Champions League / European Cup · Quarter-finals, first leg · 1980/81

Liverpool v CSKA Sofia, 4 March 1981

Flag Liverpool
5–1
Flag CSKA Sofia

4 March 1981

Other leg

18.03.1981 · Champions League, Quarter-finals
Flag CSKA Sofia
0–1
Flag Liverpool

Form before this match

  • Flag Liverpool

    1. Loss · 03.10.1979 · Champions League, First round · 1979/80 · Dinamo Tbilisi (away) 0–3

    2. Draw · 17.09.1980 · Champions League, First round · 1980/81 · Oulun (away) 1–1

    3. Win · 01.10.1980 · Champions League, First round · 1980/81 · Oulun (home) 10–1

    4. Win · 22.10.1980 · Champions League, Second round · 1980/81 · Aberdeen (away) 1–0

    5. Win · 05.11.1980 · Champions League, Second round · 1980/81 · Aberdeen (home) 4–0

  • Flag CSKA Sofia

    1. Draw · 03.10.1979 · Europa League, First round · 1979/80 · Dynamo Kyiv (home) 1–1

    2. Win · 17.09.1980 · Champions League, First round · 1980/81 · Nottingham Forest (home) 1–0

    3. Win · 01.10.1980 · Champions League, First round · 1980/81 · Nottingham Forest (away) 1–0

    4. Win · 22.10.1980 · Champions League, Second round · 1980/81 · Szombierki (home) 4–0

    5. Win · 05.11.1980 · Champions League, Second round · 1980/81 · Szombierki (away) 1–0

Head-to-head before this match

The first-ever meeting of these clubs in European competitions.

Liverpool against clubs from Bulgaria

Liverpool hadn't played clubs from Bulgaria before.

CSKA Sofia against clubs from England

4 matches before this one