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 |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 185 (2.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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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.
Bracket
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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AS Monaco ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 (4–5p) | ![]() |
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
13 September 1978 |
AEK Athens ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
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Bajević ![]() Ardizoglou ![]() Konstantinou ![]() Nikolaou ![]() Mavros ![]() |
Report | António Oliveira ![]() |
13 September 1978 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
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Jensen ![]() Juanito ![]() del Bosque ![]() Wolff ![]() |
Report |
13 September 1978 |
Grasshopper ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
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Sulser ![]() Ponte ![]() Wehrli ![]() |
Report |
13 September 1978 |
Zbrojovka Brno ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
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Kroupa ![]() Janečka ![]() |
Report | Fekete ![]() Törőcsik ![]() |
Second leg
AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.
27 September 1978 |
Progrès Niedercorn ![]() |
0–7 | ![]() |
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Report | Pirri ![]() Jensen ![]() Stielike ![]() Santillana ![]() García Hernández ![]() Margue ![]() |
Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.
27 September 1978 |
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.
27 September 1978 |
PSV Eindhoven ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
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van der Kuijlen ![]() Deijkers ![]() |
Report | Çetiner ![]() |
PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.
27 September 1978 |
Austria Vienna ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Parits ![]() Schachner ![]() J. Sara ![]() |
Report | Hafizi ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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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 Vienna ![]() |
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
18 October 1978 |
AEK Athens ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
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Konstantinou ![]() |
Report | McGovern ![]() Birtles ![]() |
18 October 1978 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Juanito ![]() García Hernández ![]() Santillana ![]() |
Report | Sulser ![]() |
18 October 1978 |
Austria Vienna ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Gasselich ![]() Sara ![]() Schachner ![]() |
Report | Dokken ![]() |
18 October 1978 |
Zbrojovka Brno ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
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Pešice ![]() Kroupa ![]() |
Report | Kmiecik ![]() Maculewicz ![]() |
Second leg
1 November 1978 |
Nottingham Forest ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
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Needham ![]() Woodcock ![]() Anderson ![]() Birtles ![]() |
Report | Bajević ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Lubse ![]() Deijkers ![]() |
Report | MacDonald ![]() Johnstone ![]() Russell ![]() |
Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Austria Vienna won 4–1 on aggregate.
1 November 1978 |
Dynamo Dresden ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
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Trautmann ![]() Schmuck ![]() Riedel ![]() Kotte ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
4–1 | 1–1 |
Köln ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 |
Austria Vienna ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–1 |
Wisła Kraków ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–4 |
First leg
7 March 1979 |
Nottingham Forest ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Birtles ![]() Robertson ![]() Gemmill ![]() Lloyd ![]() |
Report | Sulser ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Ljungberg ![]() Cervin ![]() |
Report | Kmiecik ![]() |
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 Vienna ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
11 April 1979 |
Nottingham Forest ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
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Birtles ![]() Bowyer ![]() Robertson ![]() |
Report | Van Gool ![]() Müller ![]() Okudera ![]() |
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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11 |
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6 |
3 | ![]() |
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5 |
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4 |
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7 | ![]() |
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3 |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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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)