1980 Intercontinental Cup

Football match
1980 Intercontinental Cup
Nacional Nottingham Forest
Uruguay England
1 0
Date11 February 1981
VenueNational Stadium, Tokyo
Man of the MatchWaldemar Victorino (Nacional)
RefereeAbraham Klein (Israel)
Attendance62,000
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The 1980 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 11 February 1981 between Nacional of Uruguay, winners of the 1980 Copa Libertadores, and Nottingham Forest of England, winners of the 1979–80 European Cup. The match was played for the first time at the neutral venue of the now demolished National Stadium in Tokyo in front of 62,000 fans.[1] Waldemar Victorino was named as man of the match.[2]

Venue

National Olympic Stadium served as venue for the first time

The National Stadium in Tokyo was the venue that hosted this first edition of the Cup, and would also be the usual venue for the rest of the editions held in Tokyo until 2002 Intercontinental Cup, when the final moved to Nissan Stadium in Yokohama. The stadium was also known as "Olympic Stadium"[3] due to it had served as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as being the venue for track and field events at the 1964 Summer Olympics,[4]

The Japan national football team's home matches and major football club cup finals (such as J1 League) were usually held at the stadium. The National Stadium was demolished in 2014 to make way for a larger stadium that hosted matches of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Match details

A moment of the match: Nacional striker Waldemar Victorino kicking
Nacional Uruguay1–0England Nottingham Forest
Victorino 10' Report
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
Nacional
Nottingham F.
GK 1 Uruguay Rodolfo Rodríguez
DF 2 Uruguay José Hermes Moreira
DF 3 Uruguay Juan Carlos Blanco
DF 4 Uruguay Daniel Enríquez
DF 5 Uruguay Washington González
MF 16 Uruguay Denís Milar
MF 13 Uruguay Víctor Espárrago (c)
MF 10 Uruguay Arsenio Luzardo
FW 7 Uruguay Alberto Bica
FW 9 Uruguay Waldemar Victorino
FW 11 Uruguay Julio Morales
Manager:
Uruguay Juan Mujica


Assistant Referees:

GK 1 England Peter Shilton
DF 2 England Viv Anderson
DF 6 Scotland Kenny Burns (c)
DF 5 England Larry Lloyd
DF 3 Scotland Frank Gray
MF 15 England Stuart Gray
MF 7 Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill
MF 8 Switzerland Raimondo Ponte downward-facing red arrow 67'
FW 9 England Trevor Francis
FW 10 Scotland Ian Wallace
FW 11 Scotland John Robertson
Substitutes:
MF 4 Scotland John McGovern
FW 12 England Peter Ward upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 13 England David Needham
Manager:
England Brian Clough

See also

References

  1. ^ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo (13 February 2005). "Intercontinental Club Cup 1980". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  2. ^ Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award 1980-2004 by Marcelo Leme de Arruda on the RSSSF
  3. ^ Welcomes the world to the Olympic Stadium on COI
  4. ^ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 7 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 118–120.
  5. ^ TOKYO 1964; GOODBYE TO THE NATIONAL STADIUM on Architecture of the Games, 1 June 2014
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