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

15 August 1978

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

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 6,434

Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Second leg

30 August 1978

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

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

13 September 1978

21:00

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

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

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13 September 1978

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

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 38,316

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

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13 September 1978

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

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Mário Luís (Portugal)

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13 September 1978

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

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Marcel Herrmann (Luxembourg)

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13 September 1978

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

Atletikstadion, Odense

Attendance: 7,200

Referee: Eamonn Farrell (Republic of Ireland)

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13 September 1978

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

Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

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13 September 1978

Juventus	1–0	Rangers
Virdis 9'	Report

Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin

Attendance: 61,425

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

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13 September 1978

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

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)

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13 September 1978

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

Loro Boriçi Stadium. Shkodër

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)

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13 September 1978

Linfield	0–0	Lillestrøm
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 4,700^[2]

Referee: Henk van Ettekoven (Netherlands)

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13 September 1978

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

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Nikola Milanov Doudine (Bulgaria)

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13 September 1978

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

Jugoslavenska Narodna Armija, Belgrade

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

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13 September 1978

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

Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)

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13 September 1978

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

Olympiastadion, Bruges

Attendance: 15,241

Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

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13 September 1978

19:00

Haka	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv
	Report	Baltacha 74'

Ratina Stadium, Tampere^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

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13 September 1978

Malmö FF	0–0	Monaco
	Report

Malmö Stadium, Malmö

Attendance: 5,473

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Second leg

27 September 1978

21:45

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

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 62,000^[4]

Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

Liverpool	0–0	Nottingham Forest
	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 51,679

Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

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

Stade du Thillenberg, Differdange

Attendance: 4,250^[5]

Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

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

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Franz Latzin (Austria)

Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

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

Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Nihat Ozbirgül (Turkey)

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

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

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 4,500^[6]

Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

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

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 41,494^[7]

Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

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

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

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

Praterstadion, Wien

Attendance: 26,000^[8]

Referee: Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

Lillestrøm	1–0	Linfield
Lønstad 12'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 5,641

Referee: Horst di Carlo (East Germany)

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

Bohemians	1–0	Omonia
Joyce 27'	Report

Flower Lodge, Cork

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Ron Bridges (Wales)

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

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27 September 1978

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

Dynamostadion, Dresden

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Valentin Lipatov (Soviet Union)

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

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27 September 1978

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

Megyeri út, Budapest

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

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

Stadion Miejski, Kraków

Attendance: 25,000^[9]

Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

19:00

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

Stadion Metalist, Kharkiv^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 40,516^[10]

Referee: Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1978

Monaco	0–1	Malmö FF
	Report	Kindvall 35'

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

18 October 1978

20:30

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

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

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18 October 1978

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

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

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18 October 1978

Lokomotiv Sofia	0–1	Köln
	Report	Zimmermann 58'

Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands)

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18 October 1978

Rangers	0–0	PSV Eindhoven
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)

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18 October 1978

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

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

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18 October 1978

Bohemians	0–0	Dynamo Dresden
	Report

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Attendance: 2,160

Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

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18 October 1978

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

Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

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18 October 1978

19:00

Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Malmö FF
	Report

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 40,000^[12]

Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

Second leg

1 November 1978

20:30

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

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 38,069

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.

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1 November 1978

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

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

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

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1 November 1978

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

Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.

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1 November 1978

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

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

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1 November 1978

Lillestrøm	0–0	Austria Wien
	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 5,589^[13]

Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg)

Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

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1 November 1978

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

Dynamo-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.

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1 November 1978

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

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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1 November 1978

19:00

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

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

7 March 1979

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

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 31,949

Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

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6 March 1979

Köln	1–0	Rangers
Müller 58'	Report

Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

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7 March 1979

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

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

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7 March 1979

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

Stadion Miejski, Kraków

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)

Second leg

21 March 1979

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

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 17,800

Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.

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22 March 1979

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

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.

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21 March 1979

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

Dynamo-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Jan Keizer (Royal Dutch Football Association)

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.

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21 March 1979

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

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

11 April 1979

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

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 40,804

Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

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11 April 1979

Austria Wien	0–0	Malmö FF
	Report

Praterstadion, Wien

Attendance: 64,000

Referee: Alek Jarguz (Poland)

Second leg

25 April 1979

Köln	0–1	Nottingham Forest
	Report	Bowyer 65'

Müngersdorder Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 60,000^[15]

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.

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25 April 1979

Malmö FF	1–0	Austria Wien
Hansson 47'	Report

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

30 May 1979

20:15 CEST

Nottingham Forest	1–0	Malmö FF
Francis 45'	Report

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.