The 1980–81 UEFA Cup was the 10th edition of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Portman Road, Ipswich, England, and at the Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was won by Ipswich Town of England, who defeated AZ Alkmaar of the Netherlands by an aggregate result of 5–4 to claim their only UEFA Cup title.

This was the only European title for Ipswich Town, who never made it past a quarterfinal round before, and would never go beyond the third round in future competitions. As of 2024, this has been the only appearance in a major European final for both teams, which was also the case with the finalists of the European Cup Winners' Cup that season. Both are the only current instances in a major UEFA tournament; it has also happened with the finalists of the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which is considered an unofficial tournament by UEFA.

According to a UEFA decision in 1979, the UEFA ranking was introduced to serve as the method to determine the number of competing teams per country, and the Fairs Cup entry criteria was finally abolished.[1]

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1980–81 UEFA Cup. For the first time, an association ranking based on the newly introduced UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

  • Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 22–32 each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

For the 1980–81 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1979 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1974–75 to 1978–79.


Association ranking for 1980-81 UEFA Cup
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 West Germany West Germany 52.617 5 [Note ALB]
2 Netherlands Netherlands 39.200 4
3 Belgium Belgium 38.300
4 England England 38,141 3
5 Spain Spain 35.800
6 Soviet Union Soviet Union 33.050
7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 28.250
8 East Germany East Germany 26.650
9 Italy Italy 25.932 2
10 France France 24.250
11 Hungary Hungary 22.650
12 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 21.500
13 Poland Poland 18.850
14 Portugal Portugal 17.750
15 Austria Austria 17.700
16 Switzerland Switzerland 17.650
17 Scotland Scotland 16.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
18 Sweden Sweden 15.400 2
- Wales Wales 15.000 0 [Note WAL]
19 Greece Greece 15.000 2
20 Bulgaria Bulgaria 13.200
21 Romania Romania 10.800
22 Turkey Turkey 10.000 1
23 Denmark Denmark 7.750
24 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 7.332
25 Norway Norway 6.250
26 Finland Finland 5.498
27 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4.666
28 Cyprus Cyprus 3.999
29 Malta Malta 3.664
30 Iceland Iceland 3.331
31 Albania Albania 2.000 0 [Note ALB]
32 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1.666 1
  • ^
    Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Its virtual ranking is only an original research, because the UEFA country ranking was only used to allocate the UEFA Cup spots at time, so Wales was not included.
  • ^
    Albania: Until 1985, Albania frequently withdrew their allocated place in the UEFA Cup due to political reasons. 17 Nëntori would have qualified by league position. This additional place went to the country of the title holders, as Eintracht Frankfurt had not qualified by league position, giving West Germany a fifth entry in the UEFA Cup.

    • Teams

    The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

    • TH: Title holders
    • CW: Cup winners
    • CR: Cup runners-up
    • LC: League Cup winners
    • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
    • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
    Qualified teams for 1980–81 UEFA Cup
    West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt (TH) West Germany Hamburger SV (2nd) West Germany Stuttgart (3rd) West Germany Kaiserslautern (4th)
    West Germany Köln (5th) Netherlands AZ Alkmaar (2nd) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (3rd) Netherlands Utrecht (5th)
    Netherlands Twente (6th) Belgium Standard Liège (2nd) Belgium Molenbeek (4th) Belgium Lokeren (5th)
    Belgium Anderlecht (6th) England Manchester United (2nd) England Ipswich Town (3rd) England Wolverhampton (LC)
    Spain Real Sociedad (2nd) Spain Sporting de Gijón (3rd) Spain Barcelona (4th) Soviet Union Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)
    Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv (3rd) Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow (5th) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo (2nd) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš (3rd)
    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Napredak Kruševac (4th) East Germany Dynamo Dresden (2nd) East Germany Magdeburg (4th) East Germany Vorwärts Frankfurt (5th)
    Italy Juventus (2nd) Italy Torino (3rd)[Note ITA] France Sochaux (2nd) France Saint-Étienne (3rd)
    Hungary Újpest Dózsa (2nd) Hungary Vasas (3rd) Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno (2nd) Czechoslovakia Bohemians Prague (3rd)
    Poland Widzew Łódź (2nd) Poland Śląsk Wrocław (3rd) Portugal Porto (2nd) Portugal Boavista (4th)
    Austria VÖEST Linz (2nd) Austria LASK (3rd) Switzerland Grasshoppers (2nd) Switzerland Servette (3rd)
    Scotland St Mirren (3rd) Scotland Dundee United (4th) Sweden IFK Göteborg (2nd) Sweden Elfsborg (3rd)
    Greece Aris (2nd) Greece Panathinaikos (3rd) Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia (3rd) Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora (4th)
    Romania Steaua București (2nd) Romania Argeș Pitești (3rd) Turkey Fenerbahçe S.K. (2nd) Denmark KB (2nd)
    Republic of Ireland Dundalk (2nd) Norway Moss (2nd) Finland KuPS (2nd) Northern Ireland Ballymena United (2nd)
    Cyprus Pezoporikos Larnaca (2nd) Malta Sliema Wanderers (2nd) Iceland ÍA (2nd) Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange (2nd)

    Notes

    1. ^
      Italy: Milan had originally qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing second in the 1979–80 Serie A, but the team was punished with an administrative relegation on May 19 due to its central role in the Totonero match fixing scandal. The vacant UEFA Cup spot was taken by Torino, which was promoted to third in the standings as a result of Milan's relegation.

    Schedule

    The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches in the first two rounds exceptionally took place on Tuesdays.

    Schedule for 1980–81 UEFA Cup
    Round First leg Second leg
    First round 16–17 September 1980 24 September – 1 October 1980
    Second round 21–22 October 1980 4–5 November 1980
    Third round 26 November 1980 10 December 1980
    Quarter-finals 4 March 1981 18 March 1981
    Semi-finals 8 April 1981 22 April 1981
    Final 6 May 1981 20 May 1981

    First round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Zbrojovka Brno Czechoslovakia 5–1 Austria VOEST Linz 3–1 2–0
    Kaiserslautern West Germany 3–3 (a) Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 2–3
    Magdeburg East Germany 5–3 Norway Moss 2–1 3–2
    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands 10–0 Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange 6–0 4–0
    Ballymena United Northern Ireland 2–4 East Germany Vorwärts Frankfurt 2–1 0–3
    Dynamo Dresden East Germany 2–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Napredak Kruševac 1–0 1–0
    Argeș Pitești Romania 0–2 Netherlands Utrecht 0–0 0–2
    Bohemians Prague Czechoslovakia 4–3 Spain Sporting Gijón 3–1 1–2
    Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 1–1 (a) Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–1 0–0
    Shakhtar Donetsk Soviet Union 1–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 0–3
    Sochaux France 3–2 Switzerland Servette 2–0 1–2
    Twente Netherlands 5–3 Sweden IFK Göteborg 5–1 0–2
    Fenerbahçe Turkey 1–3 Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora 0–1 1–2
    Porto Portugal 1–0 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 1–0 0–0
    Grasshopper Switzerland 8–3 Denmark KB 3–1 5–2
    Hamburg West Germany 7–5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo 4–2 3–3
    Elfsborg Sweden 1–2 Scotland St Mirren 1–2 0–0
    Ipswich Town England 6–4 Greece Aris 5–1 1–3
    ÍA Iceland 0–10 West Germany Köln 0–4 0–6
    Juventus Italy 6–4 Greece Panathinaikos 4–0 2–4
    Lokeren Belgium 2–1 Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow 1–1 1–0
    KuPS Finland 0–14 France Saint-Étienne 0–7 0–7
    LASK Linz Austria 2–6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš 1–2 1–4
    Manchester United England 1–1 (a) Poland Widzew Łódź 1–1 0–0
    PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 3–2 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 0–1
    Molenbeek Belgium 3–4 Italy Torino 1–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
    Śląsk Wrocław Poland 2–7 Scotland Dundee United 0–0 2–7
    Sliema Wanderers Malta 0–3 Spain Barcelona 0–2 0–1
    Standard Liège Belgium 3–2 Romania Steaua București 1–1 2–1
    Újpest Hungary 1–2 Spain Real Sociedad 1–1 0–1
    Vasas Hungary 1–2 Portugal Boavista 0–2 1–0
    Stuttgart West Germany 10–1 Cyprus Pezoporikos Larnaca 6–0 4–1

    First leg

    Zbrojovka Brno Czechoslovakia3–1Austria VOEST Linz
    Kroupa 15'
    Mikulička 17'
    Mazura 75'    		 Report Haider 8'
    Attendance: 10,832
    Kaiserslautern West Germany1–0Belgium Anderlecht
    Funkel 18' Report
    Attendance: 19,755
    Magdeburg East Germany2–1Norway Moss
    Hoffmann 36'
    Pommerenke 75' (pen.)    		 Report Henæs 84'
    Attendance: 12,000
    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands6–0Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange
    Hovenkamp 30'
    Nygaard 37'
    Peters 44', 47'
    Welzl 58'
    Tol 84'    		 Report
    Attendance: 4,770
    Ballymena United Northern Ireland2–1East Germany Vorwärts Frankfurt
    McQuiston 55'
    Sloan 64'    		 Report Geyer 5'
    Attendance: 8,000
    Dynamo Dresden East Germany1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Napredak Kruševac
    Pešterac 67' (o.g.) Report
    Attendance: 27,000
    Argeș Pitești Romania0–0Netherlands Utrecht
    Report
    Attendance: 14,000
    Bohemians Prague Czechoslovakia3–1Spain Sporting Gijón
    Bičovský 13', 85'
    Levý 78'    		 Report Ferrero 72'
    Attendance: 7,000
    Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union1–1Bulgaria Levski Sofia
    Buryak 38' (pen.) Report Spasov 26'
    Attendance: 27,000
    Shakhtar Donetsk Soviet Union1–0West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
    Sokolovsky 24' Report
    Attendance: 44,000
    Sochaux France2–0Switzerland Servette
    Jeskowiak 40' (pen.)
    Ivezić 68' (pen.)    		 Report
    Attendance: 5,212
    Twente Netherlands5–1Sweden IFK Göteborg
    Bos 21'
    Carlsson 40' (o.g.)
    Kila 54', 89'
    Jol 74'    		 Report Nilsson 58'
    Attendance: 10,500
    Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)
    Fenerbahçe Turkey0–1Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora
    Report Peev 39'
    Attendance: 25,854
    Porto Portugal1–0Republic of Ireland Dundalk
    Sousa 16' Report
    Attendance: 40,000
    Grasshopper Switzerland3–1Denmark KB
    Meyer 19', 53', 55' Report Eigenbrod 67'
    Attendance: 4,200
    Hamburg West Germany4–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo
    Kaltz 33'
    Hrubesch 43', 45'
    Hartwig 89'    		 Report Sušić 8', 74'
    Attendance: 18,000
    Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
    Elfsborg Sweden1–2Scotland St Mirren
    Nilsson 15' Report Somner 43'
    Abercromby 71'
    Attendance: 3,776
    Ipswich Town England5–1Greece Aris
    Wark 12', 16', 30', 77'
    Mariner 61'    		 Report Pallas 47'
    Attendance: 20,842
    ÍA Iceland0–4West Germany Köln
    Report Kroth 49'
    Littbarski 59'
    Müller 77'
    Strack 79'
    Attendance: 3,485
    Juventus Italy4–0Greece Panathinaikos
    Scirea 5'
    Verza 18'
    Bettega 38'
    Cabrini 42' (pen.)    		 Report
    Attendance: 38,710
    Lokeren Belgium1–1Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow
    Verheyen 86' (pen.) Report Gazzaev 28'
    Attendance: 10,000
    KuPS Finland0–7France Saint-Étienne
    Report Paganelli 34', 64'
    Platini 45', 48', 74'
    Roussey 79'
    Janvion 81'
    Attendance: 5,580
    LASK Linz Austria1–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš
    Krieger 55' Report Stoiljković 45'
    Pantelić 65'
    Attendance: 8,200
    Manchester United England1–1Poland Widzew Łódź
    McIlroy 4' Report Surlit 6'
    Attendance: 38,037
    PSV Eindhoven Netherlands3–1England Wolverhampton Wanderers
    Brandts 34'
    Van Kraay 67'
    Van der Kuijlen 76'    		 Report Gray 47'
    Attendance: 14,000
    Molenbeek Belgium1–2Italy Torino
    De Wolf 42' Report Mariani 61'
    Graziani 68'
    Attendance: 10,500
    Śląsk Wrocław Poland0–0Scotland Dundee United
    Report
    Attendance: 7,000
    Sliema Wanderers Malta0–2Spain Barcelona
    Report Canito 26'
    Landáburu 59'
    Attendance: 9,094
    Standard Liège Belgium1–1Romania Steaua București
    		 Report
    Attendance: 16,011
    Újpest Hungary1–1Spain Real Sociedad
    Kardos 53' Report Periko Alonso 67'
    Attendance: 8,500
    Vasas Hungary0–2Portugal Boavista
    Report Eliseu 5'
    Júlio 44'
    Attendance: 4,000
    Stuttgart West Germany6–0Cyprus Pezoporikos Larnaca
    Klotz 9', 10', 85'
    Kelsch 24'
    Allgöwer 39', 47'    		 Report
    Attendance: 13,500
    Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)

