1980 UEFA EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The '1980 UEFA European Football Championship' ('Euro 80') 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.

Contents

Overview

Qualification

Venues

Match Officials

Squads

Group stages

Group A

Group B

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goal scorers

Fastest goal

Average goals

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 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 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

Main articles: 1980 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

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Venues

★ Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Capacity: 86,500

★ Giuseppe Meazza, Milan - Capacity: 85,700

★ Stadio San Paolo, Naples - Capacity: 72,800

★ Stadio Comunale, Turin - Capacity: 50,000

Match Officials

; Austria

★ Erich Linemayr


; East Germany

★ Adolf Prokop


; England

★ Patrick Partridge


; France

★ Robert Wurtz


; Hungary

★ Károly Palotai


; Italy

★ Alberto Michelotti
; Netherlands

★ Charles Corver


; Portugal

★ Antonio Garrido


; Romania

★ Nicolae Rainea


; Scotland

★ Brian McGinlay


; Turkey

★ Hilmi Ok


; West Germany

★ Heinz Aldinger

Squads

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

Group stages

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'5'	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
	'3'	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
	'3'	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
	'1'	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'4'	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
	'4'	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1
	'3'	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	'1'	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2

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Third place play-off

Final

Euro 1980 Champions
Germany '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

★ Dani

★ Quini

Fastest goal

'6 Minutes' : Antonin Panenka (Czechoslovakia vs Greece)

Average goals

1.93 Per Game