1978–79 UEFA Cup

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1978–79 UEFA Cup
Dates13 September 1978 – 23 May 1979
Final positions
ChampionsWest Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd title)
Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Denmark Allan Simonsen (9 goals)

The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate over Red Star Belgrade.

The third club was revoked to Switzerland and Poland, and it was assigned to Bulgaria and East Germany.

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 2–1 Italy Vicenza 1–0 1–1
Milan Italy 1–1 (7–6 p) Czechoslovakia Lokomotíva Košice 1–0 0–1
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 3–5 Spain Valencia 2–1 1–4
Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 7–2 Austria Sturm Graz 5–1 2–1
Argeș Pitești Romania 5–1 Greece Panathinaikos 3–0 2–1
Athletic Bilbao Spain 2–3 Netherlands Ajax 2–0 0–3
Finn Harps Republic of Ireland 0–10 England Everton 0–5 0–5
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 0–2 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 0–0 0–2
Nantes France 0–2 Portugal Benfica 0–2 0–0
Sporting Gijón Spain 3–1 Italy Torino 3–0 0–1
Braga Portugal 7–3 Malta Hibernians 5–0 2–3
Galatasaray Turkey 2–6 England West Bromwich Albion 1–3 1–3
BFC Dynamo East Germany 6–6(a) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 5–2 1–4
KuPS Finland 6–5 Denmark B 1903 2–1 4–4
Basel Switzerland 3–7 West Germany Stuttgart 2–3 1–4
Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union 7–3 Norway Molde 4–0 3–3
Elfsborg Sweden 3–4 France Strasbourg 2–0 1–4
MSV Duisburg West Germany 10–2 Poland Lech Poznań 5–0 5–2
Standard Liège Belgium 1–0 Scotland Dundee United 1–0 0–0
Start Norway 0–1 Denmark Esbjerg 0–0 0–1
Arsenal England 7–1 East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig 3–0 4–1
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 3–2 Belgium Lierse 1–0 2–2
ÍBV Iceland (a)1–1 Northern Ireland Glentoran 0–0 1–1
Twente Netherlands 3–4 England Manchester City 1–1 2–3
Hibernian Scotland 3–2 Sweden IFK Norrköping 3–2 0–0
Politehnica Timișoara Romania 3–2 Hungary MTK Budapest 2–0 1–2
Pezoporikos Larnaca Cyprus 3–7 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 2–2 1–5
Olympiacos Greece 3–4 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 2–1 1–3 (aet)
Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union 3–1 Italy Napoli 2–0 1–1
Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–2 Austria Rapid Wien 2–0 1–2
Hertha BSC West Germany 2–1 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 0–0 2–1
Budapest Honvéd Hungary 8–2 Turkey Adanaspor 6–0 2–2

First leg[]

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–0Italy Vicenza
Nehoda Goal 6' Report
Stadion Juliska, Prague
Attendance: 7,308
Referee: (Netherlands)
Milan Italy1–0Czechoslovakia Lokomotíva Košice
Novellino Goal 34' Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: (Malta)
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria2–1Spain Valencia
Dzhevizov Goal 7'
Hristov Goal 54'		 Report Solsona Goal 71'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany5–1Austria Sturm Graz
 Report Jurtin Goal 11'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
Argeș Pitești Romania3–0Greece Panathinaikos
 Report
Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Austria)
Athletic Bilbao Spain2–0Netherlands Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (West Germany)
Finn Harps Republic of Ireland0–5England Everton
Report
  • King Goal 14', 48'
  • Thomas Goal 15'
  • Latchford Goal 62'
  • Walsh Goal 64'
Finn Park, Ballybofey
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (France)
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg0–0Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
Report
Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Nantes France0–2Portugal Benfica
Report
Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
Attendance: 12,128
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
Sporting Gijón Spain3–0Italy Torino
Ferrero Goal 4'
Goal 14', 68'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.

