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)
← 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 had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.

1 Preliminary round
- 1.1 First leg
- 1.2 Second leg
2 First round
- 2.1 First leg
- 2.2 Second leg
3 Second round
- 3.1 First leg
- 3.2 Second leg
4 Quarter-finals
- 4.1 First leg
- 4.2 Second leg
5 Semi-finals
- 5.1 First leg
- 5.2 Second leg
6 Final
7 Top scorers
8 External links

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Monaco	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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 September 1978	Linfield	0 – 0	Lillestrøm
		Report Gamesheet

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

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

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

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

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

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.

27 September 1978	Liverpool	0 – 0	Nottingham Forest
		Report Gamesheet

Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.

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.

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.

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

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

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

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

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.

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.

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

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

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

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.

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

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.

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.

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.

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'

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

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

18 October 1978	Rangers	0 – 0	PSV Eindhoven
		Report Gamesheet

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

18 October 1978	Bohemians	0 – 0	Dynamo Dresden
		Report Gamesheet

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

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.

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.

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

Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.

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.

1 November 1978	Lillestrøm	0 – 0	Austria Vienna
		Report Gamesheet

Austria Vienna won 4–1 on aggregate.

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.

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.

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'

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

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

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.

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

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

Austria Vienna won 3–2 on aggregate.

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'

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.

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
3	Walter Schachner	Austria Vienna	5
5	Kazimierz Kmiecik	Wisła Kraków	4
5	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

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1978–79 European Cup

Contents

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

External links