The 1978–79 season of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

 in the final against Malmö FF

Malmö FF

Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...

. Forest had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

 in the first round.

Preliminary round

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First leg

Second leg

AS Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

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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 Vienna won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Omonia 2–2 Bohemians on aggregate. Bohemians won on away goals.
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Partizan 2–2 Dynamo Dresden 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

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First leg

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Second leg

Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid 3–3 Grasshopper 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 Vienna won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 Wisła Kraków on aggregate. Wisła Kraków won on away goals.
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Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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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 Vienna won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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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 are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Claudio Sulser Claudio Sulser Claudio Sulser is a retired football striker.During his club career, Sulser played for FC Mendrisio-Stabio, FC Vevey Sports 05, Grasshoppers Zürich and FC Lugano...	Grasshopper	11
2	Garry Birtles Garry Birtles Garry Birtles is a retired English footballer, who played as a forward in The Football League between the 1970s and 1990s. He is best known for his time at Nottingham Forest, during which he won the 1979 and 1980 European Cup Finals...	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	6
3	Dieter Müller Dieter Müller Dieter Müller is a former German footballer, who is currently the chairman of Kickers Offenbach.He appeared in twelve senior matches, scoring nine goals for Germany. He played in the 1976 European Football Championship and the 1978 FIFA World Cup. In his spell with 1...	Köln 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....	5
	Walter Schachner Walter Schachner Walter "Schoko" Schachner is a football manager and former Austrian national player .As he always brought chocolate to the games when he was a boy, he got the nickname schoko...	Austria Vienna FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...	5
5	Kazimierz Kmiecik Kazimierz Kmiecik Kazimierz Kmiecik is a retired Polish football player, who played almost all his career for Wisła Kraków, where he played 304 league matches and scored 153 goals. This makes him the best goalscorer in history of the club. He also played for Larissa and won the first Greek cup for the history of...	Wisła Kraków	4
	Willy van der Kuijlen	PSV Eindhoven	4
7	Gerrie Deijkers	PSV Eindhoven	3
	Roger van Gool Roger Van Gool Roger Van Gool is a former international Belgian footballer.-External links:* at worldfootball.net...	Köln 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....	3
	Juanito Juan Gómez González Juan Gómez González , or simply known as Juanito, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.A player with tremendous dribbling ability whose career was overshadowed by a fierce character, Juanito was best known for his Real Madrid years...	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	3
	Karel Kroupa Karel Kroupa Karel Kroupa is a Czech football player, who is currently playing for Corgoň Liga club FK Senica. In June 2011, he joined Slovak club FK Senica on one-year contract.-Career:...	Zbrojovka Brno	3
	Anders Ljungberg Anders Ljungberg Anders Ljungberg better known as Puskas is a former Swedish football midfielder.-Club career:Puskas is most known for being part of the Malmö FF team that reached the 1979 European Cup Final...	Malmö FF Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...	3
	Raimondo Ponte	Grasshopper	3
	Dieter Riedel Dieter Riedel Dieter Riedel is a German football player and coach. From 1995 to 1997, he was the chairman of Dynamo Dresden....	Dynamo Dresden Dynamo Dresden SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...	3
	Dušan Bajević Dušan Bajevic Dušan Bajević is a Bosnian football manager and former Yugoslav international.-Playing career:...	AEK Athens	3
	Santillana	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	3

External links

• 1978–79 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation