Eredivisie 1980-81
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The Dutch Eredivisie
in the 1980/1981 season was contested by 18 teams. AZ '67 won the championship.
1 AZ also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double
. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists Ajax could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.
2 Willem II participated in the Intertoto Cup 1981.
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
in the 1980/1981 season was contested by 18 teams. AZ '67 won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AZ '67 1 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 101 | 30 | 71 | European Cup European Cup 1981-82 The 1981–82 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich. The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in goalkeeper Nigel Spink who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players... |
| 2 | Ajax 1 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 88 | 54 | 34 | Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1981-82 The season 1981-82 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona in the final against Standard Liège at the Nou Camp. It was their second title in the competition.-Preliminary round:-First round:-Second round:-Quarter-finals:-First leg:... |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 67 | 33 | 34 | UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 74 | 48 | 26 | |
| 5 | PSV | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 62 | 31 | 31 | |
| 6 | FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 60 | 49 | 11 | |
| 7 | Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887.... |
34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 75 | 71 | 4 | |
| 8 | MVV | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 53 | 65 | -12 | |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of... |
34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 42 | 49 | -7 | |
| 10 | Willem II Willem II Tilburg Willem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia... 2 |
34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 69 | -20 | |
| 11 | Roda JC | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 67 | 75 | -8 | |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times... |
34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 63 | 75 | -12 | |
| 13 | NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of... |
34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 46 | 66 | -20 | |
| 14 | FC Den Haag ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club... |
34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 53 | 79 | -26 | |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 49 | 72 | -23 | |
| 16 | NEC | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 38 | 63 | -25 | |
| 17 | Excelsior | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 67 | -28 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1981-82 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1981/1982 season was contested by 18 teams, one less than in the previous season. This was due to the bankruptcy of FC Vlaardingen. Helmond Sport won the championship.... |
| 18 | FC Wageningen FC Wageningen FC Wageningen was a Dutch football club which was founded on August 27, 1911. The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium .... |
34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 33 | 63 | -30 |
1 AZ also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists Ajax could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.
2 Willem II participated in the Intertoto Cup 1981.