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1978–79 UEFA Cup

8th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

8th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

FieldValue
tourney_nameUEFA Cup
year1978–79
dates5 September 1978 – 23 May 1979
champion_otherBorussia Mönchengladbach
count2
second_otherRed Star Belgrade
matches126
goals365
attendance3035950
top_scorerAllan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
9 goals
prevseason[1977–78](1977-78-uefa-cup)
nextseason[1979–80](1979-80-uefa-cup)

9 goals

The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was the eighth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and at the Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany. It was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany, who defeated Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia by an aggregate result of 2–1 to claim their second UEFA Cup title.

Red Star Belgrade became the third Yugoslav and second Serbian team to reach a European final, but couldn't defeat the more experienced West German side, who reached their fourth European final out of five in a seven-year span.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:

  • 3 associations have four teams qualify.
  • 3 associations have three teams qualify.
  • 18 associations have two teams qualify.
  • 7 associations have one team qualify.

East Germany and Bulgaria were the two associations selected to have a third birth for this season, while Poland and Switzerland went back to two qualified teams.

Four teamsThree teams
West Germany
England
Italy
Spain
East Germany
Bulgaria

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Two teams
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Scotland
Sweden
Turkey

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One team
Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
Finland
Cyprus
Malta
Iceland
Luxembourg

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Did not compete
Wales
Albania

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Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
Pezoporikos Larnaca ([3rd](1977-78-cypriot-first-division))Hibernians ([2nd](1977-78-maltese-premier-league))ÍBV ([3rd](1977-urvalsdeild))Jeunesse Esch ([2nd](1977-78-luxembourg-national-division))

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Also, both away games for Śląsk Wrocław in the first two rounds were held on a Saturday.

RoundFirst legSecond leg
First round5–16 September 197814–28 September 1978
Second round18–21 October 197831 October – 2 November 1978
Third round22–23 November 19786 December 1978
Quarter-finals7 March 197920–21 March 1979
Semi-finals10–11 April 197924–25 April 1979
Final9 May 197923 May 1979

First round

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First leg

Hristov

  • Bruns
  • Gores
  • Nielsen
  • Simonsen
  • Toma
  • Moiceanu
  • Churruca
  • Vidal
  • King
  • Thomas
  • Latchford
  • Walsh
  • Chalana
  • Nené

Morán Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.

Lito

  • Robson
  • Cunningham

Netz Brillat Savić

  • Mönkkönen
  • E. Heiskanen

Tanner Ohlicher

  • Vasilyev
  • Mironov
  • Grishin
  • Suchilin
  • Svensson
  • Magnusson
  • Jara
  • Worm
  • Alhaus
  • Büssers
  • Stapleton
  • Sunderland
  • Higgins
  • Temperley
  • Ohlsson
  • Andersson
  • Cotec
  • Păltinișanu
  • Pawłowski
  • Sybis
  • Kritikopoulos
  • Kaltsas

Shengelia

Luketin

  • Lukács
  • Weimper
  • Gyimesi
  • Bodonyi
  • Nagy

Second leg

Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

  • Kozák
  • Ujhely
  • Jacko
  • Móder
  • Suchánek
  • Dobrovič
  • Fecko
  • Repík Novellino Chiodi Buriani Antonelli Morini De Vecchi Baresi 1–1 on aggregate. Milan won in a penalty shoot-out.

Felman Kempes Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

  • Simonsen
  • Bruns Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.
  • Gonios
  • Nicolae
  • Radu II Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.
  • Clarke
  • Lerby Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Latchford Walsh Ross Dobson Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.

  • Diserens
  • Sampedro Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.

Spiteri-Gonzi Ronaldo Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.

  • Robson
  • Cunningham
  • Trewick West Bromwich Albion won 6–2 on aggregate.

Borovnica Šestić 6–6 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.

  • Kristiansen
  • Schmidt-Jensen
  • Larsen
  • Damm
  • E. Heiskanen
  • A. Heiskanen
  • Hämäläinen
  • Arvo Rautio KuPS won 6–5 on aggregate.

Müller Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

  • Brakstad
  • Bjørnå
  • Fuglset
  • Vasilyev
  • Suchilin Torpedo Moscow won 7–3 on aggregate.

Tanter Gemmrich
Wagner Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.

  • Kasalik
  • Okoński
  • Büssers
  • Worm
  • Fenten
  • Buttgereit MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.

Esbjerg won 1–0 on aggregate.

  • Brady
  • Sunderland
  • Stapleton Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
  • Bosch
  • Vandenbergh
  • Schnuphase
  • Töpfer Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate, ÍBV won on away goals rule.

  • Wildschut
  • Kidd
  • Bell
  • van der Vall
  • Gritter Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.

  • Koritár
  • Nadu
  • Petrescu Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.
  • Garłowski
  • Faber
  • Olesiak
  • Kwiatkowski
  • Sybis Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.
  • Milkov
  • Panov
  • Voynov Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.

Francker Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

  • Kaynak
  • Erdoğan
  • Lukács
  • Pintér Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.

Second round

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First leg

  • Weimper
  • Gyimesi
  • Pintér
  • Latchford
  • King
  • Dobrin
  • Moiceanu
  • Saura
  • Vasilyev
  • Sakharov

Đorđević

  • Nüssing
  • Granitza
  • Kwiatkowski
  • Faber
  • Bach
  • Nielsen
  • Hartford
  • Kidd
  • Palmer

Piasecki

Second leg

  • Erkens
  • Clarke
  • Arnesen Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.
  • Roșca
  • Păltinișanu

2–2 on aggregate, Dukla Prague won on away goals rule.

  • Kempes
  • Bonhof
  • Saura
  • Solsona
  • Moiceanu
  • Nicolae
  • Dietz
  • Jara
  • Fruck MSV Duisburg won 3–0 on aggregate.
  • Müller
  • Volkert Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate, Arsenal won on away goals rule.

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

  • Nocko
  • Kwiatkowski Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.
  • Bertelsen
  • Iversen
  • Østergaard
  • Bach Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.

Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bigon Chiodi 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.

West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.

  • Bruns
  • Klinkhammer Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

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First leg

Power

  • Nagy
  • Lukács
  • Weimper
  • Hansen
  • Jespersen
  • Volkert
  • Kelsch
  • Ohlicher

Second leg

Hartford Kidd Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

  • Simonsen
  • Nielsen Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.
  • Clarke
  • Tahamata Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.

Weber Fruck MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

  • Statham
  • Brown West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.
  • Hoeneß
  • Vízek
  • Pelc
  • Gajdůšek Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Weimper Seliger

Second leg

Pal 4–4 on aggregate, MSV Duisburg won on away goals rule.

Milewski Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bruns Del'Haye Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Fruck Lausen

Second leg

Kulik Lienen Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.

Sidka 2–2 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.

Final

Main article: 1979 UEFA Cup final

First leg

Second leg

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

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