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{{Short description|Final game of the UEFA Euro 1980}}
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{{Infobox football match
| title            = UEFA Euro 1980 final
| image            = Stadio Olimpico 2008.JPG
| image_size       = 200
| caption          = The [[Stadio Olimpico]] ''(pictured in 2008)'' held the final
| alt              = The Stadio Olimpico in Rome
| event            = [[UEFA Euro 1980]]
| team1            = [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]
| team1association = {{flagdeco|BEL|size=30px}}
| team1score       = 1
| team2            = [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]
| team2association = {{flagdeco|FRG|size=30px}}
| team2score       = 2
| details          =
| date             = {{Start date|1980|6|22|df=y}}
| stadium          = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
| city             = [[Rome]]
| referee          = [[Nicolae Rainea]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
| attendance       = 47,860
| previous         = [[UEFA Euro 1976 final|1976]]
| next             = [[UEFA Euro 1984 final|1984]]
}}
The '''UEFA Euro 1980 final''' was the final match of [[UEFA Euro 1980]], the sixth [[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]], [[UEFA]]'s top [[association football|football]] competition for national teams. The match was played at the [[Stadio Olimpico]] in [[Rome]], Italy, on 22 June 1980, and was contested between [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]].

En route to the final, Belgium finished top of their [[UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 2|qualifying group]], before reaching the final as winners of the tournament's [[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 2|Group 2]], which included [[Italy national football team|Italy]], [[England national football team|England]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]]. West Germany, who had ended [[UEFA Euro 1976|the previous European Championship]] as runners-up, also won their [[UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 7|qualifying group]], and went on to secure a spot in the final after finishing top of the tournament's [[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1|Group 1]], which included [[Greece national football team|Greece]], [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] and the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]].

The final took place in front of 47,860 spectators, with [[Nicolae Rainea]] from Romania acting as the [[Referee (association football)|referee]]. West Germany won 2&ndash;1 to secure a second European Championship title in three attempts.

==Background==
[[UEFA Euro 1980]] was the sixth edition of the [[UEFA European Football Championship]], [[UEFA]]'s football competition for national teams.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia | url = https://www.britannica.com/sports/European-Championship | encyclopedia = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | title = European Championship | date = 19 November 2020| access-date = 10 July 2021 | first1=Adam |last1=Augustyn|first2=Melinda |last2= C. Shepherd|first3=Yamini|last3= Chauhan|first4=Michael|last4= Levy | first5= Gloria |last5= Lotha| first6= Amy| last6= Tikkanen | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210629092747/https://www.britannica.com/sports/European-Championship | archive-date = 29 June 2021 | url-status= live}}</ref> Qualifying rounds were played on a home-and-away [[round-robin tournament]] basis prior to the final tournament taking place in Italy, between 11 and 22 June 1980.  There, the eight qualified teams were divided into two groups of four with each team playing one another once.  The winners of each group then faced each other in the final with the runners-up of each group participating in a third-place play-off match.<ref name=uefasum>{{Cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/025a-0eb31cb2ddca-3522043e6fe9-1000--euro-1980-all-you-need-to-know/ | publisher = [[UEFA]] | title = Euro 1980: all you need to know | date = 14 February 2020 | access-date = 15 July 2021 | archive-date = 15 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210715152043/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/025a-0eb31cb2ddca-3522043e6fe9-1000--euro-1980-all-you-need-to-know/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In the previous international tournament, the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]], [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] were knocked out in [[1978 FIFA World Cup Group A|the second group stage]], placing third behind the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] and [[Italy national football team|Italy]].  [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] had failed to progress past the first qualifying stage as they ended second in [[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|group 4]], five points behind the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tables/78q.html | website = [[RSSSF]] | access-date = 15 July 2021 | title = World Cup 1978 Qualifying | date = 3 January 2000 | first1 = Karel | last1 = Stokkermans | first2 = Sergio | last2 = Henrique Jarreta| archive-date = 29 May 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130529131250/http://rsssf.com/tables/78q.html | url-status = live }}</ref>  The UEFA Euro 1980 Final was the fifteenth meeting between West Germany and Belgium, with ten of those matches being won by West Germany, the remainder by Belgium.  They had last faced each other in a competitive game eight years prior, in [[UEFA Euro 1972]], when West Germany had won 2&ndash;1 in the semi-final.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.11v11.com/teams/germany/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Belgium/ | title = Germany national football team: record v Belgium | website = 11v11 | publisher = AFS Enterprises | access-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210716100745/https://www.11v11.com/teams/germany/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Belgium/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-germany-14-june-1972-231951/ | newspaper = 11V11.Com | publisher = AFS Enterprises | access-date = 16 July 2021 | title = Belgium v Germany, 14 June 1972 | archive-date = 29 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170329162836/http://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-germany-14-june-1972-231951/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Route to the final==
===West Germany===
West Germany began their UEFA Euro 1980 campaign in [[UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 7|qualifying group 7]] where their opponents were [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], [[Wales national football team|Wales]] and [[Malta national football team|Malta]].  After playing each team both home and away, West Germany had won four matches and drawn the other two, to finish top of the group, three points ahead of Turkey, to qualify for the final tournament in Belgium.<ref name=qual>{{Cite web| url = https://www.rsssf.org/tables/80e.html| first1 = Karel| last1 = Stokkermans| first2 = Martín| last2 = Tabeira| title = European Championship 1980| website = [[RSSSF]]| access-date = 19 July 2021| archive-date = 10 September 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150910212432/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/80e.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

