1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1979–80 season was the 20th season of the European Cup Winners' Cup, a football tournament organised by UEFA for the cup winners from each of its member associations. The competition was won by Spanish club Valencia, who beat Arsenal of England on penalties after a goalless final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. It was the only Cup Winners' Cup to be decided on penalties (although two previous finals had required replays). It was Valencia's third European title, adding to the two Inter-Cities Fairs Cup titles they won in the 1960s.

1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Valencia (1st title)
Runners-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rangers	3–0	Lillestrøm	1–0	2–0
B 1903	7–0	APOEL	6–0	1–0

First leg

15 August 1979

B 1903	6–0	APOEL
Haarbye 12' Larsen 19' B. Kristiansen 47', 56' Thygesen 61', 88'	[citation needed]

Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Rolf Ericsson (Sweden)

Second leg

8 September 1979

APOEL	0–1	B 1903
	[citation needed]	Damm 67'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Aleksandar Nikić (Yugoslavia)

B 1903 won 7-0 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Moscow	w/o	Vllaznia Shkodër	–	–
Sliema Wanderers	2–9	Boavista	2–1	0–8
Cliftonville	0–8	Nantes	0–1	0–7
Young Boys	2–8	Steaua București	2–2	0–6
Reipas Lahti	0–2	Aris Bonnevoie	0–1	0–1
ÍA	0–6	Barcelona	0–1	0–5
B 1903	2–6	Valencia	2–2	0–4
Rangers	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	0–0
Arsenal	2–0	Fenerbahçe	2–0	0–0
Wrexham	5–7	Magdeburg	3–2	2–5 (aet)
Panionios	5–3	Twente	4–0	1–3
IFK Göteborg	2–1	Waterford	1–0	1–1
Wacker Innsbruck	1–3	Lokomotíva Košice	1–2	0–1
Beerschot	1–2	Rijeka	0–0	1–2
Arka Gdynia	3–4	Beroe Stara Zagora	3–2	0–2
Juventus	3–2	Győri ETO	2–0	1–2

First leg

12 September 1979

Sliema Wanderers	2–1	Boavista
Tortell 33' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	[citation needed]	Eliseu 78' (pen.)

The Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

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19 September 1979

Young Boys	2–2	Steaua București
Zwygart 42', pen' Schönenberger 78'		Stoica 38' Iordănescu 44'

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Sándor Kuti (Hungary)

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19 September 1979 (1979-09-19)

Reipas Lahti	0–1	Aris Bonnevoie
	Report	Schiltz 57'

Kisapuisto, Lahti

Attendance: 805

Referee: Rolf Eriksson (Norway)

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19 September 1979

Juventus	2–0	Győri ETO
Pozsgai 64' (o.g.) Cabrini 73' (pen.)

Turin

Second leg

3 October 1979

Steaua București	6–0	Young Boys
Nițu 1' Sameș 7', 65' Aelenei 47' Răducanu 56' Zahiu 72'

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 6,700

Referee: Talal Tokat (Turkey)

Steaua București won 8–2 on aggregate.

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3 October 1979 (1979-10-03)

Aris Bonnevoie	1–0	Reipas Lahti
Colling 32'	Report

Stade Camille Polfer, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Louis Delsemme (Belgium)

Aris Bonnevoie won 2–0 on aggregate.

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3 October 1979

Győri ETO	2–1	Juventus
Furino 4' (o.g.) Póczik 23'		Causio 52'

Győr

Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.

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5 October 1979

Boavista	8–0	Sliema Wanderers
Aílton 7' Júlio Carlos 16', 28', 57' Moínhos 34' Salvador 53' Folha 63' Óscar 90'	[citation needed]

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Antonio Tomeo Palanques (Spain)

Boavista won 9–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Moscow	1–1 (a)	Boavista	0–0	1–1
Nantes	5–3	Steaua București	3–2	2–1
Aris Bonnevoie	2–11	Barcelona	1–4	1–7
Valencia	4–2	Rangers	1–1	3–1
Arsenal	4–3	Magdeburg	2–1	2–2
Panionios	1–2	IFK Göteborg	1–0	0–2
Lokomotíva Košice	2–3	Rijeka	2–0	0–3
Beroe Stara Zagora	1–3	Juventus	1–0	0–3 (aet)

First leg

24 October 1979

Dynamo Moscow	0–0	Boavista
	[citation needed]

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Norway)

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24 October 1979 (1979-10-24)

Aris Bonnevoie	1–4	Barcelona
Mathes 64'	Report	Simonsen 53', 77', 90' Rexach 66'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Jan Redelfs (Germany)

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24 October 1979

Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	Juventus
Stoyanov 80' (pen.)

Stara Zagora

Second leg

7 November 1979

Boavista	1–1	Dynamo Moscow
Moínhos 34'	[citation needed]	Minayev 26'

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Clive White (England)

1–1 on aggregate. Dynamo Moscow won on away goals.

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7 November 1979 (1979-11-07)

Barcelona	7–1	Aris Bonnevoie
Krankl 14', 27', 44' Heredia 16', 56' Carrasco 57' Canito 82'	Report	Tullius 47'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Mário Luís (Portugal)

Barcelona won 11–2 on aggregate.

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7 November 1979

Juventus	3–0 (a.e.t)	Beroe Stara Zagora
Scirea 8' Causio 104' Verza 111'

Turin

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Moscow	3–4	Nantes	0–2	3–2
Barcelona	3–5	Valencia	0–1	3–4
Arsenal	5–1	IFK Göteborg	5–1	0–0
Rijeka	0–2	Juventus	0–0	0–2

First leg

5 March 1980

Rijeka	0–0	Juventus

Rijeka

Second leg

19 March 1980

Juventus	2–0	Rijeka
Causio 5' Bettega 72'

Turin

Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nantes	2–5	Valencia	2–1	0–4
Arsenal	2–1	Juventus	1–1	1–0

First leg

9 April 1980

Arsenal	1–1	Juventus
Bettega 84' (o.g.)		Cabrini 11'

Highbury, London

Second leg

23 April 1980

Juventus	0–1	Arsenal
		Vaessen 88'

Turin

Arsenal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup final

14 May 1980

20:15 CEST

Valencia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Arsenal
	Report
Penalties
Kempes Solsona Rodríguez Castellanos Bonhof Arias	5–4	Brady Stapleton Sunderland Talbot Hollins Rix

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

See also

• 1979–80 European Cup
• 1979–80 UEFA Cup

External links

• 1979-80 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1979-80–results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1979–80 Cup Winners Cup