UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 3

Standings and results for Group 3 of the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 3 consisted of Cyprus, Romania, Spain and Yugoslavia. Group winners were Spain, who pipped Yugoslavia by a single point.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	9	Qualify for final tournament		—	0–1	1–0	5–0
2	Yugoslavia	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	8			1–2	—	2–1	5–0
3	Romania	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	6			2–2	3–2	—	2–0
4	Cyprus	6	0	1	5	2	19	−17	1			1–3	0–3	1–1	—

Results

4 October 1978

Yugoslavia	1–2	Spain
Halilhodžić  44'		Juanito  20' Santillana  32'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 41,539

Referee: Linemayr (AUT)

25 October 1978

Romania	3–2	Yugoslavia
Sameş  62',  68' Iordănescu  75' (pen.)		Petrović  22' (pen.) Desnica  90'

Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest

Attendance: 24,090

Referee: Lattanzi (ITA)

15 November 1978

Spain	1–0	Romania
Asensi  9'

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Keizer (NED)

13 December 1978

Spain	5–0	Cyprus
Asensi  9' del Bosque  10' Santillana  52',  77' Rubén Cano  65'

Estadio El Helmántico, Salamanca

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Bonett (MLT)

1 April 1979

Cyprus	0–3	Yugoslavia
		Vujović  40',  79' Šurjak  82'

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 3,376

Referee: Padar (HUN)

4 April 1979

Romania	2–2	Spain
Georgescu  57' (pen.),  65'		Dani  59',  70'

Ion Oblemenco Stadium, Craiova

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: van Langenhove (BEL)

13 May 1979

Cyprus	1–1	Romania
Kaiafas  31'		Augustin  30'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Parmakov (BUL)

10 October 1979

Spain	0–1	Yugoslavia
		Šurjak  5'

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 28,078

Referee: McGinlay (SCO)

31 October 1979

Yugoslavia	2–1	Romania
Vujović  48' Slišković  50'		Răducanu  79'

Gradski stadion, Kosovska Mitrovica

Attendance: 24,397

Referee: Redelfs (FRG)

14 November 1979

Yugoslavia	5–0	Cyprus
Kranjčar  32',  50' Vujović  60' Petrović  75' Savić  87'

Gradski stadion, Novi Sad

Attendance: 14,134

Referee: Zhezhov (BUL)

18 November 1979

Romania	2–0	Cyprus
Mulţescu  40' Răducanu  75'

Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Krchnák (CZE)

9 December 1979

Cyprus	1–3	Spain
Vrahimis  69'		Villar  5' Santillana  41' Saura  89'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Bucek (AUT)

Top goalscorer

• Santillana (ESP) and Zlatko Vujović (YUG) - 4 goals

References

• Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.