1979–80 UEFA Cup


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The 1979–80 UEFA Cup was the ninth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played in West Germany over two legs, at the Bökelbergstadion., Mönchengladbach, and at the Waldstadion, Frankfurt. It was won by Eintracht Frankfurt, who defeated title holders and fellow West German side Borussia Mönchengladbach on the away goals rule after a 3–3 aggregate draw to claim their first UEFA Cup title.

1979–80 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates19 September 1979 – 21 May 1980
Teams64
Final positions
ChampionsWest Germany Eintracht Frankfurt (1st title)
Runners-upWest Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored352 (2.79 per match)
Attendance3,074,766 (24,403 per match)
Top scorer(s)Dieter Hoeneß (Bayern Munich)
Harald Nickel (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
7 goals each

The competition was notable for the dominance of West German teams, who were only knocked out of the tournament among themselves, setting up for an all-German final, the first out of the two ever played in UEFA history. All four semi-finalists came from West Germany, with this being the only instance in a UEFA club competition, and one of them defeated the fifth team in the quarter-finals.

This was the last edition of the UEFA Cup where the 64 spots were allocated to the respective associations by the invitation method inherited from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Beginning in 1980, the newly introduced UEFA country rankings would determine the number of teams for each country, based on results from the five-year period preceding the last completed season.

Association team allocation

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A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1979–80 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:

  • 3 associations have four teams qualify.
  • 3 associations have three teams qualify.
  • 18 associations have two teams qualify.
  • 7 associations have one team qualify.

Czechoslovakia was the only association selected to have an extra third birth for this season, while Bulgaria and East Germany went back to two qualified teams. The remaining spot went to West Germany for title holders Borussia Mönchengladbach. With this being the last season before the introduction of the UEFA rankings, only four of the 20 two-team associations had never been chosen for the extra third birth over eight seasons of rotation: Greece, Turkey, Denmark and Norway.

Associations in the 1979-80 UEFA Cup
Five teams
  West Germany
Four teams
  England
  Italy
Three teams
  Spain
  Czechoslovakia
Two teams
  Netherlands   Belgium   Soviet Union
  East Germany   France   Yugoslavia
  Hungary   Portugal   Poland
  Scotland   Greece   Switzerland
  Bulgaria   Austria   Sweden
  Turkey   Romania   Denmark
  Norway
One team
  Northern Ireland
  Republic of Ireland
  Finland
  Cyprus
  Malta
  Iceland
  Luxembourg
Did not compete
  Wales[Note WAL]
  Albania[Note ALB]
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    Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

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    Albania: Although Albanian teams returned to European competition in 1978 after five years of absence, the country choose to not participate in the UEFA Cup until 1981. Vllaznia would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.

    • The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

    • TH: Title holders
    • CW: Cup winners
    • CR: Cup runners-up
    • LC: League Cup winners
    • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
    • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
    Qualified teams for 1979–80 UEFA Cup
      Borussia Mönchengladbach (TH)   Stuttgart (2nd)   Kaiserslautern (3rd)   Bayern Munich (4th)
      Eintracht Frankfurt (5th)   West Bromwich Albion (2nd)   Everton (3rd)   Leeds United (4th)
      Ipswich Town (5th)   Perugia (2nd)   Internazionale (4th)   Torino (5th)
      Napoli (6th)   Sporting Gijón (2nd)   Atlético Madrid (3rd)   Real Sociedad (4th)
      Baník Ostrava (2nd)   Zbrojovka Brno (3rd)   Bohemians Prague (4th)   Feyenoord (2nd)
      PSV Eindhoven (3rd)   Anderlecht (2nd)   Standard Liège (3rd)   Dynamo Kyiv (2nd)
      Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd)   Dynamo Dresden (2nd)   Carl Zeiss Jena (3rd)   Saint-Étienne (3rd)
      Monaco (4th)   Dinamo Zagreb (2nd)   Red Star Belgrade (3rd)   Ferencváros (2nd)
      Diósgyőr (3rd)   Benfica (2nd)   Sporting CP (3rd)   Widzew Łódź (2nd)
      Stal Mielec (3rd)   Dundee United (3rd)   Aberdeen (4th)   Olympiacos (2nd)
      Aris (3rd)   Zürich (2nd)   Grasshoppers (3rd)   CSKA Sofia (2nd)
      Lokomotiv Sofia (3rd)   Wiener Sport-Club (2nd)   Rapid Wien (3rd)   Malmö (2nd)
      Kalmar (4th)   Galatasaray (2nd)   Orduspor (4th)   Dinamo București (2nd)
      Universitatea Craiova (4th)   Esbjerg (2nd)   AGF (3rd)   Viking FK (3rd)
      Skeid (4th)   Glenavon (2nd)   Bohemians (2nd)   KPT Kuopio (2nd)
      Alki Larnaca (3rd)   Valletta (2nd)   Keflavík (3rd)   FC Progrès Niederkorn (2nd)

    The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches in the first two rounds exceptionally took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Also, the second leg of the semi-finals was played on a Tuesday.

