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.

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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

1978–79 European Cup

<table><thead><tr><th>Vllaznia (1st)</th><th>Austria Wien (1st)</th><th>Club Brugge (1st)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Lokomotiv Sofia (1st)</td><td>Omonia (1st)</td><td>Zbrojovka Brno (1st)</td></tr><tr><td>Odense (1st)</td><td>Nottingham Forest (1st)</td><td>Liverpool (2nd)TH</td></tr><tr><td>Haka (1st)</td><td>Monaco (1st)</td><td>Dynamo Dresden (1st)</td></tr><tr><td>Köln (1st)</td><td>AEK Athens (1st)</td><td>Újpesti Dózsa (1st)</td></tr><tr><td>ÍA (1st)</td><td>Bohemians (1st)</td><td>Juventus (1st)</td></tr><tr><td>Progrès Niedercorn (1st)</td><td>Valletta (1st)</td><td>PSV Eindhoven (1st)</td></tr><tr><td>Linfield (1st)</td><td>Lillestrøm (1st)</td><td>Wisła Kraków (1st)</td></tr><tr><td>Porto (1st)</td><td>Steaua București (1st)</td><td>Rangers (1st)</td></tr><tr><td>Real Madrid (1st)</td><td>Malmö FF (1st)</td><td>Grasshopper (1st)</td></tr><tr><td>Fenerbahçe (1st)</td><td>Dynamo Kyiv (1st)</td><td>Partizan (1st)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Preliminary round

1978–79 European Cup

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>3–2</td><td>Steaua București</td><td>3–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr></tbody></table>

Bracket

1978–79 European Cup

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

First round

1978–79 European Cup

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

Second leg

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

Second round

1978–79 European Cup

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>AEK Athens</td><td>2–7</td><td>Nottingham Forest</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–5</td></tr><tr><td>Real Madrid</td><td>3–3 (a)</td><td>Grasshopper</td><td>3–1</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Lokomotiv Sofia</td><td>0–5</td><td>Köln</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>Rangers</td><td>3–2</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>0–0</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>Austria Wien</td><td>4–1</td><td>Lillestrøm</td><td>4–1</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Bohemians</td><td>0–6</td><td>Dynamo Dresden</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–6</td></tr><tr><td>Zbrojovka Brno</td><td>3–3 (a)</td><td>Wisła Kraków</td><td>2–2</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Dynamo Kyiv</td><td>0–2</td><td>Malmö FF</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–2</td></tr></tbody></table>

Quarter-finals

1978–79 European Cup

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Nottingham Forest</td><td>5–2</td><td>Grasshopper</td><td>4–1</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Köln</td><td>2–1</td><td>Rangers</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Austria Wien</td><td>3–2</td><td>Dynamo Dresden</td><td>3–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Wisła Kraków</td><td>3–5</td><td>Malmö FF</td><td>2–1</td><td>1–4</td></tr></tbody></table>

Semi-finals

1978–79 European Cup

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Nottingham Forest</td><td>4–3</td><td>Köln</td><td>3–3</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Austria Wien</td><td>0–1</td><td>Malmö FF</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–1</td></tr></tbody></table>

Top scorers

1978–79 European Cup

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Team</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Claudio Sulser</td><td>Grasshopper</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Garry Birtles</td><td>Nottingham Forest</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Dieter Müller</td><td>Köln</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Walter Schachner</td><td>Austria Wien</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Dušan Bajević</td><td>AEK Athens</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Kazimierz Kmiecik</td><td>Wisła Kraków</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Willy van der Kuijlen</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Gerrie Deijkers</td><td>PSV Eindhoven</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Roger van Gool</td><td>Köln</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Juanito</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Karel Kroupa</td><td>Zbrojovka Brno</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Anders Ljungberg</td><td>Malmö FF</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Raimondo Ponte</td><td>Grasshopper</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Santillana</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>3</td></tr></tbody></table>