1978–79 European Cup

1978–79 European Cup

Final positions
Champions	Nottingham Forest (1st title)
Runners-up	Malmö FF
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Claudio Sulser (11 goals)
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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.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Monassco	3–2	Steaua Bucureşti	3–0	0–2

First leg

15 August 1978	AS Monaco	3 – 0	Steaua Bucureşti
	Onnis  42' Zorzetto  48' Nogués  61'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

30 August 1978	Steaua Bucureşti	2 – 0	AS Monaco
	Troi  51', 76'	Report Gamesheet

AS Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	7–5	Porto	6–1	1–4
Nottingham Forest	2–0	Liverpool	2–0	0–0
Real Madrid	12–0	Progrès Niedercorn	5–0	7–0
Grasshopper	13–3	Valletta	8–0	5–3
Odense	3–4	Lokomotiv Sofia	2–2	1–2
Köln	5–2	ÍA	4–1	1–1
Juventus	1–2	Rangers	1–0	0–2
Fenerbahçe	3–7	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	1–6
Vllaznia	3–4	Austria Vienna	2–0	1–4
Linfield	0–1	Lillestrøm	0–0	0–1
Omonia	2–2 (a)	Bohemians	2–1	0–1
Partizan	2–2 (4–5 p)	Dynamo Dresden	2–0	0–2
Zbrojovka Brno	4–2	Újpesti Dózsa	2–2	2–0
Club Brugge	3–4	Wisła Kraków	2–1	1–3
Haka	1–4	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	1–3
Malmö FF	1–0	AS Monaco	0–0	1–0

First leg

13 September 1978	AEK Athens	6 – 1	Porto
	Bajević  3', 20' Ardizoglou  16' Konstantinou  39' Nikolaou  58' Mavros  60'	Report Gamesheet	António Oliveira  81'

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13 September 1978	Nottingham Forest	2 – 0	Liverpool
	Birtles  26' Barrett  87'	Report Gamesheet

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13 September 1978	Real Madrid	5 – 0	Progrès Niedercorn
	Jensen  12' Juanito  30', 66' del Bosque  40' Wolff  84'	Report Gamesheet

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13 September 1978	Grasshopper	8 – 0	Valletta
	Sulser  31', 46', 58', 62', 64' Ponte  32', 35' Wehrli  67'	Report Gamesheet

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13 September 1978	Odense	2 – 2	Lokomotiv Sofia
	Munk Nielsen  32', 44'	Report Gamesheet	Kolev  60' Velichkov  69'

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13 September 1978	Köln	4 – 1	ÍA
	Littbarski  12' Neumann  26', 39' Konopka  72'	Report Gamesheet	Hallgrímsson  20'

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13 September 1978	Juventus	1 – 0	Rangers	Turin
	Virdis  9'	Report Gamesheet

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13 September 1978	Fenerbahçe	2 – 1	PSV Eindhoven
	Çetiner  17' İlhan  43'	Report Gamesheet	Brandts  23'

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13 September 1978	Vllaznia	2 – 0	Austria Vienna
	Zhega  8' Ballgjini  55'	Report Gamesheet

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13 September 1978	Linfield	0 – 0	Lillestrøm
		Report Gamesheet

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13 September 1978	Omonia	2 – 1	Bohemians
	Kanaris  21' Dimitriou  51'	Report Gamesheet	O'Connor  6' (pen.)

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13 September 1978	Partizan	2 – 0	Dynamo Dresden
	Prekazi  5' Đurović  47'	Report Gamesheet

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13 September 1978	Zbrojovka Brno	2 – 2	Újpesti Dózsa
	Kroupa  72' Janečka  77'	Report Gamesheet	Fekete  40' Törőcsik  65'

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13 September 1978	Club Brugge	2 – 1	Wisła Kraków
	Ceulemans  24' Cools  28'	Report Gamesheet	Kapka  83'

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13 September 1978	Haka	0 – 1	Dynamo Kyiv
		Report Gamesheet	Baltacha  74'

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13 September 1978	Malmö FF	0 – 0	AS Monaco
		Report Gamesheet

Second leg

27 September 1978	Porto	4 – 1	AEK Athens
	Vital  63', 83' Teixeira  79' Gomes  88'	Report Gamesheet	Mavros  32'

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	Liverpool	0 – 0	Nottingham Forest
		Report Gamesheet

Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	Progrès Niedercorn	0 – 7	Real Madrid
		Report Gamesheet	Pirri  10' Jensen  19' Stielike  28' Santillana  46', 87' García Hernández  65' Margue  90' (o.g.)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	Valletta	3 – 5	Grasshopper
	Agius  56' Seychell  83' Farrugia  86'	Report Gamesheet	Sulser  13' (pen.) Ponte  61' Traber  69', 78' Her. Hermann  77'

Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	Lokomotiv Sofia	2 – 1	Odense
	Mihaylov  27' Kostov  50'	Report Gamesheet	Eriksen  23' (pen.)