    Second leg

    VOEST Linz Austria0–2Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno
    Report Janečka 23'
    Kroupa 65'
    Attendance: 9,500

    Zbrojovka Brno won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Anderlecht Belgium3–2West Germany Kaiserslautern
    Nielsen 40', 56', 67' (pen.) Report Geye 20'
    Wendt 64'
    Attendance: 25,543

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

    Moss Norway2–3East Germany Magdeburg
    Kollshaugen 47', 62' Report Streich 20'
    Mewes 40'
    Windelband 89'
    Attendance: 5,789

    Magdeburg won 5–3 on aggregate.

    Red Boys Differdange Luxembourg0–4Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
    Report Kist 15', 40' (pen.), 46'
    Welzl 55'
    Attendance: 1,100
    Referee: Marcel Bacou (France)

    AZ Alkmaar won 10–0 on aggregate.

    Vorwärts Frankfurt East Germany3–0Northern Ireland Ballymena United
    Conrad 3'
    Jarmuszkiewicz 11'
    Krautzig 58'    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000

    Vorwärts Frankfurt won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Napredak Kruševac Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
    Report Müller 84' (pen.)
    Attendance: 15,000
    Referee: İhsan Türe (Turkey)

    Dynamo Dresden won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Utrecht Netherlands2–0Romania Argeș Pitești
    van der Lem 50'
    Carbo 85'    		 Report
    Attendance: 17,000

    Utrecht won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Sporting Gijón Spain2–1Czechoslovakia Bohemians Prague
    Ferrero 18'
    Jiménez 57'    		 Report Němec 10'
    Attendance: 18,649

    FC Bohemians Praha won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Levski Sofia Bulgaria0–0Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
    Report
    Attendance: 35,000

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

    Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany3–0Soviet Union Shakhtar Donetsk
    Hölzenbein 4'
    Cha 41', 77'    		 Report
    Attendance: 21,853

    Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Servette Switzerland2–1France Sochaux
    Cucinotta 53'
    Bizzini 75'    		 Report Genghini 16'
    Attendance: 12,160

    Sochaux won 3–2 on aggregate.

    IFK Göteborg Sweden2–0Netherlands Twente
    Holmgren 1'
    Nilsson 68' (pen.)    		 Report
    Attendance: 3,779

    Twente won 5–3 on aggregate.

    Beroe Stara Zagora Bulgaria2–1Turkey Fenerbahçe
    Petkov 19'
    Dragolov 89'    		 Report Çetiner 89'
    Attendance: 25,000

    Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Dundalk Republic of Ireland0–0Portugal Porto
    Report
    Attendance: 4,200

    Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.

    KB Denmark2–5Switzerland Grasshopper
    Fosgaard 29'
    Tune-Hansen 86'    		 Report Hermann 51', 60', 75'
    Zanetti 57'
    Sulser 77'
    Attendance: 4,800

    Grasshopper won 8–3 on aggregate.

    Sarajevo Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–3West Germany Hamburg
    Lukić 23'
    Pašić 36', 80'    		 Report Hrubesch 26', 58', 88'
    Attendance: 45,000
    Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

    Hamburg won 7–5 on aggregate.

