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{{Short description|6th European association football championship}}
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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = UEFA European Football Championship
| year = 1980
| other_titles = Italia 1980 <br> Campionato Europeo di Calcio 1980 {{nobold|''{{in lang|it}}''}}
| image = UEFA Euro 1980 logo.svg
| size = 200px
| caption = 
| country = Italy
| dates = 11–22 June 1980
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion = FRG
| count = 2
| second = BEL
| third = TCH
| fourth = ITA
| matches = 14
| goals = 27
| attendance = 345463
| top_scorer = {{fbicon|FRG}} [[Klaus Allofs]] {{nowrap|(3 goals)}}
| prevseason = [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]]
| nextseason = [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]
}}

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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/history/3083203.stm |title=Italy 1980 |work=BBC Sport |date=17 May 2004 |access-date=17 June 2012}}</ref> It was the first European Championship to feature eight teams in the finals, which took place between 11 and 22 June 1980. [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] won the [[UEFA Euro 1980 Final|final]] 2–1 against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] for their second title. This was the last European Championship with a [[third place play-off]].

==Bid process==
This was the first European Championship in which eight teams, rather than four, contested the finals tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d7bc8640236-f0c4d3119f9e-1000--1980-at-a-glance/|title=1980 at a glance|publisher=[[UEFA]]|date=1 July 2011|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last= Barreca|first= Vincenzo|date= December 1999|language= it|title= La storia degli Europei - 1980 Germania Ovest| trans-title= The history of Euro Cup - 1980|magazine= Calcio 2000|publisher= Action Group S.r.l.|pages= 50–57}}</ref> On 17 October 1977 [[UEFA]] announced that England, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and West Germany had expressed interest in hosting this event.<ref>Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Die Geschichte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft, Verlag Die Werkstatt,{{ISBN|978-3-89533-553-2}}</ref> 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 [[UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying|qualifying round]] took place in [[Rome]] on 30 November 1977. Also for the first time, the hosts, in this case [[Italy national football team|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 [[Italy national football team|Italian team]]. The tournament format, which required a team to win their group in order to progress to the final, led to a succession of dull, defensive matches. [[Football hooliganism|Hooliganism]], already a rising problem in the 1970s, made headlines again at the first-round match between [[England national football team|England]] and [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] where riot police had to use [[tear gas]], causing the match to be held up for five minutes in the first half.<ref>{{cite web|author=Daniel Ruiz |url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/squad-rotation-tear-gas-and-bucketload-medals-how-england-flopped-euro-80 |title=Squad rotation, tear gas and a bucketload of medals: How England flopped at Euro 80 |website=FourFourTwo.com |date=14 June 2016 |access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2020/oct/09/england-fans-ruined-match-belgium-40-years-ago-euro-80|title=When England fans ruined their match against Belgium 40 years ago|first=Steven|last=Pye|date=9 October 2020|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> The only bright spots were the emergence of a new generation of talented [[Germany national football team|German]] stars such as [[Bernd Schuster]], [[Hans-Peter Briegel]], [[Horst Hrubesch]], [[Hansi Müller]] and [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]], and the inspirational performance of [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] (around rising stars such as [[Jan Ceulemans]], [[Eric Gerets]], [[Jean-Marie Pfaff]], and [[Erwin Vandenbergh]]) who reached the final, only losing to [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] (2–1) by a Hrubesch goal two minutes before time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Higginson |first=Marc |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17758978 |title=BBC Sport - Euro 1980: How Belgium defied the odds to reach final |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=12 May 2012 |access-date=17 June 2012}}</ref>
[[File:UEFA Euro 1980 official logo.svg|thumb|Alternative tournament logo]]

==Qualification==
{{main|UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying}}
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 the USSR, France, and Hungary. This was the last time until [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]] that [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] failed to qualify. 
===Qualified teams===
{{:UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying}}

{|
|- valign=top
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[#Group 1|Group 1]]
|-
| align=center| {{fb|FRG}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|NED}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|TCH}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|GRE}}
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[#Group 2|Group 2]]
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ITA}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ENG}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ESP}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|BEL}}
|}
|}

