1980 in association football explained

The following are the association football events of the year 1980 throughout the world.

Events

• Copa Libertadores 1980: Won by Nacional after defeating Sport Club Internacional on an aggregate score of 2–0.
• England: 1980 FA Cup Final: West Ham United 1, Arsenal 0, the winning goal scored by Trevor Brooking
• European Cup 1980: Won by Nottingham Forest after defeating Hamburger SV 1–0 in the Final.
• Scottish Cup final: Celtic beat Rangers 1-0 after extra time at Hampden Park. After the match there is a pitch invasion, leading to rioting and 210 arrests. Following the match the sale of alcohol at Scottish football grounds is banned.
• September 10  - Midfielder Jan van Deinsen plays his first and only international match for the Netherlands, when the Netherlands meets the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.
• September 17  - Dutch side FC Utrecht makes its European debut with a draw (0-0) in Romania against FC Argeș Pitești in the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Winners club national championship

Asia

Al-Sadd SC

Europe

Club Brugge K.V.

Liverpool

FC Nantes

Inter Milan

• • • Eredivisie  - Ajax Amsterdam
  • Eerste Divisie  - FC Groningen

Sporting CP

• Spain: Real Madrid

Spartak Moscow

Trabzonspor

Bayern Munich

Red Star Belgrade

North America

Cruz Azul

• / :
  • New York Cosmos (NASL)

Oceania

Sydney City

South America

• • • Metropolitano  - River Plate
  • Nacional  - Rosario Central

Flamengo

Jorge Wilstermann

Atlético Junior

• Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción

International Tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Nigeria (March 8  - 22 1980)
  1. • 1. • 1. • 1980 British Home Championship (May 16  - May 24, 1980)

• UEFA European Football Championship in Italy (June 11  - 22 1980)
  1. • 1. • 1. and
• Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union (July 20  - August 2, 1980)
  1. • 1. • 1. • Mundialito in Montevideo, Uruguay (December 30, 1980  - January 10, 1981)
            2. -

National Teams

Date	Opponent	Final score	Result	Competition	Venue
January 23		1  - 0	L	Friendly	Estadio Balaídos, Vigo
March 26		0  - 0	D	Friendly	Parc des Princes, Paris
June 11		1  - 0	W	Euro 1980	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
June 14		2  - 3	L	Euro 1980	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
June 17		1  - 1	D	Euro 1980	San Siro, Milan
September 10		2  - 1	L	World Cup Qualifier	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
October 11		1  - 1	D	Friendly	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
November 19		1  - 0	L	World Cup Qualifier	Heysel Stadion, Brussels
December 30		2  - 0	L	Mundialito	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Births