    St Mirren Scotland0–0Sweden Elfsborg
    Report
    Attendance: 8,326

    St Mirren won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Aris Greece3–1England Ipswich Town
    Tsirimokos 4'
    Drambis 22'
    Zelidis 65'    		 Report Gates 75'
    Attendance: 23,306

    Ipswich Town won 6–4 on aggregate.

    Köln West Germany6–0Iceland ÍA
    Engels 25'
    Müller 31', 73', 83', 86'
    Okudera 88'    		 Report
    Attendance: 2,500

    Köln won 10–0 on aggregate.

    Panathinaikos Greece4–2Italy Juventus
    Gentile 31' (o.g.)
    Andreuchi 37'
    Livathinos 68'
    Delikaris 87'    		 Report Bettega 40'
    Fanna 81'
    Attendance: 18,112

    Juventus won 6–4 on aggregate.

    Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union0–1Belgium Lokeren
    Report Verheyen 89'
    Attendance: 7,500

    Lokeren won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Saint-Étienne France7–0Finland KuPS
    Rep 21', 43', 71', 84' (pen.)
    Lestage 31'
    Paganelli 74'
    Lopez 80'    		 Report
    Attendance: 10,054

    Saint-Étienne won 14–0 on aggregate.

    Radnički Niš Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia4–1Austria LASK Linz
    Mitošević 8'
    Stoiljković 25', 86'
    Panajotović 29'    		 Report Köglberger 58'
    Attendance: 15,000

    Radnički Niš won 6–2 on aggregate.

    Widzew Łódź Poland0–0England Manchester United
    Report
    Attendance: 16,000

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

    Wolverhampton Wanderers England1–0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
    Eves 50' Report
    Attendance: 20,176

    PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Torino Italy2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Belgium Molenbeek
    D'Amico 2'
    Graziani 91'    		 Report De Bolle 69'
    Van de Korput 80' (o.g.)
    Attendance: 34,148

    Torino won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Dundee United Scotland7–2Poland Śląsk Wrocław
    Dodds 6', 75'
    Stark 26'
    Hegarty 47'
    Pettigrew 62', 73'
    Payne 82' (pen.)    		 Report Pawłowski 38', 88'
    Attendance: 8,415
    Referee: Kjell Johansson (Sweden)

    Dundee United won 7–2 on aggregate.

    Barcelona Spain1–0Malta Sliema Wanderers
    Rexach 28' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 25,000

    Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate.

    Steaua București Romania1–2Belgium Standard Liège
    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000

    Standard Liège won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Real Sociedad Spain1–0Hungary Újpest
    Satrústegui 89' Report
    Attendance: 25,421

    Real Sociedad won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Boavista Portugal0–1Hungary Vasas
    Report Kiss 26'
    Attendance: 13,000

    Boavista won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Pezoporikos Larnaca Cyprus1–4West Germany Stuttgart
    Theofanous 70' Report Tüfekçi 13'
    Klotz 16'
    Allgöwer 36'
    Ohlicher 76'
    Attendance: 4,000

    Stuttgart won 10–1 on aggregate.

    Second round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Zbrojovka Brno Czechoslovakia 2–3 Spain Real Sociedad 1–1 1–2
    Kaiserslautern West Germany 2–4 Belgium Standard Liège 1–2 1–2
    Köln West Germany 4–1 Spain Barcelona 0–1 4–0
    Dundee United Scotland 1–1 (a) Belgium Lokeren 1–1 0–0
    Utrecht Netherlands 3–4 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 1–3
    Sochaux France 3–2 Portugal Boavista 2–2 1–0
    Twente Netherlands 1–1 (a) East Germany Dynamo Dresden 1–1 0–0
    Porto Portugal 2–3 Switzerland Grasshopper 2–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)
    Ipswich Town England 3–2 Czechoslovakia Bohemians Prague 3–0 0–2
    Beroe Stara Zagora Bulgaria 1–3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš 0–1 1–2
    Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–6 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar 1–1 0–5
    PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 2–3 West Germany Hamburg 1–1 1–2
    St Mirren Scotland 0–2 France Saint-Étienne 0–0 0–2
    Torino Italy 3–2 East Germany Magdeburg 3–1 0–1
    Stuttgart West Germany 7–2 East Germany Vorwärts Frankfurt 5–1 2–1
    Widzew Łódź Poland 4–4 (4–1 p) Italy Juventus 3–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)

