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1979–80 European Cup
European football tournament
European football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | European Cup |
| year | 1979–80 |
| image | Estadio_Bernabeu._Madrid_(12117582503).jpg |
| size | 275px |
| caption | The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final. |
| dates | 29 August 1979 – 28 May 1980 |
| num_teams | 33 |
| champion_other | ENG Nottingham Forest |
| count | 2 |
| second_other | FRG Hamburg |
| matches | 63 |
| goals | 185 |
| attendance | 2041979 |
| top_scorer | Søren Lerby (Ajax) |
| 10 goals | |
| prevseason | [1978–79](1978-79-european-cup) |
| nextseason | [1980–81](1980-81-european-cup) |
10 goals
The 1979–80 European Cup was the 25th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football competition. The 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
| Trabzonspor ([1st](1978-79-1-lig)) | Dinamo Tbilisi ([1st](1978-soviet-top-league)) | Hajduk Split ([1st](1978-79-yugoslav-first-league)) |
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Preliminary round
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First leg
Second leg
Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bracket
|RD1-team01=ENG Nottingham Forest |RD1-score01-1=2 |RD1-score01-2=1 |RD1-score01-agg=3 |RD1-team02=SWE Öster |RD1-score02-1=0 |RD1-score02-2=1 |RD1-score02-agg=1
|RD1-team03=ROM Argeș Pitești |RD1-score03-1=3 |RD1-score03-2=0 |RD1-score03-agg=3 |RD1-team04=GRE AEK Athens |RD1-score04-1=0 |RD1-score04-2=2 |RD1-score04-agg=2
|RD1-team05=DDR BFC Dynamo |RD1-score05-1=4 |RD1-score05-2=0 |RD1-score05-agg=4 |RD1-team06=POL Ruch Chorzów |RD1-score06-1=1 |RD1-score06-2=0 |RD1-score06-agg=1
|RD1-team07=SUI Servette |RD1-score07-1=3 |RD1-score07-2=1 |RD1-score07-agg=4 |RD1-team08=BEL Beveren |RD1-score08-1=1 |RD1-score08-2=1 |RD1-score08-agg=2
|RD1-team09=HUN Újpesti Dózsa |RD1-score09-1=3 |RD1-score09-2=0 |RD1-score09-agg=3 |RD1-team10=CSK Dukla Prague |RD1-score10-1=2 |RD1-score10-2=2 |RD1-score10-agg=4
|RD1-team11=NOR Start |RD1-score11-1=1 |RD1-score11-2=0 |RD1-score11-agg=1 |RD1-team12=FRA Strasbourg |RD1-score12-1=2 |RD1-score12-2=4 |RD1-score12-agg=6
|RD1-team13=FIN HJK Helsinki |RD1-score13-1=1 |RD1-score13-2=1 |RD1-score13-agg=2 |RD1-team14=NED Ajax |RD1-score14-1=8 |RD1-score14-2=8 |RD1-score14-agg=16
|RD1-team15=LUX Red Boys Differdange |RD1-score15-1=2 |RD1-score15-2=1 |RD1-score15-agg=3 |RD1-team16=CYP Omonia |RD1-score16-1=1 |RD1-score16-2=6 |RD1-score16-agg=7
|RD1-team17=ALB Partizani |RD1-score17-1=1 |RD1-score17-2=1 |RD1-score17-agg=2 |RD1-team18=SCO Celtic |RD1-score18-1=0 |RD1-score18-2=4 |RD1-score18-agg=4
|RD1-team19=IRE Dundalk |RD1-score19-1=2 |RD1-score19-2=0 |RD1-score19-agg=2 |RD1-team20=MLT Hibernians |RD1-score20-1=0 |RD1-score20-2=1 |RD1-score20-agg=1
|RD1-team21=POR Porto |RD1-score21-1=0 |RD1-score21-2=1 |RD1-score21-agg=1 |RD1-team22=ITA Milan |RD1-score22-1=0 |RD1-score22-2=0 |RD1-score22-agg=0
|RD1-team23=BUL Levski-Spartak |RD1-score23-1=0 |RD1-score23-2=0 |RD1-score23-agg=0 |RD1-team24=ESP Real Madrid |RD1-score24-1=1 |RD1-score24-2=2 |RD1-score24-agg=3