• January 6  - Steed Malbranque, Belgian-French footballer
• January 12  - Michael Niedrig, German former footballer^[1]
• January 14  - Ossama Haidar, Lebanese international
• January 22  - Ibón Larrazábal, Spanish retired footballer^[2]
• January 25  - Xavi, Spanish footballer
• February 1
  • Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
  • Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
• February 6  - Shaun Hadley, English former professional footballer
• February 9  - Jean-Reck Ah Fok, Mauritian footballer
• February 15  - Elvis Marecos, Paraguayan footballer
• February 20
  • Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
  • Thijs Sluijter, Dutch footballer
• February 28  - Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
• March 4  - Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
• March 8  - Aridani Arbelo, Spanish footballer^[3]
• March 13  - Dani Ferron, Andorran footballer^[4]
• March 14  - Aaron Brown, English footballer
• March 15  - Hugo Notario, Argentine footballer
• March 20  - Thomas Levaux, French professional footballer^[5]
• March 21
  • John McGrath, Irish footballer
  • Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
• March 31
  • Matias Concha, Swedish footballer
  • Dean Clark, English footballer
• April 3  - Marcin Makuch, Polish footballer^[6]
• April 7  - Jérémie Peiffer, Luxembourgian footballer^[7]
• April 17  - Leonid Lazaridi, former Russian footballer^[8]
• April 22  - Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
• May 5  - Youssou Diop, Senegalese retired footballer^[9]
• May 14  - Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
• May 18  - Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
• May 30  - Steven Gerrard, English footballer
• June 2  - Abby Wambach, American women's soccer player^[10]
• June 10
  • Edgard Lima, Brazilian footballer^[11]
  • Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
• June 12
  • Ifet Taljević, Yugoslav-born German club footballer
  • Mohammed Usman, Nigerian footballer^[12]
• June 26  - Michael Jackson, English club footballer
• June 30
  • Rade Prica, Swedish international
  • Sayuti, Indonesian club footballer
• July 8  - Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
• August 5  - Wayne Bridge, English footballer
• August 6
  • Danny Collins, English-Welsh footballer
  • Roman Weidenfeller, German footballer
• August 7  - Shane Moody-Orio, Belizean footballer
• August 12  - Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer
• September 6
  • Sergei Sholokhov, former Russian professional footballer^[13]
  • Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
• September 7  - Zakhele Manyatsi, Swaziland international footballer^[14]
• September 9  - Steeve Theophile, French footballer
• September 10  - Willy Eras, Costa Rican professional footballer^[15]
• September 17  - Mikhail Nekrasov, former Russian professional footballer^[16]
• September 18  - Marco Antonio Mendoza, Mexican footballer
• September 29  - Patrick Agyemang, Ghanaian international
• October 3  - Dalibor Mitrović, Serbian footballer^[17]
• October 4  - Tomáš Rosický, Czech international
• October 5  - Lartee Jackson, Liberian former footballer^[18]
• October 9
  • Kert Kütt, Estonian footballer
  • Amir Nussbaum, Israeli footballer
  • Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian footballer
  • Fábio Pinto, Brazilian footballer
  • Warren Waugh, English footballer
• October 23  - Scott Parker, English international
• October 27  - Radhakrishnan Dhanarajan, Indian club footballer (d. 2019)
• October 28  - Alan Smith, English international
• October 29  - Arthur (Arthur Teixeira Viégas), Brazilian footballer^[19]
• November 2  - Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
• November 3  - Bernard Morreel, Belgian retired footballer^[20]
• November 4  - Tuda Murphy, Caymanian footballer^[21]
• November 5  - Christoph Metzelder, German international
• November 18  - Luke Chadwick, English youth international
• November 22  - David Artell, English club footballer and manager
• November 26  - Sergei Viktorovich Kudryavtsev, former Russian professional footballer^[22]
• December 6  - Steve Lovell, English club footballer
• December 7  - John Terry, English footballer
• December 20  - Ashley Cole, English footballer
• December 31  - Beto Gonçalves, Brazilian-born Indonesian international

Date unknown

Deaths

February

• February 22 – Pierre Korb, French international footballer (born 1908)

March

• March 1 – Dixie Dean, English international footballer (born 1907)

June

• June 8 – Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Brazilian international defender, Brazilian squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (75)
• June 9 – Miguel Capuccini, Uruguayan goalkeeper, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (76)

September

• September 9 – José de Anchieta Fontana, Brazilian international defender, winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. (39)

External links

• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• VoetbalStats

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael Niedrig . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 February 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Larrazábal . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 15 June 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Aridani . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 October 2023 . en.
4. Web site: Dani Ferrón . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 April 2024 . en.
5. Web site: Thomas Levaux . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 November 2023 . en.
6. Web site: Marcin Makuch . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 13 June 2024 . en.
7. Web site: Jérémie Peiffer . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 8 May 2024 . en.
8. Web site: Leonid Lazaridi . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 April 2024 . en.
9. Web site: Youssou Diop . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 July 2024 . en.
10. Web site: On this day: Born June 2, 1980: Abby Wambach, American soccer player . Reuters . 17 December 2022 . en . 1 June 2020.
11. Web site: Edgard Lima . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 April 2024 . en.
12. Web site: Mohammed Usman . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 7 May 2024 . en.
13. https://footballfacts.ru/person/19386 Sergei Sholokhov
14. Web site: Zakhele Manyatsi . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 July 2024 . en.
15. Web site: Willy Eras . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 13 February 2024 . en.
16. https://footballfacts.ru/person/27067 Mikhail Nekrasov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
17. Web site: Dalibor Mitrović . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 October 2023 . en.
18. Web site: Lartee Jackson . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 8 June 2024 . en.
19. Web site: Arthur Teixeira . FBref.com . Sports Reference LLC . 6 December 2023 . en.
20. Web site: Bernard Morreel . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 6 December 2023 . en.
21. Web site: Tuda Murphy . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 July 2024 . en.
22. https://footballfacts.ru/person/9152 Sergei Viktorovich Kudryavtsev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)