1980–81 European Cup

26th season of the UEFA club football tournament
1980–81 European Cup
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates16 August 1980 – 27 May 1981
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Liverpool (3rd title)
Runners-upSpain Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored166 (2.63 per match)
Attendance1,797,911 (28,538 per match)
Top scorer(s)Terry McDermott (Liverpool)
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich)
Graeme Souness (Liverpool)
6 goals each
← 1979–80
1981–82 →
International football competition

The 1980–81 European Cup was the 26th season of the European Cup football club tournament, and was won for a third time by Liverpool, who beat six-time champions Real Madrid in the final. 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 sequence was ended the following year, when Bayern Munich lost to first-time finalists Aston Villa.

Nottingham Forest, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the first round.

Teams

Albania Dinamo Tirana (1st) Austria Austria Wien (1st) Belgium Club Brugge (1st)
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (1st) Cyprus APOEL (1st) Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava (1st)
Denmark Esbjerg (1st) England Liverpool (1st) England Nottingham Forest (5th)TH
Finland OPS (1st) France Nantes (1st) East Germany BFC Dynamo (1st)
West Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Greece Olympiacos (1st) Hungary Budapest Honvéd (1st)
Iceland ÍBV (1st) Republic of Ireland Limerick (1st) Italy Internazionale (1st)
Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch (1st) Malta Valletta (1st) Netherlands Ajax (1st)
Northern Ireland Linfield (1st) Norway Viking (1st) Poland Szombierki Bytom (1st)
Portugal Sporting CP (1st) Romania Universitatea Craiova (1st) Scotland Aberdeen (1st)
Spain Real Madrid (1st) Sweden Halmstad (1st) Switzerland Basel (1st)
Turkey Trabzonspor (1st) Soviet Union Spartak Moscow (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Budapest Honvéd Hungary 11–0 Malta Valletta 8–0 3–0

First leg

Budapest Honvéd Hungary8–0Malta Valletta
Bodonyi 3'
Garaba 4'
Esterházy 25'
Kocsis 43' (pen.)
Dajka 54', 83'
Varga 83', 90'
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ramiz Pregja (Albania)

Second leg

Valletta Malta0–3Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Report Esterházy 16', 75'
Bodonyi 21'
Attendance: 2,118
Referee: Peter Scherz (Switzerland)

Budapest Honvéd won 11–0 on aggregate.

Bracket

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
Scotland Aberdeen 1 0 1
Austria Austria Wien 0 0 0
Scotland Aberdeen 0 0 0
England Liverpool 1 4 5
Finland OPS 1 1 2
England Liverpool 1 10 11
England Liverpool 5 1 6
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1 0 1
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1 1 2
England Nottingham Forest 0 0 0
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 4 1 5
Poland Szombierki Bytom 0 0 0
Turkey Trabzonspor 2 0 2
Poland Szombierki Bytom 1 3 4
England Liverpool (a) 0 1 1
West Germany Bayern München 0 1 1
Greece Olympiacos 2 0 2
West Germany Bayern München 4 3 7
West Germany Bayern München 5 1 6
Netherlands Ajax 1 2 3
Albania Dinamo Tirana 0 0 0
Netherlands Ajax 2 1 3
West Germany Bayern München 2 4 6
Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 0 2 2
Iceland ÍBV 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 1 1 2
Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava (a) 0 1 1
East Germany BFC Dynamo 0 1 1
East Germany BFC Dynamo 3 1 4
Cyprus APOEL 0 2 2
England Liverpool 1
Spain Real Madrid 0
Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 0 0 0
Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 5 4 9
Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 3 0 3
Denmark Esbjerg 0 2 2
Sweden Halmstad 0 2 2
Denmark Esbjerg 0 3 3
Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 0 0 0
Spain Real Madrid 0 2 2
Republic of Ireland Limerick 1 1 2
Spain Real Madrid 2 5 7
Spain Real Madrid 1 2 3
Hungary Budapest Honvéd 0 0 0
Portugal Sporting CP 0 0 0
Hungary Budapest Honvéd 2 1 3
Spain Real Madrid 2 0 2
Italy Internazionale 0 1 1
Northern Ireland Linfield 0 0 0
France Nantes 1 2 3
France Nantes 1 1 2
Italy Internazionale 2 1 3
Italy Internazionale 2 1 3
Romania Universitatea Craiova 0 1 1
Italy Internazionale 1 1 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1 0 1
Belgium Club Brugge 0 1 1
Switzerland Basel 1 4 5
Switzerland Basel 1 0 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0 2 2
Norway Viking 2 1 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3 4 7

