qualified
not qualified
not participated
not a UEFA member
31 national teams, which were divided into seven groups, took part in the qualification for the 1980 European Football Championship in Italy. The group winners automatically qualified for the final round, which was held for the first time with 8 teams and for the first time the host, the Italian national football team, was automatically qualified. The qualifying games were held in 1978 and 1979 , and a few also in 1980 .
Group 1
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
England England
8th
7th
1
0
0 22: 500
+17
15: 10
2.
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
8th
4th
1
3
00 8:140
−6
0 9: 70
3.
Ireland Ireland
8th
2
3
3
00 9: 800
+1
0 7: 90
4th
Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria
8th
2
1
5
00 6:140
−8
0 5:11
5.
Denmark Denmark
8th
1
2
5
0 13:170
−4
0 4:12
Game results
05/24/1978
Denmark
-
Ireland
3: 3 (1: 2)
09/20/1978
Ireland
-
Northern Ireland
0-0
09/20/1978
Denmark
-
England
3: 4 (2: 2)
10/11/1978
Denmark
-
Bulgaria
2: 2 (1: 1)
10/25/1978
Ireland
-
England
1: 1 (1: 1)
10/25/1978
Northern Ireland
-
Denmark
2: 1 (0: 0)
11/29/1978
Bulgaria
-
Northern Ireland
0: 2 (0: 1)
02/07/1979
England
-
Northern Ireland
4: 0 (1: 0)
05/02/1979
Ireland
-
Denmark
2: 0 (1: 0)
05/02/1979
Northern Ireland
-
Bulgaria
2: 0 (2: 0)
05/19/1979
Bulgaria
-
Ireland
1: 0 (0: 0)
06/06/1979
Bulgaria
-
England
0: 3 (0: 1)
06/06/1979
Denmark
-
Northern Ireland
4: 0 (2: 0)
09/12/1979
England
-
Denmark
1: 0 (1: 0)
10/17/1979
Ireland
-
Bulgaria
3: 0 (1: 0)
10/17/1979
Northern Ireland
-
England
1: 5 (0: 2)
10/31/1979
Bulgaria
-
Denmark
3: 0 (1: 0)
11/21/1979
Northern Ireland
-
Ireland
1: 0 (0: 0)
11/22/1979
England
-
Bulgaria
2: 0 (1: 0)
02/06/1980
England
-
Ireland
2: 0 (1: 0)
Group 2
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Belgium Belgium
8th
4th
4th
0
0 12: 500
+7
12: 40
2.
Austria Austria
8th
4th
3
1
0 14: 700
+7
11: 50
3.
Portugal Portugal
8th
4th
1
3
0 10:110
−1
0 9: 70
4th
Scotland Scotland
8th
3
1
4th
0 15:130
+2
0 7: 90
5.
Norway Norway
8th
0
1
7th
00 5:200
−15
0 1:15
Game results
08/30/1978
Norway
-
Austria
0: 2 (0: 2)
09/20/1978
Austria
-
Scotland
3: 2 (1: 0)
09/20/1978
Belgium
-
Norway
1: 1 (0: 1)
10/11/1978
Portugal
-
Belgium
1: 1 (1: 1)
10/25/1978
Scotland
-
Norway
3: 2 (1: 1)
11/15/1978
Austria
-
Portugal
1: 2 (0: 1)
11/29/1978
Portugal
-
Scotland
1: 0 (1: 0)
03/28/1979
Belgium
-
Austria
1: 1 (1: 0)
05/02/1979
Austria
-
Belgium
0-0
05/09/1979
Norway
-
Portugal
0: 1 (0: 1)
06/07/1979
Norway
-
Scotland
0: 4 (0: 3)
08/29/1979
Austria
-
Norway
4: 0 (1: 0)
09/12/1979
Norway
-
Belgium
1: 2 (1: 1)
10/17/1979
Belgium
-
Portugal
2: 0 (0: 0)
10/17/1979
Scotland
-
Austria
1: 1 (0: 1)
11/01/1979
Portugal
-
Norway
3: 1 (1: 1)
11/21/1979
Belgium
-
Scotland
2: 0 (1: 0)
11/21/1979
Portugal
-
Austria
1: 2 (1: 1)
December 19, 1979
Scotland
-
Belgium
1: 3 (0: 3)
03/26/1980
Scotland
-
Portugal
4: 1 (2: 0)
Group 3
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Spain 1977 Spain
6th
4th
1
1
0 13: 500
+8
0 9: 30
2.
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
6th
4th
0
2
0 14: 600
+8
0 8: 40
3.
Romania 1965 Romania
6th
2
2
2
00 9: 800
+1
0 6: 60
4th
Cyprus 1960 Cyprus
6th
0
1
5
00 2:190
−17
0 1:11
Game results
04/10/1978
Yugoslavia
-
Spain
1: 2 (1: 2)
10/25/1978
Romania
-
Yugoslavia
3: 2 (0: 1)
11/15/1978
Spain
-
Romania
1: 0 (1: 0)
December 13, 1978
Spain
-
Cyprus
5: 0 (2: 0)
04/01/1979
Cyprus
-
Yugoslavia
0: 3 (0: 1)
04/04/1979
Romania
-
Spain
2: 2 (0: 0)
05/13/1979
Cyprus
-
Romania
1: 1 (1: 1)
10/10/1979
Spain
-
Yugoslavia
0: 1 (0: 1)
10/31/1979
Yugoslavia
-
Romania
2: 1 (0: 0)
11/14/1979
Yugoslavia
-
Cyprus
5: 0 (1: 0)
11/18/1979
Romania
-
Cyprus
2: 0 (1: 0)
December 9, 1979
Cyprus
-
Spain
1: 3 (0: 2)
Group 4
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Netherlands Netherlands
8th
6th
1
1
0 20: 600
+14
13: 30
2.
Poland 1944 Poland
8th
5
2
1
0 13: 400
+9
12: 40
3.
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
8th
5
1
2
0 18:110
+7
11: 50
4th
Switzerland Switzerland
8th
2
0
6th
00 7:180
−11
0 4:12
5.
Iceland Iceland
8th
0
0
8th
00 2:210
−19
0 0:16
Game results
09/06/1978
Iceland
-
Poland
0: 2 (0: 1)
09/20/1978
Netherlands
-
Iceland
3: 0 (1: 0)
04/10/1978
GDR
-
Iceland
3: 1 (2: 1)
10/11/1978
Switzerland
-
Netherlands
1: 3 (1: 1)
11/15/1978
Poland
-
Switzerland
2: 0 (1: 0)
11/15/1978
Netherlands
-
GDR
3: 0 (1: 0)
03/28/1979
Netherlands
-
Switzerland
3: 0 (0: 0)
04/18/1979
GDR
-
Poland
2: 1 (0: 1)
05/02/1979
Poland
-
Netherlands
2: 0 (1: 0)
05/05/1979
Switzerland
-
GDR
0: 2 (0: 1)
05/22/1979
Switzerland
-
Iceland
2: 0 (1: 0)
06/09/1979
Iceland
-
Switzerland
1: 2 (0: 0)
09/05/1979
Iceland
-
Netherlands
0: 4 (0: 0)
09/12/1979
Iceland
-
GDR
0: 3 (0: 0)
09/12/1979
Switzerland
-
Poland
0: 2 (0: 1)
09/26/1979
Poland
-
GDR
1: 1 (0: 0)
10/10/1979
Poland
-
Iceland
2: 0 (0: 0)
10/13/1979
GDR
-
Switzerland
5: 2 (3: 1)
10/17/1979
Netherlands
-
Poland
1: 1 (0: 1)
11/21/1979
GDR
-
Netherlands
2: 3 (2: 1)
Group 5
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
6th
5
0
1
0 17: 400
+13
10: 20
2.
