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
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Preliminary round

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

First round

Team 1	Agg.	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

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

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

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

Győr

Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	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

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

Stara Zagora

Second leg

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.	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.	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
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

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