1980/81 UEFA Cup

1980/81 UEFA Cup
Cup winners	Ipswich Town (1st title)
Beginning	September 16, 1980
The End	May 20, 1981
Teams	64
Games	126
Gates	365  (ø 2.9 per game)
Top scorer	John Wark ( Ipswich Town 14 goals)
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↑ European Champion Clubs' Cup 1980/81

The 1980/81 UEFA Cup was the 10th edition of the competition and was won by Ipswich Town in the final against AZ'67 Alkmaar .

mode

The competition was played in six rounds in two legs. In the event of a tie, the number of goals scored away first decided , then an extension, and finally the penalty shoot-out.

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
ÍA Akranes	00:10	1. FC Cologne	( 1 )0: 4 ( 1 )	0: 6
Sliema Wanderers	0: 3	FC Barcelona	0: 2	0: 1
Újpesti Dózsa SC Budapest	1: 2	Real Sociedad	1: 1	0: 1
VfB Stuttgart	10: 10	Pezoporikos Larnaka	6-0	4: 1
AZ'67 Alkmaar	10-0	Red Boys Differdange	6-0	4-0
FC Argeş Piteşti	0: 2	FC Utrecht	0-0	0: 2
Ballymena United	2: 4	FC Forward Frankfurt (Oder)	2: 1	0: 3
Bohemians ČKD Prague	4: 3	Sporting Gijón	3: 1	1: 2
Dynamo Kiev	(a)1: 1 ( a )	DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia	1: 1	0-0
Dynamo Dresden	2-0	FK Napredak Kruševac	1-0	1-0
IF Elfsborg	1: 2	FC St. Mirren	1: 2	0-0
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1: 3	Beroe Stara Sagora	0: 1	1: 2
Grasshopper Club Zurich	8: 3	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	3: 1	5: 2
Hamburger SV	7: 5	FK Sarajevo	4: 2	3: 3
Ipswich Town	6: 4	Aris Saloniki	5: 1	1: 3
Juventus Turin	6: 4	Panathinaikos Athens	4-0	2: 4
1. FC Kaiserslautern	( a ) 3: 3(a)	RSC Anderlecht	1-0	2: 3
Kuopion PS	00:14	AS Saint-Etienne	0: 7	0: 7
LASK Linz	2: 6	FK Radnički Niš	1: 2	1: 4
SC Lokeren	2: 1	Dynamo Moscow	1: 1	1-0
1. FC Magdeburg	5: 3	Moss FK	2: 1	3: 2
Manchester United	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Widzew Łódź	1: 1	0-0
RWD Molenbeek	3: 4	Turin Calcio	1: 2	2: 2 a.d.
FC Porto	1-0	Dundalk FC	1-0	0-0
PSV Eindhoven	3: 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3: 1	0: 1
Shakhtar Donetsk	1: 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1-0	0: 3
Śląsk Wrocław	2: 7	Dundee United	0-0	2: 7
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	3: 2	FC Servette Geneva	2-0	1: 2
Standard Liege	3: 2	Steaua Bucharest	1: 1	2: 1
FC Twente Enschede	5: 3	IFK Gothenburg	5: 1	0: 2
Vasas Budapest	1: 2	Boavista Porto	0: 2	1-0
TJ Zbrojovka Brno	5: 1	SK VOEST Linz	3: 1	2-0

¹ The first leg took place in Reykjavík.

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia	1: 6	AZ'67 Alkmaar	1: 1	0: 5
Beroe Stara Sagora	1: 3	FK Radnički Niš	0: 1	1: 2
Dundee United	(a)1: 1 ( a )	SC Lokeren	1: 1	0-0
1. FC Kaiserslautern	2: 4	Standard Liege	1: 2	1: 2
1. FC Cologne	4: 1	FC Barcelona	0: 1	4-0
Ipswich Town	3: 2	Bohemians ČKD Prague	3-0	0: 2
FC Porto	2: 3	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2-0	0: 3 a.d.
PSV Eindhoven	2: 3	Hamburger SV	1: 1	1: 2
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	3: 2	Boavista Porto	2: 2	1-0
FC St. Mirren	0: 2	AS Saint-Etienne	0-0	0: 2
VfB Stuttgart	7: 2	FC Forward Frankfurt (Oder)	5: 1	2: 1
Turin Calcio	3: 2	1. FC Magdeburg	3: 1	0: 1
FC Twente Enschede	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Dynamo Dresden	1: 1	0-0
FC Utrecht	3: 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	2: 1	1: 3
Widzew Łódź	4: 4 (4: 1 i. E.)	Juventus Turin	3: 1	1: 3 a.d.
TJ Zbrojovka Brno	2: 3	Real Sociedad	1: 1	1: 2

3rd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Eintracht Frankfurt	(a)4: 4 ( a )	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	4: 2	0: 2
Grasshopper Club Zurich	3: 3 (4: 3 in good condition)	Turin Calcio	2: 1	1: 2 a.d.
Hamburger SV	0: 6	AS Saint-Etienne	0: 5	0: 1
Ipswich Town	5: 1	Widzew Łódź	5-0	0: 1
SC Lokeren	3: 2	Real Sociedad	1-0	2: 2
FK Radnički Niš	2: 7	AZ'67 Alkmaar	2: 2	0: 5
Standard Liege	5: 2	Dynamo Dresden	1: 1	4: 1
VfB Stuttgart	4: 5	1. FC Cologne	3: 1	1: 4 a.d.

