The 1978–79
UEFA Cup
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was the eighth season of the
UEFA Cup
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, the third-tier club
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competition organised by
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was played over two legs at the
Red Star Stadium,
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, and at the
Rheinstadion,
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West Germany
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. It was won by
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of West Germany, who defeated
Red Star Belgrade
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of Yugoslavia by an aggregate result of 2–1 to claim their second UEFA Cup title.
Red Star Belgrade became the third Yugoslav and second
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n team to reach a European final, but couldn't defeat the more experienced West German side, who reached their fourth European final out of five in a seven-year span.
Association team allocation
A total of 64 teams from 31
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member associations participate in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:
* 3 associations have four teams qualify.
* 3 associations have three teams qualify.
* 18 associations have two teams qualify.
* 7 associations have one team qualify.
East Germany
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and
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were the two associations selected to have a third birth for this season, while
Poland
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and
Switzerland
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went back to two qualified teams.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
* TH: Title holders
* CW: Cup winners
* CR: Cup runners-up
* LC: League Cup winners
* 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
* P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Also, both away games for
Śląsk Wrocław
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in the first two rounds were held on a Saturday.
First round
First leg
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''Enzo Ferrero scored an
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Second leg
''Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate. Milan won in a penalty shoot-out.''
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''Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.''
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''Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''West Bromwich Albion won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''6–6 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.''
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''KuPS won 6–5 on aggregate.''
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''Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Torpedo Moscow won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.''
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''Standard Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Esbjerg won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.''
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''Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate, ÍBV won on away goals rule.''
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''Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
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Second leg
''Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate, Dukla Prague won on away goals rule.''
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''Valencia won 6–4 on aggregate.''
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''MSV Duisburg won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate, Arsenal won on away goals rule.''
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''Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.''
''On 23 November 1978, UEFA fined Milan $14,000 for a bribery attempt to the Scottish referee John Gordon and linesmen Rollo Kyle and David McCartney (Italian club took the officials to shop for free the day before the game). Curiously, UEFA did not sanction the referee at all, however, Scottish Football Association suspended him.''
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''Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Third round
First leg
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Second leg
''Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''4–4 on aggregate, MSV Duisburg won on away goals rule.''
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''Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.''
Final
First leg
Second leg
''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.''
References
External links
1978–79 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
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