The 1978–79 season of the

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club tournament was won by English champions

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in the final against Swedish side

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. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions

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in the first round.

Teams

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.'' ---- ''Nottingham Forest won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Grasshopper won 13–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Bohemians won on away goals.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Dynamo Dresden won on penalties.'' ---- ''Zbrojovka Brno won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Wisła Kraków won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

''Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Grasshopper won on away goals.'' ---- ''Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Wisła Kraków won on away goals.'' ---- ''Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''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

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protocols UEFA
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