{{unreliable sources|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = Merdeka Tournament | year = 1980 | other_titles = | image = | size = | caption = | country = Malaysia | dates = | num_teams = 8 | confederations = 2 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion_other = {{fb|MAR}} | count = 1 | second_other = {{fb|MAS}} | third_other = {{fb|KOR}} | fourth_other = {{fb|THA}} | matches = 29 | goals = 73 | attendance = | top_scorer = | player = | prevseason = [[1979 Merdeka Tournament|1979]] | nextseason = [[1981 Merdeka Tournament|1981]] }}
The '''1980 [[Merdeka Tournament]]''' was held from 15 October to 2 November 1980 in [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Merdeka Tournament 1980 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka80.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>
==Group stage== '''One Group Stage''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="175"|Team !width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pld}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| W }} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| D }} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| L }} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GF}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GA }} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| GD }} !width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pts}} |- style="background: #ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MAS}} |7||4||3||0||13||7||+6||'''11''' |- style="background: #ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Morocco}} |7||4||2||1||13||6||+7||'''10''' |- bgcolor= |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|KOR}} |7||2||4||1||8||5||+3||'''8''' |- bgcolor= |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|THA}} |7||2||4||1||8||7||+1||'''8''' |- bgcolor= |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|New Zealand}} |7||2||3||2||9||9||0||'''7''' |- bgcolor= |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Burma|1948}} [[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] |7||1||3||3||9||12||-3||'''5''' |- bgcolor= |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|INA}} |7||1||3||3||4||7||-3||'''5''' |- bgcolor= |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|KUW}} |7||1||0||6||6||17||-11||'''2''' |}
{{footballbox |date= 15 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|Morocco}} |score= 2 – 2 |report= |team2={{flagicon|Burma|1948}} [[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=16 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|KOR}} |score= 1 – 0 |report= |team2={{fb|INA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=16 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|KUW}} |score= 0 – 1 |report= |team2={{fb|THA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=16 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|KUW}} |score= 1 – 5 |report= |team2={{fb|New Zealand}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=17 October 1980 |team1= {{fb-rt|MAS}} |score= 3 – 2 |report= |team2={{flagicon|Burma|1948}} [[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=18 October 1980 |team1= {{fb-rt|KOR}} |score= 3 – 0 |report= |team2={{fb|KUW}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=18 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|INA}} |score= 1 – 1 |report= |team2={{fb|THA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=19 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|KOR}} |score= 1 – 2 |report= |team2={{fb|New Zealand}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=20 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|MAS}} |score= 2 – 2 |report= |team2={{fb|THA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=20 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|KOR}} |score= 1 – 1 |report= |team2={{fb|Morocco}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=21 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|New Zealand}} |score= 0 – 0 |report= |team2={{fb|INA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=22 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|MAS}} |score= 1 – 1 |report= |team2={{fb|KOR}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=22 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|THA}} |score= 1 – 2 |report= |team2={{fb|Morocco}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=23 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|KUW}} |score= 3 – 1 |report= |team2={{flagicon|Burma|1948}} [[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=24 October 1980 |team1=[[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] {{flagicon|Burma|1948}} |score= 1 – 1 |report= |team2={{fb|New Zealand}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=24 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|MAS}} |score= 2 – 0 |report= |team2={{fb|Morocco}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=24 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|KOR}} |score= 0 – 0 |report= |team2={{fb|THA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=25 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|KUW}} |score= 1 – 2 |report= |team2={{fb|INA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=26 October 1980 |team1= {{fb-rt|New Zealand}} |score= 0 – 3 |report= |team2={{fb|Morocco}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=27 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|MAS}} |score= 1 – 1 |report= |team2={{fb|INA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=27 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|KUW}} |score= 0 – 3 |report= |team2={{fb|Morocco}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=28 October 1980 |team1={{fb-rt|New Zealand}} |score= 1 – 1 |report= |team2={{fb|THA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=28 October 1980 |team1=[[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] {{flagicon|Burma|1948}} |score= 1 – 2 |report= |team2={{fb|THA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=29 October 1980 |team1= {{fb-rt|MAS}} |score= 2 – 1 |report= |team2={{fb|KUW}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=29 October 1980 |team1= {{fb-rt|INA}} |score= 0 – 2 |report= |team2={{fb|Morocco}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=30 October 1980 |team1= {{fb-rt|MAS}} |score= 2 – 0 |report= |team2={{fb|New Zealand}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} {{footballbox |date=30 October 1980 |team1= [[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] {{flagicon|Burma|1948}} |score= 1 – 1 |report= |team2={{fb|KOR}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date=31 October 1980 |team1= [[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] {{flagicon|Burma|1948}} |score= 1 – 0 |report= |team2={{fb|INA}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }} ===Final match=== {{footballbox | date = 2 November 1980 |team1= {{fb-rt|MAS}} |score= 1 – 2 |report= [https://www.11v11.com/matches/malaysia-v-morocco-02-november-1980-236194/ Report] |team2= {{fb|Morocco}} |goals1= [[Soh Chin Aun]] {{goal|}} |goals2= [[Khourrag Hamid]] {{goal|}}<br>[[Labid Khalifa]] {{goal|}} |stadium=[[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] |attendance= |referee= }}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Pestabola Merdeka}}
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