TheParc des Princes in Paris hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 16 August 1980 – 27 May 1981 |
| Teams | 33 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 166 (2.63 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,797,911 (28,538 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Terry McDermott (Liverpool) Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich) Graeme Souness (Liverpool) 6 goals each |
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The1980–81 European Cup was the 26th season of theEuropean Cup,UEFA's premier clubfootball competition. The tournament was won for a third time byLiverpool, who beat six-time championsReal 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 thefollowing year, when Bayern Munich lost to first-time finalistsAston Villa.
Nottingham Forest, the defending champions, were eliminated byCSKA Sofia in the first round.
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| Budapest Honvéd | 11–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 8–0 | |
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| Bodonyi Garaba Esterházy Kocsis Dajka Varga | Report |
| Valletta | 0–3 | |
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| Report | Esterházy Bodonyi |
Budapest Honvéd won 11–0 on aggregate.
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Aberdeen | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| OPS | 2–11 | 1–1 | 1–10 | |
| CSKA Sofia | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Trabzonspor | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |
| Olympiacos | 2–7 | 2–4 | 0–3 | |
| Dinamo Tirana | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| ÍBV | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| BFC Dynamo | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| Jeunesse Esch | 0–9 | 0–5 | 0–4 | |
| Halmstad | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| Limerick | 2–7 | 1–2 | 1–5 | |
| Sporting CP | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Linfield | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Internazionale | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Club Brugge | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
| Viking | 3–7 | 2–3 | 1–4 |
| OPS | 1–1 | |
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| Puotiniemi | Report | McDermott |
| Trabzonspor | 2–1 | |
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| Ünal Soyak | Report | Wieczorek |
| Olympiacos | 2–4 | |
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| Galakos Ahlström | Report | Dremmler Rummenigge Kraus |
| Dinamo Tirana | 0–2 | |
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| Report | Arnesen |
| ÍBV | 1–1 | |
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| Þorleifsson | Report | Daněk |
| Jeunesse Esch | 0–5 | |
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| Report | Gavrilov Khidiyatullin Yartsev |
| Sporting CP | 0–2 | |
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| Report | Bodonyi Nagy |
| Club Brugge | 0–1 | |
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| [1][dead link] | Maissen |
Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Liverpool | 10–1 | |
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| Souness McDermott Lee Kennedy Fairclough | Report | Armstrong |
Liverpool won 11–2 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Szombierki Bytom | 3–0 | |
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| Byś Ogaza Sroka | Report |
Szombierki Bytom won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Bayern Munich | 3–0 | |
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| Hoeneß Rummenigge Janzon | Report |
Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.
| Ajax | 1–0 | |
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| Lerby | Report |
Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.
Baník Ostrava won 2–1 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Spartak Moscow | 4–0 | |
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| Pigat Rodionov Gavrilov Yartsev | Report |
Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.
Esbjerg won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid | 5–1 | |
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| Santillana Juanito De Los Santos Cunningham Pineda | Report | Kennedy |
Real Madrid won 7–2 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 3–0 on aggregate.
Nantes won 3–0 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Basel | 4–1 | |
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| Tanner Stohler Von Wartburg Geisser | Report | Ceulemans |
Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–1 | |
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| B. Ǵurovski Janjanin Petrović Stamenković | Report | Brekke |
Red Star Belgrade won 7–3 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Aberdeen | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–4 | |
| CSKA Sofia | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| Bayern Munich | 6–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | |
| Baník Ostrava | 1–1 (a) | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
| Real Madrid | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Nantes | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Basel | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 4–0 | |
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| Yonchev Zdravkov | Report |
| Bayern Munich | 5–1 | |
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| Dürnberger Rummenigge D. Hoeneß | Report | Arnesen |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–0 | |
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| Khidiyatullin Shavlo | Report |
Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Ajax | 2–1 | |
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| Wiggemansen Rijkaard | Report | Rummenigge |
Bayern Munich won 6–3 on aggregate.
| BFC Dynamo | 1–1 | |
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| Troppa | Report | Knapp |
1–1 on aggregate; Baník Ostrava won on away goals.
| Esbjerg | 2–0 | |
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| Lauridsen Iversen | Report |
Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Internazionale | 1–1 | |
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| Altobelli | Report | Amisse |
Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Liverpool | 6–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | |
| Bayern Munich | 6–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Internazionale | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 2–0 | |
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| Janzon Breitner | Report |
Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Baník Ostrava | 2–4 | |
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| Němec Lička | Report | D. Hoeneß Kraus Röber Dürnberger |
Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid | 2–0 | |
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| Isidro | Report |
Real Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Liverpool | 1–1 (a) | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Real Madrid | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
1–1 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.
Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.
The top scorers from the 1980–81 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows: