1980–81 UEFA Cup

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The **1980–81 UEFA Cup** was won by Ipswich Town on aggregate over AZ Alkmaar.

According to a UEFA decision in 1979, Fairs Cup entry criteria were finally abolished, and UEFA ranking was introduced.

Albania did not join, and it ceded its place to the West German title holders.

## First round

### First leg

 * Daerden  26'

### Second leg

*Zbrojovka Brno won 5–1 on aggregate.*

*3–3 on aggregate; Kaiserslautern won on away goals.*

*Magdeburg won 5–3 on aggregate.*

*AZ Alkmaar won 10–0 on aggregate.*

*Vorwärts Frankfurt won 4–2 on aggregate.*

*Dynamo Dresden won 2–0 on aggregate.*

 * Van de Lem  60'
* Carbo  85'

*Utrecht won 2–0 on aggregate.*

*FC Bohemians Praha won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*1–1 on aggregate; Levski Sofia won on away goals.*

*Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*Sochaux won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Twente won 5–3 on aggregate.*

*Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.*

*Grasshopper won 8–3 on aggregate.*

*Hamburg won 7–5 on aggregate.*

*St Mirren won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*Ipswich Town won 6–4 on aggregate.*

*Köln won 10–0 on aggregate.*

*Juventus won 6–4 on aggregate.*

*Lokeren won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*Saint-Étienne won 14–0 on aggregate.*

*Radnički Niš won 6–2 on aggregate.*

*1–1 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won on away goals.*

*PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Torino won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Dundee United won 7–2 on aggregate.*

*Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate.*

 * Răducanu  37'
* Edström  81'

*Standard Liège won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Real Sociedad won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*Boavista won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*Stuttgart won 10–1 on aggregate.*

## Second round

### Second leg

*Real Sociedad won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate.*

*1. FC Köln won 4–1 on aggregate.*

*1–1 on aggregate; Lokeren won on away goals*

*Eintracht Frankfurt won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Sochaux won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*1–1 on aggregate; Dynamo Dresden won on away goals*

*Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Ipswich Town won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Radnički Niš won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*AZ Alkmaar won 6–1 on aggregate.*

*Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Saint-Étienne won 2–0 on aggregate.*

*Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Stuttgart won 7–2 on aggregate.*

*4–4 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won 4–1 on penalties.*

## Third round

### Second leg

*4–4 on aggregate; Sochaux won on away goals.*

*3–3 on aggregate; Grasshoppers won 4–3 on penalties.*

*Saint-Étienne won 6–0 on aggregate.*

*Ipswich Town won 5–1 on aggregate.*

*Lokeren won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*AZ won 7–2 on aggregate.*

*Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.*

*Köln won 5–4 on aggregate.*

## Quarter-finals

 **AZ Alkmaar**  | 2–1
 Grasshopper  | 1–2
 Standard Liège  | 2–3

### Second leg

*Ipswich Town won 7–2 on aggregate.*

*AZ Alkmaar won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*Sochaux won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.*

### Second leg

*AZ Alkmaar won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Ipswich Town won 2–0 on aggregate.*

## See also

* 1980–81 European Cup
* 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup

## External links

* 1980–81 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
* Official website
* Results at RSSSF.com
* All scorers 1980–81 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA
* 1980/81 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)

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 Domestic cups
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* England
* Faroe Islands '80 '81
* Finland '80 '81
* France
* East Germany
* West Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '80 '81
* Israel
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '80 '81
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '81
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Wales