1978–79 European Cup

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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.

## First round

### Second leg

*AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.*

*Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.*

*Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.*

*Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.*

*Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.*

*Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.*

*Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.*

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

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

*Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.*

*Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.*

*Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.*

## Second round

### Second leg

*Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.*

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

*Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.*

*Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.*

*Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.*

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

*Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.*

## Quarter-finals

 **Köln**  | 2–1
 **Austria Wien**  | 3–2
 Wisła Kraków  | 3–5

### Second leg

*Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.*

*Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.*

### Second leg

*Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.*

## 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.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.

## References

1. ↑ "Steaua București v Monaco, 30 August 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
2. ↑ "Linfield v Lillestrøm, 13 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
3. ↑ Gorbunov, N.. "Гол в запасе", Sovetsky Sport, 15 September 1978. (in ru)
4. ↑ "FC Porto v AEK Athens, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
5. ↑ "Progrès Niedercorn v Real Madrid, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
6. ↑ "ÍA v 1. FC Köln, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
7. ↑ "Rangers v Juventus, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
8. ↑ "Austria Wien v Vllaznia, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
9. ↑ "Wisła Kraków v Club Brugge, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
10. ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv v Haka, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
11. ↑ "Monaco v Malmö FF, 27 September 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
12. ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv v Malmö FF, 18 October 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
13. ↑ "Lillestrøm v Austria Wien, 1 November 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
14. ↑ "Malmö FF v Dynamo Kyiv, 1 November 1978" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
15. ↑ "1. FC Köln v Nottingham Forest, 25 April 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
16. ↑ "Malmö FF v Austria Wien, 25 April 1979" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

## External links

* 1978–79 All matches – season at UEFA website
* European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
* All scorers 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
* 1978/79 European Cup – results and line-ups (archive)

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