# 1980 in association football

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

* Qatar: Al-Sadd SC

### Europe

* Belgium: Club Brugge K.V.
* England: Liverpool
* France: FC Nantes
* Italy: Inter Milan
* Netherlands
** Eredivisie – Ajax Amsterdam
** Eerste Divisie – FC Groningen
* Portugal: Sporting CP
* Spain: Real Madrid
* Soviet Union: Spartak Moscow
* Turkey: Trabzonspor
* West Germany: Bayern Munich
* Yugoslavia: Red Star Belgrade

### North America

* Mexico: Cruz Azul
* United States / Canada:
** New York Cosmos (NASL)

### Oceania

* Australia: Sydney City

### South America

* Argentina
** Metropolitano – River Plate
** Nacional – Rosario Central
* Brazil: Flamengo
* Bolivia: Jorge Wilstermann
* Colombia: Atlético Junior
* Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción

## International Tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Nigeria (March 8 – 22 1980)
** Nigeria
** Algeria
** Morocco
* 1980 British Home Championship (May 16 – May 24, 1980)
       Northern Ireland
* UEFA European Football Championship in Italy (June 11 – 22 1980)
** West Germany
** Belgium
** Italy and Czechoslovakia
* Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union (July 20 – August 2, 1980)
** Czechoslovakia
** East Germany
** Soviet Union
* Mundialito in Montevideo, Uruguay (December 30, 1980 – January 10, 1981)
** Uruguay
** Brazil

## National Teams
### Netherlands

| Date | Opponent | Final score | Result | Competition | Venue |
| January 23 | Spain | 1 – 0 | L | Friendly | Estadio Balaídos, Vigo |
| March 26 | France | 0 – 0 | D | Friendly | Parc des Princes, Paris |
| June 11 | Greece | 1 – 0 | W | Euro 1980 | Stadio San Paolo, Naples |
| June 14 | West Germany | 2 – 3 | L | Euro 1980 | Stadio San Paolo, Naples |
| June 17 | Czechoslovakia | 1 – 1 | D | Euro 1980 | San Siro, Milan |
| September 10 | Republic of Ireland | 2 – 1 | L | World Cup Qualifier | Lansdowne Road, Dublin |
| October 11 | West Germany | 1 – 1 | D | Friendly | Philips Stadion, Eindhoven |
| November 19 | Belgium | 1 – 0 | L | World Cup Qualifier | Heysel Stadion, Brussels |
| December 30 | Uruguay | 2 – 0 | L | Mundialito | Estadio 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
* September 6
** Sergei Sholokhov, former Russian professional footballer
** 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 footballer
* 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 footballer
* December 6 – Steve Lovell, English club footballer
* December 7 – John Terry, English footballer
* December 20 – Ashley Cole, English footballer
* December 31 – Beto Gonçalves, Brazilian-born Indonesian international
    Date unknown

## 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)