1978–79_UEFA_Cup
1978–79 UEFA Cup
8th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was the eighth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and at the Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany. It was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany, who defeated Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia by an aggregate result of 2–1 to claim their second UEFA Cup title.
| Dates | 5 September 1978 – 23 May 1979 |
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| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Red Star Belgrade |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 365 (2.9 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,035,950 (24,095 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 9 goals |
← 1977–78 1979–80 → | |
Red Star Belgrade became the third Yugoslav and second Serbian team to reach a European final, but couldn't defeat the more experienced West German side, who reached their fourth European final out of five in a seven-year span.
A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:
- 3 asssociations have four teams qualify.
- 3 associations have three teams qualify.
- 18 associations have two teams qualify.
- 7 associations have one team qualify.
East Germany and Bulgaria were the two associations selected to have a third birth for this season, while Poland and Switzerland went back to two qualified teams.
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Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
- TH: Title holders
- CW: Cup winners
- CR: Cup runners-up
- LC: League Cup winners
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
- P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Also, both away games for Śląsk Wrocław in the first two rounds were held on a Saturday.
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
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| First round | 5–16 September 1978 | 14–28 September 1978 |
| Second round | 18–21 October 1978 | 31 October – 2 November 1978 |
| Third round | 22–23 November 1978 | 6 December 1978 |
| Quarter-finals | 7 March 1979 | 20–21 March 1979 |
| Semi-finals | 10–11 April 1979 | 24–25 April 1979 |
| Final | 9 May 1979 | 23 May 1979 |
First leg
Athletic Bilbao  | 2–0 |  Ajax |
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| Sporting Gijón | 3–0 |  Torino |
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Ferrero  4'Morán 14', 68' |
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Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.
Braga  | 5–0 |  Hibernians |
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| Chico Gordo 2', 15', 19', 78' Lito 74' |
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Galatasaray  | 1–3 |  West Bromwich Albion |
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| Terim 88' (pen.) |
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BFC Dynamo  | 5–2 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Riediger 16', 28', 69' Netz 20'Brillat 89' |
Report | Šestić 34' Savić 36' |
Elfsborg  | 2–0 |  Strasbourg |
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| Arsenal | 3–0 | Lokomotive Leipzig |
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Hibernian  | 3–2 | IFK Norrköping |
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Politehnica Timișoara  | 2–0 |  MTK Budapest |
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Pezoporikos Larnaca  | 2–2 |  Śląsk Wrocław |
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| Theofanous 40', 64' |
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Olympiacos  | 2–1 |  Levski Sofia |
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Report | Barzov 43' |
Dinamo Tbilisi  | 2–0 | Napoli |
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| Kipiani 39' Shengelia 49' |
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Second leg
Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotíva Košice  | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Milan |
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| Kozák 81' |
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| Penalties | ||
| 6–7 |  Maldera Novellino Chiodi Buriani Antonelli Morini De Vecchi Baresi |
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1–1 on aggregate. Milan won in a penalty shoot-out.
Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.
Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.
Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.
Lausanne-Sport  | 2–0 |  Jeunesse Esch |
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Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.
Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Hibernians | 3–2 | Braga |
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| Carter 20' (pen.), 61' (pen.) Spiteri-Gonzi 86' |
Report | Chico Gordo 29' Ronaldo 35' |
Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.
| West Bromwich Albion | 3–1 | Galatasaray |
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Report | İnal 44' |
West Bromwich Albion won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–1 | BFC Dynamo |
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| Savić 58' Borovnica 69', 80'Šestić 89' |
Report | Riediger 12' |
6–6 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.
B 1903  | 4–4 |  KuPS |
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KuPS won 6–5 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.
Torpedo Moscow won 7–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Lech Poznań | 2–5 | MSV Duisburg |
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MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.
Esbjerg won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Lokomotive Leipzig | 1–4 | Arsenal |
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| Stapleton 72' (o.g.) |
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Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
Lierse  | 2–2 | Carl Zeiss Jena |
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Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate, ÍBV won on away goals rule.
| Manchester City | 3–2 | Twente |
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Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.
| MTK Budapest | 2–1 | Politehnica Timișoara |
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Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Śląsk Wrocław | 5–1 |  Pezoporikos Larnaca |
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Report | Lambrou 13' |
Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.
