TheOlympiastadion inMunich hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 15 August 1978 – 30 May 1979 |
| Teams | 33 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 185 (2.94 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,688,020 (26,794 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Claudio Sulser (Grasshoppers) 11 goals |
1979–80 → | |
The1978–79 season of theEuropean Cupfootball club tournament was won by English championsNottingham Forest in the final against Swedish sideMalmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success underBrian Clough, had defeated defending two-time championsLiverpool in the first round.
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| Monaco | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Steaua București | 2–0 | |
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| Troi | Report |
Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| AEK Athens | 7–5 | 6–1 | 1–4 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Real Madrid | 12–0 | 5–0 | 7–0 | |
| Grasshopper | 13–3 | 8–0 | 5–3 | |
| Odense | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Köln | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Juventus | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Fenerbahçe | 3–7 | 2–1 | 1–6 | |
| Vllaznia | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–4 | |
| Linfield | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Omonia | 2–2 (a) | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Partizan | 2–2(4–5p) | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
| Zbrojovka Brno | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| Club Brugge | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
| Haka | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
| Malmö FF | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| AEK Athens | 6–1 | |
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| Bajević Ardizoglou Konstantinou Nikolaou Mavros | Report | Oliveira |
| Real Madrid | 5–0 | |
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| Jensen Juanito Del Bosque Wolff | Report |
| Odense | 2–2 | |
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| Munk Nielsen | Report | Kolev Velichkov |
| Köln | 4–1 | |
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| Littbarski Neumann Konopka | Report | Hallgrímsson |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–1 | |
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| Çetiner İlhan | Report | Brandts |
| Vllaznia | 2–0 | |
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| Zhega Ballgjini | Report |
| Zbrojovka Brno | 2–2 | |
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| Kroupa Janečka | Report | Fekete Törőcsik |
| Club Brugge | 2–1 | |
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| Ceulemans Cools | Report | Kapka |
AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Progrès Niedercorn | 0–7 | |
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| Report | Pirri Jensen Stielike Santillana García Hernández Margue |
Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.
| Valletta | 3–5 | |
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| Agius Seychell Farrugia | Report | Sulser Ponte Traber Her. Hermann |
Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
| PSV Eindhoven | 6–1 | |
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| Van der Kuijlen Deijkers | Report | Çetiner |
PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Bohemians won on away goals.
| Dynamo Dresden | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Dörner Weber | Report | |
| Penalties | ||
| Dörner Weber Schade Kotte Riedel Sachse Schmuck | 5–4 | |
2–2 on aggregate; Dynamo Dresden won on penalties.
| Újpesti Dózsa | 0–2 | |
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| Report | Došek Kroupa |
Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Wisła Kraków | 3–1 | |
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| Kmiecik Lipka Krupiński | Report | Ceulemans |
Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| AEK Athens | 2–7 | 1–2 | 1–5 | |
| Real Madrid | 3–3 (a) | 3–1 | 0–2 | |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–4 | |
| Rangers | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Austria Wien | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
| Bohemians | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–6 | |
| Zbrojovka Brno | 3–3 (a) | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| AEK Athens | 1–2 | |
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| Konstantinou | Report | McGovern Birtles |
| Real Madrid | 3–1 | |
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| Juanito García Hernández Santillana | Report | Sulser |
| Austria Wien | 4–1 | |
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| Gasselich Sara Schachner | Report | Dokken |
| Zbrojovka Brno | 2–2 | |
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| Pešice Kroupa | Report | Kmiecik Maculewicz |
| Nottingham Forest | 5–1 | |
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| Needham Woodcock Anderson Birtles | Report | Bajević |
Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.
| Grasshopper | 2–0 | |
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| Sulser | Report |
3–3 on aggregate; Grasshopper won on away goals.
Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Wisła Kraków | 1–1 | |
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| Kapka | Report | Došek |
3–3 on aggregate; Wisła Kraków won on away goals.
| Malmö FF | 2–0 | |
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| Cervin Kindvall | Report |
Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Nottingham Forest | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Köln | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Austria Wien | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
| Wisła Kraków | 3–5 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Nottingham Forest | 4–1 | |
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| Birtles Robertson Gemmill Lloyd | Report | Sulser |
| Austria Wien | 3–1 | |
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| Schachner Zach | [1] | Weber |
| Grasshopper | 1–1 | |
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| Sulser | Report | O'Neill |
Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.
Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Nottingham Forest | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | |
| Austria Wien | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.
The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows: