Dates | 13 September 1978 – 23 May 1979 |
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Final positions | |
Champions | Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Red Star Belgrade |
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 |
The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate over Red Star Belgrade.
First round
First leg
Dukla Prague | 1–0 | Vicenza |
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Nehoda 6' | Report |
Milan | 1–0 | Lokomotíva Košice |
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Novellino 34' | Report |
Athletic Bilbao | 2–0 | Ajax |
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Finn Harps | 0–5 | Everton |
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Report |
Sporting Gijón | 3–0 | Torino |
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Ferrero 4' Morán 14', 68' |
Report |
Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.
Braga | 5–0 | Hibernians |
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Chico Gordo 2', 15', 19', 78' Lito 74' |
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Galatasaray | 1–3 | West Bromwich Albion |
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Terim 88' (pen.) | Report |
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BFC Dynamo | 5–2 | Red Star Belgrade |
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Riediger 16', 28', 69' Netz 20' Brillat 89' |
Report | Šestić 34' Savić 36' |
Elfsborg | 2–0 | Strasbourg |
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Standard Liège | 1–0 | Dundee United |
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Denier 40' | Report |
Arsenal | 3–0 | Lokomotive Leipzig |
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Carl Zeiss Jena | 1–0 | Lierse |
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Töpfer 25' | Report |
Twente | 1–1 | Manchester City |
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Thoresen 50' | Report | Watson 24' |
Hibernian | 3–2 | IFK Norrköping |
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Politehnica Timișoara | 2–0 | MTK Budapest |
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Pezoporikos Larnaca | 2–2 | Śląsk Wrocław |
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Theofanous 40', 64' | Report |
Olympiacos | 2–1 | Levski Sofia |
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Report | Barzov 43' |
Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–0 | Napoli |
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Kipiani 39' Shengelia 49' |
Report |
Hajduk Split | 2–0 | Rapid Wien |
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Čop 30' Luketin 89' |
Report |
Second leg
Vicenza | 1–1 | Dukla Prague |
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Briaschi 14' | Report | Gajdůšek 50' |
Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotíva Košice | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Milan |
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Kozák 81' | Report | |
Penalties | ||
6–7 | Maldera Novellino Chiodi Buriani Antonelli Morini De Vecchi Baresi |
1–1 on aggregate. Milan won in a penalty shoot-out.
Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos | 1–2 | Argeș Pitești |
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Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.
Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.
Lausanne-Sport | 2–0 | Jeunesse Esch |
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Report |
Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.
Torino | 1–0 | Sporting Gijón |
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Graziani 64' | Report |
Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hibernians | 3–2 | Braga |
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Carter 20' (pen.), 61' (pen.) Spiteri-Gonzi 86' |
Report | Chico Gordo 29' Ronaldo 35' |
Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.
West Bromwich Albion | 3–1 | Galatasaray |
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Report | İnal 44' |
West Bromwich Albion won 6–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade | 4–1 | BFC Dynamo |
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Savić 58' Borovnica 69', 80' Šestić 89' |
Report | Riediger 12' |
6–6 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.
B 1903 | 4–4 | KuPS |
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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 | MSV Duisburg |
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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 | Arsenal |
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Stapleton 72' (o.g.) | Report |
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Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
Lierse | 2–2 | Carl Zeiss Jena |
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Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate, ÍBV won on away goals rule.
Manchester City | 3–2 | Twente |
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Report |
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Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.
MTK Budapest | 2–1 | Politehnica Timișoara |
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Report |
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Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.
Śląsk Wrocław | 5–1 | Pezoporikos Larnaca |
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Report | Lambrou 13' |
Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Olympiacos |
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Report | Kaltsas 60' |
Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien | 2–1 | Hajduk Split |
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Krejcirik 73' Francker 89' |
Report | Žungul 24' |
Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.
Botev Plovdiv | 1–2 | Hertha BSC |
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Slavkov 49' | Report | Granitza 32', 41' |
Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.
Adanaspor | 2–2 | Budapest Honvéd |
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Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax | 5–0 | Lausanne-Sport | 1–0 | 4–0 |
Budapest Honvéd | 4–2 | Politehnica Timișoara | 4–0 | 0–2 |
Everton | 2–2(a) | Dukla Prague | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Argeș Pitești | 4–6 | Valencia | 2–1 | 2–5 |
Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–3 | MSV Duisburg | 0–0 | 0–3 (aet) |
Torpedo Moscow | 2–3 | Stuttgart | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Hajduk Split | 2–2(a) | Arsenal | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Hertha BSC | 2–1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–0 | 0–1 |
ÍBV | 1–4 | Śląsk Wrocław | 0–2 | 1–2 |
KuPS | 1–6 | Esbjerg | 0–2 | 1–4 |
Manchester City | 4–2 | Standard Liège | 4–0 | 0–2 |
Levski Sofia | 1–4 | Milan | 1–1 | 0–3 |
Strasbourg | 2–1 | Hibernian | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Braga | 0–3 | West Bromwich Albion | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Benfica | 0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | 0–2 (aet) |
Sporting Gijón | 1–2 | Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 | 1–1 |
First leg
Ajax | 1–0 | Lausanne-Sport |
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Lerby 23' | Report |
Everton | 2–1 | Dukla Prague |
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Report | Macela 85' |
Argeș Pitești | 2–1 | Valencia |
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Report |
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Torpedo Moscow | 2–1 | Stuttgart |
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Report | Hoeneß 26' |
ÍBV | 0–2 | Śląsk Wrocław |
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Report |
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Levski Sofia | 1–1 | Milan |
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Milkov 12' | Report | Chiodi 10' |
Braga | 0–2 | West Bromwich Albion |
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Report | Regis 52', 54' |
Second leg
Lausanne-Sport | 0–4 | Ajax |
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Report |
Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.
Politehnica Timișoara | 2–0 | Budapest Honvéd |
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Report |
Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague | 1–0 | Everton |
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Gajdůšek 81' | Report |
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.
Arsenal | 1–0 | Hajduk Split |
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Young 83' | Report |
2–2 on aggregate, Arsenal won on away goals rule.
Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–0 | Hertha BSC |
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Shengelia 57' | Report |
Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.
Śląsk Wrocław | 2–1 | ÍBV |
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Report | Hallgrímsson 31' |
Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.
Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.
Standard Liège | 2–0 | Manchester City |
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Sigurvinsson 63', 85' (pen.) | 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 | Strasbourg |
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McLeod 64' (pen.) | Report |
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
West Bromwich Albion | 1–0 | Braga |
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Brown 46' | Report |
West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Benfica |
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Report |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | Sporting Gijón |
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Petrović 80' | Report | Borovnica 22' (o.g.) |
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
Third round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Milan | 2–5 | Manchester City | 2–2 | 0–3 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–3 | Śląsk Wrocław | 1–1 | 4–2 |
Budapest Honvéd | 4–3 | Ajax | 4–1 | 0–2 |
Esbjerg | 2–5 | Hertha BSC | 2–1 | 0–4 |
Strasbourg | 0–4 | MSV Duisburg | 0–0 | 0–4 |
Red Star Belgrade | 2–1 | Arsenal | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Valencia | 1–3 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Stuttgart | 4–5 | Dukla Prague | 4–1 | 0–4 |
First leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Śląsk Wrocław |
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Kulik 36' (pen.) | Report | Olesiak 50' |
Budapest Honvéd | 4–1 | Ajax |
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Report | Clarke 80' (pen.) |
Esbjerg | 2–1 | Hertha BSC |
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Report | Milewski 6' |
Red Star Belgrade | 1–0 | Arsenal |
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Blagojević 12' | Report |
Valencia | 1–1 | West Bromwich Albion |
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Felman 16' | Report | Cunningham 48' |
Stuttgart | 4–1 | Dukla Prague |
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Report | Gajdůšek 57' |
Second leg
Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.
Śląsk Wrocław | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Pawłowski 25' (pen.), 50' | Report |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hertha BSC | 4–0 | Esbjerg |
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Milewski 3', 25', 32', 54' | Report |
Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.
MSV Duisburg | 4–0 | Strasbourg |
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Worm 33' Weber 43', 76' Fruck 48' |
Report |
MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Arsenal | 1–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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Sunderland 69' | Report | Savić 87' |
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Budapest Honvéd | 4–4(a) | MSV Duisburg | 2–3 | 2–1 |
Hertha BSC | 3–2 | Dukla Prague | 1–1 | 2–1 |
Manchester City | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Red Star Belgrade | 2–1 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–0 | 1–1 |
First leg
Budapest Honvéd | 2–3 | MSV Duisburg |
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Varga 36' Weimper 49' (pen.) |
Report | Worm 22', 55' Seliger 84' |
Hertha BSC | 1–1 | Dukla Prague |
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Nüssing 50' | Report | Pelc 44' |
Manchester City | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Channon 26' | Report | Lienen 66' |
Second leg
MSV Duisburg | 1–2 | Budapest Honvéd |
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Büssers 39' | Report | Karalyos 85' Pal 88' |
4–4 on aggregate, MSV Duisburg won on away goals rule.
Dukla Prague | 1–2 | Hertha BSC |
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Nehoda 21' | Report | Agerbeck 32' Milewski 57' |
Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | Manchester City |
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Kulik 45' Bruns 52' Del'Haye 71' |
Report | Deyna 78' |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.
West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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Regis 42' | Report | Savić 88' |
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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MSV Duisburg | 3–6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | 1–4 |
Red Star Belgrade | (a)2–2 | Hertha BSC | 1–0 | 1–2 |
First leg
MSV Duisburg | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Worm 48' Fruck 64' |
Report | Simonsen 63' Lausen 77' |
Red Star Belgrade | 1–0 | Hertha BSC |
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Savić 7' | Report |
Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–1 | MSV Duisburg |
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Simonsen 43', 55' Kulik 47' Lienen 81' |
Report | Büssers 70' |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.
Hertha BSC | 2–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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Beer 2' Sidka 18' |
Report | Šestić 74' |
2–2 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.
Final
First leg
Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Šestić 22' | Report | Jurišić 60' (o.g.) |
Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.
References
External links
- 1978–79 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
- Official Site
- Results at RSSSF.com
- All scorers 1978–79 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA
- 1978/79 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)