1980-81 Club Football

The completed 1980-81 season: the club power ranking and UEFA country coefficients, the European and continental competitions with qualifying, group, league-phase and knockout results, every final domestic table across the confederations, and every cup final.

504 clubs ranked · 58 leagues · 12 cup finals

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1980-81Club football

Club power ranking

Score = 0.65 form + 0.35 five-year pedigree + current-season coefficient, less a losing-record penalty. Filter by country (ordered by coefficient rank), or switch to the country coefficient table.

World #1 · Champion of the season

Bayern Munich

Germany · score 1.070 · form 1.00 · pedigree 0.81 · 29-11-5 in 45

★ Bundesliga

Ranked #1 in the season power ranking.

Overachiever

Valencia

form 0.61 vs ped 0.12 · +0.49

Underachiever

Nottingham Forest

form 0.51 vs ped 0.79 · -0.27

Biggest riser

West Bromwich Albion

▲ 82 places

Biggest faller

FC Schalke 04

▼ 177 places

Best outside top 5

Juventus

#5 · Italy

Best outside the 8

RSC Anderlecht

#4 · Belgium

Top 10 by league

Germany 3England 2Spain 2Netherlands 1Belgium 1Italy 1

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Bayern Munich

Germany · 45 P · 29-11-5 · +0.06 trophy

1.070

score

Liverpool▲3

England · 62 P · 30-22-10 · +0.14 trophy

0.982

score

AZ Alkmaar▲36

Netherlands · 49 P · 37-9-3 · +0.04 trophy

0.810

score

RSC Anderlecht▲10

Belgium · 36 P · 27-5-4 · +0.03 trophy

0.791

score

Juventus▲4

Italy · 34 P · 19-10-5 · +0.06 trophy

0.783

score

Borussia Mönchengladbach▼4

Germany · 39 P · 19-7-13

0.768

score

Ipswich Town▲42

England · 66 P · 37-13-16 · +0.05 trophy

0.752

score

Real Madrid▲2

Spain · 43 P · 26-6-11

0.686

score

FC Barcelona▲10

Spain · 41 P · 24-5-12 · +0.01 trophy

0.679

score

1. FC Köln▲7

Germany · 47 P · 18-12-17

0.667

score

Hamburger SV▼7

Germany · 45 P · 27-9-9

0.658

score

VfB Stuttgart▼4

Germany · 45 P · 28-8-9

0.645

score

Internazionale▲9

Italy · 38 P · 18-11-9

0.641

score

Nottingham Forest▼11

England · 54 P · 24-15-15

0.608

score

PSV Eindhoven▼4

Netherlands · 38 P · 19-9-10

0.581

score

Benfica▲39

Portugal · 43 P · 30-9-4 · +0.06 trophy

0.572

score

Eintracht Frankfurt▼10

Germany · 47 P · 23-12-12 · +0.01 trophy

0.570

score

KSC Lokeren▲23

Belgium · 42 P · 23-10-9 · +0.01 trophy

0.558

score

Ajax▼6

Netherlands · 41 P · 27-4-10 · +0.01 trophy

0.539

score

Grasshopper-Club Zürich▲33

Switzerland · 34 P · 15-13-6

0.538

score

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1	–	Bayern Munich	Germany	45	29	11	5	1.00	0.81	+0.06	score 1.070
2	▲3	Liverpool	England	62	30	22	10	0.60	1.00	+0.14	score 0.982
3	▲36	AZ Alkmaar	Netherlands	49	37	9	3	0.76	0.46	+0.04	score 0.810
4	▲10	RSC Anderlecht	Belgium	36	27	5	4	0.76	0.76	+0.03	score 0.791
5	▲4	Juventus	Italy	34	19	10	5	0.58	0.99	+0.06	score 0.783
6	▼4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany	39	19	7	13	0.64	1.00	—	score 0.768
7	▲42	Ipswich Town	England	66	37	13	16	0.68	0.44	+0.05	score 0.752
8	▲2	Real Madrid	Spain	43	26	6	11	0.66	0.48	—	score 0.686
9	▲10	FC Barcelona	Spain	41	24	5	12	0.64	0.71	+0.01	score 0.679
10	▲7	1. FC Köln	Germany	47	18	12	17	0.59	0.60	—	score 0.667
11	▼7	Hamburger SV	Germany	45	27	9	9	0.83	0.35	—	score 0.658
12	▼4	VfB Stuttgart	Germany	45	28	8	9	0.79	0.37	—	score 0.645
13	▲9	Internazionale	Italy	38	18	11	9	0.59	0.53	—	score 0.641
14	▼11	Nottingham Forest	England	54	24	15	15	0.51	0.79	—	score 0.608
15	▼4	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	38	19	9	10	0.58	0.58	—	score 0.581
16	▲39	Benfica	Portugal	43	30	9	4	0.55	0.28	+0.06	score 0.572
17	▼10	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	47	23	12	12	0.66	0.37	+0.01	score 0.570
18	▲23	KSC Lokeren	Belgium	42	23	10	9	0.62	0.25	+0.01	score 0.558
19	▼6	Ajax	Netherlands	41	27	4	10	0.66	0.30	+0.01	score 0.539
20	▲33	Grasshopper-Club Zürich	Switzerland	34	15	13	6	0.45	0.55	—	score 0.538
21	▼5	AS Saint-Étienne	France	49	30	12	7	0.61	0.18	+0.07	score 0.529
22	▼4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Germany	45	24	10	11	0.80	0.00	+0.01	score 0.526
23	▲3	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	34	14	7	13	0.52	0.51	—	score 0.516
24	▼12	FC Nantes	France	42	24	12	6	0.58	0.39	—	score 0.513
25	▲45	Atlético de Madrid	Spain	34	16	10	8	0.62	0.30	—	score 0.511
26	▲64	Aston Villa	England	46	28	8	10	0.69	0.00	+0.06	score 0.509
27	▲7	FC Baník Ostrava	Czechoslovakia	36	19	7	10	0.44	0.46	+0.03	score 0.509
28	▼7	Dynamo Kyiv	Soviet Union	36	21	11	4	0.55	0.32	+0.03	score 0.500
29	▲53	FC Zürich	Switzerland	26	18	4	4	0.56	0.25	+0.04	score 0.487
30	▼24	Club Brugge	Belgium	36	16	5	15	0.48	0.48	—	score 0.479
31	▼6	Valencia	Spain	38	19	9	10	0.61	0.12	+0.04	score 0.476
32	▼8	Real Sociedad	Spain	40	21	10	9	0.63	0.00	+0.06	score 0.471
33	▼13	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	40	18	15	7	0.45	0.39	+0.03	score 0.463
34	▲43	SC Bastia	France	41	16	9	16	0.42	0.46	+0.01	score 0.448
35	▼5	FK Austria Wien	Austria	38	20	7	11	0.36	0.51	+0.03	score 0.442
36	▼21	RWD Molenbeek	Belgium	36	14	8	14	0.46	0.37	—	score 0.428
37	▼1	MSV Duisburg	Germany	36	11	9	16	0.53	0.35	—	score 0.426
38	▼9	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	37	15	9	13	0.65	0.00	—	score 0.424
39	▼16	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Germany	45	17	10	18	0.49	0.28	—	score 0.411
40	▲17	AS Roma	Italy	35	18	14	3	0.60	0.00	+0.01	score 0.403
41	▲18	FC Utrecht	Netherlands	38	20	10	8	0.61	0.00	—	score 0.398
42	▼7	Standard Liège	Belgium	42	22	9	11	0.58	0.00	+0.01	score 0.389
43	▼15	Berliner FC Dynamo	East Germany	30	18	7	5	0.55	0.00	+0.03	score 0.388
44	▲17	Real Betis	Spain	34	17	6	11	0.59	0.00	—	score 0.387
45	▼12	Feyenoord	Netherlands	42	24	9	9	0.59	0.00	—	score 0.381
46	▼2	VfL Bochum	Germany	38	12	15	11	0.59	0.00	—	score 0.381
47	▲24	FC Magdeburg	East Germany	30	18	4	8	0.48	0.18	—	score 0.378
48	▼16	Arsenal	England	47	21	16	10	0.58	0.00	—	score 0.375
49	▲82	West Bromwich Albion	England	51	25	14	12	0.57	0.00	—	score 0.374
50	▲1	Sporting Gijon	Spain	39	17	10	12	0.56	0.00	+0.01	score 0.373
51	▲29	Malmö FF	Sweden	30	15	10	5	0.38	0.32	+0.01	score 0.368
52	▲64	KSK Beveren	Belgium	34	16	9	9	0.56	0.00	—	score 0.363
53	▲62	RCD Espanyol	Spain	34	14	6	14	0.51	0.09	—	score 0.361
54	▲18	Sevilla FC	Spain	34	14	9	11	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.357
