1980–81 season | |||
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Chairman | Dick Donald | ||
Manager | Alex Ferguson | ||
Scottish Premier Division | 2nd | ||
Scottish Cup | Fourth round | ||
Scottish League Cup | Quarter final | ||
European Champions' Cup | Second round | ||
Drybrough Cup | Winners | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Mark McGhee (13) All: Mark McGhee (17) |
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Highest home attendance | 24,000 vs. Celtic, 27 December 1980 24,000 vs. Liverpool, 22 October 1980 |
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Lowest home attendance | 5,600 vs. Heart of Midlothian, 11 April 1981 | ||
Average home league attendance | 12,812 | ||
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Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup in season 1980–81.
Aberdeen finished second in the Scottish Premier Division. The team played in their first-ever European Champions' Cup campaign, defeating Austrian Champions Austria Memphis, then losing 0–5 on aggregate to English club Liverpool. In the domestic cups, they lost in the quarter final of the League Cup to Dundee and were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the fourth round by Morton.