The following are the association football events of the year 1980 throughout the world.
Events Copa Libertadores 1980: Won by Nacional after defeating Sport Club Internacional on an aggregate score of 2–0. England: 1980 FA Cup Final: West Ham United 1, Arsenal 0, the winning goal scored by Trevor Brooking European Cup 1980: Won by Nottingham Forest after defeating Hamburger SV 1–0 in the Final. Scottish Cup final: Celtic beat Rangers 1-0 after extra time at Hampden Park. After the match there is a pitch invasion, leading to rioting and 210 arrests. Following the match the sale of alcohol at Scottish football grounds is banned. September 10 – Midfielder Jan van Deinsen plays his first and only international match for the Netherlands, when the Netherlands meets the Republic of Ireland in Dublin. September 17 – Dutch side FC Utrecht makes its European debut with a draw (0-0) in Romania against FC Argeș Pitești in the first round of the UEFA Cup.
Winners club national championship
Asia : Al-Sadd SC
Europe : Club Brugge K.V. : Liverpool : FC Nantes : Inter Milan : Ajax Amsterdam : Sporting CP : Aberdeen : Spartak Moscow : Real Madrid : Trabzonspor : Bayern Munich : Red Star Belgrade
North America : Cruz Azul / : New York Cosmos (NASL)
Oceania : Sydney City
South America
Metropolitano – River Plate Nacional – Rosario Central : Flamengo : Jorge Wilstermann : Atlético Junior Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
International Tournaments African Cup of Nations in Nigeria (March 8 – 22 1980)
1980 British Home Championship (May 16 – May 24, 1980)
UEFA European Football Championship in Italy (June 11 – 22 1980)
and Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union (July 20 – August 2, 1980)
Mundialito in Montevideo, Uruguay (December 30, 1980 – January 10, 1981)
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National Teams
DateOpponentFinal scoreResultCompetitionVenueJanuary 231 – 0LFriendlyEstadio Balaídos, VigoMarch 260 – 0DFriendlyParc des Princes, ParisJune 111 – 0WEuro 1980Stadio San Paolo, NaplesJune 142 – 3LEuro 1980Stadio San Paolo, NaplesJune 171 – 1DEuro 1980San Siro, MilanSeptember 102 – 1LWorld Cup QualifierLansdowne Road, DublinOctober 111 – 1DFriendlyPhilips Stadion, EindhovenNovember 191 – 0LWorld Cup QualifierHeysel Stadion, BrusselsDecember 302 – 0LMundialitoEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
Births
January 6 – Steed Malbranque, Belgian-French footballer January 12 – Michael Niedrig, German former footballer January 14 – Ossama Haidar, Lebanese international January 22 – Ibón Larrazábal, Spanish retired footballer January 25 – Xavi, Spanish footballer February 1 Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005) February 6 – Shaun Hadley, English former professional footballer February 9 – Jean-Reck Ah Fok, Mauritian footballer February 15 – Elvis Marecos, Paraguayan footballer February 20 Artur Boruc, Polish footballer Thijs Sluijter, Dutch footballer February 28 – Piotr Giza, Polish footballer March 4 – Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer March 8 – Aridani Arbelo, Spanish footballer March 13 – Dani Ferron, Andorran footballer March 14 – Aaron Brown, English footballer March 15 – Hugo Notario, Argentine footballer March 20 – Thomas Levaux, French professional footballer March 21 John McGrath, Irish footballer Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer March 31 Matias Concha, Swedish footballer Dean Clark, English footballer April 3 – Marcin Makuch, Polish footballer April 7 – Jérémie Peiffer, Luxembourgian footballer April 17 – Leonid Lazaridi, former Russian footballer April 22 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer May 5 – Youssou Diop, Senegalese retired footballer May 14 – Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer May 18 – Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer May 30 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer June 2 – Abby Wambach, American women's soccer player June 10 Edgard Lima, Brazilian footballer Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer June 12 Ifet Taljević, Yugoslav-born German club footballer Mohammed Usman, Nigerian footballer June 26 – Michael Jackson, English club footballer June 30 Rade Prica, Swedish international Sayuti, Indonesian club footballer July 8 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer August 5 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer August 6 Danny Collins, English-Welsh footballer Roman Weidenfeller, German footballer August 7 – Shane Moody-Orio, Belizean footballer August 12 – Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer August 22 – Gabriel Chade, Argentine football assistant referee September 6 Sergei Sholokhov, former Russian professional footballerSergei Sholokhov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer September 7 – Zakhele Manyatsi, Swaziland international footballer September 9 – Steeve Theophile, French footballer September 10 – Willy Eras, Costa Rican professional footballer September 17 – Mikhail Nekrasov, former Russian professional footballerMikhail Nekrasov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) September 18 – Marco Antonio Mendoza, Mexican footballer September 29 – Patrick Agyemang, Ghanaian international October 3 – Dalibor Mitrović, Serbian footballer October 4 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech international October 5 – Lartee Jackson, Liberian former footballer October 9 Kert Kütt, Estonian footballer Amir Nussbaum, Israeli footballer Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian footballer Fábio Pinto, Brazilian footballer Warren Waugh, English footballer October 23 – Scott Parker, English international October 27 – Radhakrishnan Dhanarajan, Indian club footballer (d. 2019) October 28 – Alan Smith, English international October 29 – Arthur (Arthur Teixeira Viégas), Brazilian footballer November 2 – Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer November 3 – Bernard Morreel, Belgian retired footballer November 4 – Tuda Murphy, Caymanian footballer November 5 – Christoph Metzelder, German international November 18 – Luke Chadwick, English youth international November 22 – David Artell, English club footballer and manager November 26 – Sergei Viktorovich Kudryavtsev, former Russian professional footballerSergei Viktorovich Kudryavtsev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) December 6 – Steve Lovell, English club footballer December 7 – John Terry, English footballer December 20 – Ashley Cole, English footballer December 27 – Mladen Žižović, Bosnian football player and manager (d. 2025) December 31 – Beto Gonçalves, Brazilian-born Indonesian international
Deaths
February February 22 – Pierre Korb, French international footballer (born 1908)
March March 1 – Dixie Dean, English international footballer (born 1907)
June June 8 – Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Brazilian international defender, Brazilian squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (75) June 9 – Miguel Capuccini, Uruguayan goalkeeper, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (76)
September September 9 – José de Anchieta Fontana, Brazilian international defender, winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. (39)
References
External links Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation VoetbalStats