Braga Portugal5–0Malta Hibernians
Chico Gordo Goal 2', 15', 19', 78'
Lito Goal 74'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Spain)
Galatasaray Turkey1–3England West Bromwich Albion
Terim Goal 88' (pen.) Report
  • Robson Goal 6'
  • Cunningham Goal 63', 69'
Attendance: 38,443
Referee: (Romania)
BFC Dynamo East Germany5–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Riediger Goal 16', 28', 69'
Netz Goal 20'
Goal 89'		 Report Šestić Goal 34'
Savić Goal 36'
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, East Berlin
Attendance: 26,000[1][2]
Referee: (Italy)
KuPS Finland2–1Denmark B 1903
  • Goal 16'
  • Goal 73'
 Report Goal 41'
, Kuopio
Attendance: 646
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Basel Switzerland2–3West Germany Stuttgart
Stohler Goal 30'
Tanner Goal 78'		 Report D. Hoeneß Goal 44'
Ohlicher Goal 54', 70'
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)
Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union4–0Norway Molde
 Report
Torpedo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Turkey)
Elfsborg Sweden2–0France Strasbourg
  • Goal 17'
  • Goal 43' (pen.)
 Report
Ryavallen, Borås
Attendance: 3,383
Referee: (Denmark)
MSV Duisburg West Germany5–0Poland Lech Poznań
 Report
Wedaustadion, Duisburg
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: John Homewood (England)
Standard Liège Belgium1–0Scotland Dundee United
Goal 40' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jaromír Fausek (Czechoslovakia)
Start Norway0–0Denmark Esbjerg
Report
Kristiansand Stadion, Kristiansand
Attendance: 1,417
Referee: (Finland)
Arsenal England3–0East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig
  • Stapleton Goal 67', 68'
  • Sunderland Goal 80'
 Report
Highbury, London
Attendance: 34,233
Referee: (Norway)
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany1–0Belgium Lierse
Töpfer Goal 25' Report
Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
ÍBV Iceland0–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)
Twente Netherlands1–1England Manchester City
Thoresen Goal 50' Report Watson Goal 24'
Diekman Stadion, Enschede
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Spain)
Hibernian Scotland3–2Sweden IFK Norrköping
 Report
Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Denmark)
Politehnica Timișoara Romania2–0Hungary MTK Budapest
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (East Germany)
Pezoporikos Larnaca Cyprus2–2Poland Śląsk Wrocław
Theofanous Goal 40', 64' Report
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (Bulgaria)
Olympiacos Greece2–1Bulgaria Levski Sofia
 Report Barzov Goal 43'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)
Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union2–0Italy Napoli
Kipiani Goal 39'
Shengelia Goal 49'		 Report
Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: (Austria)
Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0Austria Rapid Wien
Čop Goal 30'
Luketin Goal 89'		 Report
Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Malta)
Hertha BSC West Germany0–0Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
Report
Olympiastadion, West Berlin
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: John Hunting (England)
Budapest Honvéd Hungary6–0Turkey Adanaspor
 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (Albania)

Second leg[]

Vicenza Italy1–1Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Briaschi Goal 14' Gajdůšek Goal 50'
Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: (East Germany)

Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

Lokomotíva Košice Czechoslovakia1–0 (a.e.t.)Italy Milan
Kozák Goal 81' Report
Penalties
 6–7 Penalty scored Maldera
Penalty missed Novellino
Penalty scored Chiodi
Penalty scored Buriani
Penalty scored Antonelli
Penalty scored Morini
Penalty scored De Vecchi
Penalty scored Baresi
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Switzerland)

1–1 on aggregate. Milan won in a penalty shoot-out.

Valencia Spain4–1Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Saura Goal 16', 78'
Felman Goal 54'
Kempes Goal 82'		 Report Hristov Goal 17'
Estadio Luís Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz Austria1–2West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Schilcher Goal 65' Report
Bundesstadion Liebenau, Graz
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Soviet Union)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece1–2Romania Argeș Pitești
  • Goal 51'
 Report
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 23,444
Referee: (Poland)

Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands3–0Spain Athletic Bilbao
 Report
De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Everton England5–0Republic of Ireland Finn Harps
King Goal 21'
Latchford Goal 25'
Walsh Goal 53'
Ross Goal 60'
Dobson Goal 63'		 Report
Goodison Park, Liverpool
Attendance: 21,611
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.

Lausanne-Sport Switzerland2–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
  • Goal 39'
  • Goal 76'
 Report
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Belgium)

Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal0–0France Nantes
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: (West Germany)

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Torino Italy1–0Spain Sporting Gijón
Graziani Goal 64' Report
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (Hungary)

Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.

Hibernians Malta3–2Portugal Braga
Goal 20' (pen.), 61' (pen.)
Spiteri-Gonzi Goal 86'		 Report Chico Gordo Goal 29'
Goal 35'
Hibernians Stadium, Paola
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Heinz Fahnler (Austria)

Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.

West Bromwich Albion England3–1Turkey Galatasaray
  • Robson Goal 33'
  • Cunningham Goal 39' (pen.)
  • Trewick Goal 47'
 Report Goal 44'
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

West Bromwich Albion won 6–2 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia4–1East Germany BFC Dynamo
Savić Goal 58'
Borovnica Goal 69', 80'
Šestić Goal 89'		 Report Riediger Goal 12'
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: (Hungary)

6–6 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.

B 1903 Denmark4–4Finland KuPS
 Report
Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Henry Øberg (Norway)

KuPS won 6–5 on aggregate.

Stuttgart West Germany4–1Switzerland Basel
Kelsch Goal 24', 48', 68'
Müller Goal 64'		 Report Schönenberger Goal 35'
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 23,000

Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

Molde Norway3–3Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow
 Report
Molde Stadion, Molde
Attendance: 2,813
Referee: Alf Grey (England)

Torpedo Moscow won 7–3 on aggregate.

Strasbourg France4–1Sweden Elfsborg
Piasecki Goal 7'
Goal 27'
Gemmrich Goal 74'
Wagner Goal 80'		 Report Ahlström Goal 41'
Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Attendance: 26,505
Referee: (Wales)

Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lech Poznań Poland2–5West Germany MSV Duisburg
  • Goal 4'
  • Worm Goal 22', 72'
  • Goal 30'
  • Goal 71'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Yugoslavia)

MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.

Dundee United Scotland0–0Belgium Standard Liège
Report
Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance: 11,656
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

Standard Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.

Esbjerg Denmark1–0Norway Start
Goal 88' Report
Esbjerg Stadium, Esbjerg
Attendance: 4,730
Referee: (Sweden)

Esbjerg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Lokomotive Leipzig East Germany1–4England Arsenal
Stapleton Goal 72' (o.g.) Report
  • Brady Goal 20' (pen.)
  • Sunderland Goal 51'
  • Stapleton Goal 62', 66'
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: (Yugoslavia)

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

Lierse Belgium2–2East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Scotland)

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

Glentoran Northern Ireland1–1Iceland ÍBV
Caskey Goal 44' Report Goal 89'
The Oval, Belfast
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Netherlands)

1–1 on aggregate, ÍBV won on away goals rule.

Manchester City England3–2Netherlands Twente
  • Wildschut Goal 8' (o.g.)
  • Kidd Goal 70'
  • Bell Goal 84'
 Report
  • van der Vall Goal 49'
  • Goal 85'
Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: (Italy)

Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Norrköping Sweden0–0Scotland Hibernian
Report
Nya Parken, Norrköping
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: (Poland)

Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.

MTK Budapest Hungary2–1Romania Politehnica Timișoara
  • Goal 50'
  • Nadu Goal 67' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Goal 77'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Bulgaria)

Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.

Śląsk Wrocław Poland5–1Cyprus Pezoporikos Larnaca
 Report Goal 13'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany)

Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.

Levski Sofia Bulgaria3–1 (a.e.t.)Greece Olympiacos
  • Goal 47'
  • Panov Goal 52'
  • Voynov Goal 96' (pen.)
 Report Goal 60'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Napoli Italy1–1Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
Savoldi Goal 79' (pen.) Report Daraselia Goal 64'
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 61,000
Referee: René Vigliani (France)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien Austria2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Goal 73'
Goal 89'		 Report Žungul Goal 24'
Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Spain)

Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.

Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria1–2West Germany Hertha BSC
Slavkov Goal 49' Report Granitza Goal 32', 41'
Hristo Botev Stadium, Plovdiv
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: (Switzerland)

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Adanaspor Turkey2–2Hungary Budapest Honvéd
 Report
Adana 5 Ocak Stadium, Adana
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: (Bulgaria)

Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 5–0 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 1–0 4–0
Budapest Honvéd Hungary 4–2 Romania Politehnica Timișoara 4–0 0–2
Everton England 2–2(a) Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 2–1 0–1
Argeș Pitești Romania 4–6 Spain Valencia 2–1 2–5
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 0–3 West Germany MSV Duisburg 0–0 0–3 (aet)
Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union 2–3 West Germany Stuttgart 2–1 0–2
Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–2(a) England Arsenal 2–1 0–1
Hertha BSC West Germany 2–1 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 0–1
ÍBV Iceland 1–4 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 0–2 1–2
KuPS Finland 1–6 Denmark Esbjerg 0–2 1–4
Manchester City England 4–2 Belgium Standard Liège 4–0 0–2
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–4 Italy Milan 1–1 0–3
Strasbourg France 2–1 Scotland Hibernian 2–0 0–1
Braga Portugal 0–3 England West Bromwich Albion 0–2 0–1
Benfica Portugal 0–2 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 0–2 (aet)
Sporting Gijón Spain 1–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0–1 1–1

First leg[]

Ajax Netherlands1–0Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
Lerby Goal 23' Report
Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: (Soviet Union)
Budapest Honvéd Hungary4–0Romania Politehnica Timișoara
 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Greece)
Everton England2–1Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
  • Latchford Goal 19'
  • King Goal 76'
 Report Macela Goal 85'
Goodison Park, Liverpool
Attendance: 32,857
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
Argeș Pitești Romania2–1Spain Valencia
 Report
Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: John Homewood (England)
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany0–0West Germany MSV Duisburg
Report
Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Turkey)
Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union2–0West Germany Stuttgart
  • Vasilyev Goal 3'
  • Sakharov Goal 61'
 Report Hoeneß Goal 26'
Torpedo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: (Sweden)
Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–1England Arsenal
Čop Goal 15'
Đorđević Goal 39'		 Report Brady Goal 16'
Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Switzerland)
Hertha BSC West Germany2–0Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
 Report
Olympiastadion, West Berlin
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Yugoslavia)
ÍBV Iceland0–2Poland Śląsk Wrocław
Report
Hásteinsvöllur, Vestmannaeyjar
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Republic of Ireland)
KuPS Finland0–2Denmark Esbjerg
Report
  • Goal 15'
  • Goal 23'
Attendance: 870
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
Manchester City England4–0Belgium Standard Liège
  • Hartford Goal 12'
  • Kidd Goal 85' (pen.), 86'
  • Palmer Goal 88'
 Report
Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
Levski Sofia Bulgaria1–1Italy Milan
Goal 12' Report Chiodi Goal 10'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Strasbourg France2–0Scotland Hibernian
Gemmrich Goal 22'
Piasecki Goal 61' (pen.)		 Report
Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Hungary)
Braga Portugal0–2England West Bromwich Albion
Report Regis Goal 52', 54'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (West Germany)
Benfica Portugal0–0West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
Sporting Gijón Spain0–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report Blagojević Goal 85'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)

Second leg[]

Lausanne-Sport Switzerland0–4Netherlands Ajax
Report
  • Goal 10'
  • Clarke Goal 13', 83'
  • Arnesen Goal 37'
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: (Bulgaria)

Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.

Politehnica Timișoara Romania2–0Hungary Budapest Honvéd
 Report
Attendance: 10,000

Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–0England Everton
Gajdůšek Goal 81' Report
Stadion Juliska, Prague
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

2–2 on aggregate, Dukla Prague won on away goals rule.

Valencia Spain5–2Romania Argeș Pitești
 Report
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Valencia won 6–4 on aggregate.

MSV Duisburg West Germany3–0 (a.e.t.)East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
  • Dietz Goal 98'
  • Jara Goal 107'
  • Goal 119'
 Report
Wedaustadion, Duisburg
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

MSV Duisburg won 3–0 on aggregate.

Stuttgart West Germany2–0Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow
 Report
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 63,500
Referee: (Spain)

Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.

Arsenal England1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Young Goal 83' Report
Highbury, London
Attendance: 41,787
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

2–2 on aggregate, Arsenal won on away goals rule.

Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union1–0West Germany Hertha BSC
Shengelia Goal 57' Report
Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: (Finland)

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Śląsk Wrocław Poland2–1Iceland ÍBV
 Report Goal 31'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Czechoslovakia)

Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.

Esbjerg Denmark4–1Finland KuPS
 Report Goal 79'
Esbjerg Stadium, Esbjerg
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: (Iceland)

Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.

Standard Liège Belgium2–0England Manchester City
Sigurvinsson Goal 63', 85' (pen.) Report
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.

Milan Italy3–0Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Maldera Goal 12'
Bigon Goal 39'
Chiodi Goal 75'		 Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 24,635
Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)

Milan won 4–1 on aggregate. On 23 November 1978, UEFA fined Milan $14,000 for a bribery attempt to the Scottish referee John Gordon and linesmen Rollo Kyle and David McCartney (Italian club took the officials to shop for free the day before the game). Curiously, UEFA did not sanction the referee at all, however, Scottish Football Association suspended him.

Hibernian Scotland1–0France Strasbourg
McLeod Goal 64' (pen.) Report
Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 14,662
Referee: (East Germany)

Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.

West Bromwich Albion England1–0Portugal Braga
Brown Goal 46' Report
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 26,019
Referee: (Poland)

West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany2–0 (a.e.t.)Portugal Benfica
  • Bruns Goal 95' (pen.)
  • Klinkhammer Goal 119'
 Report
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Spain Sporting Gijón
Petrović Goal 80' Report Borovnica Goal 22' (o.g.)
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: (France)

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy 2–5 England Manchester City 2–2 0–3
Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 5–3 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 1–1 4–2
Budapest Honvéd Hungary 4–3 Netherlands Ajax 4–1 0–2
Esbjerg Denmark 2–5 West Germany Hertha BSC 2–1 0–4
Strasbourg France 0–4 West Germany MSV Duisburg 0–0 0–4
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–1 England Arsenal 1–0 1–1
Valencia Spain 1–3 England West Bromwich Albion 1–1 0–2
Stuttgart West Germany 4–5 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 4–1 0–4

First leg[]

Milan Italy2–2England Manchester City
Bigon Goal 59', 82' Report Kidd Goal 37'
Power Goal 57'
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (East Germany)
Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany1–1Poland Śląsk Wrocław
Kulik Goal 36' (pen.) Report Goal 50'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Scotland)
Budapest Honvéd Hungary4–1Netherlands Ajax
  • Nagy Goal 48', 63'
  • Goal 66'
  • Weimper Goal 88' (pen.)
 Report Clarke Goal 80' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
Esbjerg Denmark2–1West Germany Hertha BSC
 Report Milewski Goal 6'
Esbjerg Stadium, Esbjerg
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: (Poland)
Strasbourg France0–0West Germany MSV Duisburg
Report
Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Attendance: 21,855
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0England Arsenal
Blagojević Goal 12' Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 35,256
Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)
Valencia Spain1–1England West Bromwich Albion
Felman Goal 16' Report Cunningham Goal 48'
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
Stuttgart West Germany4–1Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
  • Volkert Goal 8', 33' (pen.)
  • Kelsch Goal 66'
  • Ohlicher Goal 87'
 Report Gajdůšek Goal 57'
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: John Homewood (England)

Second leg[]

Manchester City England3–0Italy Milan
Booth Goal 15'
Hartford Goal 31'
Kidd Goal 43'		 Report
Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

Śląsk Wrocław Poland2–4West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Pawłowski Goal 25' (pen.), 50' Report
  • Simonsen Goal 35', 85', 89'
  • Nielsen Goal 48'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands2–0Hungary Budapest Honvéd
  • Clarke Goal 45' (pen.)
  • Tahamata Goal 68'
 Report
De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hertha BSC West Germany4–0Denmark Esbjerg
Milewski Goal 3', 25', 32', 54' Report
Olympiastadion, West Berlin
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Jaromír Fausek (Czechoslovakia)

Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.

