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1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup


FieldValue
tourney_nameEuropean Cup Winners' Cup
year1980–81
dates20 August 1980 – 13 May 1981
num_teams34
champion_otherURS Dinamo Tbilisi
count1
second_otherGDR Carl Zeiss Jena
matches65
goals176
top_scorerDavid Cross (West Ham United)
6 goals
prevseason[1979–80](1979-80-european-cup-winners-cup)
nextseason[1981–82](1981-82-european-cup-winners-cup)

6 goals 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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First leg

McCluskey
Sullivan

Second leg

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.

Coelho Nené César Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round

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First leg


Ancelotti Falcão




Second leg

Hansen Hvidovre won 3–0 on aggregate.

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

Lindemann Bielau
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.

Gutsaev Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–0 on aggregate.

Plessers Van Poucke Waterschei Thor won 7–1 on aggregate.

César Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Christophersen Haugar won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

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First leg

  • Bonds
  • Goddard
  • Stewart
  • Cross



Bouwens

Schnuphase
Trocha



Second leg

Lowndes
Aldridge
Tynan
Moore Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate.

West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.

Chivadze
Chilaia

Zhelyazkov
Tsvetkov

Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.


Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Gutsaev
Shengelia

Minchev Vermeulen


Dusend Coelho

Second leg

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.

Van Deinsen
Vermeulen Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate.

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Gutsaev

Raab

Second leg

Notten Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate.

Carl Zeiss Jena won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup final

(Report 2) Daraselia

References

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