[[File:Klaus Allofs - SV Werder Bremen (2) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Klaus Allofs|Klaus Allofs ''(pictured in 2008)'' scored a hat-trick against the Netherlands.]]
There, they were drawn in [[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1|group 1]] alongside [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], [[Greece national football team|Greece]] and the Netherlands.  The first match was against the reigning European Championship winners, Czechoslovakia, and held on 11 June 1980 at the [[Stadio Olimpico]] in Rome with 11,059 spectators, in a repeat of the [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976 final]].<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.11v11.com/matches/czechoslovakia-v-germany-11-june-1980-235914/ | newspaper = 11V11.Com | publisher = AFS Enterprises | access-date = 16 July 2021 | title = Czechoslovakia v Germany, 11 June 1980 | archive-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210716085926/https://www.11v11.com/matches/czechoslovakia-v-germany-11-june-1980-235914/ | url-status = live }}</ref>{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=101}}  [[Jupp Derwall]], the West Germany [[Manager (association football)|manager]], selected a defensive line-up after [[Herbert Zimmermann (footballer)|Herbert Zimmerman]] was injured on the morning of the match.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=101}}  Author Jonathan O'Brien described the West Germany team as "playing like [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] reserves on a bad night", [[Uli Stielike]]'s curling shot went over the Czechoslovakia crossbar before [[Ladislav Vízek]] beat two West Germany defenders before rolling his shot along the goal-line.  In the 57th minute, [[Hansi Müller]] played in a [[Cross (association football)|cross]] to the far post where [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]] out-jumped Czechoslovakia's goalkeeper [[Jaroslav Netolička]] to score with a [[Header (association football)|header]].  West Germany had further chances to score but Netolička saved from [[Hans-Peter Briegel]] before Müller shot wide, and the game ended 1&ndash;0.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=102}}  

West Germany's second group match saw them face the Netherlands at the [[Stadio San Paolo]] in Naples on 14 June 1980.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.11v11.com/matches/germany-v-netherlands-14-june-1980-235921/ | title = Germany v Netherlands, 14 June 1980 | newspaper = 11V11.Com | publisher = AFS Enterprises | access-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-date = 19 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210719011443/https://www.11v11.com/matches/germany-v-netherlands-14-june-1980-235921/ | url-status = live }}</ref>   [[Klaus Allofs]] gave West Germany the lead midway through the first half, scoring after [[Bernd Schuster]]'s shot rebounded off the Netherlands goal post.  [[Horst Hrubesch]] saw his header cleared off the Netherlands goal-line and although [[Michel van de Korput]] brought down Rummenigge in the Netherlands [[penalty area]], the referee did not award a penalty kick. After a number of ill-tempered challenges between the sides, West Germany doubled their lead fifteen minutes into the second half.  Schuster won the ball from [[Arie Haan]] before playing it to Müller; he passed to Allofs who scored his and West Germany's second goal.  Six minutes later, Allofs completed his [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-trick]], scoring with his knee from a Schuster cross.  [[Dick Nanninga]] and Hann then went close to scoring for the Netherlands and with ten minutes remaining, they were awarded a penalty after [[Lothar Matthäus]] was adjudged to have fouled [[Ben Wijnstekers]] inside the West Germany penalty area.  [[Johnny Rep]] scored from the penalty spot to make it 3&ndash;1.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=104}}  Five minutes later, [[Willy van de Kerkhof]] struck a low shot past [[Toni Schumacher]] into the West Germany goal to make it 3&ndash;2 which remained the score at the final whistle.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=105}}

