1978–79 UEFA Cup

8th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFATemplate:SHORTDESC:8th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

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The **1978–79 UEFA Cup** was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate over Red Star Belgrade.

## First round

### First leg

 * Bruns  4', 89'
* Gores  48'
* Nielsen  67'
* Simonsen  89'

 * Toma  19'
* Moiceanu  75', 89'

 * Churruca  9'
* Vidal  58'

* Thomas  15'
* Latchford  62'
* Walsh  64'

* Nené  41'

*Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.*

 Terim  88' (pen.) | https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65113--galatasaray-vs-west-brom/ | * Robson  6'
* Cunningham  63', 69'

 * Mönkkönen  16'
* E. Heiskanen  73'

 * Vasilyev  5'
* Mironov  35'
* Grishin  78'
* Suchilin  86'

 * Svensson  17'
* Magnusson  43' (pen.)

 * Jara  21'
* Worm  23', 37'
* Alhaus  32'
* Büssers  88'

 * Stapleton  67', 68'
* Sunderland  80'

 * Higgins  25', 88'
* Temperley  49'
* Andersson  66'

 * Cotec  10'
* Păltinișanu  55'

 Theofanous  40', 64' | https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65151--pezoporikos-vs-slask/ | * Pawłowski  44' (pen.)
* Sybis  86'

 * Kritikopoulos  51'
* Kaltsas  76'

 * Lukács  16'
* Weimper  64', 67'
* Gyimesi  65'
* Bodonyi  78'
* Nagy  88'

### Second leg

*Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.*

* Jacko
* Móder
* Suchánek
* Dobrovič
* Fecko
* Repík

*1–1 on aggregate. Milan won in a penalty shoot-out.*

*Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.*

 Schilcher  65' | https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65104--sturm-vs-monchengladbach/ | * Simonsen  5'
* Bruns  50'

*Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.*

 * Gonios  51'
* Radu II  68'

*Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.*

 * Clarke  38' (pen.), 55'
* Lerby  89'

*Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.*

 * Diserens  39'
* Sampedro  76'

*Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.*

*Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.*

*Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.*

 * Robson  33'
* Cunningham  39' (pen.)
* Trewick  47'

*West Bromwich Albion won 6–2 on aggregate.*

*6–6 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.*

 * Kristiansen  14'
* Schmidt-Jensen  19'
* Larsen  20'
* Damm  82'
* A. Heiskanen  15'
* Hämäläinen  27'
* Arvo Rautio  82'

*KuPS won 6–5 on aggregate.*

*Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.*

 * Brakstad  43'
* Bjørnå  53'
* Fuglset  67'
* Suchilin  81'

*Torpedo Moscow won 7–3 on aggregate.*

*Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.*

 * Kasalik  34'
* Okoński  83'
* Worm  22', 72'
* Fenten  30'
* Buttgereit  71'

*MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.*

*Standard Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.*

*Esbjerg won 1–0 on aggregate.*

 Stapleton  72' (o.g.) | https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65130--leipzig-vs-arsenal/ | * Brady  20' (pen.)
* Sunderland  51'
* Stapleton  62', 66'

*Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.*

 * Bosch  40'
* Vandenbergh  51'
* Töpfer  83' (pen.)

*Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*1–1 on aggregate, ÍBV won on away goals rule.*

 * Wildschut  8' (o.g.)
* Kidd  70'
* Bell  84'
* Gritter  85'

*Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.*

 * Koritár  50'
* Nadu  67' (o.g.)

*Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.*

 * Garłowski  12'
* Faber  30'
* Olesiak  34'
* Kwiatkowski  60'
* Sybis  86'

*Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.*

 * Milkov  47'
* Panov  52'
* Voynov  96' (pen.)

*Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.*

 * Kaynak  44'
* Erdoğan  61'
* Pintér  54'

*Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.*

## Second round

### First leg

 * Weimper  5' (pen.), 88'
* Gyimesi  81'
* Pintér  84'

 * Latchford  19'
* King  76'

 * Dobrin  10'
* Moiceanu  72'

 * Vasilyev  3'
* Sakharov  61'

 * Nüssing  41'
* Granitza  63'

* Faber  68'

* Nielsen  23'

 * Hartford  12'
* Kidd  85' (pen.), 86'
* Palmer  88'

### Second leg

* Clarke  13', 83'
* Arnesen  37'

*Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.*

 * Roșca  51'
* Păltinișanu  89'

*Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.*

*2–2 on aggregate, Dukla Prague won on away goals rule.*

 * Kempes  34', 40'
* Bonhof  61'
* Saura  65'
* Solsona  85'
* Nicolae  78'

*Valencia won 6–4 on aggregate.*

 * Dietz  98'
* Jara  107'
* Fruck  119'

*MSV Duisburg won 3–0 on aggregate.*

 * Müller  61'
* Volkert  71'

*Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*2–2 on aggregate, Arsenal won on away goals rule.*

*Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.*

 * Nocko  15'
* Kwiatkowski  87'

*Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.*

 * Bertelsen  10'
* Iversen  25'
* Østergaard  59' (pen.)
* Bach  60'

*Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.*

*Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.*

*Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.*
*On 23 November 1978, UEFA fined Milan $14,000 for a bribery attempt to the Scottish referee John Gordon and linesmen Rollo Kyle and David McCartney (Italian club took the officials to shop for free the day before the game). Curiously, UEFA did not sanction the referee at all, however, Scottish Football Association suspended him.*

*Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.*

 * Bruns  95' (pen.)
* Klinkhammer  119'

*Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 on aggregate.*

*Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.*

## Third round

### First leg

 * Nagy  48', 63'
* Lukács  66'
* Weimper  88' (pen.)

 * Hansen  12' (pen.)
* Jespersen  48'

 * Volkert  8', 33' (pen.)
* Kelsch  66'
* Ohlicher  87'

### Second leg

*Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.*

 Pawłowski  25' (pen.), 50' | https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66283--slask-vs-monchengladbach/ | * Simonsen  35', 85', 89'
* Nielsen  48'

*Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.*

 * Clarke  45' (pen.)
* Tahamata  68'

*Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.*

*MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.*

*Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.*

 * Statham  5'
* Brown  80'

*West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.*

 * Hoeneß  24' (o.g.)
* Vízek  46'
* Pelc  52' (pen.)
* Gajdůšek  87'

*Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.*

## Quarter-finals

 **Hertha BSC**  | 3–2
 Manchester City  | 2–4
 **Red Star Belgrade**  | 2–1

### Second leg

*4–4 on aggregate, MSV Duisburg won on away goals rule.*

*Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.*

*Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.*

### Second leg

*Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.*

*2–2 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.*

### Second leg

*Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.*

## External links

* 1978–79 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
* Official Site
* Results at RSSSF.com
* All scorers 1978–79 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA
* 1978/79 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)

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