<Tr> <Th> Attendance </Th> <Td> 48,360 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 1980 1982 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 1981 European Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Real Madrid of Spain on 27 May 1981 at the Parc des Princes, Paris, France . It was the final match of the 1980--81 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup . Liverpool were appearing in their third final, after two appearances in 1977 and 1978 . Real Madrid were appearing in their ninth final, they had previously won the competition six times and lost twice . </P> <P> Each club needed to progress through four rounds to reach the final . Matches were contested over two legs, with a match at each team's home ground . All but one of Liverpool's ties were comfortable victories, they beat Bayern Munich on the away goals rule, while they won all their other ties by at least five goals . Real Madrid's matches ranged from close affairs to comfortable victories . In the first round they beat Limerick 7--2 on aggregate, but their final two ties were won by at least two goals . </P>

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