1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup

European Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80 ESP 1977 Valencia 1 ENG Arsenal 63 1978–79 1980–81 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. Preliminary round Rangers SCO 3–0 Lillestrøm NOR 1–0 2–0 B 1903 DEN 7–0 APOEL CYP 1960 6–0 1–0 |} First leg 15 August 1979 B 1903 DEN 6–0 April 2025 CYP APOEL Haarbye 12Larsen 19B. Kristiansen 47 56Thygesen 61 88 Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen 2,000 Rolf Ericsson (Sweden) Second leg 8 September 1979 APOEL CYP 0–1 April 2025 DEN B 1903 Damm 67 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 2,500 Aleksandar Nikić (Yugoslavia) B 1903 won 7–0 on aggregate. First round Dynamo Moscow URS 1955 w/o Vllaznia Shkodër ALB 1946 – – Sliema Wanderers MLT 2–9 Boavista POR 2–1 0–8 Cliftonville NIR 0–8 Nantes FRA 0–1 0–7 Young Boys SUI 2–8 Steaua București ROU 1965 2–2 0–6 Reipas Lahti FIN 0–2 Aris Bonnevoie LUX 0–1 0–1 ÍA ISL 0–6 Barcelona ESP 1977 0–1 0–5 B 1903 DEN 2–6 Valencia ESP 1977 2–2 0–4 Rangers SCO 2–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf FRG 2–1 0–0 Arsenal ENG 2–0 Fenerbahçe TUR 2–0 0–0 Wrexham WAL 5–7 Magdeburg GDR 3–2 2–5 (aet) Panionios GRE 5–3 Twente NED 4–0 1–3 IFK Göteborg SWE 2–1 Waterford IRL 1–0 1–1 Wacker Innsbruck AUT 1–3 Lokomotíva Košice TCH 1–2 0–1 Beerschot BEL 1–2 Rijeka YUG 0–0 1–2 Arka Gdynia POL 1928 3–4 Beroe Stara Zagora BUL 1946 3–2 0–2 Juventus ITA 3–2 Győri ETO HUN 2–0 1–2 |} First leg 12 September 1979 Sliema Wanderers MLT 2–1 April 2025 POR Boavista Tortell 33 pen. 67 pen. Eliseu 78 pen. The Stadium, Gżira 5,000 Bruno Galler (Switzerland) 19 September 1979 Young Boys SUI 2–2 ROU 1965 Steaua București Zwygart 42 penSchönenberger 78 Stoica 38Iordănescu 44 Wankdorf, Bern 7,000 Sándor Kuti (Hungary) 1979 09 19 y Reipas Lahti FIN 0–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1979-1980-1-runde-fc-reipas-lahti-aris-bonnevoie/ LUX Aris Bonnevoie Schiltz 57 Kisapuisto Lahti 805 Rolf Eriksson (Norway) 19 September 1979 Juventus ITA 2–0 HUN Győri ETO Pozsgai 64 o.g.Cabrini 73 pen. Turin Second leg 3 October 1979 Steaua București ROU 1965 6–0 SUI Young Boys Nițu 1Sameș 7 65Aelenei 47 Răducanu 56 Zahiu 72 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 6,700 Talal Tokat (Turkey) Steaua București won 8–2 on aggregate. 1979 10 03 y Aris Bonnevoie LUX 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1979-1980-1-runde-aris-bonnevoie-fc-reipas-lahti/ FIN Reipas Lahti Colling 32 Stade Camille Polfer Luxembourg City 3,000 Louis Delsemme (Belgium) Aris Bonnevoie won 2–0 on aggregate. 