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.
![]() 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) |
Attendance | 2,041,979 (32,412 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Søren Lerby (Ajax) 10 goals |
Teams
editPartizani (1st) | Austria Wien (1st) | Beveren (1st) |
Levski-Spartak (1st) | Omonia (1st) | Dukla Prague (1st) |
Vejle (1st) | Liverpool (1st) | Nottingham Forest (2nd)TH |
HJK Helsinki (1st) | Strasbourg (1st) | BFC Dynamo (1st) |
Hamburg (1st) | AEK Athens (1st) | Újpesti Dózsa (1st) |
Valur (1st) | Dundalk (1st) | Milan (1st) |
Red Boys Differdange (1st) | Hibernians (1st) | Ajax (1st) |
Linfield (1st) | Start (1st) | Ruch Chorzów (1st) |
Porto (1st) | Argeș Pitești (1st) | Celtic (1st) |
Real Madrid (1st) | Öster (1st) | Servette (1st) |
Trabzonspor (1st) | Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) | Hajduk Split (1st) |
Preliminary round
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dundalk | 3–1 | Linfield | 1–1 | 2–0 |
First leg
editSecond leg
editDundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bracket
editFirst round
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest | 3–1 | Öster | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Argeș Pitești | 3–2 | AEK Athens | 3–0 | 0–2 |
BFC Dynamo | 4–1 | Ruch Chorzów | 4–1 | 0–0 |
Servette | 4–2 | Beveren | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Újpesti Dózsa | 3–4 | Dukla Prague | 3–2 | 0–2 |
Start | 1–6 | Strasbourg | 1–2 | 0–4 |
HJK Helsinki | 2–16 | Ajax | 1–8 | 1–8 |
Red Boys Differdange | 3–7 | Omonia | 2–1 | 1–6 |
Partizani | 2–4 | Celtic | 1–0 | 1–4 |
Dundalk | 2–1 | Hibernians | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Porto | 1–0 | Milan | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Levski-Spartak | 0–3 | Real Madrid | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Valur | 1–5 | Hamburg | 0–3 | 1–2 |
Liverpool | 2–4 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Vejle | 4–3 | Austria Wien | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Hajduk Split | 2–0 | Trabzonspor | 1–0 | 1–0 |
First leg
editNottingham Forest | 2–0 | Öster |
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Bowyer 63', 73' | Report |
Argeș Pitești | 3–0 | AEK Athens |
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Nicolae 49', 80' Radu 65' |
Report |
BFC Dynamo | 4–1 | Ruch Chorzów |
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Netz 3' Pelka 18', 79' Riediger 27' |
Report | Wycislik 87' |
Újpesti Dózsa | 3–2 | Dukla Prague |
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Sarlós 42' Nagy 66' Fazekas 71' (pen.) |
Report | Gajdůšek 3' Nehoda 58' |
Start | 1–2 | Strasbourg |
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Ervik 81' | Report | Piasecki 44', 74' |
HJK Helsinki | 1–8 | Ajax |
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Rautiainen 50' | Report | Lerby 6', 33' Tahamata 20', 70' Arnesen 37', 68' Krol 53' (pen.) La Ling 63' |
Red Boys Differdange | 2–1 | Omonia |
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Di Domenico 20' (pen.) Wagner 69' |
Report | Patikis 35' |
Dundalk | 2–0 | Hibernians |
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Carlyle 21' Devine 68' |
Report |
Levski-Spartak | 0–1 | Real Madrid |
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Report | Martínez 26' |
Vejle | 3–2 | Austria Wien |
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Andersen 8' Rasmussen 10' Sørensen 40' (pen.) |
Report | Baumeister 38' Schachner 40' |
Hajduk Split | 1–0 | Trabzonspor |
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Primorac 75' (pen.) | Report |
Second leg
editÖster | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest |
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Nordgren 52' | Report | Woodcock 79' |
Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens | 2–0 | Argeș Pitești |
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Ivan 12' (o.g.) Vladić 20' |
Report |
Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.
Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague | 2–0 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Vízek 24' Nehoda 88' |
Report |
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg | 4–0 | Start |
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Bianchi 13', 39', 69' Decastel 76' |
Report |
Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.
Ajax | 8–1 | HJK Helsinki |
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Krol 6', 68' (pen.) Blanker 15', 53', 61', 88' Everse 20' Lerby 30' |
Report | Toivola 85' |
Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.
Omonia | 6–1 | Red Boys Differdange |
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Kaiafas 7', 45' (pen.), 70' (pen.), 71' Kanaris 8' Dimitriou 40' |
Report | Schmidt 42' |
Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Hibernians | 1–0 | Dundalk |
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Vella 67' | Report |
Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid | 2–0 | Levski-Spartak |
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Del Bosque 20' Cunningham 32' (pen.) |
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 | Vejle |
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Gasselich 51' | Report | Brylle Larsen 35' |
Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.
