1979–80 European Cup
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | 29 August 1979 – 28 May 1980 |
Teams | 33 |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 185 (2.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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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. 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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–1 |
Argeș Pitești ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–2 |
Dynamo Berlin ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
4–1 | 0–0 |
Servette ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–1 |
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–2 |
Start ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–4 |
HJK Helsinki ![]() |
2–16 | ![]() |
1–8 | 1–8 |
Red Boys Differdange ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–6 |
Partizani ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–4 |
Dundalk ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–1 |
Porto ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–0 |
Levski-Spartak ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 |
Valur ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
0–3 | 1–2 |
Liverpool ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–3 |
Vejle ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–2 | 1–1 |
Hajduk Split ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 |
First leg
Nottingham Forest ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Bowyer ![]() |
Report |
Argeș Pitești ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
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Nicolae ![]() Radu ![]() |
Report |
Dynamo Berlin ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Netz ![]() Pelka ![]() Riediger ![]() |
Report | Wycislik ![]() |
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Sarlós ![]() Nagy ![]() Fazekas ![]() |
Report | Gajdůšek ![]() Nehoda ![]() |
Start ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
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Ervik ![]() |
Report | Piasecki ![]() |
HJK Helsinki ![]() |
1–8 | ![]() |
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Rautiainen ![]() |
Report | Lerby ![]() Tahamata ![]() Arnesen ![]() Krol ![]() La Ling ![]() |
Red Boys Differdange ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Di Domenico ![]() Wagner ![]() |
Report | Patikis ![]() |
Dundalk ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Carlyle ![]() Devine ![]() |
Report |
Levski-Spartak ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Martínez ![]() |
Vejle ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Andersen ![]() Rasmussen ![]() Sørensen ![]() |
Report | Baumeister ![]() Schachner ![]() |
Hajduk Split ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
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Primorac ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Öster ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
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Nordgren ![]() |
Report | Woodcock ![]() |
Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Ivan ![]() Vladić ![]() |
Report |
Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin won 4–1 on aggregate.
Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Vízek ![]() Nehoda ![]() |
Report |
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
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Bianchi ![]() Decastel ![]() |
Report |
Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.
Ajax ![]() |
8–1 | ![]() |
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Krol ![]() Blanker ![]() Everse ![]() Lerby ![]() |
Report | Toivola ![]() |
Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.
Omonia ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
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Kaiafas ![]() Kanaris ![]() Dimitriou ![]() |
Report | Schmidt ![]() |
Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Hibernians ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
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Vella ![]() |
Report |
Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Del Bosque ![]() Cunningham ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Gasselich ![]() |
Report | Brylle Larsen ![]() |
Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.
Trabzonspor ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Đorđević ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–1 |
Dynamo Berlin ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–2 |
Dukla Prague ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 |
Ajax ![]() |
10–4 | ![]() |
10–0 | 0–4 |
Celtic ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–0 |
Porto ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–1 |
Hamburg ![]() |
6–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 3–2 |
Vejle ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
0–3 | 2–1 |
First leg
Nottingham Forest ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Woodcock ![]() Birtles ![]() |
Report |
Dynamo Berlin ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Pelka ![]() Netz ![]() |
Report | Cucinotta ![]() |
Dukla Prague ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
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Vízek ![]() |
Report |
Ajax ![]() |
10–0 | ![]() |
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Lerby ![]() Krol ![]() Arnesen ![]() Blanker ![]() |
Report |
Porto ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Gomes ![]() |
Report | Cunningham ![]() |
Vejle ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Šurjak ![]() Krstičević ![]() Šalov ![]() |
Second leg
Argeș Pitești ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
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Ilie Bărbulescu ![]() |
Report | Bowyer ![]() Birtles ![]() |
Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Piasecki ![]() Decastel ![]() |
Report |
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
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Benito ![]() |
Report |
Porto 2–2 Real Madrid on aggregate. Real Madrid won on away goals.
Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
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Zl. Vujović ![]() |
Report | Brylle Larsen ![]() Østergaard ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
0–1 | 3–1 |
Strasbourg ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–4 |
Celtic ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–3 |
Hamburg ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–3 |
First leg
Nottingham Forest ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Riediger ![]() |
Strasbourg ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Celtic ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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McCluskey ![]() Doyle ![]() |
Report |
Hamburg ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
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Reimann ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Dynamo Berlin ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
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Terletzki ![]() |
Report | Francis ![]() Robertson ![]() |
Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ajax ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
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Schoenaker ![]() Arnesen ![]() Lerby ![]() La Ling ![]() |
Report |
Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
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Santillana ![]() Stielike ![]() Juanito ![]() |
Report |
Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Zl. Vujović ![]() Đorđević ![]() Primorac ![]() |
Report | Hrubesch ![]() Hieronymus ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–1 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–5 |
First leg
Real Madrid ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Santillana ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Ajax ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
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Lerby ![]() |
Report |
Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
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Kaltz ![]() Hrubesch ![]() Memering ![]() |
Report | Cunningham ![]() |
Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.
Final
Nottingham Forest ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
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Robertson ![]() |
Report |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
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10 |
2 | ![]() |
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7 |
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7 | |
4 | ![]() |
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6 |
5 | ![]() |
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4 |
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4 | |
7 | ![]() |
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4 |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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4 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 |
External links
- 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)