1979–80 European Cup

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1979–80 European Cup
The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates29 August 1979 – 28 May 1980
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Nottingham Forest (2nd title)
Runners-upWest Germany Hamburg
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored185 (2.94 per match)
Attendance2,041,979 (32,412 per match)
Top scorer(s)Søren Lerby (Ajax)
10 goals

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.

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dundalk Republic of Ireland 3–1 Northern Ireland Linfield 1–1 2–0

First leg

Dundalk Republic of Ireland1–1Northern Ireland Linfield
Devine 80' Report[dead link‍] Feeney 48'
Attendance: 5,000[1]

Second leg

Linfield Northern Ireland0–2Republic of Ireland Dundalk
Report Muckian 14', 88'
Attendance: 1,147[4]

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

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

First leg

Nottingham Forest England2–0Sweden Öster
Bowyer 63', 73' Report
Attendance: 21,974
Argeș Pitești Romania3–0Greece AEK Athens
Nicolae 49', 80'
Radu 65'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
BFC Dynamo East Germany4–1Poland Ruch Chorzów
Netz 3'
Pelka 18', 79'
Riediger 27'		 Report Wycislik 87'
Attendance: 30,000
Servette Switzerland3–1Belgium Beveren
Van Genechten 2' (o.g.)
Coutaz 65'
Hamberg 80'		 Report Janssens 5'
Attendance: 16,605
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary3–2Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Sarlós 42'
Nagy 66'
Fazekas 71' (pen.)		 Report Gajdůšek 3'
Nehoda 58'
Attendance: 13,000
Start Norway1–2France Strasbourg
Ervik 81' Report Piasecki 44', 74'
Attendance: 5,345[5]
HJK Helsinki Finland1–8Netherlands Ajax
Rautiainen 50' Report Lerby 6', 33'
Tahamata 20', 70'
Arnesen 37', 68'
Krol 53' (pen.)
La Ling 63'
Attendance: 17,020
Red Boys Differdange Luxembourg2–1Cyprus Omonia
Di Domenico 20' (pen.)
Wagner 69'		 Report Patikis 35'
Attendance: 2,500[6]
Partizani Albania1–0Scotland Celtic
Murati 35' Report
Attendance: 27,500[7]
Dundalk Republic of Ireland2–0Malta Hibernians
Carlyle 21'
Devine 68'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Porto Portugal0–0Italy Milan
Report
Attendance: 55,000
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria0–1Spain Real Madrid
Report[dead link‍] Martínez 26'
Attendance: 15,200[8]
Valur Iceland0–3West Germany Hamburg
Report Hrubesch 18', 26'
Buljan 77'
Attendance: 10,235[9]
Liverpool England2–1Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
Johnson 19'
Case 44'		 Report Chivadze 33'
Attendance: 35,270[10]
Vejle Denmark3–2Austria Austria Wien
Andersen 8'
Rasmussen 10'
Sørensen 40' (pen.)		 Report Baumeister 38'
Schachner 40'
Attendance: 5,800[11]
Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)
Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0[12]Turkey Trabzonspor
Primorac 75' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 52,500

Second leg

Öster Sweden1–1England Nottingham Forest
Nordgren 52' Report Woodcock 79'
Attendance: 14,772

Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.

AEK Athens Greece2–0Romania Argeș Pitești
Ivan 12' (o.g.)
Vladić 20'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000

Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ruch Chorzów Poland0–0East Germany BFC Dynamo
Report
Attendance: 15,000

BFC Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.

Beveren Belgium1–1Switzerland Servette
Albert 18' (pen.) Report Barberis 37'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Clive White (England)

Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia2–0Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Vízek 24'
Nehoda 88'		 Report
Attendance: 17,000

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.

Strasbourg France4–0Norway Start
Bianchi 13', 39', 69'
Decastel 76'		 Report
Attendance: 13,685[13]

Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands8–1Finland HJK Helsinki
Krol 6', 68' (pen.)
Blanker 15', 53', 61', 88'
Everse 20'
Lerby 30'		 Report Toivola 85'
Attendance: 8,250

Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.

Omonia Cyprus6–1Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange
Kaiafas 7', 45' (pen.), 70' (pen.), 71'
Kanaris 8'
Dimitriou 40'		 Report Schmidt 42'
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland4–1Albania Partizani
MacDonald 20'
Aitken 22', 44'
Davidson 31'		 Report Sneddon 15' (o.g.)
Attendance: 46,712[14]

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Hibernians Malta1–0Republic of Ireland Dundalk
Vella 67' Report
Attendance: 6,000

Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.

Milan Italy0–1Portugal Porto
Report Duda 60'
Attendance: 64,880[15]
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain2–0Bulgaria Levski-Spartak
Del Bosque 20'
Cunningham 32' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 40,000

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

Hamburg West Germany2–1Iceland Valur
Hrubesch 50'
Wehmeyer 74'		 Report Eðvaldsson 89'
Attendance: 5,000

Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union3–0England Liverpool
Gutsaev 55'
Shengelia 75'
Chivadze 81' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 82,000[16]

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.

Austria Wien Austria1–1Denmark Vejle
Gasselich 51' Report Brylle Larsen 35'
Attendance: 30,000

Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.

Trabzonspor Turkey0–1[17]Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Report Đorđević 44'
Attendance: 25,000

Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest England 4–1 Romania Argeș Pitești 2–0 2–1
BFC Dynamo East Germany 4–3 Switzerland Servette 2–1 2–2
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 1–2 France Strasbourg 1–0 0–2
Ajax Netherlands 10–4 Cyprus Omonia 10–0 0–4
Celtic Scotland 3–2 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 3–2 0–0
Porto Portugal 2–2 (a) Spain Real Madrid 2–1 0–1
Hamburg West Germany 6–3 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 3–1 3–2
Vejle Denmark 2–4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 0–3 2–1

First leg

Nottingham Forest England2–0Romania Argeș Pitești
Woodcock 12'
Birtles 16'		 Report
Attendance: 24,828
BFC Dynamo East Germany2–1Switzerland Servette
Pelka 8'
Netz 10'		 Report Cucinotta 65'
Attendance: 25,000
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–0France Strasbourg
Vízek 10' Report[dead link‍]
Attendance: 16,000
Ajax Netherlands10–0Cyprus Omonia
Lerby 14', 28', 43', 72', 74'
Krol 53' (pen.)
Arnesen 59'
Blanker 66', 81', 87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Celtic Scotland3–2Republic of Ireland Dundalk
MacDonald 4'
McCluskey 31'
Burns 33'		 Report Muckian 32'
Lawlor 68'
Attendance: 33,000
Porto Portugal2–1Spain Real Madrid
Gomes 35', 40' (pen.) Report[dead link‍] Cunningham 52'
Attendance: 55,000
Hamburg West Germany3–1Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
Kaltz 36'
Keegan 53'
Hartwig 74'		 Report Kipiani 29'
Attendance: 48,000[18]
Vejle Denmark0–3Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Report Šurjak 4'
Krstičević 53'
Šalov 65'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

Second leg

Argeș Pitești Romania1–2England Nottingham Forest
Bărbulescu 60' (pen.) Report Bowyer 5'
Birtles 23'
Attendance: 22,000

Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.

Servette Switzerland2–2East Germany BFC Dynamo
Hamberg 83'
Barberis 90'		 Report Brillat 33'
Terletzki 81'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.

Strasbourg France2–0 (a.e.t.)Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Piasecki 67'
Decastel 116'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000

Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.

Omonia Cyprus4–0Netherlands Ajax
Tsikkos 9'
Dimitriou 15'
Kaiafas 39', 56'		 Report
Attendance: 12,150[19]

Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.

Dundalk Republic of Ireland0–0Scotland Celtic
Report
Attendance: 16,300

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain1–0Portugal Porto
Benito 71' Report
Attendance: 115,000

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

Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union2–3West Germany Hamburg
Gutsaev 5'
Kipiani 45'		 Report Keegan 34'
Hrubesch 41'
Buljan 56'
Attendance: 90,000

Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–2Denmark Vejle
Zl. Vujović 63' Report Brylle Larsen 21'
Østergaard 70'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest England 3–2 East Germany BFC Dynamo 0–1 3–1
Strasbourg France 0–4 Netherlands Ajax 0–0 0–4
Celtic Scotland 2–3 Spain Real Madrid 2–0 0–3
Hamburg West Germany 3–3 (a) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 1–0 2–3

First leg

Nottingham Forest England0–1East Germany BFC Dynamo
Report Riediger 63'
Attendance: 27,946
Strasbourg France0–0Netherlands Ajax
Report
Attendance: 20,200[20]
Celtic Scotland2–0Spain Real Madrid
McCluskey 52'
Doyle 75'		 Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 67,000
Hamburg West Germany1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Reimann 45' Report
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Second leg

BFC Dynamo East Germany1–3England Nottingham Forest
Terletzki 49' (pen.) Report Francis 15', 35'
Robertson 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000[21]–30,000[22]
Referee: Alain Delmer (France)

Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands4–0France Strasbourg
Schoenaker 35'
Arnesen 38'
Lerby 55'
La Ling 90'		 Report
Attendance: 42,875[23]

Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain3–0Scotland Celtic
Santillana 45'
Stielike 56'
Juanito 86'		 Report
Attendance: 110,000

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–2West Germany Hamburg
Zl. Vujović 21'
Đorđević 50'
Primorac 86'		 Report Hrubesch 2'
Hieronymus 23'
Attendance: 52,000

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

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest England 2–1 Netherlands Ajax 2–0 0–1
Real Madrid Spain 3–5 West Germany Hamburg 2–0 1–5

First leg

Nottingham Forest England2–0Netherlands Ajax
Francis 33'
Robertson 61' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 31,244
Real Madrid Spain2–0West Germany Hamburg
Santillana 67', 80' Report
Attendance: 121,106

Second leg

Ajax Netherlands1–0England Nottingham Forest
Lerby 65' Report
Attendance: 54,955

Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.

Hamburg West Germany5–1Spain Real Madrid
Kaltz 10' (pen.), 40'
Hrubesch 17', 45'
Memering 90'		 Report Cunningham 31'
Attendance: 61,980

Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1980 European Cup Final
Nottingham Forest England1–0West Germany Hamburg
Robertson 20' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 51,000

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Denmark Søren Lerby Netherlands Ajax 10
2 Netherlands Ton Blanker Netherlands Ajax 7
Germany Horst Hrubesch Germany Hamburg 7
4 Cyprus Sotiris Kaiafas Cyprus Omonia 6
5 Denmark Frank Arnesen Netherlands Ajax 4
Netherlands Ruud Krol Netherlands Ajax 4
7 Argentina Carlos Bianchi France Strasbourg 3
England Ian Bowyer England Nottingham Forest 3
England Laurie Cunningham Spain Real Madrid 3
Germany Manfred Kaltz Germany Hamburg 3
East Germany Hartmut Pelka East Germany BFC Dynamo 3
France Francis Piasecki France Strasbourg 3
Scotland John Robertson England Nottingham Forest 3
Spain Santillana Spain Real Madrid 3
England Trevor Francis England Nottingham Forest 3

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