Dates 15 Aug 1978 – 30 May 1979 Teams 33 Matches played 63 | Goals scored 185 | |
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Similar 1972–73 European Cup, 1961–62 European Cup, 1963–64 European Cup, 1965–66 European Cup, 1968–69 European Cup |
The 1978–79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.
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Second leg
AS Monaco won 3–2 on aggregate.
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 Vienna won 4–3 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm won 1–0 on aggregate.
Omonia 2–2 Bohemians on aggregate. Bohemians won on away goals.
Partizan 2–2 Dynamo Dresden 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 leg
Nottingham Forest won 7–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid 3–3 Grasshopper on aggregate. Grasshopper won on away goals.
Köln won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Austria Vienna won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 6–0 on aggregate.
Zbrojovka Brno 3–3 Wisła Kraków on aggregate. Wisła Kraków won on away goals.
Malmö FF won 2–0 on aggregate.
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 5–2 on aggregate.
Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.
Austria Vienna won 3–2 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 5–3 on aggregate.
Second leg
Nottingham Forest won 4–3 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1978–79 European Cup are as follows: