Austrian Football Cup 1978/79

Austrian Football Cup 1978/79

Cup winners	SSW Innsbruck (5th title)
final	First leg: SSW Innsbruck vs. FC Admira / Wacker 1: 0 (1: 0) second leg: FC Admira / Wacker vs. SSW Innsbruck 1: 1 (0: 0)
Final stadium	Tivoli Stadium Innsbruck (first leg) and Bundesstadion Südstadt , Maria Enzersdorf (second leg)
← 1977/78 1979/80 →

The Cup of the Austrian Football Association was played for the 45th time in the 1978/79 season.

The final was played in two games. In the first leg in Innsbruck Tivoli stadium defeated SSW Innsbruck before 5500 spectators by a Goldtor of Werner Seubert to FC Admira / Wacker with 1: 0th In the second leg, FC Admira / Wacker did not get beyond a 1-1 draw in front of 4,000 visitors in the Maria Enzersdorf federal stadium in Südstadt . SSW Innsbruck won the cup with an overall result of 2: 1. This was the fifth cup win for the Tyroleans , who successfully defended their title from the previous year.

1 round

date		Result
August 4th, 1978, 5:00 p.m.	SC Magdalen	2: 1 (1: 0)	Kapfenberger SV
August 5th, 1978, 4:00 p.m.	Red Star Knittelfeld	1: 2 (1: 1)	Donawitzer SV Alpine
August 5th, 1978, 4:00 p.m.	SC Tamsweg	1: 2 (1: 0)	Villacher SV
August 5th, 1978, 4:00 p.m.	SV Flavia Solva	1: 2 (1: 1)	SK Austria Klagenfurt
August 5th, 1978, 4:00 p.m.	SV Güssing	1: 5 (0: 0)	SC Eisenstadt
August 5th, 1978, 4:00 p.m.	UPS Rudersdorf	0: 2 (0: 1)	Favoritner AC
August 5th, 1978, 4:00 p.m.	WSK Kaprun	1: 4 (0: 2)	Black and white Bregenz
August 5th, 1978, 4:15 pm	ATUS Bärnbach	1: 0 (0: 0)	Linz ASK
August 5th, 1978, 4:15 pm	Forward Steyr	2: 1 (0: 1) ^Note 1	SV Heid Stockerau
August 5th, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	1. Wiener Neustädter SC	0: 0/2: 0 a.d.	ASV Kittsee
August 5th, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	SV Absam	0: 2 (0: 0)	USK Anif
August 5th, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	Union Catfish	1: 2 (0: 0)	Wolfsberger AC
August 5th, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	WSG Wattens	0: 2 (0: 0)	FC Dornbirn
August 5th, 1978, 4:45 pm	1. Brigittenauer SC	1: 3 (1: 1)	Kremser SC
August 5th, 1978, 4:45 pm	Rennweger SV	4: 0 (2: 0)	SC Tulln
August 5th, 1978, 5:15 pm	Blue and white Feldkirch	3: 0 (2: 0)	SC Austria Lustenau
August 6, 1978, 10:00 am	FC Höchst	3: 3 (2: 1) / 4: 4 n.V. / 3: 4 i. E.	ASK Salzburg
August 6, 1978, 3:30 p.m.	SC Laa an der Thaya	1: 1 (1: 1) / 2: 3 n.V.	SC Neusiedl am See
August 6, 1978, 4:15 pm	SK Amateurs Steyr	3: 1 (1: 1)	SV St. Veit
August 6, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	Baden AC	0: 2 (0: 0)	1. Simmeringer SC
August 6, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	SV Feldkirchen	1: 1 (1: 0) / 1: 1 n.V. / 4: 5 i. E.	SC Amateurs St. Veit
August 6, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	SV Jenbach	4: 1 (0: 0)	Salzburg AK 1914

Legend:

n.V. = after extension
i. E. = on penalties

^{Note 1} In this game, refereeAlfred Höllerexcluded three players (Seidl, Thaler and Leitner) from SV Heid Stockerau

