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Events
January
February
- February 3: Stelios Manolas debuts in the Alpha Ethniki in the match Kastoria - AEK 1-1. The AEK defender will end his career 18 years later.
May
- May 6: Nikos Galis makes his debut with the Greek National Basketball Team in a game against Sweden (71-79)
- May 26: Kastoria win the Greek Soccer Cup after beating Iraklis 5-2 in Nea Philadelphia Stadium (Tsironis 3, Simaioforidis and Dintsikos)
June
- June 11: Greece participate for the first time in the final phase of a major football tournament. They lose 1-0 to Holland in their opening match of Euro 1980, after East German referee Prokop inexplicably awards the Dutch a penalty when forward Naninga charges and injures Greek keeper Vasilis Konstantinou.
November
- November 4: The five day work week is established
December
- December 19: Unidentified bombers destroy mega-stores Katrantzos and Mignon in Athens.
Births
January
- January 25: Stathis Tavlaridis, footballer
February
- February 9: Angelos Charisteas, footballer
Deaths
February
- February 2: Giorgos Andrianopoulos football player and Piraeus mayor.
- February 8: Nikos Xylouris, Cretan singer.