1980–81 European Cup

1980–81 European Cup

Tournament details
Dates	16/08/1980 – 27/05/1981
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (3rd title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Top scorer(s)	Terry McDermott, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Graeme Souness (6 goals)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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
Budapest Honvéd	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 Gamesheet

Second leg

3 September 1980	Valletta	0–3	Budapest Honvéd
		Report Gamesheet	Esterházy  16', 75' Bodonyi  21'

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
CSKA Sofia	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
Dinamo Tirana	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	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	1–1
Club Brugge	1–5	Basel	0–1	1–4
Viking	3–7	Red Star Belgrade	2–3	1–4

First leg

17 September 1980	Aberdeen	1–0	Austria Vienna
	McGhee  31'	Report Gamesheet

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17 September 1980	OPS	1–1	Liverpool	Raatti Stadium, Oulu Attendance: 14,000
	Puotiniemi  81'	Report Gamesheet	McDermott  15'

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17 September 1980	CSKA Sofia	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Sofia
	Yonchev  70'	Report Gamesheet

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17 September 1980	Trabzonspor	2–1	Szombierki Bytom
	Ünal  36' Soyak  54'	Report Gamesheet	Wieczorek  87'

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17 September 1980	Olympiacos	2–4	Bayern Munich
	Galakos  26' Ahlström  82'	Report Gamesheet	Dremmler  22', 63' Rummenigge  57' Kraus  66'

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17 September 1980	Dinamo Tirana	0–2	Ajax
		Report Gamesheet	Arnesen  69', 89'

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17 September 1980	ÍBV	1–1	Baník Ostrava
	Þorleifsson  28'	Report Gamesheet	Daněk  42'

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17 September 1980	Dynamo Berlin	3–0	APOEL
	Terletzki  51' Trieloff  72' Schulz  87'	Report Gamesheet

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17 September 1980	Jeunesse Esch	0–5	Spartak Moscow
		Report Gamesheet	Gavrilov  1', 31', 68' Khidiyatullin  43' Yartsev  84'

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17 September 1980	Halmstad	0–0	Esbjerg
		Report Gamesheet

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17 September 1980	Limerick	1–2	Real Madrid
	Kennedy  51'	Report Gamesheet	Juanito  71' (pen.) Pineda  85'

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17 September 1980	Sporting CP	0–2	Budapest Honvéd
		Report Gamesheet	Bodonyi  50' Nagy  65'

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17 September 1980	Linfield	0–1	Nantes
		Report Gamesheet	Amisse  37'

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17 September 1980	Internazionale	2–0	Universitatea Craiova	Milan
	Altobelli  8' (pen.)  60'	Report Gamesheet

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17 September 1980	Club Brugge	0–1	Basel
		Report Gamesheet	Maissen  65'

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17 September 1980	Viking	2–3	Red Star Belgrade
	Svendsen  30' Sæbø  50'	Report Gamesheet	Petrović  70' Brekke  77' (o.g.) Repčić  80'

Second leg

1 October 1980	Austria Vienna	0–0	Aberdeen	Praterstadion, Vienna
		Report Gamesheet

Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Liverpool	10–1	OPS	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 21,013
	Souness  5'  24'  52' (pen.) McDermott  29'  41'  83' Lee  53' Kennedy  66' Fairclough  68'  81'	Report Gamesheet	Armstrong  47'

Liverpool won 11–2 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Nottingham Forest	0–1	CSKA Sofia	Nottingham
		Report Gamesheet	Kerimov  33'

CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Szombierki Bytom	3–0	Trabzonspor	Referee: Erik Fredriksson
	Byś  17' Ogaza  80' Sroka  89' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Szombierki Bytom won 4–2 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Bayern Munich	3–0	Olympiacos
	Hoeneß  2' Rummenigge  7' Janzon  68' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Ajax	1–0	Dinamo Tirana
	Lerby  80' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Baník Ostrava	1–0	ÍBV
	Vojáček  31'	Report Gamesheet

Baník Ostrava won 2–1 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	APOEL	2–1	Dynamo Berlin
	Hailis  39' Petrou  48'	Report Gamesheet	Seier  86'

Dynamo Berlin won 4–2 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Spartak Moscow	4–0	Jeunesse Esch
	Pigat  15' (o.g.) Rodionov  24' Gavrilov  40' Yartsev  88'	Report Gamesheet

Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Esbjerg	3–2	Halmstad
	Iversen  9' Lauridsen  24' Nielsen  49'	Report Gamesheet	Johansson  31' Larsson  89'

Esbjerg won 3–2 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Real Madrid	5–1	Limerick
	Santillana  15', 31' de Los Santos  69' Cunningham  71' Pineda  83'	Report Gamesheet	Kennedy  43'

Real Madrid won 7–2 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Budapest Honvéd	1–0	Sporting CP
	Dajka  38'	Report Gamesheet

Budapest Honvéd won 3–0 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Nantes	2–0	Linfield
	Rampillon  17' Trossero  60'	Report Gamesheet

Nantes won 3–0 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Internazionale	Craiova
	Beldeanu  18'	Report Gamesheet	Muraro  8'

Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Basel	4–1	Club Brugge
	Tanner  14' Stohler  48' (pen.) von Wartburg  55' Geisser  81'	Report Gamesheet	Ceulemans  4'

Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.