2nd round

date		Result
August 12, 1978, 4:00 p.m.	ATUS Bärnbach	2: 3 (1: 3)	Graz AK
August 12, 1978, 4:00 p.m.	Donawitzer SV Alpine	6: 0 (3: 0)	Villacher SV
August 12, 1978, 4:15 pm	USK Anif	0: 4 (0: 2)	Black and white Bregenz
August 12, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	1. Simmeringer SC	1: 1 (0: 0) / 2: 2 n.V. / 4: 5 i. E.	SK Rapid Vienna
August 12, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	FC Dornbirn	0: 3 (0: 0)	SV Austria Salzburg
August 12, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	SC Neusiedl am See	0: 3 (0: 2)	1. Wiener Neustädter SC
August 12, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	SV Jenbach	1: 1 (0: 1) / 2: 1 n.V.	Blue and white Feldkirch
August 12, 1978, 4:45 p.m.	SK Amateurs Steyr	1: 2 (0: 0)	SK VOEST Linz
August 12, 1978, 4:45 p.m.	Rennweger SV	0: 3 (0: 1)	First Vienna FC
August 12, 1978, 7:00 p.m.	Kremser SC	2: 2 (1: 1) / 3: 3 n.v. / 4: 3 i. E.	Wiener Sportclub / Post
August 12, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	SC Magdalen	2: 2 (1: 0) / 3: 3 n.V. / 5: 6 i. E.	FC Admira / Wacker
August 13, 1978, 10:00 a.m.	Favoritner AC	1: 1 (1: 0) / 2: 2 n.v. / 3: 0 i. E.	SC Eisenstadt
August 15, 1978, 4:00 p.m.	Wolfsberger AC	1: 1 (0: 0) / 1: 1 n.V. / 4: 5 i. E.	SK Sturm Graz
August 15, 1978, 4:15 p.m.	SC Amateurs St. Veit	0: 1 (0: 1)	SK Austria Klagenfurt
August 15, 1978, 4:15 p.m.	Forward Steyr	3: 1 (3: 0)	FK Austria Vienna
August 15, 1978, 4:30 p.m.	ASK Salzburg	0: 4 (0: 1)	SSW Innsbruck

Legend:

n.V. = after extension
i. E. = on penalties

Round of 16

date		Result
October 24, 1978, 6:30 p.m.	SK VOEST Linz	2: 1 (1: 1)	First Vienna FC
October 25, 1978, 6:30 p.m.	SK Austria Klagenfurt	1: 2 (1: 1)	FC Admira / Wacker
October 25, 1978, 7:00 p.m.	Kremser SC	1: 3 (0: 1)	Graz AK
October 25, 1978, 7:00 p.m.	SSW Innsbruck	1: 0 (0: 0)	Donawitzer SV Alpine
October 25, 1978, 7:00 p.m.	Black and white Bregenz	1: 3 (0: 2)	SV Austria Salzburg
October 26, 1978, 10:30 am	SK Sturm Graz	4: 0 (2: 0)	SV Jenbach
October 26, 1978, 1:45 p.m.	Forward Steyr	2: 2 (0: 0) / 2: 3 n.v.	1. Wiener Neustädter SC
October 26, 1978, 2:15 pm	Favoritner AC	0: 6 (0: 2)	SK Rapid Vienna

Legend:

n / a = after extension

Quarter finals

date		Result
February 17, 1979, 2:00 p.m.	SK VOEST Linz	0: 0/1: 0 a.d.	1. Wiener Neustädter SC
February 18, 1979, 2:30 p.m.	SSW Innsbruck	2: 0 (2: 0)	SV Austria Salzburg
March 6, 1979, 6:30 p.m.	Graz AK	1: 2 (0: 1)	SK Rapid Vienna
07.03.1979, 6:30 p.m.	SK Sturm Graz	0: 1 (0: 1)	FC Admira / Wacker

Legend:

n / a = after extension

Semifinals

date		Result
April 17, 1979, 7:00 p.m.	FC Admira / Wacker	2: 1 (1: 1)	SK VOEST Linz
April 18, 1979, 7:00 p.m.	SK Rapid Vienna	0: 2 (0: 0)	SSW Innsbruck

Legend:

n.V. = after extension
i. E. = on penalties

final

First leg

pairing	SSW Innsbruck - FC Admira / Wacker
Result	1: 0 (1: 0)
date	June 6, 1979, 7:00 p.m.
Stadion	Tivoli Stadium , Innsbruck
spectator	5500
referee	Wilhelm Jarosch
Gates	1: 0 (35th) Werner Seubert
SSW Innsbruck	Egon Katnik - Fernando Zappia (68th Werner Kriess ), Ronald Freimüller , Gerhard Forstinger , Robert Auer , Walter Stöffelbauer , Werner Schwarz (68th Franco Castellano ), Peter Schwarz , Günter Kronsteiner , Werner Zanon , Werner Seubert . Coach: Lajos Baróti
FC Admira / Wacker	Gerhard Fleischmann - Ferdinand Bartosch , Heinrich Strasser , Herbert Oberhofer , Robert Kro , Helmut Weigl , Hans-Peter Troindl , Johannes Demantke , Wilhelm Cerny , Ewald Gröss (69th Erich Kroboth ), Alfred Gassner . Trainer: Rudolf Illovszky
yellow cards	none - Hans-Peter Troindl yellow 42 Ferdinand Bartosch yellow 70

Return leg

pairing	FC Admira / Wacker - SSW Innsbruck
Result	1: 1 (0: 0)
date	June 20, 1979
Stadion	Bundesstadion Südstadt , Maria Enzersdorf
spectator	4000
referee	Erich Linemayr
Gates	0: 1 (57th) Werner Zanon , 1: 1 (88th) Erich Kroboth
FC Admira / Wacker	Gerhard Fleischmann - Ferdinand Bartosch , Heinrich Strasser (46th Erich Kroboth ), Herbert Oberhofer , Helmut Weigl , Zenon Kasztelan (66th Hans-Peter Troindl ), Johannes Demantke , Wilhelm Cerny , Walter Binder , Ewald Gröss , Alfred Gassner . Trainer: Rudolf Illovszky
SSW Innsbruck	Egon Katnik - Robert Auer , Fernando Zappia , Ronald Freimüller , Gerhard Forstinger , Walter Stöffelbauer , Peter Schwarz , Günter Kronsteiner , Robert Hanschitz , Werner Zanon , Werner Seubert . Coach: Lajos Baróti
yellow cards	Helmut Weigl - Gerhard Forstinger , Robert Hanschitz

Graphic overview from the round of 16

Round of 16 24. – 26. October 1978			Quarterfinals 17./18. February and 6/7. March 1979			Semifinals 17./18. April 1979			Final June 6 and 20, 1979

	Kremser SC	1
	Graz AK	3
				Graz AK	1

				SK Rapid Vienna	2
	Favoritner AC	0

	SK Rapid Vienna	6th
							SK Rapid Vienna	0

							SSW Innsbruck	2
	SSW Innsbruck	1

	Donawitzer SV Alpine	0
				SSW Innsbruck	2

				SV Austria Salzburg	0
	Black and white Bregenz	1

	SV Austria Salzburg	3
										SSW Innsbruck	2

										FC Admira / Wacker	1
	SK Sturm Graz	4th

	SV Jenbach	0
				SK Sturm Graz	0

				FC Admira / Wacker	1
	SK Austria Klagenfurt	1

	FC Admira / Wacker	2
							FC Admira / Wacker	2

							SK VOEST Linz	1
	SK VOEST Linz	2

	First Vienna FC	1
				SK VOEST Linz	1 ^V

				1. Wiener Neustädter SC	0
	Forward Steyr	2

	1. Wiener Neustädter SC	3 ^V