1979–80 European Cup

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.

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

Teams

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  Partizani (1st)   Austria Wien (1st)   Beveren (1st)
  Levski-Spartak (1st)   Omonia (1st)   Dukla Prague (1st)
  Vejle (1st)   Liverpool (1st)   Nottingham Forest (2nd)TH
  HJK Helsinki (1st)   Strasbourg (1st)   BFC Dynamo (1st)
  Hamburg (1st)   AEK Athens (1st)   Újpesti Dózsa (1st)
  Valur (1st)   Dundalk (1st)   Milan (1st)
  Red Boys Differdange (1st)   Hibernians (1st)   Ajax (1st)
  Linfield (1st)   Start (1st)   Ruch Chorzów (1st)
  Porto (1st)   Argeș Pitești (1st)   Celtic (1st)
  Real Madrid (1st)   Öster (1st)   Servette (1st)
  Trabzonspor (1st)   Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)   Hajduk Split (1st)

Preliminary round

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

First leg

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Dundalk  1–1  Linfield
Devine   80' Report Feeney   48'
Attendance: 5,000[1]

Second leg

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Linfield  0–2  Dundalk
Report Muckian   14', 88'

Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
  Nottingham Forest 2 1 3
  Öster 0 1 1
  Nottingham Forest 2 2 4
  Argeș Pitești 0 1 1
  Argeș Pitești 3 0 3
  AEK Athens 0 2 2
  Nottingham Forest 0 3 3
  BFC Dynamo 1 1 2
  BFC Dynamo 4 0 4
  Ruch Chorzów 1 0 1
  BFC Dynamo 2 2 4
  Servette 1 2 3
  Servette 3 1 4
  Beveren 1 1 2
  Nottingham Forest 2 0 2
  Ajax 0 1 1
  Újpesti Dózsa 3 0 3
  Dukla Prague 2 2 4
  Dukla Prague 1 0 1
  Strasbourg 0 2 2
  Start 1 0 1
  Strasbourg 2 4 6
  Strasbourg 0 0 0
  Ajax 0 4 4
  HJK Helsinki 1 1 2
  Ajax 8 8 16
  Ajax 10 0 10
  Omonia 0 4 4
  Red Boys Differdange 2 1 3
  Omonia 1 6 7
  Nottingham Forest 1
  Hamburg 0
  Partizani 1 1 2
  Celtic 0 4 4
  Celtic 3 0 3
  Dundalk 2 0 2
  Dundalk 2 0 2
  Hibernians 0 1 1
  Celtic 2 0 2
  Real Madrid 0 3 3
  Porto 0 1 1
  Milan 0 0 0
  Porto 2 0 2
  Real Madrid (a) 1 1 2
  Levski-Spartak 0 0 0
  Real Madrid 1 2 3
  Real Madrid 2 1 3
  Hamburg 0 5 5
  Valur 0 1 1
  Hamburg 3 2 5
  Hamburg 3 3 6
  Dinamo Tbilisi 1 2 3
  Liverpool 2 0 2
  Dinamo Tbilisi 1 3 4
  Hamburg (a) 1 2 3
  Hajduk Split 0 3 3
  Vejle 3 1 4
  Austria Wien 2 1 3
  Vejle 0 2 2
  Hajduk Split 3 1 4
  Hajduk Split 1 1 2
  Trabzonspor 0 0 0

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest   3–1   Öster 2–0 1–1
Argeș Pitești   3–2   AEK Athens 3–0 0–2
BFC Dynamo   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 Helsinki   2–16   Ajax 1–8 1–8
Red Boys Differdange   3–7   Omonia 2–1 1–6
Partizani   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 Wien 3–2 1–1
Hajduk Split   2–0   Trabzonspor 1–0 1–0

First leg

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Nottingham Forest  2–0  Öster
Bowyer   63', 73' Report
Attendance: 21,974

Argeș Pitești  3–0  AEK Athens
Nicolae   49', 80'
Radu   65'
Report
Attendance: 20,000

BFC Dynamo  4–1  Ruch Chorzów
Netz   3'
Pelka   18', 79'
Riediger   27'
Report Wycislik   87'

Servette  3–1  Beveren
Van Genechten   2' (o.g.)
Coutaz   65'
Hamberg   80'
Report Janssens   5'

Újpesti Dózsa  3–2  Dukla Prague
Sarlós   42'
Nagy   66'
Fazekas   71' (pen.)
Report Gajdůšek   3'
Nehoda   58'
Attendance: 13,000

Start  1–2  Strasbourg
Ervik   81' Report Piasecki   44', 74'

HJK Helsinki  1–8  Ajax
Rautiainen   50' Report Lerby   6', 33'
Tahamata   20', 70'
Arnesen   37', 68'
Krol   53' (pen.)
La Ling   63'

Red Boys Differdange  2–1  Omonia
Di Domenico   20' (pen.)
Wagner   69'
Report Patikis   35'

Partizani  1–0  Celtic
Murati   35' Report

Dundalk  2–0  Hibernians
Carlyle   21'
Devine   68'
Report
Attendance: 8,000

Porto  0–0  Milan
Report
Attendance: 55,000


Valur  0–3  Hamburg
Report Hrubesch   18', 26'
Buljan   77'

Liverpool  2–1  Dinamo Tbilisi
Johnson   19'
Case   44'
Report Chivadze   33'
Attendance: 35,270[10]

Vejle  3–2  Austria Wien
Andersen   8'
Rasmussen   10'
Sørensen   40' (pen.)
Report Baumeister   38'
Schachner   40'
Attendance: 5,800[11]
Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

Hajduk Split  1–0[12]  Trabzonspor
Primorac   75' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 52,500

Second leg

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

Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.


AEK Athens  2–0  Argeș Pitești
Ivan   12' (o.g.)
Vladić   20'
Report
Attendance: 35,000

Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.


Ruch Chorzów  0–0  BFC Dynamo
Report

BFC Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.


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

Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.


Dukla Prague  2–0  Újpesti Dózsa
Vízek   24'
Nehoda   88'
Report

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.


Strasbourg  4–0  Start
Bianchi   13', 39', 69'
Decastel   76'
Report

Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.


Ajax  8–1  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  6–1  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  4–1  Partizani
MacDonald   20'
Aitken   22', 44'
Davidson   31'
Report Sneddon   15' (o.g.)
Attendance: 46,712[14]

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.


Hibernians  1–0  Dundalk
Vella   67' Report
Attendance: 6,000

Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.


Milan  0–1  Porto
Report Duda   60'
Attendance: 64,880[15]
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.


Real Madrid  2–0  Levski-Spartak
Del Bosque   20'
Cunningham   32' (pen.)
Report

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.


Hamburg  2–1  Valur
Hrubesch   50'
Wehmeyer   74'
Report Eðvaldsson   89'

Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.


Dinamo Tbilisi  3–0  Liverpool
Gutsaev   55'
Shengelia   75'
Chivadze   81' (pen.)
Report

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.


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

Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.


Trabzonspor  0–1[17]  Hajduk Split
Report Đorđević   44'

Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest   4–1   Argeș Pitești 2–0 2–1
BFC Dynamo   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

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Nottingham Forest  2–0  Argeș Pitești
Woodcock   12'
Birtles   16'
Report
Attendance: 24,828

BFC Dynamo  2–1  Servette
Pelka   8'
Netz   10'
Report Cucinotta   65'

Dukla Prague  1–0  Strasbourg
Vízek   10' Report

Ajax  10–0  Omonia
Lerby   14', 28', 43', 72', 74'
Krol   53' (pen.)
Arnesen   59'
Blanker   66', 81', 87'
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Celtic  3–2  Dundalk
MacDonald   4'
McCluskey   31'
Burns   33'
Report Muckian   32'
Lawlor   68'
Attendance: 33,000

Porto  2–1  Real Madrid
Gomes   35', 40' (pen.) Report Cunningham   52'
Attendance: 55,000

Hamburg  3–1  Dinamo Tbilisi
Kaltz   36'
Keegan   53'
Hartwig   74'
Report Kipiani   29'
Attendance: 48,000[18]

Vejle  0–3  Hajduk Split
Report Šurjak   4'
Krstičević   53'
Šalov   65'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

Second leg

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Argeș Pitești  1–2  Nottingham Forest
Bărbulescu   60' (pen.) Report Bowyer   5'
Birtles   23'

Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.


Servette  2–2  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  2–0 (a.e.t.)  Dukla Prague
Piasecki   67'
Decastel   116'
Report

Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.


Omonia  4–0  Ajax
Tsikkos   9'
Dimitriou   15'
Kaiafas   39', 56'
Report

Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.


Dundalk  0–0  Celtic
Report
Attendance: 16,300

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.


Real Madrid  1–0  Porto
Benito   71' Report

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


Dinamo Tbilisi  2–3  Hamburg
Gutsaev   5'
Kipiani   45'
Report Keegan   34'
Hrubesch   41'
Buljan   56'

Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.


Hajduk Split  1–2  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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest   3–2   BFC Dynamo 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

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Nottingham Forest  0–1  BFC Dynamo
Report Riediger   63'
Attendance: 27,946

Strasbourg  0–0  Ajax
Report

Celtic  2–0  Real Madrid
McCluskey   52'
Doyle   75'
Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 67,000

Hamburg  1–0  Hajduk Split
Reimann   45' Report
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Second leg

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BFC Dynamo  1–3  Nottingham Forest
Terletzki   49' (pen.) Report Francis   15', 35'
Robertson   39' (pen.)

Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.


Ajax  4–0  Strasbourg
Schoenaker   35'
Arnesen   38'
Lerby   55'
La Ling   90'
Report

Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.


Real Madrid  3–0  Celtic
Santillana   45'
Stielike   56'
Juanito   86'
Report

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.


Hajduk Split  3–2  Hamburg
Zl. Vujović   21'
Đorđević   50'
Primorac   86'
Report Hrubesch   2'
Hieronymus   23'

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

Semi-finals

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

First leg

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Nottingham Forest  2–0  Ajax
Francis   33'
Robertson   61' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 31,244

Real Madrid  2–0  Hamburg
Santillana   67', 80' Report

Second leg

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Ajax  1–0  Nottingham Forest
Lerby   65' Report
Attendance: 54,955

Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.


Hamburg  5–1  Real Madrid
Kaltz   10' (pen.), 40'
Hrubesch   17', 45'
Memering   90'
Report Cunningham   31'
Attendance: 61,980

Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

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Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
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 3
  Ian Bowyer   Nottingham Forest 3
  Laurie Cunningham   Real Madrid 3
  Manfred Kaltz   Hamburg 3
  Hartmut Pelka   BFC Dynamo 3
  Francis Piasecki   Strasbourg 3
  John Robertson   Nottingham Forest 3
  Santillana   Real Madrid 3
  Trevor Francis   Nottingham Forest 3

References

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