|RD1-team25=ISL Valur |RD1-score25-1=0 |RD1-score25-2=1 |RD1-score25-agg=1 |RD1-team26=FRG Hamburg |RD1-score26-1=3 |RD1-score26-2=2 |RD1-score26-agg=5
|RD1-team27=ENG Liverpool |RD1-score27-1=2 |RD1-score27-2=0 |RD1-score27-agg=2 |RD1-team28=URS Dinamo Tbilisi |RD1-score28-1=1 |RD1-score28-2=3 |RD1-score28-agg=4
|RD1-team29=DEN Vejle |RD1-score29-1=3 |RD1-score29-2=1 |RD1-score29-agg=4 |RD1-team30=AUT Austria Wien |RD1-score30-1=2 |RD1-score30-2=1 |RD1-score30-agg=3
|RD1-team31=YUG Hajduk Split |RD1-score31-1=1 |RD1-score31-2=1 |RD1-score31-agg=2 |RD1-team32=TUR Trabzonspor |RD1-score32-1=0 |RD1-score32-2=0 |RD1-score32-agg=0
|RD2-team01=ENG Nottingham Forest |RD2-score01-1=2 |RD2-score01-2=2 |RD2-score01-agg=4 |RD2-team02=ROM Argeș Pitești |RD2-score02-1=0 |RD2-score02-2=1 |RD2-score02-agg=1
|RD2-team03=DDR BFC Dynamo |RD2-score03-1=2 |RD2-score03-2=2 |RD2-score03-agg=4 |RD2-team04=SUI Servette |RD2-score04-1=1 |RD2-score04-2=2 |RD2-score04-agg=3
|RD2-team05=CSK Dukla Prague |RD2-score05-1=1 |RD2-score05-2=0 |RD2-score05-agg=1 |RD2-team06=FRA Strasbourg |RD2-score06-1=0 |RD2-score06-2=2 |RD2-score06-agg=2
|RD2-team07=NED Ajax |RD2-score07-1=10 |RD2-score07-2=0 |RD2-score07-agg=10 |RD2-team08=CYP Omonia |RD2-score08-1=0 |RD2-score08-2=4 |RD2-score08-agg=4
|RD2-team09=SCO Celtic |RD2-score09-1=3 |RD2-score09-2=0 |RD2-score09-agg=3 |RD2-team10=IRE Dundalk |RD2-score10-1=2 |RD2-score10-2=0 |RD2-score10-agg=2
|RD2-team11=POR Porto |RD2-score11-1=2 |RD2-score11-2=0 |RD2-score11-agg=2 |RD2-team12=ESP Real Madrid (a) |RD2-score12-1=1 |RD2-score12-2=1 |RD2-score12-agg=2
|RD2-team13=FRG Hamburg |RD2-score13-1=3 |RD2-score13-2=3 |RD2-score13-agg=6 |RD2-team14=URS Dinamo Tbilisi |RD2-score14-1=1 |RD2-score14-2=2 |RD2-score14-agg=3
|RD2-team15=DEN Vejle |RD2-score15-1=0 |RD2-score15-2=2 |RD2-score15-agg=2 |RD2-team16=YUG Hajduk Split |RD2-score16-1=3 |RD2-score16-2=1 |RD2-score16-agg=4
|RD3-team01=ENG Nottingham Forest |RD3-score01-1=0 |RD3-score01-2=3 |RD3-score01-agg=3 |RD3-team02=DDR BFC Dynamo |RD3-score02-1=1 |RD3-score02-2=1 |RD3-score02-agg=2
|RD3-team03=FRA Strasbourg |RD3-score03-1=0 |RD3-score03-2=0 |RD3-score03-agg=0 |RD3-team04=NED Ajax |RD3-score04-1=0 |RD3-score04-2=4 |RD3-score04-agg=4
|RD3-team05=SCO Celtic |RD3-score05-1=2 |RD3-score05-2=0 |RD3-score05-agg=2 |RD3-team06=ESP Real Madrid |RD3-score06-1=0 |RD3-score06-2=3 |RD3-score06-agg=3
|RD3-team07=FRG Hamburg (a) |RD3-score07-1=1 |RD3-score07-2=2 |RD3-score07-agg=3 |RD3-team08=YUG Hajduk Split |RD3-score08-1=0 |RD3-score08-2=3 |RD3-score08-agg=3
|RD4-team01=ENG **Nottingham Forest ** |RD4-score01-1=2 |RD4-score01-2=0 |RD4-score01-agg=2 |RD4-team02=NED Ajax |RD4-score02-1=0 |RD4-score02-2=1 |RD4-score02-agg=1
|RD4-team03=ESP Real Madrid |RD4-score03-1=2 |RD4-score03-2=1 |RD4-score03-agg=3 |RD4-team04=FRG Hamburg |RD4-score04-1=0 |RD4-score04-2=5 |RD4-score04-agg=5
|RD5-team01=ENG Nottingham Forest |RD5-score01=1 |RD5-team02=FRG Hamburg |RD5-score02=0
First round
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First leg
Radu
Pelka Riediger
Coutaz Hamberg
Nagy Fazekas Nehoda
Tahamata Arnesen Krol La Ling
Wagner
Devine
Buljan
Case
Rasmussen Sørensen Schachner
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.
