1980–81 European Cup

1980–81 European Cup

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	Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	166 (2.63 per match)
Attendance	1,994,763 (31,663 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Terry McDermott Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Graeme Souness (6 goals each)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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.

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 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[]

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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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BFC Dynamo 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)	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[]

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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 BFC Dynamo 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 (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	Vagiz Khidiyatullin	Spartak Moscow	3
	Srebrenko Repčić	Red Star Belgrade	3
	Santillana	Real Madrid	3
	Frank Arnesen	AFC Ajax	3

See also[]

• 1981 Intercontinental Cup

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)