1979–80 European Cup
The Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 29 August 1979 – 28 May 1980 |
Teams | 33 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nottingham Forest (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Hamburg |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 185 (2.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Søren Lerby (10 goals) |
The season 1979–80 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions 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.
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dundalk | 3–1 | Linfield | 1–1 | 2–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest | 3–1 | Öster | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Argeş Piteşti | 3–2 | AEK Athens | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Dynamo Berlin | 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 | 2–16 | Ajax | 1–8 | 1–8 |
Red Boys Differdange | 3–7 | Omonia | 2–1 | 1–6 |
Partizani Tirana | 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 Vienna | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Hajduk Split | 2–0 | Trabzonspor | 1–0 | 1–0 |
First leg
19 September 1979 |
Dynamo Berlin | 4–1 | Ruch Chorzów |
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Netz 3' Pelka 18', 79' Riediger 27' |
Report | Wycislik 87' |
19 September 1979 |
Servette | 3–1 | Beveren |
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Van Genechten 2' (o.g.) Coutaz 65' Hamberg 80' |
Report | Janssens 5' |
19 September 1979 |
Újpesti Dózsa | 3–2 | Dukla Prague |
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Sarlós 42' Nagy 66' Fazekas 71' (pen.) |
Report | Gajdůšek 3' Nehoda 58' |
19 September 1979 |
HJK | 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' |
19 September 1979 |
Red Boys Differdange | 2–1 | Omonia |
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Di Domenico 20' (pen.) Wagner 69' |
Report | Patikis 35' |
19 September 1979 |
Vejle | 3–2 | Austria Vienna |
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Andersen 8' Rasmussen 10' Sørensen 40' (pen.) |
Report | Baumeister 38' Schachner 40' |
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.
Argeş Piteşti won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin won 4–1 on aggregate.
Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.
3 October 1979 |
Ajax | 8–1 | HJK |
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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.
3 October 1979 |
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.
3 October 1979 |
Celtic | 4–1 | Partiani Tirana |
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MacDonald 20' Aitken 22', 44' Davidson 31' |
Report | Sneddon 15' (o.g.) |
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
3 October 1979 |
Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–0 | Liverpool |
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Gutsaev 55' Shengelia 75' Chivadze 81' (pen.) |
Report |
Dynamo Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 90,000 |
Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.
Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.
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 | Argeş Piteşti | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Dynamo Berlin | 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
24 October 1979 |
Dukla Prague | 1–0 | Strasbourg |
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Vízek 10' | Report |
Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands) |
24 October 1979 |
Ajax | 10–0 | Omonia |
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Lerby 14', 28', 43', 72', 74' Krol 53' (pen.) Arnesen 59' Blanker 66', 81', 87' |
Report |
24 October 1979 |
Celtic | 3–2 | Dundalk |
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MacDonald 4' McCluskey 31' Burns 33' |
Report | Muckian 32' Lawlor 68' |
Second leg
7 November 1979 |
Argeş Piteşti | 1–2 | Nottingham Forest |
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Bărbulescu 60' (pen.) | Report | Bowyer 5' Birtles 23' |
Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.
7 November 1979 |
Servette | 2–2 | Dynamo Berlin |
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Hamberg 83' Barberis 90' |
Report | Brillat 33' Terletzki 81' |
Dynamo Berlin won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Porto 2–2 Real Madrid on aggregate. Real Madrid won on away goals.
7 November 1979 |
Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–3 | Hamburg |
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Gutsaev 5' Kipiani 45' |
Report | Keegan 34' Hrubesch 41' Buljan 56' |
Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.
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 | Dynamo Berlin | 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
Second leg
19 March 1980 |
Dynamo Berlin | 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 won 4–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
19 March 1980 |
Hajduk Split | 3–2 | Hamburg |
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Zl. Vujović 21' Đorđević 50' Primorac 86' |
Report | Hrubesch 2' Hieronymus 23' |
Hamburg 3–3 Hajduk Split 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 | Ajax | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Real Madrid | 3–5 | Hamburg | 2–0 | 1–5 |
First leg
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.
23 April 1980 |
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
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup 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 | 4 |
Ian Bowyer | Nottingham Forest | 3 | |
Laurie Cunningham | Real Madrid | 3 | |
Manfred Kaltz | Hamburg | 3 | |
Hartmut Pelka | Dynamo Berlin | 4 | |
Francis Piasecki | Strasbourg | 3 | |
John Robertson | Nottingham Forest | 3 | |
Santillana | Real Madrid | 3 |
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to European Cup 1979–80. |
- 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)