Vladić Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.
Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
Nehoda Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
Decastel Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.
Blanker Everse Lerby Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.
Kanaris Dimitriou Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.
Aitken Davidson Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
Cunningham Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
Wehmeyer Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Shengelia Chivadze Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.
Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
Second round
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First leg
Birtles
Netz
Krol Arnesen Blanker
McCluskey Burns Lawlor
Keegan Hartwig
Krstičević Šalov
Second leg
Birtles Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.
Barberis Terletzki BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.
Decastel Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dimitriou Kaiafas Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Real Madrid won on away goals.
Kipiani Hrubesch Buljan Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.
Østergaard Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
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First leg
Doyle
Second leg
Robertson Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.
Arnesen Lerby La Ling Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.
Stielike Juanito Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Đorđević Primorac Hieronymus 3–3 on aggregate; Hamburg won on away goals.
Semi-finals
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First leg
Robertson
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.
Hrubesch Memering Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.
Final
Main article: 1980 European Cup Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEN Søren Lerby | NED Ajax | 10 |
| 2 | NED Ton Blanker | NED Ajax | 7 |
| GER Horst Hrubesch | GER Hamburg | 7 | |
| 4 | CYP Sotiris Kaiafas | CYP Omonia | 6 |
| 5 | DEN Frank Arnesen | NED Ajax | 4 |
| NED Ruud Krol | NED Ajax | 4 | |
| 7 | ARG Carlos Bianchi | FRA Strasbourg | 3 |
| ENG Ian Bowyer | ENG Nottingham Forest | 3 | |
| ENG Laurie Cunningham | ESP Real Madrid | 3 | |
| GER Manfred Kaltz | GER Hamburg | 3 | |
| DDR Hartmut Pelka | DDR BFC Dynamo | 3 | |
| FRA Francis Piasecki | FRA Strasbourg | 3 | |
| SCO John Robertson | ENG Nottingham Forest | 3 | |
| ESP Santillana | ESP Real Madrid | 3 | |
| ENG Trevor Francis | ENG Nottingham Forest | 3 |
References
References
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63580. Dundalk v Linfield, 29 August 1979
- Dowd, Fergus. (20 March 202). "The Battle of Oriel Park: When The Troubles and football collided". The Football Faithful.
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63581. Linfield v Dundalk, 5 September 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63604. Start v Strasbourg, 19 September 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63592. Red Boys Differdange v Omonia, 19 September 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63606. Partizani v Celtic, 19 September 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63588. Levski-Spartak v Real Madrid, 19 September 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63596. Valur v Hamburg, 19 September 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63612. Liverpool v Dinamo Tbilisi, 19 September 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63600. Vejle v Austria Wien, 19 September 1979
- "Hajduk Split vs. Trabzonspor". UEFA.
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63605. Strasbourg v Start, 3 October 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63607. Celtic v Partizani, 3 October 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63591. Milan v Porto, 3 October 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63613. Dinamo Tbilisi v Liverpool, 3 October 1979
- "Trabzonspor vs. Hajduk Split". UEFA.
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63616. Hamburg v Dinamo Tbilisi, 7 November 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63625. Omonia v Ajax, 7 November 1979
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63634. Strasbourg v Ajax, 5 March 1980
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63631. BFC Dynamo v Nottingham Forest, 19 March 1980
- Buchspieß, Dieter. (25 March 1980). "Erst nach hoffnungslosem Rückstand Vertrauen zu sich selbst gefunden". [[Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR.
- {{UEFA match attendance. 63635. Ajax v Strasbourg, 19 March 1980
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