1979 Intercontinental Cup
title: "1979 Intercontinental Cup" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1979-in-south-american-men's-continental-football", "1979-in-swedish-football", "1979–80-in-european-football", "1980-in-paraguayan-football", "1980-in-south-american-men's-continental-football", "1980-in-swedish-football", "club-olimpia-matches", "intercontinental-cup-(1960–2004)", "international-club-association-football-competitions-hosted-by-sweden", "football-matches-in-sweden", "international-club-association-football-competitions-hosted-by-paraguay", "malmö-ff-matches", "1979-in-paraguayan-football", "november-1979-sports-events-in-europe", "march-1980-sports-events-in-south-america", "1980s-in-asunción", "international-sports-competitions-in-malmö", "football-competitions-in-asunción", "1970s-in-malmö", "football-in-malmö", "association-football-matches-in-paraguay", "paraguay–sweden-relations"] topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Intercontinental_Cup" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1979 Intercontinental Cup |
| team1 | Malmö FF |
| team1association | SWE |
| team1score | 1 |
| team2 | Olimpia |
| team2association | PAR |
| team2score | 3 |
| details | on aggregate |
| firstleg | First leg |
| team1score1 | 0 |
| team2score1 | 1 |
| date1 | 18 November 1979 |
| stadium1 | Malmö Stadion |
| city1 | Malmö |
| referee1 | Pat Partridge (England) |
| attendance1 | 4,811 |
| secondleg | Second leg |
| team1score2 | 1 |
| team2score2 | 2 |
| date2 | 2 March 1980 |
| stadium2 | Defensores del Chaco |
| city2 | Asunción |
| referee2 | Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay) |
| attendance2 | 47,000 |
| previous | 1977 |
| (not held in 1978) | |
| next | 1980 |
| :: |
| title = 1979 Intercontinental Cup | image = | event = | team1 = Malmö FF | team1association = SWE | team1score = 1 | team2 = Olimpia | team2association = PAR | team2score = 3 | details = on aggregate | firstleg = First leg | team1score1 = 0 | team2score1 = 1 | details1 = | date1 = 18 November 1979 | stadium1 = Malmö Stadion | city1 = Malmö | referee1 = Pat Partridge (England) | attendance1 = 4,811 | weather1 = | secondleg = Second leg | team1score2 = 1 | team2score2 = 2 | details2 = | date2 = 2 March 1980 | stadium2 = Defensores del Chaco | city2 = Asunción | referee2 = Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay) | attendance2 = 47,000 | weather2 = | previous = 1977 (not held in 1978) | next = 1980 The 1979 Intercontinental Cup was an association football final played on a two-legged system. It was the last time in the history of the tournament that this format was used before Toyota became the main sponsor in 1980 and a single-game final was held each year in Japan. The final was played between Olimpia Asunción of Paraguay (winners of the 1979 Copa Libertadores) and Malmö FF of Sweden (runners-up of the 1978–79 European Cup), with Olimpia emerging as the champion after a 3–1 aggregate score win. Malmö FF took its place as the runners-up of the European competition since the European champions Nottingham Forest declined to play the final. TOC
Match details
First leg
|date = 18 November 1979 |event = 1979 Intercontinental Cup |round = First leg |team1 = Malmö FF SWE |score = 0–1 |report = Report |team2 = PAR Olimpia |goals1 = |goals2 =
- E. Isasi |stadium = Malmö Stadion |location = Malmö |attendance = 4,811 |referee = Pat Partridge (England) ::data[format=table] | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _whiteborder | pattern_b = _collarwhite | pattern_ra = _whiteborder | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _2_white_stripes | leftarm = 6a9afc | body = 6a9afc | rightarm = 6a9afc | shorts = ffffff | socks = 6a9afc | title = Malmö FF | | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ::
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| ENG Bob Houghton |
|---|
| :: |
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| URU Luis Cubilla |
|---|
| :: |
Second leg
|date = 2 March 1980 |event = |round = Second leg |team1 = Olimpia PAR |score = 2–1 |report = Report |team2 = SWE Malmö FF |goals1 =
- Solalinde
- Michelagnoli |goals2 =
- Erlandsson |stadium = Estadio Defensores del Chaco |location = Asunción |attendance = 47,000 |referee = Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay) | pattern_la =_olimpia22h | pattern_b = _olimpia80h | pattern_ra =_olimpia22h | pattern_sh = | pattern_so =_sccp13h | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FFFFFF | title = Olimpia | pattern_la = _whiteborder | pattern_b = _collarwhite | pattern_ra = _whiteborder | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _2_white_stripes | leftarm = 6a9afc | body = 6a9afc | rightarm = 6a9afc | shorts = ffffff | socks = 6a9afc | title = Malmö FF ::data[format=table] | URU Luis Cubilla | |---| ::
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| ENG Bob Houghton |
|---|
| :: |
References
References
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2010/12/post.html BBC Sports 13 December 2010 - ''World Club Cup deserves respect'', access date: 1 December 2013]
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