1978–79 European Cup
The Olympiastadion in Munich hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates15 August 1978 – 30 May 1979
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Nottingham Forest (1st title)
Runners-upSweden Malmö FF
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored185 (2.94 per match)
Attendance1,688,020 (26,794 per match)
Top scorer(s)Claudio Sulser (Grasshoppers)
11 goals

The 1978–79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Swedish side 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monaco France 3–2 Romania Steaua București 3–0 0–2

First leg

Monaco France3–0Romania Steaua București
Onnis 42'
Zorzetto 48'
Nogués 61'		 Report
Attendance: 6,434
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Second leg

Steaua București Romania2–0France Monaco
Troi 51', 76' Report
Attendance: 25,000[1]
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland)

Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Greece AEK Athens 6 1 7
Portugal Porto 1 4 5 Greece AEK Athens 1 1 2
England Nottingham Forest 2 0 2 England Nottingham Forest 2 5 7
England Liverpool 0 0 0 England Nottingham Forest 4 1 5
Spain Real Madrid 5 7 12 Switzerland Grasshopper 1 1 2
Luxembourg Progrès Niedercorn 0 0 0 Spain Real Madrid 3 0 3
Switzerland Grasshopper 8 5 13 Switzerland Grasshopper (a) 1 2 3
Malta Valletta 0 3 3 England Nottingham Forest 3 1 4
Denmark Odense 2 1 3 West Germany Köln 3 0 3
Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 2 2 4 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 0 0 0
West Germany Köln 4 1 5 West Germany Köln 1 4 5
Iceland ÍA 1 1 2 West Germany Köln 1 1 2
Italy Juventus 1 0 1 Scotland Rangers 0 1 1
Scotland Rangers 0 2 2 Scotland Rangers 0 3 3
Turkey Fenerbahçe 2 1 3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0 2 2
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 6 7 England Nottingham Forest 1
Albania Vllaznia 2 1 3 Sweden Malmö FF 0
Austria Austria Wien 0 4 4 Austria Austria Wien 4 0 4
Northern Ireland Linfield 0 0 0 Norway Lillestrøm 1 0 1
Norway Lillestrøm 0 1 1 Austria Austria Wien 3 0 3
Cyprus Omonia 2 0 2 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 1 1 2
Republic of Ireland Bohemians (a) 1 1 2 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 0 0 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 2 0 2 (4) East Germany Dynamo Dresden 0 6 6
East Germany Dynamo Dresden (p) 0 2 2 (5) Austria Austria Wien 0 0 0
Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 2 2 4 Sweden Malmö FF 0 1 1
Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 2 0 2 Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 2 1 3
Belgium Club Brugge 2 1 3 Poland Wisła Kraków (a) 2 1 3
Poland Wisła Kraków 1 3 4 Poland Wisła Kraków 2 1 3
Finland Haka 0 1 1 Sweden Malmö FF 1 4 5
Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 1 3 4 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0
Sweden Malmö FF 0 1 1 Sweden Malmö FF 0 2 2
France Monaco 0 0 0

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens Greece 7–5 Portugal Porto 6–1 1–4
Nottingham Forest England 2–0 England Liverpool 2–0 0–0
Real Madrid Spain 12–0 Luxembourg Progrès Niedercorn 5–0 7–0
Grasshopper Switzerland 13–3 Malta Valletta 8–0 5–3
Odense Denmark 3–4 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 1–2
Köln West Germany 5–2 Iceland ÍA 4–1 1–1
Juventus Italy 1–2 Scotland Rangers 1–0 0–2
Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–7 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–1 1–6
Vllaznia Albania 3–4 Austria Austria Wien 2–0 1–4
Linfield Northern Ireland 0–1 Norway Lillestrøm 0–0 0–1
Omonia Cyprus 2–2 (a) Republic of Ireland Bohemians 2–1 0–1
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–2 (4–5 p) East Germany Dynamo Dresden 2–0 0–2
Zbrojovka Brno Czechoslovakia 4–2 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 2–2 2–0
Club Brugge Belgium 3–4 Poland Wisła Kraków 2–1 1–3
Haka Finland 1–4 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 1–3
Malmö FF Sweden 1–0 France Monaco 0–0 1–0

First leg

AEK Athens Greece6–1Portugal Porto
Bajević 3', 20'
Ardizoglou 16'
Konstantinou 39'
Nikolaou 58'
Mavros 60'		 Report Oliveira 81'
Attendance: 33,000
Nottingham Forest England2–0England Liverpool
Birtles 26'
Barrett 87'		 Report
Attendance: 38,316
Real Madrid Spain5–0Luxembourg Progrès Niedercorn
Jensen 12'
Juanito 30', 66'
Del Bosque 40'
Wolff 84'		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Mário Luís (Portugal)
Grasshopper Switzerland8–0Malta Valletta
Sulser 31', 46', 58', 62', 64'
Ponte 32', 35'
Wehrli 67'		 Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Marcel Herrmann (Luxembourg)
Odense Denmark2–2Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
Munk Nielsen 32', 44' Report Kolev 60'
Velichkov 69'
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Eamonn Farrell (Republic of Ireland)
Köln West Germany4–1Iceland ÍA
Littbarski 12'
Neumann 26', 39'
Konopka 72'		 Report Hallgrímsson 20'
Attendance: 9,000
Juventus Italy1–0Scotland Rangers
Virdis 9' Report
Attendance: 61,425
Fenerbahçe Turkey2–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Çetiner 17'
İlhan 43'		 Report Brandts 23'
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)
Vllaznia Albania2–0Austria Austria Wien
Zhega 8'
Ballgjini 55'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)
Linfield Northern Ireland0–0Norway Lillestrøm
Report
Attendance: 4,700[2]
Referee: Henk van Ettekoven (Netherlands)
Omonia Cyprus2–1Republic of Ireland Bohemians
Kanaris 21'
Dimitriou 51'		 Report O'Connor 44'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Nikola Milanov Doudine (Bulgaria)
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Prekazi 5'
Đurović 47'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)
Zbrojovka Brno Czechoslovakia2–2Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Kroupa 72'
Janečka 77'		 Report Fekete 40'
Törőcsik 65'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)
Club Brugge Belgium2–1Poland Wisła Kraków
Ceulemans 24'
Cools 28'		 Report Kapka 83'
Attendance: 15,241
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
Haka Finland0–1Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Report Baltacha 74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
Malmö FF Sweden0–0France Monaco
Report
Attendance: 5,473

Second leg

Porto Portugal4–1Greece AEK Athens
Vital 63', 83'
Teixeira 79'
Gomes 88'		 Report Mavros 32'
Attendance: 62,000[4]

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.

Liverpool England0–0England Nottingham Forest
Report
Attendance: 51,679
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.

Progrès Niedercorn Luxembourg0–7Spain Real Madrid
Report Pirri 10'
Jensen 19'
Stielike 28'
Santillana 46', 87'
García Hernández 65'
Margue 90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,250[5]
Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

Valletta Malta3–5Switzerland Grasshopper
Agius 56'
Seychell 83'
Farrugia 86'		 Report Sulser 13' (pen.)
Ponte 61'
Traber 69', 78'
Her. Hermann 77'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Franz Latzin (Austria)

Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.

Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria2–1Denmark Odense
Mihaylov 27'
Kostov 50'		 Report Eriksen 23' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nihat Ozbirgül (Turkey)

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

ÍA Iceland1–1West Germany Köln
Hein 8' (o.g.) Report Van Gool 72'
Attendance: 4,500[6]

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rangers Scotland2–0Italy Juventus
MacDonald 18'
Smith 69'		 Report
Attendance: 41,494[7]

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven Netherlands6–1Turkey Fenerbahçe
Van der Kuijlen 10', 22', 71', 74'
Deijkers 49', 55'		 Report Çetiner 87'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.

Austria Wien Austria4–1Albania Vllaznia
Parits 21'
Schachner 35', 74'
J. Sara 48'		 Report Hafizi 80'
Attendance: 26,000[8]
Referee: Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lillestrøm Norway1–0Northern Ireland Linfield
Lønstad 12' Report
Attendance: 5,641
Referee: Horst di Carlo (East Germany)

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.

Bohemians Republic of Ireland1–0Cyprus Omonia
Joyce 27' Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ron Bridges (Wales)

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

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

Újpesti Dózsa Hungary0–2Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno
Report Došek 11'
Kroupa 41'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków Poland3–1Belgium Club Brugge
Kmiecik 26'
Lipka 82'
Krupiński 89'		 Report Ceulemans 50'
Attendance: 25,000[9]
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union3–1Finland Haka
Veremeyev 31'
Khapsalis 35'
Buryak 85'		 Report Ronkainen 71'
Attendance: 40,516[10]
Referee: Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.

Monaco France0–1Sweden Malmö FF
Report Kindvall 35'
Attendance: 8,470[11]
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens Greece 2–7 England Nottingham Forest 1–2 1–5
Real Madrid Spain 3–3 (a) Switzerland Grasshopper 3–1 0–2
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria 0–5 West Germany Köln 0–1 0–4
Rangers Scotland 3–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–0 3–2
Austria Wien Austria 4–1 Norway Lillestrøm 4–1 0–0
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 0–6 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 0–0 0–6
Zbrojovka Brno Czechoslovakia 3–3 (a) Poland Wisła Kraków 2–2 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 0–2 Sweden Malmö FF 0–0 0–2

First leg

AEK Athens Greece1–2England Nottingham Forest
Konstantinou 59' (pen.) Report McGovern 10'
Birtles 45'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria0–1West Germany Köln
Report Zimmermann 58'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands)
Rangers Scotland0–0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report
Attendance: 44,000
Austria Wien Austria4–1Norway Lillestrøm
Gasselich 25', 34'
Sara 36'
Schachner 65'		 Report Dokken 62'
Attendance: 24,000
Bohemians Republic of Ireland0–0East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Report
Attendance: 2,160
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union0–0Sweden Malmö FF
Report
Attendance: 40,000[12]

Second leg

Nottingham Forest England5–1Greece AEK Athens
Needham 12'
Woodcock 35'
Anderson 40'
Birtles 66', 72'		 Report Bajević 50'
Attendance: 38,069
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Switzerland2–0Spain Real Madrid
Sulser 8', 86' Report
Attendance: 28,000

3–3 on aggregate; Grasshopper won on away goals.

