# Eredivisie 1980/81

Het seizoen 1980/81 van de Nederlandse Eredivisie voetbal was het 25ste seizoen waarin onder de KNVB-vlag een professionele Eredivisie werd gevoetbald. AZ '67 werd voor het eerst in de geschiedenis landskampioen. FC Wageningen en Excelsior degradeerden.

## Teams

| Club | Plaats | Accommodatie | Capaciteit | Trainer |
| FC Den Haag | Zuid-Holland Den Haag | Zuiderparkstadion | 29.000 | Hans Kraaij |
| Ajax | Noord-Holland Amsterdam | De Meer | 29.500 | Leo Beenhakker Aad de Mos (a.i.) |
| AZ '67 | Noord-Holland Alkmaar | Alkmaarderhout | 20.000 | Georg Keßler |
| Excelsior | Zuid-Holland Rotterdam | Woudestein | 11.000 | Hans Dorjee |
| FC Groningen | Groningen (provincie) Groningen | Oosterpark | 17.500 | Theo Verlangen |
| FC Twente | Overijssel Enschede | Het Diekman | 25.000 | Hennie Hollink |
| FC Utrecht | Utrecht Utrecht | Galgenwaard | 23.000 | Han Berger |
| FC Wageningen | Gelderland Wageningen | Wageningse Berg | 16.000 | Nol de Ruiter |
| Feyenoord | Zuid-Holland Rotterdam | Stadion Feijenoord | 65.000 | Václav Ježek |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Overijssel Deventer | De Adelaarshorst | 20.000 | Spitz Kohn |
| MVV | Limburg Maastricht | Geusselt | 18.000 | Leo Steegman |
| NAC | Noord-Brabant Breda | Beatrixstraat | 18.000 | Jo Jansen |
| N.E.C. | Gelderland Nijmegen | Goffertstadion | 29.000 | Leen Looijen |
| PEC Zwolle | Overijssel Zwolle | Oosterenkstadion | 15.000 | Fritz Korbach |
| PSV | Noord-Brabant Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 26.500 | Thijs Libregts |
| Roda JC | Limburg Kerkrade | Kaalheide | 25.000 | Piet de Visser |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Zuid-Holland Rotterdam | Het Kasteel | 32.000 | Barry Hughes |
| Willem II | Noord-Brabant Tilburg | Gemeentelijk Sportpark | 25.000 | Bert Jacobs |

## Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | AZ '67 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 101 | 30 | 71 |
| 2. | Ajax | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 88 | 54 | 34 |
| 3. | FC Utrecht | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 67 | 33 | 34 |
| 4. | Feyenoord | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 74 | 48 | 26 |
| 5. | PSV | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 62 | 31 | 31 |
| 6. | FC Twente | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 60 | 49 | 11 |
| 7. | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 75 | 71 | 4 |
| 8. | MVV | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 53 | 65 | -12 |
| 9. | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 42 | 49 | -7 |
| 10. | Willem II | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 69 | -20 |
| 11. | Roda JC | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 67 | 75 | -8 |
| 12. | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 63 | 75 | -12 |
| 13. | NAC | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 46 | 66 | -20 |
| 14. | FC Den Haag | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 53 | 79 | -26 |
| 15. | FC Groningen | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 49 | 72 | -23 |
| 16. | N.E.C. | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 38 | 63 | -25 |
| 17. | Excelsior | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 67 | -28 |
| 18. | FC Wageningen | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 33 | 63 | -30 |

### Legenda

* Kwalificatie voor
* Landskampioen, Europacup I
* Verliezend finalist KNVB Beker, Europacup II
* UEFA Cup
* Speelt Intertoto Cup in de zomer
* Degradatie naar de Eerste divisie

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | 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 | |

## Topscorers

| # | Naam | Club | |
| 1. | Ruud Geels | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 |
| 2. | John Eriksen | Roda JC | 21 |
| 3. | Pier Tol | AZ '67 | 20 |
| 3. | Kurt Welzl | AZ '67 | 20 |
| 5. | Cees Schapendonk | MVV | 19 |
| 6. | Wim Kieft | Ajax | 17 |
| 6. | René van der Gijp | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 |
| 6. | Peter Houtman | FC Groningen | 17 |
| 9. | Frank Arnesen | Ajax | 16 |
| 10. | Harry Melis | FC Den Haag | 15 |
| 10. | Paul Postuma | PSV | 15 |
| 10. | Cees van Kooten | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 |
| 10. | Hallvar Thoresen | FC Twente | 15 |

## Trivia

* Tijdens de uitwedstrijd tegen MVV speelde PSV met elf Nederlanders in de basiself. Dit zou ruim 32 jaar later tegen Heracles Almelo pas opnieuw gebeuren op 24 augustus 2013, tijdens seizoen 2013/14.