1980–81 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid CF
1980–81 season
President	Luis de Carlos
Head coach	Vujadin Boskov
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	2nd (in UEFA Cup)
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
European Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Juanito (19)
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 79th season in existence and the club's 50th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

Financial worries did hit Luis de Carlos Presidency during summer as a result there had not high-profile transfers in,^[1] so, the new arrivals were midfielder Ricardo Gallego (replacing forward Laurie Cunningham injured since November and with physical issues until season finale)^[2] goalkeeper Agustín come from its Youth team Castilla and ended loans like Rafael García Cortés.^[3] In League the squad was struggling in the middle of the table almost the entire campaign behind local rivals Atlético Madrid until colchoneros collapsed in the final rounds of the tournament and Real Sociedad grabbed the first spot tied in points with Real Madrid but the head-to head matches^[4] was in favor of basque side winning its first title ever.^[5] In Copa del Rey the club was eliminated in Quarterfinals by Sporting Gijón with an 3–4 aggregate score.^[6]

The season is best remembered due to the club's journey around the European Cup defeating Irish side Limerick in First Round, in Eightfinals won 3–0 against Budapest Honved, advancing 2–0 against Soviet side Spartak Moscow in Quarterfinals and won the series 2–1 in semi-finals against Italian Champion F.C. Internazionale Milano reaching its first Final of the tournament after 15 years. Before the final, President Luis de Carlos reached an agreement with a German supplier being the first time ever the club play with a branded shirt openly.^[7] However, with Stielike and Cunningham having physical issues the squad lost 0–1 the Final against then-heavily favourites English side Liverpool F.C. recent back-to-back champions in 1977 and 1978.^[8]

According to Junior the club made him an offer after the 1980 World Champions' Gold Cup rejected by the Brazilian left-back Defender. ^[9]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	García Remón
—	DF	ESP	García Cortés
—	DF	ESP	Andrés Sabido
—	DF	ESP	García Navajas
—	DF	ESP	José Antonio Camacho
—	MF	FRG	Uli Stielike
—	MF	ESP	Ángel
—	MF	ESP	Vicente del Bosque
—	MF	ESP	Ricardo Gallego
—	FW	ESP	Santillana
—	FW	ESP	Juanito


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Agustín
—	FW	ESP	Isidro
—	MF	ESP	García Hernández
—	FW	ESP	Pineda García
—	FW	ENG	Laurie Cunningham
—	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel
—	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito
—	DF	ESP	Pérez García
—	FW	ESP	Rincón
—	MF	ESP	Miguel Ángel Portugal
—	DF	ESP	San José

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Rafael García Cortés	Burgos CF
MF	Ricardo Gallego	Castilla
GK	Agustín Rodríguez Santiago	Castilla
FW	Pineda García	Castilla

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Pirri	Puebla F.C.
FW	Roberto Martínez	Español
DF	Herrero	Castilla

Competitions

La Liga

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	5	1	4	2	6	4	6	3	9	4	5	3	7	4	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	6	5	4	6	4	4	3	3	2	2	2

Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1981–82 European Cup; = 1981–82 UEFA Cup

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Sociedad	34	20	5	9	66	37	+29	45	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Real Madrid (C)	34	19	7	8	52	29	+23	45	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Atlético Madrid	34	17	8	9	59	41	+18	42
4	Valencia	34	16	10	8	46	39	+7	42
5	Barcelona	34	18	5	11	66	41	+25	41	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

Matches

7 September 1980 1	AD Almería	1–2	Real Madrid	Almería
	Roll 37'	Report	25' Hernandez 32' Cunningham Angel Stielike	Stadium: Juan Rojas Referee: Jose Negreira

14 September 1980 2	Real Madrid	7–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Hernandez 17' Hernandez 20' Hernandez 75 ' Stielike 24 ' Gallego 28 ' Cunningham 40 ' Gonzalez 86 '	Report	26' (pen) Dani	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Carrion

21 September 1980 3	Sevilla CF	2–0	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Montero 17' Yuyu 47' Morete Alvarez	Report	Juanito Garcia Remon Alvarez	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Benito Uris

28 September 1980 4	Real Madrid	4–0	Real Murcia	Madrid
	Hernandez 15 ' Juanito 25' (pen ) Santillana 27 ' Angel 89 '	Report	Garcia Ruiz	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Oliver

5 October 1980 5	Español	2–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Marañon 43 ' Verdugo 88 ' Morel Huertas	Report	Juanito 57 ' Del Bosque 72 '	Stadium: Estadio Sarriá Referee: Ildefonso Azpitare

12 October 1980 6	Real Madrid	1–0	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
	Cunningham 70 '	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Victoriano Arminio

18 October 1980 7	Valencia CF	2–1	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Kempes 28' Kempes 81' Botubo 78 '	Report	Rincon 78 ' Cunningham 89 '	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Referee: Manuel Markenda

26 October 1980 8	Real Madrid	3–1	Osasuna	Madrid
	Cunningham 3 ' Hernandez 56 ' Lucumbury 89' (o.g.) Sabido	Report	Irigibel 28'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Hernandez

1 November 1980 9	UD Las Palmas	1–0	Real Madrid	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
	Juani 32 ' Paez Fernandez	Report	Gonzalez	Stadium: Estadio Insular Referee: Joaquin Marcos

9 November 1980 10	Real Madrid	1–0	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Santillana 58 ' Del Bosque 72 ' Angel	Report	Satrustegi	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Negreira

16 November 1980 11	Real Betis	1–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Moran 18 '	Report	Santillana 19 ' Gonzalez Pineda Hernandez	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin Referee: Jesus Sanz

23 November 1980 12	Real Madrid	3–0	Hércules CF	Madrid
	Pineda 28 ' , 39 ' Santillana 70 ' Sabido	Report	Megido Serrat	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Joaquin Velazquez

30 November 1980 13	FC Barcelona	2–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Schuster 15' Quini 64' Ramos	Report	Juanito 22' García Hernandez	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: García Carrión

7 December 1980 14	Real Madrid	2–0	UD Salamanca	Madrid
	Hernandez 70 ' Juanito 76' (pen)	Report	Tome	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Emilio Muro

14 December 1980 15	Real Zaragoza	0–0	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
		Report	Stielike	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Jose Gonzalez

21 December 1980 16	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Ramos 44 ' Kano 67 ' Dirceu 69' (pen )	Report	Juanito 37 ' Stylish Perez	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Victoriano Arminio

28 December 1980 17	Real Madrid	1–1	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Juanito 66' (pen) Gallego Camacho	Report	Alonso 52 ' Ruski	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Sebastian Rendon

4 January 1981 18	Real Madrid	4–0	AD Almería	Madrid
	Juanito 19' (pen) Juanito 75' (pen) Rincon 39 ' Cortez 63 ' Gallego	Report	Blanco Martinez Removed 44 minutes 44 '	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Benito Uris

11 January 1981 19	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Sabido 5' (o.g.)	Report	Juanito 39' (pen)	Stadium: San Mames Referee: Jose Carrion

18 January 1981 20	Real Madrid	3–2	Sevilla CF	Madrid
	Juanito 24 ' Juanito 46 ' Santillana 75 ' Rincon Warned	Report	Montero 61 ' Blanco 85 ' Nimo Buyo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Negreira

25 January 1981 21	Real Murcia	1–1	Real Madrid	Murcia
	Gil 49 ' Naharro	Report	Santillana 68 '	Stadium: Condomina Referee: Jose Perez

1 February 1981 22	Real Madrid	1–2	Español	Madrid
	Juanito 40' (pen) Santillana	Report	Urbano 18 ' Marañon 51' Verdugo Vilches	Stadium: Estadio Bernabeu Referee: Bartolome Morro

8 February 1981 23	Sporting Gijón	4–0	Real Madrid	Gijón
	Abel 34' Abel 63 ' Mesa 59 ' Ferrero 65 '	Report	Stielike	Stadium: Estadio El Molinon Referee: Sebastian Rendon

9 March 1981 24	Real Madrid	2–1	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Juanito 24 ' Santillana 25 ' Stielike Gallego Sabido Del Bosque 65 '	Report	Kempes 31' (pen) Castelanos Solsona Tendillo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Marquenda

22 February 1981 25	Osasuna	1–2	Real Madrid	Pamplona
	Irigibel 30 '	Report	Pineda 43 ' Hernandez 55 ' Sabido	Stadium: Estadio El Sadar Referee: Emilio Muro

28 February 1981 26	Real Madrid	3–0	UD Las Palmas	Madrid
	Santillana 11 ' Santillana 69 ' Juanito 22 ' Stielike	Report	Juan Suarez Estevez	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Felipe Aurre

8 March 1981 27	Real Sociedad	3–1	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
	Alvarez 9 ' Alonso 58' Zamora 69 ' Uralde Cortabarria Zelayeta	Report	Hernandez 25 ' Camacho Angel Remon Sabido	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Jose Negreira

15 March 1981 28	Real Madrid	4–2	Real Betis	Madrid
	Stielike 71 ' Stielike 76 ' Pineda 75 ' Hernandez 83 '	Report	Moran 12 ' Lopez 23 ' Ortega Cardeñosa	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Ildefonso Azpitare

22 March 1981 29	Hércules CF	1–2	Real Madrid	Alicante
	Baena 39 ' Vidal Kustudic Lobregat Carselen 88'	Report	7 ' Juanito 78 ' Juanito Angel	Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez Referee: Sebastian Rendon

29 March 1981 30	Real Madrid	3–0	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Juanito 53' (pen) Santillana 71' Stielike 76'	Report	Estella 17' Schuster Simonsen	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

27 April 1981 31	UD Salamanca	1–3	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Corominas 30 '	Report	32' (pen) Juanito 39 ' Juanito 89 ' Juanito	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio del Barrio

12 April 1981 32	Real Madrid	2–0	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Del Bosque 17 ' Hernandez 36 ' Juanito Angel 81'	Report	Guerry 84' Kasahus	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Oliver

19 April 1981 33	Real Madrid	2–0	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
	Santillana 16 ' Hernandez 65 ' Camacho	Report	Fragus Prieto	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Ildefonso Azpitare

