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1980 UEFA European Football Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Italy Italy
Dates11 June – 22 June
Teams8
Venue(s)(in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Germany West Germany (2nd title)
Runner-upBelgium Belgium
Third placeFlag of Czech Czechoslovakia
Fourth placeFlag of Italy Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored27 (1.93 per match)
Attendance345,463 (24,676 per match)
Top scorer(s)Flag of West Germany Klaus Allofs (3 goals)
1976
1984

The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. With eight teams competing, the final tournament took place between 11 and 22 June 1980. Previously, the final tournament of the European Championships were played among four teams. Champions were West Germany who won their second title. It was the last Euro tournament with a competition for third place.

Overview[]

This was the first European Championship in which eight teams, rather than four, contested the final tournament. On October 17, 1977 UEFA announced that England, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and West Germany had expressed interest in hosting this event. On October 19 UEFA's Organizing Committee decided to assign the hosting to England or Italy (expressing its favour to the latter, the former having already hosted the FIFA World Cup just 11 years earlier), and on November 12 the Organizing Committee and the Executive Committee announced that Italy had been chosen unanimously. Seven countries had to qualify for the final tournament, and the draw for the qualifying round took place in Rome on November 30, 1977. Also for the first time, the hosts, in this case Italy, qualified automatically for the finals.

Because of the expanded format, the final tournament went through some changes as well. Two groups of four teams each were created; each team would play all others within their group. The winners of the groups would go straight to the final (there were no semi-finals), while the runners-up disputed the third place match.

The tournament generally failed to draw much enthusiasm from spectators and TV viewers. Attendance was generally poor except for matches involving the Italian team. The defensive style of play of many teams led to a succession of dull matches. Hooliganism, already a rising problem in the 1970s, made headlines again at the first-round match between England and Belgium where riot police had to use tear gas, causing the match to be held up for five minutes in the first half. The only bright spots were the emergence of a new generation of talented German stars such as Bernd Schuster, Hans-Peter Briegel, Horst Hrubesch, Hansi Müller and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and the inspirational performance of Belgium (around rising stars such as Jan Ceulemans, Eric Gerets, Jean-Marie Pfaff, and Erwin Vandenbergh) who reached the final, only losing to West Germany (2–1) by a Hrubesch goal two minutes before time.

Qualification[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

For a list of squads, see UEFA Euro 1980 squads.

Venues[]

Rome Milan
Stadio Olimpico Giuseppe Meazza
Capacity: 66,341 Capacity: 83,141
Stadio Olimpico 2008 Camerapics file 2 the rugby game
Naples Turin
Stadio San Paolo Stadio Comunale
Capacity: 81,101 Capacity: 71,180
Stadio San Paolo Stadio Olimpico Torino Italy

Match officials[]

Referee
Erich Linemayr (AUT)
Adolf Prokop (GDR)
Patrick Partridge (ENG)
Robert Wurtz (FRA)
Heinz Aldinger (FRG)
Károly Palotai (HUN)
Alberto Michelotti (ITA)
Charles Corver (NED)
António Garrido (POR)
Nicolae Rainea (ROU)
Brian McGinlay (SCO)
Hilmi Ok (TUR)

Results[]

Group stage[]

All times are CEST/UTC+2

Group 1[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Germany West Germany 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5
Flag of Czech Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
Netherlands Netherlands 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
11 June 1980
17:45
Czechoslovakia Flag of Czech 0–1 Flag of Germany West Germany Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 11,059
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
Report Rummenigge Goal 57'

11 June 1980
20:30
Netherlands Netherlands 1–0 Flag of Greece.svg Greece Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 14,990
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)
Kist Goal 65' (pen.) Report

14 June 1980
17:45
West Germany Flag of Germany 3–2 Netherlands Netherlands Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 26,546
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Allofs Goal 20'60'65' Report Rep Goal 79' (pen.)
van de Kerkhof Goal 85'

