Uefa Euro 1980 Qualifying

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Drawing of lots

Four groups of four teams and three groups of five teams competed for qualification for UEFA Euro 1980. The teams played home and away matches against the other teams in their group. The seven teams that acquired the most points to win their respective group qualified for the main tournament, joining the host nation Italy.

Group 1

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	—

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	8	4	4	0	12	5	+7	12	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1
2	Austria	8	4	3	1	14	7	+7	11			0–0	—	1–2	3–2	4–0
3	Portugal	8	4	1	3	10	11	−1	9			1–1	1–2	—	1–0	3–1
4	Scotland	8	3	1	4	15	13	+2	7			1–3	1–1	4–1	—	3–2
5	Norway	8	0	1	7	5	20	−15	1			1–2	0–2	0–1	0–4	—

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	9	Qualify for final tournament		—	0–1	1–0	5–0
2	Yugoslavia	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	8			1–2	—	2–1	5–0
3	Romania	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	6			2–2	3–2	—	2–0
4	Cyprus	6	0	1	5	2	19	−17	1			1–3	0–3	1–1	—

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14	13	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Poland	8	5	2	1	13	4	+9	12			2–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–0
3	East Germany	8	5	1	2	18	11	+7	11			2–3	2–1	—	5–2	3–1
4	Switzerland	8	2	0	6	7	18	−11	4			1–3	0–2	0–2	—	2–0
5	Iceland	8	0	0	8	2	21	−19	0			0–4	0–2	0–3	1–2	—

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	6	5	0	1	17	4	+13	10	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	4–1	4–0
2	France	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	9			2–1	—	2–2	3–0
3	Sweden	6	1	2	3	9	13	−4	4			1–3	1–3	—	3–0
4	Luxembourg	6	0	1	5	2	17	−15	1			0–3	1–3	1–1	—

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	7	Qualify for final tournament		—	4–1	8–1	1–0
2	Hungary	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	6			0–0	—	3–1	2–0
3	Finland	6	2	2	2	10	15	−5	6			3–0	2–1	—	1–1
4	Soviet Union	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	5			2–0	2–2	2–2	—

Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	6	4	2	0	17	1	+16	10	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	5–1	8–0
2	Turkey	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	7			0–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Wales	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	6			0–2	1–0	—	7–0
4	Malta	6	0	1	5	2	21	−19	1			0–0	1–2	0–2	—

There were 327 goals scored in 108 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal