1979–80 European Cup

1979–80 European Cup

The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
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)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

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 league.

Preliminary round[]

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

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bracket[]

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

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	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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Second leg[]

Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.

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BFC Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.

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Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	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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Second leg[]

Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.

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BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

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Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	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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Second leg[]

Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	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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Second leg[]

Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final[]

Top scorers[]

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

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)