| Club: | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| Season: | 1980–81 |
| Manager: | Anton Burghardt (until 9 January 1981) Peter Eggert (10 January 1981 – 7 April 1981) Bernd Erdmann (from 8 April 1981) |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Stadium: | Mommsenstadion |
| League: | 2. Bundesliga (Nord) |
| League Result: | 17th (relegated) |
| Cup1: | DFB-Pokal |
| Cup1 Result: | First Round |
| League Topscorer: | Norbert Stolzenburg (14) |
| Season Topscorer: | Norbert Stolzenburg (14) |
| Highest Attendance: | 26,000 (vs. Hertha BSC) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 500 (vs. SC Preußen Münster; Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid) |
| Average Attendance: | 3,352 |
| Prevseason: | 1979–80 |
| Nextseason: | 1981–82 → 1985–86 |
The 1980–81 season was the fifth time Tennis Borussia Berlin played in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, the second highest tier of the German football league system. After 42 league games, Tennis Borussia finished 17th and were relegated. The club also lost in the first round of the DFB-Pokal; going out 2–0 away to VfL Osnabrück. Norbert Stolzenburg scored 14 of the club's 47 league goals.
| Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total | ||||||
| GK | Jürgen Bucher | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| GK | Peter Endrulat | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| MF | Peter Fraßmann | 41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 4 | |
| FW | Heikko Glöde | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
| FW | Thomas Grunenberg | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| DF | Frank Hanisch | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| MF | Andreas Hinze | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| DF | Momir Karadžić | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| DF | Harry Kleinfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| MF | Frank Kramer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| MF | Edmund Malura | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6 | |
| DF | Frank-Michael Marczewski | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| MF | Frank Mischke | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| FW | Christian Müller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| MF | Hans-Jürgen Salewski | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| DF | Jürgen Schäfer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| MF | Wolfgang Schilling | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6 | |
| FW | Thorsten Schlumberger | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
| MF | Jürgen Schulz | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| MF | Friedhelm Schütte | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 1 | |
| FW | Norbert Stolzenburg | 36 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 14 | |
| FW | Peter Vogel | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| DF | Jochem Ziegert | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| + 1980–81 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Nord: extract from the final league table[1] | width=28 | width=185Team | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=56Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SV Werder Bremen (C) | 42 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 97 | 33 | +64 | 68:16 | |
| 16 | SC Herford (R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 48 | 65 | –17 | 32:52 | |
| 17 | Tennis Borussia Berlin (R) | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 71 | –24 | 32:52 | |
| 18 | 1. SC Göttingen 05 (R) | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 67 | 98 | –31 | 32:52 | |
| 22 | OSV Hannover (R) | 42 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 41 | 108 | –67 | 19:65 |