1980–81 European Cup
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 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 | 1,797,911 (28,538 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Terry McDermott (Liverpool) Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich) Graeme Souness (Liverpool) 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.
Teams
 Dinamo Tirana (1st)
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 Austria Wien (1st)
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 Club Brugge (1st)
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 CSKA Sofia (1st)
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 APOEL (1st)
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 Baník Ostrava (1st)
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 Esbjerg (1st)
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Liverpool (1st)
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Nottingham Forest (5th)TH
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 OPS (1st)
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 Nantes (1st)
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 BFC Dynamo (1st)
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 Bayern Munich (1st)
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 Olympiacos (1st)
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 Budapest Honvéd (1st)
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 ÍBV (1st)
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 Limerick (1st)
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 Internazionale (1st)
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 Jeunesse Esch (1st)
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 Valletta (1st)
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 Ajax (1st)
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 Linfield (1st)
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 Viking (1st)
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 Szombierki Bytom (1st)
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 Sporting CP (1st)
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 Universitatea Craiova (1st)
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 Aberdeen (1st)
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 Real Madrid (1st)
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 Halmstad (1st)
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 Basel (1st)
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 Trabzonspor (1st)
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 Spartak Moscow (1st)
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 Red Star Belgrade (1st)
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Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest Honvéd
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11–0 | Valletta
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8–0 | 3–0 |
First leg
| Budapest Honvéd | 8–0 | Valletta |
|---|---|---|
Bodonyi  3'Garaba 4'Esterházy 25'Kocsis 43' (pen.)Dajka 54', 83'Varga 83', 90' |
Report |
Second leg
| Valletta | 0–3 | Budapest Honvéd |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Esterházy 16', 75' Bodonyi 21' |
Budapest Honvéd won 11–0 on aggregate.
Bracket
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Aberdeen
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1–0 | Austria Wien
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1–0 | 0–0 |
| OPS
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2–11 | Liverpool
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1–1 | 1–10 |
| CSKA Sofia
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2–0 | Nottingham Forest
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1–0 | 1–0 |
| Trabzonspor
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2–4 |  Szombierki Bytom
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2–1 | 0–3 |
| Olympiacos
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2–7 | Bayern Munich
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2–4 | 0–3 |
Dinamo Tirana 
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0–3 | Ajax
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0–2 | 0–1 |
| ÍBV
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1–2 | Baník Ostrava
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1–1 | 0–1 |
| BFC Dynamo
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4–2 | APOEL
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3–0 | 1–2 |
| Jeunesse Esch
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0–9 | Spartak Moscow
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0–5 | 0–4 |
| Halmstad
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2–3 | Esbjerg
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0–0 | 2–3 |
| Limerick
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2–7 |  Real Madrid
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1–2 | 1–5 |
| Sporting CP
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0–3 | Budapest Honvéd
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0–2 | 0–1 |
| Linfield
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0–3 |  Nantes
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0–1 | 0–2 |
| Internazionale
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3–1 | Universitatea Craiova
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2–0 | 1–1 |
| Club Brugge
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1–5 | Basel
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0–1 | 1–4 |
| Viking
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3–7 | Red Star Belgrade
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2–3 | 1–4 |
First leg
| Aberdeen | 1–0 | Austria Wien |
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| McGhee 31' |
Report |
| OPS | 1–1 | Liverpool |
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| Puotiniemi 81' |
Report | McDermott 15' |
| CSKA Sofia | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest |
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| Yonchev 70' |
Report |
| Trabzonspor | 2–1 | Szombierki Bytom |
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| Ünal 36' Soyak 54' |
Report | Wieczorek 87' |
| Olympiacos | 2–4 | Bayern Munich |
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| Galakos 26' Ahlström 82' |
Report | Dremmler 22', 63' Rummenigge 57'Kraus 66' |
| Dinamo Tirana | 0–2 | Ajax |
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| Report | Arnesen 69', 89' |
| ÍBV | 1–1 | Baník Ostrava |
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| Þorleifsson 28' |
Report | Daněk 42' |
| Jeunesse Esch | 0–5 | Spartak Moscow |
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| Report | Gavrilov 1', 31', 68' Khidiyatullin 43'Yartsev 84' |
| Sporting CP | 0–2 | Budapest Honvéd |
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| Report | Bodonyi 50' Nagy 65' |
| Internazionale | 2–0 | Universitatea Craiova |
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| Altobelli 8' (pen.), 60' |
Report |
| Club Brugge | 0–1 | Basel |
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| [dead link] | Maissen 65' |
Second leg
Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Liverpool | 10–1 | OPS |
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| Souness 5', 24', 52' (pen.) McDermott 29', 41', 83'Lee 53'Kennedy 66'Fairclough 68', 81' |
Report | Armstrong 47' |
Liverpool won 11–2 on aggregate.
| Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | CSKA Sofia |
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| Report | Kerimov 33' |
CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Szombierki Bytom | 3–0 | Trabzonspor |
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| Byś 17' Ogaza 80'Sroka 89' (pen.) |
Report |
Szombierki Bytom won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Bayern Munich | 3–0 | Olympiacos |
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| Hoeneß 2' Rummenigge 7'Janzon 68' (pen.) |
Report |
Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.
| Ajax | 1–0 | Dinamo Tirana |
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| Lerby 80' (pen.) |
Report |
Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Baník Ostrava | 1–0 | ÍBV |
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| Vojáček 31' |
Report |
Baník Ostrava won 2–1 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Spartak Moscow | 4–0 | Jeunesse Esch |
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| Pigat 15' (o.g.) Rodionov 24'Gavrilov 40'Yartsev 88' |
Report |
Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.
Esbjerg won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid | 5–1 | Limerick |
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| 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 |
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| Dajka 38' |
Report |
Budapest Honvéd won 3–0 on aggregate.
Nantes won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Universitatea Craiova | 1–1 | Internazionale |
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| Beldeanu 18' |
Report | Muraro 8' |
Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Basel | 4–1 | Club Brugge |
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| 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 |
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| B. Ǵurovski 21' Janjanin 24'Petrović 29'Stamenković 58' |
Report | Brekke 58' |
Red Star Belgrade won 7–3 on aggregate.
Second Round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Aberdeen
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0–5 | Liverpool
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0–1 | 0–4 |
| CSKA Sofia
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5–0 | Szombierki Bytom
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4–0 | 1–0 |
| Bayern Munich
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6–3 | Ajax
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5–1 | 1–2 |
| Baník Ostrava
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1–1 (a) | BFC Dynamo
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0–0 | 1–1 |
| Spartak Moscow
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3–2 | Esbjerg
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3–0 | 0–2 |
| Real Madrid
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3–0 | Budapest Honvéd
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1–0 | 2–0 |
| Nantes
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2–3 | Internazionale
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1–2 | 1–1 |
| Basel
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1–2 | Red Star Belgrade
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1–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
| CSKA Sofia | 4–0 | Szombierki Bytom |
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| Yonchev 22', 58', 60' Zdravkov 75' |
Report |
| Bayern Munich | 5–1 | Ajax |
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| Dürnberger 45' Rummenigge 51', 82'D. Hoeneß 80', 90' |
Report | Arnesen 37' |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–0 | Esbjerg |
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| Khidiyatullin 19', 70' Shavlo 39' |
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| Real Madrid | 1–0 | Budapest Honvéd |
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| Santillana 22' |
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| Basel | 1–0 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Lauscher 33' |
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Second leg
Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Szombierki Bytom | 0–1 | CSKA Sofia |
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| Report | Dzhevizov 53' |
CSKA Sofia won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Ajax | 2–1 | Bayern Munich |
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| Wiggemansen 16' Rijkaard 18' |
Report | Rummenigge 81' |
Bayern Munich won 6–3 on aggregate.
| BFC Dynamo | 1–1 | Baník Ostrava |
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| Troppa 58' (pen.) |
Report | Knapp 33' (pen.) |
1–1 on aggregate; Baník Ostrava won on away goals.
| Esbjerg | 2–0 | Spartak Moscow |
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| Lauridsen 47' Iversen 72' |
Report |
Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Budapest Honvéd | 0–2 | Real Madrid |
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| Report | Cunningham 26' García Hernández 82' |
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Internazionale | 1–1 | Nantes |
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| Altobelli 29' |
Report | Amisse 75' |
Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 2–0 | Basel |
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| Repčić 6' Janjanin 18' |
Report |
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Liverpool
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6–1 | CSKA Sofia
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5–1 | 1–0 |
| Bayern Munich
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6–2 | Baník Ostrava
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2–0 | 4–2 |
| Spartak Moscow
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0–2 | Real Madrid
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0–0 | 0–2 |
| Internazionale
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2–1 | Red Star Belgrade
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1–1 | 1–0 |
First leg
| Bayern Munich | 2–0 | Baník Ostrava |
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| Janzon 48' Breitner 89' (pen.) |
Report |
| Internazionale | 1–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Caso 44' |
Report | Repčić 75' |
Second leg
| CSKA Sofia | 0–1 | Liverpool |
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| Report | Johnson 10' |
Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Baník Ostrava | 2–4 | Bayern Munich |
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| Němec 69' Lička 71' |
Report | D. Hoeneß 8' Kraus 26'Röber 32'Dürnberger 38' |
Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid | 2–0 | Spartak Moscow |
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| Isidro 70', 80' |
Report |
Real Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 | Internazionale |
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| Report | Muraro 13' |
Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Liverpool
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1–1 (a) | Bayern Munich
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0–0 | 1–1 |
| Real Madrid
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2–1 | Internazionale
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2–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
| Real Madrid | 2–0 | Internazionale |
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| Santillana 29' Juanito 47' |
Report |
Second leg
| Bayern Munich | 1–1 | Liverpool |
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| Rummenigge 88' |
Report | R. Kennedy 83' |
1–1 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.
| Internazionale | 1–0 | Real Madrid |
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| Bini 57' |
Report |
Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
| Liverpool | 1–0 | Real Madrid |
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| A. Kennedy 82' |
Report |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1980–81 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
See also
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)
