1980–81 FC Zürich season

FC Zürich 1980–81 Alfred Zweidler Alfred Zweidler Head coach Daniel Jeandupeux Letzigrund 1980–81 Nationalliga A Swiss champions 1980–81 Swiss Cup Runner-up 1980–81 Swiss League Cup Winners Walter Seiler (14) Walter Seiler (21) 1979–80 1981–82 The 1980–81 season was FC Zürich's 84th season in their existence, since their foundation in 1896. It was their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football, following their promotion at the end of the 1957–58 season. They played their home games in the Letzigrund. Overview The club's president since December the previous season was Alfred Zweidler, who had taken over following Edwin Nägeli death. Nägeli had held this position for over 22 years, since 1957. The newly appointed head-coach was Daniel Jeandupeux. He took over from Albert Sing and Rosario Martinelli, who had acted as joint-coaches until the end of the previous season, this following the sacking of Zlatko Čajkovski. FCZ competed not only in the domestic first-tier 1979–80 Nationalliga A, but also competed in 1979–80 Swiss Cup and in the 1979–80 Swiss League Cup. The team had not qualified for any European competitions. Players The following is the list of the FCZ first team squad this season. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the domestic league season started, on 23 August 1980, but subsequently left the club after that date. 1 SUI GK Karl Grob league games: 26 SUI GK Urs Zurbuchen league games: 2 SUI DF Fritz Baur league games: 20 SUI DF Alberto Erba league games: 11 SUI DF Ruedi Landolt league games: 24 SUI DF Heinz Lüdi league games: 24 SUI DF Urs Schönenberger league games: 7 SUI DF Thomas Staub league games: 0 SUI DF Gianpietro Zappa league games: 26 SUI MF Daniel Jeandupeux league games: 1 SUI MF Walter Iselin league games: 25 YUG MF Jurica Jerković league games: 24 SUI MF Roger Kundert league games: 19 SUI MF Manfred Moser league games: 23 SUI MF Fredi Scheiwiler league games: 0 SUI FW Ruedi Elsener league games: 25 SUI FW Winfried Kurz league games: 5 SUI FW Franz Peterhans league games: 21 SUI FW Walter Seiler league games: 23 SUI FW Hans-Peter Zwicker league games: 25 Players who left the squad SUI DF Pierre-Albert Chapuisat to Lausanne-Sport SUI DF Horst Thoma to Nordstern Basel SUI MF Georg Aliesch to reserves SUI MF René Botteron to 1. FC Köln SUI FW Peter Risi to Luzern Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Nationalliga A 1980–81 Nationalliga A Matches Round 1 23 August 1980 20:00 Zürich 3–1 FCZ summary St. Gallen Elsener 14 1:0Lüdi 76 2:1Seiler 85 3:1 28 1:1 Gisinger0 82 Graf Letzigrund, Zürich 6,000 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) W Round 2 30 August 1980 20:00 Chiasso 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich Riva 65Graf 66 65 Lüdi85 0:1 Zappa Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso 3,500 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) W Round 3 6 September 1980 20:00 Zürich 1–3 FCZ summarxSummary Basel Erba 37Zwicker 55Zwicker 56 1:2Elsener 58 18 0:1 Marti39 0:2 Stohler76 von Wartburg89 1:3 Maradan Letzigrund, Zürich 11,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) L Round 4 13 September 1980 20:00 Sion 1–3 FCZ summary Zürich Bregy 71 1:0 77 1:1 Elsener82 1:2 Seiler84 1:3 Jerković Stade Tourbillon, Sion 10,300 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern) W Round 5 20 September 1980 20:00 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Xamax Seiler 29 1:0Zappa 80Elsener 90 2:1 61 1:1 Robert Lüthi Letzigrund, Zürich 5,700 SUI Rolf Blattmann (Zeiningen) W Round 6 4 October 1980 20:00 Servette 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich Radi 45Valentini 80Coutaz 81 1:2 11 0:1 Elsener57 0:2 Moser Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 4,500 SUI Alfred Heinis (Ammannsegg, Biberist) W Round 7 8 October 1980 20:00 Zürich 1–0 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club Peterhans 77 1:0Jerković 89 43 KollerSecchi 68 Letzigrund, Zürich 14,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W An honoring took place for goalkeeper Karl Grob for his 350th championship game. Round 8 11 October 1980 20:00 Zürich 1–0 FCZ summary Luzern Elsener 29 1:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 9,500 SUI Fredy Philippoz (Sion) W Round 9 18 October 1980 20:00 Bellinzona 4–1 FCZ summary Zürich Ivan Parini 52 1:0Ivan Parini 54 2:0Ivan Parini 64 3:1Ivan Parini 80 4:1Landolt 85 48 Degiovannini59 2:1 Zappa Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona 1,000 SUI Charles-Henri Morex (Bex) L Round 10 25 October 1980 20:00 Zürich 5–1 FCZ summary Nordstern Zwicker 12 1:0Seiler 20 2:0Seiler 51 3:0Seiler 72 4:1Zwicker 77 5:1 61 3:1 Jean-Marc Kälin Letzigrund, Zürich 2,700 SUI Georges Sandoz (Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel) W Round 11 15 November 1980 17:00 Lausanne-Sport 2–2 FCZ summary Zürich Kok 56 1:1Kok 90+1 2:2 44 0:1 Lüdi71 Lüdi76 1:2 Erba Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) D Round 12 23 November 1980 14:30 Zürich 4–0 FCZ summary Young Boys Moser 51 1:0Seiler 57 2:0Elsener 77 3:0Zwicker 82 4:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 13,500 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) W Round 13 7 December 1980 14:30 Chênois 1–3 FCZ summary Zürich Manai 59Manai 66 1:3Freymond 78 1 0:1 Seiler22 0:2 Zwicker40 Landolt60 0:3 Jerković Stade des Trois-Chêne, Chêne-Bourg 1,700 SUI Charles-Henri Morex (Bex) W Round 14 1 March 1981 14:30 St. Gallen 3–1 FCZ summary Zürich Hafner 27 1:1Ritter 36 penHafner 49 3:1Rietmann 86Brühwiler 87 13 0:1 Seiler36 Zwicker86 Jerković Espenmoos, St. Gallen 7,200 SUI Walter Nussbaumer (Crans-près-Céligny) L The ground according to the newspaper «Sport» (2 March 1981) on the border of normality: «large areas covered with shoe-deep snow, in some places bare and marshy, partly interspersed with puddles of water» Round 15 8 March 1981 14:30 Zürich 4–1 FCZ summary Chiasso Seiler 1′Zappa 18 1:0Peterhans 69 2:1Zappa 74 3:1Zwicker 77 4:1 20 Melgrati28 1:1 Fleury65 Manzoni67 Fleury Letzigrund, Zürich 3,200 SUI Othmar Winter, (Martigny) W Round 16 15 March 1981 14:30 Basel 2–0 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Tanner 56 1:0Marti 90 2:0 56 Jerković88 Seiler88 Zwicker St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 13,500 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Corners 5:10 Round 17 21 March 1981 Zürich 3–1 FCZ summary Sion Jerković 4 1:0Seiler 58 2:1Peterhans 81 3:1 50 1:1 Andrey59 Luisier76 Karlen Letzigrund, Zürich 4,500 SUI Rolf Blattmann (Zeiningen) W Round 18 4 April 1981 Xamax 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich 30 0:1 Zwicker64 og (Trinchero) Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 10,200 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) W Round 19 12 April 1981 Zürich 3–2 FCZ summary Servette Zappa 41 penSeiler 64 2:2Seiler 68 3:2Seiler 85 27 0:1 Bizzini48 1:2 Yaghcha61 Bizzini Letzigrund, Zürich 7,500 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret, (Rueyres-St-Laurent) W Round 20 24 April 1981 Luzern 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich (Erba) 35 og 39 Iselin67 1:1 Zappa Stadion Allmend, Luzern 10,200 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) D Round 21 2 May 1981 Zürich 3–1 FCZ summary Bellinzona Elsener 39 1:1Zappa 77 2:1Grob 83Zwicker 89 3:1 34 0:1 Parini Letzigrund, Zürich 3,200 SUI Philippe Mercier (Pully) W Round 22 9 May 1981 Nordstern 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich Kälin 53 1:1 13 0:1 Seiler88 1:2 Elsener Rankhof, Basel 3,500 W Round 23 16 May 1981 Zürich 2–0 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport Seiler 24 1:0Peterhans 70 2:0Elsener 71 47 Chapuisat Letzigrund, Zürich 10,000 SUI Renzo Peduzzi (Roveredo) W Round 24 23 May 1981 Young Boys 0–0 FCZ summary Zürich 49 Landolt Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 24,000 SUI Willy Hänni, (Cugy) D Round 25 4 June 1981 Grasshopper Club 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Egli 23 1:0 40 1:1 Erba72 Jerković77 Lüdi Hardturm, Zürich 17,000 SUI Franz Gächter (Aarau, Suhr, Aargau) D FCZ become Swiss champions 1980/81 thanks to the point gained Round 36 13 June 1981 Zürich 6–0 FCZ summary Chênois Zwicker 10 1:0Zwicker 14 2:0(Batardon) 32 ogJeandupeux 52 4:0Zwicker 73 5:0Zwicker 90 6:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 4,200 SUI Roland Chapuis, (Courtételle) W Presentation of the championship trophy after the game. Final league table main WDL Q 5 2 ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=26&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1980/1981 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 GCZ Grasshopper Club NX Xamax YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1980-81#mnc_529 YB Saison 1980/81 YB season 1980/81 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 LS Lausanne-Sport BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1982 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1980/81 1980/81 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1980/81 Ranking 2023-11-16 SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1980-81.pdf Servette Rangliste 1980/81 Servette ranking 1980/81 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 SIO Sion LUC Luzern STG St. Gallen NOR Nordstern Basel BEL Bellinzona CHI Chiasso CHÊ Chênois 18 4 4 57 28 11 12 3 45 24 14 6 6 44 25 11 11 4 46 33 12 6 8 40 29 9 10 7 48 44 8 10 8 38 36 8 8 10 35 42 6 10 10 39 46 7 8 11 35 42 6 7 13 28 37 7 5 14 25 46 5 8 13 28 46 3 9 14 23 53 green1 Champions, qualified for 1981–82 European Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup EC blue1 qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup and entered 1981 Intertoto Cup UC1 blue1 qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup UC2 blue3 entered 1981 Intertoto Cup IT1 yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup CWC blue3 entered 1981 Intertoto Cup IT2 #FFC0D0 Relegated to 1981–82 Nationalliga B R yes 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf.com FCZ won the Nationalliga A and this was the club's ninth league championship title to this date. Swiss Cup 1980–81 Swiss Cup Round 4 27 September 1980 19:00 Frauenfeld 2–4 FCZ summary Zürich Hanspeter Studer 28 1:0Frei 82 2:3 32 1:1 Elsener59 1:2 Seiler68 1:3 Moser88 2:4 Erba Kleine Allmend, Frauenfeld 2,800 SUI Bruno Burgener (Kriens) W Round 5 9 November 1980 14:30 Bulle 0–5 FCZ summary Zürich Jerković 13 0:1Jerković 27 0:2Seiler 55 0:3Seiler 65 0:4Zwicker 87 0:5 Stade de Bouleyres, Bulle 5,000 SUI Philippe Mercier (Pully) W Quarter-final 29 March 1981 15:00 Zürich 3–0 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Elsener 15Seiler 24 1:0Elsener 42 2:0Seiler 70 3:0Baur 88 Letzigrund, Zürich 14,000 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) W The match was originally scheduled for 29 November 1980, but had to be postponed due to snow. Corners: 11:1 Semi-final 20 April 1981 Sion 0–0 yes FCZ summary Zürich 107 Lüdi114 Zwicker Stade de Tourbillon, Sion 13,000 SUI Ulrich Nyffenegger (Nidau) D Semi-final. replay 5 May 1981 Zürich 4–0 FCZ summary Sion Peterhans 8 1:0Zappa 31 2:0Moser 45 3:0Zappa 88 4:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 8,735 SUI Georges Sandoz (Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel) W Final 8 June 1981 15:00 Lausanne-Sport 4–3 yes Fussball-Schweiz summary Zürich Raczynski 4Kok 47 1:1Mauron 65 2:2Crescenzi 97 3:2Crescenzi 99 4:2 38 0:1 Lüdi52 pen Zappa76 Zappa0 103 Iselin107 4:3 Peterhans117 Lüdi Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 40,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) L Lausanne-Sport won the cup and this was the club's seventh cup title to this date. Swiss League Cup 1980–81 Swiss League Cup First round 16 August 1980 17:00 Basel 1–2 FCB summaryFCZ summary Zürich Lauscher 86 1:2 15 0:1 Lüdi18 Moser56 0:2 Zwicker Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 2,500 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W Round 2 1 November 1980 Chiasso 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich Riva 15 60 0:1 Landolt85 0:2 Seiler Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso 1,500 SUI Peter Scherz (Aegerten) W Quarter-final 17 March 1981 20:00 Servette 1–2 FCZ summaryServette summary Zürich Mustapha 82 1:2 68 0:1 Peterhans75 Kundert76 0:2 Seiler Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 2,500 SUI Georges Sandoz (Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel) W Semi-final 20 May 1981 20:00 Zürich 3–0 FCZ summary St. Gallen Kurz 7 1:0Zappa 55 pen. 2:0Zappa 70 3:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 1,750 SUI Philippe Mercier (Pully) W Final, first leg 26 May 1981 20:00 Lausanne-Sport 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich Tachet 52 1:2 21 0:1 Zwicker0 27 Erba36 0:2 Peterhans Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4,200 SUI Alfred Heinis (Ammannsegg, Biberist) W Final, second leg 8 September 1981 20:00 Zürich 0–0 2–1 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport 72 Lei-Ravello Letzigrund, Zürich 1,050 SUI Othmar Winter (Martigny) D The second leg of the 1980/81 League Cup final could only be played now due to scheduling problems. FCZ won the League Cup, winning the final 2–1 on aggregate. This was the club's first League Cup title. Friendly matches Pre- and mid-season Exhibition game 23 July 1980 Grenchen 0–7 FCZ summary Zürich 0:1 Landolt0:2 Jerković0:3 Jerković0:4 Jerković0:5 Seiler0:6 Seiler0:7 Seiler Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 1,200 SUI Werner Bösch (Sutz-Lattrigen) W Edi Naegeli Memorial Tournament 1 August 1980 Zürich 1–3 RSSSF summaryEintracht Frankfurt report Eintracht Frankfurt Seiler 79 1:2 31 0:1 Pezzey61 0:2 Körbel 88 1:3 Lottermann Letzigrund, Zürich 3,200 SUI Alfred Heinis (Ammannsegg, Biberist) L Edi Naegeli Memorial Tournament: Semi-final. Edi Naegeli Memorial Tournament 2 August 1980 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Leeds United Jerković 53 1:0 61 1:1 Sabella72 Hamson 3–2 Letzigrund, Zürich 3,000 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret, (Rueyres-St-Laurent) W Edi Naegeli Memorial Tournament: Match for third place. In the penalty shootout Grob saved two of the Leeds penalties. Exhibition game 6 August 1980 FC Amicitia Neuhausen 0–10 FCZ summary Zürich 9 0:1 Seiler24 0:2 Moser35 0:3 Peterhans39 0:4 Seiler41 0:5 Jerković43 0:6 Seiler48 0:7 Jeandupeux55 pen Moser58 0:9 Schönenberger85 0:10 Jeandupeux Langriet, Neuhausen am Rheinfall 1,100 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W Exhibition game 9 August 1980 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 FCZ summary Zürich Split, Croatia 4,000 D Match as part of the Trofej Marjan Exhibition game 10 August 1980 Hajduk Split 3–1 FCZ summary Zürich Vujović 12 1:0Vujović 18 2:0Vujović 19 3:0 45 3:1 Jerković Split, Croatia 20,000 L Match as part of the Trofej Marjan Philips-Cup,Semi-final 12 August 1980 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Servette Moser 58 1:1 3 0:1 Radi Lüdi Moser Peterhans Seiler Zappa Jerković Elsener 6–5 Cucinotta Bizzini Schnyder Mustapha Zwygart Seramondi Sarrasin Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 2,500 SUI Ulrich Nyffenegger (Nidau) W Semi-final Philips-Cup Philips Cup,Final 19 August 1980 20:30 Basel 7–2 FCZ summaryFCB summary Zürich Marti 31 1:1Gaisser 33 2:1Schär 44 3:1Schär 47 4:1Schär 58 5:1Marti 66 6:1Küttel 68 7:1 25 0:1 Zappa74 7:2 Seiler Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 4,000 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret, (Rueyres-St-Laurent) L Philips Cup Final Mid-season 23 September 1980 Zürich 9–2 FCZ summary FC Blue Stars Zürich (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2025 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1573&oid=11&lng=1 FC Blue Stars Zürich Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2025-11-16 Letzigrund, Zürich SUI Burgermeister (Zürich) W Winter break Exhibition game 22 January 1981 ASC Jeanne d'Arc 1–2 FCZ summary Zürich 55 1:1 49 0:1 Zwicker55 1:2 Jerković Dakar, Senegal 8,000 SEN Wil W Exhibition game 30 January 1981 Africa Sports National 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 0:1 Seiler2 Zappa Abidjan, Ivory Coast 29,000 W Exhibition game 1 February 1981 ASEC Mimosas 4–4 FCZ summary Zürich Zwicker Peterhans Jerkovićpen Zappa Abidjan, Ivory Coast 39,000 D Exhibition game 4 February 1981 ASC Bouaké 2–4 FCZ summary Zürich pen Zappa Peterhans Kundert Jerković Bouaké, Ivory Coast W Exhibition game 14 February 1981 Kriens 0–3 FCZ summary Zürich 8 pen Zappa31 0:2 Zwicker90 0:3 Lüdi Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens 300 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern) W Exhibition game 15 February 1981 FC Frauenfeld 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 18 0:1 Zappa Kleine Allmend, Frauenfeld 600 SUI Marino Paggiola, (Appenzell) W Exhibition game 21 February 1981 Zürich 4–0 FCZ summary Lugano 21′ Zappa29 0:1 Zwicker62 0:2 Seiler64 0:3 Lüdi89 0:4 Lüdi Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio 300 SUI Papa (Agno) W Tournament in Mendriso, first game at RSSSF Exhibition game 22 February 1981 Zürich 0–0 FCZ summary Young Boys 79 Kundert Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio 800 SUI Marco Raveglia (San Vittore) D Tournament in Mendriso, second game at RSSSF Sources and references dbFCZ Homepage Switzerland 1980–81 at RSSSF Swiss League Cup at RSSSF Edi Naegeli Memorial Tournament at RSSSF Tournament in Mendriso at RSSSF FC Zürichseasons 1979–80 1981–82 Category:FC Zürich seasons Zürich Category:Swiss football championship–winning seasons