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aberdeen Scotland 1–0 Austria Austria Wien 1–0 0–0
OPS Finland 2–11 England Liverpool 1–1 1–10
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 2–0 England Nottingham Forest 1–0 1–0
Trabzonspor Turkey 2–4 Poland Szombierki Bytom 2–1 0–3
Olympiacos Greece 2–7 West Germany Bayern Munich 2–4 0–3
Dinamo Tirana Albania 0–3 Netherlands Ajax 0–2 0–1
ÍBV Iceland 1–2 Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 1–1 0–1
BFC Dynamo East Germany 4–2 Cyprus APOEL 3–0 1–2
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 0–9 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 0–5 0–4
Halmstad Sweden 2–3 Denmark Esbjerg 0–0 2–3
Limerick Republic of Ireland 2–7 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 1–5
Sporting CP Portugal 0–3 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 0–2 0–1
Linfield Northern Ireland 0–3 France Nantes 0–1 0–2
Internazionale Italy 3–1 Romania Universitatea Craiova 2–0 1–1
Club Brugge Belgium 1–5 Switzerland Basel 0–1 1–4
Viking Norway 3–7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 2–3 1–4

First leg

Aberdeen Scotland1–0Austria Austria Wien
McGhee 31' Report
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

OPS Finland1–1England Liverpool
Puotiniemi 81' Report McDermott 15'
Attendance: 13,000

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria1–0England Nottingham Forest
Yonchev 70' Report

Trabzonspor Turkey2–1Poland Szombierki Bytom
Ünal 36'
Soyak 54'
Report Wieczorek 87'
Attendance: 16,481
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Olympiacos Greece2–4West Germany Bayern Munich
Galakos 26'
Ahlström 82'
Report Dremmler 22', 63'
Rummenigge 57'
Kraus 66'

Dinamo Tirana Albania0–2Netherlands Ajax
Report Arnesen 69', 89'
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

ÍBV Iceland1–1Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava
Þorleifsson 28' Report Daněk 42'
Attendance: 928
Referee: Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland)

BFC Dynamo East Germany3–0Cyprus APOEL
Terletzki 51'
Trieloff 72'
Schulz 87'
Report
Attendance: 15,100
Referee: Ib Nielsen (Denmark)

Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg0–5Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Report Gavrilov 1', 31', 68'
Khidiyatullin 43'
Yartsev 84'
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Rudolf Renggli (Switzerland)

Halmstad Sweden0–0Denmark Esbjerg
Report
Attendance: 2,581
Referee: Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

Limerick Republic of Ireland1–2Spain Real Madrid
Kennedy 51' Report Juanito 71' (pen.)
Pineda 85'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

Sporting CP Portugal0–2Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Report Bodonyi 50'
Nagy 65'
Attendance: 30,000

Linfield Northern Ireland0–1France Nantes
Report Amisse 37'
Attendance: 940
Referee: Henk van Ettekoven (Netherlands)

Internazionale Italy2–0Romania Universitatea Craiova
Altobelli 8' (pen.), 60' Report
Attendance: 63,800

Club Brugge Belgium0–1Switzerland Basel
[1] Maissen 65'
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Adolf Mathias (Austria)

Viking Norway2–3Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Svendsen 30'
Sæbø 50'
Report Petrović 70'
Brekke 77' (o.g.)
Repčić 80'
Attendance: 7,448
Referee: Arto Ravander (Finland)

Second leg

Austria Wien Austria0–0Scotland Aberdeen
Report
Attendance: 35,000

Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.


