1980–81 Bundesliga
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
, 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.Season overview
Team overview
| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| Bielefeld | Stadion Alm | ??,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
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- Wilfried Hannes '
- Arne Larsen Økland '
- Gerd-Volker Schock '
Champion squad
| FC Bayern Munich |
| Goalkeepers: Walter Junghans ; Manfred Müller. Defenders: Udo Horsmann ; Klaus Augenthaler ; Wolfgang Dremmler ; Hans Weiner ; Einar Jan Aas  .Midfielders: Bernd Dürnberger ; Kurt Niedermayer ; Paul Breitner ; Wolfgang Kraus ; Jürgen Röber ; Günter Güttler ; Pasi Rautiainen  .Forwards: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge ; Dieter Hoeneß ; Norbert Janzon ; Karl Del'Haye ; Reinhold Mathy. ' Manager: Pál Csernai  .On the roster but have not played in a league game:''' Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck. |