1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup

1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates	20 August 1980 – 13 May 1981
Teams	34
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi (1st title)
Runners-up	East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	176 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Cross (West Ham United) 6 goals
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

International football competition

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

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

First leg

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20 August 1980

Celtic Scotland	6–0	Hungary Diósgyőr
McGarvey 52', 65', 70' McCluskey 60', 79' Sullivan 71'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Widukind Herrmann (East Germany)

20 August 1980

Altay Turkey	0–0	Portugal Benfica

İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Yordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

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3 September 1980

Diósgyőr Hungary	2–1	Scotland Celtic
Görgei 25' 66'	Nicholas 24'

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.

3 September 1980

Benfica Portugal	4–0	Turkey Altay
Chalana 22' Coelho 34' Nené 63' César 70'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Castilla CF Spain	4–6	England West Ham United	3–1	1–5 (aet)
Celtic Scotland	2–2 (a)	Romania Politehnica Timișoara	2–1	0–1
Hibernians Malta	1–4	Republic of Ireland Waterford	1–0	0–4
Kastoria Greece	0–2	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi	0–0	0–2
Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg	0–12	Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague	0–6	0–6
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria	3–2	Poland Legia Warsaw	3–1	0–1
Hvidovre Denmark	3–0	Iceland Fram	1–0	2–0
Ilves Finland	3–7	Netherlands Feyenoord	1–3	2–4
Roma Italy	3–4	East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena	3–0	0–4
Valencia Spain	5–3	France Monaco	2–0	3–3
Sion Switzerland	1–3	Norway Haugar	1–1	0–2
Newport County Wales	4–0	Northern Ireland Crusaders	4–0	0–0
Omonia Cyprus	1–7	Belgium Waterschei Thor	1–3	0–4
Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany	8–0	Austria Austria Salzburg	5–0	3–0
Malmö Sweden	1–0	Albania Partizani Tirana	1–0	0–0
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	0–2	Portugal Benfica	0–0	0–2

First leg

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17 September 1980

Celtic Scotland	2–1	Romania Politehnica Timișoara
Nicholas 19', 43'	Report	Manea 78'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Gerardus Johannes Maria Geurts (Netherlands)

17 September 1980

Roma Italy	3–0	East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Pruzzo 5' Ancelotti 23' Falcão 72'

Rome

17 September 1980

Kastoria Greece	0–0	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 15,000

17 September 1980

Hvidovre Denmark	1–0	Iceland Fram
Hansen 22' (pen.)	Report

Hvidovre Stadion, Hvidovre

Attendance: 1,636

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

17 September 1980

Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	0–0	Portugal Benfica
Report

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 52,500

Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

17 September 1980

Sion Switzerland	1–1	Norway Haugar
Brigger 65'	summary	41' Osborne

Stade Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Netherlands Johannes Peters

Second leg

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28 September 1980

Fram Iceland	0–2	Denmark Hvidovre
Report	Ambrose 10' Hansen 50' (pen.)

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Kaare Lindboe (Norway)

Hvidovre won 3–0 on aggregate.

1 October 1980

Politehnica Timișoara Romania	1–0	Scotland Celtic
Păltinișanu 81'	Report

Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Greece)

2–2 on aggregate; Politehnica Timișoara won on away goals.

1 October 1980

Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany	4–0	Italy Roma
Krause 26' Lindemann 38' Bielau 71' 87'

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.

1 October 1980

Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union	2–0	Greece Kastoria
Shengelia 52' Gutsaev 80'

Dynamo Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 80,000

Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–0 on aggregate.

1 October 1980

Waterschei Thor Belgium	4–0	Cyprus Omonia
R. Janssen 17' Plessers 65' (pen.) Van Poucke 68', 75'	Report

André Dumont Stadium, Genk

Attendance: 18,500

Referee: Paul Rion (Luxembourg)

Waterschei Thor won 7–1 on aggregate.

1 October 1980

Benfica Portugal	2–0	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Nené 17' César 56'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

28 September 1980

Haugar Norway	2–0	Switzerland Sion
Nilsen 40' Christophersen 47' (pen.)	summary

Haugesund Stadion, Haugesund

Attendance: 4,238

Referee: Denmark Erik Steen Jensen

Haugar won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United England	4–1	Romania Politehnica Timișoara	4–0	0–1
Waterford Republic of Ireland	0–5	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi	0–1	0–4
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia	2–3	Bulgaria Slavia Sofia	2–0	0–3
Hvidovre Denmark	1–3	Netherlands Feyenoord	1–2	0–1
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany	3–2	Spain Valencia	3–1	0–1
Haugar Norway	0–6	Wales Newport County	0–0	0–6
Waterschei Thor Belgium	0–1	West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	0–1
Malmö Sweden	1–2	Portugal Benfica	1–0	0–2

First leg

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22 October 1980

West Ham United England	4–0	Romania Politehnica Timișoara
Bonds 25' Goddard 27' Stewart 30' (pen.) Cross 83'	Report

Boleyn Ground, London

Attendance: 27,157

Referee: Heinz Fahnler (Austria)

22 October 1980

Waterford Republic of Ireland	0–1	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
Shengelia 50'

Kilcohan Park, Waterford

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

22 October 1980

Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia	2–0	Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Vdovjak 14', 45'

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Clive White (England)

22 October 1980

Hvidovre Denmark	1–2	Netherlands Feyenoord
Manniche 2'	Wijnstekers 32' Bouwens 51'

Hvidovre Stadion, Copenhagen

Attendance: 3,292

Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)

22 October 1980

Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany	3–1	Spain Valencia
Sengewald 1' Schnuphase 9' (pen.) Trocha 31'	Morena 69'

Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium)

22 October 1980

Haugar Norway	0–0	Wales Newport County

Haugesund Stadion, Haugesund

Attendance: 4,522

Referee: Hans Harrysson (Sweden)

22 October 1980

Waterschei Thor Belgium	0–0	West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf

André Dumontstadion, Genk

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)

22 October 1980

Malmö Sweden	1–0	Portugal Benfica
Andersson 49'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 10,585

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

Second leg

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4 November 1980

Newport County Wales	6–0	Norway Haugar
Gwyther 12' Lowndes 44' Aldridge 56' Tynan 61', 81' Moore 70'

Somerton Park, Newport

Attendance: 8,855

Referee: C. G. McGrath (Republic of Ireland)

Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate.

5 November 1980

Politehnica Timișoara Romania	1–0	England West Ham United
Păltinișanu 54'	Report

Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.

5 November 1980

Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union	4–0	Republic of Ireland Waterford
Daraselia 66', 79' Chivadze 74' Chilaia 87'

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)

5 November 1980

Slavia Sofia Bulgaria	3–0	Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Velichkov 38' Zhelyazkov 41' Tsvetkov 45'

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

5 November 1980

Feyenoord Netherlands	1–0	Denmark Hvidovre
Nielsen 36'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 3,292

Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)

Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.

5 November 1980

Valencia Spain	1–0	East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Botubot 61'

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

5 November 1980

Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany	1–0	Belgium Waterschei Thor
Bansemer 5'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 12,700

Referee: Jakob Baumann (Switzerland)

5 November 1980

Benfica Portugal	2–0	Sweden Malmö
Nené 57' (pen.), 60' (pen.)

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United England	2–4	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi	1–4	1–0
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria	3–6	Netherlands Feyenoord	3–2	0–4
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany	3–2	Wales Newport County	2–2	1–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany	2–3	Portugal Benfica	2–2	0–1

First leg

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4 March 1981

West Ham United England	1–4	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
Cross 54'	Chivadze 24' Gutsaev 31' Shengelia 55', 67'

Boleyn Ground, London

Attendance: 34,957

Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

4 March 1981

Slavia Sofia Bulgaria	3–2	Netherlands Feyenoord
Tsvetkov 8' (pen.), 63' Minchev 64'	Nielsen 20' Vermeulen 78'

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

4 March 1981

Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany	2–2	Wales Newport County
Raab 22', 85'	Tynan 40', 90'

Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway)

4 March 1981

Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany	2–2	Portugal Benfica
Wenzel 2' Dusend 39'	Carlos Manuel 35' Coelho 77'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Edvard Sostarić (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

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18 March 1981

Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union	0–1	England West Ham United
Pearson 87'

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.

18 March 1981

Feyenoord Netherlands	4–0	Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Notten 18' Van Deinsen 48' Vermeulen 77', 85'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate.

18 March 1981

Newport County Wales	0–1	East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Kurbjuweit 27'

Somerton Park, Newport

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

18 March 1981

Benfica Portugal	1–0	West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
Chalana 87'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union	3–2	Netherlands Feyenoord	3–0	0–2
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany	2–1	Portugal Benfica	2–0	0–1

First leg

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8 April 1981

Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands Feyenoord
Sulakvelidze 23', 51' Gutsaev 30'

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

8 April 1981

Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany	2–0	Portugal Benfica
Bielau 8' Raab 15'

Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)

Second leg

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22 April 1981

Feyenoord Netherlands	2–0	Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
Bouwens 43' Notten 56'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate.

22 April 1981

Benfica Portugal	1–0	East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Reinaldo 59'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Carl Zeiss Jena won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup final

13 May 1981

Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union	2–1	East Germany FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Gutsaev 67' Daraselia 86'	(Report) (Report 2)	Hoppe 63'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 4,750

Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

References

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External links

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1980–81 competition at UEFA website
Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1980-81–results, protocols
website Football Archive 1980–81 Cup Winners Cup ^{[dead link ‍]}

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Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

See also

References

External links