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.

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

First round

First leg

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Second leg

AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.
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Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.
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Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.
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Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
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PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Omonia 2–2 Bohemians on aggregate. Bohemians won on away goals.
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Partizan 2–2 Dynamo Dresden on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won on penalties.
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Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid 3–3 Grasshopper on aggregate. Grasshopper won on away goals.
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Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 Wisła Kraków on aggregate. Wisła Kraków won on away goals.
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Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Claudio Sulser Grasshopper11
2 Garry Birtles Nottingham Forest6
3 Dieter Müller Köln5
3 Walter Schachner Austria Wien5
5 Kazimierz Kmiecik Wisła Kraków4
5 Willy van der Kuijlen PSV Eindhoven4
7 Gerrie Deijkers PSV Eindhoven3
7 Roger van Gool Köln3
7 Juanito Real Madrid3
7 Karel Kroupa Zbrojovka Brno3
7 Anders Ljungberg Malmö FF3
7 Raimondo Ponte Grasshopper3
7 Dieter Riedel Dynamo Dresden3
7 Dušan Bajević AEK Athens3
7 Santillana Real Madrid3