1979 UEFA Cup Final

The 1979 UEFA Cup Final was played on 9 May 1979, and 23 May 1979, between Red Star Belgrade of SFR Yugoslavia and Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany. Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

1979 UEFA Cup Final

Event	1978–79 UEFA Cup
Red Star Belgrade Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 2
on aggregate
First leg
Red Star Belgrade Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 1
Date	9 May 1979
Venue	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Referee	Ian Foote (Scotland)
Attendance	90,000
Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach Red Star Belgrade 1 0
Date	23 May 1979
Venue	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Referee	Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
Attendance	45,000

Route to the final

Red Star Belgrade				Round	Borussia Mönchengladbach
UEFA Cup
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Berlin	6–6 (a)	2–5 (A)	4–1 (H)	First round	Sturm Graz	7–2	5–1 (H)	2–1 (A)
Sporting Gijón	2–1	1–0 (A)	1–1 (H)	Second round	Benfica	2–0 (a.e.t.)	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
Arsenal	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Third round	Śląsk Wrocław	5–3	1–1 (H)	4–2 (A)
West Bromwich Albion	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Manchester City	4–2	1–1 (A)	3–1 (H)
Hertha BSC	2–2 (a)	1–0 (H)	1–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Duisburg	6–3	2–2 (A)	4–1 (H)

Match details

First leg

9 May 1979

20:00

Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Šestić  22'	Report Overview (archive) Overview	Jurišić  60' (o.g.)

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Red Star Belgrade

Borussia Mönchengladbach

GK 1 Aleksandar Stojanović RB 2 Nikola Jovanović LB 3 Milan Jovin RM 4 Slavoljub Muslin  78' CB 5 Dragan Miletović CB 6 Ivan Jurišić CM 7 Vladimir Petrović (c) CM 8 Cvijetin Blagojević CF 9 Dušan Savić LM 10 Nedeljko Milosavljević  78' CF 11 Miloš Šestić Substitutes: DF 13 Zlatko Krmpotić  78' MF 15 Đorđe Milovanović  78' Manager: Branko Stanković Man of the Match: Assistant Referees:

GK 1 Wolfgang Kneib RB 2 Berti Vogts (c) CB 3 Wilfried Hannes CB 4 Frank Schäffer LB 5 Norbert Ringels RM 6 Winfried Schäfer CF 7 Allan Simonsen CM 8 Christian Kulik CM 9 Carsten Nielsen  75' LM 10 Horst Wohlers  78' CF 11 Ewald Lienen Substitutes: MF 12 Dietmar Danner  75' FW 13 Rudi Gores  78' Manager: Udo Lattek

Second leg

23 May 1979

20:15

Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Red Star Belgrade
Simonsen  18' (pen.)	Report Overview (archive) Overview

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Red Star Belgrade

GK 1 Wolfgang Kneib RB 2 Berti Vogts (c) CB 3 Wilfried Hannes CB 4 Frank Schäffer LB 5 Norbert Ringels RM 6 Winfried Schäfer CF 7 Allan Simonsen CM 8 Christian Kulik  59' CM 9 Rudi Gores LM 10 Horst Wohlers CF 11 Ewald Lienen Substitutes: MF 12 Horst Köppel  59' Manager: Udo Lattek Man of the Match: Assistant Referees:

GK 1 Aleksandar Stojanović RB 2 Nikola Jovanović LB 3 Milan Jovin RM 4 Slavoljub Muslin CB 5 Dragan Miletović CB 6 Ivan Jurišić CM 7 Vladimir Petrović (c) CM 8 Cvijetin Blagojević CF 9 Dušan Savić LM 10 Đorđe Milovanović  46' CF 11 Nedeljko Milosavljević Substitutes: FW 15 Miloš Šestić  46' Manager: Branko Stanković

See also

• 1978–79 UEFA Cup
• Red Star Belgrade in European football

References

• RSSSF
• UEFA