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1978–79 European Cup

1978–79 European Cup
Tournament details
The Olympiastadion in Munich hosted the final.
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.

1978–79 European Cup
Tournament details
The Olympiastadion in Munich hosted the final.
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)

Preliminary round


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

First leg

Second leg

Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

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 Wien	0	4	4	Austria Wien	4	0	4
Linfield	0	0	0	Lillestrøm	1	0	1
Lillestrøm	0	1	1					Austria Wien	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 Wien	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
Monaco	0	0	0

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 Wien	2–0	1–4
Linfield	0–1	Lillestrøm	0–0	0–1
Omonia	2–2 (a)	Bohemians	2–1	0–1
Partizan	2–2 (4–5 p)	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	Monaco	0–0	1–0

First leg

Second leg

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.

Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.

Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

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

Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.

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 Wien	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

Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.

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

Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.

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

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 Wien	3–2	Dynamo Dresden	3–1	0–1
Wisła Kraków	3–5	Malmö FF	2–1	1–4

First leg

Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.

Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.

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 Wien	0–1	Malmö FF	0–0	0–1

First leg

Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:


Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Claudio Sulser	Grasshopper	11
2	Garry Birtles	Nottingham Forest	6
3	Dieter Müller	Köln	5
3	Walter Schachner	Austria Wien	5
5	Kazimierz Kmiecik	Wisła Kraków	4
5	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

References

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Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgHaka played their home match at Ratina Stadium, Tampere, as their regular stadium Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski, did not have floodlights. Gorbunov, N. (15 September 1978). "Гол в запасе" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

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Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgDynamo Kyiv played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to reconstruction.

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Citation Linkopenlibrary.org

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Citation Linkwww.uefa.com1978–79 All matches – season at UEFA website

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Citation Linkwww.rsssf.comEuropean Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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Citation Linkwww.uefa.comprotocols UEFA