    Schedule for 1979–80 UEFA Cup
    Round First leg Second leg
    First round 18–26 September 1979 2–4 October 1979
    Second round 24 October 1979 7–8 November 1979
    Third round 28 November 1979 12 December 1979
    Quarter-finals 5 March 1980 19 March 1980
    Semi-finals 9 April 1980 22 April 1980
    Final 7 May 1980 21 May 1980
    Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
      Grasshoppers 0 0 0
      Stuttgart 2 3 5
      Stuttgart 3 1 4
      Lokomotiv Sofia 1 0 1
      Lokomotiv Sofia (a) 1 1 2
      Dynamo Kyiv 0 2 2
      Stuttgart 2 0 2
      Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 2 3
      Saint-Étienne 4 3 7
      Aris Thessaloniki 1 3 4
      Saint-Étienne 1 0 1
      Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 2 6
      Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 0 2
      Universitatea Craiova 0 1 1
      Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 0 3
      Eintracht Frankfurt (a) 2 1 3
      Diósgyőri VTK 0 1 1
      Kaiserslautern 2 6 8
      Kaiserslautern 1 1 2
      Bayern Munich 0 4 4
      Bayern Munich 2 2 4
      Red Star Belgrade 0 3 3
      Bayern Munich 2 1 3
      Eintracht Frankfurt (aet) 0 5 5
      Eintracht Frankfurt 4 0 4
      Feyenoord 1 1 2
      Eintracht Frankfurt 4 2 6
      Zbrojovka Brno 1 3 4
      Standard Liège 1 2 3
      Zbrojovka Brno 2 3 5
    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Zbrojovka Brno   7–1   Esbjerg 6–0 1–1
    AGF   2–1   Stal Mielec 1–1 1–0
    Aberdeen   1–2   Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 0–1
    Aris Thessaloniki   4–3   Benfica 3–1 1–2
    Atlético Madrid   1–5   Dynamo Dresden 1–2 0–3
    Borussia Mönchengladbach   4–1   Viking 3–0 1–1
    Dinamo București   12–0   Alki Larnaca 3–0 9–0
    Dundee United   1–1 (a)   Anderlecht 0–0 1–1
    Bohemians Praha   2–4   Bayern Munich 0–2 2–2
    Carl Zeiss Jena   4–1   West Bromwich Albion 2–0 2–1
    Dynamo Kyiv   3–2   CSKA Sofia 2–1 1–1
    Progrès Niederkorn   0–6   Grasshoppers 0–2 0–4
    Shakhtar Donetsk   2–3   Monaco 2–1 0–2
    Feyenoord   2–0   Everton 1–0 1–0
    Zürich   2–8   Kaiserslautern 1–3 1–5
    Galatasaray   1–3   Red Star Belgrade 0–0 1–3
    Glenavon   0–2   Standard Liège 0–1 0–1
    Inter Milan   3–2   Real Sociedad 3–0 0–2
    Kalmar FF   2–2 (a)   Keflavík 2–1 0–1
    KPT   1–4   Malmö FF 1–2 0–2
    Napoli   2–1   Olympiacos 2–0 0–1
    Orduspor   2–6   Baník Ostrava 2–0 0–6
    Perugia   1–0   Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 0–0
    Lokomotiv Sofia   3–2   Ferencváros 3–0 0–2
    Rapid Wien   2–4   Diósgyőri VTK 0–1 2–3
    Skeid   1–10   Ipswich Town 1–3 0–7
    Sporting CP   2–0   Bohemians 2–0 0–0
    Sporting Gijón   0–1   PSV Eindhoven 0–0 0–1
    Valletta   0–7   Leeds United 0–4 0–3
    Stuttgart   2–2 (a)   Torino 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
    Widzew Łódź   2–4   Saint-Étienne 2–1 0–3
    Wiener Sport-Club   1–3   Universitatea Craiova 0–0 1–3

    Zbrojovka Brno won 7–1 on aggregate.

    AGF won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Eintracht Frankfurt won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Aris Thessaloniki won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Dynamo Dresden won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Dinamo București won 12–0 on aggregate.

