The 1980–81

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was played over two legs at Portman Road,

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, and at the

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. It was won by Ipswich Town of

, who defeated

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by an aggregate result of 5–4 to claim their only UEFA Cup title. This was the only European title for Ipswich Town, who never made it past a quarterfinal round before, and would never go beyond the third round in future competitions. As of 2024, this has been the only appearance in a major European final for both teams, which was also the case with the finalists of the European Cup Winners' Cup that season. Both are the only current instances in a major UEFA tournament; it has also happened with the finalists of the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which is considered an unofficial tournament by UEFA. The UEFA ranking was introduced to serve as the method to determine the number of competing teams per country, and the Fairs Cup entry criteria was finally abolished.1979 ranking
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Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31

member associations participate in the 1980–81 UEFA Cup. For the first time, an association ranking based on the newly introduced UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: * Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify. * Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify. * Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify. * Associations 22–32 each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

For the 1980–81 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1979 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1974–75 to 1978–79.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition: *TH: Title holders *CW: Cup winners *CR: Cup runners-up *LC: League Cup winners *2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position *P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners Notes

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches in the first two rounds exceptionally took place on Tuesdays.

First round

First leg

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Second leg

''Zbrojovka Brno won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Kaiserslautern won on away goals.'' ---- ''Magdeburg won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AZ Alkmaar won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vorwärts Frankfurt won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Dresden won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Utrecht won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''FC Bohemians Praha won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Levski Sofia won on away goals.'' ---- ''Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sochaux won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Twente won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Grasshopper won 8–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hamburg won 7–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''St Mirren won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ipswich Town won 6–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Köln won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Juventus won 6–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lokeren won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Saint-Étienne won 14–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Radnički Niš won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won on away goals.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Standard Liège won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Sociedad won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Boavista won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Stuttgart won 10–1 on aggregate.''

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

''Real Sociedad won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1. FC Köln won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Lokeren won on away goals'' ---- ''Eintracht Frankfurt won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sochaux won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Dynamo Dresden won on away goals'' ---- ''Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ipswich Town won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Radnički Niš won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AZ Alkmaar won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Saint-Étienne won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Stuttgart won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''4–4 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won 4–1 on penalties.''

Third round

First leg

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Second leg

''4–4 on aggregate; Sochaux won on away goals.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Grasshoppers won 4–3 on penalties.'' ---- ''Saint-Étienne won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ipswich Town won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lokeren won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AZ won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Köln won 5–4 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Ipswich Town won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AZ Alkmaar won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sochaux won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''AZ Alkmaar won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ipswich Town won 2–0 on aggregate.''

Final

First leg

Second leg

''Ipswich Town won 5–4 on aggregate.''

References

External links

1980–81 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
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Association team allocation

Association ranking

Teams

Schedule

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Third round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

See also

References

External links