55	▲5	AEK Athens	Greece	34	17	10	7	0.37	0.32	—	score 0.354
56	▲19	Southampton	England	48	23	11	14	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.354
57	▲52	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	France	38	18	13	7	0.54	0.00	—	score 0.351
58	·	Karlsruher SC	Germany	38	10	16	12	0.56	0.00	—	score 0.350
59	▼16	Dinamo Tbilisi	Soviet Union	43	22	8	13	0.43	0.05	+0.05	score 0.349
60	▲122	SSC Napoli	Italy	30	14	10	6	0.53	0.00	—	score 0.345
61	▼21	Manchester United	England	49	16	21	12	0.53	0.00	—	score 0.343
62	▼14	AS Monaco	France	40	19	12	9	0.53	0.00	—	score 0.341
63	▲35	Tottenham Hotspur	England	57	24	19	14	0.50	0.00	+0.01	score 0.339
64	▲1	FC Twente	Netherlands	38	17	9	12	0.52	0.00	—	score 0.337
65	▲20	CSKA Sofia	Bulgaria	36	18	12	6	0.47	0.00	+0.03	score 0.337
66	▼2	Winterslag	Belgium	34	16	6	12	0.52	0.00	—	score 0.336
67	▲36	Rangers	Scotland	39	19	12	8	0.41	0.16	+0.01	score 0.335
68	▲112	Manchester City	England	57	23	15	19	0.50	0.00	+0.01	score 0.332
69	▲24	Celtic	Scotland	40	28	4	8	0.46	0.00	+0.03	score 0.331
70	▲96	Ferencvárosi TC	Hungary	34	21	9	4	0.46	0.00	+0.03	score 0.330
71	▲38	Paris Saint-Germain	France	38	17	12	9	0.51	0.00	—	score 0.329
72	▼22	FC Porto	Portugal	37	25	7	5	0.49	0.00	+0.01	score 0.327
73	▼28	Bayer Leverkusen	Germany	36	11	10	15	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.325
74	▲173	Sparta Rotterdam	Netherlands	34	15	6	13	0.49	0.00	—	score 0.322
75	▲8	Aberdeen	Scotland	40	20	12	8	0.43	0.07	—	score 0.321
76	▼3	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	East Germany	35	20	5	10	0.49	0.00	—	score 0.318
77	▼46	Dynamo Dresden	East Germany	32	18	5	9	0.49	0.00	—	score 0.317
78	▲63	Leeds United	England	46	17	11	18	0.49	0.00	—	score 0.311
79	▲68	Dukla Prague	Czechoslovakia	30	16	6	8	0.46	0.00	+0.01	score 0.311
80	▼33	Lierse SK	Belgium	34	12	11	11	0.48	0.00	—	score 0.310
81	▼44	FC Spartak Moscow	Soviet Union	40	21	10	9	0.48	0.00	—	score 0.309
82	▲37	Bologna	Italy	30	11	12	7	0.48	0.00	—	score 0.309
83	▲290	Neuchâtel Xamax	Switzerland	26	14	6	6	0.47	0.00	—	score 0.308
84	▼16	FC Basel	Switzerland	30	12	10	8	0.47	0.00	—	score 0.308
85	▲59	MVV	Netherlands	34	12	10	12	0.47	0.00	—	score 0.304
86	▲111	Zenit Leningrad	Soviet Union	34	16	10	8	0.47	0.00	—	score 0.303
87	▼20	IFK Göteborg	Sweden	28	13	10	5	0.38	0.16	—	score 0.300
88	▲265	BSC Young Boys	Switzerland	26	11	11	4	0.46	0.00	—	score 0.299
89	▲111	Stoke City	England	46	12	20	14	0.48	0.00	—	score 0.297
90	▲46	Bohemians CKD	Czechoslovakia	34	18	4	12	0.45	0.00	—	score 0.295
91	▲6	Olympiakos CFP	Greece	36	20	9	7	0.39	0.00	+0.04	score 0.294
92	▲202	Olympique Lyonnais	France	38	14	13	11	0.45	0.00	—	score 0.293
93	▲113	Östers IF	Sweden	26	13	11	2	0.40	0.00	+0.03	score 0.293
94	▲56	Widzew Łódź	Poland	36	16	13	7	0.40	0.00	+0.03	score 0.292
95	·	CA Osasuna	Spain	34	12	8	14	0.48	0.00	—	score 0.291
96	▼5	Fiorentina	Italy	30	9	14	7	0.45	0.00	—	score 0.291
97	▼1	Hajduk Split	Yugoslavia	34	16	10	8	0.44	0.00	—	score 0.288
98	▲3	RC Strasbourg	France	38	14	12	12	0.44	0.00	—	score 0.286
99	▲6	Slavia Sofia	Bulgaria	36	13	9	14	0.31	0.16	—	score 0.286
100	·	1. FC Nürnberg	Germany	38	13	7	18	0.50	0.00	—	score 0.283

1980-81 Elo race

Every club's Elo each Friday of the season, from the first league match to the Friday after the Champions League final. Drag the slider to see the table on any Friday.

End of the season, Fri, 29 May 1981

Throughfull season

Bayern MunichHamburger SVLiverpoolStuttgartIpswich TownAZ AlkmaarThe 20 highest peaks of the season, tap or drag any point

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Bayern Munich

Germany

1786

VfB Stuttgart

Germany

1726

Liverpool

England

1705

+16

AZ Alkmaar

Netherlands

1693

+14

Hamburger SV

Germany

1684

Ipswich Town

England

1673

Real Madrid

Spain

1651

-17

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Germany

1636

+12

Juventus

Italy

1629

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Germany

1612

#
1	Bayern Munich	1786	0	Germany
2	VfB Stuttgart	1726	0	Germany
3	Liverpool	1705	+16	England
4	AZ Alkmaar	1693	+14	Netherlands
5	Hamburger SV	1684	0	Germany
6	Ipswich Town	1673	0	England
7	Real Madrid	1651	-17	Spain
8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1636	+12	Germany
9	Juventus	1629	+3	Italy
10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1612	0	Germany
11	Arsenal	1606	0	England
12	Eintracht Frankfurt	1601	0	Germany
13	Aston Villa	1600	0	England
14	Real Sociedad	1596	0	Spain
15	Internazionale	1589	-1	Italy
16	1. FC Köln	1587	0	Germany
17	Nottingham Forest	1585	0	England
18	Ajax	1583	-1	Netherlands
19	West Bromwich Albion	1571	0	England
20	FC Nantes	1566	+11	France

Source: Citizen of Nowhere club Elo, one rating across leagues and Europe. A club's rating is its value after its last match on or before each Friday, through 2026-10-22.

European & continental competitions

European Cup1981UEFAWinner: Liverpool

Final2

Liverpool★Real Madrid

Semi-finals2

Bayern MunichInternazionale

Quarter-finals4

CSKA SofiaFC Baník OstravaFC Spartak MoscowRed Star Belgrade

Round of 168

AberdeenAjaxBerliner FC DynamoBudapest Honvéd FCEsbjerg fBFC BaselFC NantesSzombierki Bytom

Group stage16

APOEL FCClub BruggeFC Dinamo CityFK Austria WienHalmstads BKJeunesse d'EschLimerick FCLinfield FCNottingham ForestOPS OuluOlympiakos CFPSporting Clube de PortugalTrabzonsporUniversitatea CraiovaViking FKÍBV

Qualifying1▾

Valletta FC

UEFA Cup1981UEFAWinner: Ipswich Town

Final2

AZ AlkmaarIpswich Town★

Semi-finals2

1. FC KölnFC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Quarter-finals4

AS Saint-ÉtienneGrasshopper-Club ZürichKSC LokerenStandard Liège

Round of 168

Dynamo DresdenEintracht FrankfurtFK Radnički NišHamburger SVReal SociedadTorino FCVfB StuttgartWidzew Łódź

Group stage16

1. FC KaiserslauternBoavista FCBohemians 1905Dundee UnitedFC BarcelonaFC BrnoFC MagdeburgFC PortoFC TwenteFC UtrechtFC Viktoria FrankfurtJuventusPFC Beroe Stara ZagoraPFC Levski SofiaPSV EindhovenSt. Mirren

Qualifying31▾

Aris ThessalonikiBallymena UnitedDinamo MoscowDundalk FCDynamo KyivFC ArgesFC LinzFC Shakhtar DonetskFK Napredak KruševacFK SarajevoFenerbahçe SKIF ElfsborgIFK GöteborgKjøbenhavns BoldklubKuPSManchester UnitedMoss FKPanathinaikosPezoporikos Larnaca FCRSC AnderlechtRWD MolenbeekRed BoysServette FCSliema Wanderers FCSporting GijonSteaua BucureştiVasas SCWolverhampton WanderersÍAÚjpest FCŚląsk Wrocław

Cup Winners Cup1981UEFAWinner: Dinamo Tbilisi

Final2

Dinamo Tbilisi★FC Carl Zeiss Jena

Semi-finals2

BenficaFeyenoord

Quarter-finals4

Fortuna DüsseldorfNewport CountyPFC Slavia SofiaWest Ham United

Round of 168

AC Sparta PrahaACS Poli TimișoaraHvidovre IFMalmö FFSK HaugarValenciaWaterford UnitedWaterschei SV Thor

