European Cup Winners' Cup 1980/81

European Cup Winners' Cup 1980/81

Cup winners	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi (1st title)
Beginning	20th August 1980
final	May 13, 1981
Final stadium	Rheinstadion , Düsseldorf
Teams	34
Games	65
Gates	176 (ø 2.71 per game)
Top scorer	England David Cross (6)
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The 1980/81 European Cup Winners 'Cup was the 21st draw of the European Cup Winners' Cup. 34 club teams from 33 countries took part, including defending champions Valencia CF, 28 national cup winners and 5 defeated cup finalists (Crusaders FC, SK Haugar, Dinamo Tiflis, SV Austria Salzburg and Castilla CF).

DFB Cup winners Fortuna Düsseldorf from Germany, FDGB Cup winners FC Carl Zeiss Jena from GDR , ÖFB Cup finalist SV Austria Salzburg from Austria and Cup winners FC Sion from Switzerland were at the start.

In the final, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, trained by Hans Meyer , was a GDR team for the second time since 1974 (then 1. FC Magdeburg ). In Düsseldorf's Rheinstadion, Jena, which had previously eliminated teams with illustrious names such as AS Roma, FC Valencia or Benfica Lisbon, was defeated by Dinamo Tiflis 2-1.

The top scorer was West Ham United's David Cross with 6 goals.

mode

As usual, the participants played the winner in pure cup mode with home and return matches. If there was a tie after both games, the number of goals scored away decided ( away goal rule ). If their number was also the same, extra time took place in the second leg, in which the away goals rule also applied. If there was still a tie at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot- out was carried out. The final was decided in a game on a neutral court. In the event of a tie after extra time, the winner would also have been determined in a penalty shoot-out.

Preliminary round

The first leg took place on August 20, the second leg on September 3, 1980.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Celtic Glasgow Scotland	7: 2	Hungary 1957 Diósgyőri VTK Miskolc	6-0	1: 2
Altay İzmir Turkey	0: 4	Portugal Benfica Lisbon	0-0	0: 4

1 round

The first leg took place on 16.17. September, the second leg held on October 1, 1980.

	total		First leg	Return leg
AFC Newport County Wales	4-0	Northern Ireland Crusaders FC	4-0	0-0
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 1971	3: 2	Poland Legia Warsaw	3: 1	0: 1
Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg	00:12	Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague	0: 6	0: 6
Castilla CF Spain 1977	4: 6	England West Ham United	3: 1	1: 5 a.d.
Hvidovre IF Denmark	3-0	Iceland Fram Reykjavík	1-0	2-0
Dinamo Zagreb Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic	0: 2	Portugal Benfica Lisbon	0-0	0: 2
Tampereen Ilves Finland	3: 7	Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 3	2: 4
FC Sion Switzerland	1: 3	Norway SK Haugar	1: 1	0: 2
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 1960	1: 7	Belgium KSV THOR Waterschei	1: 3	0: 4
Malmö FF Sweden	1-0	Albania 1946 FK Partizani Tirana	1-0	0-0
Fortuna Dusseldorf Germany Federal Republic	8-0	Austria SV Austria Salzburg	5-0	3-0
Valencia CF Spain 1977	5: 3	France AS Monaco	2-0	3: 3
AS Roma Italy	3: 4	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 FC Carl Zeiss Jena	3-0	0: 4
AGS Kastoria Greece	0: 2	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi	0-0	0: 2
Celtic Glasgow Scotland	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Romania 1965 FC Politehnica Timișoara	2: 1	0: 1
Hibernians Football Club Malta	1: 4	Ireland Waterford FC	1-0	0: 4

2nd round

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

	total		First leg	Return leg
SK Haugar Norway	0: 6	Wales AFC Newport County	0-0	0: 6
FC Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Democratic Republic 1949	3: 2	Spain 1977 Valencia CF	3: 1	0: 1
Waterford FC Ireland	0: 5	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi	0: 1	0: 4
West Ham United England	4: 1	Romania 1965 FC Politehnica Timișoara	4-0	0: 1
Hvidovre IF Denmark	1: 3	Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 2	0: 1
Malmö FF Sweden	1: 2	Portugal Benfica Lisbon	1-0	0: 2
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia	2: 3	Bulgaria 1971 Slavia Sofia	2-0	0: 3
KSV THOR Waterschei Belgium	0: 1	Germany Federal Republic Fortuna Dusseldorf	0-0	0: 1

Quarter finals

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

	total		First leg	Return leg
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 1971	3: 6	Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam	3: 2	0: 4
FC Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Democratic Republic 1949	3: 2	Wales AFC Newport County	2: 2	1-0
Fortuna Dusseldorf Germany Federal Republic	2: 3	Portugal Benfica Lisbon	2: 2	0: 1
West Ham United England	2: 4	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi	1: 4	1-0

Semifinals

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

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union	3: 2	Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam	3-0	0: 2
FC Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Democratic Republic 1949	2: 1	Portugal Benfica Lisbon	2-0	0: 1