1979–80_European_Cup

1979–80 European Cup

1979–80 European Cup

25th season of the UEFA club football tournament


The 1979–80 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by holders Nottingham Forest in the final against Hamburg. The winning goal was scored by John Robertson, who drilled the ball into the corner of the Hamburg net from outside the penalty area. Nottingham Forest remain the only side to have won the European Cup more times than their domestic top flight.

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Teams

Albania Partizani (1st) Austria Austria Wien (1st) Belgium Beveren (1st)
Bulgaria Levski-Spartak (1st) Cyprus Omonia (1st) Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague (1st)
Denmark Vejle (1st) England Liverpool (1st) England Nottingham Forest (2nd)TH
Finland HJK Helsinki (1st) France Strasbourg (1st) East Germany BFC Dynamo (1st)
West Germany Hamburg (1st) Greece AEK Athens (1st) Hungary Újpesti Dózsa (1st)
Iceland Valur (1st) Republic of Ireland Dundalk (1st) Italy Milan (1st)
Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange (1st) Malta Hibernians (1st) Netherlands Ajax (1st)
Northern Ireland Linfield (1st) Norway Start (1st) Poland Ruch Chorzów (1st)
Portugal Porto (1st) Romania Argeș Pitești (1st) Scotland Celtic (1st)
Spain Real Madrid (1st) Sweden Öster (1st) Switzerland Servette (1st)
Turkey Trabzonspor (1st) Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split (1st)

Preliminary round

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

First leg

More information Dundalk, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 5,000[1]

Second leg

More information Linfield, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 1,147[4]
Referee: Jan Beck (Netherlands)

Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
England Nottingham Forest 2 1 3
Sweden Öster 0 1 1
England Nottingham Forest 2 2 4
Romania Argeș Pitești 0 1 1
Romania Argeș Pitești 3 0 3
Greece AEK Athens 0 2 2
England Nottingham Forest 0 3 3
East Germany BFC Dynamo 1 1 2
East Germany BFC Dynamo 4 0 4
Poland Ruch Chorzów 1 0 1
East Germany BFC Dynamo 2 2 4
Switzerland Servette 1 2 3
Switzerland Servette 3 1 4
Belgium Beveren 1 1 2
England Nottingham Forest 2 0 2
Netherlands Ajax 0 1 1
Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 3 0 3
Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 2 2 4
Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 1 0 1
France Strasbourg 0 2 2
Norway Start 1 0 1
France Strasbourg 2 4 6
France Strasbourg 0 0 0
Netherlands Ajax 0 4 4
Finland HJK Helsinki 1 1 2
Netherlands Ajax 8 8 16
Netherlands Ajax 10 0 10
Cyprus Omonia 0 4 4
Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange 2 1 3
Cyprus Omonia 1 6 7
England Nottingham Forest 1
West Germany Hamburg 0
Albania Partizani 1 1 2
Scotland Celtic 0 4 4
Scotland Celtic 3 0 3
Republic of Ireland Dundalk 2 0 2
Republic of Ireland Dundalk 2 0 2
Malta Hibernians 0 1 1
Scotland Celtic 2 0 2
Spain Real Madrid 0 3 3
Portugal Porto 0 1 1
Italy Milan 0 0 0
Portugal Porto 2 0 2
Spain Real Madrid (a) 1 1 2
Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 0 0 0
Spain Real Madrid 1 2 3
Spain Real Madrid 2 1 3
West Germany Hamburg 0 5 5
Iceland Valur 0 1 1
West Germany Hamburg 3 2 5
West Germany Hamburg 3 3 6
Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 1 2 3
England Liverpool 2 0 2
Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 1 3 4
West Germany Hamburg (a) 1 2 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 0 3 3
Denmark Vejle 3 1 4
Austria Austria Wien 2 1 3
Denmark Vejle 0 2 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 3 1 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 1 1 2
Turkey Trabzonspor 0 0 0

First round

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

First leg

More information Nottingham Forest, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 21,974
Referee: Sotos Afxentiou (Cyprus)

More information Argeș Pitești, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 20,000

More information BFC Dynamo, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria)

More information Servette, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 16,605
Referee: Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

More information Újpesti Dózsa, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)

More information Start, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 5,345[5]
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

More information HJK Helsinki, 1–8 ...
Attendance: 17,020
Referee: Eduard Shklovski (Soviet Union)

More information Red Boys Differdange, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 2,500[6]
Referee: Günter Linn (West Germany)

More information Partizani, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 27,500[7]
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

More information Dundalk, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)

More information Porto, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 55,000

More information Levski-Spartak, 0–1 ...

