1978–79 European Cup

1978–79 European Cup

The Olympiastadion in Munich hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	15 August 1978 - 30 May 1979
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Nottingham Forest (1st title)
Runners-up	Malmö FF
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	185 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Claudio Sulser (11 goals)

The 1978–79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.

Bracket

Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
AEK Athens	6	1	7
Porto	1	4	5			AEK Athens	1	1	2
Nottingham Forest	2	0	2			Nottingham Forest	2	5	7
Liverpool	0	0	0									Nottingham Forest	4	1	5
Real Madrid	5	7	12									Grasshopper	1	1	2
Progrès Niedercorn	0	0	0			Real Madrid	3	0	3
Grasshopper	8	5	13			Grasshopper (a)	1	2	3
Valletta	0	3	3															Nottingham Forest	3	1	4
Odense	2	1	3															Köln	3	0	3
Lokomotiv Sofia	2	2	4			Lokomotiv Sofia	0	0	0
Köln	4	1	5			Köln	1	4	5
ÍA	1	1	2									Köln	1	1	2
Juventus	1	0	1									Rangers	0	1	1
Rangers	0	2	2			Rangers	0	3	3
Fenerbahçe	2	1	3			PSV Eindhoven	0	2	2
PSV Eindhoven	1	6	7																					Nottingham Forest	1
Vllaznia	2	1	3																					Malmö FF	0
Austria Vienna	0	4	4			Austria Vienna	4	0	4
Linfield	0	0	0			Lillestrøm	1	0	1
Lillestrøm	0	1	1									Austria Vienna	3	0	3
Omonia	2	0	2									Dynamo Dresden	1	1	2
Bohemians (a)	1	1	2			Bohemians	0	0	0
Partizan	2	0	2 (4)			Dynamo Dresden	0	6	6
Dynamo Dresden (p)	0	2	2 (5)															Austria Vienna	0	0	0
Zbrojovka Brno	2	2	4															Malmö FF	0	1	1
Újpesti Dózsa	2	0	2			Zbrojovka Brno	2	1	3
Club Brugge	2	1	3			Wisla Kraków (a)	2	1	3
Wisla Kraków	1	3	4									Wisła Kraków	1	1	2
Haka	0	1	1									Malmö FF	1	4	5
Dynamo Kyiv	1	3	4			Dynamo Kyiv	0	0	0
Malmö FF	0	1	1			Malmö FF	0	2	2
AS Monaco	0	0	0

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Monaco	3–2	Steaua Bucureşti	3–0	0–2

First leg

Second leg

AS Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	7–5	Porto	6–1	1–4
Nottingham Forest	2–0	Liverpool	2–0	0–0
Real Madrid	12–0	Progrès Niedercorn	5–0	7–0
Grasshopper	13–3	Valletta	8–0	5–3
Odense	3–4	Lokomotiv Sofia	2–2	1–2
Köln	5–2	ÍA	4–1	1–1
Juventus	1–2	Rangers	1–0	0–2
Fenerbahçe	3–7	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	1–6
Vllaznia	3–4	Austria Vienna	2–0	1–4
Linfield	0–1	Lillestrøm	0–0	0–1
Omonia	2–2 (a)	Bohemians	2–1	0–1
Partizan	2–2 (4–5p)	Dynamo Dresden	2–0	0–2
Zbrojovka Brno	4–2	Újpesti Dózsa	2–2	2–0
Club Brugge	3–4	Wisła Kraków	2–1	1–3
Haka	1–4	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	1–3
Malmö FF	1–0	AS Monaco	0–0	1–0

First leg

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Second leg

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.

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Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

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Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.

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Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

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PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Austria Vienna won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Omonia 2–2 Bohemians on aggregate. Bohemians won on away goals.

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Partizan 2–2 Dynamo Dresden on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won on penalties.

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Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	2–7	Nottingham Forest	1–2	1–5
Real Madrid	3–3 (a)	Grasshopper	3–1	0–2
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–5	Köln	0–1	0–4
Rangers	3–2	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	3–2
Austria Vienna	4–1	Lillestrøm	4–1	0–0
Bohemians	0–6	Dynamo Dresden	0–0	0–6
Zbrojovka Brno	3–3 (a)	Wisła Kraków	2–2	1–1
Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Malmö FF	0–0	0–2

First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid 3–3 Grasshopper on aggregate. Grasshopper won on away goals.

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Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Austria Vienna won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 Wisła Kraków on aggregate. Wisła Kraków won on away goals.

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Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	5–2	Grasshopper	4–1	1–1
Köln	2–1	Rangers	1–0	1–1
Austria Vienna	3–2	Dynamo Dresden	3–1	0–1
Wisła Kraków	3–5	Malmö FF	2–1	1–4

First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Austria Vienna won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	4–3	Köln	3–3	1–0
Austria Vienna	0–1	Malmö FF	0–0	0–1

First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Claudio Sulser	Grasshopper	11
2	Garry Birtles	Nottingham Forest	6
3	Dieter Müller	Köln	5
	Walter Schachner	Austria Vienna	5
5	Kazimierz Kmiecik	Wisła Kraków	4
	Willy van der Kuijlen	PSV Eindhoven	4
7	Gerrie Deijkers	PSV Eindhoven	3
	Roger van Gool	Köln	3
	Juanito	Real Madrid	3
	Karel Kroupa	Zbrojovka Brno	3
	Anders Ljungberg	Malmö FF	3
	Raimondo Ponte	Grasshopper	3
	Dieter Riedel	Dynamo Dresden	3
	Dušan Bajević	AEK Athens	3
	Santillana	Real Madrid	3

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)