    First leg

    Zbrojovka Brno Czechoslovakia1–1Spain Real Sociedad
    Murillo 59' (o.g.) Report Uralde 67'
    Attendance: 11,520
    Referee: Alain Delmer (France)
    Kaiserslautern West Germany1–2Belgium Standard Liège
    Wendt 32' Report Wellens 44'
    Plessers 65'
    Attendance: 21,000
    Köln West Germany0–1Spain Barcelona
    Report Quini 44'
    Attendance: 31,000
    Dundee United Scotland1–1Belgium Lokeren
    Pettigrew 72' Report Mommens 59'
    Attendance: 7,663
    Utrecht Netherlands2–1West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
    Carbo 60'
    de Kruijk 89'    		 Report Borchers 31'
    Attendance: 22,000
    Sochaux France2–2Portugal Boavista
    Genghini 33'
    Revelli 55'    		 Report Júlio 28'
    Eliseu 58'
    Attendance: 9,689
    Twente Netherlands1–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
    Rohde 41' Report Heidler 49'
    Attendance: 14,000
    Porto Portugal2–0Switzerland Grasshopper
    Teixeira 36'
    Sousa 54'    		 Report
    Attendance: 35,000
    Ipswich Town England3–0Czechoslovakia Bohemians Prague
    Wark 48', 54'
    Beattie 85'    		 Report
    Attendance: 17,163
    Beroe Stara Zagora Bulgaria0–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš
    Report Halilović 78'
    Attendance: 10,000
    Levski Sofia Bulgaria1–1Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
    Spasov 54' (pen.) Report Kist 47'
    Attendance: 8,000
    PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–1West Germany Hamburg
    Van der Kuijlen 47' Report Hrubesch 2'
    Attendance: 27,000
    St Mirren Scotland0–0France Saint-Étienne
    Report
    Attendance: 11,471
    Torino Italy3–1East Germany Magdeburg
    Sala 44'
    Pecci 54'
    D'Amico 74'    		 Report Steinbach 65'
    Attendance: 30,000
    Stuttgart West Germany5–1East Germany Vorwärts Frankfurt
    Tüfekçi 20'
    Martin 42' (pen.)
    Allgöwer 47', 55'
    Klotz 82'    		 Report Krautzig 84'
    Attendance: 30,000
    Widzew Łódź Poland3–1Italy Juventus
    Grębosz 30'
    Pięta 69'
    Smolarek 79'    		 Report Bettega 42'
    Attendance: 35,000

    Second leg

    Real Sociedad Spain2–1Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno
    Satrústegui 3', 8' Report Kotásek 83'
    Attendance: 20,485

    Real Sociedad won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Standard Liège Belgium2–1West Germany Kaiserslautern
    Edström 4'
    Graf 83'    		 Report Briegel 10'
    Attendance: 30,000
    Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

    Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Barcelona Spain0–4West Germany Köln
    Report Strack 41'
    Engels 55'
    Littbarski 63'
    Müller 83'
    Attendance: 35,000

    1. FC Köln won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Lokeren Belgium0–0Scotland Dundee United
    Report
    Attendance: 9,000

    1–1 on aggregate; Lokeren won on away goals

    Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany3–1Netherlands Utrecht
    Karger 52'
    Nachtweih 56'
    Pezzey 68'    		 Report Neuberger 48' (o.g.)
    Attendance: 19,000

    Eintracht Frankfurt won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Boavista Portugal0–1France Sochaux
    Report Durkalić 74'
    Attendance: 12,000

    Sochaux won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Dynamo Dresden East Germany0–0Netherlands Twente
    Report
    Attendance: 35,000

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

    Grasshopper Switzerland3–0 (a.e.t.)Portugal Porto
    Sulser 26'
    Wehrli 66'
    Pfister 118'    		 Report
    Attendance: 8,100

    Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Bohemians Prague Czech Republic2–0England Ipswich Town
    Mičinec 3'
    Panenka 51'    		 Report
    Attendance: 13,000
    Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

    Ipswich Town won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Radnički Niš Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–1Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora
    Stoiljković 18'
    Mitošević 53'    		 Report Stoyanov 87'
    Attendance: 10,000
    Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

    Radnički Niš won 3–1 on aggregate.

