UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 1

Standings and results for Group 1 of the UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying tournament.

Group 1 consisted of Bulgaria, Denmark, England, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. The draw paired together the two Irelands for the first time in International competition. Group winners were England, who went undefeated in qualifying, finishing 6 points clear of second-placed Northern Ireland. In doing so, England ended a decade of failing to qualify for a major international tournament, having last appeared at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Final table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	7	1	0	22	5	+17	15	Qualify for final tournament	—	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
2	Northern Ireland	8	4	1	3	8	14	−6	9		1–5	—	1–0	2–0	2–1
3	Republic of Ireland	8	2	3	3	9	8	+1	7		1–1	0–0	—	3–0	2–0
4	Bulgaria	8	2	1	5	6	14	−8	5		0–3	0–2	1–0	—	3–0
5	Denmark	8	1	2	5	13	17	−4	4		3–4	4–0	3–3	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results

24 May 1978

Denmark	3–3	Republic of Ireland
Jensen 32' B. Nielsen 79' (pen.) Lerby 80'		Stapleton 11' Grealish 25' Daly 65'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 28,900^[1]

Referee: Beck (NED)

20 September 1978

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Northern Ireland

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 37,681^[2]

Referee: Rion (BEL)

20 September 1978

Denmark	3–4	England
Simonsen 25' (pen.) Arnesen 28' Røntved 86'		Keegan 17', 23' Latchford 50' Neal 85'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 47,600

Referee: Prokop (GDR)

11 October 1978

Denmark	2–2	Bulgaria
B. Nielsen 17' Lerby 63'		Panov 34' Iliev 84'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 15,800

Referee: Martínez (ESP)

25 October 1978

Republic of Ireland	1–1	England
Daly 27'		Latchford 8'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 48,613

Referee: Aldinger (FRG)

25 October 1978

Northern Ireland	2–1	Denmark
Spence 63' Anderson 85'		Jensen 51'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 20,184^[3]

Referee: Haugen (NOR)

29 November 1978

Bulgaria	0–2	Northern Ireland
		Armstrong 17' Caskey 83'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 11,048^[4]

Referee: Ok (TUR)

7 February 1979

England	4–0	Northern Ireland
Keegan 24' Latchford 46', 63' Watson 49'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 91,224

Referee: Eriksson (SWE)

2 May 1979

Republic of Ireland	2–0	Denmark
Daly 44' Givens 66'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 37,260^[5]

Referee: Vautrot (FRA)

2 May 1979

Northern Ireland	2–0	Bulgaria
Nicholl 16' Armstrong 30'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 15,540^[6]

Referee: Mattsson (FIN)

19 May 1979

Bulgaria	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Tsvetkov 81'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 10,896^[7]

Referee: Bucek (AUT)

6 June 1979

Bulgaria	0–3	England
		Keegan 7' Watson 53' Barnes 54'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 31,322

Referee: Dörflinger-Buser (SUI)

6 June 1979

Denmark	4–0	Northern Ireland
Elkjær 13', 33', 83' Simonsen 64'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 16,800

Referee: Frickel (FRG)

12 September 1979

England	1–0	Denmark
Keegan 17'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 88,660^[8]

Referee: Da Luz (POR)

17 October 1979

Republic of Ireland	3–0	Bulgaria
Martin 39' Grealish 46' Stapleton 83'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 18,909^[9]

Referee: Einbeck (GDR)

17 October 1979

Northern Ireland	1–5	England
Moreland 50' (pen.)		Francis 18', 62' Woodcock 34', 57' Nicholl 74' (o.g.)

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 17,755

Referee: Ponnet (BEL)

31 October 1979

Bulgaria	3–0	Denmark
Zhelyazkov 21' Tsvetkov 51', 88'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 19,384^[10]

Referee: Afxentiou (CYP)

21 November 1979

Northern Ireland	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Armstrong 54'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 13,215^[11]

Referee: Daina (SUI)

22 November 1979

England	2–0	Bulgaria
Watson 9' Hoddle 68'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 85,621^[12]

Referee: Fredriksson (SWE)

6 February 1980

England	2–0	Republic of Ireland
Keegan 34', 74'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 91,043^[13]

Referee: Scheurell (GDR)

Goalscorers

There were 58 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.9 goals per match.

7 goals

Kevin Keegan

4 goals

Bob Latchford

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Jimmy Nicholl (against England)

References

"1980 UEFA European Championship". UEFA. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
"European Championship 1980". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.

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^ "England v Republic of Ireland, 6 February 1980" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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