1979 European Cup Winners' Cup final

The 1979 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Barcelona of Spain and Fortuna Düsseldorf of West Germany. It was held at St. Jakob Stadium in Basel on 16 May 1979. The venue was decided in Bern by the UEFA Executive Committee on 27 September 1978.^[1] It was the final match of the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 19th European Cup Winners' Cup final. Barcelona won 4–3 (a.e.t.) after goals from Tente Sánchez, Juan Manuel Asensi, Carles Rexach, and Hans Krankl, conquering the first UEFA-sanctioned trophy in its history.

1979 European Cup Winners' Cup final

Match programme cover
Event	1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
Barcelona Fortuna Düsseldorf 4 3
After extra time
Date	16 May 1979
Venue	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Referee	Károly Palotai (Hungary)
Attendance	58,000
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Route to the final

Further information: 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup

Barcelona					Fortuna Düsseldorf
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Shakhtyor Donetsk	4–1	3–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	First round	Universitatea Craiova	5–4	4–3 (A)	1–1 (H)
Anderlecht	3–3 (4–1 p)	0–3 (A)	3–0 (a.e.t.) (H)	Second round	Aberdeen	3–2	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)
Ipswich Town	2–2 (a)	1–2 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Servette	1–1 (a)	0–0 (H)	1–1 (A)
Beveren	2–0	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Baník Ostrava	4–3	3–1 (H)	1–2 (A)

Match

Details

Barcelona	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Sánchez 5' Asensi 34' Rexach 104' Krankl 111'	Report	T. Allofs 8' Seel 41', 114'

16 May 1979

19:15

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Barcelona

Fortuna Düsseldorf

GK 1 Pedro Artola DF 2 Rafael Zuviría DF 3 Migueli DF 4 Quique Costas  68' DF 5 José Albaladejo  57' MF 8 Tente Sánchez MF 6 Johan Neeskens MF 10 Juan Manuel Asensi (c) FW 7 Carles Rexach FW 9 Hans Krankl FW 11 Lobo Carrasco Substitutes: MF 14 Francisco Martínez  68' DF 12 Antonio de la Cruz  57' Manager: Joaquim Rifé

GK 1 Jörg Daniel DF 5 Heiner Baltes DF 3 Gerd Zewe (c) DF 4 Gerd Zimmermann  84' DF 2 Dieter Brei  24' MF 6 Egon Köhnen MF 7 Hubert Schmitz MF 9 Rudi Bommer FW 8 Thomas Allofs FW 10 Klaus Allofs FW 11 Wolfgang Seel Substitutes: FW 12 Flemming Lund  84' MF 13 Josef Weikl  24' Manager: Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer

See also

• 1979 European Cup Final
• 1979 UEFA Cup Final
• FC Barcelona in international football competitions