The 1979–80 European Cup was the 25th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football competition. The 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.
Teams Partizani Austria Wien Beveren Levski-Spartak Omonia Dukla Prague Vejle Liverpool Nottingham Forest TH HJK Helsinki Strasbourg BFC Dynamo Hamburg AEK Athens Újpesti Dózsa Valur Dundalk Milan Red Boys Differdange Hibernians Ajax Linfield Start Ruch Chorzów Porto Argeș Pitești Celtic Real Madrid Öster Servette Trabzonspor Dinamo Tbilisi Hajduk Split
Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bracket
First round
First leg
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.
Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.
Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.
Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.
Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Real Madrid won on away goals.
Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Hamburg won on away goals.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals1 Søren Lerby Ajax102 Ton Blanker Ajax7 Horst Hrubesch Hamburg74 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia65 Frank Arnesen Ajax4 Ruud Krol Ajax47 Carlos Bianchi Strasbourg3 Ian Bowyer Nottingham Forest3 Laurie Cunningham Real Madrid3 Manfred Kaltz Hamburg3 Hartmut Pelka BFC Dynamo3 Francis Piasecki Strasbourg3 John Robertson Nottingham Forest3 Santillana Real Madrid3 Trevor Francis Nottingham Forest3
References
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 - results and line-ups (archive)