1980–81 European Cup#First round

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Budapest Honvéd|HUN|var1=1957|11–0|Valletta|MLT|8–0|3–0}}

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{{football box

|date=16 August 1980

|time=

|team1=Budapest Honvéd {{flagicon|HUN|1957}}

|score=8–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63679--honved-vs-valletta/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|MLT}} Valletta

|goals1=Bodonyi {{goal|3}}
Garaba {{goal|4}}
Esterházy {{goal|25}}
Kocsis {{goal|43|pen.}}
Dajka {{goal|54||83}}
Varga {{goal|83||90}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Népstadion, Budapest

|attendance=1,500

|referee=Ramiz Pregja (Albania)

}}

{{football box

|date=3 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Valletta {{flagicon|MLT}}

|score=0–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63680--valletta-vs-honved/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|HUN|1957}} Budapest Honvéd

|goals1=

|goals2=Esterházy {{goal|16||75}}
Bodonyi {{goal|21}}

|stadium=Empire Stadium, Gżira

|attendance=2,118

|referee=Peter Scherz (Switzerland)

}}

Budapest Honvéd won 11–0 on aggregate.

{{32TeamBracket|legs=2/2/2/2/1|aggregate=y|compact=n|seeds=n|nowrap=y

|RD1=Round of 32

|RD2=Round of 16

|RD3=Quarter-finals

|RD4=Semi-finals

|RD5=Final

|RD1-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Aberdeen

|RD1-score01-1=1

|RD1-score01-2=0

|RD1-score01-agg=1

|RD1-team02={{flagicon|AUT}} Austria Wien

|RD1-score02-1=0

|RD1-score02-2=0

|RD1-score02-agg=0

|RD1-team03={{flagicon|FIN}} OPS

|RD1-score03-1=1

|RD1-score03-2=1

|RD1-score03-agg=2

|RD1-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|RD1-score04-1=1

|RD1-score04-2=10

|RD1-score04-agg=11

|RD1-team05={{flagicon|BUL|1971}} CSKA Sofia

|RD1-score05-1=1

|RD1-score05-2=1

|RD1-score05-agg=2

|RD1-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest

|RD1-score06-1=0

|RD1-score06-2=0

|RD1-score06-agg=0

|RD1-team07={{flagicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor

|RD1-score07-1=2

|RD1-score07-2=0

|RD1-score07-agg=2

|RD1-team08={{flagicon|POL}} Szombierki Bytom

|RD1-score08-1=1

|RD1-score08-2=3

|RD1-score08-agg=4

|RD1-team09={{flagicon|GRE}} Olympiacos

|RD1-score09-1=2

|RD1-score09-2=0

|RD1-score09-agg=2

|RD1-team10={{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Münich

|RD1-score10-1=4

|RD1-score10-2=3

|RD1-score10-agg=7

|RD1-team11={{flagicon|ALB}} Dinamo Tirana

|RD1-score11-1=0

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|RD1-score11-agg=0

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|RD1-score12-1=2

|RD1-score12-2=1

|RD1-score12-agg=3

|RD1-team13={{flagicon|ISL}} ÍBV

|RD1-score13-1=1

|RD1-score13-2=0

|RD1-score13-agg=1

|RD1-team14={{flagicon|TCH}} Baník Ostrava

|RD1-score14-1=1

|RD1-score14-2=1

|RD1-score14-agg=2

|RD1-team15={{flagicon|GDR}} BFC Dynamo

|RD1-score15-1=3

|RD1-score15-2=1

|RD1-score15-agg=4

|RD1-team16={{flagicon|CYP|1960}} APOEL

|RD1-score16-1=0

|RD1-score16-2=2

|RD1-score16-agg=2

|RD1-team17={{flagicon|LUX}} Jeunesse Esch

|RD1-score17-1=0

|RD1-score17-2=0

|RD1-score17-agg=0

|RD1-team18={{flagicon|URS}} Spartak Moscow

|RD1-score18-1=5

|RD1-score18-2=4

|RD1-score18-agg=9

|RD1-team19={{flagicon|SWE}} Halmstad

|RD1-score19-1=0

|RD1-score19-2=2

|RD1-score19-agg=2

|RD1-team20={{flagicon|DEN}} Esbjerg

|RD1-score20-1=0

|RD1-score20-2=3

|RD1-score20-agg=3

|RD1-team21={{flagicon|IRL}} Limerick

|RD1-score21-1=1

|RD1-score21-2=1

|RD1-score21-agg=2

|RD1-team22={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid

|RD1-score22-1=2

|RD1-score22-2=5

|RD1-score22-agg=7

|RD1-team23={{flagicon|POR}} Sporting CP

|RD1-score23-1=0

|RD1-score23-2=0

|RD1-score23-agg=0

|RD1-team24={{flagicon|HUN|1957}} Budapest Honvéd

|RD1-score24-1=2

|RD1-score24-2=1

|RD1-score24-agg=3

|RD1-team25={{flagicon|NIR}} Linfield

|RD1-score25-1=0

|RD1-score25-2=0

|RD1-score25-agg=0

|RD1-team26={{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Nantes

|RD1-score26-1=1

|RD1-score26-2=2

|RD1-score26-agg=3

|RD1-team27={{flagicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

|RD1-score27-1=2

|RD1-score27-2=1

|RD1-score27-agg=3

|RD1-team28={{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Universitatea Craiova

|RD1-score28-1=0

|RD1-score28-2=1

|RD1-score28-agg=1

|RD1-team29={{flagicon|BEL}} Club Brugge

|RD1-score29-1=0

|RD1-score29-2=1

|RD1-score29-agg=1

|RD1-team30={{flagicon|SUI}} Basel

|RD1-score30-1=1

|RD1-score30-2=4

|RD1-score30-agg=5

|RD1-team31={{flagicon|NOR}} Viking

|RD1-score31-1=2

|RD1-score31-2=1

|RD1-score31-agg=3

|RD1-team32={{flagicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|RD1-score32-1=3

|RD1-score32-2=4

|RD1-score32-agg=7

|RD2-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Aberdeen

|RD2-score01-1=0

|RD2-score01-2=0

|RD2-score01-agg=0

|RD2-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|RD2-score02-1=1

|RD2-score02-2=4

|RD2-score02-agg=5

|RD2-team03={{flagicon|BUL|1971}} CSKA Sofia

|RD2-score03-1=4

|RD2-score03-2=1

|RD2-score03-agg=5

|RD2-team04={{flagicon|POL}} Szombierki Bytom

|RD2-score04-1=0

|RD2-score04-2=0

|RD2-score04-agg=0

|RD2-team05={{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Münich

|RD2-score05-1=5

|RD2-score05-2=1

|RD2-score05-agg=6

|RD2-team06={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax

|RD2-score06-1=1

|RD2-score06-2=2

|RD2-score06-agg=3

|RD2-team07={{flagicon|TCH}} Baník Ostrava (a)

|RD2-score07-1=0

|RD2-score07-2=1

|RD2-score07-agg=1

|RD2-team08={{flagicon|GDR}} BFC Dynamo

|RD2-score08-1=0

|RD2-score08-2=1

|RD2-score08-agg=1

|RD2-team09={{flagicon|URS}} Spartak Moscow

|RD2-score09-1=3

|RD2-score09-2=0

|RD2-score09-agg=3

|RD2-team10={{flagicon|DEN}} Esbjerg

|RD2-score10-1=0

|RD2-score10-2=2

|RD2-score10-agg=2

|RD2-team11={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid

|RD2-score11-1=1

|RD2-score11-2=2

|RD2-score11-agg=3

|RD2-team12={{flagicon|HUN|1957}} Budapest Honvéd

|RD2-score12-1=0

|RD2-score12-2=0

|RD2-score12-agg=0

|RD2-team13={{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Nantes

|RD2-score13-1=1

|RD2-score13-2=1

|RD2-score13-agg=2

|RD2-team14={{flagicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

|RD2-score14-1=2

|RD2-score14-2=1

|RD2-score14-agg=3

|RD2-team15={{flagicon|SUI}} Basel

|RD2-score15-1=1

|RD2-score15-2=0

|RD2-score15-agg=1

|RD2-team16={{flagicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|RD2-score16-1=0

|RD2-score16-2=2

|RD2-score16-agg=2

|RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|RD3-score01-1=5

|RD3-score01-2=1

|RD3-score01-agg=6

|RD3-team02={{flagicon|BUL|1971}} CSKA Sofia

|RD3-score02-1=1

|RD3-score02-2=0

|RD3-score02-agg=1

|RD3-team03={{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Münich

|RD3-score03-1=2

|RD3-score03-2=4

|RD3-score03-agg=6

|RD3-team04={{flagicon|TCH}} Baník Ostrava

|RD3-score04-1=0

|RD3-score04-2=2

|RD3-score04-agg=2

|RD3-team05={{flagicon|URS}} Spartak Moscow

|RD3-score05-1=0

|RD3-score05-2=0

|RD3-score05-agg=0

|RD3-team06={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid

|RD3-score06-1=0

|RD3-score06-2=2

|RD3-score06-agg=2

|RD3-team07={{flagicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

|RD3-score07-1=1

|RD3-score07-2=1

|RD3-score07-agg=2

|RD3-team08={{flagicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|RD3-score08-1=1

|RD3-score08-2=0

|RD3-score08-agg=1

|RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool (a)

|RD4-score01-1=0

|RD4-score01-2=1

|RD4-score01-agg=1

|RD4-team02={{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Münich

|RD4-score02-1=0

|RD4-score02-2=1

|RD4-score02-agg=1

|RD4-team03={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid

|RD4-score03-1=2

|RD4-score03-2=0

|RD4-score03-agg=2

|RD4-team04={{flagicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

|RD4-score04-1=0

|RD4-score04-2=1

|RD4-score04-agg=1

|RD5-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|RD5-score01=1

|RD5-team02={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid

|RD5-score02=0

}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Aberdeen|SCO|1–0|Austria Wien|AUT|1–0|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|OPS|FIN|2–11|Liverpool|ENG|1–1|1–10}}

{{TwoLegResult|CSKA Sofia|BUL|var1=1971|2–0|Nottingham Forest|ENG|1–0|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Trabzonspor|TUR|2–4|Szombierki Bytom|POL|2–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Olympiacos|GRE|2–7|Bayern Munich|FRG|2–4|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo Tirana|ALB|var1=1946|0–3|Ajax|NED|0–2|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|ÍBV|ISL|1–2|Baník Ostrava|TCH|1–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|BFC Dynamo|GDR|4–2|APOEL|CYP|var2=1960|3–0|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Jeunesse Esch|LUX|0–9|Spartak Moscow|URS|0–5|0–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Halmstad|SWE|2–3|Esbjerg|DEN|0–0|2–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Limerick|IRL|2–7|Real Madrid|ESP|var2=1977|1–2|1–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|Sporting CP|POR|0–3|Budapest Honvéd|HUN|var2=1957|0–2|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Linfield|NIR|0–3|Nantes|FRA|var2=1974|0–1|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Internazionale|ITA|3–1|Universitatea Craiova|ROU|var2=1965|2–0|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Club Brugge|BEL|1–5|Basel|SUI|0–1|1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Viking|NOR|3–7|Red Star Belgrade|YUG|2–3|1–4}}

|}

{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Aberdeen {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63695--aberdeen-vs-austria-wien/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|AUT}} Austria Wien

|goals1=McGhee {{goal|31}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

|attendance=19,000

|referee=Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=OPS {{flagicon|FIN}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63689--oulu-vs-liverpool/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|goals1=Puotiniemi {{goal|81}}

|goals2=McDermott {{goal|15}}

|stadium=Raatin Stadion, Oulu

|attendance=13,000

|referee=Rolf Eriksson (Sweden)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=CSKA Sofia {{flagicon|BUL|1971}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63683--cska-sofia-vs-nottm-forest/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest

|goals1=Yonchev {{goal|70}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=60,000

|referee=Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Trabzonspor {{flagicon|TUR}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63697--trabzonspor-vs-szombierki/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|POL}} Szombierki Bytom

|goals1=Ünal {{goal|36}}
Soyak {{goal|54}}

|goals2=Wieczorek {{goal|87}}

|stadium=Hüseyin Avni Stadyumu, Trabzon

|attendance=16,481

|referee=Ioan Igna (Romania)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Olympiacos {{flagicon|GRE}}

|score=2–4

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63685--olympiacos-vs-bayern/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Munich

|goals1=Galakos {{goal|26}}
Ahlström {{goal|82}}

|goals2=Dremmler {{goal|22||63}}
Rummenigge {{goal|57}}
Kraus {{goal|66}}

|stadium=Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens

|attendance=34,800

|referee=Károly Palotai (Hungary)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Dinamo Tirana {{flagicon|ALB|1946}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63691--dinamo-tirana-vs-ajax/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax

|goals1=

|goals2=Arnesen {{goal|69||89}}

|stadium=Stadiumi Kombëtar Qemal Stafa, Tirana

|attendance=31,000

|referee=Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=ÍBV {{flagicon|ISL}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63701--ibv-vs-banik/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|TCH}} Baník Ostrava

|goals1=Þorleifsson {{goal|28}}

|goals2=Daněk {{goal|42}}

|stadium=Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

|attendance=928

|referee=Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=BFC Dynamo {{flagicon|GDR}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63693--berlin-vs-apoel/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|CYP|1960}} APOEL

|goals1=Terletzki {{goal|51}}
Trieloff {{goal|72}}
Schulz {{goal|87}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, East Berlin

|attendance=15,100

|referee=Ib Nielsen (Denmark)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Jeunesse Esch {{flagicon|LUX}}

|score=0–5

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63703--jeunesse-esch-vs-spartak-moskva/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|URS}} Spartak Moscow

|goals1=

|goals2=Gavrilov {{goal|1||31||68}}
Khidiyatullin {{goal|43}}
Yartsev {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

|attendance=1,800

|referee=Rudolf Renggli (Switzerland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Halmstad {{flagicon|SWE}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63699--halmstad-vs-esbjerg/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|DEN}} Esbjerg

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Örjans Vall, Halmstad

|attendance=2,581

|referee=Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Limerick {{flagicon|IRL}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63687--limerick-vs-real-madrid/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid

|goals1=Kennedy {{goal|51}}

|goals2=Juanito {{goal|71|pen.}}
Pineda {{goal|85}}

|stadium=Lansdowne Road, Dublin

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Sporting CP {{flagicon|POR}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63709--sporting-cp-vs-honved/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|HUN|1957}} Budapest Honvéd

|goals1=

|goals2=Bodonyi {{goal|50}}
Nagy {{goal|65}}

|stadium=Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

}}

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{{football box

|date=16 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Linfield {{flagicon|NIR}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63681--linfield-vs-nantes/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Nantes

|goals1=

|goals2=Amisse {{goal|37}}

|stadium=Haarlem Stadion, Haarlem

|attendance=940

|referee=Henk van Ettekoven (Netherlands)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Internazionale {{flagicon|ITA}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63707--internazionale-vs-univ-craiova/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Universitatea Craiova

|goals1=Altobelli {{goal|8|pen.|60}}

|goals2=

|stadium=San Siro, Milan

|attendance=63,800

|referee=Bernd Stumpf (East Germany)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Club Brugge {{flagicon|BEL}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63711--club-brugge-vs-basel/Report]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2={{flagicon|SUI}} Basel

|goals1=

|goals2=Maissen {{goal|65}}

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Bruges

|attendance=21,500

|referee=Adolf Mathias (Austria)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1980

|time=

|team1=Viking {{flagicon|NOR}}

|score=2–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63705--viking-vs-crvena-zvezda/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1=Svendsen {{goal|30}}
Sæbø {{goal|50}}

|goals2=Petrović {{goal|70}}
Brekke {{goal|77|o.g.}}
Repčić {{goal|80}}

|stadium=Stavanger Stadion, Stavanger

|attendance=7,448

|referee=Arto Ravander (Finland)

}}

{{football box

|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Austria Wien {{flagicon|AUT}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63696--austria-wien-vs-aberdeen/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Aberdeen

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Praterstadion, Vienna

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

}}

Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Liverpool {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score=10–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63690--liverpool-vs-oulu/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|FIN}} OPS

|goals1=Souness {{goal|5||24||52|pen.}}
McDermott {{goal|29||41||83}}
Lee {{goal|53}}
Kennedy {{goal|66}}
Fairclough {{goal|68||81}}

|goals2=Armstrong {{goal|47}}

|stadium=Anfield, Liverpool

|attendance=21,013

|referee=Magnús Pétursson (Iceland)

}}

Liverpool won 11–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Nottingham Forest {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63684--nottm-forest-vs-cska-sofia/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|BUL|1971}} CSKA Sofia

|goals1=

|goals2=Kerimov {{goal|33}}

|stadium=City Ground, Nottingham

|attendance=25,818

|referee=Walter Horstmann (West Germany)

}}

CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Szombierki Bytom {{flagicon|POL}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63698--szombierki-vs-trabzonspor/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor

|goals1=Byś {{goal|17}}
Ogaza {{goal|80}}
Sroka {{goal|89|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Szombierek, Szombierki

|attendance=9,000

|referee=Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

}}

Szombierki Bytom won 4–2 on aggregate.

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|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Bayern Munich {{flagicon|FRG}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63686--bayern-vs-olympiacos/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|GRE}} Olympiacos

|goals1=Hoeneß {{goal|2}}
Rummenigge {{goal|7}}
Janzon {{goal|68|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Munich

|attendance=9,400

|referee=Bob Valentine (Scotland)

}}

Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.

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|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Ajax {{flagicon|NED}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63692--ajax-vs-dinamo-tirana/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ALB|1946}} Dinamo Tirana

|goals1=Lerby {{goal|80|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

|attendance=8,100

|referee=Eamonn Farrell (Ireland)

}}

Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Baník Ostrava {{flagicon|TCH}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63702--banik-vs-ibv/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ISL}} ÍBV

|goals1=Vojáček {{goal|31}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Bazaly, Ostrava

|attendance=9,355

|referee=Edvard Sostarić (Yugoslavia)

}}

Baník Ostrava won 2–1 on aggregate.

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|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=APOEL {{flagicon|CYP|1960}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63694--apoel-vs-berlin/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|GDR}} BFC Dynamo

|goals1=Hailis {{goal|39}}
Petrou {{goal|48}}

|goals2=Seier {{goal|86}}

|stadium=Makario Stadium, Nikosia

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Milorad Vlajić (Yugoslavia)

}}

BFC Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate.

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|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Spartak Moscow {{flagicon|URS}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63704--spartak-moskva-vs-jeunesse-esch/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|LUX}} Jeunesse Esch

|goals1=Pigat {{goal|15|o.g.}}
Rodionov {{goal|24}}
Gavrilov {{goal|40}}
Yartsev {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Vladimir Lenin Central Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Carol Jurja (Romania)

}}

Spartak Moscow won 9–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Esbjerg {{flagicon|DEN}}

|score=3–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63700--esbjerg-vs-halmstad/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|SWE}} Halmstad

|goals1=Iversen {{goal|9}}
Lauridsen {{goal|24}}
Nielsen {{goal|49}}

|goals2=Johansson {{goal|31}}
Larsson {{goal|89}}

|stadium=Esbjerg Idrætspark, Esbjerg

|attendance=6,500

|referee=Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

}}

Esbjerg won 3–2 on aggregate.

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|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Real Madrid {{flagicon|ESP|1977}}

|score=5–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63688--real-madrid-vs-limerick/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|IRL}} Limerick

|goals1=Santillana {{goal|15}}
Juanito {{goal|31}}
De Los Santos {{goal|69}}
Cunningham {{goal|71}}
Pineda {{goal|83}}

|goals2=Kennedy {{goal|43}}

|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Augusto Marques Pires (Portugal)

}}

Real Madrid won 7–2 on aggregate.

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|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Budapest Honvéd {{flagicon|HUN|1957}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63710--honved-vs-sporting-cp/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|POR}} Sporting CP

|goals1=Dajka {{goal|38}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Népstadion, Budapest

|attendance=7,000

|referee=John Hunting (England)

}}

Budapest Honvéd won 3–0 on aggregate.

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|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Nantes {{flagicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63682--nantes-vs-linfield/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|NIR}} Linfield

|goals1=Rampillon {{goal|17}}
Trossero {{goal|60}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Marcel Saupin. Nantes

|attendance=11,080

|referee=Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

}}

Nantes won 3–0 on aggregate.

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|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Universitatea Craiova {{flagicon|ROU|1965}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63708--univ-craiova-vs-internazionale/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|goals1=Beldeanu {{goal|18}}

|goals2=Muraro {{goal|8}}

|stadium=Stadionul Central, Craiova

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Talal Tokat (Turkey)

}}

Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.

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|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Basel {{flagicon|SUI}}

|score=4–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63712--basel-vs-club-brugge/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|BEL}} Club Brugge

|goals1=Tanner {{goal|14}}
Stohler {{goal|48|pen.}}
Von Wartburg {{goal|55}}
Geisser {{goal|81}}

|goals2=Ceulemans {{goal|4}}

|stadium=St.-Jakob-Stadion, Basel

|attendance=22,500

|referee=Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

}}

Basel won 5–1 on aggregate.

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|date=1 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Red Star Belgrade {{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}}

|score=4–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63706--crvena-zvezda-vs-viking/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|NOR}} Viking

|goals1=B. Ǵurovski {{goal|21}}
Janjanin {{goal|24}}
Petrović {{goal|29}}
Stamenković {{goal|58}}

|goals2=Brekke {{goal|58}}

|stadium=Marakana, Belgrade

|attendance=25,000

|referee=George Chrisanthou (Greece)

}}

Red Star Belgrade won 7–3 on aggregate.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Aberdeen|SCO|0–5|Liverpool|ENG|0–1|0–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|CSKA Sofia|BUL|var1=1971|5–0|Szombierki Bytom|POL|4–0|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Bayern Munich|FRG|6–3|Ajax|NED|5–1|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Baník Ostrava|TCH|1–1 (a)|BFC Dynamo|GDR|0–0|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Spartak Moscow|URS|3–2|Esbjerg|DEN|3–0|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Real Madrid|ESP|var1=1977|3–0|Budapest Honvéd|HUN|var2=1957|1–0|2–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Nantes|FRA|var1=1974|2–3|Internazionale|ITA|1–2|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Basel|SUI|1–2|Red Star Belgrade|YUG|1–0|0–2}}

|}

{{football box

|date=22 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Aberdeen {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63715--aberdeen-vs-liverpool/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|goals1=

|goals2=McDermott {{goal|5}}

|stadium=Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

|attendance=24,000

|referee=Alek Jarguz (Poland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=22 October 1980

|time=

|team1=CSKA Sofia {{flagicon|BUL|1971}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63721--cska-sofia-vs-szombierki/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|POL}} Szombierki Bytom

|goals1=Yonchev {{goal|22||58||60}}
Zdravkov {{goal|75}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Valeriy Butenko (Soviet Union)

}}

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{{football box

|date=22 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Bayern Munich {{flagicon|FRG}}

|score=5–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63723--bayern-vs-ajax/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax

|goals1=Dürnberger {{goal|45}}
Rummenigge {{goal|51||82}}
D. Hoeneß {{goal|80||90}}

|goals2=Arnesen {{goal|37}}

|stadium=Olynmpiastadion, Munich

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date=22 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Baník Ostrava {{flagicon|TCH}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63717--banik-vs-berlin/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|GDR}} BFC Dynamo

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Bazaly, Ostrava

|attendance=14,537

|referee=Romualdas Yushka (Soviet Union)

}}

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{{football box

|date=22 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Spartak Moscow {{flagicon|URS}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63727--spartak-moskva-vs-esbjerg/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|DEN}} Esbjerg

|goals1=Khidiyatullin {{goal|19||70}}
Shavlo {{goal|39}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Vladimir Lenin Central Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=26,000

|referee=Vasilis Vourakis (Greece)

}}

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{{football box

|date=22 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Real Madrid {{flagicon|ESP|1977}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63713--real-madrid-vs-honved/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|HUN|1957}} Budapest Honvéd

|goals1=Santillana {{goal|22}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Eamonn Farrell (Ireland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=22 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Nantes {{flagicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63719--nantes-vs-internazionale/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|goals1=Rio {{goal|69|pen.}}

|goals2=Altobelli {{goal|12}}
Prohaska {{goal|85}}

|stadium=Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes

|attendance=20,666

|referee=Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=22 October 1980

|time=

|team1=Basel {{flagicon|SUI}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63725--basel-vs-crvena-zvezda/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1=Lauscher {{goal|33}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Sankt-Jakob-Stadion, Basel

|attendance=30,500

|referee=António Garrido (Portugal)

}}

{{football box

|date=5 November 1980

|time=

|team1=Liverpool {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63716--liverpool-vs-aberdeen/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Aberdeen

|goals1=Miller {{goal|37|o.g.}}
Neal {{goal|43}}
Dalglish {{goal|58}}
Hansen {{goal|71}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Anfield, Liverpool

|attendance=36,182

|referee=Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

}}

Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=5 November 1980

|time=

|team1=Szombierki Bytom {{flagicon|POL}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63722--szombierki-vs-cska-sofia/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|BUL|1971}} CSKA Sofia

|goals1=

|goals2=Dzhevizov {{goal|53}}

|stadium=Stadion Miejski w Chorzowie, Chorzow

|attendance=1,980

|referee=Edvard Sostarić (Yugoslavia)

}}

CSKA Sofia won 5–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=5 November 1980

|time=

|team1=Ajax {{flagicon|NED}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63724--ajax-vs-bayern/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Munich

|goals1=Wiggemansen {{goal|16}}
Rijkaard {{goal|18}}

|goals2=Rummenigge {{goal|81}}

|stadium=Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Erich Linemayr (Austria)

}}

Bayern Munich won 6–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=5 November 1980

|time=

|team1=BFC Dynamo {{flagicon|GDR}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63718--berlin-vs-banik/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|TCH}} Baník Ostrava

|goals1=Troppa {{goal|58|pen.}}

|goals2=Knapp {{goal|33|pen.}}

|stadium=Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, East Berlin

|attendance=18,000

|referee=László Pádár (Hungary)

}}

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

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{{football box

|date=5 November 1980

|time=

|team1=Esbjerg {{flagicon|DEN}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63728--esbjerg-vs-spartak-moskva/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|URS}} Spartak Moscow

|goals1=Lauridsen {{goal|47}}
Iversen {{goal|72}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Esbjerg Idrætspark, Esbjerg

|attendance=3,100

|referee=Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland)

}}

Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=4 November 1980

|time=

|team1=Budapest Honvéd {{flagicon|HUN|1957}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63714--honved-vs-real-madrid/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid

|goals1=

|goals2=Cunningham {{goal|26}}
García Hernández {{goal|82}}

|stadium=Népstadion, Budapest

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Jan Redelfs (West Germany)

}}

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=5 November 1980

|time=

|team1=Internazionale {{flagicon|ITA}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63720--internazionale-vs-nantes/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Nantes

|goals1=Altobelli {{goal|29}}

|goals2=Amisse {{goal|75}}

|stadium=San Siro, Milan

|attendance=58,657

|referee=Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

}}

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=5 November 1980

|time=17:00

|team1=Red Star Belgrade {{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63726--crvena-zvezda-vs-basel/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|SUI}} Basel

|goals1=Repčić {{goal|6}}
Janjanin {{goal|18}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Marakana, Belgrade

|attendance=75,000

|referee=John Carpenter (Ireland)

}}

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Liverpool|ENG|6–1|CSKA Sofia|BUL|var2=1971|5–1|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Bayern Munich|FRG|6–2|Baník Ostrava|TCH|2–0|4–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Spartak Moscow|URS|0–2|Real Madrid|ESP|var2=1977|0–0|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Internazionale|ITA|2–1|Red Star Belgrade|YUG|1–1|1–0}}

|}

{{football box

|date=4 March 1981

|time=

|team1=Liverpool {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score=5–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63733--liverpool-vs-cska-sofia/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|BUL|1971}} CSKA Sofia

|goals1=Souness {{goal|16||51||80}}
Lee {{goal|45}}
McDermott {{goal|62}}

|goals2=Yonchev {{goal|60}}

|stadium=Anfield, Liverpool

|attendance=37,255

|referee=Robert Wurtz (France)