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	ÍA	1 – 1	Köln
	Hein  8' (o.g.)	Report Gamesheet	Van Gool  72'

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	Rangers	2 – 0	Juventus	Glasgow
	MacDonald  18' Smith  69'	Report Gamesheet

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	PSV Eindhoven	6 – 1	Fenerbahçe
	van der Kuijlen  10', 22', 71', 74' Deijkers  49', 55'	Report Gamesheet	Çetiner  87'

PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	Austria Vienna	4 – 1	Vllaznia
	Parits  21' Schachner  35', 74' J. Sara  48'	Report Gamesheet	Hafizi  80'

Austria Vienna won 4–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	Lillestrøm	1 – 0	Linfield
	Lønstad  12'	Report Gamesheet

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	Bohemians	1 – 0	Omonia
	Joyce  27'	Report Gamesheet

Omonia 2–2 Bohemians on aggregate. Bohemians won on away goals.

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27 September 1978	Dynamo Dresden	2 – 0 (aet)	Partizan
	Dörner  8' Weber  38'	Report Gamesheet
		Penalties
		5 – 4

Partizan 2–2 Dynamo Dresden on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won on penalties.

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27 September 1978	Újpesti Dózsa	0 – 2	Zbrojovka Brno
		Report Gamesheet	Došek  11' Kroupa  41'

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	Wisła Kraków	3 – 1	Club Brugge
	Kmiecik  26' Lipka  82' Krupiński  89'	Report Gamesheet	Ceulemans  50'

Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	Dynamo Kyiv	3 – 1	Haka
	Veremeyev  31' Khapsalis  35' Buryak  85'	Report Gamesheet	Ronkainen  71'

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978	AS Monaco	0 – 1	Malmö FF
		Report Gamesheet	Kindvall  35'

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	2–7	Nottingham Forest	1–2	1–5
Real Madrid	3–3 (a)	Grasshopper	3–1	0–2
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–5	Köln	0–1	0–4
Rangers	3–2	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	3–2
Austria Vienna	4–1	Lillestrøm	4–1	0–0
Bohemians	0–6	Dynamo Dresden	0–0	0–6
Zbrojovka Brno	3–3 (a)	Wisła Kraków	2–2	1–1
Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Malmö FF	0–0	0–2

First leg

18 October 1978	AEK Athens	1 – 2	Nottingham Forest
	Konstantinou  59' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	McGovern  10' Birtles  45'

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18 October 1978	Real Madrid	3 – 1	Grasshopper
	Juanito  5' García Hernández  65' Santillana  77'	Report Gamesheet	Sulser  59'

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18 October 1978	Lokomotiv Sofia	0 – 1	Köln
		Report Gamesheet	Zimmermann  58'

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18 October 1978	Rangers	0 – 0	PSV Eindhoven
		Report Gamesheet

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18 October 1978	Austria Vienna	4 – 1	Lillestrøm
	Gasselich  25', 34' Sara  36' Schachner  65'	Report Gamesheet	Dokken  62'

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18 October 1978	Bohemians	0 – 0	Dynamo Dresden
		Report Gamesheet

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18 October 1978	Zbrojovka Brno	2 – 2	Wisła Kraków
	Pešice  73' Kroupa  78'	Report Gamesheet	Kmiecik  37' Maculewicz  86'

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18 October 1978	Dynamo Kyiv	0 – 0	Malmö FF
		Report Gamesheet

Second leg

1 November 1978	Nottingham Forest	5 – 1	AEK Athens
	Needham  12' Woodcock  35' Anderson  40' Birtles  66', 72'	Report Gamesheet	Bajević  50'

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.

