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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dukla Prague	2–1	L.R. Vicenza	1–0 (Report)	1–1 (Report)
Milan	1–1 (7–6 p)	Lokomotíva Košice	1–0 (Report)	0–1 (aet) (Report)
PFC CSKA Sofia	3–5	Valencia CF	2–1 (Report)	1–4 (Report)
Borussia Mönchengladbach	7–2	SK Sturm Graz	5–1 (Report)	2–1 (Report)
FC Argeş Piteşti	5–1	Panathinaikos	3–0 (Report)	2–1 (Report)
Athletic Bilbao	2–3	Ajax Amsterdam	2–0 (Report)	0–3 (Report)
Finn Harps F.C.	0–10	Everton	0–5 (Report)	0–5 (Report)
Jeunesse Esch	0–2	Lausanne Sports	0–0 (Report)	0–2 (Report)
FC Nantes	0–2	S.L. Benfica	0–2 (Report)	0–0 (Report)
Sporting Gijón	3–1	Torino	3–0 (Report)	0–1 (Report)
S.C. Braga	7–3	Hibernians FC	5–0 (Report)	2–3 (Report)
Galatasaray	2–6	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	1–3 (Report)	1–3 (Report)
Berliner FC Dynamo	6–6(a)	Red Star Belgrade	5–2 (Report)	1–4 (Report)
KuPS	6–5	Boldklubben 1903	2–1 (Report)	4–4 (Report)
FC Basel	3–7	VfB Stuttgart	2–3 (Report)	1–4 (Report)
FC Torpedo Moscow	7–3	Molde F.K.	4–0 (Report)	3–3 (Report)
IF Elfsborg	3–4	RC Strasbourg	2–0 (Report)	1–4 (Report)
MSV Duisburg	10–2	Lech Poznań	5–0 (Report)	5–2 (Report)
Standard Liège	1–0	Dundee United F.C.	1–0 (Report)	0–0 (Report)
I.K. Start	0–1	Esbjerg fB	0–0 (Report)	0–1 (Report)
Arsenal F.C.	7–1	Lokomotive Leipzig	3–0 (Report)	4–1 (Report)
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	3–2	Lierse SK	1–0 (Report)	2–2 (Report)
IBV	(a)1–1	Glentoran F.C.	0–0 (Report)	1–1 (Report)
FC Twente	3–4	Manchester City	1–1 (Report)	2–3 (Report)
Hibernian F.C.	3–2	IFK Norrköping	3–2 (Report)	0–0 (Report)
FC Politehnica Timișoara	3–2	MTK Hungária FC	2–0 (Report)	1–2 (Report)
Pezoporikos Larnaca FC	3–7	Śląsk Wrocław	2–2 (Report)	1–5 (Report)
Olympiacos	3–4	Levski Sofia	2–1 (Report)	1–3 (aet) (Report)
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–1	Napoli	2–0 (Report)	1–1 (Report)
Hajduk Split	3–2	SK Rapid Wien	2–0 (Report)	1–2 (Report)
Hertha BSC	2–1	PFC Botev Plovdiv	0–0 (Report)	2–1 (Report)
Budapest Honvéd FC	8–2	Adanaspor	6–0 (Report)	2–2 (Report)

First leg

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Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.

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Second leg

Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Lokomotíva Košice 1–1 Milan on aggregate. Milan won 7–6 on penalties.

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Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Berliner FC Dynamo 6–6 Red Star Belgrade. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.

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VfB Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Hertha BSC Berlin won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax Amsterdam	5–0	Lausanne Sports	1–0 (Report)	4–0 (Report)
Budapest Honved FC	4–2	FC Politehnica Timișoara	4–0 (Report)	0–2 (Report)
Everton	2–2(a)	Dukla Prague	2–1 (Report)	0–1 (Report)
FC Argeş Piteşti	4–6	Valencia CF	2–1 (Report)	2–5 (Report)
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	0–3	MSV Duisburg	0–0 (Report)	0–3 (aet) (Report)
FC Torpedo Moscow	2–3	VfB Stuttgart	2–1 (Report)	0–2 (Report)
Hajduk Split	2–2(a)	Arsenal F.C.	2–1 (Report)	0–1 (Report)
Hertha BSC	2–1	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0 (Report)	0–1 (Report)
IBV	1–4	Śląsk Wrocław	0–2 (Report)	1–2 (Report)
KuPS	1–6	Esbjerg fB	0–2 (Report)	1–4 (Report)
Manchester City	4–2	Standard Liège	4–0 (Report)	0–2 (Report)
Levski Sofia	1–4	Milan	1–1 (Report)	0–3 (Report)
RC Strasbourg	2–1	Hibernian F.C.	2–0 (Report)	0–1 (Report)
S.C. Braga	0–3	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	0–2 (Report)	0–1 (Report)
S.L. Benfica	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0 (Report)	0–2 (aet) (Report)
Sporting Gijón	1–2	Red Star Belgrade	0–1 (Report)	1–1 (Report)

First leg

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Second leg

Arsenal 2–2 Hajduk Split. Arsenal won on away goals.

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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.

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Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.

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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)	0–3 (Report)
Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–3	Śląsk Wrocław	1–1 (Report)	4–2 (Report)
Budapest Honvéd FC	4–3	Ajax Amsterdam	4–1 (Report)	0–2 (Report)
Esbjerg fB	2–5	Hertha BSC	2–1 (Report)	0–4 (Report)
RC Strasbourg	0–4	MSV Duisburg	0–0 (Report)	0–4 (Report)
Red Star Belgrade	2–1	Arsenal F.C.	1–0 (Report)	1–1 (Report)
Valencia CF	1–3	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	1–1 (Report)	0–2 (Report)
VfB Stuttgart	4–5	Dukla Prague	4–1 (Report)	0–4 (Report)

First leg

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Second leg

Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Budapest Honvéd FC	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 F.C.	1–0	1–1

First leg

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Second leg

MSV Duisburg 4–4 Budapest Honvéd FC. Duisburg won on away goals.

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Hertha BSC Berlin won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.

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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

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Second leg

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.

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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.

External links

• 1978–79 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
• Official Site
• Results at RSSSF.com
• All scorers 1978–79 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA
• 1978/79 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)