1979–80 European Cup#First round
{{Short description|25th season of the UEFA club football tournament}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = European Cup
| year = 1979–80
| image = Santiago Bernabeu Stadium - panoramio.jpg
| size = 275px
| caption = The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
| dates = 29 August 1979 – 28 May 1980
| num_teams = 33
| champion_other = {{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest
| count = 2
| second_other = {{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg
| matches = 63
| goals = 185
| attendance = 2041979
| top_scorer = Søren Lerby (Ajax)
10 goals
| prevseason = 1978–79
| nextseason = 1980–81
}}
The 1979–80 European Cup was the 25th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football competition. The 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. Nottingham Forest remain the only side to have won the European Cup more times than their domestic top flight.
Teams
| class="wikitable" |
| {{fbaicon|ALB}} Partizani {{small|(1st)}}
|{{fbaicon|AUT}} Austria Wien {{small|(1st)}} |
| {{fbaicon|BUL|1971}} Levski-Spartak {{small|(1st)}}
|{{fbaicon|CYP|1960}} Omonia {{small|(1st)}} |{{fbaicon|TCH}} Dukla Prague {{small|(1st)}} |
| {{fbaicon|DEN}} Vejle {{small|(1st)}}
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool {{small|(1st)}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest {{small|(2nd)}}TH |
| {{fbaicon|FIN}} HJK Helsinki {{small|(1st)}}
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1830}} Strasbourg {{small|(1st)}} |{{fbaicon|GDR}} BFC Dynamo {{small|(1st)}} |
| {{fbaicon|FRG}} Hamburg {{small|(1st)}}
|{{fbaicon|GRE}} AEK Athens {{small|(1st)}} |{{fbaicon|HUN}} Újpesti Dózsa {{small|(1st)}} |
| {{fbaicon|ISL}} Valur {{small|(1st)}} |
| {{fbaicon|LUX}} Red Boys Differdange {{small|(1st)}}
|{{fbaicon|MLT}} Hibernians {{small|(1st)}} |
| {{fbaicon|NIR}} Linfield {{small|(1st)}}
|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Start {{small|(1st)}} |{{fbaicon|POL|1928}} Ruch Chorzów {{small|(1st)}} |
| {{fbaicon|POR}} Porto {{small|(1st)}}
|{{fbaicon|ROU|1965}} Argeș Pitești {{small|(1st)}} |
| {{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} Real Madrid {{small|(1st)}} |
| {{fbaicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor {{small|(1st)}}
|{{fbaicon|URS}} Dinamo Tbilisi {{small|(1st)}} |{{fbaicon|YUG}} Hajduk Split {{small|(1st)}} |
Preliminary round
=First leg=
{{football box
|date=29 August 1979
|time=
|team1=Dundalk {{flagicon|IRL}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63580--dundalk-vs-linfield/l Report]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2={{flagicon|NIR}} Linfield
|goals1=Devine {{goal|80}}
|goals2=Feeney {{goal|48}}
|stadium=Oriel Park, Dundalk
|attendance=5,000{{UEFA match attendance|63580|Dundalk v Linfield, 29 August 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Pat Partridge (England)
}}
=Second leg=
{{football box
|date=5 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Linfield {{flagicon|NIR}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63581--linfield-vs-dundalk/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|IRL}} Dundalk
|goals1=
|goals2=Muckian {{goal|14||88}}
|stadium=Haarlem Stadion, Haarlem{{refn|name=Linfield|Second leg was played on a neutral ground at Haarlem Stadion, Haarlem, because of Linfield fans' riots at the first game in Dundalk.{{cite news|url=http://www.klisf.net/ek78_1.htm|title=The Battle of Oriel Park: When The Troubles and football collided|last=Dowd|first=Fergus|date=20 March 202|publisher=The Football Faithful|language=en|access-date=18 March 2022}}}}
|attendance=1,147{{UEFA match attendance|63581|Linfield v Dundalk, 5 September 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Jan Beck (Netherlands)
}}
Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bracket
{{32TeamBracket|legs=2/2/2/2/1|aggregate=y|compact=n|seeds=n|nowrap=y
|RD1=Round of 32
|RD2=Round of 16
|RD3=Quarter-finals
|RD4=Semi-finals
|RD5=Final
|RD1-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest
|RD1-score01-1=2
|RD1-score01-2=1
|RD1-score01-agg=3
|RD1-team02={{flagicon|SWE}} Öster
|RD1-score02-1=0
|RD1-score02-2=1
|RD1-score02-agg=1
|RD1-team03={{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Argeș Pitești
|RD1-score03-1=3
|RD1-score03-2=0
|RD1-score03-agg=3
|RD1-team04={{flagicon|GRE}} AEK Athens
|RD1-score04-1=0
|RD1-score04-2=2
|RD1-score04-agg=2
|RD1-team05={{flagicon|DDR}} BFC Dynamo
|RD1-score05-1=4
|RD1-score05-2=0
|RD1-score05-agg=4
|RD1-team06={{flagicon|POL|1928}} Ruch Chorzów
|RD1-score06-1=1
|RD1-score06-2=0
|RD1-score06-agg=1
|RD1-team07={{flagicon|SUI}} Servette
|RD1-score07-1=3
|RD1-score07-2=1
|RD1-score07-agg=4
|RD1-team08={{flagicon|BEL}} Beveren
|RD1-score08-1=1
|RD1-score08-2=1
|RD1-score08-agg=2
|RD1-team09={{flagicon|HUN}} Újpesti Dózsa
|RD1-score09-1=3
|RD1-score09-2=0
|RD1-score09-agg=3
|RD1-team10={{flagicon|CSK}} Dukla Prague
|RD1-score10-1=2
|RD1-score10-2=2
|RD1-score10-agg=4
|RD1-team11={{flagicon|NOR}} Start
|RD1-score11-1=1
|RD1-score11-2=0
|RD1-score11-agg=1
|RD1-team12={{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg
|RD1-score12-1=2
|RD1-score12-2=4
|RD1-score12-agg=6
|RD1-team13={{flagicon|FIN}} HJK Helsinki
|RD1-score13-1=1
|RD1-score13-2=1
|RD1-score13-agg=2
|RD1-team14={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax
|RD1-score14-1=8
|RD1-score14-2=8
|RD1-score14-agg=16
|RD1-team15={{flagicon|LUX}} Red Boys Differdange
|RD1-score15-1=2
|RD1-score15-2=1
|RD1-score15-agg=3
|RD1-team16={{flagicon|CYP|1960}} Omonia
|RD1-score16-1=1
|RD1-score16-2=6
|RD1-score16-agg=7
|RD1-team17={{flagicon|ALB|1946}} Partizani
|RD1-score17-1=1
|RD1-score17-2=1
|RD1-score17-agg=2
|RD1-team18={{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic
|RD1-score18-1=0
|RD1-score18-2=4
|RD1-score18-agg=4
|RD1-team19={{flagicon|IRE}} Dundalk
|RD1-score19-1=2
|RD1-score19-2=0
|RD1-score19-agg=2
|RD1-team20={{flagicon|MLT}} Hibernians
|RD1-score20-1=0
|RD1-score20-2=1
|RD1-score20-agg=1
|RD1-team21={{flagicon|POR}} Porto
|RD1-score21-1=0
|RD1-score21-2=1
|RD1-score21-agg=1
|RD1-team22={{flagicon|ITA}} Milan
|RD1-score22-1=0
|RD1-score22-2=0
|RD1-score22-agg=0
|RD1-team23={{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Levski-Spartak
|RD1-score23-1=0
|RD1-score23-2=0
|RD1-score23-agg=0
|RD1-team24={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid
|RD1-score24-1=1
|RD1-score24-2=2
|RD1-score24-agg=3
|RD1-team25={{flagicon|ISL}} Valur
|RD1-score25-1=0
|RD1-score25-2=1
|RD1-score25-agg=1
|RD1-team26={{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg
|RD1-score26-1=3
|RD1-score26-2=2
|RD1-score26-agg=5
|RD1-team27={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool
|RD1-score27-1=2
|RD1-score27-2=0
|RD1-score27-agg=2
|RD1-team28={{flagicon|URS}} Dinamo Tbilisi
|RD1-score28-1=1
|RD1-score28-2=3
|RD1-score28-agg=4
|RD1-team29={{flagicon|DEN}} Vejle
|RD1-score29-1=3
|RD1-score29-2=1
|RD1-score29-agg=4
|RD1-team30={{flagicon|AUT}} Austria Wien
|RD1-score30-1=2
|RD1-score30-2=1
|RD1-score30-agg=3
|RD1-team31={{flagicon|YUG}} Hajduk Split
|RD1-score31-1=1
|RD1-score31-2=1
|RD1-score31-agg=2
|RD1-team32={{flagicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor
|RD1-score32-1=0
|RD1-score32-2=0
|RD1-score32-agg=0
|RD2-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest
|RD2-score01-1=2
|RD2-score01-2=2
|RD2-score01-agg=4
|RD2-team02={{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Argeș Pitești
|RD2-score02-1=0
|RD2-score02-2=1
|RD2-score02-agg=1
|RD2-team03={{flagicon|DDR}} BFC Dynamo
|RD2-score03-1=2
|RD2-score03-2=2
|RD2-score03-agg=4
|RD2-team04={{flagicon|SUI}} Servette
|RD2-score04-1=1
|RD2-score04-2=2
|RD2-score04-agg=3
|RD2-team05={{flagicon|CSK}} Dukla Prague
|RD2-score05-1=1
|RD2-score05-2=0
|RD2-score05-agg=1
|RD2-team06={{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg
|RD2-score06-1=0
|RD2-score06-2=2
|RD2-score06-agg=2
|RD2-team07={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax
|RD2-score07-1=10
|RD2-score07-2=0
|RD2-score07-agg=10
|RD2-team08={{flagicon|CYP|1960}} Omonia
|RD2-score08-1=0
|RD2-score08-2=4
|RD2-score08-agg=4
|RD2-team09={{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic
|RD2-score09-1=3
|RD2-score09-2=0
|RD2-score09-agg=3
|RD2-team10={{flagicon|IRE}} Dundalk
|RD2-score10-1=2
|RD2-score10-2=0
|RD2-score10-agg=2
|RD2-team11={{flagicon|POR}} Porto
|RD2-score11-1=2
|RD2-score11-2=0
|RD2-score11-agg=2
|RD2-team12={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid (a)
|RD2-score12-1=1
|RD2-score12-2=1
|RD2-score12-agg=2
|RD2-team13={{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg
|RD2-score13-1=3
|RD2-score13-2=3
|RD2-score13-agg=6
|RD2-team14={{flagicon|URS}} Dinamo Tbilisi
|RD2-score14-1=1
|RD2-score14-2=2
|RD2-score14-agg=3
|RD2-team15={{flagicon|DEN}} Vejle
|RD2-score15-1=0
|RD2-score15-2=2
|RD2-score15-agg=2
|RD2-team16={{flagicon|YUG}} Hajduk Split
|RD2-score16-1=3
|RD2-score16-2=1
|RD2-score16-agg=4
|RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest
|RD3-score01-1=0
|RD3-score01-2=3
|RD3-score01-agg=3
|RD3-team02={{flagicon|DDR}} BFC Dynamo
|RD3-score02-1=1
|RD3-score02-2=1
|RD3-score02-agg=2
|RD3-team03={{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg
|RD3-score03-1=0
|RD3-score03-2=0
|RD3-score03-agg=0
|RD3-team04={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax
|RD3-score04-1=0
|RD3-score04-2=4
|RD3-score04-agg=4
|RD3-team05={{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic
|RD3-score05-1=2
|RD3-score05-2=0
|RD3-score05-agg=2
|RD3-team06={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid
|RD3-score06-1=0
|RD3-score06-2=3
|RD3-score06-agg=3
|RD3-team07={{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg (a)
|RD3-score07-1=1
|RD3-score07-2=2
|RD3-score07-agg=3
|RD3-team08={{flagicon|YUG}} Hajduk Split
|RD3-score08-1=0
|RD3-score08-2=3
|RD3-score08-agg=3
|RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest
|RD4-score01-1=2
|RD4-score01-2=0
|RD4-score01-agg=2
|RD4-team02={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax
|RD4-score02-1=0
|RD4-score02-2=1
|RD4-score02-agg=1
|RD4-team03={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid
|RD4-score03-1=2
|RD4-score03-2=1
|RD4-score03-agg=3
|RD4-team04={{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg
|RD4-score04-1=0
|RD4-score04-2=5
|RD4-score04-agg=5
|RD5-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest
|RD5-score01=1
|RD5-team02={{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg
|RD5-score02=0
}}
First round
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Nottingham Forest|ENG|3–1|Öster|SWE|2–0|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|Argeș Pitești|ROM|var1=1965|3–2|AEK Athens|GRE|3–0|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|BFC Dynamo|DDR|4–1|Ruch Chorzów|POL|var2=1928|4–1|0–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|Servette|SUI|4–2|Beveren|BEL|3–1|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|Újpesti Dózsa|HUN|3–4|Dukla Prague|CSK|3–2|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Start|NOR|1–6|Strasbourg|FRA|var2=1974|1–2|0–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|HJK Helsinki|FIN|2–16|Ajax|NED|1–8|1–8}}
{{TwoLegResult|Red Boys Differdange|LUX|3–7|Omonia|CYP|var2=1960|2–1|1–6}}
{{TwoLegResult|Partizani|ALB|var1=1946|2–4|Celtic|SCO|1–0|1–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|Dundalk|IRL|2–1|Hibernians|MLT|2–0|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|Porto|POR|1–0|Milan|ITA|0–0|1–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|Levski-Spartak|BUL|var1=1971|0–3|Real Madrid|ESP|var2=1977|0–1|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Valur|ISL|1–5|Hamburg|FRG|0–3|1–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Liverpool|ENG|2–4|Dinamo Tbilisi|URS|2–1|0–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|Vejle|DEN|4–3|Austria Wien|AUT|3–2|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|Hajduk Split|YUG|2–0|Trabzonspor|TUR|1–0|1–0}}
|}
=First leg=
{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Nottingham Forest {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63602--nottm-forest-vs-oster/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|SWE}} Öster
|goals1=Bowyer {{goal|63||73}}
|goals2=
|stadium=City Ground, Nottingham
|attendance=21,974
|referee=Sotos Afxentiou (Cyprus)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Argeș Pitești {{flagicon|ROM|1965}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63586--fc-2005-sa-arges-vs-aek/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|GRE}} AEK Athens
|goals1=Nicolae {{goal|49||80}}
Radu {{goal|65}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești
|attendance=20,000
|referee=Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=BFC Dynamo {{flagicon|DDR}}
|score=4–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63584--berlin-vs-ruch/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|POL|1928}} Ruch Chorzów
|goals1=Netz {{goal|3}}
Pelka {{goal|18||79}}
Riediger {{goal|27}}
|goals2=Wycislik {{goal|87}}
|stadium=Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, East Berlin
|attendance=30,000
|referee=Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Servette {{flagicon|SUI}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63598--servette-vs-beveren/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|BEL}} Beveren
|goals1=Van Genechten {{goal|2|o.g.}}
Coutaz {{goal|65}}
Hamberg {{goal|80}}
|goals2=Janssens {{goal|5}}
|stadium=Stade des Charmilles, Geneve
|attendance=16,605
|referee=Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Újpesti Dózsa {{flagicon|HUN}}
|score=3–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63610--ujpest-vs-dukla/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|CSK}} Dukla Prague
|goals1=Sarlós {{goal|42}}
Nagy {{goal|66}}
Fazekas {{goal|71|pen.}}
|goals2=Gajdůšek {{goal|3}}
Nehoda {{goal|58}}
|stadium=Megyeri út, Budapest
|attendance=13,000
|referee=Otto Anderco (Romania)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Start {{flagicon|NOR}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63604--start-vs-strasbourg/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg
|goals1=Ervik {{goal|81}}
|goals2=Piasecki {{goal|44||74}}
|stadium=Kristiansand Stadion, Kristiansand
|attendance=5,345{{UEFA match attendance|63604|Start v Strasbourg, 19 September 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=HJK Helsinki {{flagicon|FIN}}
|score=1–8
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63608--hjk-vs-ajax/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax
|goals1=Rautiainen {{goal|50}}
|goals2=Lerby {{goal|6||33}}
Tahamata {{goal|20||70}}
Arnesen {{goal|37||68}}
Krol {{goal|53|pen.}}
La Ling {{goal|63}}
|stadium=Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
|attendance=17,020
|referee=Eduard Shklovski (Soviet Union)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Red Boys Differdange {{flagicon|LUX}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63592--differdange-vs-omonia/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|CYP|1960}} Omonia
|goals1=Di Domenico {{goal|20|pen.}}
Wagner {{goal|69}}
|goals2=Patikis {{goal|35}}
|stadium=Stade du Thillenberg, Differdange
|attendance=2,500{{UEFA match attendance|63592|Red Boys Differdange v Omonia, 19 September 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Günter Linn (West Germany)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Partizani {{flagicon|ALB|1946}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63606--partizani-vs-celtic/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic
|goals1=Murati {{goal|35}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Stadiumi Kombëtar Qemal Stafa, Tirana
|attendance=27,500{{UEFA match attendance|63606|Partizani v Celtic, 19 September 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Dundalk {{flagicon|IRL}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63582--dundalk-vs-hibernians/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|MLT}} Hibernians
|goals1=Carlyle {{goal|21}}
Devine {{goal|68}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Oriel Park, Dundalk
|attendance=8,000
|referee=Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Porto {{flagicon|POR}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63590--porto-vs-milan/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Milan
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Estádio das Antas, Porto
|attendance=55,000
|referee=Erich Linemayr (Austria)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Levski-Spartak {{flagicon|BUL|1971}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1979/matches/63588/ Report]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid
|goals1=
|goals2=Martínez {{goal|26}}
|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
|attendance=15,200{{UEFA match attendance|63588|Levski-Spartak v Real Madrid, 19 September 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Horst Brummeier (Austria)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Valur {{flagicon|ISL}}
|score=0–3
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63596--valur-vs-hamburg/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg
|goals1=
|goals2=Hrubesch {{goal|18||26}}
Buljan {{goal|77}}
|stadium=Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
|attendance=10,235{{UEFA match attendance|63596|Valur v Hamburg, 19 September 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Hugh Wilson (Northern Ireland)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Liverpool {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63612--liverpool-vs-dinamo-tbilisi/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|URS}} Dinamo Tbilisi
|goals1=Johnson {{goal|19}}
Case {{goal|44}}
|goals2=Chivadze {{goal|33}}
|attendance=35,270{{UEFA match attendance|63612|Liverpool v Dinamo Tbilisi, 19 September 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Vejle {{flagicon|DEN}}
|score=3–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63600--vb-vs-austria-wien/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|AUT}} Austria Wien
|goals1=Andersen {{goal|8}}
Rasmussen {{goal|10}}
Sørensen {{goal|40|pen.}}
|goals2=Baumeister {{goal|38}}
Schachner {{goal|40}}
|stadium=Vejle Stadion (1924), Vejle
|attendance=5,800{{UEFA match attendance|63600|Vejle v Austria Wien, 19 September 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Jan Peeters (Belgium)
}}
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{{football box
|date=19 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Hajduk Split {{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}}
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63594--hajduk-split-vs-trabzonspor/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor
|goals1=Primorac {{goal|75|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Stadion Poljud, Split
|attendance=52,500
|referee=Miroslav Stupar (Soviet Union)
}}
=Second leg=
{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Öster {{flagicon|SWE}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63603--oster-vs-nottm-forest/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest
|goals1=Nordgren {{goal|52}}
|goals2=Woodcock {{goal|79}}
|stadium=Värendsvallen, Växjö
|attendance=14,772
|referee=Jerzy Kacprzak (Poland)
}}
Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=AEK Athens {{flagicon|GRE}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63587--aek-vs-fc-2005-sa-arges/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Argeș Pitești
|goals1=Ivan {{goal|12|o.g.}}
Vladić {{goal|20}}
|goals2=
|stadium=AEK Stadium, Athens
|attendance=35,000
|referee=André Daina (Switzerland)
}}
Argeș Pitești won 3–2 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Ruch Chorzów {{flagicon|POL|1928}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63585--ruch-vs-berlin/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|DDR}} BFC Dynamo
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
|attendance=15,000
|referee=Yuri Sergienko (Soviet Union)
}}
BFC Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Beveren {{flagicon|BEL}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63599--beveren-vs-servette/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|SUI}} Servette
|goals1=Albert {{goal|18|pen.}}
|goals2=Barberis {{goal|37}}
|stadium=Freethiel Stadion, Beveren
|attendance=11,000
|referee=Clive White (England)
}}
Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Dukla Prague {{flagicon|CSK}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63611--dukla-vs-ujpest/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|HUN}} Újpesti Dózsa
|goals1=Vízek {{goal|24}}
Nehoda {{goal|88}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Stadion Letná, Prague
|attendance=17,000
|referee=Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
}}
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Strasbourg {{flagicon|FRA|1974}}
|score=4–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63605--strasbourg-vs-start/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|NOR}} Start
|goals1=Bianchi {{goal|13||39||69}}
Decastel {{goal|76}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
|attendance=13,685{{UEFA match attendance|63605|Strasbourg v Start, 3 October 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=William Attley (Ireland)
}}
Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Ajax {{flagicon|NED}}
|score=8–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63609--ajax-vs-hjk/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FIN}} HJK Helsinki
|goals1=Krol {{goal|6||68|pen.}}
Blanker {{goal|15||53||61||88}}
Everse {{goal|20}}
Lerby {{goal|30}}
|goals2=Toivola {{goal|85}}
|stadium=De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam
|attendance=8,250
|referee=Mário Luís (Portugal)
}}
Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Omonia {{flagicon|CYP|1960}}
|score=6–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63593--omonia-vs-differdange/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|LUX}} Red Boys Differdange
|goals1=Kaiafas {{goal|7||45|pen.|70|pen.|71}}
Kanaris {{goal|8}}
Dimitriou {{goal|40}}
|goals2=Schmidt {{goal|42}}
|stadium=Makario Stadium, Nikosia
|attendance=14,500
|referee=Clive Thomas (Wales)
}}
Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}
|score=4–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63607--celtic-vs-partizani/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ALB|1946}} Partizani
|goals1=MacDonald {{goal|20}}
Aitken {{goal|22||44}}
Davidson {{goal|31}}
|goals2=Sneddon {{goal|15|o.g.}}
|stadium=Celtic Park, Glasgow
|attendance=46,712{{UEFA match attendance|63607|Celtic v Partizani, 3 October 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Lars-Åke Björck (Sweden)
}}
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=26 September 1979
|time=
|team1=Hibernians {{flagicon|MLT}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63583--hibernians-vs-dundalk/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|IRL}} Dundalk
|goals1=Vella {{goal|67}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Empire Stadium, Gżira
|attendance=6,000
|referee=Emmanuel Platopoulos (Greece)
}}
Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Milan {{flagicon|ITA}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63591--milan-vs-porto/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|POR}} Porto
|goals1=
|goals2=Duda {{goal|60}}
|attendance=64,880{{UEFA match attendance|63591|Milan v Porto, 3 October 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
}}
Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Real Madrid {{flagicon|ESP|1977}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63589--real-madrid-vs-levski/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Levski-Spartak
|goals1=Del Bosque {{goal|20}}
Cunningham {{goal|32|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
|attendance=40,000
|referee=Francis Rion (Belgium)
}}
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Hamburg {{flagicon|FRG}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63597--hamburg-vs-valur/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ISL}} Valur
|goals1=Hrubesch {{goal|50}}
Wehmeyer {{goal|74}}
|goals2=Eðvaldsson {{goal|89}}
|stadium=Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
|attendance=5,000
|referee=Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)
}}
Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Dinamo Tbilisi {{flagicon|URS}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63613--dinamo-tbilisi-vs-liverpool/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool
|goals1=Gutsaev {{goal|55}}
Shengelia {{goal|75}}
Chivadze {{goal|81|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Vladimir Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi
|attendance=82,000{{UEFA match attendance|63613|Dinamo Tbilisi v Liverpool, 3 October 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)
}}
Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Austria Wien {{flagicon|AUT}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63601--austria-wien-vs-vb/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|DEN}} Vejle
|goals1=Gasselich {{goal|51}}
|goals2=Brylle Larsen {{goal|35}}
|stadium=Praterstadion, Wien
|attendance=30,000
|referee=Dusan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)
}}
Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=3 October 1979
|time=13:00
|team1=Trabzonspor {{flagicon|TUR}}
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63595--trabzonspor-vs-hajduk-split/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}} Hajduk Split
|goals1=
|goals2=Đorđević {{goal|44}}
|stadium=Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu, Trabzon
|attendance=25,000
|referee=László Pádár (Hungary)
}}
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
Second round
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Nottingham Forest|ENG|4–1|Argeș Pitești|ROM|var2=1965|2–0|2–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|BFC Dynamo|DDR|4–3|Servette|SUI|2–1|2–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Dukla Prague|CSK|1–2|Strasbourg|FRA|var2=1974|1–0|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Ajax|NED|10–4|Omonia|CYP|var2=1960|10–0|0–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|Celtic|SCO|3–2|Dundalk|IRL|3–2|0–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|Porto|POR|2–2 (a)|Real Madrid|ESP|var2=1977|2–1|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|Hamburg|FRG|6–3|Dinamo Tbilisi|URS|3–1|3–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Vejle|DEN|2–4|Hajduk Split|YUG|0–3|2–1}}
|}
=First leg=
{{football box
|date=24 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Nottingham Forest {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63628--nottm-forest-vs-fc-2005-sa-arges/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Argeș Pitești
|goals1=Woodcock {{goal|12}}
Birtles {{goal|16}}
|goals2=
|stadium=City Ground, Nottingham
|attendance=24,828
|referee=Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway)
}}
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{{football box
|date=24 October 1979
|time=
|team1=BFC Dynamo {{flagicon|DDR}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63614--berlin-vs-servette/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|SUI}} Servette
|goals1=Pelka {{goal|8}}
Netz {{goal|10}}
|goals2=Cucinotta {{goal|65}}
|stadium=Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, East Berlin
|attendance=25,000
|referee=Bob Valentine (Scotland)
}}
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{{football box
|date=24 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Dukla Prague {{flagicon|CSK}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63626--dukla-vs-strasbourg/l Report]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2={{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg
|goals1=Vízek {{goal|10}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Na Litavce, Příbram
|attendance=16,000
|referee=Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands)
}}
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{{football box
|date=24 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Ajax {{flagicon|NED}}
|score=10–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63624--ajax-vs-omonia/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|CYP|1960}} Omonia
|goals1=Lerby {{goal|14||28||43||72||74}}
Krol {{goal|53|pen.}}
Arnesen {{goal|59}}
Blanker {{goal|66||81||87}}
|goals2=
|stadium=De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam
|attendance=12,000
|referee=Oliver Donnelly (Northern Ireland)
}}
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{{football box
|date=24 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}
|score=3–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63618--celtic-vs-dundalk/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|IRL}} Dundalk
|goals1=MacDonald {{goal|4}}
McCluskey {{goal|31}}
Burns {{goal|33}}
|goals2=Muckian {{goal|32}}
Lawlor {{goal|68}}
|stadium=Celtic Park, Glasgow
|attendance=33,000
|referee=Þorvarður Björnsson (Iceland)
}}
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{{football box
|date=24 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Porto {{flagicon|POR}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63620--porto-vs-real-madrid/l Report]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid
|goals1=Gomes {{goal|35||40|pen.}}
|goals2=Cunningham {{goal|52}}
|stadium=Estádio das Antas, Porto
|attendance=55,000
|referee=Michel Vautrot (France)
}}
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{{football box
|date=24 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Hamburg {{flagicon|FRG}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63616--hamburg-vs-dinamo-tbilisi/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|URS}} Dinamo Tbilisi
|goals1=Kaltz {{goal|36}}
Keegan {{goal|53}}
Hartwig {{goal|74}}
|goals2=Kipiani {{goal|29}}
|stadium=Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
|attendance=48,000{{UEFA match attendance|63616|Hamburg v Dinamo Tbilisi, 7 November 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Georges Konrath (France)
}}
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{{football box
|date=24 October 1979
|time=
|team1=Vejle {{flagicon|DEN}}
|score=0–3
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63622--vb-vs-hajduk-split/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}} Hajduk Split
|goals1=
|goals2=Šurjak {{goal|4}}
Krstičević {{goal|53}}
Šalov {{goal|65}}
|stadium=Vejle Stadium (1924), Vejle
|attendance=6,500
|referee=David Syme (Scotland)
}}
=Second leg=
{{football box
|date=7 November 1979
|time=
|team1=Argeș Pitești {{flagicon|ROM|1965}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63629--nottm-forest-vs-fc-2005-sa-arges/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest
|goals1=Bărbulescu {{goal|60|pen.}}
|goals2=Bowyer {{goal|5}}
Birtles {{goal|23}}
|stadium=Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești
|attendance=22,000
|referee=Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
}}
Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=7 November 1979
|time=
|team1=Servette {{flagicon|SUI}}
|score=2–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63615--servette-vs-berlin/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|DDR}} BFC Dynamo
|goals1=Hamberg {{goal|83}}
Barberis {{goal|90}}
|goals2=Brillat {{goal|33}}
Terletzki {{goal|81}}
|stadium=Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
|attendance=20,000
|referee=Alek Jarguz (Poland)
}}
BFC Dynamo won 4–3 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=7 November 1979
|time=
|team1=Strasbourg {{flagicon|FRA|1974}}
|score=2–0 (a.e.t.)
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63627--strasbourg-vs-dukla/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|CSK}} Dukla Prague
|goals1=Piasecki {{goal|67}}
Decastel {{goal|116}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
|attendance=35,000
|referee=Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
}}
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=7 November 1979
|time=
|team1=Omonia {{flagicon|CYP|1960}}
|score=4–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63625--omonia-vs-ajax/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax
|goals1=Tsikkos {{goal|9}}
Dimitriou {{goal|15}}
Kaiafas {{goal|39||56}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Makario Stadium, Nikosia
|attendance=12,150{{UEFA match attendance|63625|Omonia v Ajax, 7 November 1979|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Dusan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)
}}
Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=7 November 1979
|time=
|team1=Dundalk {{flagicon|IRL}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63619--dundalk-vs-celtic/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Oriel Park, Dundalk
|attendance=16,300
|referee=Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
}}
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=7 November 1979
|time=
|team1=Real Madrid {{flagicon|ESP|1977}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63621--real-madrid-vs-porto/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|POR}} Porto
|goals1=Benito {{goal|71}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
|attendance=115,000
|referee=Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
}}
2–2 on aggregate; Real Madrid won on away goals.
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{{football box
|date=7 November 1979
|time=
|team1=Dinamo Tbilisi {{flagicon|URS}}
|score=2–3
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63617--dinamo-tbilisi-vs-hamburg/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg
|goals1=Gutsaev {{goal|5}}
Kipiani {{goal|45}}
|goals2=Keegan {{goal|34}}
Hrubesch {{goal|41}}
Buljan {{goal|56}}
|stadium=Vladimir Lenin Stadium, Tbilisi
|attendance=90,000
|referee=Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
}}
Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=7 November 1979
|time=
|team1=Hajduk Split {{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63623--hajduk-split-vs-vb/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|DEN}} Vejle
|goals1=Zl. Vujović {{goal|63}}
|goals2=Brylle Larsen {{goal|21}}
Østergaard {{goal|70}}
|stadium=Stadion Poljud, Split
|attendance=20,000
|referee=Paolo Casarin (Italy)
}}
Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Nottingham Forest|ENG|3–2|BFC Dynamo|DDR|0–1|3–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|Strasbourg|FRA|var1=1974|0–4|Ajax|NED|0–0|0–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|Celtic|SCO|2–3|Real Madrid|ESP|var2=1977|2–0|0–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|Hamburg|FRG|3–3 (a)|Hajduk Split|YUG|1–0|2–3}}
|}
=First leg=
{{football box
|date=5 March 1980
|time=
|team1=Nottingham Forest {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63630--nottm-forest-vs-berlin/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|DDR}} BFC Dynamo
|goals1=
|goals2=Riediger {{goal|63}}
|stadium=City Ground, Nottingham
|attendance=27,946
|referee=Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
}}
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{{football box
|date=5 March 1980
|time=
|team1=Strasbourg {{flagicon|FRA|1974}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63634--strasbourg-vs-ajax/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
|attendance=20,200{{UEFA match attendance|63634|Strasbourg v Ajax, 5 March 1980|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
}}
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{{football box
|date=5 March 1980
|time=
|team1=Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63636--celtic-vs-real-madrid/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid
|goals1=McCluskey {{goal|52}}
Doyle {{goal|75}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Celtic Park, Glasgow
|attendance=67,000
|referee=Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)
}}
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{{football box
|date=5 March 1980
|time=
|team1=Hamburg {{flagicon|FRG}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63632--hamburg-vs-hajduk-split/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}} Hajduk Split
|goals1=Reimann {{goal|45}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
|attendance=52,000
}}
=Second leg=
{{football box
|date=19 March 1980
|time=
|team1=BFC Dynamo {{flagicon|DDR}}
|score=1–3
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63631--berlin-vs-nottm-forest/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest
|goals1=Terletzki {{goal|49|pen.}}
|goals2=Francis {{goal|15||35}}
Robertson {{goal|39|pen.}}
|stadium=Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, East Berlin
|attendance=28,000{{UEFA match attendance|63631|BFC Dynamo v Nottingham Forest, 19 March 1980|access-date=18 March 2022}}–30,000{{cite magazine |last=Buchspieß |first=Dieter |date=25 March 1980 |title=Erst nach hoffnungslosem Rückstand Vertrauen zu sich selbst gefunden |url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201980/FUWO%201980%2013.pdf |journal=Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (De) |language=de |location=Berlin |publisher=DFV der DDR |volume=1980 |issue=13 |page=8 |issn=0323-8407 |access-date=27 May 2022 }}
|referee=Alain Delmer (France)
}}
Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.
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|date=19 March 1980
|time=
|team1=Ajax {{flagicon|NED}}
|score=4–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63635--ajax-vs-strasbourg/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg
|goals1=Schoenaker {{goal|35}}
Arnesen {{goal|38}}
Lerby {{goal|55}}
La Ling {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
|attendance=42,875{{UEFA match attendance|63635|Ajax v Strasbourg, 19 March 1980|access-date=18 March 2022}}
|referee=George Courtney (England)
}}
Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.
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|date=19 March 1980
|time=
|team1=Real Madrid {{flagicon|ESP|1977}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63637--real-madrid-vs-celtic/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic
|goals1=Santillana {{goal|45}}
Stielike {{goal|56}}
Juanito {{goal|86}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid
|attendance=110,000
|referee=Károly Palotai (Hungary)
}}
Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=19 March 1980
|time=
|team1=Hajduk Split {{flagicon|Yugoslavia|1946}}
|score=3–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63633--hajduk-split-vs-hamburg/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg
|goals1=Zl. Vujović {{goal|21}}
Đorđević {{goal|50}}
Primorac {{goal|86}}
|goals2=Hrubesch {{goal|2}}
Hieronymus {{goal|23}}
|stadium=Stadion Poljud, Split
|attendance=52,000
|referee=Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland)
}}
3–3 on aggregate; Hamburg won on away goals.
Semi-finals
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Nottingham Forest|ENG|2–1|Ajax|NED|2–0|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|Real Madrid|ESP|var1=1977|3–5|Hamburg|FRG|2–0|1–5}}
|}
=First leg=
{{football box
|date=9 April 1980
|time=
|team1=Nottingham Forest {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63638--nottm-forest-vs-ajax/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|NED}} Ajax
|goals1=Francis {{goal|33}}
Robertson {{goal|61|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=City Ground, Nottingham
|attendance=31,244
|referee=André Daina (Switzerland)
}}
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{{football box
|date=9 April 1980
|time=
|team1=Real Madrid {{flagicon|Spain|1977}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63640--real-madrid-vs-hamburg/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg
|goals1=Santillana {{goal|67||80}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid
|attendance=121,106
|referee=Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia)
}}
=Second leg=
{{football box
|date=23 April 1980
|time=
|team1=Ajax {{flagicon|NED}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63639--ajax-vs-nottm-forest/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest
|goals1=Lerby {{goal|65}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
|attendance=54,955
|referee=Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
}}
Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.
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|date=23 April 1980
|time=
|team1=Hamburg {{flagicon|FRG}}
|score=5–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63641--hamburg-vs-real-madrid/ Report]
|team2={{flagicon|Spain|1977}} Real Madrid
|goals1=Kaltz {{goal|10|pen.|40}}
Hrubesch {{goal|17||45}}
Memering {{goal|90}}
|goals2=Cunningham {{goal|31}}
|stadium=Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
|attendance=61,980
|referee=Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
}}
Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.
Final
{{Main|1980 European Cup Final}}
{{football box
|date=28 May 1980
|time=20:30 CEST
|team1=Nottingham Forest {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63642--nottm-forest-vs-hamburg/ Report]
[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63642--nottm-forest-vs-hamburg/events/ MatchCentre]
|team2={{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburg
|goals1=Robertson {{goal|20}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
|attendance=51,000
|referee=António Garrido (Portugal)
}}
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Rank
!Name !Team !Goals |
|---|
| 1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Søren Lerby |align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Ajax |10 |
| rowspan="2"|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Ton Blanker |align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Ajax |7 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Horst Hrubesch
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Hamburg |7 |
| 4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|CYP|1960}} Sotiris Kaiafas |align="left"|{{flagicon|CYP|1960}} Omonia |6 |
| rowspan="2"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Frank Arnesen |align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Ajax |4 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Ruud Krol
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Ajax |4 |
| rowspan="9"|7
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Bianchi |align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg |3 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Bowyer
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest |3 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Laurie Cunningham
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |3 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Manfred Kaltz
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Hamburg |3 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|DDR}} Hartmut Pelka
|align="left"|{{flagicon|DDR}} BFC Dynamo |3 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Francis Piasecki
|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg |3 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Robertson
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest |3 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Santillana
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Real Madrid |3 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Trevor Francis
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest |3 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
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- [https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1979/matches/ 1979–80 All matches – season at UEFA website]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ecomp.html European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
- All scorers 1979–80 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to [https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1979/ protocols UEFA]
- [https://archive.today/20120709080355/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1979/intro.html 1979/80 European Cup] - results and line-ups (archive)
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{{1979–80 in European Football (UEFA)}}
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