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
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The Olympiastadion in Munich hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates15 August 1978 – 30 May 1979
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Nottingham Forest (1st title)
Runners-upSweden 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
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Teams

Albania Vllaznia (1st) Austria Austria Wien (1st) Belgium Club Brugge (1st)
Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia (1st) Cyprus Omonia (1st) Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno (1st)
Denmark Odense (1st) England Nottingham Forest (1st) England Liverpool (2nd)TH
Finland Haka (1st) France Monaco (1st) East Germany Dynamo Dresden (1st)
West Germany Köln (1st) Greece AEK Athens (1st) Hungary Újpesti Dózsa (1st)
Iceland ÍA (1st) Republic of Ireland Bohemians (1st) Italy Juventus (1st)
Luxembourg Progrès Niedercorn (1st) Malta Valletta (1st) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Northern Ireland Linfield (1st) Norway Lillestrøm (1st) Poland Wisła Kraków (1st)
Portugal Porto (1st) Romania Steaua București (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st)
Spain Real Madrid (1st) Sweden Malmö FF (1st) Switzerland Grasshopper (1st)
Turkey Fenerbahçe (1st) Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan (1st)

Preliminary round

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Monaco France 3–2 Romania Steaua București 3–0 0–2
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First leg

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Monaco France3–0Romania Steaua București
Onnis 42'
Zorzetto 48'
Nogués 61'
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Second leg

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

Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
Greece AEK Athens 6 1 7
Portugal Porto 1 4 5
Greece AEK Athens 1 1 2
England Nottingham Forest 2 5 7
England Nottingham Forest 2 0 2
England Liverpool 0 0 0
England Nottingham Forest 4 1 5
Switzerland Grasshopper 1 1 2
Spain Real Madrid 5 7 12
Luxembourg Progrès Niedercorn 0 0 0
Spain Real Madrid 3 0 3
Switzerland Grasshopper (a) 1 2 3
Switzerland Grasshopper 8 5 13
Malta Valletta 0 3 3
England Nottingham Forest 3 1 4
West Germany Köln 3 0 3
Denmark Odense 2 1 3
Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 2 2 4
Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 0 0 0
West Germany Köln 1 4 5
West Germany Köln 4 1 5
Iceland ÍA 1 1 2
West Germany Köln 1 1 2
Scotland Rangers 0 1 1
Italy Juventus 1 0 1
Scotland Rangers 0 2 2
Scotland Rangers 0 3 3
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0 2 2
Turkey Fenerbahçe 2 1 3
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 6 7
England Nottingham Forest 1
Sweden Malmö FF 0
Albania Vllaznia 2 1 3
Austria Austria Wien 0 4 4
Austria Austria Wien 4 0 4
Norway Lillestrøm 1 0 1
Northern Ireland Linfield 0 0 0
Norway Lillestrøm 0 1 1
Austria Austria Wien 3 0 3
East Germany Dynamo Dresden 1 1 2
Cyprus Omonia 2 0 2
Republic of Ireland Bohemians (a) 1 1 2
Republic of Ireland Bohemians 0 0 0
East Germany Dynamo Dresden 0 6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 2 0 2 (4)
East Germany Dynamo Dresden (p) 0 2 2 (5)
Austria Austria Wien 0 0 0
Sweden Malmö FF 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 2 2 4
Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 2 0 2
Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 2 1 3
Poland Wisła Kraków (a) 2 1 3
Belgium Club Brugge 2 1 3
Poland Wisła Kraków 1 3 4
Poland Wisła Kraków 2 1 3
Sweden Malmö FF 1 4 5
Finland Haka 0 1 1
Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 1 3 4
Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0
Sweden Malmö FF 0 2 2
Sweden Malmö FF 0 1 1
France Monaco 0 0 0

First round

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AEK Athens Greece 7–5 Portugal Porto 6–1 1–4
Nottingham Forest England 2–0 England Liverpool 2–0 0–0
Real Madrid Spain 12–0 Luxembourg Progrès Niedercorn 5–0 7–0
Grasshopper Switzerland 13–3 Malta Valletta 8–0 5–3
Odense Denmark 3–4 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 1–2
Köln West Germany 5–2 Iceland ÍA 4–1 1–1
Juventus Italy 1–2 Scotland Rangers 1–0 0–2
Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–7 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–1 1–6
Vllaznia Albania 3–4 Austria Austria Wien 2–0 1–4
Linfield Northern Ireland 0–1 Norway Lillestrøm 0–0 0–1
Omonia Cyprus 2–2 (a) Republic of Ireland Bohemians 2–1 0–1
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–2 (4–5 p) East Germany Dynamo Dresden 2–0 0–2
Zbrojovka Brno Czechoslovakia 4–2 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 2–2 2–0
Club Brugge Belgium 3–4 Poland Wisła Kraków 2–1 1–3
Haka Finland 1–4 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 1–3
Malmö FF Sweden 1–0 France Monaco 0–0 1–0
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First leg

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Attendance: 33,000

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Attendance: 38,316

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Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Mário Luís (Portugal)

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Grasshopper Switzerland8–0Malta Valletta
Sulser 31', 46', 58', 62', 64'
Ponte 32', 35'
Wehrli 67'
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Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Marcel Herrmann (Luxembourg)

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Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Eamonn Farrell (Republic of Ireland)

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Fenerbahçe Turkey2–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Çetiner 17'
İlhan 43'
Report Brandts 23'
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Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)

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Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)

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Attendance: 4,700[2]
Referee: Henk van Ettekoven (Netherlands)

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Omonia Cyprus2–1Republic of Ireland Bohemians
Kanaris 21'
Dimitriou 51'
Report O'Connor 44'
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Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Nikola Milanov Doudine (Bulgaria)

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Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)

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Attendance: 15,241
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

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Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

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Attendance: 5,473

Second leg

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Porto Portugal4–1Greece AEK Athens
Vital 63', 83'
Teixeira 79'
Gomes 88'
Report Bajević 32'
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AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.


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

Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.


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Attendance: 4,250[5]
Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.


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Valletta Malta3–5Switzerland Grasshopper
Agius 56'
Seychell 83'
Farrugia 86'
Report Sulser 13' (pen.)
Ponte 61'
Traber 69', 78'
Her. Hermann 77'
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Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Franz Latzin (Austria)

Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.


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Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria2–1Denmark Odense
Mihaylov 27'
Kostov 50'
Report Eriksen 23' (pen.)
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Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nihat Ozbirgül (Turkey)

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.


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ÍA Iceland1–1West Germany Köln
Hein 8' (o.g.) Report Van Gool 72'
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Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.


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Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.


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PSV Eindhoven Netherlands6–1Turkey Fenerbahçe
Van der Kuijlen 10', 22', 71', 74'
Deijkers 49', 55'
Report Çetiner 87'
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Attendance: 22,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.


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

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.


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Lillestrøm Norway1–0Northern Ireland Linfield
Lønstad 12' Report
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Attendance: 5,641
Referee: Horst di Carlo (East Germany)

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.


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Bohemians Republic of Ireland1–0Cyprus Omonia
Joyce 27' Report
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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.


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Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.


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Wisła Kraków Poland3–1Belgium Club Brugge
Kmiecik 26'
Lipka 82'
Krupiński 89'
Report Ceulemans 50'
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Attendance: 25,000[9]
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.


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Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union3–1Finland Haka
Veremeyev 31'
Khapsalis 35'
Buryak 85'
Report Ronkainen 71'
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Attendance: 40,516[10]
Referee: Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.


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Attendance: 8,470[11]
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

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AEK Athens Greece 2–7 England Nottingham Forest 1–2 1–5
Real Madrid Spain 3–3 (a) Switzerland Grasshopper 3–1 0–2
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria 0–5 West Germany Köln 0–1 0–4
Rangers Scotland 3–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–0 3–2
Austria Wien Austria 4–1 Norway Lillestrøm 4–1 0–0
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 0–6 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 0–0 0–6
Zbrojovka Brno Czechoslovakia 3–3 (a) Poland Wisła Kraków 2–2 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 0–2 Sweden Malmö FF 0–0 0–2
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First leg

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Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

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Attendance: 35,000

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Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands)

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Attendance: 44,000

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Attendance: 2,160

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Second leg

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Attendance: 38,069
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.


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Attendance: 28,000

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


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Attendance: 17,000

Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.


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Attendance: 27,000

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.


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

Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.


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Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.


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Wisła Kraków Poland1–1Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno
Kapka 53' Report Došek 78'
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Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Dimitar Yordanov Parmakov (Bulgaria)

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


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Attendance: 13,602[14]

Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Nottingham Forest England 5–2 Switzerland Grasshopper 4–1 1–1
Köln West Germany 2–1 Scotland Rangers 1–0 1–1
Austria Wien Austria 3–2 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 3–1 0–1
Wisła Kraków Poland 3–5 Sweden Malmö FF 2–1 1–4
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First leg

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Attendance: 31,949
Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

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Austria Wien Austria3–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Schachner 20', 90'
Zach 86'
Weber 9'
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Attendance: 36,000

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Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)

Second leg

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

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.


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Attendance: 44,000

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.


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Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.


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Malmö FF Sweden4–1Poland Wisła Kraków
Ljungberg 65' (pen.), 72', 90' (pen.)
Cervin 82'
Report Kmiecik 58'
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Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Nottingham Forest England 4–3 West Germany Köln 3–3 1–0
Austria Wien Austria 0–1 Sweden Malmö FF 0–0 0–1
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First leg

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Attendance: 40,804

More information Austria Wien, 0–0 ...
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Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

Second leg

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Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.


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

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

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Attendance: 57,500

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. Dynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.

References

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