1980 New York Cosmos season

General managerKrikor Yepremian

Manager

Júlio Mazzei^[1] (Start of season)

Hennes Weisweiler^[2] (After Mazzei)

Yasin Özdenak^[2] (Joint with Wiesweiler)

StadiumGiants Stadium

NASLDivision: 1st
Overall: 1st
Playoffs: Champions

New York Cosmos

1980 season

General manager

Krikor Yepremian

Manager

Júlio Mazzei^[1] (Start of season)

Hennes Weisweiler^[2] (After Mazzei)

Yasin Özdenak^[2] (Joint with Wiesweiler)

Stadium

Giants Stadium

NASL

Division: 1st
Overall: 1st
Playoffs: Champions

National
Challenge Cup

Did not enter

CONCACAF
Champions' Cup

Did not enter

Top goalscorer

League:

( goals)
All:

( goals)

Highest home attendance

71,413
vs. NASL (September 24)

Lowest home attendance

27,746
vs. ROM (May 24)

Average home league attendance

42,754^[3]

Home colors

Away colors

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The 1980 New York Cosmos season was the tenth season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. The Cosmos completed their third double, finishing 1st in the overall league table and defeating the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3–0 in Soccer Bowl '80.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Hubert Birkenmeier
2	DF	IRN	Andranik Eskandarian
3	DF	CAN	Bruce Wilson
4	DF	BRA	Oscar
5	DF	BRA	Carlos Alberto
6	DF	GER	Franz Beckenbauer
7	MF	PAR	Julio César Romero
8	MF	YUG	Vladislav Bogićević
9	FW	ITA	Giorgio Chinaglia
11	FW	POR	Seninho
12	MF	USA	Larry Hulcer
13	MF	NED	Johan Neeskens


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	NED	Wim Rijsbergen
16	FW	USA	Angelo DiBernardo
17	MF	USA	Rick Davis
18	MF	USA	Boris Bandov
19	FW	PAR	Roberto Cabanas
20	FW	BEL	Francois Van Der Elst
21	GK	USA	David Brcic
23	MF	BRA	Nelsi Morais
25	DF	USA	Jeff Durgan
14, 29	FW	USA	Mark Liveric

Source:^[4]

Results

Preseason

Regular season

Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).

National Eastern Division Standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New York Cosmos	32	24	8	87	41	+46	213
2	Washington Diplomats	32	17	15	72	61	+11	159
3	Toronto Blizzard	32	14	18	49	65	-16	128
4	Rochester Lancers	32	12	20	42	67	-25	109

Overall League Placing

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New York Cosmos	32	24	8	87	41	+46	213
2	Seattle Sounders	32	25	7	74	31	+43	207
3	Chicago Sting	32	21	11	80	50	+30	187
4	Los Angeles Aztecs	32	20	12	61	52	+9	174
5	Tampa Bay Rowdies	32	19	13	61	50	+11	168

Source:^[5]

Matches

April 5 - Houston Hurricane 3, New York Cosmos 3 (Cosmos win in a shootout) The Astrodome Attendance 15,916
April 9 - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4, New York Cosmos 1 Lockhart Stadium Attendance 18,572
April 13 - Minnesota Kicks 1, New York Cosmos 1 (Cosmos win a shootout) Giants Stadium Attendance 51,225
April 20 - New York Cosmos 4, Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 Giants Stadium Attendance 46,182
April 26 - Tulsa Roughnecks 2, New York Cosmos 1 Skelly Stadium Attendance 30,822
May 4 - New York Cosmos 2, Dallas Tornado 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 41,378
May 8 - New York Cosmos 3, Toronto Blizzard 1 Varsity Stadium Attendance 24,913
May 11 - New York Cosmos 4, Memphis Rogues 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 31,458
May 16 - New York Cosmos 4, California Surf 1 Anaheim Stadium Attendance 8,660
June 1 - New York Cosmos 1, Washington Diplomats 1 (Cosmos win in a shootout) Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Attendance 53,351
June 4 - New York Cosmos 2, New England Tea Men 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 34,723
June 8 - New York Cosmos 6, Atlanta Chiefs 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 35,007
June 11 - New York Cosmos 4, Rochester Lancers 2 Holleder Memorial Stadium Attendance 16,110
June 14 - New York Cosmos 3, Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 (Rowdies win in a shootout) Attendance 54,427
June 16 - New England Tea Men 2, New York Cosmos 1 Foxboro Stadium Attendance 28,356
June 22 - New York Cosmos 2, Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 70,312
June 24 - Los Angeles Aztecs 2, New York Cosmos 0 Rose Bowl Attendance 26,325
June 29 - New York Cosmos 3, Vancouver Whitecaps 0 Empire Stadium Attendance 32,280
July 2 - New York Cosmos 3, Toronto Blizzard 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 33,281
July 6 - New York Cosmos 4, Portland Timbers 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 41,260
July 9 - New York Cosmos 2, Philadelphia Fury 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 31,783
July 12 - Detroit Express 0, New York Cosmos 0 (Express Win in a shootout) Pontiac Silverdome Attendance 27,234
July 16 - Philadelphia Fury, 2 New York Cosmos 1 Veterans Stadium Attendance 15,213
July 20 - New York Cosmos 3, Seattle Sounders 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 60,182
July 23 - New York Cosmos 5, San Diego Sockers 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 33,008
August 3 - New York Cosmos 4, Los Angeles Aztecs 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 48,019
August 7 - New York Cosmos 3, Edmonton Drillers 2 Giants Stadium Attendance 30,283
August 9 - New York Cosmos 1, Seattle Sounders 0 Kingdome Attendance 49,606
August 13 - New York Cosmos 3, Atlanta Chiefs 2 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance 13,117
August 17 - New York Cosmos 1, Washington Diplomats 1 (Diplomats win a Shootout) Giants Stadium Attendance 55,764
August 20 - New York Cosmos 4, Dallas Tornado 1 Texas Stadium Attendance 13,475
August 24 - New York Cosmos 5, Rochester Lancers 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 40,383

Postseason

Overview

First round

			Game 1	Game 2	Shootout
Minnesota Kicks	-	Dallas Tornado	0 - 1	0 - 2		August 27, 30
San Diego Sockers	-	Chicago Sting	2 - 1	2 - 3	2 - 1	August 27, 30
Tampa Bay Rowdies	-	New England Tea Men	1 - 0	4 - 0		August 27, 30
Vancouver Whitecaps	-	Seattle Sounders	1 - 2	1 - 3		August 27, 30
Washington Diplomats	-	Los Angeles Aztecs	1 - 0	1 - 2	0 - 2	August 27, 30
Houston Hurricane	-	Edmonton Drillers	1 - 2	1 - 0	0 - 1	August 27, 31
California Surf	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1 - 2	2 - 0	0 - 1	August 28, 31
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	New York Cosmos	1 - 3	1 - 8		August 28, 31

Quarter-finals

			Game 1	Game 2	Shootout
Los Angeles Aztecs	-	Seattle Sounders	3 - 0	0 - 4	2 - 1	September 3, 5
Edmonton Drillers	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0 - 1	3 - 2	0 - 3	September 3, 6
Dallas Tornado	-	New York Cosmos	2 - 3	3 - 0	0 - 3	September 3, 7
San Diego Sockers	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies	6 - 3	0 - 6	2 - 1	September 4, 7

Semi-finals

			Game 1	Game 2	Shootout
San Diego Sockers	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1 - 2	4 - 2	0 - 3	September 11, 13
Los Angeles Aztecs	-	New York Cosmos	1 - 2	1 - 3		September 11, 13

September 21	New York Cosmos	3–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
12:30 pm EDT	Romero 47:55' (Chinaglia, Bogićević) Chinaglia 70:06' (Davis, Rijsbergen) Chinaglia 87:07' (Cabañas)	Report		Attendance: 50,768 Referee: Paul Avis (Canada)^[6]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Att.	Scorers	Ref.
February 24	Bahamas All Stars	A	4–0	n/a	Romero, Seninho, Oscar, Chinaglia	^[7]
March 9	Nacional Fast Clube	A ^{[n 1]}	0–0	70,000	–	^[7]
March 13	Santos	A	2–1	25,000	Beckenbauer, Davis	^[8]^[7]
March 16	Uberlandia	A	1–1	15,000	Chinaglia	^[7]
March 18	Cipolletti	A	1–1	15,000	Morais	^[9]^[10]^[11]^[7]
March 21	Argentinos Juniors	A ^{[n 2]}	2–1	27,000	Chinaglia (2)	^[11]^[12]
March 25	Tigres	A	1–2	40,000	Chinaglia	^[7]
March 28	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	3–1	24,219	Romero (2), Chinaglia	^[7]
March 30	Cruz Azul	A	1–2	26,199	Romero	^[7]
April 29	Cologne	H	3–1	24,784	Chinaglia (2), Romero	^[7]
May 21	Manchester City	H	3–2	31,480	Chinaglia (2), Bogicevic	^[7]
May 24	Roma	H	5–3	27,746	Chinaglia (3), Carlos Alberto, Peccenini (o.g.)	^[7]
May 26	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	1–1	60,384	Chinaglia	^[7]
July 30	River Plate	H	1–1	47,320	Bogicevic	^[11]^[7]
Sept 24	NASL Select ^{[n 3]}	H	2–3	71,413	Pelé,^{[n 4]} Cabañas	^[7]
October 1	Hajduk Split	A	1–0	45,000	Chinaglia	^[13]^[7]
October 4	Sporting Lisboa	A	1–1	35,000	Chinaglia	^[7]
October 10	Girondins de Bordeaux	A	1–4	4,200	DiBernardo	^[7]
October 12	Napoli	A	2–0	12,000	Seninho, Chinaglia	^[7]

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