Eredivisie 1980/81

Eredivisie 1980/81
master	AZ Alkmaar
European Cup of National Champions	AZ Alkmaar
Uefa cup	FC Utrecht , Feyenoord Rotterdam , PSV Eindhoven
Cup winners	AZ Alkmaar
European Cup Winners' Cup	Ajax Amsterdam
Relegated	Excelsior Rotterdam , FC Wageningen
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	1059  (ø 3.46 per game)
Top scorer	Ruud Geels (22)
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First Divisie (II) ↓

The 1980/81 season was the 25th season of the Eredivisie , the highest Dutch football league. AZ Alkmaar became champion for the first time . Excelsior Rotterdam and FC Wageningen had to relegate .

Closing table

	society	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Points
01.	AZ Alkmaar	34	27	6th	1	101: 300	+71	60: 08
02.	Ajax Amsterdam	34	22nd	4th	8th	88:54	+34	48:20
03.	FC Utrecht	34	18th	9	7th	67:33	+34	45:23
04th	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	18th	9	7th	74:48	+26	45:23
05.	PSV Eindhoven	34	18th	8th	8th	62:31	+31	44:24
06th	FC Twente Enschede	34	16	7th	11	60:49	+11	39:29
07th	Sparta Rotterdam	34	15th	6th	13	75:71	+ 04	36:32
08th.	MVV Maastricht	34	12	10	12	53:65	−12	34:34
09.	PEC Zwolle	34	10	10	14th	42:49	- 07th	30:38
10.	Willem II Tilburg	34	11	7th	16	49:69	−20	29:39
11.	Roda JC Kerkrade	34	9	10	15th	67:75	- 08	28:40
12.	Go Ahead Eagles	34	10	8th	16	63:75	−12	28:40
13.	NAC Breda	34	9	9	16	46:66	−20	27:41
14th	FC The Hague	34	12	3	19th	53:79	−26	27:41
15th	FC Groningen	34	8th	9	17th	49:72	−23	25:43
16.	NEC Nijmegen	34	6th	13	15th	38:63	−25	25:43
17th	Excelsior Rotterdam	34	5	11	18th	39:67	−28	21:47
18th	FC Wageningen	34	6th	9	19th	33:63	−30	21:47

Legend

colour	qualification
	European Champion Clubs' Cup 1981/82
	1981/82 UEFA Cup
	As a KNVB-Pokal finalist qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup 1981/82
	Direct descent into the Eerste Divisie

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

1980/1981								SPA
1.	AZ Alkmaar		0: 1	2: 1	5: 2	2-0	0-0	3: 2	4: 1	1-0	3: 3	3-0	4: 1	6: 1	4-0	5-0	6: 1	2: 1	1-0
2.	Ajax Amsterdam	1: 2		1-0	4: 1	5: 2	5: 3	2: 1	6: 1	2: 1	1: 1	4: 2	4: 2	4: 1	2-0	5: 1	2-0	7: 2	2: 4
3.	FC Utrecht	2: 2	1: 2		2-0	0-0	2: 2	5: 1	3: 1	1-0	0: 2	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	5-0	3-0	0: 1	2-0	5-0
4th	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 5	4: 2	1: 1		0: 1	1-0	2: 2	4: 2	3: 1	4-0	2: 3	2: 2	4-0	4: 1	3: 3	1: 1	2-0	6-0
5.	PSV Eindhoven	0: 3	3: 1	2: 3	0: 1		1-0	0-0	2: 2	0: 1	4-0	4: 1	1: 1	3-0	3-0	5-0	0-0	4: 1	4-0
6th	FC Twente Enschede	1: 1	3-0	3-0	3: 7	0: 1		0: 3	3: 3	2-0	5: 1	3: 2	3: 1	2: 2	4: 1	3: 1	6: 1	0: 1	2: 1
7th	Sparta Rotterdam	3: 7	4: 3	2: 3	1: 2	3-0	1: 2		0: 2	4: 1	3: 1	4: 1	6: 2	3: 3	2-0	2: 2	4: 1	5: 2	3-0
8th.	MVV Maastricht	1: 3	1: 1	1: 3	0-0	0: 2	1-0	3: 3		2: 1	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	3: 4	2: 2	0-0	2-0	1-0
9.	PEC Zwolle	0: 3	2-0	0: 3	2: 2	0-0	0-0	3: 1	0: 1		3-0	3-0	2-0	0-0	4: 2	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	1-0
10.	Willem II Tilburg	0: 2	1: 3	0: 1	1: 2	1: 6	0: 2	1-0	2: 1	2: 5		2: 2	6: 1	2: 2	2: 1	4: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2
11.	Roda JC Kerkrade	2: 2	2: 3	0-0	2: 2	2: 3	6: 1	4: 1	2: 5	4-0	1: 1		2: 2	3: 2	3: 2	4: 2	2-0	1: 1	4: 1
12.	Go Ahead Eagles	1: 3	2: 4	2: 1	0: 2	1: 2	3-0	1: 2	4: 2	3: 3	4: 2	5: 1		4-0	3: 3	2-0	3: 1	4: 2	2: 2
13.	NAC Breda	1: 4	1: 1	0: 3	0: 1	0: 2	1: 2	5-0	4-0	0-0	0: 2	1-0	2-0		1-0	4: 2	4-0	1: 1	1: 1
14th	FC The Hague	0: 4	4: 3	1: 3	1-0	1: 4	1-0	1: 3	2: 3	2: 3	0: 1	4: 4	1-0	1: 2		3: 3	2-0	3: 1	3: 2
15th	FC Groningen	1: 4	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	0: 1	5-0	1: 2	4: 2	0: 2	3: 2	3: 1	3: 1	0: 1		2-0	2: 2	2-0
16.	NEC Nijmegen	0-0	0-0	1: 3	2: 4	0-0	0: 2	2: 2	4: 1	2-0	4-0	2: 2	2: 3	4: 2	2: 4	1: 1		1: 1	2: 2
17th	Excelsior Rotterdam	1: 3	2: 4	2: 2	1: 3	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	3: 3	0: 2	1-0	3-0	1: 2	0: 2	3: 2	2-0		1: 2
18th	FC Wageningen	1: 2	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0: 3	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 2	3-0	1: 1	0-0

Web links

• Homepage of the Eredivisie (Dutch)
• www.rsssf.com (English)