Group stage16

AC OmoniaAS MonacoAS RomaCA Spora LuxembourgCastilla CFCelticCrusaders FCDinamo ZagrebFC IlvesFC Red Bull SalzburgFC SionFram ReykjavíkHibernians FCKF PartizaniKastoria FCLegia Warszawa

Qualifying2▾

Altay IzmirDiosgyori VTK

Copa Libertadores1 competition

Copa Libertadores1980CONMEBOLWinner: Nacional

Other competitions4 competitions

UEFA Super Cup1980UEFAWinner: Valencia

Final2

Nottingham ForestValencia★

CONCACAF Champions Cup1980CONCACAFWinner: Pumas UNAM

Final2

Pumas UNAHPumas UNAM★

African Cup of Champions1980CAFWinner: Canon Yaoundé

Final2

AS DragonsCanon Yaoundé★

Intercontinental Cup1980FIFAWinner: Nacional

Final2

Nacional★Nottingham Forest

Final domestic tables

Against expectation

Match points earned minus expected, over the season.

How this is measured

Every match in these leagues is scored against a pre-game probability, and a club's surplus is the match points it took (a win 1, a draw 0.5) minus the points that model expected of it. Zero is a club that finished exactly where its results said it should.

Surplus is comparable within a league and only loosely across leagues, because league size and era differ.

1980-81 covers 6 leagues: Primera División (Spain), Serie A (Italy), Bundesliga (Germany), Ligue 1 (France), Eredivisie (Netherlands), English top flight (England). A club whose season the ledger does not carry has no figure here, and none is guessed.

Historical results compiled by James Curley, github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

Beat expectation by most

Aston Villa

English top flight · England

+5.99

pts vs exp

Fell short by most

Crystal Palace

English top flight · England

−7.11

pts vs exp

Historical results compiled by James Curley, github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

Germany

Bundesliga1981Tier 1

2.Bundesliga1981Tier 2

England

First Division1981Tier 1

Second Division1981Tier 2

Third Division1981Tier 3

Fourth Division1981Tier 4

Alliance Premier League1981Tier 5

Spain

La Liga1981Tier 1

Segunda Division1981Tier 2

Segunda División B Group 11981Tier 3

Netherlands

Eredivisie1981Tier 1

Eerste Divisie1981Tier 2

France

Division 11981Tier 1

Division 21981Tier 2

Italy

Serie A1981Tier 1

Serie B1981Tier 2

Serie C1 Girone A1981Tier 3

Scotland

Premier Division1981Tier 1

Scottish First Division1981Tier 2

Scottish Second Division1981Tier 3

Portugal

Primeira Divisão1981Tier 1

II Divisão1981Tier 2

Cup competitions

Tottenham Hotspur

FA Cup · England · v Manchester City

Liverpool

League Cup · England · v West Ham United

SC Bastia

Coupe de France · France · v AS Saint-Étienne

Eintracht Frankfurt

DFB-Pokal · Germany · v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

AS Roma

Coppa Italia · Italy · v Torino FC

AZ Alkmaar

KNVB Beker · Netherlands · v Ajax

Benfica

Taca de Portugal · Portugal · v FC Porto

Rangers

Scottish Cup · Scotland · v Dundee United

Dundee United

Scottish League Cup · Scotland · v Dundee FC

FC Barcelona

Copa del Rey · Spain · v Sporting Gijon

Liverpool

Community Shield · England · v West Ham United

Benfica

Supertaca · Portugal · v Sporting Clube de Portugal

Competition	Country	Winner	Final
FA CupDomestic cup	England	Tottenham Hotspur	v Manchester City
League CupDomestic cup	England	Liverpool	v West Ham United
Coupe de FranceDomestic cup	France	SC Bastia	v AS Saint-Étienne
DFB-PokalDomestic cup	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Coppa ItaliaDomestic cup	Italy	AS Roma	v Torino FC
KNVB BekerDomestic cup	Netherlands	AZ Alkmaar	v Ajax
Taca de PortugalDomestic cup	Portugal	Benfica	v FC Porto
Scottish CupDomestic cup	Scotland	Rangers	v Dundee United
Scottish League CupDomestic cup	Scotland	Dundee United	v Dundee FC
Copa del ReyDomestic cup	Spain	FC Barcelona	v Sporting Gijon
Community ShieldSuper cup	England	Liverpool	v West Ham United
SupertacaSuper cup	Portugal	Benfica	v Sporting Clube de Portugal

← 1979-80 All seasons 1981-82 →

Club power ranking: 0.65 opponent- & stage-weighted quality per match + 0.35 pedigree + current-season coefficient, less a losing-record penalty. Country coefficients are the full 5-year UEFA window (the era's team-coefficient method).