MSV Duisburg West Germany4–0France Strasbourg
Worm Goal 33'
Goal 43', 76'
Goal 48'		 Report
Wedaustadion, Duisburg
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: (Italy)

MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Arsenal England1–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Sunderland Goal 69' Report Savić Goal 87'
Highbury, London
Attendance: 41,566
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

West Bromwich Albion England2–0Spain Valencia
  • Statham Goal 5'
  • Brown Goal 80'
 Report
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 34,164
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia4–0West Germany Stuttgart
 Report
Stadion Juliska, Prague
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Budapest Honvéd Hungary 4–4(a) West Germany MSV Duisburg 2–3 2–1
Hertha BSC West Germany 3–2 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 1–1 2–1
Manchester City England 2–4 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 1–3
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–1 England West Bromwich Albion 1–0 1–1

First leg[]

Budapest Honvéd Hungary2–3West Germany MSV Duisburg
Varga Goal 36'
Weimper Goal 49' (pen.)		 Report UEFA Report Worm Goal 22', 55'
Seliger Goal 84'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (France)
Hertha BSC West Germany1–1Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Nüssing Goal 50' Report UEFA Report Pelc Goal 44'
Olympiastadion, West Berlin
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Norway)
Manchester City England1–1West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Channon Goal 26' Report UEFA Report Lienen Goal 66'
Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 39,005
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0England West Bromwich Albion
Savić Goal 86' Report UEFA Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Second leg[]

MSV Duisburg West Germany1–2Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Goal 39' Report UEFA Report Goal 85'
Goal 88'
Wedaustadion, Duisburg
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

4–4 on aggregate, MSV Duisburg won on away goals rule.

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–2West Germany Hertha BSC
Nehoda Goal 21' Report UEFA Report Agerbeck Goal 32'
Milewski Goal 57'
Stadion Juliska, Prague
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Scotland)

Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany3–1England Manchester City
Kulik Goal 45'
Bruns Goal 52'
Del'Haye Goal 71'		 Report UEFA Report Deyna Goal 78'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Portugal)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.

West Bromwich Albion England1–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Regis Goal 42' Report UEFA Report Savić Goal 88'
The Hawthorns, Birmingham
Attendance: 31,110
Referee: (East Germany)

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MSV Duisburg West Germany 3–6 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 1–4
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (a)2–2 West Germany Hertha BSC 1–0 1–2

First leg[]

MSV Duisburg West Germany2–2West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Worm Goal 48'
Goal 64'		 Report UEFA Report Simonsen Goal 63'
Goal 77'
Wedaustadion, Duisburg
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0West Germany Hertha BSC
Savić Goal 7' Report UEFA Report
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Second leg[]

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany4–1West Germany MSV Duisburg
Simonsen Goal 43', 55'
Kulik Goal 47'
Lienen Goal 81'		 Report UEFA Report Goal 70'
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.

Hertha BSC West Germany2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Beer Goal 2'
Sidka Goal 18'		 Report UEFA Report Šestić Goal 74'
Olympiastadion, West Berlin
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: (Italy)

2–2 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.

Final[]

Main article: 1979 UEFA Cup Final

First leg[]

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Šestić Goal 22' Report UEFA Report Jurišić Goal 60' (o.g.)
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 87,000
Referee: (Scotland)

Second leg[]

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Simonsen Goal 18' (pen.) Report UEFA Report
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

References[]

  1. ^ "Spielinfo, BFC Dynamo - Roter Stern Belgrade 5:2, 1. Runde-Cup UEFA-Cup 1978/79". Kicker (in German). Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^ Binkowski, Manfred (19 September 1978). "BFC schwang sich zu großer Form aus" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) (in German). Vol. 1978 no. 38. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 10. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

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