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1978–79 European Cup

1978–79 European Cup

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
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The Olympiastadion in Munich hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates15 August 1978 – 30 May 1979
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsEnglandNottingham Forest(1st title)
Runners-upSwedenMalmö FF
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored185 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)SwitzerlandClaudio Sulser (11 goals)

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
MonacoFrance3–2RomaniaSteaua București3–00–2

First leg

Second leg

Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
GreeceAEK Athens617
PortugalPorto145GreeceAEK Athens112
EnglandNottingham Forest202EnglandNottingham Forest257
EnglandLiverpool000EnglandNottingham Forest415
SpainReal Madrid5712SwitzerlandGrasshopper112
LuxembourgProgrès Niedercorn000SpainReal Madrid303
SwitzerlandGrasshopper8513SwitzerlandGrasshopper (a)123
MaltaValletta033EnglandNottingham Forest314
DenmarkOdense213West GermanyKöln303
BulgariaLokomotiv Sofia224BulgariaLokomotiv Sofia000
West GermanyKöln415West GermanyKöln145
IcelandÍA112West GermanyKöln112
ItalyJuventus101ScotlandRangers011
ScotlandRangers022ScotlandRangers033
TurkeyFenerbahçe213NetherlandsPSV Eindhoven022
NetherlandsPSV Eindhoven167EnglandNottingham Forest1
AlbaniaVllaznia213SwedenMalmö FF0
AustriaAustria Wien044AustriaAustria Wien404
Linfield000NorwayLillestrøm101
NorwayLillestrøm011AustriaAustria Wien303
CyprusOmonia202East GermanyDynamo Dresden112
Republic of IrelandBohemians (a)112Republic of IrelandBohemians000
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaPartizan202 (4)East GermanyDynamo Dresden066
East GermanyDynamo Dresden (p)022 (5)AustriaAustria Wien000
CzechoslovakiaZbrojovka Brno224SwedenMalmö FF011
HungaryÚjpesti Dózsa202CzechoslovakiaZbrojovka Brno213
BelgiumClub Brugge213PolandWisla Kraków (a)213
PolandWisla Kraków134PolandWisła Kraków112
FinlandHaka011SwedenMalmö FF145
Soviet UnionDynamo Kyiv134Soviet UnionDynamo Kyiv000
SwedenMalmö FF011SwedenMalmö FF022
FranceMonaco000

First round

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
AEK AthensGreece7–5PortugalPorto6–11–4
Nottingham ForestEngland2–0EnglandLiverpool2–00–0
Real MadridSpain12–0LuxembourgProgrès Niedercorn5–07–0
GrasshopperSwitzerland13–3MaltaValletta8–05–3
OdenseDenmark3–4BulgariaLokomotiv Sofia2–21–2
KölnWest Germany5–2IcelandÍA4–11–1
JuventusItaly1–2ScotlandRangers1–00–2
FenerbahçeTurkey3–7NetherlandsPSV Eindhoven2–11–6
VllazniaAlbania3–4AustriaAustria Wien2–01–4
Linfield0–1NorwayLillestrøm0–00–1
OmoniaCyprus2–2 (a)Republic of IrelandBohemians2–10–1
PartizanSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–2 (4–5 p)East GermanyDynamo Dresden2–00–2
Zbrojovka BrnoCzechoslovakia4–2HungaryÚjpesti Dózsa2–22–0
Club BruggeBelgium3–4PolandWisła Kraków2–11–3
HakaFinland1–4Soviet UnionDynamo Kyiv0–11–3
Malmö FFSweden1–0FranceMonaco0–01–0

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 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
AEK AthensGreece2–7EnglandNottingham Forest1–21–5
Real MadridSpain3–3 (a)SwitzerlandGrasshopper3–10–2
Lokomotiv SofiaBulgaria0–5West GermanyKöln0–10–4
RangersScotland3–2NetherlandsPSV Eindhoven0–03–2
Austria WienAustria4–1NorwayLillestrøm4–10–0
BohemiansRepublic of Ireland0–6East GermanyDynamo Dresden0–00–6
Zbrojovka BrnoCzechoslovakia3–3 (a)PolandWisła Kraków2–21–1
Dynamo KyivSoviet Union0–2SwedenMalmö FF0–00–2

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 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Nottingham ForestEngland5–2SwitzerlandGrasshopper4–11–1
KölnWest Germany2–1ScotlandRangers1–01–1
Austria WienAustria3–2East GermanyDynamo Dresden3–10–1
Wisła KrakówPoland3–5SwedenMalmö FF2–11–4

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 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Nottingham ForestEngland4–3West GermanyKöln3–31–0
Austria WienAustria0–1SwedenMalmö FF0–00–1

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:

RankNameTeamGoals
1SwitzerlandClaudio SulserSwitzerlandGrasshopper11
2EnglandGarry BirtlesEnglandNottingham Forest6
3GermanyDieter MüllerGermanyKöln5
AustriaWalter SchachnerAustriaAustria Wien5
5PolandKazimierz KmiecikPolandWisła Kraków4
NetherlandsWilly van der KuijlenNetherlandsPSV Eindhoven4
7NetherlandsGerrie DeijkersNetherlandsPSV Eindhoven3
BelgiumRoger van GoolGermanyKöln3
SpainJuanitoSpainReal Madrid3
CzechoslovakiaKarel KroupaCzechoslovakiaZbrojovka Brno3
SwedenAnders LjungbergSwedenMalmö FF3
SwitzerlandRaimondo PonteSwitzerlandGrasshopper3
East GermanyDieter RiedelEast GermanyDynamo Dresden3
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaDušan BajevićGreeceAEK Athens3
SpainSantillanaSpainReal Madrid3

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