1979–80 European Cup


The 1979–80 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by holders Nottingham Forest in the final against Hamburg. The winning goal was scored by John Robertson, who drilled the ball into the corner of the Hamburg net from outside the penalty area. Forest became the only side to win the European Cup more times than their domestic top flight league, a record which still stands.

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.
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BFC Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.
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Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.
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BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate. Real Madrid won on away goals.
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Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
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3–3 on aggregate. Hamburg won on away goals.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Søren Lerby Ajax10
2 Ton Blanker Ajax7
2 Horst Hrubesch Hamburg7
4 Sotiris Kaiafas Omonia6
5 Frank Arnesen Ajax4
5 Ruud Krol Ajax4
7 Carlos Bianchi Strasbourg3
7 Ian Bowyer Nottingham Forest3
7 Laurie Cunningham Real Madrid3
7 Manfred Kaltz Hamburg3
7 Hartmut Pelka BFC Dynamo3
7 Francis Piasecki Strasbourg3
7 John Robertson Nottingham Forest3
7 Santillana Real Madrid3
7 Trevor Francis Nottingham Forest3