1979–80 European Cup

1979–80 European Cup

The Santiago Bernabéu 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)

The season 1979–80 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions 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. Forest became the only side to win the European Cup more times than their domestic top flight league, a record which still stands.

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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	3–1	Öster	2–0	1–1
Argeş Piteşti	3–2	AEK Athens	3–0	0–2
Dynamo Berlin	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	2–16	Ajax	1–8	1–8
Red Boys Differdange	3–7	Omonia	2–1	1–6
Partizani Tirana	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 Vienna	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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Argeş Piteşti won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Berlin 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	Argeş Piteşti	2–0	2–1
Dynamo Berlin	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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Dynamo Berlin 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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Porto 2–2 Real Madrid 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	Dynamo Berlin	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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Hamburg 3–3 Hajduk Split 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	4
	Ian Bowyer	Nottingham Forest	3
	Laurie Cunningham	Real Madrid	3
	Manfred Kaltz	Hamburg	3
	Hartmut Pelka	Dynamo Berlin	4
	Francis Piasecki	Strasbourg	3
	John Robertson	Nottingham Forest	3
	Santillana	Real Madrid	3

External links

• 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)