# UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

The qualifying round for UEFA Euro 1980 consisted of 31 teams divided into seven groups; three of five teams and four of four teams. The qualifying round (drawn in Rome on 30 November 1977) was played at various times between May 1978 and February 1980, with some groups concluding earlier than others.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Italy | Host | 12 November 1977 | 1 (1968) |
| Greece | Group 6 winner | 31 October 1979 | 0 (debut) |
| England | Group 1 winner | 21 November 1979 | 1 (1968) |
| Netherlands | Group 4 winner | 21 November 1979 | 1 (1976) |
| Czechoslovakia | Group 5 winner | 24 November 1979 | 2 (1960, 1976) |
| Spain | Group 3 winner | 9 December 1979 | 1 (1964) |
| Belgium | Group 2 winner | 19 December 1979 | 1 (1972) |
| West Germany | Group 7 winner | 22 December 1979 | 2 (1972, 1976) |
* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

## Summary

| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 |
| England | Belgium | Spain | Netherlands | Czechoslovakia | Greece | West Germany |
| Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Bulgaria Denmark | Austria Portugal Scotland Norway | Yugoslavia Romania Cyprus | Poland East Germany Switzerland Iceland | France Sweden Luxembourg | Hungary Finland Soviet Union | Turkey Wales Malta |

## Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
* Greater number of points in all group matches
* Goal difference in all group matches
* Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
* Drawing of lots

## Groups

Four groups of four teams and three groups of five teams competed for qualification for UEFA Euro 1980. The teams played home and away matches against the other teams in their group. The seven teams that acquired the most points to win their respective group qualified for the main tournament, joining the host nation Italy.

### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | England | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 15 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Northern Ireland | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 9 | | 1–5 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Republic of Ireland | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 5 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Denmark | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 4 | | 3–4 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Belgium | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 12 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Austria | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Portugal | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 9 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Scotland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 7 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–2 |
| 5 | Norway | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — |

### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Spain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 8 | | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Romania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 1 | | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |

### Group 4

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Poland | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 12 | | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | East Germany | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 11 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 5–2 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 4 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Iceland | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — |

### Group 5

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | France | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Sweden | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |

### Group 6

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Greece | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–1 | 8–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Hungary | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Finland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 6 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — |

### Group 7

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | West Germany | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 5–1 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Turkey | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Wales | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 7–0 |
| 4 | Malta | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 327 goals scored in 108 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.
7 goals
* Kevin Keegan
6 goals
* Klaus Fischer
5 goals
* François Van der Elst
* Marián Masný
4 goals
* Hans Krankl
* Martin Hoffmann
* Joachim Streich
* Bob Latchford
* Atik Ismail
* Thomas Mavros
* Kenny Dalglish
* Santillana
* Ian Edwards
* Zlatko Vujović
3 goals
* Walter Schachner
* Chavdar Tsvetkov
* Ladislav Vízek
* Preben Elkjær
* Gerd Weber
* David Watson
* Maik Galakos
* Takis Nikoloudis
* Ruud Geels
* Gerry Armstrong
* Zbigniew Boniek
* Roman Ogaza
* Nené
* Gerry Daly
* Archie Gemmill
* Anders Grönhagen
2 goals
* Wilhelm Kreuz
* Bruno Pezzey
* Ján Kozák
* Zdeněk Nehoda
* Antonín Panenka
* František Štambachr
* Henning Jensen
* Søren Lerby
* Benny Nielsen
* Allan Simonsen
* Lutz Lindemann
* Rüdiger Schnuphase
* Trevor Francis
* Tony Woodcock
* Didier Six
* Georgios Delikaris
* László Fekete
* György Tatár
* Béla Várady
* Ernie Brandts
* Kees Kist
* John Metgod
* Dick Nanninga
* Willy van de Kerkhof
* Arne Larsen Økland
* Stanisław Terlecki
* Alberto Fonseca
* Tony Grealish
* Frank Stapleton
* Dudu Georgescu
* Marcel Răducanu
* Ștefan Sameș
* Andy Gray
* Gordon McQueen
* John Robertson
* Yuri Chesnokov
* Juan Manuel Asensi
* Dani
* Hasse Borg
* Sedat Özden
* Brian Flynn
* Klaus Allofs
* Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
* Herbert Zimmermann
* Zlatko Kranjčar
* Vladimir Petrović
* Ivica Šurjak
1 goal
* Kurt Jara
* Herbert Prohaska
* Kurt Welzl
* Julien Cools
* Jean Janssens
* Erwin Vandenbergh
* René Vandereycken
* Wilfried Van Moer
* Franky Vercauteren
* Eddy Voordeckers
* Ivan Iliev
* Pavel Panov
* Andrey Zhelyazkov
* Sotiris Kaiafas
* Fivos Vrahimis
* Miroslav Gajdůšek
* Frank Arnesen
* Per Røntved
* Reinhard Häfner
* Werner Peter
* Hans-Jürgen Riediger
* Peter Barnes
* Glenn Hoddle
* Phil Neal
* Kai Haaskivi
* Tuomo Hakala
* Aki Heiskanen
* Jyrki Nieminen
* Seppo Pyykkö
* Miikka Toivola
* Patrick Battiston
* Marc Berdoll
* Albert Emon
* Albert Gemmrich
* Bernard Lacombe
* Jean-François Larios
* Éric Pécout
* Jean Petit
* Michel Platini
* Gilles Rampillon
* Marius Trésor
* Christos Ardizoglou
* László Pusztai
* László Szokolai
* László Tieber
* Janus Guðlaugsson
* Pétur Pétursson
* Nico Braun
* Romain Michaux
* Emanuel Farrugia
* Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi
* Ruud Krol
* Jan Peters
* Rob Rensenbrink
* Huub Stevens
* Frans Thijssen
* Piet Wildschut
* Trevor Anderson
* Billy Caskey
* Victor Moreland
* Chris Nicholl
* Derek Spence
* Einar Jan Aas
* Georg Hammer
* Pål Jacobsen
* Marek Kusto
* Grzegorz Lato
* Włodzimierz Mazur
* Wojciech Rudy
* Henryk Wieczorek
* João Resende Alves
* Artur Correia
* Eurico Gomes
* Fernando Gomes
* Reinaldo Gomes
* Don Givens
* Mick Martin
* Ionel Augustin
* Anghel Iordănescu
* Gheorghe Mulțescu
* Steve Archibald
* Joe Jordan
* Sergey Andreyev
* Volodymyr Bezsonov
* Yuri Gavrilov
* Aleksandr Khapsalis
* Ramaz Shengelia
* Rubén Cano
* Vicente del Bosque
* Juanito
* Enrique Saura
* Ángel María Villar
* Rutger Backe
* Tore Cervin
* Mats Nordgren
* Jan Svensson
* Umberto Barberis
* Heinz Hermann
* Herbert Hermann
* Hans-Jörg Pfister
* Raimondo Ponte
* Markus Tanner
* Gian-Pietro Zappa
* Mustafa Denizli
* Erhan Önal
* Fatih Terim
* Alan Curtis
* Nick Deacy
* Peter Nicholas
* Peter O'Sullivan
* Mickey Thomas
* Rainer Bonhof
* Karlheinz Förster
* Manfred Kaltz
* Walter Kelsch
* Damir Desnica
* Vahid Halilhodžić
* Dušan Savić
* Blaž Slišković
1 own goal
* Gerd Kische (against Netherlands)
* John Holland (against West Germany)
* Jimmy Nicholl (against England)