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

For details concerning the qualifying phase see, 1980 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying.

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 - West Germany 0-1 (0-0)
Rummenigge 57'

Netherlands - Greece 1-0 (0-0)
Kist (p) 65'

June 14, 1980

West Germany - Netherlands 3-2 (1-0)

Allofs 20', 60', 65'
Rep (p) 79', van de Kerkhof 85'

Greece - Czechoslovakia 1-3 (1-2)

Anastopoulos 14'
Panenka 6', Vízek 26', Nehoda 63'

June 17, 1980

[Netherlands - Czechoslovakia 1-1 (0-1)

Kist 59'
Nehoda 16'

Greece - West Germany 0-0 (0-0)

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Group B

June 12, 1980

Belgium - England 1-1 (1-1)

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

20pxBelgium	2 - 1 (1-1)	Spain	17:45 - Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Charles Corver (Netherlands) Attendance: 11,430
Gerets 17'		Quini 36'
Cools 65'
20px England	0 - 1 (0-0)	20px Italy	20:30 - Stadio Comunale, Turin Ref: Nicolae Rainea (Romania) Attendance: 59,646
		Tardelli 79'

June 18, 1980

20px Spain	1 - 2 (0-1)	20px 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

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