UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 1

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Standings and results for Group 1 of the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship 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.

1 Final table
2 Results
3 Top goalscorer
4 References

[edit] Final table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	15	8	7	1	0	22	5	+17
Northern Ireland	9	8	4	1	3	8	14	-6
Republic of Ireland	7	8	2	3	3	9	8	+1
Bulgaria	5	8	2	1	5	6	14	-8
Denmark	4	8	1	2	5	13	17	-4

	BUL	DEN	ENG	NIR	IRL
Bulgaria	XXX	3-0	0-3	0-2	1-0
Denmark	2-2	XXX	3-4	4-0	3-3
England	2-0	1-0	XXX	4-0	2-0
N. Ireland	2-0	2-1	1-5	XXX	1-0
Rep. Ireland	3-0	2-0	1-1	0-0	XXX

[edit] Results

May 24, 1978	Denmark	3 – 3	Republic of Ireland	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Beck (NED)
	Jensen 32' B. Nielsen 79' (pen.) Lerby 80'		Stapleton 11' Grealish 25' Daly 65'

September 20, 1978	Republic of Ireland	0 – 0	Northern Ireland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Rion (BEL)

September 20, 1978	Denmark	3 – 4	England	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Prokop (FRG)
	Simonsen 25' (pen.) Arnesen 28' Røntved 86'		Keegan 17', 23' Latchford 50' Neal 85'

October 11, 1978	Denmark	2 – 2	Bulgaria	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: Referee:
	B. Nielsen 17' Lerby 63'		Panov 34' Iliev 84'	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: Referee:

October 25, 1978	Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	England	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Aldinger (FRG)
	Daly 27'		Latchford 8'

October 25, 1978	Northern Ireland	2 – 1	Denmark	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Haugen (DEN)
	Spence 63', 67' Anderson 85'		Jensen 51'

November 29, 1978	Bulgaria	0 – 2	Northern Ireland	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ok (TUR)
			Armstrong 17' Caskey 83'

February 7, 1979	England	4 – 0	Northern Ireland	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 92,000 Referee: Eriksson (SWE)
	Keegan 24' Latchford 46' , 63' Watson 49'

May 2, 1979	Republic of Ireland	2 – 0	Denmark	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Vautrot (FRA)
	Daly 44' Givens 66'

May 2, 1979	Northern Ireland	2 – 0	Bulgaria	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mattsson (FIN)
	Nicholl 16' Armstrong 81'

May 10, 1979	Bulgaria	1 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bucek (AUT)
	Zvetkov 81'

June 6, 1979	Bulgaria	0 – 3	England	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Dörflinger-Buser (SUI)
			Keegan 7' Watson 53' Barnes 54'

June 6, 1979	Denmark	4 – 0	Northern Ireland	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Frickel (FRG)
	Elkjær 13', 33', 83' Simonsen 64'

September 12, 1979	England	1 – 0	Denmark	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Da Luz (POR)
	Keegan 17'

October 17, 1979	Republic of Ireland	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Einbeck (FRG)
	Martin 39' Grealish 46' Stapleton 83'

October 17, 1979	Northern Ireland	1 – 5	England	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ponnet (BEL)
	Moreland 50' (pen.)		Francis 18', 62' Woodcock 34' Nicholl 74' (o.g.)

October 31, 1979	Bulgaria	3 – 0	Denmark	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Afxentiou (CYP)
	Geliaskov 21' Zvetkov 51', 88'

November 21, 1979	Northern Ireland	1– 0	Republic of Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daina (SUI)
	Armstrong 54'

November 22, 1979	England	2 – 0	Bulgaria	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 71,491 Referee: Fredriksson (SWE)
	Watson 9' Hoddle 68'

February 6, 1980	England	2 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 90,299 Referee: Scheurell (FRG)
	Keegan 34', 74'