14 June 1980
20:30
Greece Flag of Greece.svg 1–3 Flag of Czech Czechoslovakia Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 4,726
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)
Anastopoulos Goal 14' Report Panenka Goal 6'
Vízek Goal 26'
Nehoda Goal 63'

17 June 1980
17:45
Netherlands Netherlands 1–1 Flag of Czech Czechoslovakia San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 11,889
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)
Kist Goal 59' Report Nehoda Goal 16'

17 June 1980
20:30
Greece Flag of Greece.svg 0–0 Flag of Germany West Germany Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 13,901
Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)
Report

Group 2[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Belgium Belgium 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
Flag of Italy Italy 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
England England 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
Flag of Spain Spain 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
12 June 1980
17:45
Belgium Belgium 1–1 England England Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 15,186
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)
Ceulemans Goal 29' Report Wilkins Goal 26'

12 June 1980
20:30
Spain Flag of Spain 0–0 Flag of Italy Italy San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 46,816
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
Report

15 June 1980
17:45
Belgium Belgium 2–1 Flag of Spain Spain San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 11,430
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
Gerets Goal 17'
Cools Goal 65'
Report Quini Goal 36'

15 June 1980
20:30
England England 0–1 Flag of Italy Italy Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 59,646
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
Report Tardelli Goal 79'

18 June 1980
17:45
Spain Flag of Spain 1–2 England England Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 14,440
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Dani Goal 48' (pen.) Report Brooking Goal 19'
Woodcock Goal 61'

18 June 1980
20:30
Italy Flag of Italy 0–0 Belgium Belgium Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 42,318
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
Report

Third place play-off[]

21 June 1980
20:30
Czechoslovakia Flag of Czech 1–1 Flag of Italy Italy Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 24,652
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Jurkemik Goal 54' Report Graziani Goal 73'
  Penalties  
Masný Soccerball shad check
Nehoda Soccerball shad check
Ondruš Soccerball shad check
Jurkemik Soccerball shad check
Panenka Soccerball shad check
Gögh Soccerball shad check
Gajdůšek Soccerball shad check
Kozák Soccerball shad check
Barmoš Soccerball shad check
9–8 Soccerball shad check Causio
Soccerball shad check Altobelli
Soccerball shad check Baresi
Soccerball shad check Cabrini
Soccerball shad check Benetti
Soccerball shad check Graziani
Soccerball shad check Scirea
Soccerball shad check Tardelli
Missed Collovati

Final[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 Final
22 June 1980
20:30
Belgium Belgium 1–2 Flag of Germany West Germany Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 47,864
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
Vandereycken Goal 75' (pen.) Report Hrubesch Goal 10'88'

Statistics[]

  • Fastest goal: 6 minutesAntonin Panenka (Czechoslovakia vs Greece)

Goalscorers[]

With three goals, Klaus Allofs is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 27 goals were scored by 22 different players in 14 games for an average of 1.93 goals per game. None of the goals are credited as own goal.

3 goals
  • Flag of West Germany Klaus Allofs
2 goals
  • Flag of West Germany Horst Hrubesch
  • Flag of Czechoslovakia Zdenek Nehoda
  • Flag of Netherlands Kees Kist
1 goal
  • Flag of Belgium Jan Ceulemans
  • Flag of Belgium Julien Cools
  • Flag of Belgium Eric Gerets
  • Flag of Belgium René Vandereycken
  • Flag of Czechoslovakia Ladislav Jurkemik

Awards[]

UEFA Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Flag of Italy Dino Zoff Flag of Italy Claudio Gentile Flag of Italy Marco Tardelli Flag of West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Flag of Italy Gaetano Scirea Flag of Belgium Jan Ceulemans Flag of West Germany Horst Hrubesch
Flag of West Germany Karlheinz Forster Flag of West Germany Bernd Schuster
Flag of West Germany Hans-Peter Briegel Flag of West Germany Hansi Müller

External links[]

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