The final group stage match for West Germany was against Greece at the [[Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino|Stadio Comunale]] in Turin on 17 June 1980.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.11v11.com/matches/germany-v-greece-17-june-1980-235927/ | title = Germany v Greece, 17 June 1980 | newspaper = 11V11.Com | publisher = AFS Enterprises | access-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210716092419/https://www.11v11.com/matches/germany-v-greece-17-june-1980-235927/ | url-status = live }}</ref>  Derwall once again adopted a defensive approach to the game and rested Schuster, Allofs and [[Bernard Dietz]], all of whom had been booked earlier in the tournament. In the first half, Rummenigge's header was saved by [[Eleftherios Poupakis]], the Greece goalkeeper, while Hrubesch sent a headed shot over the Greece crossbar.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=107}} Briegel then beat four Greece defenders but his shot was straight at Popuakis.  After half-time, Rummenigge's [[Chip (association football)|lob]] went over Poupakis but bounced wide of the Greece goalpost.  In the 80th minute, [[Christos Ardizoglou]]'s shot from {{convert|25|yd}} hit the West Germany post but the match ended goalless.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=107}} West Germany ended the group stage at the top of the table with five points, two ahead of Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands, and qualified for their third consecutive UEFA European Championship final.<ref name=qual/>

===Belgium===
Belgium's UEFA Euro 1980 campaign started in [[UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 2|qualifying group 2]] where they faced [[Austria national football team|Austria]], [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and [[Norway national football team|Norway]].  Each team met one another both at home and away, after which Belgium had won four and drawn four of their matches to finish top of the group, one point ahead of Austria, to qualify for the final tournament.<ref name=qual/>

Belgium were place in  [[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 2|group 2]] which consisted of Italy, [[England national football team|England]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]].<ref name=qual/>  The first match was against England and took place at the Stadio Comunale in Turin on 12 June 1980.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-england-12-june-1980-235916/ | newspaper = 11V11.Com | publisher = AFS Enterprises | access-date = 16 July 2021 | title = Belgium v England, 12 June 1980 | archive-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210716091730/https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-england-12-june-1980-235916/ | url-status = live }}</ref>  Midway through the first half, [[Ray Wilkins]] took possession of the ball from a [[Walter Meeuws]] headed clearance, chipped it over two Belgium defenders before lobbing it into the goal over Belgium goalkeeper [[Jean-Marie Pfaff]].  Minutes later, England failed to [[Wilfried Van Moer]]'s corner and it fell to [[Jan Ceulemans]] who scored.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|pages=109–110}} Fighting in the crowd then broke out and the game was suspended for five minutes as England's goalkeeper [[Ray Clemence]] needed treatment for the effects of tear gas which the local police had deployed to quell the violence.  In the second half, [[Tony Woodcock (footballer)|Tony Woodcock]] put the ball into Belgium's net but the goal was disallowed as [[Kenny Sansom]] was adjudged to have been [[Offside (association football)|offside]], and the game ended without further goals in a 1&ndash;1 draw.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=110}}

Belgium's second group match saw them face Spain at the [[San Siro]] in Milan on 15 June 1980.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-spain-15-june-1980-235925/ | title = Belgium v Spain, 15 June 1980 | newspaper = 11V11.Com | publisher = AFS Enterprises | access-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210716091727/https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-spain-15-june-1980-235925/ | url-status = live }}</ref>  Seventeen minutes into the game, [[Eric Gerets]] played a [[push and run|one-two]] with Meeuws and his weak shot beat [[Luis Arconada]], the Spain goalkeeper, to give Belgium a 1&ndash;0 lead.  [[François Van der Elst]] and [[Erwin Vandenbergh]] both missed opportunities to score before Spain equalised after [[Quini]] headed the ball past Pfaff from a [[Juanito (footballer, born 1954)|Juanito]] [[Free kick (association football)|free kick]]. Spain's [[Juan Manuel Asensi]] was then forced to leave the pitch with an injury after which Belgium dominated the game, including a [[René Vandereycken]] free kick which was saved by Arconada.  In the second half, both Quini and [[Jesús María Satrústegui]] missed chances to score for Spain and, in the 65th minute, [[Julien Cools]] scored, converting Ceulemans' cross which had deflected off [[Vicente del Bosque]], to ensure a 2&ndash;1 victory for Belgium.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=112}}

The final group match for Belgium was against hosts Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 18 June 1980.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-belgium-18-june-1980-235931/ | title = Italy v Belgium, 18 June 1980 | newspaper = 11V11.Com | publisher = AFS Enterprises | access-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210716091728/https://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-belgium-18-june-1980-235931/ | url-status = live }}</ref>  According to O'Brien, "Belgium made the hosts drink their own rancid medicine", a reference to the quarter-final of the 1972 tournament.  He continued that "their massed defence and midfield grimly suffocated the life out of Italy".{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=115}} It was an ill-tempered game in which five players were booked. Pfaff made a double-save in the second half from [[Francesco Graziani]] before Italy's appeals for a penalty when Meeuws appeared to handle the ball were rejected by the referee.  The match ended in a 0&ndash;0 draw.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|pp=116, 118}}  Belgium finished the group stage tied on four points and level on [[goal difference]] with Italy but having scored more goals, and so progressed to the tournament final.<ref name=qual/>

===Summary===

{| style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#99CCFF"
!colspan="2"|Belgium
!Round
!colspan="2"|West Germany
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|Result
||[[UEFA Euro 1980#Group stage|Group stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|ENG}}
|[[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 2#Belgium vs England|1–1]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 1
|{{fb|TCH}}
|[[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1#Czechoslovakia vs West Germany|1–0]]
|-
|{{fb|ESP}}
|[[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 2#Belgium vs Spain|2–1]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 2
|{{fb|NED}}
|[[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1#West Germany vs Netherlands|3–2]]
|-
|{{fb|ITA}}
|[[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 2#Italy vs Belgium|0–0]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 3
|{{fb|GRE}}
|[[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1#Greece vs West Germany|0–0]]
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|'''[[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 2|Group 2]] winners'''
<div class="center">{{:UEFA Euro 1980 Group 2|transcludesection=standings|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=BEL}}</div>
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Final standings
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|'''[[UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1|Group 1]] winners'''
<div class="center">{{:UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1|transcludesection=standings|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=FRG}}</div>
|}

==Match==
===Pre-match===
West Germany recalled Dietz, Schuster and Allofs to their team, while Belgium's starting line-up was unchanged from their last group match against Italy,{{sfn|Kier|2018|p=117}} although a number of players had to cancel family holidays they had booked in anticipation that they would not have progressed so far in the tournament.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=120}}

===Summary===
[[File:Horst Hrubesch 2016.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Horst Hrubesch|West Germany's Horst Hrubesch ''(pictured in 2016)'' scored both of his side's goals.]]
The final took place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 21 June 1980 in front of 47,864 spectators and was [[Referee (association football)|refereed]] by [[Nicolae Rainea]] from Romania.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-germany-21-june-1980-235937/ | newspaper = 11V11.Com | publisher = AFS Enterprises | access-date = 19 July 2021 | title = Belgium v Germany, 21 June 1980 | archive-date = 19 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210719145714/https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-germany-21-june-1980-235937/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0253-0d8017a8ba34-2e689152bfc9-1000--romania-mourns-much-celebrated-referee-rainea/ | title = Romania mourns much-celebrated referee Rainea | publisher = [[UEFA]] | access-date = 16 July 2021 | date = 1 April 2015 | first = Paul-Daniel | last = Zaharia | archive-date = 16 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210716201733/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0253-0d8017a8ba34-2e689152bfc9-1000--romania-mourns-much-celebrated-referee-rainea/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>  In the fourth minute, Müller took control of the ball after Gerets headed it clear and shot from the edge of the penalty area but his strike was pushed around the post by Pfaff.{{sfn|Kier|2018|p=117}} West Germany took the lead in the tenth minute through Hrubesch.  Schuster played a one-two with Alloffs before chipping the ball over Gerets to Hrubesch who controlled it with his chest before striking it on the half-volley into the far corner of the Belgium goal.  Van der Elst then had the opportunity to equalise almost immediately: Schuster conceded possession to Ceulemans whose pass sent Van der Elst through on goal but his shot went high over the crossbar as Schumacher charged out.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=120}}  Ceulemans made a weak connection with a [[bicycle kick|scissor kick]] from a Cools cross, but Schumacher saved the shot.{{sfn|Kier|2018|p=118}} Schuster's strike from {{convert|25|yd}} was kept out by Pfaff before Alloffs drew another save from the Belgium goalkeeper.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=121}}

Ten minutes into the second half, West Germany were forced to make a [[Substitute (association football)|substitution]] when Briegel injured his left ankle in a tackle with Vandereycken and was replaced by [[Bernhard Cullmann]].{{sfn|Kier|2018|p=118}}  Both Geets and Meeuws saw their shots fly wide of the West Germany goal,{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=121}} before Vandereycken's strike in the 60th minute from a [[Raymond Mommens]] pass was saved by Schumacher.{{sfn|Kier|2018|p=118}}  In the 75th minute, Schuster lost possession {{convert|10|yd|0}} inside his own half and [[Manfred Kaltz]] inadvertently played the ball to Van der Elst who headed it goalbound and was fouled by Stielike.  Although the initial contact appeared to have been outside West Germany's penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty that Vandereycken scored, with Schumacher diving the wrong way.  [[Michel Renquin]] then blocked Müller's shot after Rummenigge had played in a cross, before Gerets prevented Rummenigge from scoring.  Pfaff was forced to make a save after Dietz's shot was deflected off two defenders and fell to Schuster.  With 90 seconds of the match remaining, Rummenigge's corner found Hrubesch who had made a late run into the penalty area and he headed the ball into the Belgium goal from close range to secure a 2&ndash;1 victory for West Germany, and their second European Championship in three attempts.{{sfn|O'Brien|2021|p=121}}