France France
6th
4th
1
1
0 13: 700
+6
0 9: 30
3.
Sweden Sweden
6th
1
2
3
00 9:130
−4
0 4: 80
4th
Luxembourg Luxembourg
6th
0
1
5
00 2:170
−15
0 1:11
Game results
09/01/1978
France
-
Sweden
2: 2 (0: 0)
04/10/1978
Sweden
-
Czechoslow.
1: 3 (1: 1)
07.10.1978
Luxembourg
-
France
1: 3 (0: 1)
02/25/1979
France
-
Luxembourg
3: 0 (1: 0)
04/04/1979
Czechoslow.
-
France
2: 0 (0: 0)
05/01/1979
Luxembourg
-
Czechoslow.
0: 3 (0: 1)
06/07/1979
Sweden
-
Luxembourg
3: 0 (2: 0)
09/05/1979
Sweden
-
France
1: 3 (1: 1)
10/10/1979
Czechoslow.
-
Sweden
4: 1 (3: 0)
October 23, 1979
Luxembourg
-
Sweden
1: 1 (1: 0)
11/17/1979
France
-
Czechoslow.
2: 1 (0: 0)
11/24/1979
Czechoslow.
-
Luxembourg
4: 0 (3: 0)
Group 6
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Greece Greece
6th
3
1
2
0 13: 700
+6
0 7: 50
2.
Hungary 1957 Hungary
6th
2
2
2
00 9: 900
± 0
0 6: 60
3.
Finland Finland
6th
2
2
2
0 10:150
−5
0 6: 60
4th
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
6th
1
3
2
00 7: 800
−1
0 5: 70
Game results
05/24/1978
Finland
-
Greece
3: 0 (1: 0)
09/20/1978
Finland
-
Hungary
2: 1 (1: 0)
09/20/1978
USSR
-
Greece
2: 0 (1: 0)
10/11/1978
Greece
-
Finland
8: 1 (5: 0)
10/11/1978
Hungary
-
USSR
2: 0 (1: 0)
October 29, 1978
Greece
-
Hungary
4: 1 (0: 0)
05/02/1979
Hungary
-
Greece
0-0
05/19/1979
USSR
-
Hungary
2: 2 (1: 1)
07/04/1979
Finland
-
USSR
1: 1 (0: 1)
09/12/1979
Greece
-
USSR
1: 0 (1: 0)
10/17/1979
Hungary
-
Finland
3: 1 (2: 0)
10/31/1979
USSR
-
Finland
2: 2 (0: 0)
Group 7
Closing table
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Germany Federal Republic FRG
6th
4th
2
0
0 17: 100
+16
10: 20
2.
Turkey Turkey
6th
3
1
2
00 5: 500
± 0
0 7: 50
3.
Wales Wales
6th
3
0
3
0 11: 800
+3
0 6: 60
4th
Malta Malta
6th
0
1
5
00 2:210
−19
0 1:11
Game results
10/25/1978
Wales
-
Malta
7: 0 (3: 0)
11/29/1978
Wales
-
Turkey
1: 0 (0: 0)
02/25/1979
Malta
-
Germany
0-0
03/18/1979
Turkey
-
Malta
2: 1 (1: 0)
04/01/1979
Turkey
-
Germany
0-0
05/02/1979
Wales
-
Germany
0: 2 (0: 1)
06/02/1979
Malta
-
Wales
0: 2 (0: 1)
10/17/1979
Germany
-
Wales
5: 1 (4: 0)
10/28/1979
Malta
-
Turkey
1: 2 (0: 2)
11/21/1979
Turkey
-
Wales
1: 0 (0: 0)
12/22/1979
Germany
-
Turkey
2: 0 (1: 0)
02/27/1980
Germany
-
Malta
8: 0 (3: 0)
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