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1 October 1980	Red Star Belgrade	4–1	Viking
	B. Ǵurovski  21' Janjanin  24' Petrović  29' Stamenković  58'	Report Gamesheet	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	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 24,000
		Report Gamesheet	McDermott  5'

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22 October 1980	CSKA Sofia	4–0	Szombierki Bytom	Sofia
	Yonchev  22', 58', 60' Zdravkov  75'	Report Gamesheet

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23 October 1980	Bayern Munich	5–1	Ajax
	Dürnberger  45' Rummenigge  51', 82' D. Hoeneß  80', 90'	Report Gamesheet	Arnesen  37'

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22 October 1980	Baník Ostrava	0–0	Dynamo Berlin
		Report Gamesheet

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22 October 1980	Spartak Moscow	3–0	Esbjerg
	Khidiyatullin  19', 70' Shavlo  39'	Report Gamesheet

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22 October 1980	Real Madrid	1–0	Budapest Honvéd
	Santillana  22'	Report Gamesheet

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22 October 1980	Nantes	1–2	Internazionale	Nantes
	Rio  69' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Altobelli  12' Prohaska  85'

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22 October 1980	Basel	1–0	Red Star Belgrade
	Lauscher  33'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

5 November 1980	Liverpool	4–0	Aberdeen	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 36,182
	Miller  37' (o.g.) Neal  43' Dalglish  58' Hansen  71'	Report Gamesheet

Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.

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5 November 1980	Szombierki Bytom	0–1	CSKA Sofia	Bytom
		Report Gamesheet	Dzhevizov  53'

CSKA Sofia won 5–0 on aggregate.

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5 November 1980	Ajax	2–1	Bayern Munich
	Wiggemansen  16' Rijkaard  18'	Report Gamesheet	Rummenigge  81'

Bayern Munich won 6–3 on aggregate.

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5 November 1980	Dynamo Berlin	1–1	Baník Ostrava
	Troppa  58' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Knapp  33' (pen.)

Baník Ostrava 1–1 Dynamo Berlin on aggregate. Baník Ostrava won on away goals.

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5 November 1980	Esbjerg	2–0	Spartak Moscow
	Lauridsen  47' Iversen  72'	Report Gamesheet

Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1980	Budapest Honvéd	0–2	Real Madrid
		Report Gamesheet	Cunningham  26' García Hernández  82'

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

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5 November 1980	Internazionale	1–1	Nantes	Milan
	Altobelli  29'	Report Gamesheet	Amisse  75'

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

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5 November 1980	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	Basel
	Repčić  6' Janjanin  18'	Report Gamesheet

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

4 March 1981	Liverpool	5–1	CSKA Sofia	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 37,255
	Souness  16'  51'  80' Lee  45' McDermott  62'	Report Gamesheet	Yonchev  60'

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4 March 1981	Bayern Munich	2–0	Baník Ostrava
	Janzon  48' Breitner  89' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

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4 March 1981	Spartak Moscow	0–0	Real Madrid	Dynamo Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Joseph Buzek (Austria)
		Report Gamesheet

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4 March 1981	Internazionale	1–1	Red Star Belgrade	Milan
	Caso  44'	Report Gamesheet	Repčić  75'

Second leg

18 March 1981	CSKA Sofia	0–1	Liverpool	Vassil Levski, Sofia Attendance: 60,000
		Report Gamesheet	Johnson  10'

Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.

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18 March 1981	Baník Ostrava	2–4	Bayern Munich
	Němec  69' Lička  71'	Report Gamesheet	D. Hoeneß  8' Kraus  26' Röber  32' Dürnberger  38'

Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.

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19 March 1981	Real Madrid	2–0	Spartak Moscow	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
	Isidro  70', 80'	Report Gamesheet

Real Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.

18 March 1981	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	Internazionale	Belgrade
		Report Gamesheet	Muraro  13'

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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

8 April 1981	Liverpool	0–0	Bayern Munich	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 44,543
		Report Gamesheet

8 April 1981	Real Madrid	2–0	Internazionale	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
	Santillana  29' Juanito  47'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

22 April 1981	Bayern Munich	1–1	Liverpool	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 75,000 Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
	Rummenigge  88'	Report Gamesheet	Kennedy  83'

Liverpool 1–1 Bayern Munich on aggregate. Liverpool won on away goals.

22 April 1981	Internazionale	1–0	Real Madrid	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, Milan Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
	Bini  57'	Report Gamesheet

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1981 European Cup Final

27 May 1981	Liverpool	1–0	Real Madrid	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 48,360 Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
	Alan Kennedy  82'	Report Gamesheet

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1980–81 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Terry McDermott	Liverpool	6
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Bayern Munich	6
	Graeme Souness	Liverpool	6
4	Tsvetan Yonchev	CSKA Sofia	5
5	Alessandro Altobelli	Internazionale	4
	Yuri Gavrilov	Spartak Moscow	4
	Dieter Hoeneß	Bayern Munich	4
	Santillana	Real Madrid	4
9	Vagiz Khidiyatullin	Spartak Moscow	3
	Srebrenko Repčić	Red Star Belgrade	3

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