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 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
Champions Nottingham Forest (1st title)
Runners-up Malmö FF
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored185 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Claudio Sulser (11 goals)

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monaco 3–2 Steaua București 3–0 0–2

First leg
Monaco 3–0 Steaua București
Onnis  42'
Zorzetto  48'
Nogués  61'		 Report
Attendance: 6,434
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Second leg
Steaua București 2–0 Monaco
Troi  51', 76' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland)

Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket
Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarter-finals   Semi-finals   Final
  AEK Athens 6 1 7  
  Porto 1 4 5       AEK Athens 1 1 2  
  Nottingham Forest 2 0 2     Nottingham Forest 2 5 7  
  Liverpool 0 0 0         Nottingham Forest 4 1 5  
  Real Madrid 5 7 12         Grasshopper 1 1 2  
  Progrès Niedercorn 0 0 0       Real Madrid 3 0 3
  Grasshopper 8 5 13     Grasshopper (a) 1 2 3  
  Valletta 0 3 3         Nottingham Forest 3 1 4  
  Odense 2 1 3         Köln 3 0 3  
  Lokomotiv Sofia 2 2 4       Lokomotiv Sofia 0 0 0  
  Köln 4 1 5     Köln 1 4 5  
  ÍA 1 1 2         Köln 1 1 2
  Juventus 1 0 1         Rangers 0 1 1  
  Rangers 0 2 2       Rangers 0 3 3
  Fenerbahçe 2 1 3     PSV Eindhoven 0 2 2  
  PSV Eindhoven 1 6 7         Nottingham Forest 1
  Vllaznia 2 1 3         Malmö FF 0
  Austria Wien 0 4 4       Austria Wien 4 0 4  
  Linfield 0 0 0     Lillestrøm 1 0 1  
  Lillestrøm 0 1 1         Austria Wien 3 0 3  
  Omonia 2 0 2         Dynamo Dresden 1 1 2  
  Bohemians (a) 1 1 2       Bohemians 0 0 0
  Partizan 2 0 2 (4)     Dynamo Dresden 0 6 6  
  Dynamo Dresden (p) 0 2 2 (5)         Austria Wien 0 0 0
  Zbrojovka Brno 2 2 4         Malmö FF 0 1 1  
  Újpesti Dózsa 2 0 2       Zbrojovka Brno 2 1 3  
  Club Brugge 2 1 3     Wisla Kraków (a) 2 1 3  
  Wisla Kraków 1 3 4         Wisła Kraków 2 1 3
  Haka 0 1 1         Malmö FF 1 4 5  
  Dynamo Kyiv 1 3 4       Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0
  Malmö FF 0 1 1     Malmö FF 0 2 2  
  Monaco 0 0 0  

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 7–5 Porto 6–1 1–4
Nottingham Forest 2–0 Liverpool 2–0 0–0
Real Madrid 12–0 Progrès Niedercorn 5–0 7–0
Grasshopper 13–3 Valletta 8–0 5–3
Odense 3–4 Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 1–2
Köln 5–2 ÍA 4–1 1–1
Juventus 1–2 Rangers 1–0 0–2
Fenerbahçe 3–7 PSV Eindhoven 2–1 1–6
Vllaznia 3–4 Austria Wien 2–0 1–4
Linfield 0–1 Lillestrøm 0–0 0–1
Omonia 2–2 (a) Bohemians 2–1 0–1
Partizan 2–2 (4–5 p) Dynamo Dresden 2–0 0–2
Zbrojovka Brno 4–2 Újpesti Dózsa 2–2 2–0
Club Brugge 3–4 Wisła Kraków 2–1 1–3
Haka 1–4 Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 1–3
Malmö FF 1–0 Monaco 0–0 1–0

First leg
AEK Athens 6–1 Porto
Bajević  3', 20'
Ardizoglou  16'
Konstantinou  39'
Nikolaou  58'
Mavros  60'		 Report Oliveira  81'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Eldar Azimzade (USSR)
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
Referee: Mário Luís (Portugal)
Grasshopper 8–0 Valletta
Sulser  31', 46', 58', 62', 64'
Ponte  32', 35'
Wehrli  67'		 Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Marcel Herrmann (Luxembourg)
Odense 2–2 Lokomotiv Sofia
Munk Nielsen  32', 44' Report Kolev  60'
Velichkov  69'
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Eamonn Farrell (Republic of Ireland)
Köln 4–1 ÍA
Littbarski  12'
Neumann  26', 39'
Konopka  72'		 Report Hallgrímsson  20'
Attendance: 9,000
Juventus 1–0 Rangers
Virdis  9' Report
Attendance: 61,425
Fenerbahçe 2–1 PSV Eindhoven
Çetiner  17'
İlhan  43'		 Report Brandts  23'
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)
Vllaznia 2–0 Austria Wien
Zhega  8'
Ballgjini  55'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)
Linfield 0–0 Lillestrøm
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Henk van Ettekoven (Netherlands)
Omonia 2–1 Bohemians
Kanaris  21'
Dimitriou  51'		 Report O'Connor  6' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Nikola Milanov Doudine (Bulgaria)
Partizan 2–0 Dynamo Dresden
Prekazi  5'
Đurović  47'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)
Zbrojovka Brno 2–2 Újpesti Dózsa
Kroupa  72'
Janečka  77'		 Report Fekete  40'
Törőcsik  65'
Attendance: 18,000
Club Brugge 2–1 Wisła Kraków
Ceulemans  24'
Cools  28'		 Report Kapka  83'
Attendance: 15,241
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
Haka 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Report Baltacha  74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
Malmö FF 0–0 Monaco
Report
Attendance: 5,473

Second leg
Porto 4–1 AEK Athens
Vital  63', 83'
Teixeira  79'
Gomes  88'		 Report Mavros  32'
Attendance: 35,000

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.

Liverpool 0–0 Nottingham Forest
Report
Attendance: 51,679
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.

Progrès Niedercorn 0–7 Real Madrid
Report Pirri  10'
Jensen  19'
Stielike  28'
Santillana  46', 87'
García Hernández  65'
Margue  90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

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

Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.

Lokomotiv Sofia 2–1 Odense
Mihaylov  27'
Kostov  50'		 Report Eriksen  23' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nihat Ozbirgül (Turkey)

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

ÍA 1–1 Köln
Hein  8' (o.g.) Report Van Gool  72'
Attendance: 6,000

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rangers 2–0 Juventus
MacDonald  18'
Smith  69'		 Report
Attendance: 44,000

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven 6–1 Fenerbahçe
Van der Kuijlen  10', 22', 71', 74'
Deijkers  49', 55'		 Report Çetiner  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'		 Report Hafizi  80'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lillestrøm 1–0 Linfield
Lønstad  12' Report
Attendance: 5,641
Referee: Horst di Carlo (East Germany)

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

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

Dynamo Dresden 2–0 (a.e.t.) Partizan
Dörner  8'
Weber  38'		 Report
Penalties
Dörner
Weber
Schade
Kotte
Riedel
Sachse
Schmuck 		5–4 Đorđević
Klinčarski
Pavković
Trifunović
Prekazi
Stojković
Zavišić
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Valentin Lipatov (Soviet Union)

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

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

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków 3–1 Club Brugge
Kmiecik  26'
Lipka  82'
Krupiński  89'		 Report Ceulemans  50'
Attendance: 35,000

Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 Haka
Veremeyev  31'
Khapsalis  35'
Buryak  85'		 Report Ronkainen  71'
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.

Monaco 0–1 Malmö FF
Report Kinnvall  35'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 2–7 Nottingham Forest 1–2 1–5
Real Madrid 3–3 (a) Grasshopper 3–1 0–2
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–5 Köln 0–1 0–4
Rangers 3–2 PSV Eindhoven 0–0 3–2
Austria Wien 4–1 Lillestrøm 4–1 0–0
Bohemians 0–6 Dynamo Dresden 0–0 0–6
Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 (a) Wisła Kraków 2–2 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 Malmö FF 0–0 0–2

First leg
AEK Athens 1–2 Nottingham Forest
Konstantinou  59' (pen.) Report McGovern  10'
Birtles  45'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Real Madrid 3–1 Grasshopper
Juanito  5'
García Hernández  65'
Santillana  77'		 Report Sulser  59'
Attendance: 35,000
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–1 Köln
Report Zimmermann  58'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands)
Rangers 0–0 PSV Eindhoven
Report
Attendance: 44,000
Austria Wien 4–1 Lillestrøm
Gasselich  25', 34'
Sara  36'
Schachner  65'		 Report Dokken  62'
Attendance: 24,000
Bohemians 0–0 Dynamo Dresden
Report
Attendance: 2,160
Zbrojovka Brno 2–2 Wisła Kraków
Pešice  73'
Kroupa  78'		 Report Kmiecik  37'
Maculewicz  86'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eldar Azimzade (USSR)
Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 Malmö FF
Report
Attendance: 42,000

