1978–79 European Cup
The 1978–79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.
![]() The Olympiastadion in Munich hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 15 August 1978 – 30 May 1979 |
Teams | 33 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 185 (2.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Monaco ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Monaco ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Onnis ![]() Zorzetto ![]() Nogués ![]() |
Report |
Bracket
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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AEK Athens ![]() |
7–5 | ![]() |
6–1 | 1–4 |
Nottingham Forest ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–0 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
12–0 | ![]() |
5–0 | 7–0 |
Grasshopper ![]() |
13–3 | ![]() |
8–0 | 5–3 |
Odense ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–2 |
Köln ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
4–1 | 1–1 |
Juventus ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 |
Fenerbahçe ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–6 |
Vllaznia ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–4 |
Linfield ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Omonia ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–1 |
Partizan ![]() |
2–2 (4–5 p) | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–2 |
Zbrojovka Brno ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–0 |
Club Brugge ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–3 |
Haka ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–3 |
Malmö FF ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–0 |
First leg
AEK Athens ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Bajević ![]() Ardizoglou ![]() Konstantinou ![]() Nikolaou ![]() Mavros ![]() |
Report | Oliveira ![]() |
Nottingham Forest ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Birtles ![]() Barrett ![]() |
Report |
Real Madrid ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Jensen ![]() Juanito ![]() Del Bosque ![]() Wolff ![]() |
Report |
Odense ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Munk Nielsen ![]() |
Report | Kolev ![]() Velichkov ![]() |
Köln ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Littbarski ![]() Neumann ![]() Konopka ![]() |
Report | Hallgrímsson ![]() |
Fenerbahçe ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Çetiner ![]() İlhan ![]() |
Report | Brandts ![]() |
Vllaznia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Zhega ![]() Ballgjini ![]() |
Report |
Linfield ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Partizan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Prekazi ![]() Đurović ![]() |
Report |
Club Brugge ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Ceulemans ![]() Cools ![]() |
Report | Kapka ![]() |
Haka ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Baltacha ![]() |
Second leg
AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.
Progrès Niedercorn ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Report | Pirri ![]() Jensen ![]() Stielike ![]() Santillana ![]() García Hernández ![]() Margue ![]() |
Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.
Valletta ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() |
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Agius ![]() Seychell ![]() Farrugia ![]() |
Report | Sulser ![]() Ponte ![]() Traber ![]() Her. Hermann ![]() |
Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Van der Kuijlen ![]() Deijkers ![]() |
Report | Çetiner ![]() |
PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Lønstad ![]() |
Report |
Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.
Omonia 2–2 Bohemians on aggregate. Bohemians won on away goals.
Dynamo Dresden ![]() | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Dörner ![]() Weber ![]() |
Report | |
Penalties | ||
Dörner ![]() Weber ![]() Schade ![]() Kotte ![]() Riedel ![]() Sachse ![]() Schmuck ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Partizan 2–2 Dynamo Dresden on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won on penalties.
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Došek ![]() Kroupa ![]() |
Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Kmiecik ![]() Lipka ![]() Krupiński ![]() |
Report | Ceulemans ![]() |
Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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AEK Athens ![]() |
2–7 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–5 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–2 |
Lokomotiv Sofia ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–4 |
Rangers ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 3–2 |
Austria Wien ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
4–1 | 0–0 |
Bohemians ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–6 |
Zbrojovka Brno ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–1 |
Dynamo Kyiv ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
AEK Athens ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Konstantinou ![]() |
Report | McGovern ![]() Birtles ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Juanito ![]() García Hernández ![]() Santillana ![]() |
Report | Sulser ![]() |
Lokomotiv Sofia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Zimmermann ![]() |
Austria Wien ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Gasselich ![]() Sara ![]() Schachner ![]() |
Report | Dokken ![]() |
Zbrojovka Brno ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Pešice ![]() Kroupa ![]() |
Report | Kmiecik ![]() Maculewicz ![]() |
Second leg
Nottingham Forest ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Needham ![]() Woodcock ![]() Anderson ![]() Birtles ![]() |
Report | Bajević ![]() |
Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.
Grasshopper ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Sulser ![]() |
Report |
Real Madrid 3–3 Grasshopper on aggregate. Grasshopper won on away goals.
Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Kapka ![]() |
Report | Došek ![]() |
Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 Wisła Kraków on aggregate. Wisła Kraków won on away goals.
Malmö FF ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Cervin ![]() Kinnvall ![]() |
Report |
Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
4–1 | 1–1 |
Köln ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 |
Austria Wien ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–1 |
Wisła Kraków ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–4 |
First leg
Nottingham Forest ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Birtles ![]() Robertson ![]() Gemmill ![]() Lloyd ![]() |
Report | Sulser ![]() |
Austria Wien ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Schachner ![]() Zach ![]() |
Weber ![]() |
Second leg
Grasshopper ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Sulser ![]() |
Report | O'Neill ![]() |
Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.
Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Riedel ![]() |
Report |
Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nottingham Forest ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–3 | 1–0 |
Austria Wien ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
Nottingham Forest ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Birtles ![]() Bowyer ![]() Robertson ![]() |
Report | Van Gool ![]() Müller ![]() Okudera ![]() |
Second leg
Köln ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Bowyer ![]() |
Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.
Malmö FF ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Hansson ![]() |
Report |
Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
Nottingham Forest ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Francis ![]() |
Report |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
Notes
- Haka played their home match at Ratina Stadium, Tampere, as their regular stadium Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski, did not have floodlights.[1]
- Dynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.
References
- Gorbunov, N. (15 September 1978). "Гол в запасе" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
External links
- 1978–79 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
- 1978/79 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)