1979–80 European Cup

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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.

## First round

### 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

### 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

 Strasbourg  | 0–4
 Celtic  | 2–3
 **Hamburg**  | 3–3 (a)

### 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.*

### Second leg

*Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.*

## Final

Main article: 1980 European Cup Final

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## Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

## References

1. ↑ "Dundalk v Linfield, 29 August 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
2. ↑ Dowd, Fergus. "The Battle of Oriel Park: When The Troubles and football collided", The Football Faithful, 20 March 202. (in en)
3. ↑ Second leg was played at neutral field at Haarlem Stadion, Haarlem, cause of Linfield fans riots on first game in Dundalk.
4. ↑ "Linfield v Dundalk, 5 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
5. ↑ "Start v Strasbourg, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
6. ↑ "Red Boys Differdange v Omonia, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
7. ↑ "Partizani v Celtic, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
8. ↑ "Levski-Spartak v Real Madrid, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
9. ↑ "Valur v Hamburg, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
10. ↑ "Liverpool v Dinamo Tbilisi, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
11. ↑ "Vejle v Austria Wien, 19 September 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
12. ↑ "Strasbourg v Start, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
13. ↑ "Celtic v Partizani, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
14. ↑ "Milan v Porto, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
15. ↑ "Dinamo Tbilisi v Liverpool, 3 October 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
16. ↑ "Hamburg v Dinamo Tbilisi, 7 November 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
17. ↑ "Omonia v Ajax, 7 November 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
18. ↑ "Strasbourg v Ajax, 5 March 1980" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
19. ↑ "BFC Dynamo v Nottingham Forest, 19 March 1980" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
20. ↑ Buchspieß, Dieter (25 March 1980). "Erst nach hoffnungslosem Rückstand Vertrauen zu sich selbst gefunden" (PDF). *Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de)* (in German). Vol. 1980 no. 13. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 8. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
21. ↑ "Ajax v Strasbourg, 19 March 1980" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.

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* 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
* 1979/80 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)

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