Euro 1980

The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 1980) 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 June 11 and June 22, 1980.

Qualification

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

Belgium
Czechoslovakia
England
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
West Germany

Italy automatically qualified for the tournament as hosts

Greece qualified finishing on top of Group 6, ahead of Hungary, Finland and the USSR:

Group matches

Finland 3 - 0 Greece

Finland 2 - 1 Hungary

USSR 2 - 0 Greece

Hungary 2 - 0 USSR

Greece 8 - 1 Finland

Greece 4 - 1 Hungary

Hungary 0 - 0 Greece

USSR 2 - 2 Hungary

Finland 1 - 1 USSR

Greece 1 - 0 USSR

Hungary 3 - 1 Finland

USSR 2 - 2 Finland

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. This was the first time in the history of the tournament that all matches were played in one country.

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 Italy matches. 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 West German stars such as 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.

Venues

Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Capacity: 86,500
San Siro, Milan - Capacity: 85,700
Stadio San Paolo, Naples - Capacity: 72,800
Stadio Comunale, Turin - Capacity: 50,000

First round

All times local (Central European Time)
Half-time scores are in brackets

Group A

June 11, 1980

Czechoslovakia	0 - 1 (0-0)	West Germany	17:45 - Stadio Olimpico, Rome Ref: Alberto Michelotti (Italy) Attendance: 11,059
		Rummenigge 57'


Netherlands	1 - 0 (0-0)	Greece	20:30 - Stadio San Paolo, Naples Ref: Adolf Prokop (East Germany) Attendance: 14,990
Kist (p) 65'

June 14, 1980

West Germany	3 - 2 (1-0)	Netherlands	17:45 - Stadio San Paolo, Naples Ref: Robert Wurtz (France) Attendance: 26,546
Allofs 20', 60', 65'		Rep (p) 79'
		van de Kerkhof 85'

Greece	1 - 3 (1-2)	Czechoslovakia	20:30 - Stadio Olimpico, Rome Ref: Patrick Partridge (England) Attendance: 4,726
Anastopoulos 14'		Panenka 6'
		Vízek 26'
		Nehoda 63'

June 17, 1980

Netherlands	1 - 1 (0-1)	Czechoslovakia	17:45 - Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Hilmi Ok (Turkey) Attendance: 11,889
Kist 59'		Nehoda 16'


Greece	0 - 0 (0-0)	West Germany	20:30 - Stadio Comunale, Turin Ref: Brian McGinlay (Scotland) Attendance: 13,901

Group B

June 12, 1980

Belgium	1 - 1 (1-1)	England	17:45 - Stadio Comunale, Turin Ref: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany) Attendance: 15,186
Ceulemans 29'		Wilkins 26'


Spain	0 - 0 (0-0)	Italy	20:30 - Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Karoly Palotai (Hungary) Attendance: 46,816

June 15, 1980

Belgium	2 - 1 (1-1)	Spain	17:45 - Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Charles Corver (Netherlands) Attendance: 11,430
Gerets 17'		Quini 36'
Cools 65'

England	0 - 1 (0-0)	Italy	20:30 - Stadio Comunale, Turin Ref: Nicolae Rainea (Romania) Attendance: 59,646
		Tardelli 79'

June 18, 1980

Spain	1 - 2 (0-1)	England	17:45 - Stadio San Paolo, Naples Ref: Erich Linemayr (Austria) Attendance: 14,440
Dani (p) 48'		Brooking 19'
		Woodcock 61'

Italy	0 - 0 (0-0)	Belgium	20:30 - Stadio Olimpico, Rome Ref: António José Garrido (Portugal) Attendance: 42,318

Third place match

June 21, 1980

Italy	1 - 1 (0-0)	Czechoslovakia	20:30 - Stadio San Paolo, Naples Ref: Erich Linemayr (Austria) Attendance: 24,652
Graziani 73'		Jurkemik 54'

NOTE: No extra time was played.

Penalty shootout
Italy		8 - 9	Czechoslovakia
Causio: goal		1-1	Masný: goal
Altobelli: goal		2-2	Nehoda: goal
Baresi: goal		3-3	Ondruš: goal
Cabrini: goal		4-4	Jurkemik: goal
Benetti: goal		5-5	Panenka: goal
Graziani: goal		6-6	Gögh: goal
Scirea: goal		7-7	Gajdůšek: goal
Tardelli: goal		8-8	Kozák: goal
Collovati: Netolicka saved		8-9	Barmoš: goal

Final

June 22, 1980

West Germany	2 - 1 (1-0)	Belgium	20:30 - Stadio Olimpico, Rome Ref: Nicolae Rainea (Romania) Attendance: 47,864
Hrubesch 10', 88'		Vandereycken (p) 75'

Euro 1980 Champions:

West Germany
Second title

Statistics

Goal scorers

3 Goals

Klaus Allofs

2 Goals

Horst Hrubesch
Zdenek Nehoda
Kees Kist

1 Goal

Jan Ceulemans
Julien Cools
Eric Gerets
René Vandereycken
Ladislav Jurkemik
Antonín Panenka
Ladislav Vízek
Trevor Brooking
Ray Wilkins
Tony Woodcock
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Nikos Anastopoulos
Francesco Graziani
Marco Tardelli
Johnny Rep
Willy van de Kerkhof
Daniel Bazán Dani
Enrique Castro Quini

Fastest goal

6 Minutes : Antonin Panenka (Czechoslovakia vs Greece)

Average goals

1.93 Per Game

The Greek Squad

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