UEFA Euro 1980

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = UEFA European Football Championship
year = 1980
other_titles = Italia 1980


size = 120px
caption = UEFA Euro 1980 official logo
country = Italy
dates = 11 June – 22 June
num_teams = 8
venues = 4
cities = 4
champion = West Germany
count = 2
second = Belgium
third = Czechoslovakia
fourth = Italy
matches = 14
goals = 27
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|FRG Klaus Allofs (3 goals)
player = The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship 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.

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.

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 Bernd Schuster, 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

The following teams participated in the final tournament:
*fb|BEL
*fb|TCH
*fb|ENG
*fb|GRE
*fb|ITA (automatically qualified as hosts)
*fb|NED
*fb|ESP|1977
*fb|FRG

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

;flagicon|AUT Austria
*Erich Linemayr
;flagicon|GDR East Germany
*Adolf Prokop
;flagicon|ENG England
*Patrick Partridge
;flagicon|FRA France
*Robert Wurtz
;flagicon|HUN|1957 Hungary
*Károly Palotai
;flagicon|ITA Italy
*Alberto Michelotti;flagicon|NED Netherlands
*Charles Corver
;flagicon|POR Portugal
*Antonio Garrido
;flagicon|ROU|1965 Romania
*Nicolae Rainea
;flagicon|SCO Scotland
*Brian McGinlay
;flagicon|TUR Turkey
*Hilmi Ok
;flagicon|FRG West Germany
*Heinz Aldinger

quads

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

Results

Group stage

Group A

footballbox
date=1980-06-11
time=17:45
team1=fb-rt|TCH
score=0 – 1
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3572/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|FRG
goals1=
goals2=Rummenigge goal|57
stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome
attendance=11,059
referee=Alberto Michelotti (Italy) ----footballbox
date=1980-06-11
time=20:30
team1=fb-rt|NED
score=1 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3573/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|GRE
goals1=Kist goal|65|pen.
goals2=
stadium=Stadio San Paolo, Naples
attendance=14,990
referee=Adolf Prokop (East Germany) ----footballbox
date=1980-06-14
time=17:45
team1=fb-rt|FRG
score=3 – 2
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3574/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|NED
goals1=Allofs goal|20 goal|60 goal|65
goals2=Rep goal|79|pen.
van de Kerkhof goal|85
stadium=Stadio San Paolo, Naples
attendance=26,546
referee=Robert Wurtz (France) ----footballbox
date=1980-06-14
time=20:30
team1=fb-rt|GRE
score=1 – 3
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3575/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|TCH
goals1=Anastopoulos goal|14
goals2=Panenka goal|6
Vizek goal|26
Nehoda goal|63
stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome
attendance=4,726
referee=Patrick Partridge (England) ----footballbox
date=1980-06-17
time=17:45
team1=fb-rt|NED
score=1 – 1
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3576/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|TCH
goals1=Kist goal|59
goals2=Nehoda goal|16
stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
attendance=11,889
referee=Hilmi Ok (Turkey) ----footballbox
date=1980-06-17
time=20:30
team1=fb-rt|GRE
score=0 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3577/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|FRG
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Stadio Comunale, Turin
attendance=13,901
referee=Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

Group B

footballbox
date=1980-06-12
time=17:45
team1=fb-rt|BEL
score=1 – 1
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3578/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|ENG
goals1=Ceulemans goal|29
goals2=Wilkins goal|26
stadium=Stadio Comunale, Turin
attendance=15,186
referee=Heinz Aldinger (West Germany) ----footballbox
date=1980-06-12
time=20:30
team1=fb-rt|ESP|1977
score=0 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3579/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|ITA
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
attendance=46,816
referee=Károly Palotai (Hungary) ----footballbox
date=1980-06-15
time=17:45
team1=fb-rt|BEL
score=2 – 1
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3580/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|ESP|1977
goals1=Gerets goal|17
Cools goal|65
goals2=Quini 36'
stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
attendance=11,430
referee=Charles Corver (Netherlands) ----footballbox
date=1980-06-15
time=20:30
team1=fb-rt|ENG
score=0 – 1
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3581/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|ITA
goals1=
goals2=Tardelli goal|79
stadium=Stadio Comunale, Turin
attendance=59,646
referee=Nicolae Rainea (Romania) ----footballbox
date=1980-06-18
time=17:45
team1=fb-rt|ESP|1977
score=1 – 2
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3582/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|ENG
goals1=Dani goal|48|pen.
goals2=Brooking goal|19
Woodcock goal|61
stadium=Stadio San Paolo, Naples
attendance=14,440
referee=Erich Linemayr (Austria) ----footballbox
date=1980-06-18
time=20:30
team1=fb-rt|ITA
score=0 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=200/match=3583/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|BEL
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome
attendance=42,318
referee=Antonio Garrido (Portugal)

Third place play-off

footballbox
date=1980-06-21
time=20:30
team1=fb-rt|TCH
score=1 – 1
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=197/match=3584/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|ITA
goals1=Jurkemik goal|54
goals2=Graziani goal|73
stadium=San Paolo, Naples
referee=Erich Linemayr (Austria)

penshootoutbox
penalties1=Masny pengoal
Nehoda pengoal
Ondruš pengoal
Jurkemik pengoal
Panenka pengoal
Gögh pengoal
Gajdusek pengoal
Kozák pengoal
Barmos pengoal
penaltyscore=9 – 8
penalties2=pengoal Causio
pengoal Altobelli
pengoal Baresi
pengoal Cabrini
pengoal Benetti
pengoal Graziani
pengoal Scirea
pengoal Tardelli
penmiss|saved Collovati

Final

footballbox
date=1980-06-22
time=20:30
team1=fb-rt|BEL
score=1 – 2
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1980/round=198/match=3585/index.html (Report)]
team2=fb|FRG
goals1=Vandereycken goal|75|pen.
goals2=Hrubesch goal|10 goal|88
stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome
attendance=47,864
referee=Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

tatistics

Goal scorers

3 goals
*flagicon|FRG Klaus Allofs

2 goals
*flagicon|FRG Horst Hrubesch
*flagicon|TCH Zdenek Nehoda
*flagicon|NED Kees Kist

1 goal
*flagicon|BEL Jan Ceulemans
*flagicon|BEL Julien Cools
*flagicon|BEL Eric Gerets
*flagicon|BEL René Vandereycken
*flagicon|TCH Ladislav Jurkemik
*flagicon|TCH Antonín Panenka
*flagicon|TCH Ladislav Vízek
*flagicon|ENG Trevor Brooking
*flagicon|ENG Ray Wilkins
*flagicon|ENG Tony Woodcock
*flagicon|FRG Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
*flagicon|GRE Nikos Anastopoulos
*flagicon|ITA Francesco Graziani
*flagicon|ITA Marco Tardelli
*flagicon|NED Johnny Rep
*flagicon|NED Willy van de Kerkhof
*flagicon|ESP|1977 Dani
*flagicon|ESP|1977 Quini

Fastest goal

6 minutes : Antonin Panenka (Czechoslovakia vs Greece)

Average goals

1.93 goals per game