1979-80 Club Football

The completed 1979-80 season: the club power ranking and UEFA country coefficients, the European and continental competitions with qualifying, group, league-phase and knockout results, every final domestic table across the confederations, and every cup final.

507 clubs ranked · 57 leagues · 12 cup finals

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1979-80Club football

Club power ranking

Score = 0.65 form + 0.35 five-year pedigree + current-season coefficient, less a losing-record penalty. Filter by country (ordered by coefficient rank), or switch to the country coefficient table.

World #1 · Champion of the season

Bayern Munich

Germany · score 1.074 · form 1.00 · pedigree 0.79 · 30-7-10 in 47

★ Bundesliga

Ranked #1 in the season power ranking.

Overachiever

VfB Stuttgart

form 0.92 vs ped 0.33 · +0.59

Underachiever

Juventus

form 0.57 vs ped 0.96 · -0.39

Biggest riser

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

▲ 86 places

Biggest faller

Eintracht Braunschweig

▼ 206 places

Best outside top 5

Juventus

#9 · Italy

Best outside the 8

Club Brugge

#6 · Belgium

Top 10 by league

Germany 5England 2Belgium 1Italy 1Spain 1

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Bayern Munich▲9

Germany · 47 P · 30-7-10 · +0.06 trophy

1.074

score

Borussia Mönchengladbach▼1

Germany · 49 P · 21-14-14

0.991

score

Nottingham Forest

England · 63 P · 32-13-18 · +0.17 trophy

0.947

score

Hamburger SV▲2

Germany · 46 P · 28-8-10

0.911

score

Liverpool▼3

England · 59 P · 34-15-10 · +0.07 trophy

0.882

score

Club Brugge▲7

Belgium · 34 P · 24-5-5 · +0.03 trophy

0.877

score

Eintracht Frankfurt▲11

Germany · 50 P · 24-3-23 · +0.05 trophy

0.836

score

VfB Stuttgart▲11

Germany · 49 P · 28-7-14

0.808

score

Juventus▼1

Italy · 38 P · 19-8-11

0.763

score

Real Madrid▲5

Spain · 45 P · 30-9-6 · +0.07 trophy

0.737

score

PSV Eindhoven▼6

Netherlands · 38 P · 20-9-9

0.719

score

FC Nantes▲39

France · 46 P · 32-5-9 · +0.06 trophy

0.703

score

Ajax▲1

Netherlands · 45 P · 29-7-9 · +0.04 trophy

0.695

score

RSC Anderlecht▼7

Belgium · 36 P · 17-9-10

0.670

score

RWD Molenbeek▲9

Belgium · 34 P · 19-10-5

0.633

score

AS Saint-Étienne▲6

France · 46 P · 26-9-11

0.631

score

1. FC Köln▼1

Germany · 42 P · 20-10-12 · +0.01 trophy

0.609

score

1. FC Kaiserslautern▲8

Germany · 44 P · 24-8-12

0.605

score

FC Barcelona▼15

Spain · 40 P · 17-12-11

0.589

score

Red Star Belgrade▼8

Yugoslavia · 40 P · 23-11-6 · +0.04 trophy

0.565

score

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1	▲9	Bayern Munich	Germany	47	30	7	10	1.00	0.79	+0.06	score 1.074
2	▼1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany	49	21	14	14	0.82	1.00	—	score 0.991
3	–	Nottingham Forest	England	63	32	13	18	0.68	0.71	+0.17	score 0.947
4	▲2	Hamburger SV	Germany	46	28	8	10	0.94	0.60	—	score 0.911
5	▼3	Liverpool	England	59	34	15	10	0.71	1.00	+0.07	score 0.882
6	▲7	Club Brugge	Belgium	34	24	5	5	0.88	0.79	+0.03	score 0.877
7	▲11	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	50	24	3	23	0.71	0.67	+0.05	score 0.836
8	▲11	VfB Stuttgart	Germany	49	28	7	14	0.92	0.33	—	score 0.808
9	▼1	Juventus	Italy	38	19	8	11	0.57	0.96	—	score 0.763
10	▲5	Real Madrid	Spain	45	30	9	6	0.86	0.29	+0.07	score 0.737
11	▼6	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	38	20	9	9	0.68	0.79	—	score 0.719
12	▲39	FC Nantes	France	46	32	5	9	0.67	0.35	+0.06	score 0.703
13	▲1	Ajax	Netherlands	45	29	7	9	0.75	0.27	+0.04	score 0.695
14	▼7	RSC Anderlecht	Belgium	36	17	9	10	0.66	0.69	—	score 0.670
15	▲9	RWD Molenbeek	Belgium	34	19	10	5	0.79	0.33	—	score 0.633
16	▲6	AS Saint-Étienne	France	46	26	9	11	0.63	0.50	—	score 0.631
17	▼1	1. FC Köln	Germany	42	20	10	12	0.78	0.27	+0.01	score 0.609
18	▲8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Germany	44	24	8	12	0.93	0.00	—	score 0.605
19	▼15	FC Barcelona	Spain	40	17	12	11	0.56	0.65	—	score 0.589
20	▼8	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	40	23	11	6	0.63	0.35	+0.04	score 0.565
21	▼12	Dynamo Kyiv	Soviet Union	40	24	6	10	0.60	0.50	—	score 0.564
22	▲16	Internazionale	Italy	34	15	14	5	0.64	0.21	+0.06	score 0.548
23	▼6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Germany	43	20	7	16	0.68	0.25	+0.01	score 0.546
24	▲26	Real Sociedad	Spain	36	20	14	2	0.83	0.00	—	score 0.542
25	▲22	Valencia	Spain	43	17	15	11	0.69	0.10	+0.05	score 0.535
26	▲7	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	34	15	5	14	0.57	0.46	—	score 0.533
27	▼16	AC Milan	Italy	32	14	9	9	0.54	0.50	—	score 0.528
28	▲1	Berliner FC Dynamo	East Germany	32	23	5	4	0.75	0.00	+0.03	score 0.515
29	▲46	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	40	19	8	13	0.79	0.00	—	score 0.513
30	▼7	FK Austria Wien	Austria	38	20	11	7	0.47	0.46	+0.04	score 0.507
31	▲32	Dynamo Dresden	East Germany	30	22	4	4	0.77	0.00	—	score 0.497
32	▲28	Arsenal	England	69	30	29	10	0.74	0.00	+0.01	score 0.489
33	▼8	Feyenoord	Netherlands	43	22	14	7	0.72	0.00	+0.01	score 0.485
34	▼7	FC Baník Ostrava	Czechoslovakia	34	18	9	7	0.53	0.29	+0.03	score 0.477
35	▲5	Standard Liège	Belgium	40	23	10	7	0.73	0.00	—	score 0.477
36	▼16	MSV Duisburg	Germany	35	11	7	17	0.64	0.31	—	score 0.476
37	▲40	FC Spartak Moscow	Soviet Union	34	21	10	3	0.68	0.00	+0.03	score 0.473
38	▼17	Hertha BSC Berlin	Germany	38	13	8	17	0.61	0.29	—	score 0.467
39	–	AZ Alkmaar	Netherlands	34	20	7	7	0.72	0.00	—	score 0.466
40	▲24	Manchester United	England	47	25	11	11	0.71	0.00	—	score 0.464
41	▲2	KSC Lokeren	Belgium	34	18	6	10	0.69	0.00	—	score 0.452
42	▲54	FC Schalke 04	Germany	38	15	9	14	0.69	0.00	—	score 0.451
43	▼9	Dinamo Tbilisi	Soviet Union	38	20	12	6	0.65	0.04	—	score 0.450
44	▲17	VfL Bochum	Germany	38	15	7	16	0.69	0.00	—	score 0.439
45	·	Bayer Leverkusen	Germany	36	13	8	15	0.70	0.00	—	score 0.437
46	▲86	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	France	38	24	6	8	0.67	0.00	—	score 0.432
47	▲52	Lierse SK	Belgium	34	18	4	12	0.66	0.00	—	score 0.430
48	▲67	AS Monaco	France	45	26	8	11	0.62	0.00	+0.01	score 0.418
49	▲17	Ipswich Town	England	52	27	12	13	0.64	0.00	—	score 0.415
50	▲8	FC Porto	Portugal	37	26	7	4	0.61	0.00	+0.02	score 0.414
51	▼2	Sporting Gijon	Spain	36	16	8	12	0.63	0.00	—	score 0.411
52	▲46	Waterschei SV Thor	Belgium	34	14	9	11	0.61	0.00	+0.01	score 0.408
53	▲17	Grasshopper-Club Zürich	Switzerland	32	16	10	6	0.47	0.29	—	score 0.405
54	▲62	Sporting Clube de Portugal	Portugal	34	25	6	3	0.57	0.00	+0.03	score 0.403
55	▼18	Benfica	Portugal	35	23	7	5	0.53	0.13	+0.01	score 0.401
56	▲6	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Soviet Union	36	21	8	7	0.62	0.00	—	score 0.401
57	▲106	AS Roma	Italy	33	13	12	8	0.55	0.08	+0.01	score 0.399
58	·	TSV 1860 München	Germany	38	13	10	15	0.63	0.00	—	score 0.396
59	▲72	FC Utrecht	Netherlands	34	14	11	9	0.59	0.00	—	score 0.386
60	▼19	AEK Athens	Greece	36	19	9	8	0.44	0.29	—	score 0.385
61	·	Real Betis	Spain	34	12	12	10	0.59	0.00	—	score 0.383
62	▲12	Torino FC	Italy	35	14	13	8	0.58	0.00	+0.01	score 0.382
63	▲147	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	57	27	14	16	0.57	0.00	+0.01	score 0.378
64	▲22	Winterslag	Belgium	34	12	11	11	0.58	0.00	—	score 0.377
65	▼11	FC Twente	Netherlands	36	17	7	12	0.58	0.00	—	score 0.376
66	·	Bayer Uerdingen	Germany	38	15	5	18	0.61	0.00	—	score 0.374
67	▲90	IFK Göteborg	Sweden	32	15	11	6	0.42	0.15	+0.01	score 0.373
68	▲98	FC Basel	Switzerland	26	15	7	4	0.53	0.00	+0.03	score 0.372
69	▼14	Dinamo Moscow	Soviet Union	38	18	11	9	0.57	0.00	—	score 0.370
70	▼40	Atlético de Madrid	Spain	36	10	11	15	0.48	0.27	—	score 0.364
71	▼14	FC Magdeburg	East Germany	30	13	7	10	0.47	0.17	—	score 0.362
72	▲20	Sevilla FC	Spain	34	14	6	14	0.56	0.00	—	score 0.362
73	▲8	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	East Germany	30	15	6	9	0.54	0.00	+0.01	score 0.359
74	▲38	Budapest Honvéd FC	Hungary	34	19	10	5	0.51	0.00	+0.03	score 0.359
75	▲8	Southampton	England	46	20	9	17	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.358
76	▼40	Roda JC	Netherlands	34	14	8	12	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.357
77	▲52	Middlesbrough	England	48	18	14	16	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.355
78	▲2	SC Bastia	France	38	14	4	20	0.39	0.42	—	score 0.355
79	▼8	Servette FC	Switzerland	30	17	9	4	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.354
80	▼49	Malmö FF	Sweden	30	14	9	7	0.38	0.29	—	score 0.350
81	▲119	Ascoli	Italy	30	11	12	7	0.54	0.00	—	score 0.349
82	▼26	FC Zürich	Switzerland	28	13	5	10	0.41	0.23	—	score 0.347
83	▲82	Aberdeen	Scotland	40	20	11	9	0.48	0.00	+0.04	score 0.346
84	▲149	RFC Liège	Belgium	34	12	9	13	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.346
85	▲77	CSKA Sofia	Bulgaria	32	18	11	3	0.49	0.00	+0.03	score 0.346
86	▲44	Zbrojovka Brno	Czechoslovakia	38	21	7	10	0.53	0.00	—	score 0.344
87	·	AD Almería	Spain	34	11	11	12	0.54	0.00	—	score 0.342
88	▲49	Real Zaragoza	Spain	34	13	7	14	0.54	0.00	—	score 0.342
89	▼11	UD Salamanca	Spain	33	12	8	13	0.54	0.00	—	score 0.342
90	▼8	Aston Villa	England	52	20	17	15	0.52	0.00	—	score 0.340
91	▲3	Fiorentina	Italy	30	11	11	8	0.52	0.00	—	score 0.339
92	·	Willem II Tilburg	Netherlands	34	11	12	11	0.52	0.00	—	score 0.337
93	▲11	Celtic	Scotland	45	24	12	9	0.49	0.00	+0.01	score 0.337
94	·	FC Vorwärts	East Germany	26	11	8	7	0.51	0.00	—	score 0.332
95	–	FK Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	34	17	7	10	0.51	0.00	—	score 0.331
96	▼48	Hajduk Split	Yugoslavia	40	19	8	13	0.51	0.00	—	score 0.330
97	▼4	Olympiakos CFP	Greece	36	21	7	8	0.46	0.00	+0.03	score 0.329
98	▲16	Tottenham Hotspur	England	50	19	12	19	0.50	0.00	—	score 0.328
99	▲51	Norwich City	England	51	17	17	17	0.50	0.00	—	score 0.328
100	▲149	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	40	21	11	8	0.46	0.00	+0.03	score 0.327

1979-80 Elo race

Every club's Elo each Friday of the season, from the first league match to the Friday after the Champions League final. Drag the slider to see the table on any Friday.

End of the season, Fri, 30 May 1980

Throughfull season

LiverpoolHamburger SVNottingham ForestBayern MunichStuttgartFC KaiserslauternThe 20 highest peaks of the season, tap or drag any point

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Liverpool

England

1736

Hamburger SV

Germany

1722

-29

Bayern Munich

Germany

1717

+15

VfB Stuttgart

Germany

1695

-15

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Germany

1690

-8

Nottingham Forest

England

1683

+21

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Germany

1659

+11

1. FC Köln

Germany

1632

+15

Arsenal

England

1630

Real Madrid

Spain

1630

#
1	Liverpool	1736	0	England
2	Hamburger SV	1722	-29	Germany
3	Bayern Munich	1717	+15	Germany
4	VfB Stuttgart	1695	-15	Germany
5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1690	-8	Germany
6	Nottingham Forest	1683	+21	England
7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1659	+11	Germany
8	1. FC Köln	1632	+15	Germany
9	Arsenal	1630	0	England
10	Real Madrid	1630	0	Spain
11	Ipswich Town	1629	0	England
12	Juventus	1612	0	Italy
13	Manchester United	1588	0	England
14	Eintracht Frankfurt	1585	-7	Germany
15	Ajax	1575	0	Netherlands
16	FC Nantes	1575	+3	France
17	Real Sociedad	1561	0	Spain
18	PSV Eindhoven	1560	0	Netherlands
19	AC Milan	1552	0	Italy
20	Torino FC	1551	0	Italy

Source: Citizen of Nowhere club Elo, one rating across leagues and Europe. A club's rating is its value after its last match on or before each Friday, through 2026-10-22.

European & continental competitions

European Cup1980UEFAWinner: Nottingham Forest

Final2

Hamburger SVNottingham Forest★

Semi-finals2

AjaxReal Madrid

Quarter-finals4

Berliner FC DynamoCelticHajduk SplitRC Strasbourg

Round of 168

AC OmoniaDinamo TbilisiDundalk FCFC ArgesFC PortoFK Dukla PragueServette FCVejle Boldklub

Group stage16

AC MilanAEK AthensFK Austria WienHJK HelsinkiHibernians FCIK StartKF PartizaniKSK BeverenLiverpoolPFC Levski SofiaRed BoysRuch ChorzówTrabzonsporValur ReykjavíkÖsters IFÚjpest FC

Qualifying1▾

Linfield FC

UEFA Cup1980UEFAWinner: Eintracht Frankfurt

Final2

Borussia MönchengladbachEintracht Frankfurt★

Semi-finals2

Bayern MunichVfB Stuttgart

Quarter-finals4

1. FC KaiserslauternAS Saint-ÉtienneFC BrnoLokomotiv Sofia

Round of 168

Aris ThessalonikiDiosgyori VTKDynamo KyivFeyenoordGrasshopper-Club ZürichRed Star BelgradeStandard LiègeUniversitatea Craiova

Group stage16

AGF ÅrhusAS MonacoDinamo BucureştiDundee UnitedDynamo DresdenFC Baník OstravaFC Carl Zeiss JenaInternazionaleIpswich TownKeflavik ÍFLeeds UnitedMalmö FFPSV EindhovenPerugiaSSC NapoliSporting Clube de Portugal

Qualifying32▾

AberdeenAlki LarnacaAtlético de MadridBenficaBohemians 1905Bohemians FCCSKA SofiaDinamo ZagrebEsbjerg fBEvertonFC Shakhtar DonetskFC ZürichFerencvárosi TCGalatasaray SKGlenavon FCKalmar FFKoparit KuopieOlympiakos CFPOrdusporProgres NiedercornRSC AnderlechtReal SociedadSK Rapid WienSkeid FotballSporting GijonStal MielecTorino FCValletta FCViking FKWeiner SKWest Bromwich AlbionWidzew Łódź

Cup Winners Cup1980UEFAWinner: Valencia

Final2

ArsenalValencia★

Semi-finals2

FC NantesJuventus

Quarter-finals4

Dinamo MoscowFC BarcelonaIFK GöteborgNK Rijeka

Round of 168

Aris BonnevoieBoavista FCFC MagdeburgLokomotiva FC KošicePFC Beroe Stara ZagoraPanionios NFCRangersSteaua Bucureşti

Group stage15

Arka GdyniaBSC Young BoysBoldklubben 1903Cliftonville FCFC TwenteFC Wacker InnsbruckFenerbahçe SKFortuna DüsseldorfGyőri ETO FCK. Beerschot VACLahden ReipasSliema Wanderers FCWaterford UnitedWrexhamÍA

Qualifying2▾

APOEL FCLillestrøm SK

Copa Libertadores1 competition

Copa Libertadores1979CONMEBOLWinner: Olimpia

Other competitions4 competitions

UEFA Super Cup1979UEFAWinner: Nottingham Forest

Final2

FC BarcelonaNottingham Forest★

CONCACAF Champions Cup1979CONCACAFWinner: CD FAS

Final2

CD FAS★Jong Colombia

African Cup of Champions1979CAFWinner: Union Douala

Final2

Hearts of OakUnion Douala★

Intercontinental Cup1979FIFAWinner: Olimpia

Final2

Malmö FFOlimpia★

Final domestic tables

Against expectation

Match points earned minus expected, over the season.

How this is measured

Every match in these leagues is scored against a pre-game probability, and a club's surplus is the match points it took (a win 1, a draw 0.5) minus the points that model expected of it. Zero is a club that finished exactly where its results said it should.

Surplus is comparable within a league and only loosely across leagues, because league size and era differ.

1979-80 covers 6 leagues: Primera División (Spain), Serie A (Italy), Bundesliga (Germany), Ligue 1 (France), Eredivisie (Netherlands), English top flight (England). A club whose season the ledger does not carry has no figure here, and none is guessed.

Historical results compiled by James Curley, github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

Beat expectation by most

FC Sochaux

Ligue 1 · France

+6.43

pts vs exp

Fell short by most

Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · France

−5.60

pts vs exp

Historical results compiled by James Curley, github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

Germany

Bundesliga1980Tier 1

2.Bundesliga1980Tier 2

England

First Division1980Tier 1

Second Division1980Tier 2

Third Division1980Tier 3

Fourth Division1980Tier 4

Alliance Premier League1980Tier 5

Spain

La Liga1980Tier 1

Segunda Division1980Tier 2

Segunda División B Group 11980Tier 3

Netherlands

Eredivisie1980Tier 1

Eerste Divisie1980Tier 2

France

Division 11980Tier 1

Division 21980Tier 2

Italy

Serie A1980Tier 1

Serie B1980Tier 2

Serie C1 Girone A1980Tier 3

Scotland

Premier Division1980Tier 1

Scottish First Division1980Tier 2

Scottish Second Division1980Tier 3

Portugal

Primeira Divisão1980Tier 1

II Divisão1980Tier 2

Cup competitions

West Ham United

FA Cup · England · v Arsenal

Wolverhampton Wanderers

League Cup · England · v Nottingham Forest

AS Monaco

Coupe de France · France · v US Orléans

Fortuna Düsseldorf

DFB-Pokal · Germany · v 1. FC Köln

AS Roma

Coppa Italia · Italy · v Torino FC

Feyenoord

KNVB Beker · Netherlands · v Ajax

Benfica

Taca de Portugal · Portugal · v FC Porto

Celtic

Scottish Cup · Scotland · v Rangers

Dundee United

Scottish League Cup · Scotland · v Aberdeen

Real Madrid

Copa del Rey · Spain · v Castilla CF

Liverpool

Community Shield · England · v Arsenal

FC Porto

Supertaca · Portugal · v Boavista FC

Competition	Country	Winner	Final
FA CupDomestic cup	England	West Ham United	v Arsenal
League CupDomestic cup	England	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v Nottingham Forest
Coupe de FranceDomestic cup	France	AS Monaco	v US Orléans
DFB-PokalDomestic cup	Germany	Fortuna Düsseldorf	v 1. FC Köln
Coppa ItaliaDomestic cup	Italy	AS Roma	v Torino FC
KNVB BekerDomestic cup	Netherlands	Feyenoord	v Ajax
Taca de PortugalDomestic cup	Portugal	Benfica	v FC Porto
Scottish CupDomestic cup	Scotland	Celtic	v Rangers
Scottish League CupDomestic cup	Scotland	Dundee United	v Aberdeen
Copa del ReyDomestic cup	Spain	Real Madrid	v Castilla CF
Community ShieldSuper cup	England	Liverpool	v Arsenal
SupertacaSuper cup	Portugal	FC Porto	v Boavista FC

← 1978-79 All seasons 1980-81 →

Club power ranking: 0.65 opponent- & stage-weighted quality per match + 0.35 pedigree + current-season coefficient, less a losing-record penalty. Country coefficients are the full 5-year UEFA window (the era's team-coefficient method).