UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 1

Standings and results for Group 1 of the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 1 consisted of Bulgaria, Denmark, England, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. The draw paired together the two Irelands for the first time in International competition. Group winners were England, who went undefeated in qualifying, finishing 6 points clear of second-placed Northern Ireland.

Final table

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Results

footballbox|date = May 24, 1978
team1 = fb-rt|DEN
score = 3 – 3
team2 = fb|IRL
goals1 = Jensen goal|32
B. Nielsen goal|79|pen.
Lerby goal|80
goals2 = Stapleton goal|11
Grealish goal|25
Daly goal|65
stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Beck (NED)|report =

----footballbox|date = September 20, 1978
team1 = fb-rt|IRL
score = 0 – 0
team2 = fb|NIR
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Rion (BEL)|report =

----footballbox|date = September 20, 1978
team1 = fb-rt|DEN
score = 3 – 4
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Simonsen goal|25|pen.
Arnesen goal|28
Røntved goal|86
goals2 = Keegan goal|17, goal|23
Latchford goal|50
Neal goal|85
stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Prokop (FRG)|report =

----footballbox|date = October 11, 1978
team1 = fb-rt|DEN
score = 2 – 2
team2 = fb|BUL|1971
goals1 = B. Nielsen goal|17
Lerby goal|63
goals2 = Panov goal|34
Iliev goal|84
stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance:
Referee: |report =

----footballbox|date = October 25, 1978
team1 = fb-rt|IRL
score = 1 – 1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Daly goal|27
goals2 = Latchford goal|8
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Aldinger (FRG)|report =

----footballbox|date = October 25, 1978
team1 = fb-rt|NIR
score = 2 – 1
team2 = fb|DEN
goals1 = Spence goal|63, goal|67
Anderson goal|85
goals2 = Jensen goal|51
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Haugen (DEN)|report =

----footballbox|date = November 29, 1978
team1 = fb-rt|BUL|1971
score = 0 – 2
team2 = fb|NIR
goals1 =
goals2 = Armstrong goal|17
Caskey goal|83
stadium = Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ok (TUR)|report =

----footballbox|date = February 7, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 4 – 0
team2 = fb|NIR
goals1 = Keegan goal|24
Latchford goal|46 , goal|63
Watson goal|49
goals2 =
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 92,000
Referee: Eriksson (SWE)|report =

----footballbox|date = May 2, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|IRL
score = 2 – 0
team2 = fb|DEN
goals1 = Daly goal|44
Givens goal|66
goals2 =
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Vautrot (FRA)|report =

----footballbox|date = May 2, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|NIR
score = 2 – 0
team2 = fb|BUL|1971
goals1 = Nicholl goal|16
Armstrong goal|81
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mattsson (FIN)|report =

----footballbox|date = May 10, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|BUL|1971
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fb|IRL
goals1 = Zvetkov goal|81
goals2 =
stadium = Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Bucek (AUT)|report =

----footballbox|date = June 6, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|BUL|1971
score = 0 – 3
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Keegan goal|7
Watson goal|53
Barnes goal|54
stadium = Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Dörflinger-Buser (SUI)|report =

----footballbox|date = June 6, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|DEN
score = 4 – 0
team2 = fb|NIR
goals1 = Elkjær goal|13, goal|33, goal|83
Simonsen goal|64
goals2 =
stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 16,800
Referee: Frickel (FRG)|report =

----footballbox|date = September 12, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fb|DEN
goals1 = Keegan goal|17
goals2 =
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Da Luz (POR)|report =

----footballbox|date = October 17, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|IRL
score = 3 – 0
team2 = fb|BUL|1971
goals1 = Martin goal|39
Grealish goal|46
Stapleton goal|83
goals2 =
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Einbeck (FRG)|report =

----footballbox|date = October 17, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|NIR
score = 1 – 5
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Moreland goal|50|pen.
goals2 = Francis goal|18, goal|62
Woodcock goal|34
Nicholl goal|74|o.g.
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ponnet (BEL)|report =

----footballbox|date = October 31, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|BUL|1971
score = 3 – 0
team2 = fb|DEN
goals1 = Geliaskov goal|21
Zvetkov goal|51, goal|88
goals2 =
stadium = Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Afxentiou (CYP)|report =

----footballbox|date = November 21, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|NIR
score = 1– 0
team2 = fb|IRL
goals1 = Armstrong goal|54
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Daina (SUI)|report =

----footballbox|date = November 22, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2 – 0
team2 = fb|BUL|1971
goals1 = Watson goal|9
Hoddle goal|68
goals2 =
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 71,491
Referee: Fredriksson (SWE)|report =

----footballbox|date = February 6, 1980
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2 – 0
team2 = fb|IRL
goals1 = Keegan goal|34, goal|74
goals2 =
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 90,299
Referee: Scheurell (FRG)|report =

Top goalscorer

* Kevin Keegan (ENG) - 7 goals

References

*cite book |first=J. |last=Robinson |authorlink= |title=The European Football Championships 1958-1996|publisher=Soccer Book Publishing |location=|year=1996 |isbn=0947808698