1979–80 UEFA Cup
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.
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
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.
TeamsThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
ScheduleThe 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.
First roundFirst leg-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second legZbrojovka 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.'' Second roundFirst leg-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second legZbrojovka 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.'' Third roundFirst leg-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second legSaint-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.'' Quarter-finalsFirst leg-------- ---- Second legBayern 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.'' Semi-finalsFirst leg----Second legEintracht Frankfurt won 5–3 on aggregate.---- ''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 3–2 on aggregate.'' FinalSecond leg''3–3 on aggregate; Eintracht Frankfurt won on away goals.'' |