1978–79 UEFA Cup


The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate over Red Star Belgrade.
The third club was revoked to Switzerland and Poland, and it was assigned to Bulgaria and East Germany.

First round

First leg

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Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.
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Second leg

Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.
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Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Lokomotíva Košice 1–1 Milan on aggregate. Milan won 7–6 on penalties.
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Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.
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BFC Dynamo 6–6 Red Star Belgrade. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
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Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 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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Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Hertha BSC Berlin won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Valencia won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Arsenal 2–2 Hajduk Split. Arsenal won on away goals.
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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. 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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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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Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

MSV Duisburg 4–4 Budapest Honvéd. Duisburg won on away goals.
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Hertha BSC Berlin 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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Red Star Belgrade 2–2 Hertha BSC Berlin. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.

Final

First leg

Second leg

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.