26 April 1981 34	Real Valladolid	1–3	Real Madrid	Valladolid
	Mar 57 '	Report	43 ' Santillana 72 ' Santillana 84 ' Stielike	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Referee: Jose Perez

Copa del Rey

Round of 16

30 April 1981 34

Recreativo Huelva

1–1

Real Madrid

Huelva

6 May1981 34	Real Madrid	4–1	Recreativo Huelva	Madrid
				Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Quarter-finals

30 April 1981	Sporting Gijón	1–1	Real Madrid	Gijón
				Stadium: Estadio El Molinon

31 May 1981	Real Madrid	2–3	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
				Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

European Cup

Quarter-finals

4 March 1981	Spartak Moscow	0–0	Real Madrid	Tbilisi
		Report		Stadium: Vladimir Lenin Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Josef Bucek

19 March 1981	Real Madrid	2–0	Spartak Moscow	Madrid
	Isidro 70', 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Gianfranco Menegali

Semi-finals

8 April 1981 1	Real Madrid	2–0	Internazionale	Madrid
	Santillana 29' Juanito 47'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Charles Corver

22 April 1981	Internazionale	1–0	Real Madrid	Milan
	Bini 57'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Alexis Ponnet

Final

27 May 1981	Liverpool	1–0	Real Madrid	Paris
20:15 CEST	A. Kennedy 82'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 48,360^[10] Referee: Károly Palotai

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division^[11]		Copa del Rey		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	García Remón	36	-36	31	-35	0	0	5	-1
	DF	ESP	García Cortés	33	1	21+4	1	2+2	0	3+1	0
	DF	ESP	Sabido	34	1	21+2	0	4	1	6+1	0
	DF	ESP	García Navajas	26	1	14+2	0	4	1	4+2	0
	DF	ESP	Camacho	47	0	34	0	4	0	9	0
	MF	FRG	Stielike	41	6	29	5	2+1	1	9	0
	MF	ESP	Del Bosque	37	2	28+1	2	3	0	4+1	0
	MF	ESP	Gallego	31	1	24+2	1	0	0	5	0
	MF	ESP	Ángel	44	2	28+3	1	4	0	9	1
	FW	ESP	Santillana	43	17	31	13	4	1	8	3
	FW	ESP	Juanito	46	24	33	19	4	2	9	3
	GK	ESP	Agustín	11	-10	3+1	-2	4	-6	3	-2
	FW	ESP	Isidro	38	4	15+12	1	4	1	6+1	2
	MF	ESP	García Hernández	34	13	17+7	12	2	0	6+2	1
	FW	ESP	Pineda Garcia	29	7	11+6	4	0+3	1	3+6	2
	FW	ENG	Cunningham	17	7	12	5	0	0	5	2
	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel	3	-1	0+2	0	0	0	1	-1
	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito	14	0	9+2	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	ESP	Pérez García	13	0	7+3	0	0	0	1+2	0
	FW	ESP	Rincón	8	1	4+4	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	ESP	Portugal	7	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ESP	San José	5	0	0+1	0	3+1	0	0	0

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1980-812.html

References

^ "Points, Wallet and Boots". El País (in Spanish). 6 October 1980. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Another surgery for Cunningham again". El País. 14 March 1981. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "García Cortés A Midnight Transfer". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ RMA 1–0 RSC, RSC 3–1 RMA
^ "Zamora's Goal gives Title to Real Sociedad" (in Spanish). as.com. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
^ "El Molinon always gave war to Real Madrid". as.com. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "The day Real Madrid left the all-white t-shirt" (in Spanish). as.com. 20 May 2020.
^ Nick Hilton (22 April 1981). "Decimated Liverpool dig deep to score famous win". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
^ "Flamengo Until Death" (in Portuguese). Placar Magazine. 16 March 1984. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ "Liverpool 1–0 Real Madrid". LFC History. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
^ "Real Madrid temporada 1980–81". bdfutbol.com.

External links

BDFútbol

[table_note_res_CWC10.86661087016883-10] Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

[1] "Points, Wallet and Boots". El País (in Spanish). 6 October 1980. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[2] "Another surgery for Cunningham again". El País. 14 March 1981. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[3] "García Cortés A Midnight Transfer". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[4] RMA 1–0 RSC, RSC 3–1 RMA

[5] "Zamora's Goal gives Title to Real Sociedad" (in Spanish). as.com. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[6] "El Molinon always gave war to Real Madrid". as.com. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[7] "The day Real Madrid left the all-white t-shirt" (in Spanish). as.com. 20 May 2020.

[8] Nick Hilton (22 April 1981). "Decimated Liverpool dig deep to score famous win". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

[9] "Flamengo Until Death" (in Portuguese). Placar Magazine. 16 March 1984. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

[11] "Liverpool 1–0 Real Madrid". LFC History. Retrieved 19 September 2010.

[12] "Real Madrid temporada 1980–81". bdfutbol.com.

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Summary

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

La Liga

Position by round

League table

Matches

Copa del Rey

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

European Cup

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Players statistics

See also

References

External links