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="8" | {{Location map+|Italy|float=center|width=375|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Italy|lat=41.933886|long=12.454786|label=[[Rome]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.478105|long= 9.124003|label=[[Milan]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Italy|lat=40.827967|long=14.193008|label=[[Naples]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.041760|long= 7.650033|label=[[Turin]]|position=bottom}}}}
! [[Rome]]
! [[Milan]]
|-
| [[Stadio Olimpico]]
| [[San Siro]]
|-
| Capacity: '''66,341'''
| Capacity: '''83,141'''
|-
|[[File:Rome_Olympics_1960_-_Opening_Day.jpg|alt=|frameless]]
|[[File:Stadio_Meazza.jpg|alt=|220x220px]]
|-
! [[Naples]]
! [[Turin]]
|-
| [[Stadio San Paolo]]
| [[Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino|Stadio Comunale]]
|-
| Capacity: '''81,101'''
| Capacity: '''71,180'''
|-
| [[File:Stadio San Paolo.jpg|220x220px|alt=]]
|[[File:Stadio_Olimpico_in_Turin,_2007,_Torino_v_Peñarol.jpg|alt=|frameless]]
|}

==Squads==
{{main|UEFA Euro 1980 squads}}

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

==Match officials==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Referee
|-
| [[Erich Linemayr]] ([[Austria|AUT]])
|-
| [[Adolf Prokop]] ([[East Germany|GDR]])
|-
| [[Pat Partridge]] ([[England|ENG]])
|-
| [[Robert Wurtz (referee)|Robert Wurtz]] ([[France|FRA]])
|-
| [[Heinz Aldinger]] ([[West Germany|FRG]])
|-
| [[Károly Palotai]] ([[Hungary|HUN]])
|-
| [[Alberto Michelotti]] ([[Italy|ITA]])
|-
| [[Charles Corver]] ([[Netherlands|NED]])
|-
| [[António Garrido (referee)|António Garrido]] ([[Portugal|POR]])
|-
| [[Nicolae Rainea]] ([[Romania|ROU]])
|-
| [[Brian McGinlay]] ([[Scotland|SCO]])
|-
| [[Hilmi Ok]] ([[Turkey|TUR]])
|}

==Group stage==
[[File:Euro 1980.png|thumb|300px|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, [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|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:
# Goal difference in all group matches
# Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
# Drawing of lots

===Group 1===
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===Group 2===
{{main|UEFA Euro 1980 Group 2}}
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==Knockout stage==
{{main|UEFA Euro 1980 knockout stage}}

In the final, [[Overtime (sports)#Association football (soccer)|extra time]] and a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|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, [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]]).''

===Bracket===
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1980 knockout stage|bracket}}

===Third place play-off===
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1980 knockout stage|tp}}

===Final===
{{main|UEFA Euro 1980 final}}
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1980 Final|final}}

==Statistics==

===Goalscorers===
{{Goalscorers
|goals=27 |matches=14

|3 goals=
*{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Klaus Allofs]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbicon|TCH}} [[Zdeněk Nehoda]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Kees Kist]]
*{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Horst Hrubesch]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Jan Ceulemans]]
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Julien Cools]]
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Eric Gerets]]
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[René Vandereycken]]
*{{fbicon|TCH}} [[Ladislav Jurkemik]]
*{{fbicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Panenka]]
*{{fbicon|TCH}} [[Ladislav Vízek]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Trevor Brooking]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Ray Wilkins]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Tony Woodcock (footballer)|Tony Woodcock]]
*{{fbicon|GRE}} [[Nikos Anastopoulos]]
*{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Graziani]]
*{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Marco Tardelli]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Johnny Rep]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Willy van de Kerkhof]]
*{{fbicon|ESP|1977}} [[Dani (footballer, born 1951)|Dani]]
*{{fbicon|ESP|1977}} [[Quini]]
*{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]
}}

===Awards===
==== Team of the Tournament ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+ UEFA Team of the Tournament<ref>{{cite news |title=1980 team of the tournament |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d7bc8641c12-67211e02f183-1000--euro-1980-team-of-the-tournament/ |work=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref>
|-
! style="width:25%;" | Goalkeeper
! style="width:25%;" | Defenders
! style="width:25%;" | Midfielders
! style="width:25%;" | Forwards
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Dino Zoff]]
| {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Claudio Gentile]]<br />{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Gaetano Scirea]]<br />{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Hans-Peter Briegel]]<br />{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Karlheinz Förster]]
| {{fbicon|BEL}} [[Jan Ceulemans]]<br />{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Marco Tardelli]]<br />{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Hansi Müller]]<br />{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Bernd Schuster]]
| {{fbicon|FRG}} [[Horst Hrubesch]]<br />{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111116162423/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1980/index.html UEFA Euro 1980] at UEFA.com

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