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.

1978–79 European Cup

The Olympiastadion in Munich hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	15 August 1978 – 30 May 1979
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Nottingham Forest (1st title)
Runners-up	Malmö FF
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	185 (2.94 per match)
Attendance	1,688,020 (26,794 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Claudio Sulser (Grasshoppers) 11 goals
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Teams

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

Preliminary round

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

First leg

Monaco	3–0	Steaua București
Onnis 42' Zorzetto 48' Nogués 61'	Report

15 August 1978

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 6,434

Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Second leg

Steaua București	2–0	Monaco
Troi 51', 76'	Report

30 August 1978

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

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
	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

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

AEK Athens	6–1	Porto
Bajević 3', 20' Ardizoglou 16' Konstantinou 39' Nikolaou 58' Mavros 60'	Report	Oliveira 51'

13 September 1978

21:00

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

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Nottingham Forest	2–0	Liverpool
Birtles 26' Barrett 87'	Report

13 September 1978

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 38,316

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

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Real Madrid	5–0	Progrès Niedercorn
Jensen 12' Juanito 30', 66' Del Bosque 40' Wolff 84'	Report

13 September 1978

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Mário Luís (Portugal)

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Grasshopper	8–0	Valletta
Sulser 31', 46', 58', 62', 64' Ponte 32', 35' Wehrli 67'	Report

13 September 1978

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Marcel Herrmann (Luxembourg)

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Odense	2–2	Lokomotiv Sofia
Munk Nielsen 32', 44'	Report	Kolev 60' Velichkov 69'

13 September 1978

Atletikstadion, Odense

Attendance: 7,200

Referee: Eamonn Farrell (Republic of Ireland)

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Köln	4–1	ÍA
Littbarski 12' Neumann 26', 39' Konopka 72'	Report	Hallgrímsson 20'

13 September 1978

Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

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Juventus	1–0	Rangers
Virdis 9'	Report

13 September 1978

Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin

Attendance: 61,425

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

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Fenerbahçe	2–1	PSV Eindhoven
Çetiner 17' İlhan 43'	Report	Brandts 23'

13 September 1978

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)

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Vllaznia	2–0	Austria Wien
Zhega 8' Ballgjini 55'	Report

13 September 1978

Loro Boriçi Stadium. Shkodër

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)

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Linfield	0–0	Lillestrøm
	Report

13 September 1978

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 4,700^[2]

Referee: Henk van Ettekoven (Netherlands)

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Omonia	2–1	Bohemians
Kanaris 21' Dimitriou 51'	Report	O'Connor 44'

13 September 1978

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Nikola Milanov Doudine (Bulgaria)

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Partizan	2–0	Dynamo Dresden
Prekazi 5' Đurović 47'	Report

13 September 1978

Jugoslavenska Narodna Armija, Belgrade

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

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Zbrojovka Brno	2–2	Újpesti Dózsa
Kroupa 72' Janečka 77'	Report	Fekete 40' Törőcsik 65'

13 September 1978

Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)

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Club Brugge	2–1	Wisła Kraków
Ceulemans 24' Cools 28'	Report	Kapka 83'

13 September 1978

Olympiastadion, Bruges

Attendance: 15,241

Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

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Haka	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv
	Report	Baltacha 74'

13 September 1978

19:00

Ratina Stadium, Tampere^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

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Malmö FF	0–0	Monaco
	Report

13 September 1978

Malmö Stadium, Malmö

Attendance: 5,473

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Second leg

Porto	4–1	AEK Athens
Vital 63', 83' Teixeira 79' Gomes 88'	Report	Bajević 32'

27 September 1978

21:45

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 62,000^[4]

Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.

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Liverpool	0–0	Nottingham Forest
	Report

27 September 1978

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 51,679

Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Progrès Niedercorn	0–7	Real Madrid
	Report	Pirri 10' Jensen 19' Stielike 28' Santillana 46', 87' García Hernández 65' Margue 90' (o.g.)

27 September 1978

Stade du Thillenberg, Differdange

Attendance: 4,250^[5]

Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

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Valletta	3–5	Grasshopper
Agius 56' Seychell 83' Farrugia 86'	Report	Sulser 13' (pen.) Ponte 61' Traber 69', 78' Her. Hermann 77'

27 September 1978

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Franz Latzin (Austria)

Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.

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Lokomotiv Sofia	2–1	Odense
Mihaylov 27' Kostov 50'	Report	Eriksen 23' (pen.)

27 September 1978

Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Nihat Ozbirgül (Turkey)

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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ÍA	1–1	Köln
Hein 8' (o.g.)	Report	Van Gool 72'

27 September 1978

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 4,500^[6]

Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Rangers	2–0	Juventus
MacDonald 18' Smith 69'	Report

27 September 1978

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 41,494^[7]

Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

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PSV Eindhoven	6–1	Fenerbahçe
Van der Kuijlen 10', 22', 71', 74' Deijkers 49', 55'	Report	Çetiner 87'

27 September 1978

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Austria Wien	4–1	Vllaznia
Parits 21' Schachner 35', 74' J. Sara 48'	Report	Hafizi 80'

27 September 1978

Praterstadion, Wien

Attendance: 26,000^[8]

Referee: Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Lillestrøm	1–0	Linfield
Lønstad 12'	Report

27 September 1978

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 5,641

Referee: Horst di Carlo (East Germany)

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Bohemians	1–0	Omonia
Joyce 27'	Report

27 September 1978

Flower Lodge, Cork

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Ron Bridges (Wales)

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

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Dynamo Dresden	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Partizan
Dörner 8' Weber 38'	Report
Penalties
Dörner Weber Schade Kotte Riedel Sachse Schmuck	5–4	Đorđević Klinčarski Pavković Trifunović Prekazi Stojković Zavišić

