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
Dates	20 August 1980 – 13 May 1981
Teams	34
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo Tbilisi (1st title)
Runners-up	Carl Zeiss Jena
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	176 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Cross (West Ham United) 6 goals
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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

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

First leg

20 August 1980

Celtic	6–0	Diósgyőr
McGarvey 52', 65', 70' McCluskey 60', 79' Sullivan 71'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Widukund Herrmann (West Germany)

20 August 1980

Altay	0–0	Benfica

İzmir Atatürk Stadium, Izmir

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

3 September 1980

Diósgyőr	2–1	Celtic
Görgei 25' 66'		Nicholas 24'

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.

3 September 1980

Benfica	4–0	Altay
Chalana 22' Coelho 34' Nené 63' César 70'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	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

17 September 1980

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

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Gerardus Johannes Maria Geurts (Netherlands)

17 September 1980

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

Rome

17 September 1980

Kastoria	0–0	Dinamo Tbilisi

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 15,000

Second leg

1 October 1980

Politehnica Timișoara	1–0	Celtic
Păltinișanu 81'	Report

Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Greece)

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

1 October 1980

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

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.

1 October 1980

Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	Kastoria
Shengelia 52' Gutsaev 80'

Dynamo Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 80,000

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	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

22 October 1980

West Ham United	4–0	Politehnica Timișoara
Bonds 25' Goddard 27' Stewart 30' (pen.) Cross 83'	Report

Boleyn Ground, London

Attendance: 27,157

Referee: Heinz Fahnler (Austria)

22 October 1980

Waterford	0–1	Dinamo Tbilisi
		Shengelia 50'

Kilcohan Park, Waterford

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

22 October 1980

Sparta Prague	2–0	Slavia Sofia
Vdovjak 14', 45'

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Clive White (England)

22 October 1980

Hvidovre	1–2	Feyenoord
Manniche 2'		Wijnstekers 32' Bouwens 51'

Hvidovre Stadion, Copenhagen

Attendance: 3,292

Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)

22 October 1980

Carl Zeiss Jena	3–1	Valencia
Sengewald 1' Schnuphase 9' (pen.) Trocha 31'		Morena 69'

Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium)

22 October 1980

Haugar	0–0	Newport County

Haugesund Stadion, Haugesund

Attendance: 4,522

Referee: Hans Harrysson (Sweden)

22 October 1980

Waterschei Thor	0–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf

André Dumontstadion, Genk

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)

22 October 1980

Malmö	1–0	Benfica
Andersson 49'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 10,585

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

Second leg

4 November 1980

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

Somerton Park, Newport

Attendance: 8,855

Referee: C. G. McGrath (Republic of Ireland)

Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate.

5 November 1980

Politehnica Timișoara	1–0	West Ham United
Păltinișanu 54'	Report

Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.

5 November 1980

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

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)

5 November 1980

Slavia Sofia	3–0	Sparta Prague
Velichkov 38' Zhelyazkov 41' Tsvetkov 45'

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

5 November 1980

Feyenoord	1–0	Hvidovre
Nielsen 36'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 3,292

Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)

5 November 1980

Valencia	1–0	Carl Zeiss Jena
Botubot 61'

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

5 November 1980

Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Waterschei Thor
Bansemer 5'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 12,700

Referee: Jakob Baumann (Switzerland)

5 November 1980

Benfica	2–0	Malmö
Nené 57' (pen.), 60' (pen.)

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	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