UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 3

Standings and results for Group 3 of the UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying tournament.

Group 3 consisted of Cyprus, Romania, Spain and Yugoslavia. Group winners were Spain, who pipped Yugoslavia by a single point.

Final table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	9	Qualify for final tournament		—	0–1	1–0	5–0
2	Yugoslavia	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	8			1–2	—	2–1	5–0
3	Romania	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	6			2–2	3–2	—	2–0
4	Cyprus	6	0	1	5	2	19	−17	1			1–3	0–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results

4 October 1978

Yugoslavia	1–2	Spain
Halilhodžić 44'		Juanito 20' Santillana 32'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 41,539

Referee: Linemayr (AUT)

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25 October 1978

Romania	3–2	Yugoslavia
Sameş 62', 68' Iordănescu 75' (pen.)		Petrović 22' (pen.) Desnica 90'

Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest

Attendance: 24,090

Referee: Lattanzi (ITA)

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15 November 1978

Spain	1–0	Romania
Asensi 9'

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 37,019 ^[1]

Referee: Keizer (NED)

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13 December 1978

Spain	5–0	Cyprus
Asensi 9' del Bosque 10' Santillana 52', 77' Rubén Cano 65'

Estadio El Helmántico, Salamanca

Attendance: 14,974 ^[2]

Referee: Bonett (MLT)

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1 April 1979

Cyprus	0–3	Yugoslavia
		Vujović 40', 79' Šurjak 82' (pen.)

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 3,378

Referee: Padar (HUN)

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4 April 1979

Romania	2–2	Spain
Georgescu 57' (pen.), 65'		Dani 59', 70'

Ion Oblemenco Stadium, Craiova

Attendance: 34,506 ^[3]

Referee: van Langenhove (BEL)

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13 May 1979

Cyprus	1–1	Romania
Kaiafas 31'		Augustin 30'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 6,488 ^[4]

Referee: Parmakov (BUL)

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10 October 1979

Spain	0–1	Yugoslavia
		Šurjak 5'

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 28,078

Referee: McGinlay (SCO)

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31 October 1979

Yugoslavia	2–1	Romania
Vujović 48' Slišković 50'		Răducanu 79'

Gradski stadion, Kosovska Mitrovica

Attendance: 24,397

Referee: Redelfs (FRG)

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14 November 1979

Yugoslavia	5–0	Cyprus
Kranjčar 32', 50' Vujović 60' Petrović 75' Savić 87'

Gradski stadion, Novi Sad

Attendance: 14,134

Referee: Zhezhov (BUL)

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18 November 1979

Romania	2–0	Cyprus
Mulţescu 40' Răducanu 75'

Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

Attendance: 3,000 ^[5]

Referee: Krchnák (CZE)

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9 December 1979

Cyprus	1–3	Spain
Vrahimis 69'		Villar 5' Santillana 41' Saura 89'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 9,128 ^[6]

Referee: Bucek (AUT)

Goalscorers

There were 38 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

4 goals

• Santillana
• Zlatko Vujović

2 goals

• Dudu Georgescu
• Marcel Răducanu
• Ștefan Sameș
• Juan Manuel Asensi
• Dani
• Zlatko Kranjčar
• Vladimir Petrović
• Ivica Šurjak

1 goal

• Sotiris Kaiafas
• Fivos Vrahimis
• Ionel Augustin
• Anghel Iordănescu
• Gheorghe Mulțescu
• Rubén Cano
• Vicente del Bosque
• Juanito
• Enrique Saura
• Ángel María Villar
• Damir Desnica
• Vahid Halilhodžić
• Dušan Savić
• Blaž Slišković

References

• Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN   0-947808-69-8.

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