1978–80 Nordic Football Championship

The 1978–80 Nordic Football Championship was the 12th Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Denmark won the tournament, its second Nordic Championship win.

Results

1978

Norway  v  Denmark

May 31, 1978

Norway	1–2	Denmark
Thoresen 25'		Arnesen 43' Elkjær 62'

Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 28,100 Referee: Laakso (Finland)

Sweden  v  Finland

June 28, 1978

Sweden	2–1	Finland

Borås

Finland  v  Norway

August 9, 1978

Finland	1–1	Norway

Helsinki

Denmark  v  Sweden

August 16, 1978

Denmark	2–1	Sweden
Nielsen 10' Røntved 17'		Berggren 73'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 28,100 Referee: Frederiksen (Norway)

1979

Sweden  v  Norway

June 28, 1979

Sweden	2–0	Norway

Gothenburg

Norway  v  Sweden

August 15, 1979

Norway	2–0	Sweden

Oslo

Finland  v  Denmark

August 29, 1979

Finland	0–0	Denmark

Mikkelin Urheilupuisto, Mikkeli Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Johansson (Sweden)

Denmark  v  Finland

September 26, 1979

Denmark	1–0	Finland
Elkjær 53'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Lindboe (Norway)

1980

Sweden  v  Denmark

May 7, 1980

Sweden	0–1	Denmark
		Steffensen 14'

Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 20,179 Referee: Bjørnestad (Norway)

Finland  v  Sweden

May 22, 1980

Finland	0–2	Sweden

Helsinki

Denmark  v  Norway

June 4, 1980

Denmark	3–1	Norway
Nielsen 68' (p) Arnesen 70' Elkjær 76'		Kollshaugen 21'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Geurds (Netherlands)

Norway  v  Finland

August 21, 1980

Norway	6–1	Finland

Oslo

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Denmark	6	5	1	0	9	3	+6	11
2	Sweden	6	3	0	3	7	6	+1	6
3	Norway	6	2	1	3	11	9	+2	5
4	Finland	6	0	2	4	3	12	-9	2

References

• Aarhus, Lars; Elbech, Søren; Pietarinen, Heikki (1998-03-27). "Nordic Championships 1978-80". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
• "Landsholdsdatabasen - Kampsøgning". DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-03.