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1 November 1978	Grasshopper	2 – 0	Real Madrid
	Sulser  8', 86'	Report Gamesheet

Real Madrid 3–3 Grasshopper on aggregate. Grasshopper won on away goals.

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1 November 1978	Köln	4 – 0	Lokomotiv Sofia
	Müller  20', 79' Van Gool  52' Glowacz  75'	Report Gamesheet

Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.

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1 November 1978	PSV Eindhoven	2 – 3	Rangers
	Lubse  1' Deijkers  60'	Report Gamesheet	MacDonald  57' Johnstone  65' Russell  87'

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

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1 November 1978	Lillestrøm	0 – 0	Austria Vienna
		Report Gamesheet

Austria Vienna won 4–1 on aggregate.

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1 November 1978	Dynamo Dresden	6 – 0	Bohemians
	Trautmann  39', 58' Schmuck  41' Riedel  48', 60' Kotte  75' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.

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1 November 1978	Wisła Kraków	1 – 1	Zbrojovka Brno
	Kapka  53'	Report Gamesheet	Došek  78'

Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 Wisła Kraków on aggregate. Wisła Kraków won on away goals.

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1 November 1978	Malmö FF	2 – 0	Dynamo Kyiv
	Cervin  9' Kindvall  39'	Report Gamesheet

Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	5–2	Grasshopper	4–1	1–1
Köln	2–1	Rangers	1–0	1–1
Austria Vienna	3–2	Dynamo Dresden	3–1	0–1
Wisła Kraków	3–5	Malmö FF	2–1	1–4

First leg

7 March 1979	Nottingham Forest	4 – 1	Grasshopper
	Birtles  31' Robertson  47' (pen.) Gemmill  87' Lloyd  89'	Report Gamesheet	Sulser  11'

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6 March 1979	Köln	1 – 0	Rangers
	Müller  58'	Report Gamesheet

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7 March 1979	Austria Vienna	3 – 1	Dynamo Dresden
	Schachner  20', 90' Zach  86'	Report Gamesheet	Weber  9'

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7 March 1979	Wisła Kraków	2 – 1	Malmö FF
	Nawałka  26' Kmiecik  85'	Report Gamesheet	Hansson  13'

Second leg

21 March 1979	Grasshopper	1 – 1	Nottingham Forest
	Sulser  33' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	O'Neill  38'

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.

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22 March 1979	Rangers	1 – 1	Köln
	McLean  86'	Report Gamesheet	Müller  48'

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.

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21 March 1979	Dynamo Dresden	1 – 0	Austria Vienna
	Riedel  42' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Austria Vienna won 3–2 on aggregate.

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21 March 1979	Malmö FF	4 – 1	Wisła Kraków
	Ljungberg  65' (pen.), 72', 90' (pen.) Cervin  82'	Report Gamesheet	Kmiecik  58'

Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	4–3	Köln	3–3	1–0
Austria Vienna	0–1	Malmö FF	0–0	0–1

First leg

11 April 1979	Nottingham Forest	3 – 3	Köln
	Birtles  28' Bowyer  53' Robertson  63'	Report Gamesheet	Van Gool  6' Müller  20' Okudera  85'

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11 April 1979	Austria Vienna	0 – 0	Malmö FF
		Report Gamesheet

Second leg

25 April 1979	Köln	0 – 1	Nottingham Forest
		Report Gamesheet	Bowyer  65'

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.

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25 April 1979	Malmö FF	1 – 0	Austria Vienna
	Hansson  47'	Report Gamesheet

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1979 European Cup Final

30 May 1979	Nottingham Forest	1 – 0	Malmö FF	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
	Francis  45'	Report Gamesheet

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1978-79 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Claudio Sulser	Grasshopper	11
2	Garry Birtles	Nottingham Forest	6
3	Dieter Müller	Köln	5
	Walter Schachner	Austria Vienna	5
5	Kazimierz Kmiecik	Wisła Kraków	4
	Willy van der Kuijlen	PSV Eindhoven	4
7	Gerrie Deijkers	PSV Eindhoven	3
	Roger van Gool	Köln	3
	Juanito	Real Madrid	3
	Karel Kroupa	Zbrojovka Brno	3
	Anders Ljungberg	Malmö FF	3
	Raimondo Ponte	Grasshopper	3
	Dieter Riedel	Dynamo Dresden	3
	Dušan Bajević	AEK Athens	3
	Santillana	Real Madrid	3

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