UEFA Cup 1980- 1981

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The 1980-1981 UEFA Cup was the 10th edition of the competition, the first organized on the basis of the UEFA ranking, causing a radical change in the entry grid, including the tracollo of the Italian representation.

Formula
The decision of the 1979 UEFA rewrites the rules of access to the tournament, finally truncating with the ranks of the Fairs Cup and replacing them with a meritocratic principle. The number of countries with three clubs and against those with one were increased, and the particular rules of internal distribution were abolished, with the only exception of the English League Cup.

Also for this edition as for the previous one, however, the Albanian renunciation allowed the repeating of the German holder who had not been requalified.

4 teams (3 nations)
West Germany (+5o), Netherlands, Belgium
3 teams (5 nations)
England, Spain, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, East Germany
2 teams (13 nations)
France, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Sweden
1 team (11 nations)
Turkey, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Iceland, Finland, Malta, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland (retired Albania)

Results

Thirty-twoths of final

Sedicesimi di finale

Final optics

Final quarters

Semi-finals

Final

Gone

Return

Markers classify

Related Items
Champions' Cup 1980- 1981
Cup of Cups 1980- 1981

Other projects

External links

Football in 1980
Football in 1981
UEFA Cup editions