1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup

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.

1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates20 August 1980 – 13 May 1981
Teams34
Final positions
ChampionsSoviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi (1st title)
Runners-upEast Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Tournament statistics
Matches played65
Goals scored176 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)David Cross (West Ham United)
6 goals

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 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Celtic   7–2   Diósgyőr 6–0 1–2
Altay   0–4   Benfica 0–0 0–4

First leg edit

Celtic  6–0  Diósgyőr
McGarvey   52', 65', 70'
McCluskey   60', 79'
Sullivan   71'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Widukind Herrmann (East Germany)

Altay  0–0  Benfica

Second leg edit

Diósgyőr  2–1  Celtic
Görgei   25'   66' Nicholas   24'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.


Benfica  4–0  Altay
Chalana   22'
Coelho   34'
Nené   63'
César   70'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Castilla CF   4–6   West Ham United 3–1 1–5 (aet)
Celtic   2–2 (a)   Politehnica Timișoara 2–1 0–1
Hibernians   1–4   Waterford 1–0 0–4
Kastoria   0–2   Dinamo Tbilisi 0–0 0–2
Spora Luxembourg   0–12   Sparta Prague 0–6 0–6
Slavia Sofia   3–2   Legia Warsaw 3–1 0–1
Hvidovre   3–0   Fram 1–0 2–0
Ilves   3–7   Feyenoord 1–3 2–4
Roma   3–4   Carl Zeiss Jena 3–0 0–4
Valencia   5–3   Monaco 2–0 3–3
Sion   1–3   Haugar 1–1 0–2
Newport County   4–0   Crusaders 4–0 0–0
Omonia   1–7   Waterschei Thor 1–3 0–4
Fortuna Düsseldorf   8–0   Austria Salzburg 5–0 3–0
Malmö   1–0   Partizani Tirana 1–0 0–0
Dinamo Zagreb   0–2   Benfica 0–0 0–2

First leg edit

Celtic  2–1  Politehnica Timișoara
Nicholas   19', 43' Report Manea   78'

Roma  3–0  Carl Zeiss Jena
Pruzzo   5'
Ancelotti   23'
Falcão   72'

Kastoria  0–0  Dinamo Tbilisi

Omonia  1–3  Waterschei Thor
Kanaris   88' Report Van Poucke   17'
R. Janssen   69'
Patikkis   82' (o.g.)
Attendance: 17,000

Dinamo Zagreb  0–0  Benfica
Report
Attendance: 52,500

Second leg edit

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


Carl Zeiss Jena  4–0  Roma
Krause   26'
Lindemann   38'
Bielau   71'   87'

Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.


Dinamo Tbilisi  2–0  Kastoria
Shengelia   52'
Gutsaev   80'
Attendance: 80,000

Waterschei Thor  4–0  Omonia
R. Janssen   17'
Plessers   65' (pen.)
Van Poucke   68', 75'
Report
Attendance: 18,500

Waterschei Thor won 7–1 on aggregate.


Benfica  2–0  Dinamo Zagreb
Nené   17'
César   56'
Report
Attendance: 50,000

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Ham United   4–1   Politehnica Timișoara 4–0 0–1
Waterford   0–5   Dinamo Tbilisi 0–1 0–4
Sparta Prague   2–3   Slavia Sofia 2–0 0–3
Hvidovre   1–3   Feyenoord 1–2 0–1
Carl Zeiss Jena   3–2   Valencia 3–1 0–1
Haugar   0–6   Newport County 0–0 0–6
Waterschei Thor   0–1   Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–0 0–1
Malmö   1–2   Benfica 1–0 0–2

First leg edit

West Ham United  4–0  Politehnica Timișoara
Report
Attendance: 27,157

Waterford  0–1  Dinamo Tbilisi
Shengelia   50'
Attendance: 5,000

Sparta Prague  2–0  Slavia Sofia
Vdovjak   14', 45'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Clive White (England)

Hvidovre  1–2  Feyenoord
Manniche   2' Wijnstekers   32'
Bouwens   51'
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)

Carl Zeiss Jena  3–1  Valencia
Sengewald   1'
Schnuphase   9' (pen.)
Trocha   31'
Morena   69'
Attendance: 15,000

Haugar  0–0  Newport County
Attendance: 4,522


Malmö  1–0  Benfica
Andersson   49'

Second leg edit

Newport County  6–0  Haugar
Gwyther   12'
Lowndes   44'
Aldridge   56'
Tynan   61', 81'
Moore   70'

Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate.


West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.


Dinamo Tbilisi  4–0  Waterford
Daraselia   66', 79'
Chivadze   74'
Chilaia   87'

Slavia Sofia  3–0  Sparta Prague
Velichkov   38'
Zhelyazkov   41'
Tsvetkov   45'
Attendance: 5,000

Feyenoord  1–0  Hvidovre
Nielsen   36'
Attendance: 3,292

Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.


Valencia  1–0  Carl Zeiss Jena
Botubot   61'
Attendance: 35,000

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.


Fortuna Düsseldorf  1–0  Waterschei Thor
Bansemer   5'
Attendance: 12,700

Benfica  2–0  Malmö
Nené   57' (pen.), 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Ham United   2–4   Dinamo Tbilisi 1–4 1–0
Slavia Sofia   3–6   Feyenoord 3–2 0–4
Carl Zeiss Jena   3–2   Newport County 2–2 1–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf   2–3   Benfica 2–2 0–1

First leg edit

West Ham United  1–4  Dinamo Tbilisi
Cross   54' Chivadze   24'
Gutsaev   31'
Shengelia   55', 67'
Attendance: 34,957

Slavia Sofia  3–2  Feyenoord
Tsvetkov   8' (pen.), 63'
Minchev   64'
Nielsen   20'
Vermeulen   78'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Carl Zeiss Jena  2–2  Newport County
Raab   22', 85' Tynan   40', 90'

Fortuna Düsseldorf  2–2  Benfica
Wenzel   2'
Dusend   39'
Carlos Manuel   35'
Coelho   77'

Second leg edit

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.


Feyenoord  4–0  Slavia Sofia
Notten   18'
Van Deinsen   48'
Vermeulen   77', 85'
Attendance: 25,000

Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate.


Newport County  0–1  Carl Zeiss Jena
Kurbjuweit   27'

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.


Benfica  1–0  Fortuna Düsseldorf
Chalana   87'
Attendance: 80,000

Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi   3–2   Feyenoord 3–0 0–2
Carl Zeiss Jena   2–1   Benfica 2–0 0–1

First leg edit

Dinamo Tbilisi  3–0  Feyenoord
Sulakvelidze   23', 51'
Gutsaev   30'

Carl Zeiss Jena  2–0  Benfica
Bielau   8'
Raab   15'
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg edit

Feyenoord  2–0  Dinamo Tbilisi
Bouwens   43'
Notten   56'
Attendance: 24,000

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate.


Benfica  1–0  Carl Zeiss Jena
Reinaldo   59'
Attendance: 70,000

Carl Zeiss Jena won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final edit

Dinamo Tbilisi  2–1  FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Gutsaev   67'
Daraselia   86'
(Report)
(Report 2)
Hoppe   63'
Attendance: 4,750

See also edit

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