3 October 1979 Győri ETO HUN 2–1 ITA Juventus Furino 4 o.g.Póczik 23 Causio 52 Győr Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate. 5 October 1979 Boavista POR 8–0 April 2025 MLT Sliema Wanderers Aílton 7Júlio Carlos 16 28 57Moínhos 34Salvador 53Folha 63Óscar 90 Estádio do Bessa, Porto 25,000 Antonio Tomeo Palanques (Spain) Boavista won 9–2 on aggregate. Second round Dynamo Moscow URS 1955 1–1 (a) Boavista POR 0–0 1–1 Nantes FRA 5–3 Steaua București ROU 1965 3–2 2–1 Aris Bonnevoie LUX 2–11 Barcelona ESP 1977 1–4 1–7 Valencia ESP 1977 4–2 Rangers SCO 1–1 3–1 Arsenal ENG 4–3 Magdeburg GDR 2–1 2–2 Panionios GRE 1–2 IFK Göteborg SWE 1–0 0–2 Lokomotíva Košice TCH 2–3 Rijeka YUG 2–0 0–3 Beroe Stara Zagora BUL 1946 1–3 Juventus ITA 1–0 0–3 (aet) |} First leg 24 October 1979 Dynamo Moscow URS 0–0 April 2025 POR Boavista Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow 5,000 Svein-Inge Thime (Norway) 1979 10 24 y Aris Bonnevoie LUX 1–4 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1979-1980-2-runde-aris-bonnevoie-fc-barcelona/ ESP Barcelona Mathes 64 Simonsen 53 77 90 Rexach 66 Stade Josy Barthel Luxembourg City 6000 Jan Redelfs (Germany) 24 October 1979 Beroe Stara Zagora BUL 1946 1–0 ITA Juventus Stoyanov 80 pen. Stara Zagora Second leg 7 November 1979 Boavista POR 1–1 April 2025 URS Dynamo Moscow Moínhos 34 Minayev 26 Estádio do Bessa, Porto 27,000 Clive White (England) 1–1 on aggregate. Dynamo Moscow won on away goals. 1979 11 07 y Barcelona ESP 7–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1979-1980-2-runde-fc-barcelona-aris-bonnevoie/ LUX Aris Bonnevoie Krankl 14 27 44 Heredia 16 56 Carrasco 57 Canito 82 Tullius 47 Camp Nou Barcelona 60000 Mário Luís (Portugal) Barcelona won 11–2 on aggregate. 7 November 1979 Juventus ITA 3–0 (a.e.t) BUL 1946 Beroe Stara Zagora Scirea 8Causio 104Verza 111 Turin Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate. Quarter-finals Dynamo Moscow URS 1955 3–4 Nantes FRA 0–2 3–2 Barcelona ESP 1977 3–5 Valencia ESP 1977 0–1 3–4 Arsenal ENG 5–1 IFK Göteborg SWE 5–1 0–0 Rijeka YUG 0–2 Juventus ITA 0–0 0–2 |} First leg 5 March 1980 Rijeka YUG 0–0 ITA Juventus Rijeka Second leg 19 March 1980 Juventus ITA 2–0 YUG Rijeka Causio 5Bettega 72 Turin Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate. Semi-finals Nantes FRA 2–5 Valencia ESP 1977 2–1 0–4 Arsenal ENG 2–1 Juventus ITA 1–1 1–0 |} First leg 9 April 1980 Arsenal ENG 1–1 Miller Harry 10 April 1980 Neill rages at crude italians The Daily Mirror ITA Juventus Bettega 84 o.g. Cabrini 11 Highbury, London Charles Corver (holland) Second leg 23 April 1980 Juventus ITA 0–1 ENG Arsenal Vaessen 88 Turin Arsenal won 2–1 on aggregate. Final 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup final 14 May 1980 20:15 CEST Arsenal ENG 0–0 yes Report ESP 1977 Valencia Heysel Stadium, Brussels 40,000 Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) Brady Stapleton Sunderland Talbot Hollins Rix 4–5 Kempes Solsona Rodríguez Castellanos Bonhof Arias See also 1979–80 European Cup 1979–80 UEFA Cup References External links 1979-80 competition at UEFA website Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation https://archive.today/20130815155502/http://www.sharkscores.com/Cups/Default.aspx?id=375&season=1979/1980 Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1979-80–results, protocols el website Football Archive 1979–80 Cup Winners Cup 1979–80 Cup Winners' Cup