UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 2

Standings and results for Group 2 of the UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying tournament.

Group 2 consisted of Austria, Belgium, Norway, Portugal and Scotland. Group winners were Belgium, who went undefeated in qualifying, edging past Austria.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Belgium 8 4 4 0 12 5 +7 12  Austria 8 4 3 1 14 7 +7 11  Portugal 8 4 1 3 10 11 −1 9  Scotland 8 3 1 4 15 13 +2 7  Norway 8 0 1 7 5 20 −15 1

Austria  – 0–0 4–0 1–2 3–2 Belgium  1–1 – 1–1 2–0 2–0 Norway  0–2 1–2 – 0–1 0–4 Portugal  1–2 1–1 3–1 – 1–0 Scotland  1–1 1–3 3–2 4–1 –

Results

Norway  v  Austria

30 August 1978

Norway	0 – 2	Austria
		Pezzey  23' Krankl  43'

Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo Attendance: 13,075 Referee: Partridge (ENG)

Austria  v  Scotland

20 September 1978

Austria	3 – 2	Scotland
Pezzey  27' Schachner  47' Kreuz  63'		McQueen  64' Gray  78'

Prater Stadium, Vienna Attendance: 62,281 Referee: Michelotti (ITA)

Belgium  v  Norway

20 September 1978

Belgium	1 – 1	Norway
Cools  65'		Økland  8'

Daknam Stadium, Lokeren Attendance: 5,272 Referee: Raus (YUG)

Portugal  v  Belgium

11 October 1978

Portugal	1 – 1	Belgium
E. Gomes  31'		Vercauteren  37'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Konrath (FRA)

Scotland  v  Norway

25 October 1978

Scotland	3 – 2	Norway
Dalglish  30',  81' Gemmill  87' (pen.)		Aas  3' Økland  64'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 65,372 Referee: Christov (CZE)

Austria  v  Portugal

15 November 1978

Austria	1 – 2	Portugal
Schachner  71'		Nené  30' Fonseca  90'

Prater Stadium, Vienna Attendance: 64,024 Referee: Rainea (ROM)

Portugal  v  Scotland

29 November 1978

Portugal	1 – 0	Scotland
Fonseca  28'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Dörflinger-Buser (SUI)

Belgium  v  Austria

28 March 1979

Belgium	1 – 1	Austria
Vandereycken  21' (pen.)		Krankl  61'

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 6,264 Referee: Martinez (ESP)

Austria  v  Belgium

2 May 1979

Austria	0 – 0	Belgium

Prater Stadium, Vienna Attendance: 42,903 Referee: Ok (TUR)

Norway  v  Portugal

9 May 1979

Norway	0 – 1	Portugal
		Alves  35'

Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo Attendance: 9,876 Referee: Kirschen (FRG)

Norway  v  Scotland

7 June 1979

Norway	0 – 4	Scotland
		Jordan  32' Dalglish  39' Robertson  43' McQueen  54'

Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo Attendance: 17,269 Referee: Nielsen (DEN)

Austria  v  Norway

29 August 1979

Austria	4 – 0	Norway
Jara  42' Prohaska  46' (pen.) Kreuz  75' Krankl  86'

Prater Stadium, Vienna Attendance: 30,991 Referee: Fausek (CZE)

Norway  v  Belgium

12 September 1979

Norway	1 – 2	Belgium
Jacobsen  7'		Janssens  31' van der Elst  75'

Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo Attendance: 11,255 Referee: Jarguz (POL)

Belgium  v  Portugal

17 October 1979

Belgium	2 – 0	Portugal
van Moer  46' van der Elst  56'

Heysel Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 8,799 Referee: Eriksson (SWE)

Scotland  v  Austria

17 October 1979

Scotland	1 – 1	Austria
Gemmill  75'		Krankl  11'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 67,895 Referee: Palotai (HUN)

Portugal  v  Norway

1 November 1979

Portugal	3 – 1	Norway
Correia  37' Nené  59',  71'		Hammer  10'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lattanzi (ITA)

Belgium  v  Scotland

21 November 1979

Belgium	2 – 0	Scotland
van der Elst  5' Voordeckers  47'

Heysel Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 14,289 Referee: Azim-Zade (URS)

Portugal  v  Austria

21 November 1979

Portugal	1 – 2	Austria
R. Gomes  42'		Welzl  37' Schachner  51'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 52,815 Referee: Corver (HOL)

Scotland  v  Belgium

19 December 1979

Scotland	1 – 3	Belgium
Robertson  55'		Vandenbergh  18' van der Elst  23',  28'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 25,389 Referee: Aldinger (FRG)

Scotland  v  Portugal

26 March 1980

Scotland	4 – 1	Portugal
Dalglish  7' Gray  25' Archibald  68' Gemmill  83' (pen.)		F. Gomes  75'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 20,233 Referee: Wurtz (FRA)

Top goalscorer

• François Van Der Elst (BEL) - 5 goals

References

• Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.