1980–81 European Cup

26th season of the UEFA club football tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:26th season of the UEFA club football tournament
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The **1980–81 European Cup** was the 26th season of the European Cup football club tournament, and was won for a third time by Liverpool, who beat six-time champions Real Madrid in the final. In the 11 seasons up to and including this one, there were only four winners of the European Cup (Ajax, Bayern Munich, Nottingham Forest and Liverpool), but there were eleven different runners-up. This sequence was ended the following year, when Bayern Munich lost to first-time finalists Aston Villa.

Nottingham Forest, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the first round.

## First round

### Second leg

*Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.*

*Liverpool won 11–2 on aggregate.*

*CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.*

*Szombierki Bytom won 4–2 on aggregate.*

*Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.*

*Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.*

*Baník Ostrava won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*BFC Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate.*

*Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.*

*Esbjerg won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Real Madrid won 7–2 on aggregate.*

*Budapest Honvéd won 3–0 on aggregate.*

*Nantes won 3–0 on aggregate.*

*Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.*

*Red Star Belgrade won 7–3 on aggregate.*

## Second Round

### Second leg

*Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.*

*CSKA Sofia won 5–0 on aggregate.*

*Bayern Munich won 6–3 on aggregate.*

*1–1 on aggregate; Baník Ostrava won on away goals.*

*Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.*

*Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.*

## Quarter-finals

 **Bayern Munich**  | 6–2
 Spartak Moscow  | 0–2
 **Internazionale**  | 2–1

### Second leg

*Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.*

*Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.*

*Real Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.*

*Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.*

### Second leg

*1–1 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.*

*Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.*

## Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1980–81 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

## External links

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* 1980–81 All matches – season at UEFA website
* European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
* All scorers 1980–81 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
* 1980-81 European Cup – results and line-ups (archive)

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