The 1980–81 Bundesliga was the 18th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 15 August 1980 and ended on 13 June 1981. Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
Competition modus Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.
Team changes to 1979–80 Hertha BSC, SV Werder Bremen and Eintracht Braunschweig were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Arminia Bielefeld, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, 1. FC Nürnberg, winners of the Southern Division and Karlsruher SC, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against Rot-Weiss Essen.
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity Bielefeld Stadion Alm 35,000 Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000 Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600 Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000 Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 50,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 20,000 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße 31,509 Munich Olympiastadion 80,000 Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000 Krefeld Grotenburg-Kampfbahn 28,000
League table
Results
Top goalscorers 29 goals Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern Munich)
27 goals Manfred Burgsmüller (Borussia Dortmund)
19 goals Klaus Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
17 goals Paul Breitner (FC Bayern Munich) Horst Hrubesch (Hamburger SV) Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln) Kurt Pinkall (VfL Bochum)
16 goals Wilfried Hannes (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Arne Larsen Økland (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Gerd-Volker Schock (Arminia Bielefeld)
Champion squad
FC Bayern MunichGoalkeepers: Walter Junghans (19); Manfred Müller (17). Defenders: Udo Horsmann (34 / 4); Klaus Augenthaler (33 / 5); Wolfgang Dremmler (33 / 1); Hans Weiner (31 / 1); Einar Jan Aas (7). Midfielders: Bernd Dürnberger (33 / 3); Kurt Niedermayer (32 / 9); Paul Breitner (captain; 30 / 17); Wolfgang Kraus (30 / 6); Jürgen Röber (14); Günter Güttler (1); Pasi Rautiainen (1). Forwards: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (34 / 29); Dieter Hoeneß (27 / 10); Norbert Janzon (24 / 1); Karl Del'Haye (13 / 1); Reinhold Mathy (3 / 2). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Pál Csernai .
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck.
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1980/1981