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
Nottingham Forest Hamburger SV
England West Germany
1 0
Date28 May 1980
VenueSantiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
RefereeAntónio Garrido (Portugal)
Attendance51,000

Route to the final
Further information: 1979–80 European Cup
Nottingham Forest Round Hamburger SV
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Sweden Östers IF 3–1 2–0 (H) 1–1 (A) First round Iceland Valur 5–1 3–0 (A) 2–1 (H)
Romania Argeș Pitești 4–1 2–0 (H) 2–1 (A) Second round Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 6–3 3–1 (H) 3–2 (A)
East Germany Dynamo Berlin 3–2 0–1 (H) 3–1 (A) Quarter-finals Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 3–3 (a) 1–0 (H) 2–3 (A)
Netherlands Ajax 2–1 2–0 (H) 0–1 (A) Semi-finals Spain Real Madrid 5–3 0–2 (A) 5–1 (H)

Match

Details
Nottingham Forest England1–0West Germany Hamburger SV
Robertson 20' Report
Attendance: 51,000
Nottingham Forest[4]
Hamburger SV[4]
GK1England Peter Shilton
RB2England Viv Anderson
CB5England Larry Lloyd
CB6Scotland Kenny BurnsYellow card 21'
LB3Scotland Frank Graydownward-facing red arrow 78'
CM8England Ian Bowyer
CM4Scotland John McGovern (c)
CM10England Gary Millsdownward-facing red arrow 67'
RW7Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill
LW11Scotland John Robertson
CF9England Garry Birtles
Substitutes:
MF12Scotland John O'Hareupward-facing green arrow 67'
MF15England Bryn Gunnupward-facing green arrow 78'
GKEngland Jimmy Montgomery
DFEngland David Needham
Manager:
England Brian Clough
GK1West Germany Rudi Kargus
CB5Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Buljan
CB3West Germany Peter Nogly (c)Yellow card 72'
CB4West Germany Ditmar Jakobs
RM2West Germany Manfred Kaltz
CM6West Germany Holger Hieronymusdownward-facing red arrow 46'
CM10West Germany Felix Magath
LM8West Germany Caspar Memering
AM7England Kevin Keegan
CF11West Germany Willi Reimann
CF9West Germany Jürgen Milewski
Substitutes:
MF14West Germany Horst Hrubeschupward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Zebec

See also

Notes

    References
    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. 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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