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
Champions Dinamo Tbilisi (1st title)
Runners-up Carl Zeiss Jena
Tournament statistics
Matches played65
Goals scored176 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)David Cross
(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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Celtic 7–2 Diósgyőr 6–0 1–2
Altay 0–4 Benfica 0–0 0–4

First leg
Celtic 6–0 Diósgyőr
McGarvey 52', 65', 70'
McCluskey 60', 79'
Sullivan 71'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Widukund Herrmann (West Germany)
Altay 0–0 Benfica
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)

Second leg
Diósgyőr 2–1 Celtic
Görgei 25' 66' Nicholas 24'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Celtic won 7–2 on aggregate.

Benfica 4–0 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. 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
Celtic 2–1 Politehnica Timișoara
Nicholas 19', 43' Report Manea 78'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gerardus Johannes Maria Geurts (Netherlands)
Roma 3–0 Carl Zeiss Jena
Pruzzo 5'
Ancelotti 23'
Falcão 72'
Kastoria 0–0 Dinamo Tbilisi
Attendance: 15,000

Second leg
Politehnica Timișoara 1–0 Celtic
Păltinișanu 81' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Greece)

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

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

Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 Kastoria
Shengelia 52'
Gutsaev 80'
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
West Ham United 4–0 Politehnica Timișoara
 Report
Attendance: 27,157
Waterford 0–1 Dinamo Tbilisi
Shengelia 50'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)
Sparta Prague 2–0 Slavia Sofia
Vdovjak 14', 45'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Clive White (England)
Hvidovre 1–2 Feyenoord
Manniche 2' Wijnstekers 32'
Bouwens 51'
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)
Carl Zeiss Jena 3–1 Valencia
Sengewald 1'
Schnuphase 9' (pen.)
Trocha 31'		 Morena 69'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium)
Haugar 0–0 Newport County
Attendance: 4,522
Referee: Hans Harrysson (Sweden)
Waterschei Thor 0–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf
André Dumontstadion, Genk
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)
Malmö 1–0 Benfica
Andersson 49'
Attendance: 10,585

Second leg
Newport County 6–0 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 1–0 West Ham United
Păltinișanu 54' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

West Ham United won 4–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 Waterford
Daraselia 66', 79'
Chivadze 74'
Chilaia 87'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)
Slavia Sofia 3–0 Sparta Prague
Velichkov 38'
Zhelyazkov 41'
Tsvetkov 45'
Attendance: 5,000
Feyenoord 1–0 Hvidovre
Nielsen 36'
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)
Valencia 1–0 Carl Zeiss Jena
Botubot 61'
Attendance: 35,000

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0 Waterschei Thor
Bansemer 5'
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Jakob Baumann (Switzerland)
Benfica 2–0 Malmö
Nené 57' (pen.), 60' (pen.)
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

First leg
West Ham United 1–4 Dinamo Tbilisi
Cross 54' Chivadze 24'
Gutsaev 31'
Shengelia 55', 67'
Attendance: 34,957
Slavia Sofia 3–2 Feyenoord
Tsvetkov 8' (pen.), 63'
Minchev 64'		 Nielsen 20'
Vermeulen 78'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)
Carl Zeiss Jena 2–2 Newport County
Raab 22', 85' Tynan 40', 90'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway)
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–2 Benfica
Wenzel 2'
Dusend 39'		 Carlos Manuel 35'
Coelho 77'
Attendance: 32,000

Second leg
Dinamo Tbilisi 0–1 West Ham United
Pearson 87'
Attendance: 90,000

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.

Feyenoord 4–0 Slavia Sofia
Notten 18'
van Deinsen 48'
Vermeulen 77', 85'
Attendance: 25,000

Feyenoord won 6–3 on aggregate.

Newport County 0–1 Carl Zeiss Jena
Kurbjuweit 27'
Attendance: 18,000

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

Benfica 1–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Chalana 87'
Attendance: 80,000

Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–2 Feyenoord 3–0 0–2
Carl Zeiss Jena 2–1 Benfica 2–0 0–1

First leg
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 Feyenoord
Sulakvelidze 23', 51'
Gutsaev 30'
Attendance: 80,000
Carl Zeiss Jena 2–0 Benfica
Bielau 8'
Raab 15'
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg
Feyenoord 2–0 Dinamo Tbilisi
Bouwens 43'
Notten 56'
Attendance: 24,000

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–2 on aggregate.

Benfica 1–0 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 2–1 FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Gutsaev 67'
Daraselia 86'		 (Report)
(Report 2)		 Hoppe 63'
Attendance: 4,750
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

See also

References
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