European Cup Winners' Cup 1978/79

European Cup Winners' Cup 1978/79
Cup winners	FC Barcelona (1st title)
Beginning	September 13, 1978
final	May 16, 1979
Final stadium	St. Jakob Stadium , Basel
Teams	31
Games	59
Gates	160  (ø 2.71 per game)
Top scorer	Alessandro Altobelli (7)
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The 1978/79 European Cup Winners 'Cup was the 19th draw of the European Cup Winners' Cup. 31 club teams from 30 countries took part, including defending champions RSC Anderlecht , 21 reigning cup winners and nine defeated cup finalists (FC Aberdeen, Schachtjor Donetsk, PAOK Saloniki, Kalmar FF, FK Bodø / Glimt, Ballymena United, US Luxemburg, FC Floriana and Fortuna Düsseldorf) . The representatives from Albania (no one was reported), Finland (qualified club has already been dissolved) and from Turkey (cup winner Trabzonspor banned from the European Cup) did not take part.

From Germany were DFB Cup finalist Fortuna Düsseldorf , from the GDR FDGB Cup winner 1. FC Magdeburg , from Austria ÖFB Cup winner SSW Innsbruck and from Switzerland Cup winner Servette Geneva at the start.

FC Barcelona and Fortuna Düsseldorf contested the final at St. Jakob-Park in Basel on May 16, 1979. FC Barcelona prevailed 4: 3 (2: 2, 2: 2) after extra time and won the for the first time UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

The top scorer was the Italian Alessandro Altobelli from Inter Milan with 7 goals.

mode

As usual, the participants played the winner in pure cup mode with home and return matches. If there was a tie after both games, the number of goals scored away decided ( away goal rule ). If their number was also the same, extra time took place in the second leg, in which the away goals rule also applied. If there was still a tie at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot- out was carried out. The final was decided in a game on a neutral court. In the event of a tie after extra time, the winner would also have been determined in a penalty shoot-out.

1 round

Bye: RSC Anderlecht (defending champion)  

The first leg took place on September 13, the second leg on September 27, 1978 (Glimt against Luxembourg on August 27 and September 12).

	total		First leg	Return leg
FK Bodø / Glimt	4: 2	US Luxembourg	4: 1	0: 1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	3: 4	SSW Innsbruck	2: 3	1: 1
CS Universitatea Craiova	4: 5	Fortuna Dusseldorf	3: 4	1: 1
Ferencváros Budapest	4: 2	Kalmar FF	2-0	2: 2
Sporting Lisbon	0: 2	Baník Ostrava	0: 1	0: 1
Valur Reykjavík	1: 5	1. FC Magdeburg	1: 1	0: 4
Marek Dupnitsa	3: 5	Aberdeen FC	3: 2	0: 3
KSK Beveren	6-0	Ballymena United	3-0	3-0
PAOK Saloniki	2: 4	Servette Geneva	2-0	0: 4
AZ'67 Alkmaar	0: 2	Ipswich Town	0-0	0: 2
Shamrock Rovers	3-0	APOEL Nicosia	2-0	1-0
NK Rijeka	3: 2	Wrexham AFC	3-0	0: 2
FC Barcelona	4: 1	Shakhtar Donetsk	3-0	1: 1
BK Frem Copenhagen	2: 4	AS Nancy	2-0	0: 4
FC Floriana	1: 8	Inter Milan	1: 3	0: 5

2nd round

The first leg took place on October 18, the second leg on November 1 (Glimt against Milan on October 25) 1978.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Inter Milan	7: 1	FK Bodø / Glimt	5-0	2: 1
Baník Ostrava	6: 1	Shamrock Rovers	3-0	3: 1
Ipswich Town	2: 1	SSW Innsbruck	1-0	1: 1 a.d.
Servette Geneva	4: 3	AS Nancy	2: 1	2: 2
RSC Anderlecht	3: 3 (1: 4 i. E.)	FC Barcelona	3-0	0: 3 a.d.
Fortuna Dusseldorf	3: 2	Aberdeen FC	3-0	0: 2
NK Rijeka	0: 2	KSK Beveren	0-0	0: 2
1. FC Magdeburg	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Ferencváros Budapest	1-0	1: 2

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on March 7, the second legs on March 21, 1979.

	total		First leg	Return leg
1. FC Magdeburg	4: 5	Baník Ostrava	2: 1	2: 4
Inter Milan	0: 1	KSK Beveren	0-0	0: 1
Fortuna Dusseldorf	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Servette Geneva	0-0	1: 1
Ipswich Town	(a)2: 2 ( a )	FC Barcelona	2: 1	0: 1

Semifinals

The first leg took place on April 11, the second leg on April 25, 1979.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Barcelona	2-0	KSK Beveren	1-0	1-0
Fortuna Dusseldorf	4: 3	Baník Ostrava	3: 1	1: 2

final

FC Barcelona		Fortuna Dusseldorf		Lineup
	May 16, 1979 in Basel ( St. Jakob Stadium ) Result: 4: 3 n.v. (2: 2, 2: 2) Spectators: 58,500 Referee: Károly Palotai ( Hungary )
	Pedro María Artola - Rafael Zuviría , Migueli , Quique Costas (68th Francisco Martínez Díaz ), José Joaquín Albaladejo (57th Antonio de la Cruz ) - Johan Neeskens , Juan Manuel Asensi - Carles Rexach , Tente Sánchez , Hans Krankl , Francisco Carrasco Trainer : Joaquim Rifé	Jörg Daniel - Gerd Zewe , Dieter Brei (24th Josef Weikl ), Gerd Zimmermann (4th Flemming Lund ), Heiner Baltes - Egon Köhnen , Rudi Bommer , Hubert Schmitz - Thomas Allofs , Klaus Allofs , Wolfgang Seel Trainer: Hans-Dieterippenhauer
	1: 0 Tente Sánchez (5th) 2: 1 Juan Manuel Asensi (34th) 3: 2 Carles Rexach (103rd) 4: 2 Hans Krankl (111th)	1: 1 Thomas Allofs (8th) 2: 2 Wolfgang Seel (41st) 4: 3 Wolfgang Seel (114th)
	Daniel saves a penalty from Rexach (12.)

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1978/79
• 1978/79 UEFA Cup

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1978/79 season
• Game details on fussballdaten.de