1978–79 UEFA Cup

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

1978–79 UEFA Cup
Dates13 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

First round edit

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
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   (a)1–1   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 (aet)
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 edit

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'

Borussia Mönchengladbach  5–1  Sturm Graz
Report Jurtin   11'

Argeș Pitești  3–0  Panathinaikos
Report
Attendance: 15,000

Athletic Bilbao  2–0  Ajax
Report

Finn Harps  0–5  Everton
Report
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Alain Delmer (France)


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

Galatasaray  1–3  West Bromwich Albion
Terim   88' (pen.) Report

BFC Dynamo  5–2  Red Star Belgrade
Riediger   16', 28', 69'
Netz   20'
Brillat   89'
Report Šestić   34'
Savić   36'

KuPS  2–1  B 1903
Report Haarbye   41'

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

Start  0–0  Esbjerg
Report

Arsenal  3–0  Lokomotive Leipzig
Report
Attendance: 34,233

Carl Zeiss Jena  1–0  Lierse
Töpfer   25' Report

ÍBV  0–0  Glentoran
Report

Twente  1–1  Manchester City
Thoresen   50' Report Watson   24'

Hibernian  3–2  IFK Norrköping
Report
Attendance: 10,000

Politehnica Timișoara  2–0  MTK Budapest
Report

Pezoporikos Larnaca  2–2  Śląsk Wrocław
Theofanous   40', 64' Report
Attendance: 3,000

Olympiacos  2–1  Levski Sofia
Report Barzov   43'

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

Second leg edit

Vicenza  1–1  Dukla Prague
Briaschi   14' Report Gajdůšek   50'

Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.


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'

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.


Sturm Graz  1–2  Borussia Mönchengladbach
Schilcher   65' Report

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.


Panathinaikos  1–2  Argeș Pitești
Report

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

Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.


Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.


Benfica  0–0  Nantes
Report

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'

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'

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

MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.


Dundee United  0–0  Standard Liège
Report

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'

Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.


Levski Sofia  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Olympiacos
Report Kaltsas   60'

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'

Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.


Botev Plovdiv  1–2  Hertha BSC
Slavkov   49' Report Granitza   32', 41'

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.


Adanaspor  2–2  Budapest Honvéd
Report

Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.

Second round edit

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 (aet)
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 (aet)
Sporting Gijón   1–2   Red Star Belgrade 0–1 1–1

First leg edit

Ajax  1–0  Lausanne-Sport
Lerby   23' Report

Budapest Honvéd  4–0  Politehnica Timișoara
Report

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'

Hertha BSC  2–0  Dinamo Tbilisi
Report

ÍBV  0–2  Śląsk Wrocław
Report

KuPS  0–2  Esbjerg
Report

Manchester City  4–0  Standard Liège
Report
Attendance: 27,498

Levski Sofia  1–1  Milan
Milkov   12' Report Chiodi   10'

Strasbourg  2–0  Hibernian
Gemmrich   22'
Piasecki   61' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 25,000

Braga  0–2  West Bromwich Albion
Report Regis   52', 54'


Second leg edit

Lausanne-Sport  0–4  Ajax
Report

Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.


Politehnica Timișoara  2–0  Budapest Honvéd
Report

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

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

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'

Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.


Esbjerg  4–1  KuPS
Report Loikkanen   79'

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

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 edit

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 edit

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'

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

Red Star Belgrade  1–0  Arsenal
Blagojević   12' Report

Valencia  1–1  West Bromwich Albion
Felman   16' Report Cunningham   48'

Stuttgart  4–1  Dukla Prague
Report Gajdůšek   57'
Attendance: 71,000

Second leg edit

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

Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.


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

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
Report

Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

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 edit

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

Second leg edit

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'

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.


West Bromwich Albion  1–1  Red Star Belgrade
Regis   42' Report Savić   88'

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

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   (a)2–2   Hertha BSC 1–0 1–2

First leg edit

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 edit

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

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 edit

First leg edit

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

Second leg edit

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

References edit

External links edit