| Levski Sofia | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Olympiacos |
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| Report | Kaltsas 60' |
Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien  | 2–1 | Hajduk Split |
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| Krejcirik 73' Francker 89' |
Report | Žungul 24' |
Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Botev Plovdiv | 1–2 | Hertha BSC |
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| Slavkov 49' |
Report | Granitza 32', 41' |
Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Adanaspor | 2–2 | Budapest Honvéd |
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Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Ajax |
5–0 | Lausanne-Sport |
1–0 | 4–0 |
| Budapest Honvéd |
4–2 | Politehnica Timișoara |
4–0 | 0–2 |
| Everton |
2–2 (a) | Dukla Prague |
2–1 | 0–1 |
| Argeș Pitești |
4–6 | Valencia |
2–1 | 2–5 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena |
0–3 | MSV Duisburg |
0–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Torpedo Moscow |
2–3 | Stuttgart |
2–1 | 0–2 |
| Hajduk Split |
2–2 (a) | Arsenal |
2–1 | 0–1 |
| Hertha BSC |
2–1 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
2–0 | 0–1 |
ÍBV  |
1–4 | Śląsk Wrocław |
0–2 | 1–2 |
| KuPS |
1–6 | Esbjerg |
0–2 | 1–4 |
| Manchester City |
4–2 | Standard Liège |
4–0 | 0–2 |
| Levski Sofia |
1–4 | Milan |
1–1 | 0–3 |
| Strasbourg |
2–1 | Hibernian |
2–0 | 0–1 |
| Braga |
0–3 | West Bromwich Albion |
0–2 | 0–1 |
| Benfica |
0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
0–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Sporting Gijón |
1–2 | Red Star Belgrade |
0–1 | 1–1 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Politehnica Timișoara | 2–0 | Budapest Honvéd |
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Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate, Dukla Prague won on away goals rule.
Valencia won 6–4 on aggregate.
MSV Duisburg won 3–0 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate, Arsenal won on away goals rule.
Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Śląsk Wrocław | 2–1 | ÍBV |
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Report | Hallgrímsson 31' |
Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.
Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Standard Liège | 2–0 | Manchester City |
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| Sigurvinsson 63', 85' (pen.) |
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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 | 1–0 | Braga |
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| Brown 46' |
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West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Benfica |
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | Sporting Gijón |
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| Petrović 80' |
Report | Borovnica 22' (o.g.) |
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Milan |
2–5 | Manchester City |
2–2 | 0–3 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach |
5–3 | Śląsk Wrocław |
1–1 | 4–2 |
| Budapest Honvéd |
4–3 | Ajax |
4–1 | 0–2 |
| Esbjerg |
2–5 | Hertha BSC |
2–1 | 0–4 |
| Strasbourg |
0–4 | MSV Duisburg |
0–0 | 0–4 |
| Red Star Belgrade |
2–1 | Arsenal |
1–0 | 1–1 |
| Valencia |
1–3 | West Bromwich Albion |
1–1 | 0–2 |
| Stuttgart |
4–5 | Dukla Prague |
4–1 | 0–4 |
First leg
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Śląsk Wrocław |
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| Kulik 36' (pen.) |
Report | Olesiak 50' |
| Red Star Belgrade | 1–0 | Arsenal |
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| Blagojević 12' |
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| Valencia | 1–1 | West Bromwich Albion |
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| Felman 16' |
Report | Cunningham 48' |
Second leg
Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Śląsk Wrocław | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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| Pawłowski 25' (pen.), 50' |
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.
| MSV Duisburg | 4–0 | Strasbourg |
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| Worm 33' Weber 43', 76'Fruck 48' |
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MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Arsenal | 1–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Sunderland 69' |
Report | Savić 87' |
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Budapest Honvéd |
4–4 (a) | MSV Duisburg |
2–3 | 2–1 |
| Hertha BSC |
3–2 | Dukla Prague |
1–1 | 2–1 |
| Manchester City |
2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
1–1 | 1–3 |
| Red Star Belgrade |
2–1 | West Bromwich Albion |
1–0 | 1–1 |
First leg
| Budapest Honvéd | 2–3 | MSV Duisburg |
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| Varga 36' Weimper 49' (pen.) |
Report | Worm 22', 55' Seliger 84' |
| Manchester City | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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| Channon 26' |
Report | Lienen 66' |
Second leg
| MSV Duisburg | 1–2 | Budapest Honvéd |
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| Büssers 39' |
Report | Karalyos 85' Pal 88' |
4–4 on aggregate, MSV Duisburg won on away goals rule.
| Dukla Prague | 1–2 | Hertha BSC |
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| Nehoda 21' |
Report | Agerbeck 32' Milewski 57' |
Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | Manchester City |
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| Kulik 45' Bruns 52'Del'Haye 71' |
Report | Deyna 78' |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.
| West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Regis 42' |
Report | Savić 88' |
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| MSV Duisburg |
3–6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
2–2 | 1–4 |
| Red Star Belgrade |
2–2 (a) | Hertha BSC |
1–0 | 1–2 |
First leg
| MSV Duisburg | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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| Worm 48' Fruck 64' |
Report | Simonsen 63' Lausen 77' |
Second leg
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–1 | MSV Duisburg |
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| Simonsen 43', 55' Kulik 47'Lienen 81' |
Report | Büssers 70' |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.
| Hertha BSC | 2–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Beer 2' Sidka 18' |
Report | Šestić 74' |
2–2 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.
First leg
| Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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| Šestić 22' |
Report | Jurišić 60' (o.g.) |
Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.
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