1980 European Cup final

The 1980 European Cup final was a football match held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain on 28 May 1980, to determine the winner of the 1979–80 European Cup. The final saw defending champions Nottingham Forest of England defeat Hamburg of West Germany by a score of 1–0. In the 21st minute, John Robertson squeezed a shot past Hamburg keeper Rudi Kargus for the only goal of the game,^[1] and Forest then defended solidly,^[2] to give Nottingham Forest back-to-back European Cup titles.^[3]

1980 European Cup final

Match programme cover
Event	1979–80 European Cup
Nottingham Forest Hamburger SV 1 0
Date	28 May 1980
Venue	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Referee	António Garrido (Portugal)
Attendance	51,000
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Route to the final

Further information: 1979–80 European Cup

Nottingham Forest				Round	Hamburger SV
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Östers IF	3–1	2–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	First round	Valur	5–1	3–0 (A)	2–1 (H)
Argeș Pitești	4–1	2–0 (H)	2–1 (A)	Second round	Dinamo Tbilisi	6–3	3–1 (H)	3–2 (A)
Dynamo Berlin	3–2	0–1 (H)	3–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Hajduk Split	3–3 (a)	1–0 (H)	2–3 (A)
Ajax	2–1	2–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Semi-finals	Real Madrid	5–3	0–2 (A)	5–1 (H)

Match

Details

28 May 1980 (1980-05-28)

20:30 CEST

Nottingham Forest	1–0	Hamburger SV
Robertson 20'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

Nottingham Forest[4]

Hamburger SV[4]

GK 1 Peter Shilton RB 2 Viv Anderson CB 5 Larry Lloyd CB 6 Kenny Burns  21' LB 3 Frank Gray  78' CM 8 Ian Bowyer CM 4 John McGovern (c) CM 10 Gary Mills  67' RW 7 Martin O'Neill LW 11 John Robertson CF 9 Garry Birtles Substitutes: MF 12 John O'Hare  67' MF 15 Bryn Gunn  78' GK Jimmy Montgomery DF David Needham Manager: Brian Clough

GK 1 Rudi Kargus CB 5 Ivan Buljan CB 3 Peter Nogly  72' CB 4 Ditmar Jakobs RM 2 Manfred Kaltz CM 6 Holger Hieronymus  46' CM 10 Felix Magath (c) LM 8 Caspar Memering AM 7 Kevin Keegan CF 11 Willi Reimann CF 9 Jürgen Milewski Substitutes: MF 14 Horst Hrubesch  46' Manager: Branko Zebec

See also

• 1979–80 Nottingham Forest F.C. season
• 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup final
• 1980 European Super Cup
• 1980 UEFA Cup final
• Nottingham Forest F.C. in European football

Notes