Köln West Germany4–0Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
Müller 20', 79'
Van Gool 52'
Glowacz 75'		 Report
Attendance: 17,000

Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven Netherlands2–3Scotland Rangers
Lubse 1'
Deijkers 60'		 Report MacDonald 57'
Johnstone 65'
Russell 87'
Attendance: 27,000

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Lillestrøm Norway0–0Austria Austria Wien
Report
Attendance: 5,589[13]
Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg)

Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden East Germany6–0Republic of Ireland Bohemians
Trautmann 39', 58'
Schmuck 41'
Riedel 48', 60'
Kotte 75' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków Poland1–1Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno
Kapka 53' Report Došek 78'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Dimitar Yordanov Parmakov (Bulgaria)

3–3 on aggregate; Wisła Kraków won on away goals.

Malmö FF Sweden2–0Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Cervin 9'
Kindvall 39'		 Report
Attendance: 13,602[14]

Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest England 5–2 Switzerland Grasshopper 4–1 1–1
Köln West Germany 2–1 Scotland Rangers 1–0 1–1
Austria Wien Austria 3–2 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 3–1 0–1
Wisła Kraków Poland 3–5 Sweden Malmö FF 2–1 1–4

First leg

Nottingham Forest England4–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Birtles 31'
Robertson 47' (pen.)
Gemmill 87'
Lloyd 89'		 Report Sulser 11'
Attendance: 31,949
Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia)
Köln West Germany1–0Scotland Rangers
Müller 58' Report
Attendance: 36,000
Austria Wien Austria3–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Schachner 20', 90'
Zach 86'		 Weber 9'
Attendance: 36,000
Wisła Kraków Poland2–1Sweden Malmö FF
Nawałka 26'
Kmiecik 85'		 Report Hansson 13'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)

Second leg

Grasshopper Switzerland1–1England Nottingham Forest
Sulser 33' (pen.) Report O'Neill 38'
Attendance: 17,800
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rangers Scotland1–1West Germany Köln
McLean 86' Report Müller 48'
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.

Malmö FF Sweden4–1Poland Wisła Kraków
Ljungberg 65' (pen.), 72', 90' (pen.)
Cervin 82'		 Report Kmiecik 58'
Attendance: 12,469

Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest England 4–3 West Germany Köln 3–3 1–0
Austria Wien Austria 0–1 Sweden Malmö FF 0–0 0–1

First leg

Nottingham Forest England3–3West Germany Köln
Birtles 28'
Bowyer 53'
Robertson 63'		 Report Van Gool 6'
Müller 20'
Okudera 85'
Attendance: 40,804
Austria Wien Austria0–0Sweden Malmö FF
Report
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

Second leg

Köln West Germany0–1England Nottingham Forest
Report Bowyer 65'
Attendance: 60,000[15]

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.

Malmö FF Sweden1–0Austria Austria Wien
Hansson 47' Report
Attendance: 25,239[16]
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Nottingham Forest England1–0Sweden Malmö FF
Francis 45' Report
Attendance: 57,500

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Switzerland Claudio Sulser Switzerland Grasshopper 11
2 England Garry Birtles England Nottingham Forest 6
3 Germany Dieter Müller Germany Köln 5
Austria Walter Schachner Austria Austria Wien 5
5 Poland Kazimierz Kmiecik Poland Wisła Kraków 4
Netherlands Willy van der Kuijlen Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 4
7 Netherlands Gerrie Deijkers Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3
Belgium Roger van Gool Germany Köln 3
Spain Juanito Spain Real Madrid 3
Czechoslovakia Karel Kroupa Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 3
Sweden Anders Ljungberg Sweden Malmö FF 3
Switzerland Raimondo Ponte Switzerland Grasshopper 3
East Germany Dieter Riedel East Germany Dynamo Dresden 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević Greece AEK Athens 3
Spain Santillana Spain Real Madrid 3

Notes

  1. ↑ Haka played their home match at Ratina Stadium, Tampere, as their regular stadium Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski, did not have floodlights.[3]
  2. 1 2 Dynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.

References

  1. ↑ "Steaua București v Monaco, 30 August 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Linfield v Lillestrøm, 13 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Gorbunov, N. (15 September 1978). "Гол в запасе" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "FC Porto v AEK Athens, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Progrès Niedercorn v Real Madrid, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "ÍA v 1. FC Köln, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Rangers v Juventus, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Austria Wien v Vllaznia, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Wisła Kraków v Club Brugge, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv v Haka, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Monaco v Malmö FF, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv v Malmö FF, 18 October 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Lillestrøm v Austria Wien, 1 November 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Malmö FF v Dynamo Kyiv, 1 November 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "1. FC Köln v Nottingham Forest, 25 April 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "Malmö FF v Austria Wien, 25 April 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

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