1980 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1980 throughout the world.

Events

 * Copa Libertadores 1980: Won by Nacional after defeating Sport Club Internacional on an aggregate score of 2–0.
 * England: 1980 FA Cup Final: West Ham United 1, Arsenal 0, the winning goal scored by Trevor Brooking
 * European Cup 1980: Won by Nottingham Forest after defeating Hamburger SV 1–0 in the Final.
 * Scottish Cup final: Celtic beat Rangers 1-0 after extra time at Hampden Park. After the match there is a pitch invasion, leading to rioting and 210 arrests. Following the match the sale of alcohol at Scottish football grounds is banned.
 * September 10 – Midfielder Jan van Deinsen plays his first and only international match for the Netherlands, when the Netherlands meets the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.
 * September 17 – Dutch side FC Utrecht makes its European debut with a draw (0-0) in Romania against FC Argeș Pitești in the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Asia

 * 🇶🇦: Al-Sadd SC

Europe

 * Club Brugge K.V.
 * Liverpool
 * FC Nantes
 * Inter Milan
 * Eredivisie – Ajax Amsterdam
 * Eerste Divisie – FC Groningen
 * Sporting CP
 * 🇪🇸 Spain: Real Madrid
 * Spartak Moscow
 * 🇹🇷: Trabzonspor
 * Bayern Munich
 * Red Star Belgrade
 * Red Star Belgrade

North America

 * Cruz Azul
 * New York Cosmos (NASL)
 * New York Cosmos (NASL)

Oceania

 * Sydney City

South America

 * Metropolitano – River Plate
 * Nacional – Rosario Central
 * Flamengo
 * 🇧🇴: Jorge Wilstermann
 * 🇨🇴: Atlético Junior
 * Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
 * Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción

International Tournaments

 * African Cup of Nations in Nigeria (March 8 – 22 1980)
 * 🇳🇬 nigeria
 * 🇲🇦 morocco
 * 1980 British Home Championship (May 16 – May 24, 1980)
 * 1980 British Home Championship (May 16 – May 24, 1980)


 * UEFA European Football Championship in Italy (June 11 – 22 1980)
 * 🇧🇪 belgium
 * 🇮🇹 italy and
 * Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union (July 20 – August 2, 1980)
 * Mundialito in Montevideo, Uruguay (December 30, 1980 – January 10, 1981)
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Births

 * January 6 – Steed Malbranque, Belgian-French footballer
 * January 12 – Michael Niedrig, German former footballer
 * January 14 – Ossama Haidar, Lebanese international
 * January 22 – Ibón Larrazábal, Spanish retired footballer
 * January 25 – Xavi, Spanish footballer
 * February 1
 * Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
 * Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
 * February 6 – Shaun Hadley, English former professional footballer
 * February 9 – Jean-Reck Ah Fok, Mauritian footballer
 * February 15 – Elvis Marecos, Paraguayan footballer
 * February 20
 * Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
 * Thijs Sluijter, Dutch footballer
 * February 28 – Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
 * March 4 – Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
 * March 8 – Aridani Arbelo, Spanish footballer
 * March 13 – Dani Ferron, Andorran footballer
 * March 14 – Aaron Brown, English footballer
 * March 15 – Hugo Notario, Argentine footballer
 * March 20 – Thomas Levaux, French professional footballer
 * March 21
 * John McGrath, Irish footballer
 * Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
 * March 31
 * Matias Concha, Swedish footballer
 * Dean Clark, English footballer
 * April 3 – Marcin Makuch, Polish footballer
 * April 7 – Jérémie Peiffer, Luxembourgian footballer
 * April 17 – Leonid Lazaridi, former Russian footballer
 * April 22 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
 * May 5 – Youssou Diop, Senegalese retired footballer
 * May 14 – Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
 * May 18 – Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
 * May 30 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer
 * June 2 – Abby Wambach, American women's soccer player
 * June 10
 * Edgard Lima, Brazilian footballer
 * Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
 * June 12
 * Ifet Taljević, Yugoslav-born German club footballer
 * Mohammed Usman, Nigerian footballer
 * June 26 – Michael Jackson, English club footballer
 * June 30
 * Rade Prica, Swedish international
 * Sayuti, Indonesian club footballer
 * July 8 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
 * August 5 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer
 * August 6
 * Danny Collins, English-Welsh footballer
 * Roman Weidenfeller, German footballer
 * August 7 – Shane Moody-Orio, Belizean footballer
 * August 12 – Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer
 * September 6
 * Sergei Sholokhov, former Russian professional footballer
 * Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
 * September 7 – Zakhele Manyatsi, Swaziland international footballer
 * September 9 – Steeve Theophile, French footballer
 * September 10 – Willy Eras, Costa Rican professional footballer
 * September 17 – Mikhail Nekrasov, former Russian professional footballer
 * September 18 – Marco Antonio Mendoza, Mexican footballer
 * September 29 – Patrick Agyemang, Ghanaian international
 * October 3 – Dalibor Mitrović, Serbian footballer
 * October 4 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech international
 * October 5 – Lartee Jackson, Liberian former footballer
 * October 9
 * Kert Kütt, Estonian footballer
 * Amir Nussbaum, Israeli footballer
 * Ibrahim Fazeel, Maldivian footballer
 * Fábio Pinto, Brazilian footballer
 * Warren Waugh, English footballer
 * October 23 – Scott Parker, English international
 * October 27 – Radhakrishnan Dhanarajan, Indian club footballer (d. 2019)
 * October 28 – Alan Smith, English international
 * October 29 – Arthur (Arthur Teixeira Viégas), Brazilian footballer
 * November 2 – Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
 * November 3 – Bernard Morreel, Belgian retired footballer
 * November 4 – Tuda Murphy, Caymanian footballer
 * November 5 – Christoph Metzelder, German international
 * November 18 – Luke Chadwick, English youth international
 * November 22 – David Artell, English club footballer and manager
 * November 26 – Sergei Viktorovich Kudryavtsev, former Russian professional footballer
 * December 6 – Steve Lovell, English club footballer
 * December 7 – John Terry, English footballer
 * December 20 – Ashley Cole, English footballer
 * December 31 – Beto Gonçalves, Brazilian-born Indonesian international


 * Date unknown

February

 * February 22 – Pierre Korb, French international footballer (born 1908)

March

 * March 1 – Dixie Dean, English international footballer (born 1907)

June

 * June 8 – Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Brazilian international defender, Brazilian squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (75)
 * June 9 – Miguel Capuccini, Uruguayan goalkeeper, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (76)

September

 * September 9 – José de Anchieta Fontana, Brazilian international defender, winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. (39)