}}

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{{football box

|date=4 March 1981

|time=

|team1=Bayern Munich {{flagicon|FRG}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63729--bayern-vs-banik/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|TCH}} Baník Ostrava

|goals1=Janzon {{goal|48}}
Breitner {{goal|89|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Munich

|attendance=18,000

|referee=Anders Mattsson (Finland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=4 March 1981

|time=

|team1=Spartak Moscow {{flagicon|URS}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63735--spartak-moskva-vs-real-madrid/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Vladimir Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=80,000

|referee=Josef Bucek (Austria)

}}

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{{football box

|date=4 March 1981

|time=

|team1=Internazionale {{flagicon|ITA}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63731--internazionale-vs-crvena-zvezda/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1=Caso {{goal|44}}

|goals2=Repčić {{goal|75}}

|stadium=San Siro, Milan

|attendance=73,000

|referee=Károly Palotai (Hungary)

}}

{{football box

|date=18 March 1981

|time=

|team1=CSKA Sofia {{flagicon|BUL|1971}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63734--cska-sofia-vs-liverpool/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|goals1=

|goals2=Johnson {{goal|10}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=65,000

|referee=Roger Schoeters (Belgium)

}}

Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=18 March 1981

|time=

|team1=Baník Ostrava {{flagicon|TCH}}

|score=2–4

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63730--banik-vs-bayern/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Munich

|goals1=Němec {{goal|69}}
Lička {{goal|71}}

|goals2=D. Hoeneß {{goal|8}}
Kraus {{goal|26}}
Röber {{goal|32}}
Dürnberger {{goal|38}}

|stadium=Bazaly, Ostrava

|attendance=32,000

|referee=John Hunting (England)

}}

Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=19 March 1981

|time=

|team1=Real Madrid {{flagicon|ESP|1977}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63736--real-madrid-vs-spartak-moskva/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|URS}} Spartak Moscow

|goals1=Isidro {{goal|70||80}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

|attendance=80,000

|referee=Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

}}

Real Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=18 March 1981

|time=

|team1=Red Star Belgrade {{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63732--crvena-zvezda-vs-internazionale/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|goals1=

|goals2=Muraro {{goal|13}}

|stadium=Marakana, Belgrade

|attendance=81,369

|referee=Michel Vautrot (France)

}}

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Liverpool|ENG|1–1 (a)|Bayern Munich|FRG|0–0|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Real Madrid|ESP|var1=1977|2–1|Internazionale|ITA|2–0|0–1}}

|}

{{football box

|date=8 April 1981

|time=

|team1=Liverpool {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63739--liverpool-vs-bayern/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Munich

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Anfield, Liverpool

|attendance=44,543

|referee=Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=8 April 1981

|time=

|team1=Real Madrid {{flagicon|ESP|1977}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63737--real-madrid-vs-internazionale/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|goals1=Santillana {{goal|29}}
Juanito {{goal|47}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

|attendance=80,000

|referee=Charles Corver (Netherlands)

}}

{{football box

|date=22 April 1981

|time=

|team1=Bayern Munich {{flagicon|FRG}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63740--bayern-vs-liverpool/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|goals1=Rummenigge {{goal|88}}

|goals2=R. Kennedy {{goal|83}}

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Munich

|attendance=75,000

|referee=António Garrido (Portugal)

}}

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

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{{football box

|date=22 April 1981

|time=

|team1=Internazionale {{flagicon|ITA}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63738--internazionale-vs-real-madrid/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid

|goals1=Bini {{goal|57}}

|goals2=

|stadium=San Siro, Milan

|attendance=80,000

|referee=Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

}}

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{main|1981 European Cup Final}}

{{football box

|date=27 May 1981

|time=20:15 CEST

|team1=Liverpool {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63741--liverpool-vs-real-madrid/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid

|goals1=A. Kennedy {{goal|82}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Parc des Princes, Paris

|attendance=48,360

|referee=Károly Palotai (Hungary)

}}

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

• 1981 Intercontinental Cup

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• [https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1980/matches/ 1980–81 All matches – season at UEFA website]
• [https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ecomp.html European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
• All scorers 1980–81 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to [https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1980 protocols UEFA]
• [https://archive.today/20120708115959/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1980/intro.html 1980-81 European Cup] – results and line-ups (archive)

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European Cup

Cup