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

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 9  Yugoslavia 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 8  Romania 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 6  Cyprus 6 0 1 5 2 19 −17 1

Cyprus  – 1–1 0–3 1–3 Romania  2–0 – 2–2 3–2 Spain  5–0 1–0 – 0–1 Yugoslavia  5–0 2–1 1–2 –

Results

Yugoslavia  v  Spain

October 4, 1978

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

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 41,539 Referee: Linemayr (AUT)

Romania  v  Yugoslavia

October 25, 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)

Spain  v  Romania

November 15, 1978

Spain	1 – 0	Romania
Asensi  9'

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Keizer (NED)

Spain  v  Cyprus

December 13, 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)

Cyprus  v  Yugoslavia

April 1, 1979

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

Makario Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 3,376 Referee: Padar (HUN)

Romania  v  Spain

April 4, 1979

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

Ion Oblemenco Stadium, Craiova Attendance: 47,000 Referee: van Langenhove (BEL)

Cyprus  v  Romania

May 13, 1979

Cyprus	1 – 1	Romania
Kaiafas  31'		Augustin  30'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Parmakov (BUL)

Spain  v  Yugoslavia

October 10, 1979

Spain	0 – 1	Yugoslavia
		Šurjak  5'

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia Attendance: 28,078 Referee: McGinlay (SCO)

Yugoslavia  v  Romania

October 31, 1979

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

Stadion Trepča, Kosovska Mitrovica Attendance: 24,397 Referee: Redelfs (FRG)

Yugoslavia  v  Cyprus

November 14, 1979

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

Gradski stadion, Novi Sad Attendance: 14,134 Referee: Zhezhov (BUL)

Romania  v  Cyprus

November 18, 1979

Romania	2 – 0	Cyprus
Mulţescu  40' Răducanu  75'

Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Krchnák (CZE)

Cyprus  v  Spain

December 9, 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.