The 1980–81 season of the
European Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
was won by
Dinamo Tbilisi
Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925.
Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...
in the final against
Carl Zeiss Jena. Dinamo Tbilisi's side defeated
English Second Division side
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...
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
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
reserve team
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,
Castilla CF, who qualified as the
runners-up
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1979–80 Copa del Rey.
Preliminary round
First leg
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Second leg
''Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.''
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''2–2 on aggregate; Politehnica Timișoara won on away goals.''
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''Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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Second round
First leg
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Second leg
''Newport County won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate.''
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''Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Carl Zeiss Jena won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Final
See also
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1980–81 European Cup
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1980–81 UEFA Cup
References
External links
1980–81 competition at UEFA website*
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons