1980–81 AS Saint-Étienne season
# 1980–81 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 1980–81 season was the 62nd season in the history of AS Saint-Étienne and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Saint-Étienne took part in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and UEFA Cup.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
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| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Division 1 | 24 July 1980 | 2 June 1981 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 060.53 |
| Coupe de France | 3 April 1981 | 13 June 1981 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 042.86 |
| UEFA Cup | 17 September 1980 | 18 March 1981 | First round | Quarter-finals | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 103 | 42 | +61 | 058.49 |

Source: Competitions

### Division 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saint-Étienne (C) | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 57 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Nantes | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Monaco | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 46 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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Source: Ligue 1

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 19 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
