1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1979-80 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won on penalties by Valencia CF in a goalless final against Arsenal FC. It was the only Cup Winners' Cup to be decided in this way (although two previous finals had required replays), and was Valencia's third European title after two Fairs Cup victories.

Preliminary round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rangers FC	3 - 0	Lillestrøm S.K.	1 - 0	2 - 0
B1903	7 - 0	APOEL FC	6 - 0	1 - 0

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Dynamo Moscow	w/o	KS Vllaznia Shkodër	-	-
Sliema Wanderers	2 - 9	Boavista FC	2 - 1	0 - 8
Cliftonville F.C.	0 - 8	FC Nantes	0 - 1	0 - 7
BSC Young Boys	2 - 8	FC Steaua Bucureşti	2 - 2	0 - 6
Reipas Lahti	0 - 2	FC Aris Bonnevoie	0 - 1	0 - 1
ÍA	0 - 6	Barcelona FC	0 - 1	0 - 5
B1903	2 - 6	Valencia CF	2 - 2	0 - 4
Rangers FC	2 - 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2 - 1	0 - 0
Arsenal FC	2 - 0	Fenerbahçe SK	2 - 0	0 - 0
Wrexham A.F.C.	5 - 7	1. FC Magdeburg	3 - 2	2 - 5(aet)
Panionios NFC	5 - 3	FC Twente	4 - 0	1 - 3
IFK Göteborg	2 - 1	Waterford FC	1 - 0	1 - 1
FC Wacker Innsbruck	1 - 3	Lokomotiva Košice	1 - 2	0 - 1
Beerschot VAC	1 - 2	NK Rijeka	0 - 0	1 - 2
Arka Gdynia	3 - 4	PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	3 - 2	0 - 2
Juventus F.C.	3 - 2	Győri ETO FC	2 - 0	1 - 2

First leg

19 September 1979	Juventus F.C.	2 – 0	Győri ETO FC	Turin
	Pozsgai  64' (o.g.) Cabrini  73' (pen.)

Second leg

3 October 1979	Győri ETO FC	2 – 1	Juventus F.C.	Győr
	Furino  4' (o.g.) Póczik  23'		Causio  52'

Juventus F.C. won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Dynamo Moscow	1(a) - 1	Boavista FC	0 - 0	1 - 1
FC Nantes	5 - 3	FC Steaua Bucureşti	3 - 2	2 - 1
FC Aris Bonnevoie	2 - 11	Barcelona FC	1 - 4	1 - 7
Valencia CF	4 - 2	Rangers FC	1 - 1	3 - 1
Arsenal FC	4 - 3	1. FC Magdeburg	2 - 1	2 - 2
Panionios NFC	1 - 2	IFK Göteborg	1 - 0	0 - 2
Lokomotiva Košice	2 - 3	NK Rijeka	2 - 0	0 - 3
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	1 - 3	Juventus F.C.	1 - 0	0 - 3(aet)

First leg

24 October 1979	PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	1 – 0	Juventus F.C.	Stara Zagora
	Stoyanov  80' (pen.)

Second leg

7 November 1979	Juventus F.C.	3 – 0 (a.e.t)	PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	Turin
	Scirea  8' Causio  104' Verza  111'

Juventus F.C. won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Dynamo Moscow	3 - 4	FC Nantes	0 - 2	3 - 2
Barcelona FC	3 - 5	Valencia CF	0 - 1	3 - 4
Arsenal FC	5 - 1	IFK Göteborg	5 - 1	0 - 0
NK Rijeka	0 - 2	Juventus F.C.	0 - 0	0 - 2

First leg

5 March 1980	NK Rijeka	0 – 0	Juventus F.C.	Rijeka

Second leg

19 March 1980	Juventus F.C.	2 – 0	NK Rijeka	Turin
	Causio  5' Bettega  72'

Juventus F.C. won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Nantes	2 - 5	Valencia CF	2 - 1	0 - 4
Arsenal FC	2 - 1	Juventus F.C.	1 - 1	1 - 0

First leg

9 April 1980	Arsenal FC	1 – 1	Juventus F.C.	Highbury, London
	Bettega  84' (o.g.)		Tardelli  33'

Second leg

23 April 1980	Juventus F.C.	0 – 1	Arsenal FC	Turin
			Vaessen  88'

Arsenal FC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

Team #1	Res.	Team #2
Valencia CF	(p)0 - 0	Arsenal FC

External links

• 1979-80 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation