1978–79 UEFA Cup
1978–79 UEFA Cup
| Dates | 13 September 1978 – 23 May 1979 |
|---|---|
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Borussia Mönchengladbach(2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Red Star Belgrade |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) | Allan Simonsen (9 goals) |
The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate over Red Star Belgrade.
The third club was revoked to Switzerland and Poland, and it was assigned to Bulgaria and East Germany.
| Dates | 13 September 1978 – 23 May 1979 |
|---|---|
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Borussia Mönchengladbach(2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Red Star Belgrade |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) | Allan Simonsen (9 goals) |
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dukla Prague | 2–1 |  L.R. Vicenza | 1–0 (Report [6] ) | 1–1 (Report [7] ) |
| Milan | 1–1 (7–6 p) | Lokomotíva Košice | 1–0 (Report [8] ) | 0–1 (aet) (Report [9] ) |
CSKA Sofia | 3–5 |  Valencia | 2–1 (Report [10] ) | 1–4 (Report [11] ) |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7–2 |  Sturm Graz | 5–1 (Report [12] ) | 2–1 (Report [13] ) |
Argeș Pitești | 5–1 |  Panathinaikos | 3–0 (Report [14] ) | 2–1 (Report [15] ) |
| Athletic Bilbao | 2–3 |  Ajax | 2–0 (Report [16] ) | 0–3 (Report [17] ) |
Finn Harps | 0–10 |  Everton | 0–5 (Report [18] ) | 0–5 (Report [19] ) |
Jeunesse Esch | 0–2 |  Lausanne Sports | 0–0 (Report [20] ) | 0–2 (Report [21] ) |
Nantes | 0–2 |  Benfica | 0–2 (Report [22] ) | 0–0 (Report [23] ) |
| Sporting Gijón | 3–1 | Torino | 3–0 (Report [24] ) | 0–1 (Report [25] ) |
| Braga | 7–3 |  Hibernians | 5–0 (Report [26] ) | 2–3 (Report [27] ) |
Galatasaray | 2–6 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–3 (Report [28] ) | 1–3 (Report [29] ) |
BFC Dynamo | 6–6(a) | Red Star Belgrade | 5–2 (Report [30] ) | 1–4 (Report [31] ) |
KuPS | 6–5 |  B 1903 | 2–1 (Report [32] ) | 4–4 (Report [33] ) |
| Basel | 3–7 | Stuttgart | 2–3 (Report [34] ) | 1–4 (Report [35] ) |
Torpedo Moscow | 7–3 |  Molde | 4–0 (Report [36] ) | 3–3 (Report [37] ) |
Elfsborg | 3–4 | Strasbourg | 2–0 (Report [38] ) | 1–4 (Report [39] ) |
| MSV Duisburg | 10–2 |  Lech Poznań | 5–0 (Report [40] ) | 5–2 (Report [41] ) |
Standard Liège | 1–0 |  Dundee United | 1–0 (Report [42] ) | 0–0 (Report [43] ) |
| Start | 0–1 | Esbjerg | 0–0 (Report [44] ) | 0–1 (Report [45] ) |
| Arsenal | 7–1 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 3–0 (Report [46] ) | 4–1 (Report [47] ) |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 3–2 | Lierse | 1–0 (Report [48] ) | 2–2 (Report [49] ) |
IBV | (a)1–1 | Glentoran | 0–0 (Report [50] ) | 1–1 (Report [51] ) |
| Twente | 3–4 | Manchester City | 1–1 (Report [52] ) | 2–3 (Report [53] ) |
| Hibernian | 3–2 | IFK Norrköping | 3–2 (Report [54] ) | 0–0 (Report [55] ) |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 3–2 |  MTK Hungária | 2–0 (Report [56] ) | 1–2 (Report [57] ) |
Pezoporikos Larnaca | 3–7 | Śląsk Wrocław | 2–2 (Report [58] ) | 1–5 (Report [59] ) |
| Olympiacos | 3–4 | Levski Sofia | 2–1 (Report [60] ) | 1–3 (aet) (Report [61] ) |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–1 | Napoli | 2–0 (Report [62] ) | 1–1 (Report [63] ) |
| Hajduk Split | 3–2 | Rapid Wien | 2–0 (Report [64] ) | 1–2 (Report [65] ) |
| Hertha BSC | 2–1 | Botev Plovdiv | 0–0 (Report [66] ) | 2–1 (Report [67] ) |
| Budapest Honvéd | 8–2 | Adanaspor | 6–0 (Report [68] ) | 2–2 (Report [69] ) |
First leg
Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.
Second leg
Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotíva Košice 1–1 Milan on aggregate. Milan won 7–6 on penalties.
Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo 6–6 Red Star Belgrade. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.
Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.
Hertha BSC Berlin won 2–1 on aggregate.
Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax | 5–0 | Lausanne Sports | 1–0 (Report [74] ) | 4–0 (Report [75] ) |
| Budapest Honvéd | 4–2 | Politehnica Timișoara | 4–0 (Report [76] ) | 0–2 (Report [77] ) |
| Everton | 2–2(a) | Dukla Prague | 2–1 (Report [78] ) | 0–1 (Report [79] ) |
| Argeș Pitești | 4–6 | Valencia | 2–1 (Report [80] ) | 2–5 (Report [81] ) |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–3 | MSV Duisburg | 0–0 (Report [82] ) | 0–3 (aet) (Report [83] ) |
| Torpedo Moscow | 2–3 | Stuttgart | 2–1 (Report [84] ) | 0–2 (Report [85] ) |
| Hajduk Split | 2–2(a) | Arsenal | 2–1 (Report [86] ) | 0–1 (Report [87] ) |
| Hertha BSC | 2–1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–0 (Report [88] ) | 0–1 (Report [89] ) |
| IBV | 1–4 | Śląsk Wrocław | 0–2 (Report [90] ) | 1–2 (Report [91] ) |
| KuPS | 1–6 | Esbjerg | 0–2 (Report [92] ) | 1–4 (Report [93] ) |
| Manchester City | 4–2 | Standard Liège | 4–0 (Report [94] ) | 0–2 (Report [95] ) |
| Levski Sofia | 1–4 | Milan | 1–1 (Report [96] ) | 0–3 (Report [97] ) |
| Strasbourg | 2–1 | Hibernian | 2–0 (Report [98] ) | 0–1 (Report [99] ) |
| Braga | 0–3 | West Bromwich Albion | 0–2 (Report [100] ) | 0–1 (Report [101] ) |
| Benfica | 0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 (Report [102] ) | 0–2 (aet) (Report [103] ) |
| Sporting Gijón | 1–2 | Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 (Report [104] ) | 1–1 (Report [105] ) |
First leg
Second leg
Arsenal 2–2 Hajduk Split. Arsenal won on away goals.
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.
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
Third round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | 2–5 | Manchester City | 2–2 (Report [106] ) | 0–3 (Report [107] ) |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–3 | Śląsk Wrocław | 1–1 (Report [108] ) | 4–2 (Report [109] ) |
| Budapest Honvéd | 4–3 | Ajax | 4–1 (Report [110] ) | 0–2 (Report [111] ) |
| Esbjerg | 2–5 | Hertha BSC | 2–1 (Report [112] ) | 0–4 (Report [113] ) |
| Strasbourg | 0–4 | MSV Duisburg | 0–0 (Report [114] ) | 0–4 (Report [115] ) |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2–1 | Arsenal | 1–0 (Report [116] ) | 1–1 (Report [117] ) |
| Valencia | 1–3 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 (Report [118] ) | 0–2 (Report [119] ) |
| Stuttgart | 4–5 | Dukla Prague | 4–1 (Report [120] ) | 0–4 (Report [121] ) |
First leg
Second leg
Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.
Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
Second leg
MSV Duisburg 4–4 Budapest Honvéd. Duisburg won on away goals.
Hertha BSC Berlin won 3–2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade 2–2 Hertha BSC Berlin. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.