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1978–79 UEFA Cup

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.

1978–79 UEFA Cup
Dates5 September 1978 – 23 May 1979
Final positions
ChampionsWest Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd title)
Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored365 (2.9 per match)
Attendance3,035,950 (24,095 per match)
Top scorer(s)Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
9 goals

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.

Association team allocation

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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 associations 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.

Associations in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup
Four teams
  West Germany
  England
  Italy
Three teams
  Spain
  East Germany
  Bulgaria
Two teams
  Netherlands   Soviet Union   Belgium
  Yugoslavia   Hungary   Portugal
  Czechoslovakia   Poland   France
  Scotland   Greece   Switzerland
  Sweden   Romania   Austria
  Turkey   Denmark   Norway
One team
  Republic of Ireland
  Northern Ireland
  Finland
  Cyprus
  Malta
  Iceland
  Luxembourg
Did not compete
  Wales[Note WAL]
  Albania[Note ALB]
  • ^
    Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
  • ^
    Albania: Albanian teams returned to European competition in 1978 after five years of absence, but the country choose to not participate in the UEFA Cup, which wouldn't happen until 1981. Luftëtari would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.

    • Teams

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    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
    Qualified teams for 1978–79 UEFA Cup
      Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd)   Hertha BSC (3rd)   Stuttgart (4th)   Duisburg (5th)
      Everton (3rd)   Manchester City (4th)   Arsenal (5th)   West Bromwich Albion (6th)
      Vicenza (2nd)   Torino (3rd)   AC Milan (4th)   Napoli (6th)
      Athletic Bilbao (3rd)   Valencia (4th)   Sporting Gijón (5th)   Dynamo Berlin (3rd)
      Lokomotive Leipzig (4th)   Carl Zeiss Jena (5th)   CSKA Sofia (2nd)   Levski-Spartak Sofia (3rd)
      Botev Plovdiv (4th)   Ajax (2nd)   Twente (4th)   Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)
      Torpedo Moscow (3rd)   Standard Liège (3rd)   Lierse (4th)   Red Star Belgrade (2nd)
      Hajduk Split (3rd)   Budapest Honvéd (2nd)   MTK Budapest (3rd)   Benfica (2nd)
      Braga (4th)   Dukla Prague (2nd)   Lokomotíva Košice (3rd)   Śląsk Wrocław (2nd)
      Lech Poznań (3rd)   Nantes (2nd)   Strasbourg (3rd)   Dundee United (3rd)
      Hibernian (4th)   Panathinaikos (3rd)   Olympiacos (4th)   Basel (3rd)
      Lausanne-Sport (4th)   Elfsborg (2nd)   Norrköping (4th)   Argeș Pitești (2nd)
      Politehnica Timișoara (3rd)   Rapid Wien (2nd)   Sturm Graz (4th)   Galatasaray (3rd)
      Adanaspor (4th)   B 1903 (2nd)   Esbjerg (3rd)   Molde (3rd)
      IK Start (4th)   Finn Harps (2nd)   Glentoran (2nd)   KuPS Kuopio (2nd)
      Pezoporikos Larnaca (3rd)   Hibernians (2nd)   ÍBV (3rd)   Jeunesse Esch (2nd)

    Schedule

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    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.

    Schedule for 1978–79 UEFA Cup
    Round First leg Second leg
    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 round

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    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Dukla Prague   2–1   Vicenza 1–0 1–1
    Milan   1–1 (7–6 p)   Lokomotíva Košice 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
    CSKA Sofia   3–5   Valencia 2–1 1–4
    Borussia Mönchengladbach   7–2   Sturm Graz 5–1 2–1
    Argeș Pitești   5–1   Panathinaikos 3–0 2–1
    Athletic Bilbao   2–3   Ajax 2–0 0–3
    Finn Harps   0–10   Everton 0–5 0–5
    Jeunesse Esch   0–2   Lausanne-Sport 0–0 0–2
    Nantes   0–2   Benfica 0–2 0–0
    Sporting Gijón   3–1   Torino 3–0 0–1
    Braga   7–3   Hibernians 5–0 2–3
    Galatasaray   2–6   West Bromwich Albion 1–3 1–3
    BFC Dynamo   6–6 (a)   Red Star Belgrade 5–2 1–4
    KuPS   6–5   B 1903 2–1 4–4
    Basel   3–7   Stuttgart 2–3 1–4
    Torpedo Moscow   7–3   Molde 4–0 3–3
    Elfsborg   3–4   Strasbourg 2–0 1–4
    MSV Duisburg   10–2   Lech Poznań 5–0 5–2
    Standard Liège   1–0   Dundee United 1–0 0–0
    Start   0–1   Esbjerg 0–0 0–1
    Arsenal   7–1   Lokomotive Leipzig 3–0 4–1
    Carl Zeiss Jena   3–2   Lierse 1–0 2–2
    ÍBV   1–1 (a)   Glentoran 0–0 1–1
    Twente   3–4   Manchester City 1–1 2–3
    Hibernian   3–2   IFK Norrköping 3–2 0–0
    Politehnica Timișoara   3–2   MTK Budapest 2–0 1–2
    Pezoporikos Larnaca   3–7   Śląsk Wrocław 2–2 1–5
    Olympiacos   3–4   Levski Sofia 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
    Dinamo Tbilisi   3–1   Napoli 2–0 1–1
    Hajduk Split   3–2   Rapid Wien 2–0 1–2
    Hertha BSC   2–1   Botev Plovdiv 0–0 2–1
    Budapest Honvéd   8–2   Adanaspor 6–0 2–2

    First leg

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    Dukla Prague  1–0  Vicenza
    Nehoda   6' Report
    Attendance: 7,308
    Milan  1–0  Lokomotíva Košice
    Novellino   34' Report
    Attendance: 34,259
    CSKA Sofia  2–1  Valencia
    Dzhevizov   7'
    Hristov   54'    		 Report Solsona   71'
    Attendance: 28,000
    Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
    Borussia Mönchengladbach  5–1  Sturm Graz
    		 Report Jurtin   11'
    Attendance: 10,800
    Argeș Pitești  3–0  Panathinaikos
    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000
    Athletic Bilbao  2–0  Ajax
    		 Report
    Attendance: 33,000
    Finn Harps  0–5  Everton
    Report
    Attendance: 5,100
    Referee: Alain Delmer (France)
    Jeunesse Esch  0–0  Lausanne-Sport
    Report
    Attendance: 2,200
    Nantes  0–2  Benfica
    Report
    Attendance: 12,128
    Sporting Gijón  3–0  Torino
    Ferrero   4'
    Morán   14', 68'    		 Report
    Attendance: 22,400

    Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.

    Braga  5–0  Hibernians
    Chico Gordo   2', 15', 19', 78'
    Lito   74'    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000
    Galatasaray  1–3  West Bromwich Albion
    Terim   88' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 38,443
    BFC Dynamo  5–2  Red Star Belgrade
    Riediger   16', 28', 69'
    Netz   20'
    Brillat   89'    		 Report Šestić   34'
    Savić   36'
    Attendance: 24,000
    KuPS  2–1  B 1903
    		 Report Haarbye   41'
    Attendance: 646
    Basel  2–3  Stuttgart
    Stohler   30'
    Tanner   78'    		 Report D. Hoeneß   44'
    Ohlicher   54', 70'
    Attendance: 25,000
    Torpedo Moscow  4–0  Molde
    		 Report
    Attendance: 7,000
    Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)
    Elfsborg  2–0  Strasbourg
    		 Report
    Attendance: 3,383
    MSV Duisburg  5–0  Lech Poznań
    		 Report
    Attendance: 8,000
    Standard Liège  1–0  Dundee United
    Denier   40' Report
    Attendance: 8,500
    Start  0–0  Esbjerg
    Report
    Attendance: 1,417
    Arsenal  3–0  Lokomotive Leipzig
    		 Report
    Attendance: 34,233
    Carl Zeiss Jena  1–0  Lierse
    Töpfer   25' Report
    Attendance: 12,000
    ÍBV  0–0  Glentoran
    Report
    Attendance: 1,000
    Twente  1–1  Manchester City
    Thoresen   50' Report Watson   24'
    Attendance: 12,000
    Hibernian  3–2  IFK Norrköping
    		 Report
    Attendance: 10,000
    Politehnica Timișoara  2–0  MTK Budapest
    		 Report
    Attendance: 12,000
    Pezoporikos Larnaca  2–2  Śląsk Wrocław
    Theofanous   40', 64' Report
    Attendance: 3,000
    Olympiacos  2–1  Levski Sofia
    		 Report Barzov   43'
    Attendance: 32,000
    Dinamo Tbilisi  2–0  Napoli
    Kipiani   39'
    Shengelia   49'    		 Report
    Attendance: 75,000
    Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
    Hajduk Split  2–0  Rapid Wien
    Čop   30'
    Luketin   89'    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000
    Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)
    Hertha BSC  0–0  Botev Plovdiv
    Report
    Attendance: 4,500
    Budapest Honvéd  6–0  Adanaspor
    		 Report
    Attendance: 6,000

    Second leg

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    Vicenza  1–1  Dukla Prague
    Briaschi   14' Report Gajdůšek   50'
    Attendance: 16,938

    Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Lokomotíva Košice  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Milan
    Kozák   81' Report
    Penalties
    		 6–7   Maldera
      Novellino
      Chiodi
      Buriani
      Antonelli
      Morini
      De Vecchi
      Baresi
    Attendance: 32,000

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

    Valencia  4–1  CSKA Sofia
    Saura   16', 78'
    Felman   54'
    Kempes   82'    		 Report Hristov   17'
    Attendance: 50,000

    Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

    Sturm Graz  1–2  Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Schilcher   65' Report
    Attendance: 7,000

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.

    Panathinaikos  1–2  Argeș Pitești
    		 Report
    Attendance: 23,444

    Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Ajax  3–0  Athletic Bilbao
    		 Report
    Attendance: 25,150

    Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Everton  5–0  Finn Harps
    King   21'
    Latchford   25'
    Walsh   53'
    Ross   60'
    Dobson   63'    		 Report
    Attendance: 21,611

    Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.

    Lausanne-Sport  2–0  Jeunesse Esch
    		 Report
    Attendance: 4,000

    Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Benfica  0–0  Nantes
    Report
    Attendance: 45,000

    Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Torino  1–0  Sporting Gijón
    Graziani   64' Report
    Attendance: 25,219
    Referee: Béla Nagy (Hungary)

    Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Hibernians  3–2  Braga
    Carter   20' (pen.), 61' (pen.)
    Spiteri-Gonzi   86'    		 Report Chico Gordo   29'
    Ronaldo   35'
    Attendance: 1,207

    Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.

    West Bromwich Albion  3–1  Galatasaray
    		 Report İnal   44'
    Attendance: 22,380

    West Bromwich Albion won 6–2 on aggregate.

    Red Star Belgrade  4–1  BFC Dynamo
    Savić   58'
    Borovnica   69', 80'
    Šestić   89'    		 Report Riediger   12'
    Attendance: 38,766

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

    B 1903  4–4  KuPS
    		 Report
    Attendance: 1,500
    Referee: Henry Øberg (Norway)

    KuPS won 6–5 on aggregate.

    Stuttgart  4–1  Basel
    Kelsch   24', 48', 68'
    Müller   64'    		 Report Schönenberger   35'
    Attendance: 23,000

    Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

    Molde  3–3  Torpedo Moscow
    		 Report
    Attendance: 2,813
    Referee: Alf Grey (England)

    Torpedo Moscow won 7–3 on aggregate.

    Strasbourg  4–1  Elfsborg
    Piasecki   7'
    Tanter   27'
    Gemmrich   74'
    Wagner   80'    		 Report Ahlström   41'
    Attendance: 26,505
    Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)

    Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Lech Poznań  2–5  MSV Duisburg
    		 Report
    Attendance: 7,000

    MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.

    Dundee United  0–0  Standard Liège
    Report
    Attendance: 11,656

    Standard Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Esbjerg  1–0  Start
    Iversen   88' Report
    Attendance: 4,730

    Esbjerg won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Lokomotive Leipzig  1–4  Arsenal
    Stapleton   72' (o.g.) Report
    Attendance: 22,000

    Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

    Lierse  2–2  Carl Zeiss Jena
    		 Report
    Attendance: 12,000
    Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

    Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Glentoran  1–1  ÍBV
    Caskey   44' Report Óskarsson   89'
    Attendance: 3,235

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

    Manchester City  3–2  Twente
    		 Report
    Attendance: 29,330

    Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.

    IFK Norrköping  0–0  Hibernian
    Report
    Attendance: 1,260

    Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.

    MTK Budapest  2–1  Politehnica Timișoara
    		 Report
    Attendance: 4,000

    Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Śląsk Wrocław  5–1  Pezoporikos Larnaca
    		 Report Lambrou   13'
    Attendance: 8,000

    Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.

    Levski Sofia  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Olympiacos
    		 Report Kaltsas   60'
    Attendance: 45,000
    Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

    Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Napoli  1–1  Dinamo Tbilisi
    Savoldi   79' (pen.) Report Daraselia   64'
    Attendance: 61,000

    Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Rapid Wien  2–1  Hajduk Split
    Krejcirik   73'
    Francker   89'    		 Report Žungul   24'
    Attendance: 28,000

    Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Botev Plovdiv  1–2  Hertha BSC
    Slavkov   49' Report Granitza   32', 41'
    Attendance: 33,000

    Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Adanaspor  2–2  Budapest Honvéd
    		 Report
    Attendance: 4,200

    Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.

    Second round

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    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    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

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    Ajax  1–0  Lausanne-Sport
    Lerby   23' Report
    Attendance: 22,500
    Budapest Honvéd  4–0  Politehnica Timișoara
    		 Report
    Attendance: 5,000
    Everton  2–1  Dukla Prague
    		 Report Macela   85'
    Attendance: 32,857
    Argeș Pitești  2–1  Valencia
    		 Report
    Attendance: 20,000
    Carl Zeiss Jena  0–0  MSV Duisburg
    Report
    Attendance: 15,000
    Referee: Talal Tokat (Turkey)
    Torpedo Moscow  2–1  Stuttgart
    		 Report Hoeneß   26'
    Attendance: 15,000
    Hajduk Split  2–1  Arsenal
    Čop   15'
    Đorđević   39'    		 Report Brady   16'
    Attendance: 18,540
    Hertha BSC  2–0  Dinamo Tbilisi
    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000
    ÍBV  0–2  Śląsk Wrocław
    Report
    Attendance: 2,000
    KuPS  0–2  Esbjerg
    Report
    Attendance: 870
    Manchester City  4–0  Standard Liège
    		 Report
    Attendance: 27,498
    Levski Sofia  1–1  Milan
    Milkov   12' Report Chiodi   10'
    Attendance: 48,000
    Strasbourg  2–0  Hibernian
    Gemmrich   22'
    Piasecki   61' (pen.)    		 Report
    Attendance: 25,000
    Braga  0–2  West Bromwich Albion
    Report Regis   52', 54'
    Attendance: 19,500
    Benfica  0–0  Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Report
    Attendance: 60,000
    Sporting Gijón  0–1  Red Star Belgrade
    Report Blagojević   85'
    Attendance: 30,000

    Second leg

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    Lausanne-Sport  0–4  Ajax
    Report
    Attendance: 16,000

    Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.

    Politehnica Timișoara  2–0  Budapest Honvéd
    		 Report
    Attendance: 8,000

    Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Dukla Prague  1–0  Everton
    Gajdůšek   81' Report
    Attendance: 28,000

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

    Valencia  5–2  Argeș Pitești
    		 Report
    Attendance: 60,000

    Valencia won 6–4 on aggregate.

    MSV Duisburg  3–0 (a.e.t.)  Carl Zeiss Jena
    		 Report
    Attendance: 28,000

    MSV Duisburg won 3–0 on aggregate.

    Stuttgart  2–0  Torpedo Moscow
    		 Report
    Attendance: 63,500

    Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Arsenal  1–0  Hajduk Split
    Young   83' Report
    Attendance: 41,787

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

    Dinamo Tbilisi  1–0  Hertha BSC
    Shengelia   57' Report
    Attendance: 72,000

    Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Śląsk Wrocław  2–1  ÍBV
    		 Report Hallgrímsson   31'
    Attendance: 5,000

    Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Esbjerg  4–1  KuPS
    		 Report Loikkanen   79'
    Attendance: 4,800

    Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.

    Standard Liège  2–0  Manchester City
    Sigurvinsson   63', 85' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 25,000

    Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Milan  3–0  Levski Sofia
    Maldera   12'
    Bigon   39'
    Chiodi   75'    		 Report
    Attendance: 24,635

    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.

    Hibernian  1–0  Strasbourg
    McLeod   64' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 14,662

    Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.

    West Bromwich Albion  1–0  Braga
    Brown   46' Report
    Attendance: 26,019

    West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.

    Borussia Mönchengladbach  2–0 (a.e.t.)  Benfica
    		 Report
    Attendance: 36,000
    Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Red Star Belgrade  1–1  Sporting Gijón
    Petrović   80' Report Borovnica   22' (o.g.)
    Attendance: 39,137

    Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Third round

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    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    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

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    Milan  2–2  Manchester City
    Bigon   59', 82' Report Kidd   37'
    Power   57'
    Attendance: 27,102
    Borussia Mönchengladbach  1–1  Śląsk Wrocław
    Kulik   36' (pen.) Report Olesiak   50'
    Attendance: 20,000
    Referee: David Syme (Scotland)
    Budapest Honvéd  4–1  Ajax
    		 Report Clarke   80' (pen.)
    Attendance: 11,000
    Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
    Esbjerg  2–1  Hertha BSC
    		 Report Milewski   6'
    Attendance: 16,700
    Strasbourg  0–0  MSV Duisburg
    Report
    Attendance: 21,855
    Red Star Belgrade  1–0  Arsenal
    Blagojević   12' Report
    Attendance: 35,256
    Valencia  1–1  West Bromwich Albion
    Felman   16' Report Cunningham   48'
    Attendance: 45,000
    Stuttgart  4–1  Dukla Prague
    		 Report Gajdůšek   57'
    Attendance: 71,000

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    Manchester City  3–0  Milan
    Booth   15'
    Hartford   31'
    Kidd   43'    		 Report
    Attendance: 38,026

    Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Śląsk Wrocław  2–4  Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Pawłowski   25' (pen.), 50' Report
    Attendance: 25,000

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.

    Ajax  2–0  Budapest Honvéd
    		 Report
    Attendance: 21,000

    Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Hertha BSC  4–0  Esbjerg
    Milewski   3', 25', 32', 54' Report
    Attendance: 3,295

    Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.

    MSV Duisburg  4–0  Strasbourg
    Worm   33'
    Weber   43', 76'
    Fruck   48'    		 Report
    Attendance: 18,000

    MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

    Arsenal  1–1  Red Star Belgrade
    Sunderland   69' Report Savić   87'
    Attendance: 41,566
    Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

    Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

    West Bromwich Albion  2–0  Valencia
    		 Report
    Attendance: 34,164
    Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

    West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Dukla Prague  4–0  Stuttgart
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    Attendance: 25,000

    Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

    Quarter-finals

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    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    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

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    Budapest Honvéd  2–3  MSV Duisburg
    Varga   36'
    Weimper   49' (pen.)    		 Report Worm   22', 55'
    Seliger   84'
    Attendance: 12,000
    Hertha BSC  1–1  Dukla Prague
    Nüssing   50' Report Pelc   44'
    Attendance: 23,300
    Manchester City  1–1  Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Channon   26' Report Lienen   66'
    Attendance: 39,005
    Red Star Belgrade  1–0  West Bromwich Albion
    Savić   86' Report
    Attendance: 84,470

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    MSV Duisburg  1–2  Budapest Honvéd
    Büssers   39' Report Karalyos   85'
    Pal   88'
    Attendance: 28,000

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

    Dukla Prague  1–2  Hertha BSC
    Nehoda   21' Report Agerbeck   32'
    Milewski   57'
    Attendance: 30,000
    Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

    Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Borussia Mönchengladbach  3–1  Manchester City
    Kulik   45'
    Bruns   52'
    Del'Haye   71'    		 Report Deyna   78'
    Attendance: 35,000

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.

    West Bromwich Albion  1–1  Red Star Belgrade
    Regis   42' Report Savić   88'
    Attendance: 31,110

    Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Semi-finals

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    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    MSV Duisburg   3–6   Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 1–4
    Red Star Belgrade   2–2 (a)   Hertha BSC 1–0 1–2

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    MSV Duisburg  2–2  Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Worm   48'
    Fruck   64'    		 Report Simonsen   63'
    Lausen   77'
    Attendance: 22,500
    Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
    Red Star Belgrade  1–0  Hertha BSC
    Savić   7' Report
    Attendance: 71,923

    Second leg

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    Borussia Mönchengladbach  4–1  MSV Duisburg
    Simonsen   43', 55'
    Kulik   47'
    Lienen   81'    		 Report Büssers   70'
    Attendance: 14,800

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.

    Hertha BSC  2–1  Red Star Belgrade
    Beer   2'
    Sidka   18'    		 Report Šestić   74'
    Attendance: 72,000

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

    Final

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    Main article: 1979 UEFA Cup final

    First leg

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    Red Star Belgrade  1–1  Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Šestić   22' Report Jurišić   60' (o.g.)
    Attendance: 64,312
    Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

    Second leg

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    Borussia Mönchengladbach  1–0  Red Star Belgrade
    Simonsen   18' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 45,000

    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

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