| Dates | 5 September 1978 – 23 May 1979 |
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| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 365 (2.9 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,035,950 (24,095 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 9 goals |
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The1978–79UEFA Cup was the eighth season of theUEFA Cup, the third-tier clubfootball competition organised byUEFA. Thefinal was played over two legs at theRed Star Stadium,Belgrade,Yugoslavia, and at theRheinstadion,Düsseldorf,West Germany. It was won byBorussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany, who defeatedRed 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 secondSerbian 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.
A total of 64 teams from 31UEFA member associations participate in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:
East Germany andBulgaria were the two associations selected to have a third birth for this season, whilePoland andSwitzerland went back to two qualified teams.
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
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 forŚląsk Wrocław in the first two rounds were held on a Saturday.
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
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| 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 |
| Sporting Gijón | 3–0 | |
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| Ferrero Morán | Report |
Enzo Ferrero scored anolympic goal.
| Braga | 5–0 | |
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| Chico Gordo Lito | Report |
| Galatasaray | 1–3 | |
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| Terim | Report |
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| BFC Dynamo | 5–2 | |
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| Riediger Netz Brillat | Report | Šestić Savić |
| Arsenal | 3–0 | |
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| Report |
| Twente | 1–1 | |
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| Thoresen | Report | Watson |
| Olympiacos | 2–1 | |
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| Report | Barzov |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–0 | |
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| Kipiani Shengelia | Report |
| Hajduk Split | 2–0 | |
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| Čop Luketin | Report |
| Vicenza | 1–1 | |
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| Briaschi | Report | Gajdůšek |
Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Lokomotíva Košice | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Kozák | Report | |
| Penalties | ||
| 6–7 | ||
1–1 on aggregate. Milan won in a penalty shoot-out.
Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.
Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.
Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.
Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.
Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Hibernians | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Carter Spiteri-Gonzi | Report | Chico Gordo Ronaldo |
Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.
| West Bromwich Albion | 3–1 | |
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| Report | İnal |
West Bromwich Albion won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–1 | |
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| Savić Borovnica Šestić | Report | Riediger |
6–6 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.
| B 1903 | 4–4 | |
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KuPS won 6–5 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.
Torpedo Moscow won 7–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Lech Poznań | 2–5 | |
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| Report |
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MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.
Esbjerg won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Lokomotive Leipzig | 1–4 | |
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| Stapleton | Report |
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Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
| Lierse | 2–2 | |
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| Report |
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Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate, ÍBV won on away goals rule.
Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.
Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Śląsk Wrocław | 5–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lambrou |
Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Rapid Wien | 2–1 | |
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| Krejcirik Francker | Report | Žungul |
Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Botev Plovdiv | 1–2 | |
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| Slavkov | Report | Granitza |
Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Ajax | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| Budapest Honvéd | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | |
| Everton | 2–2 (a) | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Argeș Pitești | 4–6 | 2–1 | 2–5 | |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| Hajduk Split | 2–2 (a) | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Hertha BSC | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| ÍBV | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| KuPS | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–4 | |
| Manchester City | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | |
| Levski Sofia | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
| Strasbourg | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Braga | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Benfica | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | |
| Sporting Gijón | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| ÍBV | 0–2 | |
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| Levski Sofia | 1–1 | |
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| Milkov | Report | Chiodi |
| Braga | 0–2 | |
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| Report | Regis |
Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate, Dukla Prague won on away goals rule.
Valencia won 6–4 on aggregate.
MSV Duisburg won 3–0 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate, Arsenal won on away goals rule.
Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Śląsk Wrocław | 2–1 | |
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| Report | Hallgrímsson |
Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.
Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Standard Liège | 2–0 | |
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| Sigurvinsson | Report |
Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.
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 | 1–0 | |
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| McLeod | Report |
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Report |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Milan | 2–5 | 2–2 | 0–3 | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
| Budapest Honvéd | 4–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | |
| Esbjerg | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–4 | |
| Strasbourg | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Valencia | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Stuttgart | 4–5 | 4–1 | 0–4 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 4–1 | |
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| Report | Clarke |
Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Śląsk Wrocław | 2–4 | |
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| Pawłowski | Report |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Hertha BSC | 4–0 | |
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| Milewski | Report |
Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.
| MSV Duisburg | 4–0 | |
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| Worm Weber Fruck | Report |
MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Budapest Honvéd | 4–4 (a) | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Hertha BSC | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Manchester City | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 2–3 | |
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| Varga Weimper | Report | Worm Seliger |
| Hertha BSC | 1–1 | |
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| Nüssing | Report | Pelc |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–2 | |
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| Büssers | Report | Karalyos Pal |
4–4 on aggregate, MSV Duisburg won on away goals rule.
| Dukla Prague | 1–2 | |
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| Nehoda | Report | Agerbeck Milewski |
Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | |
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| Kulik Bruns Del'Haye | Report | Deyna |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| MSV Duisburg | 3–6 | 2–2 | 1–4 | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2–2 (a) | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| MSV Duisburg | 2–2 | |
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| Worm Fruck | Report | Simonsen Lausen |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–1 | |
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| Simonsen Kulik Lienen | Report | Büssers |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.
| Hertha BSC | 2–1 | |
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| Beer Sidka | Report | Šestić |
2–2 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.