Second leg
Nottingham Forest 5–1 AEK Athens
Needham  12'
Woodcock  35'
Anderson  40'
Birtles  66', 72'		 Report Bajević  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

Real Madrid 3–3 Grasshopper 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.

PSV Eindhoven 2–3 Rangers
Lubse  1'
Deijkers  60'		 Report MacDonald  57'
Johnstone  65'
Russell  87'
Attendance: 27,000

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Lillestrøm 0–0 Austria Wien
Report
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg)

Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden 6–0 Bohemians
Trautmann  39', 58'
Schmuck  41'
Riedel  48', 60'
Kotte  75' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków 1–1 Zbrojovka Brno
Kapka  53' Report Došek  78'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Dimitar Yordanov Parmakov (Bulgaria)

Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 Wisła Kraków on aggregate. Wisła Kraków won on away goals.

Malmö FF 2–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Cervin  9'
Kinnvall  39'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000

Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest 5–2 Grasshopper 4–1 1–1
Köln 2–1 Rangers 1–0 1–1
Austria Wien 3–2 Dynamo Dresden 3–1 0–1
Wisła Kraków 3–5 Malmö FF 2–1 1–4

First leg
Nottingham Forest 4–1 Grasshopper
Birtles  31'
Robertson  47' (pen.)
Gemmill  87'
Lloyd  89'		 Report Sulser  11'
Attendance: 31,949
Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia)
Köln 1–0 Rangers
Müller  58' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Austria Wien 3–1 Dynamo Dresden
Schachner  20', 90'
Zach  86'		 Weber  9'
Attendance: 36,000
Wisła Kraków 2–1 Malmö FF
Nawałka  26'
Kmiecik  85'		 Report Hansson  13'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)

Second leg
Grasshopper 1–1 Nottingham Forest
Sulser  33' (pen.) Report O'Neill  38'
Attendance: 17,800

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rangers 1–1 Köln
McLean  86' Report Müller  48'
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden 1–0 Austria Wien
Riedel  42' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 35,000

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.

Malmö FF 4–1 Wisła Kraków
Ljungberg  65' (pen.), 72', 90' (pen.)
Cervin  82'		 Report Kmiecik  58'
Attendance: 12,469

Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest 4–3 Köln 3–3 1–0
Austria Wien 0–1 Malmö FF 0–0 0–1

First leg
Nottingham Forest 3–3 Köln
Birtles  28'
Bowyer  53'
Robertson  63'		 Report Van Gool  6'
Müller  20'
Okudera  85'
Attendance: 40,804
Austria Wien 0–0 Malmö FF
Report
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

Second leg
Köln 0–1 Nottingham Forest
Report Bowyer  65'
Attendance: 40,000

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.

Malmö FF 1–0 Austria Wien
Hansson  47' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1979 European Cup Final
Nottingham Forest 1–0 Malmö FF
Francis  45' Report
Attendance: 57,500

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Claudio Sulser Grasshopper 11
2 Garry Birtles Nottingham Forest 6
3 Dieter Müller Köln 5
Walter Schachner Austria Wien 5
5 Kazimierz Kmiecik Wisła Kraków 4
Willy van der Kuijlen PSV Eindhoven 4
7 Gerrie Deijkers PSV Eindhoven 3
Roger van Gool Köln 3
Juanito Real Madrid 3
Karel Kroupa Zbrojovka Brno 3
Anders Ljungberg Malmö FF 3
Raimondo Ponte Grasshopper 3
Dieter Riedel Dynamo Dresden 3
Dušan Bajević AEK Athens 3
Santillana Real Madrid 3

Notes
  1. Haka played their home match at Ratina Stadium, Tampere, as their regular stadium Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski, did not have floodlights.[1]
  2. Dynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.

References
  1. Gorbunov, N. (15 September 1978). "Гол в запасе" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

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