More information Valur, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 10,235[9]
Referee: Hugh Wilson (Northern Ireland)

More information Liverpool, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 35,270[10]

More information Vejle, 3–2 ...
Vejle Stadion (1924), Vejle
Attendance: 5,800[11]
Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

More information Hajduk Split, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 52,500

Second leg

More information Öster, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 14,772
Referee: Jerzy Kacprzak (Poland)

Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.


More information AEK Athens, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 35,000

Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Ruch Chorzów, 0–0 ...

BFC Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information Beveren, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Clive White (England)

Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Dukla Prague, 2–0 ...

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.


More information Strasbourg, 4–0 ...

Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.


More information Ajax, 8–1 ...
Attendance: 8,250
Referee: Mário Luís (Portugal)

Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.


More information Omonia, 6–1 ...
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.


More information Celtic, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 46,712[13]
Referee: Lars-Åke Björck (Sweden)

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Hibernians, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Emmanuel Platopoulos (Greece)

Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information Milan, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 64,880[14]
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.


More information Real Madrid, 2–0 ...

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.


More information Hamburg, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.


More information Dinamo Tbilisi, 3–0 ...

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Austria Wien, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dusan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)

Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.


More information Trabzonspor, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: László Pádár (Hungary)

Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

First leg

More information Nottingham Forest, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 24,828
Referee: Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway)

More information BFC Dynamo, 2–1 ...

More information Dukla Prague, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands)

More information Ajax, 10–0 ...
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Oliver Donnelly (Northern Ireland)

More information Celtic, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Þorvarður Björnsson (Iceland)

More information Porto, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 55,000

More information Hamburg, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 48,000[16]
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

More information Vejle, 0–3 ...
Vejle Stadium (1924), Vejle
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

Second leg

More information Argeș Pitești, 1–2 ...

Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information Servette, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.


More information Strasbourg, 2–0 (a.e.t.) ...

Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information Omonia, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 12,150[17]
Referee: Dusan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)

Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.


More information Dundalk, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 16,300

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Real Madrid, 1–0 ...

2–2 on aggregate; Real Madrid won on away goals.


More information Dinamo Tbilisi, 2–3 ...

Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.


More information Hajduk Split, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

First leg

More information Nottingham Forest, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 27,946

More information Strasbourg, 0–0 ...

More information Celtic, 2–0 ...
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 67,000

More information Hamburg, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Second leg

More information BFC Dynamo, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 28,000[19]–30,000[20]
Referee: Alain Delmer (France)

Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Ajax, 4–0 ...

Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.


More information Real Madrid, 3–0 ...

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Hajduk Split, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland)

3–3 on aggregate; Hamburg won on away goals.

Semi-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

First leg

More information Nottingham Forest, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 31,244

More information Real Madrid, 2–0 ...

Second leg

More information Ajax, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 54,955

Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information Hamburg, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 61,980

Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

More information Nottingham Forest, 1–0 ...

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:


References

  1. "Dundalk v Linfield, 29 August 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. Dowd, Fergus (20 March 202). "The Battle of Oriel Park: When The Troubles and football collided". The Football Faithful. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. Second leg was played at neutral field at Haarlem Stadion, Haarlem, cause of Linfield fans riots on first game in Dundalk.[2]
  4. "Linfield v Dundalk, 5 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. "Start v Strasbourg, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  6. "Red Boys Differdange v Omonia, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  7. "Partizani v Celtic, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  8. "Levski-Spartak v Real Madrid, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  9. "Valur v Hamburg, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  10. "Liverpool v Dinamo Tbilisi, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  11. "Vejle v Austria Wien, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  12. "Strasbourg v Start, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  13. "Celtic v Partizani, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  14. "Milan v Porto, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  15. "Dinamo Tbilisi v Liverpool, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  16. "Hamburg v Dinamo Tbilisi, 7 November 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  17. "Omonia v Ajax, 7 November 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  18. "Strasbourg v Ajax, 5 March 1980" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  19. "BFC Dynamo v Nottingham Forest, 19 March 1980" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  20. Buchspieß, Dieter (25 March 1980). "Erst nach hoffnungslosem Rückstand Vertrauen zu sich selbst gefunden" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) (in German). Vol. 1980, no. 13. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 8. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  21. "Ajax v Strasbourg, 19 March 1980" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.



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