1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup

European Cup Winners' Cup 1980–81 20 August 1980 – 13 May 1981 34 URS Dinamo Tbilisi 1 GDR Carl Zeiss Jena 65 176 David Cross (West Ham United)6 goals 1979–80 1981–82 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 Celtic SCO 7–2 Diósgyőr HUN 6–0 1–2 Altay TUR 0–4 Benfica POR 0–0 0–4 |} First leg 20 August 1980 Celtic SCO 6–0 HUN Diósgyőr McGarvey 52 65 70 McCluskey 60 79 Sullivan 71 Celtic Park, Glasgow 28,000 Widukind Herrmann (East Germany) 20 August 1980 Altay TUR 0–0 POR Benfica İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir 22,000 Yordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria) Second leg 3 September 1980 Diósgyőr HUN 2–1 SCO Celtic Görgei 25 66 Nicholas 24 8,000 Josef Bucek (Austria) Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate. 3 September 1980 Benfica POR 4–0 TUR Altay Chalana 22 Coelho 34Nené 63César 70 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 60,000 Robert Wurtz (France) Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate. First round Castilla CF ESP 1977 4–6 West Ham United ENG 3–1 1–5 (aet) Celtic SCO 2–2 (a) Politehnica Timișoara ROM 1965 2–1 0–1 Hibernians MLT 1–4 Waterford IRE 1–0 0–4 Kastoria GRE 0–2 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 0–0 0–2 Spora Luxembourg LUX 0–12 Sparta Prague TCH 0–6 0–6 Slavia Sofia BUL 1971 3–2 Legia Warsaw POL 3–1 0–1 Hvidovre DEN 3–0 Fram ISL 1–0 2–0 Ilves FIN 3–7 Feyenoord NED 1–3 2–4 Roma ITA 3–4 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 3–0 0–4 Valencia ESP 1977 5–3 Monaco FRA 2–0 3–3 Sion SUI 1–3 Haugar NOR 1–1 0–2 Newport County WAL 4–0 Crusaders NIR 4–0 0–0 Omonia CYP 1960 1–7 Waterschei Thor BEL 1–3 0–4 Fortuna Düsseldorf FRG 8–0 Austria Salzburg AUT 5–0 3–0 Malmö SWE 1–0 Partizani Tirana ALB 1946 1–0 0–0 Dinamo Zagreb YUG 0–2 Benfica POR 0–0 0–2 |} First leg 17 September 1980 Celtic SCO 2–1 https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1980_81/timisoara_celtic_01.shtml ROU 1965 Politehnica Timișoara Nicholas 19 43 Manea 78 Celtic Park, Glasgow 30,000 Gerardus Johannes Maria Geurts (Netherlands) 17 September 1980 Roma ITA 3–0 GDR Carl Zeiss Jena Pruzzo 5Ancelotti 23Falcão 72 Rome 17 September 1980 Kastoria GRE 0–0 URS Dinamo Tbilisi Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki 15,000 17 September 1980 Hvidovre DEN 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1980-1981-1-runde-hvidovre-if-fram-reykjavik/ ISL Fram Hansen 22 pen. Hvidovre Stadion, Hvidovre 1,636 Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) 17 September 1980 Dinamo Zagreb YUG 0–0 April 2025 POR Benfica Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 52,500 Horst Brummeier (Austria) 17 September 1980 Sion SUI 1–1 summary NOR Haugar Brigger 65 41 Osborne Stade Tourbillon, Sion 6,000 NED Johannes Peters Second leg 28 September 1980 Fram ISL 0–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1980-1981-1-runde-fram-reykjavik-hvidovre-if/ DEN Hvidovre Ambrose 10Hansen 50 pen. Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 6,000 Kaare Lindboe (Norway) Hvidovre won 3–0 on aggregate. 1 October 1980 Politehnica Timișoara ROU 1965 1–0 https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1980_81/timisoara_celtic_02.shtml SCO Celtic Păltinișanu 81 Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara 40,000 Nikos Lagogiannis (Greece) 2–2 on aggregate; Politehnica Timișoara won on away goals. 1 October 1980 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 4–0 ITA Roma Krause 26Lindemann 38Bielau 71 87 Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate. 1 October 1980 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 2–0 GRE Kastoria Shengelia 52Gutsaev 80 Dynamo Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi 80,000 Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–0 on aggregate. 1 October 1980 Waterschei Thor BEL 4–0 April 2025 CYP Omonia R. Janssen 17Plessers 65 pen.Van Poucke 68 75 André Dumont Stadium, Genk 18,500 Paul Rion (Luxembourg) Waterschei Thor won 7–1 on aggregate. 1 October 1980 Benfica POR 2–0 April 2025 YUG Dinamo Zagreb Nené 17César 56 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 50,000 Gianfranco Menegali (Italy) Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate. 28 September 1980 Haugar NOR 2–0 summary SUI Sion Nilsen 40Christophersen 47 pen Haugesund Stadion, Haugesund 4,238 DEN Erik Steen Jensen Haugar won 3–1 on aggregate. Second round West Ham United ENG 4–1 Politehnica Timișoara ROM 1965 4–0 0–1 Waterford IRE 0–5 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 0–1 0–4 Sparta Prague TCH 2–3 Slavia Sofia BUL 1971 2–0 0–3 Hvidovre DEN 1–3 Feyenoord NED 1–2 0–1 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 3–2 Valencia ESP 1977 3–1 0–1 Haugar NOR 0–6 Newport County WAL 0–0 0–6 Waterschei Thor BEL 0–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf FRG 0–0 0–1 Malmö SWE 1–2 Benfica POR 1–0 0–2 |} First leg 22 October 1980 West Ham United ENG 4–0 https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1980_81/timisoara_whu_01.shtml ROU 1965 Politehnica Timișoara Bonds 25 Goddard 27 Stewart 30 pen. Cross 83 Boleyn Ground, London 27,157 Heinz Fahnler (Austria) 22 October 1980 Waterford IRE 0–1 URS Dinamo Tbilisi Shengelia 50 Kilcohan Park, Waterford 5,000 Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg) 22 October 1980 Sparta Prague TCH 2–0 BUL 1971 Slavia Sofia Vdovjak 14 45 Stadion Letná, Prague 12,000 Clive White (England) 22 October 1980 Hvidovre DEN 1–2 NED Feyenoord Manniche 2 Wijnstekers 32 Bouwens 51 Hvidovre Stadion, Copenhagen 3,292 Gwyn Owen (Wales) 22 October 1980 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 3–1 ESP 1977 Valencia Sengewald 1 Schnuphase 9 pen. Trocha 31 Morena 69 Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena 15,000 Roger Schoeters (Belgium) 22 October 1980 Haugar NOR 0–0 WAL Newport County Haugesund Stadion, Haugesund 4,522 Hans Harrysson (Sweden) 22 October 1980 Waterschei Thor BEL 0–0 FRG Fortuna Düsseldorf André Dumontstadion, Genk 20,000 Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain) 22 October 1980 Malmö SWE 1–0 POR Benfica Andersson 49 Malmö Stadion, Malmö 10,585 Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany) Second leg 4 November 1980 Newport County WAL 6–0 NOR Haugar Gwyther 12 Lowndes 44 Aldridge 56 Tynan 61 81 Moore 70 Somerton Park, Newport 8,855 C. G. McGrath (Republic of Ireland) Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate. 5 November 1980 Politehnica Timișoara ROU 1965 1–0 https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1980_81/timisoara_whu_02.shtml ENG West Ham United Păltinișanu 54 Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara 25,000 Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy) West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate. 5 November 1980 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 4–0 IRL Waterford Daraselia 66 79 Chivadze 74 Chilaia 87 Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi 50,000 Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria) Dinamo Tbilisi 5–0 on aggregate. 5 November 1980 Slavia Sofia BUL 1971 3–0 TCH Sparta Prague Velichkov 38 Zhelyazkov 41 Tsvetkov 45 Slavia Stadium, Sofia 5,000 Nicolae Rainea (Romania) Slavia Sofia won 3-2 on aggregate. 5 November 1980 Feyenoord NED 1–0 DEN Hvidovre Nielsen 36 De Kuip, Rotterdam 3,292 Anders Mattsson (Finland) Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate. 5 November 1980 Valencia ESP 1977 1–0 GDR Carl Zeiss Jena Botubot 61 Mestalla Stadium, Valencia 35,000 Michel Vautrot (France) Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate. 5 November 1980 Fortuna Düsseldorf FRG 1–0 BEL Waterschei Thor Bansemer 5 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 12,700 Jakob Baumann (Switzerland) Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1-0 on aggregate. 