# 1980–81 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1980–81 season was contested by 18 teams. AZ '67 won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AZ '67 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 101 | 30 | +71 | 60 | Qualified for 1981–82 European Cup |
| 2 | AFC Ajax | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 88 | 54 | +34 | 48 | Qualified for 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 45 | Qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 74 | 48 | +26 | 45 | Qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup |
| 5 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 62 | 31 | +31 | 44 | Qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup |
| 6 | FC Twente | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 39 | |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 75 | 71 | +4 | 36 | |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 34 | |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 30 | |
| 10 | Willem II | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 29 | |
| 11 | Roda JC | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 67 | 75 | −8 | 28 | |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 75 | −12 | 28 | |
| 13 | NAC | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 27 | |
| 14 | FC Den Haag | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 53 | 79 | −26 | 27 | |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 49 | 72 | −23 | 25 | |
| 16 | NEC | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 25 | |
| 17 | SBV Excelsior | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 67 | −28 | 21 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie. |
| 18 | FC Wageningen | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 21 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie. |
* ↑ AZ '67 also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists AFC Ajax would play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | AZ | EXC | FEY | GAE | GRO | DHA | MVV | NAC | NEC | PEC | PSV | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | WAG | WIL |
| Ajax | | 1–2 | 7–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| AZ '67 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Excelsior | 2–4 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Feyenoord | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 2–4 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| FC Groningen | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| FC Den Haag | 4–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| MVV | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| NAC | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| N.E.C. | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| PEC Zwolle | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| PSV | 3–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Roda JC | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 4–3 | 3–7 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| FC Twente | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–7 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| FC Utrecht | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| FC Wageningen | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Willem II | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |