1979 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

1979 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
	Match programme cover
Event	1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
	After extra time
Date	16 May 1979
Venue	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Referee	Károly Palotai (Hungary)
Attendance	58,000
	← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Barcelona of Spain and Fortuna Düsseldorf of West Germany. It was held at St. Jakob Stadium in Basel on 16 May 1979. The venue was decided in Bern by the UEFA Executive Committee on 27 September 1978.^[1] It was the final match of the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 19th European Cup Winners' Cup final. Barcelona won 4–3 after goals from Tente Sánchez, Juan Manuel Asensi, Carles Rexach, and Hans Krankl, conquering the first UEFA-sanctioned trophy in its history.

Route to the final[]

Barcelona					Fortuna Düsseldorf
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Shakhtyor Donetsk	4–1	3–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	First round	Universitatea Craiova	5–4	4–3 (A)	1–1 (H)
Anderlecht	3–3 (4–1 p)	0–3 (A)	3–0 (a.e.t.) (H)	Second round	Aberdeen	3–2	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)
Ipswich Town	2–2 (a)	1–2 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Servette	1–1 (a)	0–0 (H)	1–1 (A)
Beveren	2–0	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Baník Ostrava	4–3	3–1 (H)	1–2 (A)

Match[]

Details[]

16 May 1979

19:15

Barcelona	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Sánchez 5' Asensi 34' Rexach 104' Krankl 111'	Report	T. Allofs 8' Seel 41', 114'

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Barcelona

Fortuna Düsseldorf



GK	1	Pedro Artola
DF	2
DF	3	Migueli
DF	4	Quique Costas	68'
DF	5		57'
MF	8	Tente Sánchez
MF	6	Johan Neeskens
MF	10	Juan Manuel Asensi (c)
FW	7	Carles Rexach
FW	9	Hans Krankl
FW	11	Lobo Carrasco
Substitutes:
MF	14		68'
DF	12	Antonio de la Cruz	57'
Manager:
Joaquim Rifé



GK	1	Jörg Daniel
DF	5	Heiner Baltes
DF	3	Gerd Zewe (c)
DF	4	Gerd Zimmermann	4'
DF	2	Dieter Brei	24'
MF	6	Egon Köhnen
MF	7
MF	9	Rudi Bommer
FW	8	Thomas Allofs
FW	10	Klaus Allofs
FW	11	Wolfgang Seel
Substitutes:
FW	12	Flemming Lund	4'
MF	13	Josef Weikl	24'
Manager:
Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer

Footnotes[]

^ http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1978/09/28/pagina-4/1045970/pdf.html

External links[]

[1] ttp://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1978/09/28/pagina-4/1045970/pdf.html

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Contents

Route to the final[]

Match[]

Details[]

See also[]

Footnotes[]

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