5 November 1980 Benfica POR 2–0 SWE Malmö Nené 57 pen. 60 pen. Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 70,000 Ian Foote (Scotland) Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate. Quarter-finals West Ham United ENG 2–4 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1–4 1–0 Slavia Sofia BUL 1971 3–6 Feyenoord NED 3–2 0–4 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 3–2 Newport County WAL 2–2 1–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf FRG 2–3 Benfica POR 2–2 0–1 |} First leg 4 March 1981 West Ham United ENG 1–4 URS Dinamo Tbilisi Cross 54 Chivadze 24 Gutsaev 31 Shengelia 55 67 Boleyn Ground, London 34,957 António Garrido (Portugal) 4 March 1981 Slavia Sofia BUL 1971 3–2 NED Feyenoord Tsvetkov 8 pen. 63 Minchev 64 Nielsen 20 Vermeulen 78 Slavia Stadium, Sofia 7,000 Paolo Bergamo (Italy) 4 March 1981 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 2–2 WAL Newport County Raab 22 85 Tynan 40 90 Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena 16,000 Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway) 4 March 1981 Fortuna Düsseldorf FRG 2–2 POR Benfica Wenzel 2 Dusend 39 Carlos Manuel 35 Coelho 77 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 32,000 Edvard Sostarić (Yugoslavia) Second leg 18 March 1981 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 0–1 ENG West Ham United Pearson 87 Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi 90,000 Walter Eschweiler (West Germany) Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate. 18 March 1981 Feyenoord NED 4–0 BUL 1971 Slavia Sofia Notten 18 Van Deinsen 48 Vermeulen 77 85 De Kuip, Rotterdam 25,000 Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany) Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate. 18 March 1981 Newport County WAL 0–1 GDR Carl Zeiss Jena Kurbjuweit 27 Somerton Park, Newport 18,000 Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark) Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate. 18 March 1981 Benfica POR 1–0 FRG Fortuna Düsseldorf Chalana 87 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 80,000 Jan Keizer (Netherlands) Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate. Semi-finals Dinamo Tbilisi URS 3–2 Feyenoord NED 3–0 0–2 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 2–1 Benfica POR 2–0 0–1 |} First leg 8 April 1981 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 3–0 NED Feyenoord Sulakvelidze 23 51 Gutsaev 30 Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi 80,000 Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) 8 April 1981 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 2–0 POR Benfica Bielau 8 Raab 15 Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena 18,000 Enzo Barbaresco (Italy) Second leg 22 April 1981 Feyenoord NED 2–0 URS Dinamo Tbilisi Bouwens 43 Notten 56 De Kuip, Rotterdam 24,000 Franz Wöhrer (Austria) Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate. 22 April 1981 Benfica POR 1–0 GDR Carl Zeiss Jena Reinaldo 59 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 70,000 Pat Partridge (England) Carl Zeiss Jena won 2–1 on aggregate. Final 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup final 13 May 1981 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 2–1 (Report) (Report 2) GDR FC Carl Zeiss Jena Gutsaev 67 Daraselia 86 Hoppe 63 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 4,750 Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy) See also 1980–81 European Cup 1980–81 UEFA Cup References External links 1980–81 competition at UEFA website Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation https://archive.today/20130815155537/http://www.sharkscores.com/Cups/Default.aspx?id=375&season=1980/1981 Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1980-81–results, protocols el website Football Archive 1980–81 Cup Winners CupJanuary 2025 medicmedic 1980–81 Cup Winners' Cup