1979–80 European Cup
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. Forest became the only side to win the European Cup more times than their domestic top flight league, a record which still stands.
The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 29 August 1979 – 28 May 1980 |
Teams | 33 |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 185 (2.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (10 goals) |
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dundalk |
3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Bracket
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest |
3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
Argeș Pitești |
3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
BFC Dynamo |
4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
Servette |
4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
Újpesti Dózsa |
3–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |
Start |
1–6 | 1–2 | 0–4 | |
HJK Helsinki |
2–16 | 1–8 | 1–8 | |
Red Boys Differdange |
3–7 | 2–1 | 1–6 | |
Partizani |
2–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 | |
Dundalk |
2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
Porto |
1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Levski-Spartak |
0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
Valur |
1–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
Liverpool |
2–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |
Vejle |
4–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
Hajduk Split |
2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
First leg
Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | |
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Bowyer |
Report |
Argeș Pitești | 3–0 | |
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Nicolae Radu |
Report |
BFC Dynamo | 4–1 | |
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Netz Pelka Riediger |
Report | Wycislik |
Újpesti Dózsa | 3–2 | |
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Sarlós Nagy Fazekas |
Report | Gajdůšek Nehoda |
Start | 1–2 | |
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Ervik |
Report | Piasecki |
HJK Helsinki | 1–8 | |
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Rautiainen |
Report | Lerby Tahamata Arnesen Krol La Ling |
Red Boys Differdange | 2–1 | |
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Di Domenico Wagner |
Report | Patikis |
Dundalk | 2–0 | |
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Carlyle Devine |
Report |
Levski-Spartak | 0–1 | |
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Report | Martínez |
Liverpool | 2–1 | |
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Johnson Case |
Report | Chivadze |
Vejle | 3–2 | |
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Andersen Rasmussen Sørensen |
Report | Baumeister Schachner |
Hajduk Split | 1–0 | |
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Primorac |
Report |
Second leg
Öster | 1–1 | |
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Nordgren |
Report | Woodcock |
Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens | 2–0 | |
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Ivan Vladić |
Report |
Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ruch Chorzów | 0–0 | |
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Report |
BFC Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.
Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague | 2–0 | |
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Vízek Nehoda |
Report |
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg | 4–0 | |
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Bianchi Decastel |
Report |
Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.
Ajax | 8–1 | |
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Krol Blanker Everse Lerby |
Report | Toivola |
Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.
Omonia | 6–1 | |
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Kaiafas Kanaris Dimitriou |
Report | Schmidt |
Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Hibernians | 1–0 | |
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Vella |
Report |
Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid | 2–0 | |
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Del Bosque Cunningham |
Report |
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.
Austria Wien | 1–1 | |
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Gasselich |
Report | Brylle Larsen |
Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.
Trabzonspor | 0–1 | |
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Report | Đorđević |
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest |
4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
BFC Dynamo |
4–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
Dukla Prague |
1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
Ajax |
10–4 | 10–0 | 0–4 | |
Celtic |
3–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
Porto |
2–2 (a) | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Hamburg |
6–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |
Vejle |
2–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
First leg
Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | |
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Woodcock Birtles |
Report |
BFC Dynamo | 2–1 | |
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Pelka Netz |
Report Report] | Cucinotta |
Dukla Prague | 1–0 | |
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Vízek |
Report |
Ajax | 10–0 | |
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Lerby Krol Arnesen Blanker |
Report |
Porto | 2–1 | |
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Gomes |
Report | Cunningham |
Vejle | 0–3 | |
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Report | Šurjak Krstičević Šalov |
Second leg
Argeș Pitești | 1–2 | |
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Ilie Bărbulescu |
Report | Bowyer Birtles |
Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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Piasecki Decastel |
Report |
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Real Madrid won on away goals.
Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split | 1–2 | |
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Zl. Vujović |
Report | Brylle Larsen Østergaard |
Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest |
3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
Strasbourg |
0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | |
Celtic |
2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | |
Hamburg |
3–3 (a) | 1–0 | 2–3 |
First leg
Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | |
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Report | Riediger |
Strasbourg | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Hamburg | 1–0 | |
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Reimann |
Report |
Second leg
BFC Dynamo | 1–3 | |
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Terletzki |
Report | Francis Robertson |
Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ajax | 4–0 | |
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Schoenaker Arnesen Lerby La Ling |
Report |
Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid | 3–0 | |
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Santillana Stielike Juanito |
Report |
Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split | 3–2 | |
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Zl. Vujović Đorđević Primorac |
Report | Hrubesch Hieronymus |
3–3 on aggregate. Hamburg won on away goals.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest |
2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
Real Madrid |
3–5 | 2–0 | 1–5 |
First leg
Real Madrid | 2–0 | |
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Santillana |
Report |
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | 10 | ||
2 | 7 | ||
7 | |||
4 | 6 | ||
5 | 4 | ||
4 | |||
7 | 3 | ||
3 | |||
3 | |||
3 | |||
3 | |||
3 | |||
3 | |||
3 | |||
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External links
- 1979–80 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1979–80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
- 1979/80 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)