1978–79 European Cup

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1978–79 European Cup
2014 Olympiastadion Munich.jpg
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)
Top scorer(s)Switzerland 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.

Preliminary round[]

Team 1 Agg. 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'
48'
Nogués 61'		 Report
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Attendance: 6,434
Referee: (Spain)

Second leg[]

Steaua București Romania2–0France Monaco
Troi 51', 76' Report
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Switzerland)

Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket[]

Round of 32 Round of 16 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. 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'
AEK Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Eldar Azimzade (USSR)
Nottingham Forest England2–0England Liverpool
Birtles 26'
Barrett 87'		 Report
City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 38,316
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Real Madrid Spain5–0Luxembourg Progrès Niedercorn
Jensen 12'
Juanito 30', 66'
Del Bosque 40'
Wolff 84'		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: (Portugal)
Grasshopper Switzerland8–0Malta Valletta
Sulser 31', 46', 58', 62', 64'
Ponte 32', 35'
Wehrli 67'		 Report
Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: (Luxembourg)
Odense Denmark2–2Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
Munk Nielsen 32', 44' Report Kolev 60'
Velichkov 69'
Atletikstadion, Odense
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: (Republic of Ireland)
Köln West Germany4–1Iceland ÍA
Littbarski 12'
Neumann 26', 39'
Konopka 72'		 Report Hallgrímsson 20'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
Juventus Italy1–0Scotland Rangers
Virdis 9' Report
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin
Attendance: 61,425
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
Fenerbahçe Turkey2–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Çetiner 17'
43'		 Report Brandts 23'
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: (Yugoslavia)
Vllaznia Albania2–0Austria Austria Wien
Zhega 8'
Ballgjini 55'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Romania)
Linfield Northern Ireland0–0Norway Lillestrøm
Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Netherlands)
Omonia Cyprus2–1Republic of Ireland Bohemians
21'
51'		 Report O'Connor 44'
Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: (Bulgaria)
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Prekazi 5'
Đurović 47'		 Report
Jugoslavenska Narodna Armija, Belgrade
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: (Poland)
Club Brugge Belgium2–1Poland Wisła Kraków
Ceulemans 24'
Cools 28'		 Report Kapka 83'
Olympiastadion, Bruges
Attendance: 15,241
Referee: (Northern Ireland)
Haka Finland0–1Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Report Baltacha 74'
Ratina Stadium, Tampere[note 1]
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
Malmö FF Sweden0–0France Monaco
Report
Attendance: 5,473
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Second leg[]

Porto Portugal4–1Greece AEK Athens
Vital 63', 83'
Teixeira 79'
Gomes 88'		 Report Mavros 32'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.

Liverpool England0–0England Nottingham Forest
Report
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 51,679
Referee: (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: 6,000
Referee: (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

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

Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.

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

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

ÍA Iceland1–1West Germany Köln
Hein 8' (o.g.) Report Van Gool 72'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rangers Scotland2–0Italy Juventus
MacDonald 18'
Smith 69'		 Report
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.

Austria Wien Austria4–1Albania Vllaznia
Parits 21'
Schachner 35', 74'
J. Sara 48'		 Report Hafizi 80'
Praterstadion, Wien
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Czechoslovakia)

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lillestrøm Norway1–0Northern Ireland Linfield
12' Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 5,641
Referee: (East Germany)

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

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

Dynamo Dresden East Germany2–0 (a.e.t.)Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Dörner 8'
Weber 38'		 Report
Penalties
Dörner soccer ball with red X
Weber soccer ball with check mark
Schade soccer ball with red X
Kotte soccer ball with check mark
Riedel soccer ball with check mark
Sachse soccer ball with check mark
Schmuck soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with red X Đorđević
soccer ball with check mark Klinčarski
soccer ball with check mark Pavković
soccer ball with red X Trifunović
soccer ball with check mark Prekazi
soccer ball with check mark Stojković
soccer ball with red X Zavišić
Dynamostadion, Dresden
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: (Soviet Union)

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

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

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków Poland3–1Belgium Club Brugge
Kmiecik 26'
Lipka 82'
89'		 Report Ceulemans 50'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Finland)

Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union3–1Finland Haka
Veremeyev 31'
Khapsalis 35'
Buryak 85'		 Report 71'
Stadion Metalist, Kharkiv [note 2]
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: (Greece)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.

Monaco France0–1Sweden Malmö FF
Report Kinnvall 35'
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (West Germany)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. 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'
AEK Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Real Madrid Spain3–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Juanito 5'
García Hernández 65'
Santillana 77'		 Report Sulser 59'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria0–1West Germany Köln
Report Zimmermann 58'
Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Netherlands)
Rangers Scotland0–0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: (Belgium)
Austria Wien Austria4–1Norway Lillestrøm
Gasselich 25', 34'
Sara 36'
Schachner 65'		 Report Dokken 62'
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
Bohemians Republic of Ireland0–0East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Report
Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 2,160
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)
Zbrojovka Brno Czechoslovakia2–2Poland Wisła Kraków
Pešice 73'
Kroupa 78'		 Report Kmiecik 37'
Maculewicz 86'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eldar Azimzade (USSR)
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union0–0Sweden Malmö FF
Report
Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv[note 2]
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

Second leg[]

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

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Switzerland2–0Spain Real Madrid
Sulser 8', 86' Report
Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Real Madrid 3–3 Grasshopper 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
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.

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

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Lillestrøm Norway0–0Austria Austria Wien
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: (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
Dynamo-Stadion, Dresden
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: (Denmark)

Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.

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

Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 Wisła Kraków on aggregate. Wisła Kraków won on away goals.

Malmö FF Sweden2–0Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Cervin 9'
Kinnvall 39'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: John Hunting (England)

Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. 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'
City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 31,949
Referee: (Yugoslavia)
Köln West Germany1–0Scotland Rangers
Müller 58' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Austria Wien Austria3–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Schachner 20', 90'
86'		 [1] Weber 9'
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)
Wisła Kraków Poland2–1Sweden Malmö FF
Nawałka 26'
Kmiecik 85'		 Report Hansson 13'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: (Turkey)

Second leg[]

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

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rangers Scotland1–1West Germany Köln
McLean 86' Report Müller 48'
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: (Spain)

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden East Germany1–0Austria Austria Wien
Riedel 42' (pen.) Report
Dynamo-Stadion, Dresden
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jan Keizer (Royal Dutch Football Association)

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
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. 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'
City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 40,804
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
Austria Wien Austria0–0Sweden Malmö FF
Report
Praterstadion, Wien
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: (Poland)

Second leg[]

Köln West Germany0–1England Nottingham Forest
Report Bowyer 65'
Müngersdorder Stadion, Cologne
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.

Malmö FF Sweden1–0Austria Austria Wien
Hansson 47' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final[]

Main article: 1979 European Cup Final
Nottingham Forest England1–0Sweden Malmö FF
Francis 45' Report
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 57,500
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

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.[1]
  2. ^ a b Dynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.

References[]

  1. ^ Gorbunov, N. (15 September 1978). "Гол в запасе" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

External links[]

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