1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup

1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up	Fortuna Düsseldorf
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona in the final in Basel against Fortuna Düsseldorf. It was the first of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament.

No club from Finland, Albania and Turkey joined this season.

First round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AZ Alkmaar	0–2	Ipswich Town	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	3–4	SSW Innsbruck	2–3 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
RSC Anderlecht	Bye		–	–
FC Barcelona	4–1	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Floriana	1–8	Internazionale	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)	0–5 (Report) (Report 2)
F.K. Bodø/Glimt	4–2	Union Luxembourg	4–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
NK Rijeka	3–2	Wrexham FC	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
K.S.K. Beveren	6–0	Ballymena United F.C.	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)
Universitatea Craiova	4–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–4 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Marek Stanke Dimitrov	3–5	Aberdeen FC	3–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)
PAOK FC	2–4	Servette FC	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
BK Frem	2–4	AS Nancy	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Valur	1–5	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Ferencvárosi TC	4–2	Kalmar FF	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	2–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Sporting Clube de Portugal	0–2	Baník Ostrava	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Shamrock Rovers F.C.	3–0	APOEL FC	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg edit

13 September 1978

20:45

Barcelona	3–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
Krankl 1', 46' Sánchez 25'	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Thomas Reynolds (Wales)

13 September 1978

Floriana	1–3	Internazionale
Xuereb 48' (pen.)		Altobelli 14' 83' (pen.) 90'

13 September 1978

Universitatea Craiova	3–4	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Cămătaru 13', 57' Crișan 80'	Report	Zimmermann 24' Fanz 34', 85' Allofs 49'

Stadionul Central, Craiova

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ertugrul Dilek (Turkey)

13 September 1978

Shamrock Rovers	2–0	APOEL
Giles 44' Lynex 67'	Report

Glenmalure Park, Dublin

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Achille Verbecke (France)

Second leg edit

27 September 1978

19:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Barcelona
Reznik 1'	Report	Krankl 34'

Lokomotyv Stadium, Donetsk

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.

27 September 1978

Internazionale	5–0	Floriana
Muraro 32' 70' Chierico 33' Fedele 68' 89'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 25,000^[1]

Referee: Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus)

Internazionale won 8–1 on aggregate.

27 September 1978

Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	Universitatea Craiova
Bommer 39'	Report	Marcu 64'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Dusan Krchnak (Czechoslovakia)

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 5–4 on aggregate.

27 September 1978

APOEL	0–1	Shamrock Rovers
	Report	Lynex 88'

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Milorad Vlajić (Yugoslavia)

Shamrock Rovers won 3-0 on aggregate.

Second round edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ipswich Town	2–1	SSW Innsbruck	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (aet) (Report) (Report 2)
RSC Anderlecht	3–3 (p)	FC Barcelona	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (aet) (Report) (Report 2)
Internazionale	7–1	F.K. Bodø/Glimt	5–0 (Report) (Report 2)	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)
NK Rijeka	0–2	K.S.K. Beveren	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	Aberdeen FC	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Servette FC	4–3	AS Nancy	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	2–2 (Report) (Report 2)
1. FC Magdeburg	2–2 (a)	Ferencvárosi TC	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Baník Ostrava	6–1	Shamrock Rovers F.C.	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	3–1 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg edit

18 October 1978

Internazionale	5–0	F.K. Bodø/Glimt
Beccalossi 25' 57' Altobelli 60' 86' Muraro 88'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 15,000^[1]

Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

Second leg edit

25 October 1978

F.K. Bodø/Glimt	1–2	Internazionale
Hansen 40'		Altobelli 45' (pen.) Scanziani 56'

Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø

Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ipswich Town	2–2 (a)	FC Barcelona	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Internazionale	0–1	K.S.K. Beveren	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1 (a)	Servette FC	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
1. FC Magdeburg	4–5	Baník Ostrava	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	2–4 (Report) (Report 2)