# 1980–81 Bundesliga

The 1980–81 Bundesliga was the 18th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 15 August 1980 and ended on 13 June 1981. Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

## Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

## Team changes to 1979–80

Hertha BSC, SV Werder Bremen and Eintracht Braunschweig were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Arminia Bielefeld, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, 1. FC Nürnberg, winners of the Southern Division and Karlsruher SC, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against Rot-Weiss Essen.

## Team overview

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Stadion Alm | 35,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 54,000 |
| MSV Duisburg | Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 38,500 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Rheinstadion | 59,600 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Waldstadion | 62,000 |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 80,000 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 |
| Karlsruher SC | Karlsruhe | Wildparkstadion | 50,000 |
| 1. FC Köln | Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 61,000 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Leverkusen | Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion | 20,000 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 |
| TSV 1860 Munich | Munich | Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße | 31,509 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Munich | Olympiastadion | 80,000 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Städtisches Stadion | 64,238 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Parkstadion | 70,000 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Neckarstadion | 72,000 |
| Bayer 05 Uerdingen | Krefeld | Grotenburg-Kampfbahn | 28,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 89 | 41 | +48 | 53 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 61 | 57 | +4 | 38 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 35 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 34 | |
| 9 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 33 | |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 56 | 63 | −7 | 32 | |
| 11 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 30 | |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 29 | |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 57 | 64 | −7 | 28 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 28 | |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 26 | |
| 16 | 1860 Munich (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 25 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Schalke 04 (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 88 | −45 | 23 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 79 | −32 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 1 2 As Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Mönchengladbach.

## Results

| Home \ Away | DSC | BOC | BVB | DUI | F95 | SGE | HSV | FCK | KSC | KOE | B04 | BMG | M60 | FCB | FCN | S04 | VFB | B05 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | — | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| VfL Bochum | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 5–0 | 1–3 | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Hamburger SV | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Karlsruher SC | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 7–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| 1. FC Köln | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 7–1 |
| 1860 Munich | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Schalke 04 | 2–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–2 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | — |

## Top goalscorers
### 29 goals

* Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern Munich)

### 27 goals

* Manfred Burgsmüller (Borussia Dortmund)

### 19 goals

* Klaus Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf)

### 17 goals

* Paul Breitner (FC Bayern Munich)
* Horst Hrubesch (Hamburger SV)
* Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)
* Kurt Pinkall (VfL Bochum)

### 16 goals

* Wilfried Hannes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
* Arne Larsen Økland (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
* Gerd-Volker Schock (Arminia Bielefeld)

## Champion squad

* FC Bayern Munich
* Goalkeepers: Walter Junghans (19); Manfred Müller (17).
* Defenders: Udo Horsmann (34 / 4); Klaus Augenthaler (33 / 5); Wolfgang Dremmler (33 / 1); Hans Weiner (31 / 1); Einar Jan Aas (7).
* Midfielders: Bernd Dürnberger (33 / 3); Kurt Niedermayer (32 / 9); Paul Breitner (captain; 30 / 17); Wolfgang Kraus (30 / 6); Jürgen Röber (14); Günter Güttler (1); Pasi Rautiainen (1).
* Forwards: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (34 / 29); Dieter Hoeneß (27 / 10); Norbert Janzon (24 / 1); Karl Del'Haye (13 / 1); Reinhold Mathy (3 / 2).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Pál Csernai .
* On the roster but have not played in a league game: Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck.