UEFA Euro 1980

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1980 UEFA European Football Championship
Italia 1980
Campionato Europeo di Calcio 1980 (in Italian)
UEFA Euro 1980 official logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates11–22 June 1980
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Third placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Fourth placeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored27 (1.93 per match)
Attendance345,463 (24,676 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Allofs (3 goals)
1976
1984
Alternative tournament logo UEFA Euro 1980 logo.svg
Alternative tournament logo

The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship finals tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. [1] It was the first European Championship to feature eight teams in the finals, which took place between 11 and 22 June 1980. West Germany won the final 2–1 against Belgium for their second title. This was the last European Championship with a third place play-off.

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Bid process

This was the first European Championship in which eight teams, rather than four, contested the finals tournament. [2] [3] On 17 October 1977 UEFA announced that England, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and West Germany had expressed interest in hosting this event. [4] On 19 October UEFA's Organising Committee decided to assign the hosting to England or Italy (expressing its favour to the latter, the former having already hosted the FIFA World Cup just 14 years earlier), and on 12 November the Organising Committee and the Executive Committee announced that Italy had been chosen unanimously. Seven countries had to qualify for the finals, and the draw for the qualifying round took place in Rome on 30 November 1977. Also for the first time, the hosts, in this case Italy, qualified automatically for the finals.

Overview

Because of the expanded format, the finals 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 qualify directly for the final (there were no semi-finals), while the runners-up contested the third place play-off.

The tournament 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, causing the match to be held up for five minutes in the first half. [5] 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 inspirational performance of Belgium (around rising stars such as Jan Ceulemans, Eric Gerets, Jean-Marie Pfaff, and Erwin Vandenbergh) who reached the final, only losing to West Germany (2–1) by a Hrubesch goal two minutes before time. [6]

Qualification

Greece made their major tournament debut. Spain and Italy made their first appearances since their wins in 1964 and 1968, respectively. England also qualified for the first time since 1968. Belgium qualified after missing the 1976 tournament. Yugoslavia did not qualify after hosting the previous tournament. Other notable absentees were USSR, France and Hungary. This was the last time until 2008 Denmark failed to qualify.

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament [upper-alpha 1]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Host12 November 19771 ( 1968 )
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Group 6 winner31 October 19790 (debut)
Flag of England.svg  England Group 1 winner21 November 19791 (1968)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Group 4 winner21 November 19791 (1976)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Group 5 winner24 November 19792 (1960, 1976 )
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain Group 3 winner9 December 19791 ( 1964 )
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Group 2 winner19 December 19791 ( 1972 )
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Group 7 winner22 December 19792 ( 1972 , 1976)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Group 1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Group 2
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

Venues

Rome Milan
Stadio Olimpico San Siro
Capacity: 66,341Capacity: 83,141
Rome Olympics 1960 - Opening Day.jpg Stadio Meazza.jpg
Naples Turin
Stadio San Paolo Stadio Comunale
Capacity: 81,101Capacity: 71,180
Stadio San Paolo.jpg Stadio Olimpico in Turin, 2007, Torino v Penarol.jpg

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players.

Match officials

Referee
Erich Linemayr (AUT)
Adolf Prokop (GDR)
Pat Partridge (ENG)
Robert Wurtz (FRA)
Heinz Aldinger (FRG)
Károly Palotai (HUN)
Alberto Michelotti (ITA)
Charles Corver (NED)
António Garrido (POR)
Nicolae Rainea (ROU)
Brian McGinlay (SCO)
Hilmi Ok (TUR)

Group stage

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UEFA Euro 1980 Finalists and their result

The teams finishing in the top position in each of the two groups progress to the finals, while the second placed teams advanced to the third place play-off, and bottom two teams were eliminated from the tournament.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 321042+25Advance to final
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 311143+13Advance to third place play-off
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 31114403
4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 30121431
Source: UEFA
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 0–1 Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Report
  • Rummenigge Soccerball shade.svg57'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1–0 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Report
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 14,990
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg 3–2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Report
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 29,889
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg 1–3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Report
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 7,614
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1–1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 11,889
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg 0–0 Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Report
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 13,901
Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 312032+14Advance to final
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (H)312010+14Advance to third place play-off
3Flag of England.svg  England 31113303
4Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 30122421
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1–1 Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 15,186
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)
Spain  Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg 0–0 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 46,337
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2–1 Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain
Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 11,430
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
England  Flag of England.svg 0–1 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 59,649
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Spain  Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg 1–2 Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 14,440
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg 0–0 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Report
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 42,318
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

Knockout stage

In the final, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. However, the third place play-off would go straight to a penalty shoot-out if the scores were level after 90 minutes.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Bracket

 
Final
 
  
 
22 June – Rome
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2
 
 
 
 
 
Third place play-off
 
 
21 June – Naples
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (p)1 (9)
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 (8)
 

Third place play-off

Final

Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1–2 Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Report
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 47,860 [7]
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 27 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 1.93 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament [8]
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of Italy.svg Dino Zoff Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Gentile
Flag of Italy.svg Gaetano Scirea
Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Peter Briegel
Flag of Germany.svg Karlheinz Förster
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jan Ceulemans
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Tardelli
Flag of Germany.svg Hansi Müller
Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schuster
Flag of Germany.svg Horst Hrubesch
Flag of Germany.svg Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

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