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1978–79 European Cup

March 17, 2024

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.

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)
Attendance1,688,020 (26,794 per match)
Top scorer(s)Claudio Sulser (Grasshoppers)
11 goals

Teams edit

Preliminary round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monaco   3–2   Steaua București 3–0 0–2

First leg edit

Monaco  3–0  Steaua București
Onnis   42'
Zorzetto   48'
Nogués   61'		 Report
Attendance: 6,434

Second leg edit

Steaua București  2–0  Monaco
Troi   51', 76' Report
Attendance: 25,000[1]
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland)

Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket edit

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

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

AEK Athens  6–1  Porto
Bajević   3', 20'
Ardizoglou   16'
Konstantinou   39'
Nikolaou   58'
Mavros   60'		 Report Oliveira   81'
Attendance: 33,000
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)
Attendance: 4,700[2]
Referee: Henk van Ettekoven (Netherlands)
Omonia  2–1  Bohemians
Kanaris   21'
Dimitriou   51'		 Report O'Connor   44'
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
Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)
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 edit

Porto  4–1  AEK Athens
Vital   63', 83'
Teixeira   79'
Gomes   88'		 Report Bajević   32'
Attendance: 62,000[4]

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.

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: 4,250[5]
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: 4,500[6]

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rangers  2–0  Juventus
MacDonald   18'
Smith   69'		 Report
Attendance: 41,494[7]

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: 26,000[8]
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)

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

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

2–2 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: 25,000[9]
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv  3–1  Haka
Veremeyev   31'
Khapsalis   35'
Buryak   85'		 Report Ronkainen   71'
Attendance: 40,516[10]
Referee: Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.

Monaco  0–1  Malmö FF
Report Kindvall   35'
Attendance: 8,470[11]
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Attendance: 35,000
Lokomotiv Sofia  0–1  Köln
Report Zimmermann   58'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands)
Attendance: 44,000
Austria Wien  4–1  Lillestrøm
Gasselich   25', 34'
Sara   36'
Schachner   65'		 Report Dokken   62'
Attendance: 24,000
Attendance: 2,160
Zbrojovka Brno  2–2  Wisła Kraków
Pešice   73'
Kroupa   78'		 Report Kmiecik   37'
Maculewicz   86'
Attendance: 25,000
Attendance: 40,000[12]

Second leg edit

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

3–3 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.

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

Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden  6–0  Bohemians
Trautmann   39', 58'
Dörner   41'
Schmuck   49'
Riedel   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)

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

Malmö FF  2–0  Dynamo Kyiv
Cervin   9'
Kindvall   39'		 Report
Attendance: 13,602[14]

Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nottingham Forest