1980 UEFA European Football Championship 

1980 UEFA European Football Championship
Italia 1980

UEFA Euro 1980 official logo
Tournament details
Teams 8
Venue(s) (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  West Germany (2 nd title)
Runners-up  Belgium
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 27 (1.93 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of West Germany Klaus Allofs (3 goals)

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. The final tournament took place between 11 June and 22 June 1980.

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Overview

This was the first European Championship in which eight teams, rather than four, contested the final tournament. Seven of these countries had to qualify for the final stage. 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, delaying the start of play. 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 inspired performance of offensively-minded Belgium (around rising stars such as Jan Ceulemans, Eric Gerets, Jean-Marie Pfaff, and Erwin Vandenbergh) who unexpectedly reached the final, only losing to West Germany (1-2) by a Hrubesch goal two minutes before time.

Qualification

1980 UEFA European Football Championship finalists.

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

Venues

Match officials

Flag of Austria Austria


Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany


Flag of England England


Flag of France France


Flag of Hungary Hungary


Flag of Italy Italy
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands


Flag of Portugal Portugal


Flag of Romania Romania


Flag of Scotland Scotland


Flag of Turkey Turkey


Flag of West Germany West Germany

Squads

For a list of all participating squads see 1980 UEFA European Football Championship squads

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 West Germany 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5
 Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
 Greece 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
11 June 1980
17:45
Czechoslovakia  0 – 1  West Germany Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 11,059
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
(Report) Rummenigge Scored in the 57th minute 57'

11 June 1980
20:30
Netherlands  1 – 0  Greece Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 14,990
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)
Kist Scored in the 65th minute 65' (pen.) (Report)

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

14 June 1980
20:30
Greece  1 – 3  Czechoslovakia Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 4,726
Referee: Patrick Partridge (England)
Anastopoulos Scored in the 14th minute 14' (Report) Panenka Scored in the 6th minute 6'
Vizek Scored in the 26th minute 26'
Nehoda Scored in the 63rd minute 63'

17 June 1980
17:45
Netherlands  1 – 1  Czechoslovakia Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
Attendance: 11,889
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)
Kist Scored in the 59th minute 59' (Report) Nehoda Scored in the 16th minute 16'

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

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belgium 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
 Italy 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
 England 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
 Spain 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
12 June 1980
17:45
Belgium  1 – 1  England Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 15,186
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)
Ceulemans Scored in the 29th minute 29' (Report) Wilkins Scored in the 26th minute 26'

12 June 1980
20:30
Spain  0 – 0  Italy Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
Attendance: 46,816
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
(Report)

15 June 1980
17:45
Belgium  2 – 1  Spain Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
Attendance: 11,430
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
Gerets Scored in the 17th minute 17'
Cools Scored in the 65th minute 65'
(Report) Quini 36'

15 June 1980
20:30
England  0 – 1  Italy Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 59,646
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
(Report) Tardelli Scored in the 79th minute 79'

18 June 1980
17:45
Spain  1 – 2  England Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 14,440
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Dani Scored in the 48th minute 48' (pen.) (Report) Brooking Scored in the 19th minute 19'
Woodcock Scored in the 61st minute 61'

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

Third place play-off

21 June 1980
20:30
Czechoslovakia  1 – 1  Italy San Paolo, Naples
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Jurkemik Scored in the 54th minute 54' (Report) Graziani Scored in the 73rd minute 73'
    Penalties  
Masny Scored
Nehoda Scored
Ondruš Scored
Jurkemik Scored
Panenka Scored
Gögh Scored
Gajdusek Scored
Kozák Scored
Barmos Scored
9 – 8 Scored Causio
Scored Altobelli
Scored Baresi
Scored Cabrini
Scored Benetti
Scored Graziani
Scored Scirea
Scored Tardelli
Missed (saved) Collovati
 

Final

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

Statistics

Goal scorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Fastest goal

6 minutes : Antonin Panenka (Czechoslovakia vs Greece)

Average goals

1.93 goals per game