===Details===
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|date={{Start date|1980|6|22|df=y}}
|time=20:30 <noinclude>[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]</noinclude>
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|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 1980 knockout stage#Final|1–2|UEFA Euro 1980 final}}
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|goals1=
*[[René Vandereycken|Vandereycken]] {{goal|75|pen.}}
|goals2=
*[[Horst Hrubesch|Hrubesch]] {{goal|10||88}}
|stadium=[[Stadio Olimpico]], [[Rome]]
|attendance=47,860<ref name="attendance80">{{cite web |url=http://www.euro2000.org:80/en/replay/1980/gerbel/0,1068,,00.html |title=European Football Championship 1980 FINAL |website=euro2000.org |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=26 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817032118/http://www.euro2000.org/en/replay/1980/gerbel/0,1068,,00.html |archive-date=17 August 2000 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
|referee=[[Nicolae Rainea]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
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<section begin=lineups />
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|GK ||'''12'''||[[Jean-Marie Pfaff]]
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|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Eric Gerets]]
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|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Walter Meeuws]]
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|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Luc Millecamps]] || {{yel|35}}
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|LB ||'''5''' ||[[Michel Renquin]]
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|RM ||'''6''' ||[[Julien Cools]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
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|CM ||'''8''' ||[[Wilfried Van Moer]]
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|CM ||'''7''' ||[[René Vandereycken]] || {{yel|55}}
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|LM ||'''17'''||[[Raymond Mommens]]
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|CF ||'''9''' ||[[François Van der Elst]] || {{yel|89}}
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|CF ||'''11'''||[[Jan Ceulemans]]
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
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|colspan=3|[[Guy Thys]]
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Toni Schumacher]]
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|SW ||'''15'''||[[Uli Stielike]]
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|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Bernard Dietz]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
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|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Karlheinz Förster]] || {{yel|59}}
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|RWB||'''20'''||[[Manfred Kaltz]]
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|LWB||'''2''' ||[[Hans-Peter Briegel]] || || {{suboff|55}}
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|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Bernd Schuster]]
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|CM ||'''10'''||[[Hansi Müller]]
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|AM ||'''8''' ||[[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]
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|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Horst Hrubesch]]
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|CF ||'''11'''||[[Klaus Allofs]]
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
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|MF ||'''3''' ||[[Bernhard Cullmann]] || || {{subon|55}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
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|colspan=3|[[Jupp Derwall]]
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==Post-match==
All but four of UEFA's team of the tournament had featured in the final, including one Belgium and six West Germany players.<ref name=uefasum/> Rummenigge was awarded the [[1980 Ballon d'Or]].<ref name=uefasum/>  Hrubesch later said, "We wouldn't have made it in extra time because it would have been too much{{nbsp}}... It was very hot that day and I recall being so tired after the game that it was hard to lift the trophy."<ref name=uefasum/>

In the following international tournament, the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]], West Germany were beaten in [[1982 FIFA World Cup Final|the final]] 3&ndash;1 by Italy.  Belgium, in contrast, failed to progress past [[1982 FIFA World Cup Group A|the second qualifying round]], finishing bottom of the group with losses against both the Soviet Union and [[Poland national football team|Poland]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tables/82full.html | website = [[RSSSF]] | access-date = 18 July 2021 | title = World Cup 1982 finals | archive-date = 30 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180130083518/http://rsssf.com/tables/82full.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Belgium at the UEFA European Championship]]
*[[Germany at the UEFA European Championship]]

==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{Cite book| title = The European Championship – A Complete History (Part 2: 1980–1992)| first = Richard | last = Kier | publisher = Rowanvale Books Ltd | isbn = 978-1-9126-5541-0| year = 2018 | location= [[Cardiff]]}}
*{{Cite book| title = Euro Summits: The Story of the UEFA European Championship | first = Jonathan | last = O'Brien | publisher = Pitch Publishing | isbn= 978-1-78531-849-8 | year= 2021| location= [[Worthing]]}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111116162423/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1980/index.html UEFA Euro 1980 official website]

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