1979–80 European Cup

1979–80 European Cup

The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium 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)
Attendance	2,041,979 (32,412 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Søren Lerby (Ajax) 10 goals

The 1979–80 season of the European Cup football club 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.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dundalk	3–1	Linfield	1–1	2–0

First leg

Second leg

Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Nottingham Forest	2	1	3
	Öster	0	1	1			Nottingham Forest	2	2	4
	Argeș Pitești	3	0	3			Argeș Pitești	0	1	1
	AEK Athens	0	2	2									Nottingham Forest	0	3	3
	BFC Dynamo	4	0	4									BFC Dynamo	1	1	2
	Ruch Chorzów	1	0	1			BFC Dynamo	2	2	4
	Servette	3	1	4			Servette	1	2	3
	Beveren	1	1	2															Nottingham Forest	2	0	2
	Újpesti Dózsa	3	0	3															Ajax	0	1	1
	Dukla Prague	2	2	4			Dukla Prague	1	0	1
	Start	1	0	1			Strasbourg	0	2	2
	Strasbourg	2	4	6									Strasbourg	0	0	0
	HJK Helsinki	1	1	2									Ajax	0	4	4
	Ajax	8	8	16			Ajax	10	0	10
	Red Boys Differdange	2	1	3			Omonia	0	4	4
	Omonia	1	6	7																					Nottingham Forest	1
	Partizani	1	1	2																					Hamburg	0
	Celtic	0	4	4			Celtic	3	0	3
	Dundalk	2	0	2			Dundalk	2	0	2
	Hibernians	0	1	1									Celtic	2	0	2
	Porto	0	1	1									Real Madrid	0	3	3
	Milan	0	0	0			Porto	2	0	2
	Levski-Spartak	0	0	0			Real Madrid	1	1	2
	Real Madrid	1	2	3															Real Madrid	2	1	3
	Valur	0	1	1															Hamburg	0	5	5
	Hamburg	3	2	5			Hamburg	3	3	6
	Liverpool	2	0	2			Dinamo Tbilisi	1	2	3
	Dinamo Tbilisi	1	3	4									Hamburg	1	2	3
	Vejle	3	1	4									Hajduk Split	0	3	3
	Austria Wien	2	1	3			Vejle	0	2	2
	Hajduk Split	1	1	2			Hajduk Split	3	1	4
	Trabzonspor	0	0	0

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	3–1	Öster	2–0	1–1
Argeș Pitești	3–2	AEK Athens	3–0	0–2
BFC Dynamo	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 Helsinki	2–16	Ajax	1–8	1–8
Red Boys Differdange	3–7	Omonia	2–1	1–6
Partizani	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 Wien	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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Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.

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BFC Dynamo 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	4–1	Argeș Pitești	2–0	2–1
BFC Dynamo	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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BFC Dynamo 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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2–2 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	3–2	BFC Dynamo	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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3–3 on aggregate; Hamburg won on away goals.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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	3
	Ian Bowyer	Nottingham Forest	3
	Laurie Cunningham	Real Madrid	3
	Manfred Kaltz	Hamburg	3
	Hartmut Pelka	BFC Dynamo	3
	Francis Piasecki	Strasbourg	3
	John Robertson	Nottingham Forest	3
	Santillana	Real Madrid	3
	Trevor Francis	Nottingham Forest	3