1980–81 European Cup

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.

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

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

Teams edit

  Dinamo Tirana (1st)   Austria Wien (1st)   Club Brugge (1st)
  CSKA Sofia (1st)   APOEL (1st)   Baník Ostrava (1st)
  Esbjerg (1st)   Liverpool (1st)   Nottingham Forest (5th)TH
  OPS (1st)   Nantes (1st)   BFC Dynamo (1st)
  Bayern Munich (1st)   Olympiacos (1st)   Budapest Honvéd (1st)
  ÍBV (1st)   Limerick (1st)   Internazionale (1st)
  Jeunesse Esch (1st)   Valletta (1st)   Ajax (1st)
  Linfield (1st)   Viking (1st)   Szombierki Bytom (1st)
  Sporting CP (1st)   Universitatea Craiova (1st)   Aberdeen (1st)
  Real Madrid (1st)   Halmstad (1st)   Basel (1st)
  Trabzonspor (1st)   Spartak Moscow (1st)   Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round edit

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

First leg edit

Budapest Honvéd  8–0  Valletta
Bodonyi   3'
Garaba   4'
Esterházy   25'
Kocsis   43' (pen.)
Dajka   54', 83'
Varga   83', 90'
Report
Attendance: 1,500

Second leg edit

Valletta  0–3  Budapest Honvéd
Report Esterházy   16', 75'
Bodonyi   21'
Attendance: 2,118

Budapest Honvéd won 11–0 on aggregate.

Bracket edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
  Aberdeen 1 0 1
  Austria Wien 0 0 0
  Aberdeen 0 0 0
  Liverpool 1 4 5
  OPS 1 1 2
  Liverpool 1 10 11
  Liverpool 5 1 6
  CSKA Sofia 1 0 1
  CSKA Sofia 1 1 2
  Nottingham Forest 0 0 0
  CSKA Sofia 4 1 5
  Szombierki Bytom 0 0 0
  Trabzonspor 2 0 2
  Szombierki Bytom 1 3 4
  Liverpool (a) 0 1 1
  Bayern Münich 0 1 1
  Olympiacos 2 0 2
  Bayern Münich 4 3 7
  Bayern Münich 5 1 6
  Ajax 1 2 3
  Dinamo Tirana 0 0 0
  Ajax 2 1 3
  Bayern Münich 2 4 6
  Baník Ostrava 0 2 2
  ÍBV 1 0 1
  Baník Ostrava 1 1 2
  Baník Ostrava (a) 0 1 1
  BFC Dynamo 0 1 1
  BFC Dynamo 3 1 4
  APOEL 0 2 2
  Liverpool 1
  Real Madrid 0
  Jeunesse Esch 0 0 0
  Spartak Moscow 5 4 9
  Spartak Moscow 3 0 3
  Esbjerg 0 2 2
  Halmstad 0 2 2
  Esbjerg 0 3 3
  Spartak Moscow 0 0 0
  Real Madrid 0 2 2
  Limerick 1 1 2
  Real Madrid 2 5 7
  Real Madrid 1 2 3
  Budapest Honvéd 0 0 0
  Sporting CP 0 0 0
  Budapest Honvéd 2 1 3
  Real Madrid 2 0 2
  Inter Milan 0 1 1
  Linfield 0 0 0
  Nantes 1 2 3
  Nantes 1 1 2
  Inter Milan 2 1 3
  Inter Milan 2 1 3
  Universitatea Craiova 0 1 1
  Inter Milan 1 1 2
  Red Star Belgrade 1 0 1
  Club Brugge 0 1 1
  Basel 1 4 5
  Basel 1 0 1
  Red Star Belgrade 0 2 2
  Viking 2 1 3
  Red Star Belgrade 3 4 7

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aberdeen   1–0   Austria Wien 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
BFC Dynamo   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 edit

Aberdeen  1–0  Austria Wien
McGhee   31' Report
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

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

CSKA Sofia  1–0  Nottingham Forest
Yonchev   70' Report

Trabzonspor  2–1  Szombierki Bytom
Ünal   36'
Soyak   54'
Report Wieczorek   87'
Attendance: 16,481
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

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

Dinamo Tirana  0–2  Ajax
Report Arnesen   69', 89'

ÍBV  1–1  Baník Ostrava
Þorleifsson   28' Report Daněk   42'

BFC Dynamo  3–0  APOEL
Terletzki   51'
Trieloff   72'
Schulz   87'
Report

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

Halmstad  0–0  Esbjerg
Report

Limerick  1–2  Real Madrid
Kennedy   51' Report Juanito   71' (pen.)
Pineda   85'
Attendance: 7,000

Sporting CP  0–2  Budapest Honvéd
Report Bodonyi   50'
Nagy   65'
Attendance: 30,000

Linfield  0–1  Nantes
Report Amisse   37'

Internazionale  2–0  Universitatea Craiova
Altobelli   8' (pen.), 60' Report
Attendance: 63,800

Club Brugge  0–1  Basel
[1] Maissen   65'
Attendance: 21,500

Viking  2–3  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 edit

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

Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.


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

Liverpool won 11–2 on aggregate.


Nottingham Forest  0–1  CSKA Sofia
Report Kerimov   33'

CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.


Szombierki Bytom  3–0  Trabzonspor
Byś   17'
Ogaza   80'
Sroka   89' (pen.)
Report

Szombierki Bytom won 4–2 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich  3–0  Olympiacos
Hoeneß   2'
Rummenigge   7'
Janzon   68' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 9,400

Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.


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

Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.


Baník Ostrava  1–0  ÍBV
Vojáček   31' Report
Attendance: 9,355

Baník Ostrava won 2–1 on aggregate.


APOEL  2–1  BFC Dynamo
Hailis   39'
Petrou   48'
Report Seier   86'

BFC Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate.


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

Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.


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

Esbjerg won 3–2 on aggregate.


Real Madrid  5–1  Limerick
Santillana   15'
Juanito   31'
De Los Santos   69'
Cunningham   71'
Pineda   83'
Report Kennedy   43'

Real Madrid won 7–2 on aggregate.


Budapest Honvéd  1–0  Sporting CP
Dajka   38' Report
Attendance: 7,000

Budapest Honvéd won 3–0 on aggregate.


Nantes  2–0  Linfield
Rampillon   17'
Trossero   60'
Report

Nantes won 3–0 on aggregate.


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

Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.


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

Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade  4–1  Viking
B. Ǵurovski   21'
Janjanin   24'
Petrović   29'
Stamenković   58'
Report Brekke   58'
Attendance: 25,000

Red Star Belgrade won 7–3 on aggregate.

Second Round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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)   BFC Dynamo 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 edit

Aberdeen  0–1  Liverpool
Report McDermott   5'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

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

Bayern Munich  5–1  Ajax
Dürnberger   45'
Rummenigge   51', 82'
D. Hoeneß   80', 90'
Report Arnesen   37'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

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

Spartak Moscow  3–0  Esbjerg
Khidiyatullin   19', 70'
Shavlo   39'
Report


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

Basel  1–0  Red Star Belgrade
Lauscher   33' Report
Attendance: 30,500

Second leg edit

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

Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.


CSKA Sofia won 5–0 on aggregate.


Ajax  2–1  Bayern Munich
Wiggemansen   16'
Rijkaard   18'
Report Rummenigge   81'
Attendance: 12,000

Bayern Munich won 6–3 on aggregate.


BFC Dynamo  1–1  Baník Ostrava
Troppa   58' (pen.) Report Knapp   33' (pen.)

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


Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.


Budapest Honvéd  0–2  Real Madrid
Report Cunningham   26'
García Hernández   82'
Attendance: 15,000

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.


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

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade  2–0  Basel
Repčić   6'
Janjanin   18'
Report
Attendance: 75,000

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

Liverpool  5–1  CSKA Sofia
Souness   16', 51', 80'
Lee   45'
McDermott   62'
Report Yonchev   60'
Attendance: 37,255
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Bayern Munich  2–0  Baník Ostrava
Janzon   48'
Breitner   89' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 18,000


Internazionale  1–1  Red Star Belgrade
Caso   44' Report Repčić   75'
Attendance: 73,000

Second leg edit

CSKA Sofia  0–1  Liverpool
Report Johnson   10'

Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.


Baník Ostrava  2–4  Bayern Munich
Němec   69'
Lička   71'
Report D. Hoeneß   8'
Kraus   26'
Röber   32'
Dürnberger   38'
Attendance: 32,000

Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.


Real Madrid  2–0  Spartak Moscow
Isidro   70', 80' Report

Real Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade  0–1  Internazionale
Report Muraro   13'
Attendance: 81,369

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

Liverpool  0–0  Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 44,543

Second leg edit

Bayern Munich  1–1  Liverpool
Rummenigge   88' Report R. Kennedy   83'
Attendance: 75,000

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


Internazionale  1–0  Real Madrid
Bini   57' Report
Attendance: 80,000

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final edit

Liverpool  1–0  Real Madrid
A. Kennedy   82' Report
Attendance: 48,360

Top scorers edit

The top scorers from the 1980–81 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) 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
8   Juanito   Real Madrid 3
  Vagiz Khidiyatullin   Spartak Moscow 3
  Srebrenko Repčić   Red Star Belgrade 3
  Santillana   Real Madrid 3
  Frank Arnesen   AFC Ajax 3

See also edit

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