The 1978–79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Swedish side Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.
Teams Vllaznia Austria Wien Club Brugge Lokomotiv Sofia Omonia Zbrojovka Brno Odense Nottingham Forest Liverpool TH Haka Monaco Dynamo Dresden Köln AEK Athens Újpesti Dózsa ÍA Bohemians Juventus Progrès Niedercorn Valletta PSV Eindhoven Linfield Lillestrøm Wisła Kraków Porto Steaua București Rangers Real Madrid Malmö FF Grasshopper Fenerbahçe Dynamo Kyiv Partizan
Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.
Bracket
First round
First leg
Second leg
AEK Athens won 7–5 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.
Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Bohemians won on away goals.
2–2 on aggregate; Dynamo Dresden won on penalties.
Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Grasshopper won on away goals.
Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Wisła Kraków won on away goals.
Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.
Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals1 Claudio Sulser Grasshopper112 Garry Birtles Nottingham Forest63 Dieter Müller Köln5 Walter Schachner Austria Wien55 Dušan Bajević AEK Athens4 Kazimierz Kmiecik Wisła Kraków4 Willy van der Kuijlen PSV Eindhoven48 Gerrie Deijkers PSV Eindhoven3 Roger van Gool Köln3 Juanito Real Madrid3 Karel Kroupa Zbrojovka Brno3 Anders Ljungberg Malmö FF3 Raimondo Ponte Grasshopper3 Santillana Real Madrid3
Notes
References
External links 1978–79 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA – results and line-ups (archive)