The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1980–81 season was contested by 18 teams. AZ '67 won the championship.

Eredivisie
Season1980–81
ChampionsAZ '67 (1st title)
Promoted
Relegated
European CupAZ '67
Cup Winners' CupAFC Ajax
UEFA Cup
Goals scored1,059
Average goals/game3.46
Top goalscorerNetherlands Ruud Geels
Sparta Rotterdam 22 goals [1]

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AZ '67 34 27 6 1 101 30 +71 60 Qualified for 1981–82 European Cup
2 AFC Ajax 34 22 4 8 88 54 +34 48 Qualified for 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup[a]
3 FC Utrecht 34 18 9 7 67 33 +34 45 Qualified for 1981–82 UEFA Cup
4 Feyenoord 34 18 9 7 74 48 +26 45
5 PSV Eindhoven 34 18 8 8 62 31 +31 44
6 FC Twente 34 16 7 11 60 49 +11 39
7 Sparta Rotterdam 34 15 6 13 75 71 +4 36
8 MVV Maastricht 34 12 10 12 53 65 −12 34
9 PEC Zwolle 34 10 10 14 42 49 −7 30
10 Willem II 34 11 7 16 49 69 −20 29
11 Roda JC 34 9 10 15 67 75 −8 28
12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 8 16 63 75 −12 28
13 NAC 34 9 9 16 46 66 −20 27
14 FC Den Haag 34 12 3 19 53 79 −26 27
15 FC Groningen 34 8 9 17 49 72 −23 25
16 NEC 34 6 13 15 38 63 −25 25
17 SBV Excelsior 34 5 11 18 39 67 −28 21 Relegated to Eerste Divisie.
18 FC Wageningen 34 6 9 19 33 63 −30 21
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ AZ '67 also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists AFC Ajax would play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away AJA AZ EXC FEY GAE GRO DHA MVV NAC NEC PEC PSV RJC SPA TWE UTR WAG WIL
Ajax 1–2 7–2 4–1 4–2 5–1 2–0 6–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 4–2 2–1 5–3 1–0 2–4 1–1
AZ '67 0–1 2–1 5–2 4–1 5–0 4–0 4–1 6–1 6–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–3
Excelsior 2–4 1–3 1–3 3–0 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2
Feyenoord 4–2 1–5 2–0 2–2 3–3 4–1 4–2 4–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 6–0 4–0
Go Ahead Eagles 2–4 1–3 4–2 0–2 2–0 3–3 4–2 4–0 3–1 3–3 1–2 5–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 4–2
FC Groningen 0–1 1–4 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 3–2 5–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2
FC Den Haag 4–3 0–4 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 2–3 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–4 4–4 1–3 1–0 1–3 3–2 0–1
MVV 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–4 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–2
NAC 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 4–0 4–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 5–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–2
N.E.C. 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 2–3 1–1 2–4 4–1 4–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 4–0
PEC Zwolle 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 4–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 3–0
PSV 3–1 0–3 4–1 0–1 1–1 5–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 4–0 4–0
Roda JC 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 4–2 3–2 2–5 3–2 2–0 4–0 2–3 4–1 6–1 0–0 4–1 1–1
Sparta Rotterdam 4–3 3–7 5–2 1–2 6–2 2–2 2–0 0–2 3–3 4–1 4–1 3–0 4–1 1–2 2–3 3–0 3–1
FC Twente 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–7 3–1 3–1 4–1 3–3 2–2 6–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 5–1
FC Utrecht 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 5–1 2–2 5–0 0–2
FC Wageningen 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1
Willem II 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–2 6–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–5 1–6 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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