The 1978–79 season of the
European Cup
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football
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club tournament was won by English champions
Nottingham Forest
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in the final against Swedish side
Malmö FF
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. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under
Brian Clough
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, had defeated defending two-time champions
Liverpool
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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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''2–2 on aggregate; Bohemians won on away goals.''
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''2–2 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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''3–3 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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''3–3 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 (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
Notes
References
External links
1978–79 All matches – season at UEFA website* All scorers 1978–79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according t
protocols UEFA
– results and line-ups (archive)
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1978–79 in European football
European Champion Clubs' Cup seasons