1978–79 European Cup
![]() 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) |
Attendance | 1,688,020 (26,794 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Claudio Sulser (Grasshoppers) 11 goals |
The 1978–79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Swedish side Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Monaco ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Second leg
Steaua București ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Troi ![]() |
Report |
Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.
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 |
Zbrojovka Brno ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Kroupa ![]() Janečka ![]() |
Report | Fekete ![]() Törőcsik ![]() |
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.
2–2 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2–2 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 |
3–3 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 ![]() |
3–3 on aggregate; Wisła Kraków won on away goals.
Malmö FF ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Cervin ![]() Kindvall ![]() |
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 ![]() |
[1] | 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.[3]
- ^ a b Dynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.
References
- ^ "Steaua București v Monaco, 30 August 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Linfield v Lillestrøm, 13 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Gorbunov, N. (15 September 1978). "Гол в запасе" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "FC Porto v AEK Athens, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Progrès Niedercorn v Real Madrid, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "ÍA v 1. FC Köln, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Rangers v Juventus, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Austria Wien v Vllaznia, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Wisła Kraków v Club Brugge, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Haka, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Monaco v Malmö FF, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Malmö FF, 18 October 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Lillestrøm v Austria Wien, 1 November 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Malmö FF v Dynamo Kyiv, 1 November 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "1. FC Köln v Nottingham Forest, 25 April 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Malmö FF v Austria Wien, 25 April 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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)