European Cup 1980/81Preliminary round  First round  Aberdeen FC, Aberdeen | 1:0, 0:0 | FK Austria Memphis, Wien | OPS, Oulu | 1:1, 1:10 | Liverpool FC, Liverpool | CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sofia | 1:0, 1:0 | Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford | Trabzonspor, Trabzon | 2:1, 0:3 | GKS Szombierki, Bytom | Olympiakos CFP, Piraeus | 2:4, 0:3 | FC Bayern, München | KS Dinamo, Tirana | 0:2, 0:1 | AFC Ajax, Amsterdam | ÍBV, Vestmannaeyjar | 1:1, 0:1 | TJ Banik OKD, Ostrava | BFC Dynamo, Berlin | 3:0, 1:2 | APOEL, Nicosia | AS La Jeunesse d'Esch, Esch-Uelzecht | 0:5, 0:4 | Spartak, Moscow | Halmstads BK, Halmstad | 0:0, 2:3 | Esbjerg fB, Esbjerg | Limerick United FC, Limerick | 1:2, 1:5 | Real Madrid CF, Madrid | Sporting CP, Lisboa | 0:2, 0:1 | Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest | Linfield FC, Belfast | 0:1, 0:2 | FC Nantes, Nantes | FC Inter, Milano | 2:0, 1:1 | CS Universitatea, Craiova | Club Brugge KV, Brugge | 0:1, 1:4 | FC Basel, Basel | Viking IL, Stavanger | 2:3, 1:4 | FK Crvena Zvezda, Beograd |
Round of 16  Aberdeen FC, Aberdeen | 0:1, 0:4 | Liverpool FC, Liverpool | CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sofia | 4:0, 1:0 | GKS Szombierki, Bytom | FC Bayern, München | 5:1, 1:2 | AFC Ajax, Amsterdam | TJ Banik OKD, Ostrava | 0:0, 1:1 | BFC Dynamo, Berlin | Spartak, Moscow | 3:0, 0:2 | Esbjerg fB, Esbjerg | Real Madrid CF, Madrid | 1:0, 2:0 | Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest | FC Nantes, Nantes | 1:2, 1:1 | FC Inter, Milano | FC Basel, Basel | 1:0, 0:2 | FK Crvena Zvezda, Beograd |
Quarterfinals  Liverpool FC, Liverpool | 5:1, 1:0 | CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sofia | FC Bayern, München | 2:0, 4:2 | TJ Banik OKD, Ostrava | Spartak, Moscow | 0:0, 0:2 | Real Madrid CF, Madrid | FC Inter, Milano | 1:1, 1:0 | FK Crvena Zvezda, Beograd |
Semifinals  Final  Top scorers Comments
| Ranking of national teams 1. | | 4.4626 |  | 2. | | 4.3762 |  | 3. | | 4.2242 |  | 4. | | 4.1251 |  | 5. | ↑+2 | 3.8487 |  | 6. | ↓-1 | 3.8436 |  | 7. | ↓-1 | 3.8083 |  | 8. | | 3.776 |  | 9. | ↑+1 | 3.7634 |  | 10. | ↓-1 | 3.752 |  |
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