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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 Swedish side Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.

Teams

Preliminary round

First leg

Stade Louis II, Monaco
Attendance: 6,434
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Second leg

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 25,000[1]
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland)

Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

First round

First leg

AEK Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)
City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 38,316
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Mário Luís (Portugal)
Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Marcel Herrmann (Luxembourg)
Atletikstadion, Odense
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Eamonn Farrell (Republic of Ireland)
Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin
Attendance: 61,425
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)
Loro Boriçi Stadium. Shkodër
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 4,700[2]
Referee: Henk van Ettekoven (Netherlands)
Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Nikola Milanov Doudine (Bulgaria)
Jugoslavenska Narodna Armija, Belgrade
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)
Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)
Olympiastadion, Bruges
Attendance: 15,241
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
Ratina Stadium, Tampere[note 1]
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
Malmö Stadium, Malmö
Attendance: 5,473
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Second leg

Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 62,000[4]
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.

Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 51,679
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.

Stade du Thillenberg, Differdange
Attendance: 4,250[5]
Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Franz Latzin (Austria)

Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.

Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nihat Ozbirgül (Turkey)

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 4,500[6]
Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 41,494[7]
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.

Praterstadion, Wien
Attendance: 26,000[8]
Referee: Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 5,641
Referee: Horst di Carlo (East Germany)

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.

Flower Lodge, Cork
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ron Bridges (Wales)

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

Dynamostadion, Dresden
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Valentin Lipatov (Soviet Union)

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

Megyeri út, Budapest
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.

Stadion Miejski, Kraków
Attendance: 25,000[9]
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.

Stadion Metalist, Kharkiv [note 2]
Attendance: 40,516[10]
Referee: Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.

Stade Louis II, Monaco
Attendance: 8,470[11]
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

AEK Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands)
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 2,160
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)
Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)
Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv[note 2]
Attendance: 40,000[12]
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

Second leg

City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 38,069
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.

Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

3–3 on aggregate; Grasshopper won on away goals.

Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 5,589[13]
Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg)

Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Dynamo-Stadion, Dresden
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.

Stadion Miejski, Kraków
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Dimitar Yordanov Parmakov (Bulgaria)

3–3 on aggregate; Wisła Kraków won on away goals.

Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 13,602[14]
Referee: John Hunting (England)

Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 31,949
Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia)
Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)
Stadion Miejski, Kraków
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)

Second leg

Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 17,800
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dynamo-Stadion, Dresden
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jan Keizer (Royal Dutch Football Association)

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.

Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 12,469
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 40,804
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
Praterstadion, Wien
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

Second leg

Müngersdorder Stadion, Cologne
Attendance: 60,000[15]
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.

Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 25,239[16]
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 57,500
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Top scorers

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

Notes

  1. ^ Haka played their home match at Ratina Stadium, Tampere, as their regular stadium Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski, did not have floodlights.[3]
  2. ^ a b Dynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.

References

  1. ^ "Steaua București v Monaco, 30 August 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Linfield v Lillestrøm, 13 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. ^ Gorbunov, N. (15 September 1978). "Гол в запасе" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ "FC Porto v AEK Athens, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Progrès Niedercorn v Real Madrid, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. ^ "ÍA v 1. FC Köln, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Rangers v Juventus, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Austria Wien v Vllaznia, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Wisła Kraków v Club Brugge, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Haka, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Monaco v Malmö FF, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Malmö FF, 18 October 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Lillestrøm v Austria Wien, 1 November 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Malmö FF v Dynamo Kyiv, 1 November 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  15. ^ "1. FC Köln v Nottingham Forest, 25 April 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Malmö FF v Austria Wien, 25 April 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

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