27 September 1978

Dynamostadion, Dresden

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Valentin Lipatov (Soviet Union)

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

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Újpesti Dózsa	0–2	Zbrojovka Brno
	Report	Došek 11' Kroupa 41'

27 September 1978

Megyeri út, Budapest

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Wisła Kraków	3–1	Club Brugge
Kmiecik 26' Lipka 82' Krupiński 89'	Report	Ceulemans 50'

27 September 1978

Stadion Miejski, Kraków

Attendance: 25,000^[9]

Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Kyiv	3–1	Haka
Veremeyev 31' Khapsalis 35' Buryak 85'	Report	Ronkainen 71'

27 September 1978

19:00

Stadion Metalist, Kharkiv ^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 40,516^[10]

Referee: Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Monaco	0–1	Malmö FF
	Report	Kindvall 35'

27 September 1978

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 8,470^[11]

Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

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

AEK Athens	1–2	Nottingham Forest
Konstantinou 59' (pen.)	Report	McGovern 10' Birtles 45'

18 October 1978

20:30

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

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Real Madrid	3–1	Grasshopper
Juanito 5' García Hernández 65' Santillana 77'	Report	Sulser 59'

18 October 1978

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

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Lokomotiv Sofia	0–1	Köln
	Report	Zimmermann 58'

18 October 1978

Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands)

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Rangers	0–0	PSV Eindhoven
	Report

18 October 1978

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)

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Austria Wien	4–1	Lillestrøm
Gasselich 25', 34' Sara 36' Schachner 65'	Report	Dokken 62'

18 October 1978

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

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Bohemians	0–0	Dynamo Dresden
	Report

18 October 1978

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Attendance: 2,160

Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

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Zbrojovka Brno	2–2	Wisła Kraków
Pešice 73' Kroupa 78'	Report	Kmiecik 37' Maculewicz 86'

18 October 1978

Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

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Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Malmö FF
	Report

18 October 1978

19:00

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 40,000^[12]

Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

Second leg

Nottingham Forest	5–1	AEK Athens
Needham 12' Woodcock 35' Anderson 40' Birtles 66', 72'	Report	Bajević 50'

1 November 1978

20:30

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 38,069

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Grasshopper	2–0	Real Madrid
Sulser 8', 86'	Report

1 November 1978

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

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

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Köln	4–0	Lokomotiv Sofia
Müller 20', 79' Van Gool 52' Glowacz 75'	Report

1 November 1978

Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.

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PSV Eindhoven	2–3	Rangers
Lubse 1' Deijkers 60'	Report	MacDonald 57' Johnstone 65' Russell 87'

1 November 1978

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Lillestrøm	0–0	Austria Wien
	Report

1 November 1978

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 5,589^[13]

Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg)

Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Dresden	6–0	Bohemians
Trautmann 39', 58' Dörner 41' Schmuck 49' Riedel 60' Kotte 75' (pen.)	Report

1 November 1978

Dynamo-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Wisła Kraków	1–1	Zbrojovka Brno
Kapka 53'	Report	Došek 78'

1 November 1978

Stadion Miejski, Kraków

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Dimitar Yordanov Parmakov (Bulgaria)

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

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Malmö FF	2–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Cervin 9' Kindvall 39'	Report

1 November 1978

19:00

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 13,602^[14]

Referee: John Hunting (England)

Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	5–2	Grasshopper	4–1	1–1
Köln	2–1	Rangers	1–0	1–1
Austria Wien	3–2	Dynamo Dresden	3–1	0–1
Wisła Kraków	3–5	Malmö FF	2–1	1–4

First leg

Nottingham Forest	4–1	Grasshopper
Birtles 31' Robertson 47' (pen.) Gemmill 87' Lloyd 89'	Report	Sulser 11'

7 March 1979

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 31,949

Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

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Köln	1–0	Rangers
Müller 58'	Report

6 March 1979

Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

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Austria Wien	3–1	Dynamo Dresden
Schachner 20', 90' Zach 86'		Weber 9'

7 March 1979

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

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Wisła Kraków	2–1	Malmö FF
Nawałka 26' Kmiecik 85'	Report	Hansson 13'

7 March 1979

Stadion Miejski, Kraków

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)

Second leg

Grasshopper	1–1	Nottingham Forest
Sulser 33' (pen.)	Report	O'Neill 38'

21 March 1979

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 17,800

Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Rangers	1–1	Köln
McLean 86'	Report	Müller 48'

22 March 1979

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Dresden	1–0	Austria Wien
Riedel 42' (pen.)	Report

21 March 1979

Dynamo-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Jan Keizer (Royal Dutch Football Association)

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Malmö FF	4–1	Wisła Kraków
Ljungberg 65' (pen.), 72', 90' (pen.) Cervin 82'	Report	Kmiecik 58'

21 March 1979

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 12,469

Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	4–3	Köln	3–3	1–0
Austria Wien	0–1	Malmö FF	0–0	0–1

First leg

Nottingham Forest	3–3	Köln
Birtles 28' Bowyer 53' Robertson 63'	Report	Van Gool 6' Müller 20' Okudera 85'

11 April 1979

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 40,804

Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

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Austria Wien	0–0	Malmö FF
	Report

11 April 1979

Praterstadion, Wien

Attendance: 64,000

Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

Second leg

Köln	0–1	Nottingham Forest
	Report	Bowyer 65'

25 April 1979

Müngersdorder Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 60,000^[15]

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Malmö FF	1–0	Austria Wien
Hansson 47'	Report

25 April 1979

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 25,239^[16]

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1979 European Cup final

Nottingham Forest	1–0	Malmö FF
Francis 45'	Report

30 May 1979

20:15 CEST

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:

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

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.