1980–81 European Cup

1980–81 European Cup

Tournament details
Dates	16 August 1980 – 27 May 1981
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (3rd title)
Runners-up	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
Budapest Honvéd	11–0	Valletta	8–0	3–0

First leg

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
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

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Second leg

Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 11–2 on aggregate.

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CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Szombierki Bytom won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Baník Ostrava won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Berlin won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Esbjerg won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Budapest Honvéd won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Nantes won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.

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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

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Second leg

Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.

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CSKA Sofia won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Bayern Munich won 6–3 on aggregate.

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

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Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

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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

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Second leg

Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.

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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:

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
• 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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