Trabzonspor | 0–1 | Hajduk Split |
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Report | Đorđević 44' |
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
Second round
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest | 4–1 | Argeș Pitești | 2–0 | 2–1 |
BFC Dynamo | 4–3 | Servette | 2–1 | 2–2 |
Dukla Prague | 1–2 | Strasbourg | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Ajax | 10–4 | Omonia | 10–0 | 0–4 |
Celtic | 3–2 | Dundalk | 3–2 | 0–0 |
Porto | 2–2 (a) | Real Madrid | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Hamburg | 6–3 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–1 | 3–2 |
Vejle | 2–4 | Hajduk Split | 0–3 | 2–1 |
First leg
editNottingham Forest | 2–0 | Argeș Pitești |
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Woodcock 12' Birtles 16' |
Report |
Dukla Prague | 1–0 | Strasbourg |
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Vízek 10' | Report |
Ajax | 10–0 | Omonia |
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Lerby 14', 28', 43', 72', 74' Krol 53' (pen.) Arnesen 59' Blanker 66', 81', 87' |
Report |
Porto | 2–1 | Real Madrid |
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Gomes 35', 40' (pen.) | Report | Cunningham 52' |
Vejle | 0–3 | Hajduk Split |
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Report | Šurjak 4' Krstičević 53' Šalov 65' |
Second leg
editArgeș Pitești | 1–2 | Nottingham Forest |
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Bărbulescu 60' (pen.) | Report | Bowyer 5' Birtles 23' |
Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Dukla Prague |
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Piasecki 67' Decastel 116' |
Report |
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid | 1–0 | Porto |
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Benito 71' | Report |
2–2 on aggregate; Real Madrid won on away goals.
Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split | 1–2 | Vejle |
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Zl. Vujović 63' | Report | Brylle Larsen 21' Østergaard 70' |
Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest | 3–2 | BFC Dynamo | 0–1 | 3–1 |
Strasbourg | 0–4 | Ajax | 0–0 | 0–4 |
Celtic | 2–3 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | 0–3 |
Hamburg | 3–3 (a) | Hajduk Split | 1–0 | 2–3 |
First leg
editNottingham Forest | 0–1 | BFC Dynamo |
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Report | Riediger 63' |
Strasbourg | 0–0 | Ajax |
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Report |
Celtic | 2–0 | Real Madrid |
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McCluskey 52' Doyle 75' |
Report |
Hamburg | 1–0 | Hajduk Split |
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Reimann 45' | Report |
Second leg
editBFC Dynamo | 1–3 | Nottingham Forest |
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Terletzki 49' (pen.) | Report | Francis 15', 35' Robertson 39' (pen.) |
Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ajax | 4–0 | Strasbourg |
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Schoenaker 35' Arnesen 38' Lerby 55' La Ling 90' |
Report |
Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid | 3–0 | Celtic |
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Santillana 45' Stielike 56' Juanito 86' |
Report |
Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split | 3–2 | Hamburg |
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Zl. Vujović 21' Đorđević 50' Primorac 86' |
Report | Hrubesch 2' Hieronymus 23' |
3–3 on aggregate; Hamburg won on away goals.
Semi-finals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | Ajax | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Real Madrid | 3–5 | Hamburg | 2–0 | 1–5 |
First leg
editReal Madrid | 2–0 | Hamburg |
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Santillana 67', 80' | Report |
Second leg
editAjax | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest |
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Lerby 65' | Report |
Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg | 5–1 | Real Madrid |
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Kaltz 10' (pen.), 40' Hrubesch 17', 45' Memering 90' |
Report | Cunningham 31' |
Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.
Final
editTop scorers
editThe top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | Søren Lerby | Ajax | 10 |
2 | Ton Blanker | Ajax | 7 |
Horst Hrubesch | Hamburg | 7 | |
4 | Sotiris Kaiafas | Omonia | 6 |
5 | Frank Arnesen | Ajax | 4 |
Ruud Krol | Ajax | 4 | |
7 | Carlos Bianchi | Strasbourg | 3 |
Ian Bowyer | Nottingham Forest | 3 | |
Laurie Cunningham | Real Madrid | 3 | |
Manfred Kaltz | Hamburg | 3 | |
Hartmut Pelka | BFC Dynamo | 3 | |
Francis Piasecki | Strasbourg | 3 | |
John Robertson | Nottingham Forest | 3 | |
Santillana | Real Madrid | 3 | |
Trevor Francis | Nottingham Forest | 3 |
References
edit- ^ "Dundalk v Linfield, 29 August 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ Dowd, Fergus (20 March 202). "The Battle of Oriel Park: When The Troubles and football collided". The Football Faithful. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ Second leg was played at neutral field at Haarlem Stadion, Haarlem, cause of Linfield fans riots on first game in Dundalk.[2]
- ^ "Linfield v Dundalk, 5 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Start v Strasbourg, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Red Boys Differdange v Omonia, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Partizani v Celtic, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Levski-Spartak v Real Madrid, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Valur v Hamburg, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Liverpool v Dinamo Tbilisi, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Vejle v Austria Wien, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Strasbourg v Start, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Celtic v Partizani, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Milan v Porto, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Dinamo Tbilisi v Liverpool, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Hamburg v Dinamo Tbilisi, 7 November 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Omonia v Ajax, 7 November 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Strasbourg v Ajax, 5 March 1980" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "BFC Dynamo v Nottingham Forest, 19 March 1980" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ajax v Strasbourg, 19 March 1980" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
External links
edit- 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)