1980–81 in Scottish football

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| header1 = Premier Division champions

| data2 = Celtic

| header3 = Division One champions

| data4 = Hibernian

| header5 = Division Two champions

| data6 = Queen's Park

| header7 = Scottish Cup winners

| data8 = Rangers

| header9 = League Cup winners

| data10 = Dundee United

| header11 = Junior Cup winners

| data12 = Pollok

| header13 = Teams in Europe

| data14 = Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers

| header15 = Scotland national team

| data16 = 1981 BHC, 1982 World Cup qualification

| data17 = ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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The 1980–81 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 84th season of Scottish league football.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1980-1989/198081/ |title=1980/81 - the Scottish Football League |access-date=2011-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205033014/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1980-1989/198081/ |archive-date=5 December 2012 }}

Scottish Premier Division

Champions: Celtic

Relegated: Kilmarnock, Hearts

Scottish League Division One

Promoted: Hibernian, Dundee

Relegated: Stirling Albion, Berwick Rangers

Scottish League Division Two

Promoted: Queen's Park, Queen of the South

Cup honours

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align=left\|Scottish Cup 1980–81 \|Rangers \|4 – 1 (rep.) \|Dundee United
align=left\|League Cup 1980–81 \|Dundee United \|3 – 0 \|Dundee
align=left\|Junior Cup \|Pollok \|1 – 0 \|Arthurlie

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width=140|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

align=left|Scottish Cup 1980–81

|Rangers

|4 – 1 (rep.)

|Dundee United

align=left|League Cup 1980–81

|Dundee United

|3 – 0

|Dundee

align=left|Junior Cup

|Pollok

|1 – 0

|Arthurlie

Other honours

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align=left\|Scottish Qualifying Cup – North \|Inverness Caledonian \|2 – 1 {{dagger}} \|Elgin City
align=left\|Scottish Qualifying Cup – South \|Hawick Royal Albert \|3 – 1 * \|Gala Fairydean

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!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup – North

|Inverness Caledonian

|2 – 1 {{dagger}}

|Elgin City

align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup – South

|Hawick Royal Albert

|3 – 1 *

|Gala Fairydean

=County=

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align=left\|Aberdeenshire Cup \|Aberdeen \| \|
align=left\|Ayrshire Cup \|Kilmarnock \|2 – 0 * \|Ayr United
align=left\|East of Scotland Shield \|Berwick Rangers \|6 – 1 \|Meadowbank Thistle
align=left\|Fife Cup \|Raith Rovers \|2 – 0 * \|Dunfermline Athletic
align=left\|Glasgow Cup \|Partick Thistle \|1 – 0 \|Celtic
align=left\|Lanarkshire Cup \|Motherwell \| \|Airdrie
align=left\|Renfrewshire Cup \|Morton \|2 – 2 *{{double dagger}} \|St Mirren
align=left\|Stirlingshire Cup \|Dumbarton \|3 – 0 \|Stirling Albion

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width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

align=left|Aberdeenshire Cup

|Aberdeen

align=left|Ayrshire Cup

|Kilmarnock

|2 – 0 *

|Ayr United

align=left|East of Scotland Shield

|Berwick Rangers

|6 – 1

|Meadowbank Thistle

align=left|Fife Cup

|Raith Rovers

|2 – 0 *

|Dunfermline Athletic

align=left|Glasgow Cup

|Partick Thistle

|1 – 0

|Celtic

align=left|Lanarkshire Cup

|Motherwell

|Airdrie

align=left|Renfrewshire Cup

|Morton

|2 – 2 *{{double dagger}}

|St Mirren

align=left|Stirlingshire Cup

|Dumbarton

|3 – 0

|Stirling Albion

{{sup|*}} – aggregate over two legs
{{dagger}} – replay
{{double dagger}} – won on penalties

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Individual honours

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Footballer of the Year	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Alan Rough	Partick Thistle
Players' Player of the Year	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Mark McGhee	Aberdeen
Young Player of the Year	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Charlie Nicholas	Celtic