European Champion Clubs' Cup 1980/81

European Champion Clubs' Cup 1980/81
Cup winners	Liverpool FC (3rd title)
Beginning	August 16, 1980
final	May 27, 1981
Final stadium	Princes Park , Paris
Teams	33
Games	63
Gates	166  (ø 2.63 per game)
Top scorer	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Graeme Souness Terry McDermott (6 each)
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The 1980/81 European Cup was the 26th edition of the competition. 33 club teams took part, including 32 national champions from the previous season and with Nottingham Forest the defending champions. The Prinzenpark in Paris was the venue for the final on May 27, 1981.

mode

The participants played in a pure cup mode with (except for the finals) back and forth games for the crown of European club football. In the case of a tie, the higher number of goals scored away counted first; if there was also a tie, the second leg was extended and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out was played immediately afterwards.

Preliminary round

The first leg took place on August 16, the second leg on September 3, 1980.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Honvéd Budapest	11: 00	Valletta FC	8-0	3-0

1 round

The first leg took place on September 16/17 (Belfast vs. Nantes), the second leg on October 1, 1980.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Linfield FC	0: 3	FC Nantes	00: 1 1	0: 2
CSKA Sofia	2-0	Nottingham Forest	1-0	1-0
Olympiacos Piraeus	2: 7	FC Bayern Munich	2: 4	0: 3
Limerick FC	2: 7	real Madrid	1: 2	1: 5
Oulun Palloseura	02:11	Liverpool FC	1: 1	1:10
KS Dinamo Tirana	0: 3	Ajax Amsterdam	0: 2	0: 1
BFC Dynamo	4: 2	APOEL Nicosia	3-0	1: 2
Aberdeen FC	1-0	FK Austria Vienna	1-0	0-0
Trabzonspor	2: 4	Szombierki Bytom	2: 1	0: 3
Halmstads BK	2: 3	Esbjerg fB	0-0	2: 3
ÍBV Vestmannaeyja	1: 2	TJ Baník Ostrava OKD	1: 1	0: 1
Jeunesse Esch	0: 9	Spartak Moscow	0: 5	0: 4
Viking Stavanger	3: 7	Red Star Belgrade	2: 3	1: 4
Inter Milan	3: 1	CS Universitatea Craiova	2-0	1: 1
Sporting Lisbon	0: 3	Honvéd Budapest	0: 2	0: 1
Club Bruges	1: 5	FC Basel	0: 1	1: 4

¹The first leg took place in Haarlem , the Netherlands.

2nd round

The first leg took place on October 22nd, the second leg on November 5, 1980.

	total		First leg	Return leg
real Madrid	3-0	Honvéd Budapest	1-0	2-0
Aberdeen FC	0: 5	Liverpool FC	0: 1	0: 4
TJ Baník Ostrava OKD	( a ) 1: 1(a)	BFC Dynamo	0-0	1: 1
FC Nantes	2: 3	Inter Milan	1: 2	1: 1
CSKA Sofia	5-0	Szombierki Bytom	4-0	01: 0 2
FC Bayern Munich	6: 3	Ajax Amsterdam	5: 1	1: 2
FC Basel	1: 2	Red Star Belgrade	1-0	0: 2
Spartak Moscow	3: 2	Esbjerg fB	3-0	0: 2

²The second leg took place in Chorzów .

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on March 4, the second legs on March 18, 1981.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Bayern Munich	6: 2	TJ Baník Ostrava OKD	2-0	4: 2
Inter Milan	2: 1	Red Star Belgrade	1: 1	1-0
Liverpool FC	6: 1	CSKA Sofia	5: 1	1-0
Spartak Moscow	0: 2	real Madrid	00: 0 3	0: 2

³The first leg took place in Tbilisi .

Semifinals

The first legs took place on April 8, the second legs on April 22, 1981.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Liverpool FC	( a ) 1: 1(a)	FC Bayern Munich	0-0	1: 1
real Madrid	2: 1	Inter Milan	2-0	0: 1

final

Liverpool FC		real Madrid
	May 27, 1981 in Paris ( Prinzenpark ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 48,360 Referee: Károly Palotai ( Hungary )
	Ray Clemence - Phil Neal , Phil Thompson , Alan Hansen , Alan Kennedy - Terry McDermott , Graeme Souness , Sammy Lee , Ray Kennedy - David Johnson , Kenny Dalglish (87th Jimmy Case ) Trainer: Bob Paisley	Agustín Rodríguez - Rafael García Cortés (87th Francisco Pineda ), Antonio García Navajas , Andrés Sabido - Ángel de los Santos , José Antonio Camacho , Uli Stielike , Vicente del Bosque - Juanito , Santillana , Laurie Cunningham Trainer: Vujadin Boškov ( Yugoslavia )
	1-0 Alan Kennedy (82nd)
	Alan Kennedy	Uli Stielike

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Terry McDermott	Liverpool FC	6th
	Graeme Souness	Liverpool FC	6th
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	FC Bayern Munich	6th
4th	Tzvetan Jonchev	CSKA Sofia	5
5	Alessandro Altobelli	Inter Milan	4th
	Yuri Gavrilov	Spartak Moscow	4th
	Dieter Hoeneß	FC Bayern Munich	4th
	Santillana	real Madrid	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

Players used Liverpool FC

Liverpool FC

Goal : Ray Clemence (9 / -) Defense : Alan Hansen (9/1); Phil Neal (9/1); Phil Thompson (7 / -); Alan Kennedy (6/1); Avi Cohen (3 / -); Colin Irwin (3 / -); Richard Money (1 / -) Midfield : Ray Kennedy (9/2); Sammy Lee (9/2); Terry McDermott (8/6); Graeme Souness (8/6); Jimmy Case (5 / -); Steve Heighway (3 / -) Attack : Kenny Dalglish (9/1); David Johnson (5/1); David Fairclough (2/2); Howard Gayle (1 / -); Ian Rush (1 / -) Trainer : Bob Paisley

See also

• European Cup Winners' Cup 1980/81
• 1980/81 UEFA Cup

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1979/80 European Cup
• Game details for the 1979/80 season at rsssf.com