# 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1980–81 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Dinamo Tbilisi in the final against Carl Zeiss Jena. Dinamo Tbilisi's side defeated English Second Division side West Ham United away before beating Carl Zeiss Jena in a final watched by 4,750 people in Düsseldorf. This win was the high point of the Georgian side and is still the club's greatest achievement.
The competition included the Real Madrid reserve team, Castilla CF, who qualified as the runners-up of the 1979–80 Copa del Rey.

## Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Celtic | 7–2 | Diósgyőr | 6–0 | 1–2 |
| Altay | 0–4 | Benfica | 0–0 | 0–4 |

### Second leg

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Castilla CF | 4–6 | West Ham United | 3–1 | 1–5 (aet) |
| Celtic | 2–2 (a) | Politehnica Timișoara | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Hibernians | 1–4 | Waterford | 1–0 | 0–4 |
| Kastoria | 0–2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Spora Luxembourg | 0–12 | Sparta Prague | 0–6 | 0–6 |
| Slavia Sofia | 3–2 | Legia Warsaw | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Hvidovre | 3–0 | Fram | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Ilves | 3–7 | Feyenoord | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| Roma | 3–4 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 3–0 | 0–4 |
| Valencia | 5–3 | Monaco | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Sion | 1–3 | Haugar | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Newport County | 4–0 | Crusaders | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Omonia | 1–7 | Waterschei Thor | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 8–0 | Austria Salzburg | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| Malmö | 1–0 | Partizani Tirana | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 0–2 | Benfica | 0–0 | 0–2 |

### Second leg

Hvidovre won 3–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Politehnica Timișoara won on away goals.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–0 on aggregate.
Waterschei Thor won 7–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.
Haugar won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| West Ham United | 4–1 | Politehnica Timișoara | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Waterford | 0–5 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Sparta Prague | 2–3 | Slavia Sofia | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Hvidovre | 1–3 | Feyenoord | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 3–2 | Valencia | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Haugar | 0–6 | Newport County | 0–0 | 0–6 |
| Waterschei Thor | 0–1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Malmö | 1–2 | Benfica | 1–0 | 0–2 |

### Second leg

Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate.
West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| West Ham United | 2–4 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 3–6 | Feyenoord | 3–2 | 0–4 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 3–2 | Newport County | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–3 | Benfica | 2–2 | 0–1 |

### Second leg

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–2 | Feyenoord | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 2–1 | Benfica | 2–0 | 0–1 |

### Second leg

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 2–1 on aggregate.