Belgrade |
1–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
22 October 1980 |
| Aberdeen |
0–1 | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Report | McDermott 5' |
Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 24,000 |
23 October 1980 |
| Bayern Munich |
5–1 | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
| Dürnberger 45' Rummenigge 51', 82'D. Hoeneß 80', 90' |
Report | Arnesen 37' |
Second leg
Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 5–0 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 6–3 on aggregate.
Baník Ostrava 1–1 Dynamo Berlin on aggregate. Baník Ostrava won on away goals.
Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool |
6–1 | CSKA Sofia |
5–1 | 1–0 |
| Bayern Munich |
6–2 | Baník Ostrava |
2–0 | 4–2 |
| Spartak Moscow |
0–2 | Real Madrid |
0–0 | 0–2 |
| Internazionale |
2–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
1–1 | 1–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.
18 March 1981 |
| Baník Ostrava |
2–4 | Bayern Munich |
|---|---|---|
| Němec 69' Lička 71' |
Report | D. Hoeneß 8' Kraus 26'Röber 32'Dürnberger 38' |
Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool |
1–1 (a) | Bayern Munich |
0–0 | 1–1 |
| Real Madrid |
2–1 | Internazionale |
2–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
Second leg
Liverpool 1–1 Bayern Munich on aggregate. Liverpool won on away goals.
Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1980–81 European Cup are as follows:
See also
External links
- 1980–81 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1980–81 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
- 1980-81 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
- European Cup 1980-81 – results, protocols, players statistics
- website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1980-81 – results, protocols
- website Football Archive 1980–81 European Cup
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