European Football Championship 1980 / England

This article covers the English national team at the 1980 European Football Championship .

qualification

Final table group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	8th	7th	1	0	022: 500	+17	15: 10
2.	Northern Ireland	8th	4th	1	3	008:140	−6	09: 70
3.	Ireland	8th	2	3	3	009: 800	+1	07: 90
4th	Bulgaria	8th	2	1	5	006:140	−8	05:11
5.	Denmark	8th	1	2	5	013:170	−4	04:12

Game results

09/20/1978	Denmark	-	England	3: 4 (2: 2)
10/25/1978	Ireland	-	England	1: 1 (1: 1)
02/07/1979	England	-	Northern Ireland	4: 0 (1: 0)
06/06/1979	Bulgaria	-	England	0: 3 (0: 1)

09/12/1979	England	-	Denmark	1: 0 (1: 0)
10/17/1979	Northern Ireland	-	England	1: 5 (0: 2)
11/22/1979	England	-	Bulgaria	2: 0 (1: 0)
02/06/1980	England	-	Ireland	2: 0 (1: 0)

English contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the European Championship	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
01	Ray Clemence	Liverpool FC	08/05/1948	2	0	0	0
13	Peter Shilton	Nottingham Forest	September 18, 1949	1	0	0	0
22nd	Joe Corrigan	Manchester City	11/18/1948	0	0	0	0
Defender
02	Phil Neal	Liverpool FC	02/20/1951	2	0	0	0
03	Kenny Sansom	Crystal Palace	09/26/1958	2	0	0	0
04th	Phil Thompson	Liverpool FC	01/21/1954	3	0	0	0
05	Dave Watson	Norwich City	11/20/1961	3	0	0	0
12	Viv Anderson	Nottingham Forest	07/29/1956	1	0	0	0
14th	Trevor Cherry	Leeds United	02/23/1948	1	0	0	0
15th	Emlyn Hughes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	08/28/1947	0	0	0	0
16	Mick Mills	Ipswich Town	04/01/1949	1	0	0	0
midfield player
06th	Ray Wilkins	Manchester United	09/14/1956	3	1	0	0
08th	Steve Coppell	Manchester United	07/09/1955	2	0	0	0
10	Trevor Brooking	West Ham United	10/02/1948	2	1	0	0
16	Terry McDermott	Liverpool FC	December 8, 1951	2	0	0	0
18th	Ray Kennedy	Liverpool FC	07/28/1951	2	0	0	0
19th	Glenn Hoddle	Tottenham Hotspur	October 27, 1957	1	0	0	0
striker
07th	Kevin Keegan	Hamburger SV	02/14/1951	3	0	0	0
09	David Johnson	Liverpool FC	October 23, 1951	1	0	0	0
11	Tony Woodcock	1. FC Cologne	December 06, 1955	3	1	0	0
20th	Paul Mariner	Ipswich Town	05/22/1953	2	0	0	0
21st	Garry Birtles	Nottingham Forest	07/27/1956	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Ron Greenwood		11/11/1921

Finals

Group 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Belgium	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	04: 20
2.	Italy	3	1	2	0	001-000	+1	04: 20
3.	England	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
4th	Spain	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01: 50
For ranking 1 and 2, the number of goals scored in all group matches is decisive.

June 12, 1980 in Turin (Stadio Comunale)
Belgium	-	England	1: 1 (1: 1)
June 15, 1980 in Turin (Stadio Comunale)
Italy	-	England	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 18, 1980 in Naples (Stadio San Paolo)
Spain	-	England	1: 2 (0: 1)

In the first group match, the English faced Belgium. England took the lead in the 26th minute through Wilkins, three minutes later Ceulemans scored the 1-1 and thus the final score of the game. In the second group game, England had to face hosts Italy. Tardelli scored the 1-0 goal in the 79th minute and England had no more chances of winning the European championship at most in third place. These hopes also had to be buried despite a 2-1 win against Spain as Italy and Belgium drew 0-0 and both teams rose.