1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
	Match programme cover
Event	1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup
	After extra time ; Valencia won 5–4 on penalties
Date	14 May 1980
Venue	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Referee	Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
Attendance	40,000
	← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested on 14 May 1980 between Valencia of Spain and Arsenal of England. The final was held at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. Valencia won the match 5–4 on penalties.^[1] It was the 20th European Cup Winners' Cup final and the only time that the winner was decided by a penalty shoot-out. It was Valencia's third major European title after their two Inter-Cities Fairs Cup victories in the 1960s.

Route to the final[]

Valencia					Arsenal
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Boldklubben 1903	6–2	2–2 (A)	4–0 (H)	First round	Fenerbahçe	2–0	2–0 (H)	0–0 (H)
Rangers	4–2	1–1 (H)	3–1 (A)	Second round	1. FC Magdeburg	4–3	2–1 (H)	2–2 (A)
Barcelona	5–3	1–0 (A)	4–3 (H)	Quarter-finals	IFK Göteborg	5–1	5–1 (H)	0–0 (A)
Nantes	5–2	1–2 (A)	4–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Juventus	2–1	1–1 (H)	1–0 (A)

Match[]

Details[]

14 May 1980

20:15 CEST

Valencia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Arsenal
	Report
Penalties
Kempes Solsona Rodríguez Bonhof Arias	5–4	Brady Stapleton Sunderland Talbot Hollins Rix

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Valencia

Arsenal



GK	1
DF	2	José Carrete
DF
DF		Ricardo Arias
DF		Miguel Tendillo (c)
MF		Daniel Solsona
MF		Enrique Saura
MF		Rainer Bonhof
MF		Javier Subirats	112'
FW	9	Mario Kempes
FW		Pablo Rodríguez
Substitutes:
MF			112'
Manager:
Alfredo Di Stéfano



GK	1	Pat Jennings
DF	2	Pat Rice (c)
DF	3	Sammy Nelson
MF	4	Brian Talbot
DF	5	David O'Leary
DF	6	Willie Young
MF	7	Liam Brady
FW	8	Alan Sunderland
FW	9	Frank Stapleton
MF	10	David Price	105'
MF	11	Graham Rix
Substitutes:
MF	12	John Hollins	105'
Manager:
Terry Neill

References[]

^ Pye, Steven (14 May 2020). "When Arsenal became the first club to lose a European final on penalties". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

External links[]

1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

[1] Pye, Steven (14 May 2020). "When Arsenal became the first club to lose a European final on penalties". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

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1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

Contents

Route to the final[]

Match[]

Details[]

See also[]

References[]

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