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

First leg
Celtic Scotland6–0Hungary Diósgyőr
McGarvey 52', 65', 70'
McCluskey 60', 79'
Sullivan 71'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Widukund Herrmann (West Germany)
Altay Turkey0–0Portugal Benfica
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Yordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)

Second leg
Diósgyőr Hungary2–1Scotland Celtic
Görgei 25' 66' Nicholas 24'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal4–0Turkey Altay
Chalana 22'
Coelho 34'
Nené 63'
César 70'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Castilla CF Spain 4–6 England West Ham United 3–1 1–5 (aet)
Celtic Scotland 2–2 (a) Romania Politehnica Timișoara 2–1 0–1
Hibernians Malta 1–4 Republic of Ireland Waterford 1–0 0–4
Kastoria Greece 0–2 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 0–0 0–2
Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg 0–12 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 0–6 0–6
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 3–2 Poland Legia Warsaw 3–1 0–1
Hvidovre Denmark 3–0 Iceland Fram 1–0 2–0
Ilves Finland 3–7 Netherlands Feyenoord 1–3 2–4
Roma Italy 3–4 East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 3–0 0–4
Valencia Spain 5–3 France Monaco 2–0 3–3
Sion Switzerland 1–3 Norway Haugar 1–1 0–2
Newport County Wales 4–0 Northern Ireland Crusaders 4–0 0–0
Omonia Cyprus 1–7 Belgium Waterschei Thor 1–3 0–4
Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany 8–0 Austria Austria Salzburg 5–0 3–0
Malmö Sweden 1–0 Albania Partizani Tirana 1–0 0–0
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 0–2 Portugal Benfica 0–0 0–2

First leg
Celtic Scotland2–1Romania Politehnica Timișoara
Nicholas 19', 43' Report Manea 78'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gerardus Johannes Maria Geurts (Netherlands)
Roma Italy3–0East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Pruzzo 5'
Ancelotti 23'
Falcão 72'
Kastoria Greece0–0Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
Attendance: 15,000
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–0Portugal Benfica
Report
Attendance: 52,500

Second leg
Politehnica Timișoara Romania1–0Scotland Celtic
Păltinișanu 81' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Greece)

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

Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany4–0Italy Roma
Krause 26'
Lindemann 38'
Bielau 71' 87'

Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union2–0Greece Kastoria
Shengelia 52'
Gutsaev 80'
Attendance: 80,000
Benfica Portugal2–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Nené 17'
César 56'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Ham United England 4–1 Romania Politehnica Timișoara 4–0 0–1
Waterford Republic of Ireland 0–5 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 0–1 0–4
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 2–3 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 2–0 0–3
Hvidovre Denmark 1–3 Netherlands Feyenoord 1–2 0–1
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 3–2 Spain Valencia 3–1 0–1
Haugar Norway 0–6 Wales Newport County 0–0 0–6
Waterschei Thor Belgium 0–1 West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–0 0–1
Malmö Sweden 1–2 Portugal Benfica 1–0 0–2

First leg
West Ham United England4–0Romania Politehnica Timișoara
 Report
Attendance: 27,157
Waterford Republic of Ireland0–1Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
Shengelia 50'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia2–0Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Vdovjak 14', 45'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Clive White (England)
Hvidovre Denmark1–2Netherlands Feyenoord
Manniche 2' Wijnstekers 32'
Bouwens 51'
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany3–1Spain Valencia
Sengewald 1'
Schnuphase 9' (pen.)
Trocha 31'		 Morena 69'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium)
Haugar Norway0–0Wales Newport County
Attendance: 4,522
Referee: Hans Harrysson (Sweden)
Waterschei Thor Belgium0–0West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
André Dumontstadion, Genk
Attendance: 20,000
Malmö Sweden1–0Portugal Benfica
Andersson 49'
Attendance: 10,585

Second leg
Newport County Wales6–0Norway Haugar
Gwyther 12'
Lowndes 44'
Aldridge 56'
Tynan 61', 81'
Moore 70'
Attendance: 8,855
Referee: C. G. McGrath (Republic of Ireland)

Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate.

Politehnica Timișoara Romania1–0England West Ham United
Păltinișanu 54' Report
Attendance: 25,000

West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union4–0Republic of Ireland Waterford
Daraselia 66', 79'
Chivadze 74'
Chilaia 87'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria3–0Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Velichkov 38'
Zhelyazkov 41'
Tsvetkov 45'
Attendance: 5,000
Feyenoord Netherlands1–0Denmark Hvidovre
Nielsen 36'
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)

Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.

Valencia Spain1–0East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Botubot 61'
Attendance: 35,000

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany1–0Belgium Waterschei Thor
Bansemer 5'
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Jakob Baumann (Switzerland)
Benfica Portugal2–0Sweden Malmö
Nené 57' (pen.), 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Ham United England 2–4 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 1–4 1–0
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 3–6 Netherlands Feyenoord 3–2 0–4
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 3–2 Wales Newport County 2–2 1–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany 2–3 Portugal Benfica 2–2 0–1

First leg
West Ham United England1–4Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
Cross 54' Chivadze 24'
Gutsaev 31'
Shengelia 55', 67'
Attendance: 34,957
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria3–2Netherlands Feyenoord
Tsvetkov 8' (pen.), 63'
Minchev 64'		 Nielsen 20'
Vermeulen 78'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany2–2Wales Newport County
Raab 22', 85' Tynan 40', 90'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway)
Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany2–2Portugal Benfica
Wenzel 2'
Dusend 39'		 Carlos Manuel 35'
Coelho 77'
Attendance: 32,000

Second leg
Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union0–1England West Ham United
Pearson 87'
Attendance: 90,000

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.

Feyenoord Netherlands4–0Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Notten 18'
van Deinsen 48'
Vermeulen 77', 85'
Attendance: 25,000

Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate.

Newport County Wales0–1East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Kurbjuweit 27'
Attendance: 18,000

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal1–0West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
Chalana 87'
Attendance: 80,000

Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union 3–2 Netherlands Feyenoord 3–0 0–2
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 2–1 Portugal Benfica 2–0 0–1

First leg
Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union3–0Netherlands Feyenoord
Sulakvelidze 23', 51'
Gutsaev 30'
Attendance: 80,000
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany2–0Portugal Benfica
Bielau 8'
Raab 15'
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg
Feyenoord Netherlands2–0Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
Bouwens 43'
Notten 56'
Attendance: 24,000

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal1–0East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Reinaldo 59'
Attendance: 70,000

Carl Zeiss Jena won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union2–1East Germany FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Gutsaev 67'
Daraselia 86'		 (Report)
(Report 2)		 Hoppe 63'
Attendance: 4,750

See also

References
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