1979 UEFA Cup Final

1979 UEFA Cup Final
Event	1978–79 UEFA Cup
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	9 May 1979
Venue	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Referee	Ian Foote (Scotland)
Attendance	90,000
Second leg
Date	23 May 1979
Venue	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Referee	Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
Attendance	45,000
	← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 UEFA Cup Final was played on 9 May 1979, and 23 May 1979, between Red Star Belgrade of SFR Yugoslavia and Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany. Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

Route to the final[]

Red Star Belgrade				Round	Borussia Mönchengladbach
UEFA Cup
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Berlin	6–6 (a)	2–5 (A)	4–1 (H)	First round	Sturm Graz	7–2	5–1 (H)	2–1 (A)
Sporting Gijón	2–1	1–0 (A)	1–1 (H)	Second round	Benfica	2–0 (a.e.t.)	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
Arsenal	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Third round	Śląsk Wrocław	5–3	1–1 (H)	4–2 (A)
West Bromwich Albion	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Manchester City	4–2	1–1 (A)	3–1 (H)
Hertha BSC	2–2 (a)	1–0 (H)	1–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Duisburg	6–3	2–2 (A)	4–1 (H)

Match details[]

First leg[]

9 May 1979

20:00

Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Šestić 22'	Report Overview (archive) Overview	Jurišić 60' (o.g.)

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Red Star Belgrade

Borussia Mönchengladbach



GK	1	Aleksandar Stojanović
RB	2	Nikola Jovanović
LB	3	Milan Jovin
RM	4	Slavoljub Muslin	78'
CB	5	Dragan Miletović
CB	6	Ivan Jurišić
CM	7	Vladimir Petrović (c)
CM	8	Cvijetin Blagojević
CF	9	Dušan Savić
LM	10	Nedeljko Milosavljević	78'
CF	11	Miloš Šestić
Substitutes:
DF	13	Zlatko Krmpotić	78'
MF	15	Đorđe Milovanović	78'
Manager:
Branko Stanković



GK	1	Wolfgang Kneib
RB	2	Berti Vogts (c)
CB	3	Wilfried Hannes
CB	4	Frank Schäffer
LB	5	Norbert Ringels
RM	6	Winfried Schäfer
CF	7	Allan Simonsen
CM	8	Christian Kulik
CM	9	Carsten Nielsen	75'
LM	10	Horst Wohlers	78'
CF	11	Ewald Lienen
Substitutes:
MF	12	Dietmar Danner	75'
FW	13	Rudi Gores	78'
Manager:
Udo Lattek

Second leg[]

23 May 1979

20:15

Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Red Star Belgrade
Simonsen 18' (pen.)	Report Overview (archive) Overview

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)