- 1981 in association football
yearbox
in?=in football (soccer)
cp=19th Century
c=20th Century
cf=21st Centuryyp1=1978
yp2=1979
yp3=1980
year=1981
ya1=1982
ya2=1983
ya3=1984
dp3=1950s
dp2=1960s
dp1=1970s
d=1980s
dn1=1990s
dn2=2000s
dn3=2010sThe following are the
football (soccer) events of the year1981 throughout the world.Events
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Copa Libertadores 1981 : Won by Flamengo after defeatingCobreloa on the playoff match 2-0.
*European Cup 1980-81 : Won by Liverpool FC after defeatingReal Madrid in final match 1-0.
*World Club Championship: Won by Flamengo after defeating Liverpool FC on a single match 3-0.
*March 25 –Kees Rijvers makes his debut as the manager of Dutch national team with a 1-0 win in the World Cup Qualifier against France. One player makes his debut for the Dutch: defenderEdo Ophof fromAjax Amsterdam .
*September 1 – Dutch strikerWim Kieft makes his debut for theNetherlands national football team in the friendly against Switzerland. It's the 400th game in the history of the Dutch national team.Winners club national championship
Europe
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Albania –KF Partizani Tirana
*Austria –Austria Wien
*Belgium –R.S.C. Anderlecht
*Bulgaria –CSKA Sofia
*Cyprus –AC Omonoia
*Czechoslovakia –Banik Ostrava
*Denmark –Hvidovre IF
*East Germany –BFC Dynamo Berlin
*England –Aston Villa
*Faroe –HB Torshavn
*Finland –HJK Helsinki
*France –AS Saint-Etienne
*Greece –Olympiacos FC
*Hungary –Ferencvaros
*Iceland –Vikingur
*Republic of Ireland –Athlone Town A.F.C.
*Italy –Juventus
*Luxembourg –Progres Niedercorn
*Malta –Hibernians FC
*Netherlands
**Eredivisie –AZ Alkmaar
**Eerste Divisie –HFC Haarlem
*Northern Ireland –Glentoran F.C.
*Norway –Vålerenga IF
*Poland –Widzew Lodz
*Portugal –SL Benfica
*Romania –Universitatea Craiova
*Scotland –Celtic F.C.
*Spain –Real Sociedad
*Sweden –Östers IF
*Switzerland –FC Zurich
*Turkey –Trabzonspor
*USSR –FC Dynamo Kiev
*West Germany –Bayern Munchen
*Yugoslavia –Red Star Belgrade outh America
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Argentina
**Metropolitano – Boca Juniors
**Nacional – River Plate
*Bolivia – Wilstermann
*Brazil – Grêmio
*Chile –Colo-Colo
*Colombia –Atlético Nacional
*Ecuador – Barcelona
*Paraguay –Olimpia Asunción
*Peru –Melgar FBC
*Uruguay –Penarol
*Venezuela –Deportivo Tachira International Tournaments
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1981 British Home Championship (May 16 –May 23 ,1981 ) ::Abandoned following severe civil unrest inNorthern Ireland .National Teams
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Movies
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Escape to Victory "Births
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January 20 –Owen Hargreaves , English footballer
*January 30 –Peter Crouch , English footballer
*February 23 –Gareth Barry , English footballer
*April 12 –Nicolás Burdisso , Argentinian footballer
*May 8 –Andrea Barzagli , Italian footballer
*May 27 –Johan Elmander , Swedish footballer
*July 28 –Michael Carrick , English footballer
*October 3 –Zlatan Ibrahimović , Swedish footballer
*October 3 –Andreas Isaksson , Swedish footballer
*October 6 –Mikael Dorsin , Swedish footballer
*November 8 –Joe Cole , English footballer
*December 3 –Ioannis Amanatidis , Greek footballer
*December 21 –Cristian Zaccardo , Italian footballer
*December 28 –Khalid Boulahrouz , Dutch footballerDeaths
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October 9 –František Fadrhonc (66), Czech football manager (b.1914 )References
* [http://www.rsssf.com/nersssf.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
* [http://www.voetbalstats.nl/ VoetbalStats]
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