The 1978–79 season of the
European Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
was won by
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Found ...
in the final in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
against
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga.
Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...
. It was the first of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament.
No club from Finland, Albania and Turkey joined this season.
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Internazionale won 8–1 on aggregate.''
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''Fortuna Düsseldorf won 5–4 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
Second leg
''Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
''Barcelona 2–2 Ipswich Town on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals''
''K.S.K. Beveren won 1–0 on aggregate''
''Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–1 on away goals''
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
''Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.''
''Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–3 on aggregate.''
Final
See also
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1978–79 European Cup
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-t ...
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1978–79 UEFA Cup
The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate over Red Star Belgrade
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known ...
External links
1978-79 competition at UEFA website*
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1978–79 Cup Winners Cup
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons