1978/79 UEFA Cup

1978/79 UEFA Cup
Cup winners	Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd title)
Beginning	September 15, 1978
The End	May 23, 1979
Teams	64
Games	126
Gates	365  (ø 2.9 per game)
Top scorer	Allan Simonsen ( Borussia Mönchengladbach , 9 goals)
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↑ European Champion Clubs' Cup 1978/79

The 1978/79 UEFA Cup was the 8th edition of the competition and was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach . Thus, the team was successful in the third final for the second time after 1974/75 .

For the first time, three clubs qualified directly from the GDR Oberliga. Austria and Switzerland each provided two participants.

mode

A total of six rounds were played in home and return matches. In the event of a tie, the number of goals scored away was decided first, followed by overtime and the penalty shoot-out.

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
ÍBV Vestmannaeyja	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Glentoran FC	0-0	1: 1
Finn Harps	00:10	Everton FC	0: 5	0: 5
Standard Liege	1-0	Dundee United	1-0	0-0
Sporting Braga	7: 3	Hibernians Football Club	5-0	2: 3
Jeunesse Esch	0: 2	Lausanne Sports	0-0	0: 2
Dukla Prague	2: 1	Vicenza Calcio	1-0	1: 1
CSKA Sofia	3: 5	Valencia CF	2: 1	1: 4
Borussia Monchengladbach	7: 2	SK Sturm Graz	5: 1	2: 1
FC Argeş Piteşti	5: 1	Panathinaikos Athens	3-0	2: 1
Athletic Bilbao	2: 3	Ajax Amsterdam	2-0	0: 3
FC Nantes	0: 2	Benfica Lisbon	0: 2	0-0
Sporting Gijón	3: 1	Turin Calcio	3-0	0: 1
Galatasaray Istanbul	2: 6	West Bromwich Albion	1: 3	1: 3
BFC Dynamo	(a)6: 6 ( a )	Red Star Belgrade	5: 2	1: 4
Kuopion PS	6: 5	B 1903 Copenhagen	2: 1	4: 4
FC Basel	3: 7	VfB Stuttgart	2: 3	1: 4
Torpedo Moscow	7: 3	Molde FK	4-0	3: 3
IF Elfsborg	3: 4	Racing Strasbourg	2-0	1: 4
MSV Duisburg	10: 20	Lech poses	5-0	5: 2
Start Kristiansand	0: 1	Esbjerg fB	0-0	0: 1
Arsenal FC	7: 1	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	3-0	4: 1
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	3: 2	Lierse SK	1-0	2: 2
FC Twente Enschede	3: 4	Manchester City	1: 1	2: 3
Hibernian Edinburgh	3: 2	IFK Norrköping	3: 2	0-0
FC Politehnica Timișoara	3: 2	MTK-VM SK Budapest	2-0	1: 2
AC Milan	1: 1 (7: 6 i.E.)	Lokomotíva Košice	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
Dinamo Tbilisi	3: 1	SSC Naples	2-0	1: 1
Hajduk Split	3: 2	SK Rapid Vienna	2-0	1: 2
Hertha BSC	2: 1	AFD Trakia Plovdiv	0-0	2: 1
Honvéd Budapest	8: 2	Adanaspor	6-0	2: 2
Olympiacos Piraeus	3: 4	DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia	2: 1	1: 3 a.d.
Pezoporikos Larnaka	3: 7	Śląsk Wrocław	2: 2	1: 5

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Benfica Lisbon	0: 2	Borussia Monchengladbach	0-0	0: 2 a.d.
Everton FC	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Dukla Prague	2: 1	0: 1
FC Argeş Piteşti	4: 6	Valencia CF	2: 1	2: 5
Ajax Amsterdam	5-0	Lausanne Sports	4-0	1-0
Sporting Braga	0: 3	West Bromwich Albion	0: 1	0: 2
Torpedo Moscow	2: 3	VfB Stuttgart	2: 1	0: 2
Racing Strasbourg	2: 1	Hibernian Edinburgh	2-0	0: 1
Sporting Gijón	1: 2	Red Star Belgrade	0: 1	1: 1
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	0: 3	MSV Duisburg	0-0	0: 3 a.d.
Kuopion PS	1: 6	Esbjerg fB	0: 2	1: 4
Manchester City	4: 2	Standard Liege	4-0	0: 2
Honvéd Budapest	4: 2	FC Politehnica Timișoara	4-0	0: 2
Hertha BSC	2: 1	Dinamo Tbilisi	2-0	0: 1
Hajduk Split	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Arsenal FC	2: 1	0: 1
DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia	1: 4	AC Milan	1: 1	0: 3
ÍBV Vestmannaeyja	1: 4	Śląsk Wrocław	1: 2	0: 2

3rd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Esbjerg fB	2: 5	Hertha BSC	2: 1	0: 4
Honvéd Budapest	4: 3	Ajax Amsterdam	4: 1	0: 2
Valencia CF	1: 3	West Bromwich Albion	1: 1	0: 2
Borussia Monchengladbach	5: 3	Śląsk Wrocław	1: 1	4: 2
VfB Stuttgart	4: 5	Dukla Prague	4: 1	0: 4
Red Star Belgrade	2: 1	Arsenal FC	1-0	1: 1
Racing Strasbourg	0: 4	MSV Duisburg	0-0	0: 4
AC Milan	2: 5	Manchester City	2: 2	0: 3

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Honvéd Budapest	(a)4: 4 ( a )	MSV Duisburg	2: 3	2: 1
Red Star Belgrade	2: 1	West Bromwich Albion	1-0	1: 1
Hertha BSC	3: 2	Dukla Prague	1: 1	2: 1
Manchester City	2: 4	Borussia Monchengladbach	1: 1	1: 3

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
MSV Duisburg	3: 6	Borussia Monchengladbach	2: 2	1: 4
Red Star Belgrade	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Hertha BSC	1-0	1: 2

final

First leg

Red Star Belgrade		Borussia Monchengladbach		Lineup
	May 9, 1979 in Belgrade ( Red Star Stadium ) Result: 1: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 87,000 Referee: Ian Foote ( Scotland )
	Aleksandar Stojanović - Nikola Jovanović , Dragan Miletović , Ivan Jurišić , Milan Jovin - Slavoljub Muslin (88th Zlatko Krmpotić ), Vladimir Petrovic , Cvijetin Blagojević , Nedeljko Milosavljević (88th Djordje Milovanovic ) - Dušan Savić , Miloš Šestić Coach: Branko Stanković	Wolfgang Kneib - Berti Vogts , Wilfried Hannes , Frank Schäffer , Norbert Ringels - Winfried Schäfer , Christian Kulik , Carsten Nielsen (75th Dietmar Danner ), Horst Wohlers (80th Rudi Gores ) - Allan Simonsen , Ewald Lienen Trainer: Udo Lattek
	1-0 Miloš Šestić (21st)	1: 1 Ivan Jurišić (60th, own goal)

Return leg

Borussia Monchengladbach		Red Star Belgrade		Lineup
	May 23, 1979 in Düsseldorf ( Rheinstadion ) Result: 1: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 45,000 Referee: Alberto Michelotti ( Italy )
	Wolfgang Kneib - Berti Vogts , Norbert Ringels , Frank Schäffer - Winfried Schäfer , Wilfried Hannes , Christian Kulik (59th Horst Köppel ), Rudi Gores , Horst Wohlers - Allan Simonsen , Ewald Lienen Trainer: Udo Lattek	Aleksandar Stojanović - Nikola Jovanović , Dragan Miletović , Ivan Jurišić , Milan Jovin - Slavoljub Muslin , Vladimir Petrović , Cvijetin Blagojević , Đorđe Milovanović (46th Miloš Šestić ) - Dušan Savić , Nedeljko Milosavljev Coach: Branković
	1-0 Allan Simonsen (15th, foul penalty)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Allan Simonsen	Borussia Monchengladbach	9
2	Ronald Worm	MSV Duisburg	8th
3	István Weimper	Honvéd Budapest	6th
	Ray Clarke	Ajax Amsterdam	6th
	Jürgen Milewski	Hertha BSC	6th
	Dušan Savić	Red Star Belgrade	6th
7th	Bernardo Gordo	Sporting Braga	5
	Brian Kidd	Manchester City	5
	Hans-Günter Bruns	Borussia Monchengladbach	5

→ Main article : List of UEFA Europa League top scorers

Players used Borussia Mönchengladbach

1.

Borussia Monchengladbach

Goal: Wolfgang Kneib (12 / -) Defense: Frank Schäffer (12 / -); Horst Wohlers (10 / -); Norbert Ringels (8 / -); Wilfried Hannes (7 / -); Hans Klinkhammer (4/1); Helmut Dudek (4 / -); Berti Vogts (3 / -) Midfield: Christian Kulik (10/3); Winfried Schäfer (10 / -); Hans-Günter Bruns (9/5); Carsten Nielsen (9/2); Dietmar Danner (4 / -); Horst Köppel (2 / -) Storm: Ewald Lienen (11/2); Allan Simonsen (10/9); Rudi Gores (9/1); Karl Del'Haye (6/1); Klaus Amrath (4 / -); Helmut Lausen (3/1); Steen Thychoses (2 / -) Trainer: Udo Lattek

See also

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

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers on UEFA.com