    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands5–0Bulgaria Levski Sofia
    Tol 30', 57'
    Nygaard 51' (pen.)
    Kist 61'
    Peters 89'    		 Report
    Attendance: 18,000
    Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

    AZ Alkmaar won 6–1 on aggregate.

    Hamburg West Germany2–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
    Groh 47'
    Hrubesch 72'    		 Report Van der Kuijlen 63'
    Attendance: 46,000

    Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Saint-Étienne France2–0Scotland St Mirren
    Larios 14', 57' Report
    Attendance: 17,870

    Saint-Étienne won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Magdeburg East Germany1–0Italy Torino
    Tyll 25' Report
    Attendance: 14,500

    Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Vorwärts Frankfurt East Germany1–2West Germany Stuttgart
    Lindemann 85' Report Allgöwer 19'
    Müller 83' (pen.)
    Attendance: 15,000

    Stuttgart won 7–2 on aggregate.

    Juventus Italy3 – 1 (a.e.t.)Poland Widzew Łódź
    Tardelli 37'
    Furino 46'
    Brady 60'    		 Report Pięta 59'
    Penalties
    Causio soccer ball with red X
    Cabrini soccer ball with red X
    Brady soccer ball with check mark    		 1–4 soccer ball with check mark Tłokiński
    soccer ball with check mark Grębosz
    soccer ball with check mark Smolarek
    soccer ball with check mark Boniek
    Attendance: 33,900
    Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)

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

    Third round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 4–4 (a) France FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 4–2 0–2
    Grasshopper Switzerland 3–3 (4–3 p) Italy Torino 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
    Hamburg West Germany 0–6 France Saint-Étienne 0–5 0–1
    Ipswich Town England 5–1 Poland Widzew Łódź 5–0 0–1
    Lokeren Belgium 3–2 Spain Real Sociedad 1–0 2–2
    Radnički Niš Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–7 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar 2–2 0–5
    Standard Liège Belgium 5–2 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 1–1 4–1
    Stuttgart West Germany 4–5 West Germany Köln 3–1 1–4 (a.e.t.)

    First leg

    Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany4–2France Sochaux
    Neuberger 3'
    Borchers 8'
    Hölzenbein 51'
    Nachtweih 61'    		 Report Genghini 72'
    Pezzey 86' (o.g.)
    Attendance: 14,000
    Grasshopper Switzerland2–1Italy Torino
    Hermann 52'
    Koller 53'    		 Report Sclosa 49'
    Attendance: 25,500
    Hamburg West Germany0–5France Saint-Étienne
    Report Hartwig 8' (o.g.)
    Platini 26', 87'
    Larios 39'
    Zimako 85'
    Attendance: 37,000
    Ipswich Town England5–0Poland Widzew Łódź
    Wark 21', 44', 77'
    Brazil 41'
    Mariner 70'    		 Report
    Attendance: 20,445
    Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
    Lokeren Belgium1–0Spain Real Sociedad
    Lato 48' Report
    Attendance: 9,000
    Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
    Radnički Niš Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–2Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
    Pantelić 47' (pen.)
    Panajotović 82'    		 Report Tol 32'
    Kist 77'
    Attendance: 18,000
    Standard Liège Belgium1–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
    Plessers 88' Report Heidler 36'
    Attendance: 18,000
    Stuttgart West Germany3–1West Germany Köln
    Müller 22', 35' (pen.)
    Förster 53'    		 Report Konopka 17'
    Attendance: 26,000

    Second leg

    Sochaux France2–0West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
    Revelli 17', 43' Report
    Attendance: 8,500

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

    Torino Italy2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Switzerland Grasshopper
    Graziani 62'
    Pulici 63'    		 Report Terraneo 28' (o.g.)
    Penalties
    D'Amico soccer ball with check mark
    Sclosa soccer ball with check mark
    Graziani soccer ball with check mark
    Zaccarelli soccer ball with red X
    Pecci soccer ball with red X    		 3–4 soccer ball with check mark Heinz Hermann
    soccer ball with check mark Egli
    soccer ball with check mark Sulser
    soccer ball with check mark Hächler
    Attendance: 32,065

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

    Saint-Étienne France1–0West Germany Hamburg
    Paganelli 10' Report
    Attendance: 36,998

    Saint-Étienne won 6–0 on aggregate.

