1978–79 European Cup
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 15 August 1978 – 30 May 1979 |
Teams | 33 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nottingham Forest (1st title) |
Runners-up | Malmö FF |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 185 (2.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Claudio Sulser (11 goals) |
← 1977–78 1979–80 → |
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.
Bracket
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Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Monaco | 3–2 | Steaua București | 3–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Second leg
Steaua București | 2–0 | Monaco |
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Troi 51', 76' | Report |
Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 Wien | 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 | Monaco | 0–0 | 1–0 |
First leg
AEK Athens | 6–1 | Porto |
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Bajević 3', 20' Ardizoglou 16' Konstantinou 39' Nikolaou 58' Mavros 60' |
Report | Oliveira 81' |
Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | Liverpool |
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Birtles 26' Barrett 87' |
Report |
Real Madrid | 5–0 | Progrès Niedercorn |
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Jensen 12' Juanito 30', 66' Del Bosque 40' Wolff 84' |
Report |
Odense | 2–2 | Lokomotiv Sofia |
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Munk Nielsen 32', 44' | Report | Kolev 60' Velichkov 69' |
Köln | 4–1 | ÍA |
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Littbarski 12' Neumann 26', 39' Konopka 72' |
Report | Hallgrímsson 20' |
Fenerbahçe | 2–1 | PSV Eindhoven |
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Çetiner 17' İlhan 43' |
Report | Brandts 23' |
Vllaznia | 2–0 | Austria Wien |
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Zhega 8' Ballgjini 55' |
Report |
Linfield | 0–0 | Lillestrøm |
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Report |
Partizan | 2–0 | Dynamo Dresden |
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Prekazi 5' Đurović 47' |
Report |
Zbrojovka Brno | 2–2 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Kroupa 72' Janečka 77' |
Report | Fekete 40' Törőcsik 65' |
Club Brugge | 2–1 | Wisła Kraków |
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Ceulemans 24' Cools 28' |
Report | Kapka 83' |
Haka | 0–1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
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Report | Baltacha 74' |
Second leg
AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.
Progrès Niedercorn | 0–7 | Real Madrid |
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Report | Pirri 10' Jensen 19' Stielike 28' Santillana 46', 87' García Hernández 65' Margue 90' (o.g.) |
Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.
Valletta | 3–5 | Grasshopper |
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Agius 56' Seychell 83' Farrugia 86' |
Report | Sulser 13' (pen.) Ponte 61' Traber 69', 78' Her. Hermann 77' |
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 | Fenerbahçe |
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Van der Kuijlen 10', 22', 71', 74' Deijkers 49', 55' |
Report | Çetiner 87' |
PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm | 1–0 | Linfield |
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Lønstad 12' | Report |
Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.
Omonia 2–2 Bohemians on aggregate. Bohemians won on away goals.
Partizan 2–2 Dynamo Dresden on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won on penalties.
Újpesti Dózsa | 0–2 | Zbrojovka Brno |
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Report | Došek 11' Kroupa 41' |
Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków | 3–1 | Club Brugge |
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Kmiecik 26' Lipka 82' Krupiński 89' |
Report | Ceulemans 50' |
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 | 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 Wien | 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
AEK Athens | 1–2 | Nottingham Forest |
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Konstantinou 59' (pen.) | Report | McGovern 10' Birtles 45' |
Real Madrid | 3–1 | Grasshopper |
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Juanito 5' García Hernández 65' Santillana 77' |
Report | Sulser 59' |
Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–1 | Köln |
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Report | Zimmermann 58' |
Austria Wien | 4–1 | Lillestrøm |
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Gasselich 25', 34' Sara 36' Schachner 65' |
Report | Dokken 62' |
Zbrojovka Brno | 2–2 | Wisła Kraków |
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Pešice 73' Kroupa 78' |
Report | Kmiecik 37' Maculewicz 86' |
Second leg
Nottingham Forest | 5–1 | AEK Athens |
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Needham 12' Woodcock 35' Anderson 40' Birtles 66', 72' |
Report | Bajević 50' |
Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.
Grasshopper | 2–0 | Real Madrid |
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Sulser 8', 86' | 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 | Zbrojovka Brno |
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Kapka 53' | Report | Došek 78' |
Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 Wisła Kraków on aggregate. Wisła Kraków won on away goals.
Malmö FF | 2–0 | Dynamo Kyiv |
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Cervin 9' Kinnvall 39' |
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 | Grasshopper | 4–1 | 1–1 |
Köln | 2–1 | Rangers | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Austria Wien | 3–2 | Dynamo Dresden | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Wisła Kraków | 3–5 | Malmö FF | 2–1 | 1–4 |
First leg
Nottingham Forest | 4–1 | Grasshopper |
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Birtles 31' Robertson 47' (pen.) Gemmill 87' Lloyd 89' |
Report | Sulser 11' |
Austria Wien | 3–1 | Dynamo Dresden |
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Schachner 20', 90' Zach 86' |
Report | Weber 9' |
Second leg
Grasshopper | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest |
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Sulser 33' (pen.) | Report | O'Neill 38' |
Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.
Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden | 1–0 | Austria Wien |
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Riedel 42' (pen.) | 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 | Köln | 3–3 | 1–0 |
Austria Wien | 0–1 | Malmö FF | 0–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
Nottingham Forest | 3–3 | Köln |
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Birtles 28' Bowyer 53' Robertson 63' |
Report | Van Gool 6' Müller 20' Okudera 85' |
Second leg
Köln | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest |
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Report | Bowyer 65' |
Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.
Malmö FF | 1–0 | Austria Wien |
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Hansson 47' | Report |
Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Malmö FF |
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Francis 45' | Report |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
Notes
- ^ a b Dynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.
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)