1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup

1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up	Fortuna Düsseldorf
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona in the final in Basel against Fortuna Düsseldorf. It was the first of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament.

No club from Finland, Albania and Turkey joined this season.

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AZ Alkmaar	0–2	Ipswich Town	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	3–4	SSW Innsbruck	2–3 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
RSC Anderlecht	Bye		–	–
FC Barcelona	4–1	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Floriana	1–8	Internazionale	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)	0–5 (Report) (Report 2)
F.K. Bodø/Glimt	4–2	Union Luxembourg	4–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
NK Rijeka	3–2	Wrexham FC	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
K.S.K. Beveren	6–0	Ballymena United F.C.	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)
Universitatea Craiova	4–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–4 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Marek Stanke Dimitrov	3–5	Aberdeen FC	3–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)
PAOK FC	2–4	Servette FC	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
BK Frem	2–4	AS Nancy	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Valur	1–5	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Ferencvárosi TC	4–2	Kalmar FF	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	2–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Sporting Clube de Portugal	0–2	Baník Ostrava	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Shamrock Rovers F.C.	3–0	APOEL FC	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Internazionale won 8–1 on aggregate.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf won 5–4 on aggregate.

Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ipswich Town	2–1	SSW Innsbruck	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (aet) (Report) (Report 2)
RSC Anderlecht	3–3 (p)	FC Barcelona	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (aet) (Report) (Report 2)
Internazionale	7–1	F.K. Bodø/Glimt	5–0 (Report) (Report 2)	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)
NK Rijeka	0–2	K.S.K. Beveren	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	Aberdeen FC	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Servette FC	4–3	AS Nancy	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	2–2 (Report) (Report 2)
1. FC Magdeburg	2–2 (a)	Ferencvárosi TC	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Baník Ostrava	6–1	Shamrock Rovers F.C.	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	3–1 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ipswich Town	2–2 (a)	FC Barcelona	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Internazionale	0–1	K.S.K. Beveren	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1 (a)	Servette FC	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
1. FC Magdeburg	4–5	Baník Ostrava	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	2–4 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Barcelona 2–2 Ipswich Town on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals

K.S.K. Beveren won 1–0 on aggregate

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–1 on away goals

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	2–0	K.S.K. Beveren	1–0	1–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–3	Baník Ostrava	3–1	1–2

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final[]

See also[]

• 1978–79 European Cup
• 1978–79 UEFA Cup

External links[]

• 1978-79 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1978-79–results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1978–79 Cup Winners Cup^{[dead link]}