    Widzew Łódź Poland1–0England Ipswich Town
    Pięta 56' Report
    Attendance: 12,000

    Ipswich Town won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Real Sociedad Spain2–2Belgium Lokeren
    López Ufarte 82' (pen.)
    Zamora 86'    		 Report Elkjær 20', 48'
    Attendance: 23,000
    Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

    Lokeren won 3–2 on aggregate.

    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands5–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš
    Kist 20', 25', 65'
    Nygaard 42'
    Welzl 60'    		 Report
    Attendance: 10,304

    AZ won 7–2 on aggregate.

    Dynamo Dresden East Germany1–4Belgium Standard Liège
    Döschner 80' Report Sigurvinsson 17', 40', 55'
    Tahamata 76'
    Attendance: 35,000

    Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Köln West Germany4–1 (a.e.t.)West Germany Stuttgart
    Müller 24'
    Strack 85'
    Woodcock 62', 106'    		 Report Konopka 84' (o.g.)
    Attendance: 26,500

    Köln won 5–4 on aggregate.

    Quarter-finals

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Saint-Étienne France 2–7 England Ipswich Town 1–4 1–3
    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands 2–1 Belgium Lokeren 2–0 0–1
    Grasshopper Switzerland 1–2 France Sochaux 0–0 1–2
    Standard Liège Belgium 2–3 Germany Köln 0–0 2–3

    First leg

    Saint-Étienne France1–4England Ipswich Town
    Rep 16' Report Mariner 28', 57'
    Mühren 47'
    Wark 76'
    Attendance: 36,919
    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands2–0Belgium Lokeren
    Tol 9'
    Welzl 18'    		 Report
    Attendance: 13,400
    Grasshopper Switzerland0–0France Sochaux
    Report
    Attendance: 17,000
    Standard Liège Belgium0–0West Germany Köln
    Report
    Attendance: 22,500

    Second leg

    Ipswich Town England3–1France Saint-Étienne
    Butcher 46'
    Wark 83' (pen.)
    Mariner 89'    		 Report Zimako 80'
    Attendance: 30,141

    Ipswich Town won 7–2 on aggregate.

    Lokeren Belgium1–0Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
    Verheyen 36' Report
    Attendance: 12,000
    Referee: Clive White (England)

    AZ Alkmaar won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Sochaux France2–1Switzerland Grasshopper
    Durkalić 24'
    Genghini 84'    		 Report Koller 10'
    Attendance: 13,453

    Sochaux won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Köln West Germany3–2Belgium Standard Liège
    Müller 29'
    Bonhof 70' (pen.)
    Littbarski 86'    		 Report Graf 41'
    Vandersmissen 66'
    Attendance: 56,000

    Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Semi-finals

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Sochaux France 3–4 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar 1–1 2–3
    Ipswich Town England 2–0 Germany Köln 1–0 1–0

    First leg

    FC Sochaux France1–1Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
    Genghini 22' Report Arntz 14'
    Attendance: 16,000
    Ipswich Town England1–0Germany Köln
    Wark 33' Report
    Attendance: 24,780

    Second leg

    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands3–2France FC Sochaux
    Metgod 19'
    Jonker 37'
    Peters 63'    		 Report Genghini 9'
    Meyer 73'
    Attendance: 9,085

    AZ Alkmaar won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Köln Germany0–1England Ipswich Town
    Report Butcher 64'
    Attendance: 49,476

    Ipswich Town won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Final

    Main article: 1981 UEFA Cup final

    First leg

    Ipswich Town England3–0Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
    Wark 30' (pen.)
    Thijssen 47'
    Mariner 55'    		 Report
    Attendance: 27,532

    Second leg

    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands4–2England Ipswich Town
    Welzl 7'
    Metgod 25'
    Tol 40'
    Jonker 73'    		 Report Thijssen 4'
    Wark 32'
    Attendance: 22,291

    Ipswich Town won 5–4 on aggregate.

    See also

    References

    1. ^ 1979 ranking
    2. ^ "Utrecht vs. Eintracht Frankfurt". UEFA. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
    3. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Utrecht". UEFA. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
    Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_1980-81
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