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 | 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) |
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
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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AS Monaco | 3–2 | Steaua Bucureşti | 3–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Second leg
AS 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 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 (4–5p) | 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 |
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Bajević 3', 20' Ardizoglou 16' Konstantinou 39' Nikolaou 58' Mavros 60' |
Report | António Oliveira 81' |
13 September 1978 |
Real Madrid | 5–0 | Progrès Niedercorn |
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Jensen 12' Juanito 30', 66' del Bosque 40' Wolff 84' |
Report |
13 September 1978 |
Grasshopper | 8–0 | Valletta |
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Sulser 31', 46', 58', 62', 64' Ponte 32', 35' Wehrli 67' |
Report |
13 September 1978 |
Zbrojovka Brno | 2–2 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Kroupa 72' Janečka 77' |
Report | Fekete 40' Törőcsik 65' |
Second leg
AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.
27 September 1978 |
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.
27 September 1978 |
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.
27 September 1978 |
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.
27 September 1978 |
Austria Vienna | 4–1 | Vllaznia |
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Parits 21' Schachner 35', 74' J. Sara 48' |
Report | Hafizi 80' |
Austria Vienna won 4–3 on aggregate.
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.
Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.
27 September 1978 |
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 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 |
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Konstantinou 59' (pen.) | Report | McGovern 10' Birtles 45' |
18 October 1978 |
Real Madrid | 3–1 | Grasshopper |
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Juanito 5' García Hernández 65' Santillana 77' |
Report | Sulser 59' |
18 October 1978 |
Austria Vienna | 4–1 | Lillestrøm |
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Gasselich 25', 34' Sara 36' Schachner 65' |
Report | Dokken 62' |
18 October 1978 |
Zbrojovka Brno | 2–2 | Wisła Kraków |
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Pešice 73' Kroupa 78' |
Report | Kmiecik 37' Maculewicz 86' |
Second leg
1 November 1978 |
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.
Real Madrid 3–3 Grasshopper on aggregate. Grasshopper won on away goals.
Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.
1 November 1978 |
PSV Eindhoven | 2–3 | Rangers |
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Lubse 1' Deijkers 60' |
Report | MacDonald 57' Johnstone 65' Russell 87' |
Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Austria Vienna won 4–1 on aggregate.
1 November 1978 |
Dynamo Dresden | 6–0 | Bohemians |
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Trautmann 39', 58' Schmuck 41' Riedel 48', 60' Kotte 75' (pen.) |
Report |
Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.
Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 Wisła Kraków on aggregate. Wisła Kraków won on away goals.
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 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 |
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Birtles 31' Robertson 47' (pen.) Gemmill 87' Lloyd 89' |
Report | Sulser 11' |
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.
Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.
Austria Vienna won 3–2 on aggregate.
21 March 1979 |
Malmö FF | 4–1 | Wisła Kraków |
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Ljungberg 65' (pen.), 72', 90' (pen.) Cervin 82' |
Report | Kmiecik 58' |
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 Vienna | 0–1 | Malmö FF | 0–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
11 April 1979 |
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
Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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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
- 1978/79 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)