- 1980 in association football
yearbox
in?=in football (soccer)
cp=19th Century
c=20th Century
cf=21st Centuryyp1=1977
yp2=1978
yp3=1979
year=1980
ya1=1981
ya2=1982
ya3=1983
dp3=1940s
dp2=1950s
dp1=1960s
d=1970s
dn1=1980s
dn2=1990s
dn3=2000sThe following are the
football (soccer) events of the year1980 throughout the world.Events
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Copa Libertadores 1980 : Won by Nacional after defeatingSport Club Internacional on an aggregate score of 2-0.*
England :1980 FA Cup Final :West Ham United 1, Arsenal 0, the winning goal scored byTrevor Brooking *European Cup
1980 : Won byNottingham Forest after defeatingHamburger SV 1-0 in the Final.*
Scottish FA Cup final: Celtic beat Rangers 1-0 after extra time atHampden Park . After the match there is a pitch invasion, leading to rioting and 210 arrests. Following the match the sale of alcohol at Scottish football grounds is banned.*
September 10 – MidfielderJan van Deinsen plays his first and only international match for the Netherlands, when Holland meets the Republic of Ireland inDublin .*
September 17 – Dutch sideFC Utrecht makes itsEurope an debut with a draw (0-0) inRomania againstFC Argeş Piteşti in the first round of theUEFA Cup .Winners club national championship
Europe
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Italy –Internazionale Milano F.C.
*Netherlands
**Eredivisie –Ajax Amsterdam
**Eerste Divisie –FC Groningen
*Portugal – Sporting CP
*Spain –Real Madrid outh America
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Argentina
**Metropolitano – River Plate
**Nacional –Rosario Central
*Brazil – Flamengo
*Colombia –Atlético Junior
*Paraguay –Olimpia Asunción International Tournaments
* African Cup of Nations in
Nigeria (March 8 – 22,1980 )
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1980 British Home Championship (May 16 –May 24 ,1980 )::fb|NIR* UEFA European Football Championship in
Italy (June 11 – 22,1980 )
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*# fb|ITA and fb|TCH*Olympic Games in
Moscow ,Soviet Union (July 20 –August 2 ,1980 )
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*# fb|URS* Mundialito in
Montevideo, Uruguay (December 30 ,1980 –January 10 ,1981 )
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*# fb|BRA
*# —National Teams
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Births
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February 20 –Artur Boruc , Polish footballer
*February 28 –Piotr Giza , Polish footballer
*March 4 –Omar Bravo , Mexican footballer
*March 14 – Aaron Brown, English footballer
*March 21 –Ronaldinho , Brazilian footballer
*March 21 – John McGrath, Irish footballer
*April 22 –Nicolas Douchez , French footballer
*May 14 –Zdeněk Grygera , Czech footballer
*May 30 –Steven Gerrard , English footballer
*June 10 –Francelino Matuzalem , Brazilian footballer
*July 8 –Robbie Keane , Irish footballer
*August 5 –Wayne Bridge , English footballer
*August 7 –Shane Moody-Orio , Belizean footballer
*September 6 –Joseph Yobo , Nigerian footballer
*October 4 –Tomáš Rosický , Czech footballer
*October 23 – Scott Parker, English footballer
*October 28 –Alan Smith , English footballer
*November 5 –Christoph Metzelder , German footballer
*December 6 –Steve Lovell , English footballer
*December 7 –John Terry , English footballer
*December 20 –Ashley Cole , English footballerDeaths
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March 1 –Dixie Dean , English footballerReferences
* [http://www.rsssf.com/nersssf.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
* [http://www.voetbalstats.nl/ VoetbalStats]
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