1980 European Cup Final
Encyclopedia
The 1980 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
, Madrid
, on 28 May 1980, that saw Nottingham Forest
of England
defeat Hamburg
of Germany
1–0. In the 21st minute, John Robertson squeezed a shot past Hamburg keeper Rudolf Kargus
for the only goal of the game, to give Nottingham Forest back-to-back European Cup
titles. The victory also meant that Forest became the first club that had won the European Cup more times than their domestic first division
.
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HAMBURG:
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GK
1
Rudolf Kargus
DF
2
Manfred Kaltz
DF
3
Peter Nogly
(c)
DF
4
Ivan Buljan
DF
5
Ditmar Jakobs
MF
6
Holger Hieronymus
MF
7
Felix Magath
MF
8
Caspar Memering
MF
9
Kevin Keegan
FW
10
Willi Reimann
FW
11
Jürgen Milewski
Substitutes:
MF
12
Horst Hrubesch
Manager:
Branko Zebec
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
The Estadio Santiago Bernabéu is an all-seater football stadium in Madrid, Spain. It was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 and is owned by Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. It has a current capacity of 85,454 spectators....
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, on 28 May 1980, that saw Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
defeat Hamburg
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
1–0. In the 21st minute, John Robertson squeezed a shot past Hamburg keeper Rudolf Kargus
Rudolf Kargus
Rudolf 'Rudi' Kargus is a former German football player.Joining the youth ranks of Hamburger SV from boyhood-club Wormatia Worms in 1970, Kargus stepped up to become a Bundesliga goalkeeper for the North Germans from 1971, capturing the starting role in the goal of Hamburg in 1973...
for the only goal of the game, to give Nottingham Forest back-to-back European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
titles. The victory also meant that Forest became the first club that had won the European Cup more times than their domestic first division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
.
Match details
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| GK | 1 | Peter Shilton Peter Shilton Peter Leslie Shilton OBE is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for England than anyone else, earning 125 caps.... |
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| DF | 2 | Viv Anderson Viv Anderson Vivian Alexander "Viv" Anderson MBE is an English football player and coach, who played for clubs including Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday in the 1970s and 1980s... |
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| DF | 3 |  Frank GrayFrank Gray Francis Tierney 'Frank' Gray is a Scottish football manager and former footballer.Gray has previously managed Darlington, Farnborough Town, Grays Athletic and Woking.... |
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| MF | 4 | John McGovern John McGovern (footballer) John McGovern is a Scottish former association football player and manager. McGovern is most famous for captaining the Nottingham Forest side that won the European Cup twice, under the management of Brian Clough.... (c) |
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| DF | 5 | Larry Lloyd Larry Lloyd Laurence Valentine Lloyd was a footballer, a burly and tough central defender who won honours for both Bill Shankly's Liverpool and Brian Clough's all-conquering Nottingham Forest side of the late 1970s.... |
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| DF | 6 | Kenny Burns Kenny Burns Kenneth "Kenny" Burns is a former Scotland international footballer, most famous for his time with Nottingham Forest, where he played a vital role in their European Cup successes.... |
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| MF | 7 |  Martin O'NeillMartin O'Neill Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE, is a Northern Irish football manager and former player.Until resigning the post on 9 August 2010, he was manager of Aston Villa. Starting his career in his native Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham... |
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| MF | 8 | Ian Bowyer Ian Bowyer Ian Bowyer is a former English footballer who spent much of his career at Nottingham Forest, and was part of their European Cup victories in 1979 and 1980. He has also had spells as a coach and manager... |
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| FW | 9 | Garry Birtles Garry Birtles Garry Birtles is a retired English footballer, who played as a forward in The Football League between the 1970s and 1990s. He is best known for his time at Nottingham Forest, during which he won the 1979 and 1980 European Cup Finals... |
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| MF | 10 | Gary Mills |
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| MF | 11 | John Robertson |
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| MF | Bryn Gunn Bryn Gunn Bryn Gunn is a former footballer who played as a full-back for a number of clubs between 1975 and 1996. He is best remembered for his time with Nottingham Forest, where he won the European Cup in 1980, coming on as a substitute in the final... |
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| MF | John O'Hare John O'Hare John O'Hare is a Scottish former footballer. His clubs included Sunderland, Derby County and also Nottingham Forest and was part of their European Cup victory in 1980, coming on as a substitute in the final. He also won thirteen caps for the Scotland national team, scoring five goals.- Career... |
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| GK | Jimmy Montgomery Jimmy Montgomery Jimmy Montgomery is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made a record 627 appearances for his hometown club Sunderland with 537 of these appearances being in the league, after joining the club as a youngster in 1960.-Football career:He made his debut aged only 18 against Walsall,... |
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| DF | David Needham David Needham David Needham is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County, Queens Park Rangers and Nottingham Forest, and in the North American Soccer League for the Toronto Blizzard, in the 1970s and 1980s.Needham started his career at Notts County in 1966... |
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| Manager: | ||||
| Brian Clough Brian Clough Brian Howard Clough, OBE was an English footballer and football manager. He is most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. His achievement of winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest, a traditionally moderate provincial English club, is considered to be... |
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Rudolf KargusRudolf Kargus
Rudolf 'Rudi' Kargus is a former German football player.Joining the youth ranks of Hamburger SV from boyhood-club Wormatia Worms in 1970, Kargus stepped up to become a Bundesliga goalkeeper for the North Germans from 1971, capturing the starting role in the goal of Hamburg in 1973...
Manfred Kaltz Peter NoglyPeter Nogly
Peter Nogly is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2009, he is managing an amateur team Wedeler TSV.He earned 4 caps for the West Germany national football team in 1977...
(c)
Ivan BuljanIvan Buljan
Ivan Buljan is Croatian sport manager and a former Yugoslavian footballer, he was a member of the Yugoslavia squad at the FIFA World Cup 1974 and the 1976 European Football Championship....
Ditmar JakobsDitmar Jakobs
Ditmar Jakobs is a former German football player.He was a centre-back, a classical libero in the mold of Franz Beckenbauer or Willi Schulz. Jakobs played 493 games from 1971 to 1990 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Tennis Borussia Berlin, MSV Duisburg and Hamburger SV.With Hamburger SV he won the 1987...
Holger HieronymusHolger Hieronymus
Holger Hieronymus is a former German football player.Hieronymus started his career with local side TuS Hamburg at the age of six and was a promising talent for the sweeper position when then Hamburger SV general manager Günter Netzer snapped him up from local counterpart FC St...
Felix MagathFelix Magath
Wolfgang-Felix Magath is a former German football central midfielder and current manager of VfL Wolfsburg.-Playing career:...
Caspar MemeringCaspar Memering
Caspar Memering is a former German footballer.- Honours :* UEFA Euro 1980 champion.* European Cup finalist: 1980.* UEFA Cup finalist: 1982.* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1977....
Kevin KeeganKevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....
Willi ReimannWilli Reimann
Willi Reimann is a German football manager.Reimann played in the Fußball-Bundesliga for Hannover 96 and Hamburg, appearing in 287 in which he amounted 93 goals.As manager he worked for FC St. Pauli, HSV, VfL Wolfsburg, 1...
Jürgen MilewskiJürgen Milewski
Jürgen Milewski is a retired German footballer. He spent eight seasons in the Bundesliga with Hannover 96, Hertha BSC and Hamburger SV...
Horst HrubeschHorst Hrubesch
Horst Hrubesch is a retired German football player employed as a youth trainer at the German Football Association. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills.-Career:...
Branko ZebecBranko Zebec
Branislav "Branko" Zebec was a Croatian football player and coach...