← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in Luxembourg → 1981 1982 1983
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1980 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 22 February – Minister Jean Wolter dies, and is replaced by Jean Spautz.^[2]

April – June

• 19 April – Representing Luxembourg, Sophie & Magaly finish ninth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song Papa Pingouin.
• 1 May – In football, Luxembourg beats Thailand 1-0: Luxembourg's first international victory since 1973.
• 9 May – The Luxembourgian national football team beats South Korea 3–2. This was Luxembourg's last international victory until 1995.
• 8 June – The Netherlands' Bert Oosterbosch wins the 1980 Tour de Luxembourg.

July – September

• 1 July – Footballer Robby Langers transfers from Union Luxembourg to German club Borussia Mönchengladbach.

October – December

• 21 November – Gaston Thorn is named as President of the European Commission.^[3]
• 22 November – Gaston Thorn steps down as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg and is succeeded by Colette Flesch. Camille Polfer replaces Flesch as Mayor of Luxembourg City.^[2]

Births

• 15 April – Fränk Schleck, cyclist

Deaths

• 22 February – Jean Wolter, politician
• 27 June – Marcel Fischbach, politician
• 12 July – Arsène Mersch, cyclist
• 23 October – Auguste Trémont, artist