The 1980–81 Soviet League Season was the 35th year of competition in the Soviet Championship League. CSKA Moscow won the championship, its 5th in a row and 24th overall.

First round R GP W T L GF GA Pts 1 CSKA Moscow 4436532689877 2 Spartak Moscow 44306822012466 3 Dynamo Moscow 442581119211458 4 Traktor Chelyabinsk 442151816714847 5 Dynamo Riga 442061814813846 6 Sokil Kyiv 442051915115245 8.5 7 Krylya Sovetov 441971814314645 8 Torpedo Gorki 441971813715345 9 Khimik Voskresensk 441822415416938 10 SKA Saint Petersburg 441542512220534 11 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 44633511022615 12 Dinamo Minsk 4436358922812

Final round R GP W T L GF GA Pts 1 CSKA Moscow 49406329911386 2 Spartak Moscow 493261124014170 3 Dynamo Moscow 492781421513462 4 Traktor Chelyabinsk 492362017817252 5 Dynamo Riga 492262116315750 6 Sokil Kyiv 492252216717349

Relegation R GP W T L GF GA Pts 7 Torpedo Gorki 562891920719365 8 Khimik Voskresensk 562722721820756 9 Krylya Sovetov 562472520320355 10 SKA Saint Petersburg 562552620122955 8.5 11 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 561173817026929 12 Dinamo Minsk 561073914826727

External links Season on hockeystars.ru