European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80

European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80
Cup winners	Valencia CF (1st title)
Beginning	15th August 1979
final	May 14, 1980
Final stadium	Heysel Stadium , Brussels
Teams	34
Games	63
Gates	185  (ø 2.94 per game)
Top scorer	Mario Kempes (9)
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The 1979/80 European Cup Winners 'Cup was the 20th edition of the European Cup Winners' Cup. 34 club teams from 33 countries took part, including defending champions FC Barcelona , 26 national cup winners and 7 defeated cup finalists (Waterford FC, Aris Bonneweg, BSC Young Boys, Dynamo Moscow, Beroe Stara Sagora, FC Twente Enschede and AFC Wrexham). Wrexham came as a finalist of the Welsh Cup 1979, since it was the winner Shrewsbury Town to an English team from the border region. With the exception of Liechtenstein, which had never participated in the competition, all European national associations were represented for the first time in years.

DFB Cup winners Fortuna Düsseldorf from Germany, FDGB Cup winners 1. FC Magdeburg from GDR , ÖFB Cup winners SSW Innsbruck from Austria and Cup finalist BSC Young Boys from Switzerland were at the start.

Valencia FC and Arsenal FC played the final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels on May 14, 1980. Valencia won the game 5-4 on penalties after no goal was scored in 120 minutes of play.

The top scorer was the Argentine Mario Kempes from Valencia CF with 9 goals.

mode

As usual, the participants played the winner in pure cup mode with home and return matches. If there was a tie after both games, the number of goals scored away decided ( away goal rule ). If their number was also the same, extra time took place in the second leg, in which the away goals rule also applied. If there was still a tie at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot- out was carried out. The final was decided in a game on a neutral court. In the event of a tie after extra time, the winner would also have been determined in a penalty shoot-out.

Preliminary round

The first legs took place on 15./21. August, the second leg took place on September 8, 1979.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Boldklubben 1903	7-0	APOEL Nicosia	6-0	1-0
Glasgow Rangers	3-0	Lillestrøm SK	1-0	2-0

1 round

The first legs took place on 12./19. September, the second legs on 3./5. October 1979.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sliema Wanderers	2: 9	Boavista Porto	2: 1	0: 8
Dynamo Moscow	1	KS Vllaznia Shkodra
Juventus Turin	3: 2	Rába ETO Győr	2-0	1: 2
Arka Gdynia	3: 4	Beroe Stara Sagora	3: 2	0: 2
Glasgow Rangers	2: 1	Fortuna Dusseldorf	2: 1	0-0
BSC Young Boys	2: 8	Steaua Bucharest	2: 2	0: 6
Panionios Athens	5: 3	FC Twente Enschede	4-0	1: 3
Wrexham AFC	5: 7	1. FC Magdeburg	3: 2	2: 5 a.d.
Lahden Reipas	0: 2	FC Aris Bonneweg	0: 1	0: 1
SSW Innsbruck	1: 3	Lokomotíva Košice	1: 2	0: 1
K. Beerschot VAC	1: 2	NK Rijeka	0-0	1: 2
Boldklubben 1903	2: 6	Valencia CF	2: 2	0: 4
Arsenal FC	2-0	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	2-0	0-0
IFK Gothenburg	2: 1	Waterford FC	1-0	1: 1
Cliftonville FC	0: 8	FC Nantes	0: 1	0: 7
ÍA Akranes	0: 6	FC Barcelona	0: 1	0: 5

¹ KS Vllaznia Shkodra withdrew from the competition.

2nd round

The first leg took place on October 24, the second leg on November 7, 1979.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Arsenal FC	4: 3	1. FC Magdeburg	2: 1	2: 2
FC Aris Bonneweg	02:11	FC Barcelona	1: 4	1: 7
Panionios Athens	1: 2	IFK Gothenburg	1-0	0: 2
Lokomotíva Košice	2: 3	NK Rijeka	2-0	0: 3
FC Nantes	5: 3	Steaua Bucharest	3: 2	2: 1
Dynamo Moscow	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Boavista Porto	0-0	1: 1
Beroe Stara Sagora	1: 3	Juventus Turin	1-0	0: 3 a.d.
Valencia CF	4: 2	Glasgow Rangers	1: 1	3: 1

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on March 5, the second leg on March 19, 1980.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dynamo Moscow	3: 4	FC Nantes	0: 2	3: 2
NK Rijeka	0: 2	Juventus Turin	0-0	0: 2
FC Barcelona	3: 5	Valencia CF	0: 1	3: 4
Arsenal FC	5: 1	IFK Gothenburg	5: 1	0-0

Semifinals

The first legs took place on April 9, the second legs on April 23, 1980.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Nantes	2: 5	Valencia CF	2: 1	0: 4
Arsenal FC	2: 1	Juventus Turin	1: 1	1-0

final

Valencia CF		Arsenal FC
	May 14, 1980 in Brussels ( Heysel Stadium ) Result: 0: 0 n.v. , 5: 4 i. E. Spectators: 40,000 Referee: Vojtěch Christov ( Czechoslovakia )
	Carlos Pereira - Ricardo Arias - José Carrete , Miguel Tendillo , Manuel Botubot - Daniel Solsona , Rainer Bonhof , Javier Subirats (112th Ángel Castellanos ), Pablo Rodríguez - Enrique Saura , Mario Kempes Trainer: Alfredo Di Stéfano	Pat Jennings - Pat Rice , David O'Leary , Willie Young , Sammy Nelson - Brian Talbot , Liam Brady , Alan Sunderland , David Price (106th John Hollins ) - Frank Stapleton , Graham Rix Trainer: Terry Neill ( Northern Ireland )
	penalties shoot
	Mario Kempes 1-0 Daniel Solsona 2-1 Pablo Rodríguez 3-2 Ángel Castellanos 4-3 Rainer Bonhof 5-4 Ricardo Arias	Liam Brady 1-1 Frank Stapleton 2-3 Alan Sunderland 3-3 Brian Talbot 4-4 John Hollins Graham Rix
	José Carrete	Alan Sunderland

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1979/80
• 1979/80 UEFA Cup

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1979/80 season
• Game details on fussballdaten.de