1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup

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.

1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates20 August 1980 – 13 May 1981
Teams34
Final positions
ChampionsSoviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi (1st title)
Runners-upEast Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Tournament statistics
Matches played65
Goals scored176 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)David Cross (West Ham United)
6 goals

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Celtic 7–2 Diósgyőr6–01–2
Altay 0–4 Benfica0–00–4

First leg

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Celtic 6–0 Diósgyőr
McGarvey 52', 65', 70'
McCluskey 60', 79'
Sullivan 71'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Widukind Herrmann (East Germany)

Altay 0–0 Benfica

Second leg

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Diósgyőr 2–1 Celtic
Görgei 25' 66'Nicholas 24'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.


Benfica 4–0 Altay
Chalana 22'
Coelho 34'
Nené 63'
César 70'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Castilla CF 4–6 West Ham United3–11–5 (aet)
Celtic 2–2 (a) Politehnica Timișoara2–10–1
Hibernians 1–4 Waterford1–00–4
Kastoria 0–2 Dinamo Tbilisi0–00–2
Spora Luxembourg 0–12 Sparta Prague0–60–6
Slavia Sofia 3–2 Legia Warsaw3–10–1
Hvidovre 3–0 Fram1–02–0
Ilves 3–7 Feyenoord1–32–4
Roma 3–4 Carl Zeiss Jena3–00–4
Valencia 5–3 Monaco2–03–3
Sion 1–3 Haugar1–10–2
Newport County 4–0 Crusaders4–00–0
Omonia 1–7 Waterschei Thor1–30–4
Fortuna Düsseldorf 8–0 Austria Salzburg5–03–0
Malmö 1–0 Partizani Tirana1–00–0
Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 Benfica0–00–2

First leg

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

Kastoria 0–0 Dinamo Tbilisi

Omonia 1–3 Waterschei Thor
Kanaris 88'ReportVan Poucke 17'
R. Janssen 69'
Patikkis 82' (o.g.)
Attendance: 17,000

Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 Benfica
Report
Attendance: 52,500

Second leg

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


Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.


Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 Kastoria
Shengelia 52'
Gutsaev 80'
Attendance: 80,000

Waterschei Thor 4–0 Omonia
R. Janssen 17'
Plessers 65' (pen.)
Van Poucke 68', 75'
Report
Attendance: 18,500

Waterschei Thor won 7–1 on aggregate.


Benfica 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Nené 17'
César 56'
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Attendance: 50,000

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Ham United 4–1 Politehnica Timișoara4–00–1
Waterford 0–5 Dinamo Tbilisi0–10–4
Sparta Prague 2–3 Slavia Sofia2–00–3
Hvidovre 1–3 Feyenoord1–20–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 3–2 Valencia3–10–1
Haugar 0–6 Newport County0–00–6
Waterschei Thor 0–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf0–00–1
Malmö 1–2 Benfica1–00–2

First leg

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West Ham United 4–0 Politehnica Timișoara
Report
Attendance: 27,157

Waterford 0–1 Dinamo Tbilisi
Shengelia 50'
Attendance: 5,000

Sparta Prague 2–0 Slavia Sofia
Vdovjak 14', 45'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Clive White (England)

Hvidovre 1–2 Feyenoord
Manniche 2'Wijnstekers 32'
Bouwens 51'
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)

Carl Zeiss Jena 3–1 Valencia
Sengewald 1'
Schnuphase 9' (pen.)
Trocha 31'
Morena 69'
Attendance: 15,000

Haugar 0–0 Newport County
Attendance: 4,522


Malmö 1–0 Benfica
Andersson 49'

Second leg

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

Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate.


West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.


Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 Waterford
Daraselia 66', 79'
Chivadze 74'
Chilaia 87'

Slavia Sofia 3–0 Sparta Prague
Velichkov 38'
Zhelyazkov 41'
Tsvetkov 45'
Attendance: 5,000

Feyenoord 1–0 Hvidovre
Nielsen 36'
Attendance: 3,292

Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.


Valencia 1–0 Carl Zeiss Jena
Botubot 61'
Attendance: 35,000

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.



Benfica 2–0 Malmö
Nené 57' (pen.), 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Ham United 2–4 Dinamo Tbilisi1–41–0
Slavia Sofia 3–6 Feyenoord3–20–4
Carl Zeiss Jena 3–2 Newport County2–21–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–3 Benfica2–20–1

First leg

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West Ham United 1–4 Dinamo Tbilisi
Cross 54'Chivadze 24'
Gutsaev 31'
Shengelia 55', 67'
Attendance: 34,957

Slavia Sofia 3–2 Feyenoord
Tsvetkov 8' (pen.), 63'
Minchev 64'
Nielsen 20'
Vermeulen 78'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

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

Second leg

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Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.


Feyenoord 4–0 Slavia Sofia
Notten 18'
Van Deinsen 48'
Vermeulen 77', 85'
Attendance: 25,000

Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate.


Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.


Benfica 1–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Chalana 87'
Attendance: 80,000

Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–2 Feyenoord3–00–2
Carl Zeiss Jena 2–1 Benfica2–00–1

First leg

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

Carl Zeiss Jena 2–0 Benfica
Bielau 8'
Raab 15'
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg

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Feyenoord 2–0 Dinamo Tbilisi
Bouwens 43'
Notten 56'
Attendance: 24,000

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate.


Benfica 1–0 Carl Zeiss Jena
Reinaldo 59'
Attendance: 70,000

Carl Zeiss Jena won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

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See also

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References

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