European Football Championship 1980 / Spain

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

qualification

Final table group 3

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	6th	4th	1	1	013: 500	+8	09: 30
2.	Yugoslavia	6th	4th	0	2	014: 600	+8	08: 40
3.	Romania	6th	2	2	2	009: 800	+1	06: 60
4th	Cyprus	6th	0	1	5	002:190	−17	01:11

Game results

04/10/1978	Yugoslavia	-	Spain	1: 2 (1: 2)
11/15/1978	Spain	-	Romania	1: 0 (1: 0)
December 13, 1978	Spain	-	Cyprus	5: 0 (2: 0)

04/04/1979	Romania	-	Spain	2: 2 (0: 0)
10/10/1979	Spain	-	Yugoslavia	0: 1 (0: 1)
December 9, 1979	Cyprus	-	Spain	1: 3 (0: 2)

Spain opened the European Championship qualification with a 2-1 victory on October 4, 1978 in Zagreb against hosts Yugoslavia. In front of 55,000 spectators, Juanito and Santillana scored the goals. On November 15, Asensi scored the winning goal to make it 1-0 against Romania. The 0-1 home defeat on October 10, 1979 in Valencia against Yugoslavia by a goal by Surjak could no longer prevent the group victory of coach Kubala's team. Only Vicente Del Bosque and Ángel María Villar had played all six qualifying matches. Asensi, Migueli and four-time goalscorer Santillana were each called up in five games.

Spanish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the European Championship	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
01	Luis Arconada	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	06/26/1954	3	0	0	0
13	Urruti	Espanyol Barcelona	02/17/1952	0	0	0	0
22nd	Pedro María Artola	FC Barcelona	09/06/1948	0	0	0	0
Defender
02	José Ramón Alexanko	Athletic Bilbao	05/05/1956	3	0	0	0
03	Migueli	FC Barcelona	December 19, 1951	2	0	0	0
05	Francisco Álvarez Uría	Sporting Gijón	02/01/1950	1	0	0	0
14th	Rafael Gordillo	Betis Seville	02/24/1957	3	0	0	0
15th	Antonio Olmo	FC Barcelona	January 18, 1954	1	0	0	0
19th	Cundi	Sporting Gijón	04/13/1955	1	0	0	0
20th	Miguel Tendillo	Valencia CF	02/01/1961	2	0	0	0
midfield player
04th	José Diego Álvarez	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	December 21, 1954	0	0	0	0
06th	Juan Manuel Asensi	FC Barcelona	09/23/1949	2	0	0	0
08th	Julio Cardeñosa	Betis Seville	October 27, 1949	1	0	0	0
11	Vicente del Bosque	real Madrid	December 23, 1950	1	0	0	0
18th	Enrique Saura	Valencia CF	08/02/1954	3	0	0	0
21st	Jesús María Zamora	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	01/01/1955	3	0	0	0
striker
07th	Dani	Athletic Bilbao	06/28/1951	2	1	0	0
09	Francisco Carrasco	FC Barcelona	03/06/1959	2	0	0	0
10	Quini	Sporting Gijón	09/23/1949	2	1	0	0
12	Juanito	real Madrid	11/10/1954	3	0	0	0
16	Santillana	real Madrid	08/23/1952	1	0	0	0
16	Jesús María Satrústegui	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	01/12/1954	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	László Kubala		06/10/1927

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 Milan (Giuseppe Meazza Stadium)
Spain	-	Italy	0-0
June 15, 1980 in Milan (Giuseppe Meazza Stadium)
Spain	-	Belgium	1: 2 (1: 1)
June 18, 1980 in Naples (Stadio San Paolo)
Spain	-	England	1: 2 (0: 1)

The Spaniards got off to a good start in the group stage, with a secure defense around the strong goalkeeper Luis Arconada and the pivotal point in midfield, Juan Manuel Asensi , who kept Italian strikers like Roberto Bettega and Francesco Graziani in check, and thus beat hosts Italy Achieve a tie. This was followed by two bitter defeats for the seleccion against the surprise team from Belgium (1: 2) and England (1: 2), and in the end only fourth and last place in the group.