1978–79 UEFA Cup

8th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

1978–79 UEFA Cup
Dates5 September 1978 – 23 May 1979
Final positions
ChampionsWest Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd title)
Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored365 (2.9 per match)
Attendance3,035,950 (24,095 per match)
Top scorer(s)Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
9 goals
← 1977–78
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International football competition

The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was the eighth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and at the Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany. It was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany, who defeated Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia by an aggregate result of 2–1 to claim their second UEFA Cup title.

Red Star Belgrade became the third Yugoslav and second Serbian team to reach a European final, but couldn't defeat the more experienced West German side, who reached their fourth European final out of five in a seven-year span.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:

  • 3 asssociations have four teams qualify.
  • 3 associations have three teams qualify.
  • 18 associations have two teams qualify.
  • 7 associations have one team qualify.

East Germany and Bulgaria were the two associations selected to have a third birth for this season, while Poland and Switzerland went back to two qualified teams.

Associations in the 1978-79 UEFA Cup
Four teams
West Germany West Germany
England England
Italy Italy
Three teams
Spain Spain
East Germany East Germany
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Two teams
Netherlands Netherlands Soviet Union Soviet Union Belgium Belgium
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Hungary Hungary Portugal Portugal
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Poland Poland France France
Scotland Scotland Greece Greece Switzerland Switzerland
Sweden Sweden Romania Romania Austria Austria
Turkey Turkey Denmark Denmark Norway Norway
One team
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
Finland Finland
Cyprus Cyprus
Malta Malta
Iceland Iceland
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Did not compete
Wales Wales[Note WAL]
Albania Albania[Note ALB]
  • ^
    Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
  • ^
    Albania: Albanian teams returned to European competition in 1978 after five years of absence, but the country choose to not participate in the UEFA Cup, which wouldn't happen until 1981. Luftëtari would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.

    • Teams

    The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

    • TH: Title holders
    • CW: Cup winners
    • CR: Cup runners-up
    • LC: League Cup winners
    • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
    • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
    Qualified teams for 1978–79 UEFA Cup
    West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd) West Germany Hertha BSC (3rd) West Germany Stuttgart (4th) West Germany Duisburg (5th)
    England Everton (3rd) England Manchester City (4th) England Arsenal (5th) England West Bromwich Albion (6th)
    Italy Vicenza (2nd) Italy Torino (3rd) Italy AC Milan (4th) Italy Napoli (6th)
    Spain Athletic Bilbao (3rd) Spain Valencia (4th) Spain Sporting Gijón (5th) East Germany Dynamo Berlin (3rd)
    East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig (4th) East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena (5th) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (2nd) Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia (3rd)
    Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv (4th) Netherlands Ajax (2nd) Netherlands Twente (4th) Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)
    Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow (3rd) Belgium Standard Liège (3rd) Belgium Lierse (4th) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (2nd)
    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split (3rd) Hungary Budapest Honvéd (2nd) Hungary MTK Budapest (3rd) Portugal Benfica (2nd)
    Portugal Braga (4th) Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague (2nd) Czechoslovakia Lokomotíva Košice (3rd) Poland Śląsk Wrocław (2nd)
    Poland Lech Poznań (3rd) France Nantes (2nd) France Strasbourg (3rd) Scotland Dundee United (3rd)
    Scotland Hibernian (4th) Greece Panathinaikos (3rd) Greece Olympiacos (4th) Switzerland Basel (3rd)
    Switzerland Lausanne-Sport (4th) Sweden Elfsborg (2nd) Sweden Norrköping (4th) Romania Argeș Pitești (2nd)
    Romania Politehnica Timișoara (3rd) Austria Rapid Wien (2nd) Austria Sturm Graz (4th) Turkey Galatasaray (3rd)
    Turkey Adanaspor (4th) Denmark B 1903 (2nd) Denmark Esbjerg (3rd) Norway Molde (3rd)
    Norway IK Start (4th) Republic of Ireland Finn Harps (2nd) Northern Ireland Glentoran (2nd) Finland KuPS Kuopio (2nd)
    Cyprus Pezoporikos Larnaca (3rd) Malta Hibernians (2nd) Iceland ÍBV (3rd) Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch (2nd)

    Schedule

    The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Also, both away games for Śląsk Wrocław in the first two rounds were held on a Saturday.

    Schedule for 1978–79 UEFA Cup
    Round First leg Second leg
    First round 5–16 September 1978 14–28 September 1978
    Second round 18–21 October 1978 31 October – 2 November 1978
    Third round 22–23 November 1978 6 December 1978
    Quarter-finals 7 March 1979 20–21 March 1979
    Semi-finals 10–11 April 1979 24–25 April 1979
    Final 9 May 1979 23 May 1979

    First round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 (a.e.t.)
    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 1–1 (a) 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 (a.e.t.)
    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 6' Report
    Attendance: 7,308
    Referee: Jan Beck (Netherlands)
    Milan Italy1–0Czechoslovakia Lokomotíva Košice
    Novellino 34' Report
    Attendance: 34,259
    Referee: Charles Scerri (Malta)
    CSKA Sofia Bulgaria2–1Spain Valencia
    Dzhevizov 7'
    Hristov 54'    		 Report Solsona 71'
    Attendance: 28,000
    Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
    Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany5–1Austria Sturm Graz
    		 Report Jurtin 11'
    Argeș Pitești Romania3–0Greece Panathinaikos
    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000
    Referee: Adolf Mathias (Austria)
    Athletic Bilbao Spain2–0Netherlands Ajax
    		 Report
    San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
    Attendance: 33,000
    Referee: Walter Horstmann (West Germany)
    Finn Harps Republic of Ireland0–5England Everton
    Report
    Attendance: 5,100
    Referee: Alain Delmer (France)
    Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg0–0Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
    Report
    Nantes France0–2Portugal Benfica
    Report
    Attendance: 12,128
    Sporting Gijón Spain3–0Italy Torino
    Ferrero 4'
    Morán 14', 68'    		 Report
    Attendance: 22,400

    Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.

    Braga Portugal5–0Malta Hibernians
    Chico Gordo 2', 15', 19', 78'
    Lito 74'    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000
    Referee: Antonio Tomeo Palanques (Spain)
    Galatasaray Turkey1–3England West Bromwich Albion
    Terim 88' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 38,443
    Referee: Francisc Coloşi (Romania)
    BFC Dynamo East Germany5–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
    Riediger 16', 28', 69'
    Netz 20'
    Brillat 89'    		 Report Šestić 34'
    Savić 36'
    Attendance: 24,000
    Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
    KuPS Finland2–1Denmark B 1903
    • Mönkkönen 16'
    • E. Heiskanen 73'
    		 Report Haarbye 41'
    Väinölänniemen stadion, Kuopio
    Attendance: 646
    Basel Switzerland2–3West Germany Stuttgart
    Stohler 30'
    Tanner 78'    		 Report D. Hoeneß 44'
    Ohlicher 54', 70'
    Attendance: 25,000
    Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union4–0Norway Molde
    		 Report
    Attendance: 7,000
    Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)
    Elfsborg Sweden2–0France Strasbourg
    • Svensson 17'
    • Magnusson 43' (pen.)
    		 Report
    Attendance: 3,383
    Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)
    MSV Duisburg West Germany5–0Poland Lech Poznań
    • Jara 21'
    • Worm 23', 37'
    • Alhaus 32'
    • Büssers 88'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 8,000
    Standard Liège Belgium1–0Scotland Dundee United
    Denier 40' Report
    Start Norway0–0Denmark Esbjerg
    Report
    Attendance: 1,417
    Referee: Olavi Peltola (Finland)
    Arsenal England3–0East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig
    		 Report
    Attendance: 34,233
    Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Norway)
    Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany1–0Belgium Lierse
    Töpfer 25' Report
    ÍBV Iceland0–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
    Report
    Attendance: 1,000
    Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)
    Twente Netherlands1–1England Manchester City
    Thoresen 50' Report Watson 24'
    Hibernian Scotland3–2Sweden IFK Norrköping
    		 Report
    Attendance: 10,000
    Referee: Torben Månsson (Denmark)
    Politehnica Timișoara Romania2–0Hungary MTK Budapest
    		 Report
    Attendance: 12,000
    Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)
    Pezoporikos Larnaca Cyprus2–2Poland Śląsk Wrocław
    Theofanous 40', 64' Report
    GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
    Attendance: 3,000
    Referee: Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria)
    Olympiacos Greece2–1Bulgaria Levski Sofia
    		 Report Barzov 43'
    Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union2–0Italy Napoli
    Kipiani 39'
    Shengelia 49'    		 Report
    Attendance: 75,000
    Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
    Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0Austria Rapid Wien
    Čop 30'
    Luketin 89'    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000
    Referee: Paul Bonett (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: Mehmet Mishku (Albania)

    Second leg

    Vicenza Italy1–1Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
    Briaschi 14' Report Gajdůšek 50'
    Attendance: 16,938
    Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

    Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Lokomotíva Košice Czechoslovakia1–0 (a.e.t.)Italy Milan
    Kozák 81' Report
    Penalties
    • Kozák soccer ball with check mark
    • Ujhely soccer ball with check mark
    • Jacko soccer ball with red X
    • Móder soccer ball with check mark
    • Suchánek soccer ball with check mark
    • Dobrovič soccer ball with check mark
    • Fecko soccer ball with check mark
    • Repík soccer ball with red X
    		 6–7 soccer ball with check mark Maldera
    soccer ball with red X Novellino
    soccer ball with check mark Chiodi
    soccer ball with check mark Buriani
    soccer ball with check mark Antonelli
    soccer ball with check mark Morini
    soccer ball with check mark De Vecchi
    soccer ball with check mark Baresi
    Attendance: 32,000
    Referee: Rudolf Renggli (Switzerland)

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

    Valencia Spain4–1Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
    Saura 16', 78'
    Felman 54'
    Kempes 82'    		 Report Hristov 17'

    Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

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

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.

    Panathinaikos Greece1–2Romania Argeș Pitești
    • Gonios 51'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 23,444
    Referee: Alojzy Jargusz (Poland)

    Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Ajax Netherlands3–0Spain Athletic Bilbao
    • Clarke 38' (pen.), 55'
    • Lerby 89'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 25,150

    Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Everton England5–0Republic of Ireland Finn Harps
    King 21'
    Latchford 25'
    Walsh 53'
    Ross 60'
    Dobson 63'    		 Report

    Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.

    Lausanne-Sport Switzerland2–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
    • Diserens 39'
    • Sampedro 76'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 4,000
    Referee: Jean-Claude Jourquin (Belgium)

    Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Benfica Portugal0–0France Nantes
    Report
    Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
    Attendance: 45,000
    Referee: Paul Kindervater (West Germany)

    Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Torino Italy1–0Spain Sporting Gijón
    Graziani 64' Report
    Attendance: 25,219
    Referee: Béla Nagy (Hungary)

    Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Hibernians Malta3–2Portugal Braga
    Carter 20' (pen.), 61' (pen.)
    Spiteri-Gonzi 86'    		 Report Chico Gordo 29'
    Ronaldo 35'
    Attendance: 1,207

    Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.

    West Bromwich Albion England3–1Turkey Galatasaray
    		 Report İnal 44'
    Attendance: 22,380
    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 58'
    Borovnica 69', 80'
    Šestić 89'    		 Report Riediger 12'
    Attendance: 38,766
    Referee: Sándor Kuti (Hungary)

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

    B 1903 Denmark4–4Finland KuPS
    • Kristiansen 14'
    • Schmidt-Jensen 19'
    • Larsen 20'
    • Damm 82'
    		 Report
    • E. Heiskanen 9'
    • A. Heiskanen 15'
    • Hämäläinen 27'
    • Arvo Rautio 82'
    Attendance: 1,500
    Referee: Henry Øberg (Norway)

    KuPS won 6–5 on aggregate.

    Stuttgart West Germany4–1Switzerland Basel
    Kelsch 24', 48', 68'
    Müller 64'    		 Report Schönenberger 35'

    Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

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

    Torpedo Moscow won 7–3 on aggregate.

    Strasbourg France4–1Sweden Elfsborg
    Piasecki 7'
    Tanter 27'
    Gemmrich 74'
    Wagner 80'    		 Report Ahlström 41'
    Attendance: 26,505
    Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)

    Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Lech Poznań Poland2–5West Germany MSV Duisburg
    		 Report
    • Büssers 4'
    • Worm 22', 72'
    • Fenten 30'
    • Buttgereit 71'
    Attendance: 7,000
    Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

    MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.

    Dundee United Scotland0–0Belgium Standard Liège
    Report

    Standard Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Esbjerg Denmark1–0Norway Start
    Iversen 88' Report
    Attendance: 4,730
    Referee: Rolf Eriksson (Sweden)

    Esbjerg won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Lokomotive Leipzig East Germany1–4England Arsenal
    Stapleton 72' (o.g.) Report
    Zentralstadion, Leipzig
    Attendance: 22,000
    Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)

    Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

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

    Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Glentoran Northern Ireland1–1Iceland ÍBV
    Caskey 44' Report Óskarsson 89'
    The Oval, Belfast
    Attendance: 3,235
    Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)

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

    Manchester City England3–2Netherlands Twente
    		 Report
    Attendance: 29,330

    Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.

    IFK Norrköping Sweden0–0Scotland Hibernian
    Report
    Attendance: 1,260
    Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)

    Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.

    MTK Budapest Hungary2–1Romania Politehnica Timișoara
    		 Report
    • Petrescu 77'
    Hungaria Stadion, Budapest
    Attendance: 4,000
    Referee: Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria)

    Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Śląsk Wrocław Poland5–1Cyprus Pezoporikos Larnaca
    		 Report Lambrou 13'
    Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław
    Attendance: 8,000

    Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.

    Levski Sofia Bulgaria3–1 (a.e.t.)Greece Olympiacos
    		 Report Kaltsas 60'

    Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Napoli Italy1–1Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
    Savoldi 79' (pen.) Report Daraselia 64'
    Attendance: 61,000

    Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Rapid Wien Austria2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
    Krejcirik 73'
    Francker 89'    		 Report Žungul 24'

    Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

    Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Adanaspor Turkey2–2Hungary Budapest Honvéd
    		 Report
    • Lukács 24'
    • Pintér 54'
    Attendance: 4,200
    Referee: Dimitar Parmakov (Bulgaria)

    Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.

    Second round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 (a.e.t.)
    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 (a.e.t.)
    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 23' Report
    Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
    Attendance: 22,500
    Referee: Valentin Lipatov (Soviet Union)
    Budapest Honvéd Hungary4–0Romania Politehnica Timișoara
    • Weimper 5' (pen.), 88'
    • Gyimesi 81'
    • Pintér 84'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 5,000
    Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)
    Everton England2–1Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
    		 Report Macela 85'
    Attendance: 32,857
    Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
    Argeș Pitești Romania2–1Spain Valencia
    		 Report
    Attendance: 20,000
    Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany0–0West Germany MSV Duisburg
    Report
    Attendance: 15,000
    Referee: Talal Tokat (Turkey)
    Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union2–1West Germany Stuttgart
    Report Hoeneß 26'
    Attendance: 15,000
    Referee: Rolf Eriksson (Sweden)
    Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–1England Arsenal
    Čop 15'
    Đorđević 39'    		 Report Brady 16'
    Attendance: 18,540
    Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)
    Hertha BSC West Germany2–0Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
    Report
    Olympiastadion, West Berlin
    Attendance: 15,000
    Referee: Milorad Vlajić (Yugoslavia)
    ÍBV Iceland0–2Poland Śląsk Wrocław
    Report
    Attendance: 2,000
    Referee: Dominic Byrne (Republic of Ireland)
    KuPS Finland0–2Denmark Esbjerg
    Report
    • Bach 15'
    • Nielsen 23'
    Manchester City England4–0Belgium Standard Liège
    		 Report
    Attendance: 27,498
    Levski Sofia Bulgaria1–1Italy Milan
    Milkov 12' Report Chiodi 10'
    Strasbourg France2–0Scotland Hibernian
    Gemmrich 22'
    Piasecki 61' (pen.)    		 Report
    Attendance: 25,000
    Referee: Sándor Kuti (Hungary)
    Braga Portugal0–2England West Bromwich Albion
    Report Regis 52', 54'
    Attendance: 19,500
    Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)
    Benfica Portugal0–0West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Report
    Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
    Attendance: 60,000
    Sporting Gijón Spain0–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
    Report Blagojević 85'
    Attendance: 30,000
    Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)

    Second leg

    Lausanne-Sport Switzerland0–4Netherlands Ajax
    Report
    Attendance: 16,000
    Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)

    Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.

    Politehnica Timișoara Romania2–0Hungary Budapest Honvéd
    		 Report

    Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–0England Everton
    Gajdůšek 81' Report
    Attendance: 28,000

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

    Valencia Spain5–2Romania Argeș Pitești
    		 Report

    Valencia won 6–4 on aggregate.

    MSV Duisburg West Germany3–0 (a.e.t.)East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
    		 Report
    Attendance: 28,000

    MSV Duisburg won 3–0 on aggregate.

    Stuttgart West Germany2–0Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow
    		 Report

    Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Arsenal England1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
    Young 83' Report
    Attendance: 41,787

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

    Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union1–0West Germany Hertha BSC
    Shengelia 57' Report
    Attendance: 72,000
    Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)

    Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Śląsk Wrocław Poland2–1Iceland ÍBV
    		 Report Hallgrímsson 31'
    Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław
    Attendance: 5,000
    Referee: Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

    Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Esbjerg Denmark4–1Finland KuPS
    • Bertelsen 10'
    • Iversen 25'
    • Østergaard 59' (pen.)
    • Bach 60'
    		 Report Loikkanen 79'
    Attendance: 4,800
    Referee: Eysteinn Guðmundsson (Iceland)

    Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.

    Standard Liège Belgium2–0England Manchester City
    Sigurvinsson 63', 85' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 25,000

    Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Milan Italy3–0Bulgaria Levski Sofia
    Maldera 12'
    Bigon 39'
    Chiodi 75'    		 Report
    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 64' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 14,662
    Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)

    Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

    West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.

    Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany2–0 (a.e.t.)Portugal Benfica
    		 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 80' Report Borovnica 22' (o.g.)
    Attendance: 39,137
    Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

    Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Third round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 59', 82' Report Kidd 37'
    Power 57'
    Attendance: 27,102
    Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
    Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany1–1Poland Śląsk Wrocław
    Kulik 36' (pen.) Report Olesiak 50'
    Attendance: 20,000
    Referee: David Syme (Scotland)
    Budapest Honvéd Hungary4–1Netherlands Ajax
    • Nagy 48', 63'
    • Lukács 66'
    • Weimper 88' (pen.)
    		 Report Clarke 80' (pen.)
    Attendance: 11,000
    Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
    Esbjerg Denmark2–1West Germany Hertha BSC
    • Hansen 12' (pen.)
    • Jespersen 48'
    		 Report Milewski 6'
    Attendance: 16,700
    Referee: Aleksander Suchanek (Poland)
    Strasbourg France0–0West Germany MSV Duisburg
    Report
    Attendance: 21,855
    Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
    Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0England Arsenal
    Blagojević 12' Report
    Valencia Spain1–1England West Bromwich Albion
    Felman 16' Report Cunningham 48'
    Stuttgart West Germany4–1Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
    		 Report Gajdůšek 57'
    Attendance: 71,000

    Second leg

    Manchester City England3–0Italy Milan
    Booth 15'
    Hartford 31'
    Kidd 43'    		 Report
    Attendance: 38,026

    Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Śląsk Wrocław Poland2–4West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Pawłowski 25' (pen.), 50' Report
    Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław
    Attendance: 25,000

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.

    Ajax Netherlands2–0Hungary Budapest Honvéd
    		 Report

    Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Hertha BSC West Germany4–0Denmark Esbjerg
    Milewski 3', 25', 32', 54' Report
    Olympiastadion, West Berlin
    Attendance: 3,295

    Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.

    MSV Duisburg West Germany4–0France Strasbourg
    Worm 33'
    Weber 43', 76'
    Fruck 48'    		 Report
    Attendance: 18,000
    Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

    MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

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

    Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

    West Bromwich Albion England2–0Spain Valencia
    		 Report
    Attendance: 34,164
    Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

    West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia4–0West Germany Stuttgart
    		 Report
    Attendance: 25,000
    Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

    Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

    Quarter-finals

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 36'
    Weimper 49' (pen.)    		 Report Worm 22', 55'
    Seliger 84'
    Attendance: 12,000
    Referee: Georges Konrath (France)
    Hertha BSC West Germany1–1Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
    Nüssing 50' Report Pelc 44'
    Olympiastadion, West Berlin
    Attendance: 23,300
    Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Norway)
    Manchester City England1–1West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Channon 26' Report Lienen 66'
    Attendance: 39,005
    Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0England West Bromwich Albion
    Savić 86' Report

    Second leg

    MSV Duisburg West Germany1–2Hungary Budapest Honvéd
    Büssers 39' Report Karalyos 85'
    Pal 88'
    Attendance: 28,000

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

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

    Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

    Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Semi-finals

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 2–2 (a) West Germany Hertha BSC 1–0 1–2

    First leg

    MSV Duisburg West Germany2–2West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Worm 48'
    Fruck 64'    		 Report Simonsen 63'
    Lausen 77'
    Attendance: 22,500
    Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
    Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0West Germany Hertha BSC
    Savić 7' Report
    Attendance: 71,923

    Second leg

    Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany4–1West Germany MSV Duisburg
    Simonsen 43', 55'
    Kulik 47'
    Lienen 81'    		 Report Büssers 70'

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.

    Hertha BSC West Germany2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
    Beer 2'
    Sidka 18'    		 Report Šestić 74'
    Olympiastadion, West Berlin
    Attendance: 72,000

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

    Final

    First leg

    Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Šestić 22' Report Jurišić 60' (o.g.)
    Attendance: 64,312
    Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

    Second leg

    Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
    Simonsen 18' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 45,000

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

    References

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