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| Defending champions | Dundee United | ||
| Champions | Dundee United | ||
| Runners-up | Dundee | ||
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The 1980–81 Scottish League Cup was the thirty-fifth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Dundee United for a second successive season, who defeated Dundee in the Final.