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
AZ'67 Alkmaar	2: 1	SC Lokeren	2-0	0: 1
Grasshopper Club Zurich	1: 2	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	0-0	1: 2
Standard Liege	2: 3	1. FC Cologne	0-0	2: 3
AS Saint-Etienne	2: 7	Ipswich Town	1: 4	1: 3

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ipswich Town	2-0	1. FC Cologne	1-0	1-0
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	3: 4	AZ'67 Alkmaar	1: 1	2: 3

final

First leg

Ipswich Town		AZ'67 Alkmaar
	May 6, 1981 in Ipswich ( Portman Road ) Result: 3: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 27,532 Referee: Adolf Prokop ( GDR )
	Paul Cooper - Mick Mills , Russell Osman , Terry Butcher , Steve McCall - John Wark , Frans Thijssen , Arnold Mühren - Eric Gates , Paul Mariner , Alan Brazil Trainer: Bobby Robson	Eddy Treijtel - Richard van der Meer , John Metgod , Ronald Spelbos , Hugo Hovenkamp - Jan Peters , Jos Jonker , Peter Arntz , Kristen Nygaard (57th Kurt Welzl ) - Kees Kist , Pier Tol Trainer: Georg Keßler ( BR Germany )
	1-0 John Wark (28th, penalty) 2-0 Frans Thijssen (46th) 3-0 Paul Mariner (56th)

Return leg

AZ'67 Alkmaar		Ipswich Town
	May 20, 1981 in Amsterdam ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 4: 2 (3: 2) Spectators: 28,500 Referee: Walter Eschweiler ( Federal Republic of Germany )
	Eddy Treijtel - Hans Reynders , John Metgod , Ronald Spelbos , Hugo Hovenkamp - Jan Peters , Jos Jonker , Peter Arntz , Kristen Nygaard - Kurt Welzl (80th Chris van den Dungen ), Pier Tol (46th Kees Kist ) Trainer: Georg Keßler ( Federal Republic of Germany )	Paul Cooper - Mick Mills , Russell Osman , Terry Butcher , Steve McCall - Frans Thijssen , John Wark , Arnold Mühren - Paul Mariner , Alan Brazil , Eric Gates Trainer: Bobby Robson
	1: 1 Kurt Welzl (7th) 2: 1 John Metgod (28th) 3: 2 Pier Tol (40th) 4: 2 Jos Jonker (74th)	0: 1 Frans Thijssen (4th) 2: 2 John Wark (32nd)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	John Wark	Ipswich Town	14th
2	Kees Kist	AZ'67 Alkmaar	9
3	Dieter Müller	1. FC Cologne	8th
4th	Horst Hrubesch	Hamburger SV	7th
5	Karl Allgöwer	VfB Stuttgart	6th
	Paul Mariner	Ipswich Town	6th
	Kees Tol	AZ'67 Alkmaar	6th
8th	Bernd Klotz	VfB Stuttgart	5
	Michel Platini	AS Saint-Etienne	5
	Johnny rep	AS Saint-Etienne	5
	Kurt Welzl	AZ'67 Alkmaar	5
	Bernard Genghini	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	5

→ Main article : List of UEFA Europa League top scorers

Players used Ipswich Town

1.

Ipswich Town

Goal: Paul Cooper (11 / -); Laurie Sivell (1 / -) Defense: Terry Butcher (12/2); Russell Osman (12 / -); Mick Mills (10 / -); Kevin Beattie (8/1); George Burley (5 / -); Kevin Steggles (2 / -) Midfield: John Wark (12/14); Arnold Mühren (12/1); Frans Thijssen (10/2); Stephen McCall (10 / -) Forward: Alan Brazil (12/1); Paul Mariner (11/6); Eric Gates (11/1); Kevin O'Callaghan (5 / -); Me D'Avray (1 / -); Robin Turner (1 / -) Trainer: Bobby Robson

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1980/81
• European Cup Winners' Cup 1980/81

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers on UEFA.com

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1980/81 season
• Game details for the 1980/81 season at fussballdaten.de
• UEFA Cup goalscorers 1980/1981 on weltfussball.de