1981 IN FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

The following are the 'football (soccer)' events of the year '1981' throughout the world.

Contents

Events

Winners club national championship

Europe

South America

International Tournaments

National Teams

Movies

Births

Deaths

References

Events

★ Copa Libertadores 1981: Won by Flamengo after defeating Cobreloa on the playoff match 2-0.

★ European Cup 1980-81: Won by Liverpool FC after defeating Real 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: defender Edo Ophof from Ajax Amsterdam.

★ September 1 – Dutch striker Wim Kieft makes his debut for the Netherlands 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

★ England – Aston Villa

★ Italy – Juventus

★ Netherlands

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★ Eredivisie – AZ Alkmaar

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★ Eerste Divisie – HFC Haarlem

★ Portugal – SL Benfica

★ Spain – Real Sociedad

South America

★ Argentina

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★ Metropolitano – Boca Juniors

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★ Nacional – River Plate

★ Brazil – Grêmio

★ Colombia – Atlético Nacional

★ Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

International Tournaments

★ Mundialito in Montevideo, Uruguay (December 30, 1980 – January 10, 1981)
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★ 1981 British Home Championship (May 16 – May 23, 1981)
::Abandoned following severe civil unrest in Northern Ireland.

National Teams

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Competition	Venue
January 6		1 – 1	D	Mundialito	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
February 22		3 – 0	W	World Cup Qualifier	Oosterpark Stadion, Groningen
March 25		1 – 0	W	World Cup Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam
April 29		0 – 1	W	World Cup Qualifier	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
March 26		2 – 1	L	Friendly	Hardturm, Zürich
September 9		2 – 2	D	World Cup Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam
October 14		3 – 0	W	World Cup Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam
November 18		2 – 0	L	World Cup Qualifier	Parc des Princes, Paris

Movies

★ ''Escape to Victory''

Births

★ January 20 – Owen Hargreaves, English footballer

★ January 30 – Peter Crouch, 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 footballer

Deaths

★ October 9 – František Fadrhonc (66), Czech football manager (b. 1914)

References

★ Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

★ VoetbalStats