1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup

1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	20 August 1980 – 13 May 1981
Teams	34
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo Tbilisi (1st title)
Runners-up	Carl Zeiss Jena
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	176 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Cross (6 goals)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Dinamo Tbilisi in the final against Carl Zeiss Jena. Dinamo Tbilisi's side defeated English Second Division side West Ham United away before beating Carl Zeiss Jena in a final watched by 4,750 people in Düsseldorf. This win was the high point of the Georgian side and is still the club's greatest achievement.

The competition included the Real Madrid reserve team, Castilla CF, who qualified as the runners-up of the 1979–80 Copa del Rey.

Preliminary round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	7–2	Diósgyőr	6–0	1–2
Altay	0–4	Benfica	0–0	0–4

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Castilla CF	4–6	West Ham United	3–1	1–5 (aet)
Celtic	2–2 (a)	Politehnica Timișoara	2–1	0–1
Hibernians	1–4	Waterford	1–0	0–4
Kastoria	0–2	Dinamo Tbilisi	0–0	0–2
Spora Luxembourg	0–12	Sparta Prague	0–6	0–6
Slavia Sofia	3–2	Legia Warsaw	3–1	0–1
Hvidovre	3–0	Fram	1–0	2–0
Ilves	3–7	Feyenoord	1–3	2–4
Roma	3–4	Carl Zeiss Jena	3–0	0–4
Valencia	5–3	Monaco	2–0	3–3
Sion	1–3	Haugar	1–1	0–2
Newport County	4–0	Crusaders	4–0	0–0
Omonia	1–7	Waterschei Thor	1–3	0–4
Fortuna Düsseldorf	8–0	Austria Salzburg	5–0	3–0
Malmö	1–0	Partizani Tirana	1–0	0–0
Dinamo Zagreb	0–2	Benfica	0–0	0–2

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

2–2 on aggregate; Politehnica Timișoara won on away goals.

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Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	4–1	Politehnica Timișoara	4–0	0–1
Waterford	0–5	Dinamo Tbilisi	0–1	0–4
Sparta Prague	2–3	Slavia Sofia	2–0	0–3
Hvidovre	1–3	Feyenoord	1–2	0–1
Carl Zeiss Jena	3–2	Valencia	3–1	0–1
Haugar	0–6	Newport County	0–0	0–6
Waterschei Thor	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	0–1
Malmö	1–2	Benfica	1–0	0–2

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate.

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West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	2–4	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–4	1–0
Slavia Sofia	3–6	Feyenoord	3–2	0–4
Carl Zeiss Jena	3–2	Newport County	2–2	1–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–3	Benfica	2–2	0–1

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–2	Feyenoord	3–0	0–2
Carl Zeiss Jena	2–1	Benfica	2–0	0–1

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Carl Zeiss Jena won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final[]

See also[]

• 1980–81 European Cup
• 1980–81 UEFA Cup

References[]

External links[]

• 1980–81 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1980-81–results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1980–81 Cup Winners Cup^{[dead link]}