Dates 5 Sep 1978 – 23 May 1979 | ||
Similar 1979–80 UEFA Cup, 1976–77 UEFA Cup, 1993–94 UEFA Cup, 1989–90 UEFA Cup, 2001–02 UEFA Cup | ||
The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate over Red Star Belgrade.
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Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.
Second leg
Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotíva Košice 1–1 Milan on aggregate. Milan won 7–6 on penalties.
Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.
Berliner FC Dynamo 6–6 Red Star Belgrade. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.
Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.
Hertha BSC Berlin won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Arsenal 2–2 Hajduk Split. Arsenal won on away goals.
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.
Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.
Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Second leg
MSV Duisburg 4–4 Budapest Honvéd. Duisburg won on away goals.
Hertha BSC Berlin won 3–2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade 2–2 Hertha BSC Berlin. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.