Runners-up Hamburg Dates 29 Aug 1979 – 28 May 1980 Teams 33 Matches played 63 | Champion Nottingham Forest F.C. Top scorer Søren Lerby Goals scored 185 | |
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Champions Nottingham Forest (2nd title) Similar 1980–81 European Cup, 1972–73 European Cup, 1968–69 European Cup, 1961–62 European Cup, 1980 European Cup Final | ||
The season 1979–80 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Hamburg. The winning goal was scored by John Robertson, who drilled the ball into the corner of the Hamburg net from outside the penalty area. Forest became the only side to win the European Cup more times than their domestic top flight league, a record which still stands.
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Second leg
Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 3–1 on aggregate.
Argeş Piteşti won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin won 4–1 on aggregate.
Servette won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 6–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 16–2 on aggregate.
Omonia won 7–3 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dundalk won 2–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.
Vejle won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin won 4–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 10–4 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Porto 2–2 Real Madrid on aggregate. Real Madrid won on away goals.
Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Hamburg 3–3 Hajduk Split on aggregate. Hamburg won on away goals.
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 5–3 on aggregate.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1979–80 European Cup are as follows: