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1980–81 UEFA Cup
10th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
10th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | UEFA Cup |
| year | 1980–81 |
| dates | 17 September 1980 – 20 May 1981 |
| num_teams | 64 |
| champion_other | Ipswich Town |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | AZ Alkmaar |
| matches | 126 |
| goals | 376 |
| attendance | 2354939 |
| top_scorer | John Wark (Ipswich Town) |
| 14 goals | |
| prevseason | [1979–80](1979-80-uefa-cup) |
| nextseason | [1981–82](1981-82-uefa-cup) |
14 goals
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.
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.
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.
| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams | Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Germany | 52.617 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 39.200 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 38.300 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| England | 38,141 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 35.800 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 33.050 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 28.250 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| East Germany | 26.650 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 25.932 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| France | 24.250 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 22.650 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 21.500 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 18.850 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 17.750 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 17.700 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 17.650 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Scotland | 16.500 |
|
| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams | Notes | 18 | - | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 15.400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wales | 15.000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 15.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 13.200 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 10.800 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 10.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 7.750 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Republic of Ireland | 7.332 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 6.250 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 5.498 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland | 4.666 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | 3.999 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Malta | 3.664 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | 3.331 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Albania | 2.000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 1.666 | 1 |
|}
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
| Pezoporikos Larnaca ([2nd](1979-80-cypriot-first-division)) | Sliema Wanderers ([2nd](1979-80-maltese-premier-league)) | ÍA ([2nd](1979-urvalsdeild)) | Red Boys Differdange ([2nd](1979-80-luxembourg-national-division)) |
|---|
Notes
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.
| 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
|}
First leg
Mikulička Mazura
Pommerenke
Nygaard Peters Welzl Tol
Sloan
Levý
Ivezić
Carlsson Kila Jol
Hrubesch Hartwig
Abercromby
Mariner
Littbarski Müller Strack
Verza Bettega Cabrini
Platini Roussey Janvion
Pantelić
Van Kraay Van der Kuijlen
Graziani
Landáburu
- Daerden
- Răducanu
Júlio
Kelsch Allgöwer
Second leg
Kroupa Zbrojovka Brno won 5–1 on aggregate.
Wendt 3–3 on aggregate; Kaiserslautern won on away goals.
Mewes Windelband Magdeburg won 5–3 on aggregate.
Welzl AZ Alkmaar won 10–0 on aggregate.
Jarmuszkiewicz Krautzig Vorwärts Frankfurt won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 2–0 on aggregate.
Carbo
Jiménez FC Bohemians Praha won 4–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Levski Sofia won on away goals.
Cha Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bizzini Sochaux won 3–2 on aggregate.
Nilsson Twente won 5–3 on aggregate.
Dragolov Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
Tune-Hansen Zanetti Sulser Grasshopper won 8–3 on aggregate.
Pašić Hamburg won 7–5 on aggregate.
St Mirren won 2–1 on aggregate.
Drambis Zelidis Ipswich Town won 6–4 on aggregate.
Müller Okudera Köln won 10–0 on aggregate.
Andreuchi Livathinos Delikaris Fanna Juventus won 6–4 on aggregate.
Lokeren won 2–1 on aggregate.
Lestage Paganelli Lopez Saint-Étienne won 14–0 on aggregate.
Stoiljković Panajotović Radnički Niš won 6–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won on away goals.
PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate.
Graziani Van de Korput Torino won 4–3 on aggregate.
Stark Hegarty Pettigrew Payne Dundee United won 7–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate.
- Răducanu
- Voordeckers
- Edström
Real Sociedad won 2–1 on aggregate.
Boavista won 2–1 on aggregate.
Klotz Allgöwer Ohlicher Stuttgart won 10–1 on aggregate.
Second round
|}
First leg
Plessers
de Kruijk
Revelli Eliseu
Sousa
Beattie
Pecci D'Amico
Martin Allgöwer Klotz
Pięta Smolarek
Second leg
Real Sociedad won 3–2 on aggregate.
Graf Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate.
Engels Littbarski Müller 1. FC Köln won 4–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Lokeren won on away goals
Nachtweih Pezzey Eintracht Frankfurt won 4–3 on aggregate.
Sochaux won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Dynamo Dresden won on away goals
Wehrli Pfister Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Panenka Ipswich Town won 3–2 on aggregate.
Mitošević Radnički Niš won 3–1 on aggregate.
Nygaard
Kist
Peters
AZ Alkmaar won 6–1 on aggregate.
Hrubesch Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Saint-Étienne won 2–0 on aggregate.
Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.
Müller Stuttgart won 7–2 on aggregate.
Furino Brady Cabrini Brady Grębosz Smolarek Boniek 4–4 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won 4–1 on penalties.
Third round
|}
First leg
Borchers Hölzenbein Nachtweih Pezzey
Koller
Platini Larios Zimako
Brazil Mariner
Panajotović Kist
Förster
Second leg
4–4 on aggregate; Sochaux won on away goals.
Pulici Sclosa Graziani Zaccarelli Pecci Egli Sulser Hächler 3–3 on aggregate; Grasshoppers won 4–3 on penalties.
Saint-Étienne won 6–0 on aggregate.
Ipswich Town won 5–1 on aggregate.
Zamora Lokeren won 3–2 on aggregate.
Nygaard Welzl AZ won 7–2 on aggregate.
Tahamata Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.
Strack Woodcock Köln won 5–4 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
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First leg
Mühren Wark
Welzl
Second leg
Wark Mariner Ipswich Town won 7–2 on aggregate.
AZ Alkmaar won 2–1 on aggregate.
Genghini Sochaux won 2–1 on aggregate.
Bonhof Littbarski Vandersmissen Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
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First leg
Second leg
Jonker Peters Meyer AZ Alkmaar won 4–3 on aggregate.
Ipswich Town won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
Main article: 1981 UEFA Cup final
First leg
Thijssen Mariner
Second leg
Metgod Tol Jonker Wark Ipswich Town won 5–4 on aggregate.
References
References
- [https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method1/crank1979.html 1979 ranking ]
- "Utrecht vs. Eintracht Frankfurt". UEFA.
- "Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Utrecht". UEFA.
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