1978–79 European Cup

The 1978–79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Swedish side Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.

1978–79 European Cup
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)
Attendance1,688,020 (26,794 per match)
Top scorer(s)Claudio Sulser (Grasshoppers)
11 goals

Teams edit

Vllaznia (1st) Austria Wien (1st) Club Brugge (1st)
Lokomotiv Sofia (1st) Omonia (1st) Zbrojovka Brno (1st)
Odense (1st) Nottingham Forest (1st) Liverpool (2nd)TH
Haka (1st) Monaco (1st) Dynamo Dresden (1st)
Köln (1st) AEK Athens (1st) Újpesti Dózsa (1st)
ÍA (1st) Bohemians (1st) Juventus (1st)
Progrès Niedercorn (1st) Valletta (1st) PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Linfield (1st) Lillestrøm (1st) Wisła Kraków (1st)
Porto (1st) Steaua București (1st) Rangers (1st)
Real Madrid (1st) Malmö FF (1st) Grasshopper (1st)
Fenerbahçe (1st) Dynamo Kyiv (1st) Partizan (1st)

Preliminary round edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Monaco 3–2 Steaua București3–00–2

First leg edit

Monaco 3–0 Steaua București
Onnis 42'
Zorzetto 48'
Nogués 61'
Report

Second leg edit

Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket edit

First RoundSecond RoundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                  
AEK Athens617
Porto145
AEK Athens112
Nottingham Forest257
Nottingham Forest202
Liverpool000
Nottingham Forest415
Grasshopper112
Real Madrid5712
Progrès Niedercorn000
Real Madrid303
Grasshopper (a)123
Grasshopper8513
Valletta033
Nottingham Forest 314
Köln303
Odense213
Lokomotiv Sofia224
Lokomotiv Sofia000
Köln145
Köln415
ÍA112
Köln112
Rangers011
Juventus101
Rangers022
Rangers033
PSV Eindhoven022
Fenerbahçe213
PSV Eindhoven167
Nottingham Forest1
Malmö FF0
Vllaznia213
Austria Wien044
Austria Wien404
Lillestrøm101
Linfield000
Lillestrøm011
Austria Wien303
Dynamo Dresden112
Omonia202
Bohemians (a)112
Bohemians000
Dynamo Dresden066
Partizan202 (4)
Dynamo Dresden (p)022 (5)
Austria Wien000
Malmö FF 011
Zbrojovka Brno224
Újpesti Dózsa202
Zbrojovka Brno213
Wisła Kraków (a)213
Club Brugge213
Wisła Kraków134
Wisła Kraków213
Malmö FF145
Haka011
Dynamo Kyiv134
Dynamo Kyiv000
Malmö FF022
Malmö FF011
Monaco000

First round edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AEK Athens 7–5 Porto6–11–4
Nottingham Forest 2–0 Liverpool2–00–0
Real Madrid 12–0 Progrès Niedercorn5–07–0
Grasshopper 13–3 Valletta8–05–3
Odense 3–4 Lokomotiv Sofia2–21–2
Köln 5–2 ÍA4–11–1
Juventus 1–2 Rangers1–00–2
Fenerbahçe 3–7 PSV Eindhoven2–11–6
Vllaznia 3–4 Austria Wien2–01–4
Linfield 0–1 Lillestrøm0–00–1
Omonia 2–2 (a) Bohemians2–10–1
Partizan 2–2 (4–5 p) Dynamo Dresden2–00–2
Zbrojovka Brno 4–2 Újpesti Dózsa2–22–0
Club Brugge 3–4 Wisła Kraków2–11–3
Haka 1–4 Dynamo Kyiv0–11–3
Malmö FF 1–0 Monaco0–01–0

First leg edit

AEK Athens 6–1 Porto
Bajević 3', 20'
Ardizoglou 16'
Konstantinou 39'
Nikolaou 58'
Mavros 60'
ReportOliveira 81'
Attendance: 33,000

Nottingham Forest 2–0 Liverpool
Birtles 26'
Barrett 87'
Report
Attendance: 38,316

Real Madrid 5–0 Progrès Niedercorn
Jensen 12'
Juanito 30', 66'
Del Bosque 40'
Wolff 84'
Report
Attendance: 70,000

Grasshopper 8–0 Valletta
Sulser 31', 46', 58', 62', 64'
Ponte 32', 35'
Wehrli 67'
Report
Attendance: 3,500


Köln 4–1 ÍA
Littbarski 12'
Neumann 26', 39'
Konopka 72'
ReportHallgrímsson 20'

Juventus 1–0 Rangers
Virdis 9'Report


Vllaznia 2–0 Austria Wien
Zhega 8'
Ballgjini 55'
Report
Attendance: 10,000

Linfield 0–0 Lillestrøm
Report

Omonia 2–1 Bohemians
Kanaris 21'
Dimitriou 51'
ReportO'Connor 44'




Haka 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv
ReportBaltacha 74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

Malmö FF 0–0 Monaco
Report
Attendance: 5,473

Second leg edit

Porto 4–1 AEK Athens
Vital 63', 83'
Teixeira 79'
Gomes 88'
ReportBajević 32'

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.


Liverpool 0–0 Nottingham Forest
Report
Attendance: 51,679

Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.


Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.


Valletta 3–5 Grasshopper
Agius 56'
Seychell 83'
Farrugia 86'
ReportSulser 13' (pen.)
Ponte 61'
Traber 69', 78'
Her. Hermann 77'
Attendance: 2,500

Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.


Lokomotiv Sofia 2–1 Odense
Mihaylov 27'
Kostov 50'
ReportEriksen 23' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.


ÍA 1–1 Köln
Hein 8' (o.g.)ReportVan Gool 72'

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.


Rangers 2–0 Juventus
MacDonald 18'
Smith 69'
Report

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.


PSV Eindhoven 6–1 Fenerbahçe
Van der Kuijlen 10', 22', 71', 74'
Deijkers 49', 55'
ReportÇetiner 87'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.


Austria Wien 4–1 Vllaznia
Parits 21'
Schachner 35', 74'
J. Sara 48'
ReportHafizi 80'
Attendance: 26,000[8]

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.


Lillestrøm 1–0 Linfield
Lønstad 12'Report
Attendance: 5,641

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.


Bohemians 1–0 Omonia
Joyce 27'Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ron Bridges (Wales)

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


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


Újpesti Dózsa 0–2 Zbrojovka Brno
ReportDošek 11'
Kroupa 41'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.


Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.


Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.


Monaco 0–1 Malmö FF
ReportKindvall 35'

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AEK Athens 2–7 Nottingham Forest1–21–5
Real Madrid 3–3 (a) Grasshopper3–10–2
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–5 Köln0–10–4
Rangers 3–2 PSV Eindhoven0–03–2
Austria Wien 4–1 Lillestrøm4–10–0
Bohemians 0–6 Dynamo Dresden0–00–6
Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 (a) Wisła Kraków2–21–1
Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 Malmö FF0–00–2

First leg edit

AEK Athens 1–2 Nottingham Forest
Konstantinou 59' (pen.)ReportMcGovern 10'
Birtles 45'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)



Rangers 0–0 PSV Eindhoven
Report
Attendance: 44,000

Austria Wien 4–1 Lillestrøm
Gasselich 25', 34'
Sara 36'
Schachner 65'
ReportDokken 62'

Bohemians 0–0 Dynamo Dresden
Report
Attendance: 2,160


Second leg edit

Nottingham Forest 5–1 AEK Athens
Needham 12'
Woodcock 35'
Anderson 40'
Birtles 66', 72'
ReportBajević 50'
Attendance: 38,069
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.


Grasshopper 2–0 Real Madrid
Sulser 8', 86'Report
Attendance: 28,000

3–3 on aggregate; Grasshopper won on away goals.


Köln 4–0 Lokomotiv Sofia
Müller 20', 79'
Van Gool 52'
Glowacz 75'
Report
Attendance: 17,000

Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.


Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.


Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.


Dynamo Dresden 6–0 Bohemians
Trautmann 39', 58'
Dörner 41'
Schmuck 49'
Riedel 60'
Kotte 75' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 33,000

Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.


3–3 on aggregate; Wisła Kraków won on away goals.


Malmö FF 2–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Cervin 9'
Kindvall 39'
Report
Attendance: 13,602[14]

Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Nottingham Forest 5–2 Grasshopper4–11–1
Köln 2–1 Rangers1–01–1
Austria Wien 3–2 Dynamo Dresden3–10–1
Wisła Kraków 3–5 Malmö FF2–11–4

First leg edit


Köln 1–0 Rangers
Müller 58'Report

Austria Wien 3–1 Dynamo Dresden
Schachner 20', 90'
Zach 86'
[1]Weber 9'
Attendance: 36,000

Second leg edit

Grasshopper 1–1 Nottingham Forest
Sulser 33' (pen.)ReportO'Neill 38'
Attendance: 17,800

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.


Rangers 1–1 Köln
McLean 86'ReportMüller 48'
Attendance: 44,000

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.


Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.


Malmö FF 4–1 Wisła Kraków
Ljungberg 65' (pen.), 72', 90' (pen.)
Cervin 82'
ReportKmiecik 58'

Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Nottingham Forest 4–3 Köln3–31–0
Austria Wien 0–1 Malmö FF0–00–1

First leg edit


Austria Wien 0–0 Malmö FF
Report
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

Second leg edit

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.


Malmö FF 1–0 Austria Wien
Hansson 47'Report
Attendance: 25,239[16]
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final edit

Nottingham Forest 1–0 Malmö FF
Francis 45'Report
Attendance: 57,500

Top scorers edit

The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Claudio Sulser Grasshopper11
2 Garry Birtles Nottingham Forest6
3 Dieter Müller Köln5
Walter Schachner Austria Wien5
5 Dušan Bajević AEK Athens4
Kazimierz Kmiecik Wisła Kraków4
Willy van der Kuijlen PSV Eindhoven4
8 Gerrie Deijkers PSV Eindhoven3
Roger van Gool Köln3
Juanito Real Madrid3
Karel Kroupa Zbrojovka Brno3
Anders Ljungberg Malmö FF3
Raimondo Ponte Grasshopper3
Santillana Real Madrid3

Notes edit

  1. ^ Haka played their home match at Ratina Stadium, Tampere, as their regular stadium Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski, did not have floodlights.[3]
  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 edit

  1. ^ "Steaua București v Monaco, 30 August 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Linfield v Lillestrøm, 13 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. ^ Gorbunov, N. (15 September 1978). "Гол в запасе" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ "FC Porto v AEK Athens, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Progrès Niedercorn v Real Madrid, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. ^ "ÍA v 1. FC Köln, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Rangers v Juventus, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Austria Wien v Vllaznia, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Wisła Kraków v Club Brugge, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Haka, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Monaco v Malmö FF, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Malmö FF, 18 October 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Lillestrøm v Austria Wien, 1 November 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Malmö FF v Dynamo Kyiv, 1 November 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  15. ^ "1. FC Köln v Nottingham Forest, 25 April 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Malmö FF v Austria Wien, 25 April 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

External links edit