1978–79 UEFA Cup
8th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was the eighth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and at the Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany. It was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany, who defeated Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia by an aggregate result of 2–1 to claim their second UEFA Cup title.
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Dates | 5 September 1978 – 23 May 1979 |
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Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 365 (2.9 per match) |
Attendance | 3,035,950 (24,095 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 9 goals |
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Red Star Belgrade became the third Yugoslav and second Serbian team to reach a European final, but couldn't defeat the more experienced West German side, who reached their fourth European final out of five in a seven-year span.