    1–1 on aggregate; Dundee United won on away goals.

    Bayern Munich won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Grasshoppers won 6–0 on aggregate.

    Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Feyenoord won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Kaiserslautern won 8–2 on aggregate.

    Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Standard Liège won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Inter Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

    2–2 on aggregate; Keflavík won on away goals.

    Malmö FF won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Napoli won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Baník Ostrava won 6–2 on aggregate.

    Perugia won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Lokomotiv Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Diósgyőri VTK won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Ipswich Town won 10–1 on aggregate.

    Sporting CP won 2–0 on aggregate.

    PSV Eindhoven won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Leeds United won 7–0 on aggregate.

    2–2 on aggregate; Stuttgart won on away goals.

    Saint-Étienne won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Universitatea Craiova won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Zbrojovka Brno   5–2   Keflavík 3–1 2–1
    AGF   2–5   Bayern Munich 1–2 1–3
    Aris Thessaloniki   4–1   Perugia 1–1 3–0
    Borussia Mönchengladbach   4–3   Inter Milan 1–1 3–2 (a.e.t.)
    Dinamo București   2–3   Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)
    Dundee United   1–4   Diósgyőri VTK 0–1 1–3
    Dynamo Dresden   1–1 (a)   Stuttgart 1–1 0–0
    Baník Ostrava   1–2   Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 0–2
    Universitatea Craiova   4–0   Leeds United 2–0 2–0
    Feyenoord   5–1   Malmö FF 4–0 1–1
    Grasshoppers   1–1 (a)   Ipswich Town 0–0 1–1
    Lokomotiv Sofia   5–4   Monaco 4–2 1–2
    PSV Eindhoven   2–6   Saint-Étienne 2–0 0–6
    Red Star Belgrade   6–4   Carl Zeiss Jena 3–2 3–2
    Sporting CP   1–3   Kaiserslautern 1–1 0–2
    Standard Liège   3–2   Napoli 2–1 1–1

    Zbrojovka Brno won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Bayern Munich won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Aris Thessaloniki won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Diósgyöri VTK won 4–1 on aggregate.

    1–1 on aggregate; Stuttgart won on away goals.

    Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Universitatea Craiova won 4–0 on aggregate.

    Feyenoord won 5–1 on aggregate.

    1–1 on aggregate; Grasshoppers won on away goals.

    Lokomotiv Sofia won 5–4 on aggregate.

    Saint-Étienne won 6–2 on aggregate.

    Red Star Belgrade won 6–4 on aggregate.

    Kaiserslautern won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Standard Liège won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Saint-Étienne   7–4   Aris Thessaloniki 4–1 3–3
    Bayern Munich   4–3   Red Star Belgrade 2–0 2–3
    Borussia Mönchengladbach   2–1   Universitatea Craiova 2–0 0–1
    Diósgyőri VTK   1–8   Kaiserslautern 0–2 1–6
    Eintracht Frankfurt   4–2   Feyenoord 4–1 0–1
    Grasshoppers   0–5   Stuttgart 0–2 0–3
    Lokomotiv Sofia   2–2 (a)   Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 1–2
    Standard Liège   3–5   Zbrojovka Brno 1–2 2–3

    Saint-Étienne won 7–4 on aggregate.

    Bayern Munich won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Kaiserslautern won 8–1 on aggregate.

    Eintracht Frankfurt won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Stuttgart won 5–0 on aggregate.

    2–2 on aggregate; Lokomotiv Sofia won on away goals.

    Zbrojovka Brno won 5–3 on aggregate.

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Kaiserslautern   2–4   Bayern Munich 1–0 1–4
    Saint-Étienne   1–6   Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–4 0–2
    Eintracht Frankfurt   6–4   Zbrojovka Brno 4–1 2–3
    Stuttgart   4–1   Lokomotiv Sofia 3–1 1–0

    Bayern Munich won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–1 on aggregate.

    Eintracht Frankfurt won 6–4 on aggregate.

    Stuttgart won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Bayern Munich   3–5   Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 1–5 (a.e.t.)
    Stuttgart   2–3   Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 0–2

    Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–3 on aggregate.

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 3–2 on aggregate.

    3–3 on aggregate; Eintracht Frankfurt won on away goals.

    1. ^ a b c Dynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.
    2. ^ CSKA Sofia played their home match at Vasil Levski National Stadium at 18:30 instead of their regular stadium Narodna Armia Stadium at 15:00 as initially planned[1] due to lack of floodlights.
    1. ^ Match details (in Bulgarian)