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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.

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

First leg

Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Widukind Herrmann (East Germany)
İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Yordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round

First leg

Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gerardus Johannes Maria Geurts (Netherlands)
Rome
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 15,000
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gerardus Johannes Maria Geurts (Netherlands)
Hvidovre Stadion, Hvidovre
Attendance: 1,636
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 52,500
Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

Second leg

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kaare Lindboe (Norway)

Hvidovre won 3–0 on aggregate.

Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Greece)

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

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dynamo Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 80,000

Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–0 on aggregate.

André Dumont Stadium, Genk
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Paul Rion (Luxembourg)

Waterschei Thor won 7–1 on aggregate.

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

Boleyn Ground, London
Attendance: 27,157
Referee: Heinz Fahnler (Austria)
Kilcohan Park, Waterford
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)
Stadion Letná, Prague
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Clive White (England)
Hvidovre Stadion, Copenhagen
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)
Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium)
Haugesund Stadion, Haugesund
Attendance: 4,522
Referee: Hans Harrysson (Sweden)
André Dumontstadion, Genk
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 10,585
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

Second leg

Somerton Park, Newport
Attendance: 8,855
Referee: C. G. McGrath (Republic of Ireland)

Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate.

Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)
Slavia Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)

Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Jakob Baumann (Switzerland)
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

Boleyn Ground, London
Attendance: 34,957
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
Slavia Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)
Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway)
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Edvard Sostarić (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.

De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate.

Somerton Park, Newport
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Ernst Abbe Sportfield, Jena
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)

Second leg

De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate.

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Carl Zeiss Jena won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 4,750
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

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