1980 European Cup final

The 1980 European Cup final was a football match held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain on 28 May 1980, to determine the winner of the 1979–80 European Cup. The final saw defending champions Nottingham Forest of England defeat Hamburg of West Germany by a score of 1–0. In the 21st minute, John Robertson squeezed a shot past Hamburg keeper Rudi Kargus for the only goal of the game,[1] and Forest then defended solidly,[2] to give Nottingham Forest back-to-back European Cup titles.[3]

1980 European Cup final
Match programme cover
Event1979–80 European Cup
Date28 May 1980
VenueSantiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
RefereeAntónio Garrido (Portugal)
Attendance51,000
1979
1981

Route to the final

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Nottingham Forest Round Hamburger SV
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
  Östers IF 3–1 2–0 (H) 1–1 (A) First round   Valur 5–1 3–0 (A) 2–1 (H)
  Argeș Pitești 4–1 2–0 (H) 2–1 (A) Second round   Dinamo Tbilisi 6–3 3–1 (H) 3–2 (A)
  Dynamo Berlin 3–2 0–1 (H) 3–1 (A) Quarter-finals   Hajduk Split 3–3 (a) 1–0 (H) 2–3 (A)
  Ajax 2–1 2–0 (H) 0–1 (A) Semi-finals   Real Madrid 5–3 0–2 (A) 5–1 (H)

Match

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Details

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Nottingham Forest  1–0  Hamburger SV
Robertson   20' Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nottingham Forest[4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hamburger SV[4]
GK 1   Peter Shilton
RB 2   Viv Anderson
CB 5   Larry Lloyd
CB 6   Kenny Burns   21'
LB 3   Frank Gray   78'
CM 8   Ian Bowyer
CM 4   John McGovern (c)
CM 10   Gary Mills   67'
RW 7   Martin O'Neill
LW 11   John Robertson
CF 9   Garry Birtles
Substitutes:
MF 12   John O'Hare   67'
MF 15   Bryn Gunn   78'
GK   Jimmy Montgomery
DF   David Needham
Manager:
  Brian Clough
 
GK 1   Rudi Kargus
CB 5   Ivan Buljan
CB 3   Peter Nogly (c)   72'
CB 4   Ditmar Jakobs
RM 2   Manfred Kaltz
CM 6   Holger Hieronymus   46'
CM 10   Felix Magath
LM 8   Caspar Memering
AM 7   Kevin Keegan
CF 11   Willi Reimann
CF 9   Jürgen Milewski
Substitutes:
MF 14   Horst Hrubesch   46'
Manager:
  Branko Zebec

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ ""Nottingham Forest 1979/80" uefa.com".
  2. ^ 'Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport amusingly summed up the event by claiming that "Forest showed how English teams can implement Catenaccio"'.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52970612
  3. ^ Pye, Steven (28 May 2020). "When Nottingham Forest retained the European Cup 40 years ago". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b Tironi, Hrvoje (11 September 2016). "Aston Villa i Nottingham Forest, dva europska prvaka u 2. ligi" [Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, two European champions in the 2nd division]. Goal (in Bosnian). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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