Liverpool England10–1Finland OPS
Souness 5', 24', 52' (pen.)
McDermott 29', 41', 83'
Lee 53'
Kennedy 66'
Fairclough 68', 81'
Report Armstrong 47'
Attendance: 21,013
Referee: Magnús Pétursson (Iceland)

Liverpool won 11–2 on aggregate.


Nottingham Forest England0–1Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Report Kerimov 33'
Attendance: 25,818
Referee: Walter Horstmann (West Germany)

CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.


Szombierki Bytom Poland3–0Turkey Trabzonspor
Byś 17'
Ogaza 80'
Sroka 89' (pen.)
Report
Stadion Szombierek, Szombierki
Attendance: 9,000

Szombierki Bytom won 4–2 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich West Germany3–0Greece Olympiacos
Hoeneß 2'
Rummenigge 7'
Janzon 68' (pen.)
Report
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 9,400
Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.


Ajax Netherlands1–0Albania Dinamo Tirana
Lerby 80' (pen.) Report
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Eamonn Farrell (Ireland)

Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.


Baník Ostrava Czechoslovakia1–0Iceland ÍBV
Vojáček 31' Report
Attendance: 9,355

Baník Ostrava won 2–1 on aggregate.


APOEL Cyprus2–1East Germany BFC Dynamo
Hailis 39'
Petrou 48'
Report Seier 86'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Milorad Vlajić (Yugoslavia)

BFC Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate.


Spartak Moscow Soviet Union4–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Pigat 15' (o.g.)
Rodionov 24'
Gavrilov 40'
Yartsev 88'
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Carol Jurja (Romania)

Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.


Esbjerg Denmark3–2Sweden Halmstad
Iversen 9'
Lauridsen 24'
Nielsen 49'
Report Johansson 31'
Larsson 89'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

Esbjerg won 3–2 on aggregate.


Real Madrid Spain5–1Republic of Ireland Limerick
Santillana 15'
Juanito 31'
De Los Santos 69'
Cunningham 71'
Pineda 83'
Report Kennedy 43'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Augusto Marques Pires (Portugal)

Real Madrid won 7–2 on aggregate.


Budapest Honvéd Hungary1–0Portugal Sporting CP
Dajka 38' Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: John Hunting (England)

Budapest Honvéd won 3–0 on aggregate.


Nantes France2–0Northern Ireland Linfield
Rampillon 17'
Trossero 60'
Report
Attendance: 11,080
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

Nantes won 3–0 on aggregate.


Universitatea Craiova Romania1–1Italy Internazionale
Beldeanu 18' Report Muraro 8'
Stadionul Central, Craiova
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Talal Tokat (Turkey)

Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.


Basel Switzerland4–1Belgium Club Brugge
Tanner 14'
Stohler 48' (pen.)
Von Wartburg 55'
Geisser 81'
Report Ceulemans 4'

Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia4–1Norway Viking
B. Ǵurovski 21'
Janjanin 24'
Petrović 29'
Stamenković 58'
Report Brekke 58'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: George Chrisanthou (Greece)

Red Star Belgrade won 7–3 on aggregate.

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aberdeen Scotland 0–5 England Liverpool 0–1 0–4
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 5–0 Poland Szombierki Bytom 4–0 1–0
Bayern Munich West Germany 6–3 Netherlands Ajax 5–1 1–2
Baník Ostrava Czechoslovakia 1–1 (a) East Germany BFC Dynamo 0–0 1–1
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 3–2 Denmark Esbjerg 3–0 0–2
Real Madrid Spain 3–0 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 1–0 2–0
Nantes France 2–3 Italy Internazionale 1–2 1–1
Basel Switzerland 1–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1–0 0–2

First leg

Aberdeen Scotland0–1England Liverpool
Report McDermott 5'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria4–0Poland Szombierki Bytom
Yonchev 22', 58', 60'
Zdravkov 75'
Report

Bayern Munich West Germany5–1Netherlands Ajax
Dürnberger 45'
Rummenigge 51', 82'
D. Hoeneß 80', 90'
Report Arnesen 37'
Olynmpiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Baník Ostrava Czechoslovakia0–0East Germany BFC Dynamo
Report
Attendance: 14,537

Spartak Moscow Soviet Union3–0Denmark Esbjerg
Khidiyatullin 19', 70'
Shavlo 39'
Report
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Vasilis Vourakis (Greece)

Real Madrid Spain1–0Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Santillana 22' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eamonn Farrell (Ireland)

Nantes France1–2Italy Internazionale
Rio 69' (pen.) Report Altobelli 12'
Prohaska 85'

Basel Switzerland1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Lauscher 33' Report
Attendance: 30,500
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

Second leg

Liverpool England4–0Scotland Aberdeen
Miller 37' (o.g.)
Neal 43'
Dalglish 58'
Hansen 71'
Report
Attendance: 36,182

Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.


