1980 European Football Championship / qualification

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    • 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. EnglandEngland England  8th  7th  1  0 022: 500 +17 15: 10
     2. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland  8th  4th  1  3 008:140  −6 09: 70
     3. IrelandIreland Ireland  8th  2  3  3 009: 800  +1 07: 90
     4th Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria  8th  2  1  5 006:140  −8 05:11
     5. DenmarkDenmark Denmark  8th  1  2  5 013:170  −4 04:12

    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. BelgiumBelgium Belgium  8th  4th  4th  0 012: 500  +7 12: 40
     2. AustriaAustria Austria  8th  4th  3  1 014: 700  +7 11: 50
     3. PortugalPortugal Portugal  8th  4th  1  3 010:110  −1 09: 70
     4th ScotlandScotland Scotland  8th  3  1  4th 015:130  +2 07: 90
     5. NorwayNorway Norway  8th  0  1  7th 005:200 −15 01:15

    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 1977Spain Spain  6th  4th  1  1 013: 500  +8 09: 30
     2. Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia  6th  4th  0  2 014: 600  +8 08: 40
     3. Romania 1965Romania Romania  6th  2  2  2 009: 800  +1 06: 60
     4th Cyprus 1960Cyprus Cyprus  6th  0  1  5 002:190 −17 01:11

    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. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  8th  6th  1  1 020: 600 +14 13: 30
     2. Poland 1944Poland Poland  8th  5  2  1 013: 400  +9 12: 40
     3. Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR  8th  5  1  2 018:110  +7 11: 50
     4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  8th  2  0  6th 007:180 −11 04:12
     5. IcelandIceland Iceland  8th  0  0  8th 002:210 −19 00:16

    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. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia  6th  5  0  1 017: 400 +13 10: 20
     2. FranceFrance France  6th  4th  1  1 013: 700  +6 09: 30
     3. SwedenSweden Sweden  6th  1  2  3 009:130  −4 04: 80
     4th LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg  6th  0  1  5 002:170 −15 01:11

    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. GreeceGreece Greece  6th  3  1  2 013: 700  +6 07: 50
     2. Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary  6th  2  2  2 009: 900  ± 0 06: 60
     3. FinlandFinland Finland  6th  2  2  2 010:150  −5 06: 60
     4th Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union  6th  1  3  2 007: 800  −1 05: 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 RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FRG  6th  4th  2  0 017: 100 +16 10: 20
     2. TurkeyTurkey Turkey  6th  3  1  2 005: 500  ± 0 07: 50
     3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales  6th  3  0  3 011: 800  +3 06: 60
     4th MaltaMalta Malta  6th  0  1  5 002:210 −19 01:11

    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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