1978–79 UEFA Cup
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 |
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.
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
[edit]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.
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Teams
[edit]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
Schedule
[edit]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 round
[edit]First leg
[edit]Dukla Prague | 1–0 | Vicenza |
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Nehoda 6' | Report |
Milan | 1–0 | Lokomotíva Košice |
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Novellino 34' | Report |
Finn Harps | 0–5 | Everton |
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Report |
Sporting Gijón | 3–0 | Torino |
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Ferrero 4' Morán 14', 68' | Report |
Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.
Braga | 5–0 | Hibernians |
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Chico Gordo 2', 15', 19', 78' Lito 74' | Report |
Galatasaray | 1–3 | West Bromwich Albion |
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Terim 88' (pen.) | Report |
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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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Report |
Standard Liège | 1–0 | Dundee United |
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Denier 40' | Report |
Arsenal | 3–0 | Lokomotive Leipzig |
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Carl Zeiss Jena | 1–0 | Lierse |
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Töpfer 25' | Report |
Twente | 1–1 | Manchester City |
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Thoresen 50' | Report | Watson 24' |
Politehnica Timișoara | 2–0 | MTK Budapest |
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Pezoporikos Larnaca | 2–2 | Śląsk Wrocław |
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Theofanous 40', 64' | Report |
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' | Report |
Hajduk Split | 2–0 | Rapid Wien |
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Čop 30' Luketin 89' | Report |
Second leg
[edit]Vicenza | 1–1 | Dukla Prague |
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Briaschi 14' | Report | Gajdůšek 50' |
Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotíva Košice | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Milan |
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Kozák 81' | Report | |
Penalties | ||
6–7 | Maldera Novellino Chiodi Buriani Antonelli Morini De Vecchi Baresi |
1–1 on aggregate. Milan won in a penalty shoot-out.
Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos | 1–2 | Argeș Pitești |
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| Report |
Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.
Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.
Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.
Torino | 1–0 | Sporting Gijón |
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Graziani 64' | Report |
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.) | Report |
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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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Report |
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Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.
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.
Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.
Second round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | 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
[edit]Ajax | 1–0 | Lausanne-Sport |
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Lerby 23' | Report |
Everton | 2–1 | Dukla Prague |
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Report | Macela 85' |
Argeș Pitești | 2–1 | Valencia |
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Report |
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