Szombierki Bytom Poland0–1Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Report Dzhevizov 53'
Stadion Miejski w Chorzowie, Chorzow
Attendance: 1,980

CSKA Sofia won 5–0 on aggregate.


Ajax Netherlands2–1West Germany Bayern Munich
Wiggemansen 16'
Rijkaard 18'
Report Rummenigge 81'
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 12,000

Bayern Munich won 6–3 on aggregate.


BFC Dynamo East Germany1–1Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava
Troppa 58' (pen.) Report Knapp 33' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: László Pádár (Hungary)

1–1 on aggregate; Baník Ostrava won on away goals.


Esbjerg Denmark2–0Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Lauridsen 47'
Iversen 72'
Report
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland)

Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.


Budapest Honvéd Hungary0–2Spain Real Madrid
Report Cunningham 26'
García Hernández 82'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.


Internazionale Italy1–1France Nantes
Altobelli 29' Report Amisse 75'
Attendance: 58,657

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0Switzerland Basel
Repčić 6'
Janjanin 18'
Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: John Carpenter (Ireland)

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liverpool England 6–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 5–1 1–0
Bayern Munich West Germany 6–2 Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 2–0 4–2
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 0–2 Spain Real Madrid 0–0 0–2
Internazionale Italy 2–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1–1 1–0

First leg

Liverpool England5–1Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Souness 16', 51', 80'
Lee 45'
McDermott 62'
Report Yonchev 60'
Attendance: 37,255
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Bayern Munich West Germany2–0Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava
Janzon 48'
Breitner 89' (pen.)
Report
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)

Spartak Moscow Soviet Union0–0Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Internazionale Italy1–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Caso 44' Report Repčić 75'
Attendance: 73,000

Second leg

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria0–1England Liverpool
Report Johnson 10'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium)

Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.


Baník Ostrava Czechoslovakia2–4West Germany Bayern Munich
Němec 69'
Lička 71'
Report D. Hoeneß 8'
Kraus 26'
Röber 32'
Dürnberger 38'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: John Hunting (England)

Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.


Real Madrid Spain2–0Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Isidro 70', 80' Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Real Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–1Italy Internazionale
Report Muraro 13'
Attendance: 81,369

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liverpool England 1–1 (a) West Germany Bayern Munich 0–0 1–1
Real Madrid Spain 2–1 Italy Internazionale 2–0 0–1

First leg

Liverpool England0–0West Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 44,543

Real Madrid Spain2–0Italy Internazionale
Santillana 29'
Juanito 47'
Report

Second leg

Bayern Munich West Germany1–1England Liverpool
Rummenigge 88' Report R. Kennedy 83'
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

1–1 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.


Internazionale Italy1–0Spain Real Madrid
Bini 57' Report
Attendance: 80,000

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Liverpool England1–0Spain Real Madrid
A. Kennedy 82' Report
Attendance: 48,360

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1980–81 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 England Terry McDermott England Liverpool 6
Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Germany Bayern Munich 6
Scotland Graeme Souness England Liverpool 6
4 Bulgaria Tsvetan Yonchev Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 5
5 Italy Alessandro Altobelli Italy Internazionale 4
Soviet Union Yuri Gavrilov Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 4
Germany Dieter Hoeneß Germany Bayern Munich 4
8 Spain Juanito Spain Real Madrid 3
Soviet Union Vagiz Khidiyatullin Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Srebrenko Repčić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3
Spain Santillana Spain Real Madrid 3
Denmark Frank Arnesen Netherlands AFC Ajax 3

See also

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