1980 UEFA Cup final

1980 UEFA Cup final
Event	1979–80 UEFA Cup
	on aggregate; Eintracht Frankfurt won on away goals
First leg
Date	7 May 1980
Venue	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
Referee	Guruceta Muro (Spain)
Attendance	25,000
Second leg
Date	21 May 1980
Venue	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Referee	Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
Attendance	59,000
	← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 UEFA Cup Final was a two-legged final, played on 7 May 1980 and 21 May 1980 to determine the champion of the 1979–80 UEFA Cup. The final pitted Eintracht Frankfurt of West Germany against Borussia Mönchengladbach, another West German side. Mönchengladbach were the holders, having won the competition's final the year prior.

Eintracht Frankfurt won on away goals after the tie ended 3–3 on aggregate.

Route to the final edit

This season of the UEFA Cup was unique in that all four teams that played in the semi-finals of the competition were clubs from the Bundesliga in West Germany – VfB Stuttgart, Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Borussia Mönchengladbach				Round	Eintracht Frankfurt
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Viking FK	4–1	3–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	First round	Aberdeen	2–1	1–1 (A)	1–0 (H)
Internazionale	4–3 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (H)	3–2 (a.e.t.) (A)	Second round	Dinamo București	3–2 (a.e.t.)	0–2 (A)	3–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
Universitatea Craiova	2–1	2–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Third round	Feyenoord	4–2	4–1 (H)	0–1 (A)
Saint-Étienne	6–1	4–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Zbrojovka Brno	6–4	4–1 (H)	2–3 (A)
VfB Stuttgart	3–2	1–2 (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Bayern München	5–3 (a.e.t.)	0–2 (A)	5–1 (a.e.t.) (H)

Match details edit

First leg edit

7 May 1980

Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
Kulik 44', 88' Matthäus 76'	Report Overview	Karger 37' Hölzenbein 71'

Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Guruceta Muro (Spain)

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Eintracht Frankfurt


GK	1	Wolfgang Kneib
RB	2	Frank Schäffer
CB	3	Winfried Schäfer
CB	4	Wilfried Hannes
LB	5	Norbert Ringels
CM	6	Lothar Matthäus
CM	8	Christian Kulik (c)
CM	10	Carsten Nielsen	66'
RF	7	Karl Del'Haye	72'
CF	9	Harald Nickel
LF	11	Ewald Lienen
Substitutes:
FW	12	Steen Thychosen	66'
MF	13	Ralf Bödeker	72'
Manager:
Jupp Heynckes


GK	1	Jürgen Pahl
RB	3	Willi Neuberger
CB	5	Bruno Pezzey
CB	4	Charly Körbel
LB	2	Horst Ehrmantraut
CM	6	Werner Lorant
CM	9	Ronny Borchers
CM	10	Bernd Nickel
RF	11	Cha Bum-kun
CF	8	Harald Karger	81'
LF	7	Bernd Hölzenbein (c)	79'
Substitutes:
MF	12	Norbert Nachtweih	79'
MF	13	Wolfgang Trapp	81'
Manager:
Friedel Rausch

Second leg edit

21 May 1980

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Schaub 81'	Report Overview

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 59,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)