1978–79 UEFA Cup

The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate over Red Star Belgrade.

1978–79 UEFA Cup
Dates13 September 1978 – 23 May 1979
Final positions
Champions Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd title)
Runners-up Red Star Belgrade
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Allan Simonsen (9 goals)

The third club was revoked to Switzerland and Poland, and it was assigned to Bulgaria and East Germany.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dukla Prague 2–1 Vicenza 1–0 1–1
Milan 1–1 (7–6 p) Lokomotíva Košice 1–0 0–1
CSKA Sofia 3–5 Valencia 2–1 1–4
Borussia Mönchengladbach 7–2 Sturm Graz 5–1 2–1
Argeș Pitești 5–1 Panathinaikos 3–0 2–1
Athletic Bilbao 2–3 Ajax 2–0 0–3
Finn Harps 0–10 Everton 0–5 0–5
Jeunesse Esch 0–2 Lausanne-Sport 0–0 0–2
Nantes 0–2 Benfica 0–2 0–0
Sporting Gijón 3–1 Torino 3–0 0–1
Braga 7–3 Hibernians 5–0 2–3
Galatasaray 2–6 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 1–3
BFC Dynamo 6–6(a) Red Star Belgrade 5–2 1–4
KuPS 6–5 B 1903 2–1 4–4
Basel 3–7 Stuttgart 2–3 1–4
Torpedo Moscow 7–3 Molde 4–0 3–3
Elfsborg 3–4 Strasbourg 2–0 1–4
MSV Duisburg 10–2 Lech Poznań 5–0 5–2
Standard Liège 1–0 Dundee United 1–0 0–0
Start 0–1 Esbjerg 0–0 0–1
Arsenal 7–1 Lokomotive Leipzig 3–0 4–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 3–2 Lierse 1–0 2–2
ÍBV (a)1–1 Glentoran 0–0 1–1
Twente 3–4 Manchester City 1–1 2–3
Hibernian 3–2 IFK Norrköping 3–2 0–0
Politehnica Timișoara 3–2 MTK Budapest 2–0 1–2
Pezoporikos Larnaca 3–7 Śląsk Wrocław 2–2 1–5
Olympiacos 3–4 Levski Sofia 2–1 1–3 (aet)
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–1 Napoli 2–0 1–1
Hajduk Split 3–2 Rapid Wien 2–0 1–2
Hertha BSC 2–1 Botev Plovdiv 0–0 2–1
Budapest Honvéd 8–2 Adanaspor 6–0 2–2

First leg
Dukla Prague 1–0 Vicenza
Nehoda  6' Report
Attendance: 7,308
Referee: Jan Beck (Netherlands)
Milan 1–0 Lokomotíva Košice
Novellino  34' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Charles Scerri (Malta)
CSKA Sofia 2–1 Valencia
Dzhevizov  7'
Hristov  54'		 Report Solsona  71'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–1 Sturm Graz
 Report Jurtin  11'
Attendance: 9,000
Argeș Pitești 3–0 Panathinaikos
 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Adolf Mathias (Austria)
Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Ajax
  • Churruca  9'
  • Vidal  58'
 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Walter Horstmann (West Germany)
Finn Harps 0–5 Everton
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Alain Delmer (France)
Jeunesse Esch 0–0 Lausanne-Sport
Report
Attendance: 2,200
Nantes 0–2 Benfica
Report
Attendance: 12,128
Sporting Gijón 3–0 Torino
Ferrero  4'
Morán  14', 68'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000

Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.

Braga 5–0 Hibernians
Chico Gordo  2', 15', 19', 78'
Lito  74'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tomeo Palanques (Spain)
Galatasaray 1–3 West Bromwich Albion
Terim  88' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 38,443
Referee: Francisc Coloşi (Romania)
BFC Dynamo 5–2 Red Star Belgrade
Riediger  16', 28', 69'
Netz  20'
Brillat  89'		 Report Šestić  34'
Savić  36'
Attendance: 26,000[1][2]
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
KuPS 2–1 B 1903
  • Mönkkönen  16'
  • E. Heiskanen  73'
 Report Haarbye  41'
Väinölänniemen stadion, Kuopio
Attendance: 646
Basel 2–3 Stuttgart
Stohler  30'
Tanner  78'		 Report D. Hoeneß  44'
Ohlicher  54', 70'
Attendance: 25,000
Torpedo Moscow 4–0 Molde
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)
Elfsborg 2–0 Strasbourg
  • Svensson  17'
  • Magnusson  43' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 3,383
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)
MSV Duisburg 5–0 Lech Poznań
  • Jara  21'
  • Worm  23', 37'
  • Alhaus  32'
  • Büssers  88'
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Standard Liège 1–0 Dundee United
Denier  40' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Start 0–0 Esbjerg
Report
Attendance: 1,417
Referee: Olavi Peltola (Finland)
Arsenal 3–0 Lokomotive Leipzig
 Report
Attendance: 34,233
Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Norway)
Carl Zeiss Jena 1–0 Lierse
Töpfer  25' Report
Attendance: 12,000
ÍBV 0–0 Glentoran
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Twente 1–1 Manchester City
Thoresen  50' Report Watson  24'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Hibernian 3–2 IFK Norrköping
  • Higgins  25', 88'
  • Temperley  49'
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Torben Månsson (Denmark)
Politehnica Timișoara 2–0 MTK Budapest
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)
Pezoporikos Larnaca 2–2 Śląsk Wrocław
Theofanous  40', 64' Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria)
Olympiacos 2–1 Levski Sofia
 Report Barzov  43'
Attendance: 40,000
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 Napoli
Kipiani  39'
Shengelia  49'		 Report
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
Hajduk Split 2–0 Rapid Wien
Čop  30'
Luketin  89'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)
Hertha BSC 0–0 Botev Plovdiv
Report
Attendance: 4,500
Budapest Honvéd 6–0 Adanaspor
 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mehmet Mishku (Albania)

Second leg
Vicenza 1–1 Dukla Prague
Briaschi  14' Gajdůšek  50'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

Lokomotíva Košice 1–0 (a.e.t.) Milan
Kozák  81' Report
Penalties
  • Kozák
  • Ujhely
  • Jacko
  • Móder
  • Suchánek
  • Dobrovič
  • Fecko
  • Repík
6–7 Maldera
Novellino
Chiodi
Buriani
Antonelli
Morini
De Vecchi
Baresi
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Rudolf Renggli (Switzerland)

1–1 on aggregate. Milan won in a penalty shoot-out.

Valencia 4–1 CSKA Sofia
Saura  16', 78'
Felman  54'
Kempes  82'		 Report Hristov  17'
Attendance: 55,000

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz 1–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Schilcher  65' Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Eduard Shklovski (Soviet Union)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos 1–2 Argeș Pitești
  • Gonios  51'
 Report
Attendance: 23,444
Referee: Alojzy Jargusz (Poland)

Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.

Ajax 3–0 Athletic Bilbao
 Report
Attendance: 22,000

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Everton 5–0 Finn Harps
King  21'
Latchford  25'
Walsh  53'
Ross  60'
Dobson  63'		 Report
Attendance: 21,611

Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.

Lausanne-Sport 2–0 Jeunesse Esch
  • Diserens  39'
  • Sampedro  76'
 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jean-Claude Jourquin (Belgium)

Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.

Benfica 0–0 Nantes
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Paul Kindervater (West Germany)

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Torino 1–0 Sporting Gijón
Graziani  64' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Béla Nagy (Hungary)

Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.

Hibernians 3–2 Braga
Carter  20' (pen.), 61' (pen.)
Spiteri-Gonzi  86'		 Report Chico Gordo  29'
Ronaldo  35'
Attendance: 5,000

Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.

West Bromwich Albion 3–1 Galatasaray
 Report İnal  44'
Attendance: 30,000

West Bromwich Albion won 6–2 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade 4–1 BFC Dynamo
Savić  58'
Borovnica  69', 80'
Šestić  89'		 Report Riediger  12'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sándor Kuti (Hungary)

6–6 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.

B 1903 4–4 KuPS
  • Kristiansen  14'
  • Schmidt-Jensen  19'
  • Larsen  20'
  • Damm  82'
 Report
  • E. Heiskanen  9'
  • A. Heiskanen  15'
  • Hämäläinen  27'
  • Arvo Rautio  82'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Henry Øberg (Norway)

KuPS won 6–5 on aggregate.

Stuttgart 4–1 Basel
Kelsch  24', 48', 68'
Müller  64'		 Report Schönenberger  35'
Attendance: 23,000

Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

Molde 3–3 Torpedo Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 2,813
Referee: Alf Grey (England)

Torpedo Moscow won 7–3 on aggregate.

Strasbourg 4–1 Elfsborg
Piasecki  7'
Tanter  27'
Gemmrich  74'
Wagner  80'		 Report Ahlström  41'
Attendance: 26,505
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)

Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lech Poznań 2–5 MSV Duisburg
  • Büssers  4'
  • Worm  22', 72'
  • Fenten  30'
  • Buttgereit  71'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.

Dundee United 0–0 Standard Liège
Report
Attendance: 11,656

Standard Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.

Esbjerg 1–0 Start
Iversen  88' Report
Attendance: 4,730
Referee: Rolf Eriksson (Sweden)

Esbjerg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Lokomotive Leipzig 1–4 Arsenal
Stapleton  72' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

Lierse 2–2 Carl Zeiss Jena
 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

Glentoran 1–1 ÍBV
Caskey  44' Report Óskarsson  89'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)

1–1 on aggregate, ÍBV won on away goals rule.

Manchester City 3–2 Twente
 Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Norrköping 0–0 Hibernian
Report
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)

Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.

MTK Budapest 2–1 Politehnica Timișoara
 Report
  • Petrescu  77'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria)

Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.

Śląsk Wrocław 5–1 Pezoporikos Larnaca
 Report Lambrou  13'
Attendance: 10,000

Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.

Levski Sofia 3–1 (a.e.t.) Olympiacos
 Report Kaltsas  60'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Napoli 1–1 Dinamo Tbilisi
Savoldi  79' (pen.) Report Daraselia  64'
Attendance: 61,000

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien 2–1 Hajduk Split
Krejcirik  73'
Francker  89'		 Report Žungul  24'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.

Botev Plovdiv 1–2 Hertha BSC
Slavkov  49' Report Granitza  32', 41'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Jakob Baumann (Switzerland)

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Adanaspor 2–2 Budapest Honvéd
 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Dimitar Parmakov (Bulgaria)

Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax 5–0 Lausanne-Sport 1–0 4–0
Budapest Honvéd 4–2 Politehnica Timișoara 4–0 0–2
Everton 2–2(a) Dukla Prague 2–1 0–1
Argeș Pitești 4–6 Valencia 2–1 2–5
Carl Zeiss Jena 0–3 MSV Duisburg 0–0 0–3 (aet)
Torpedo Moscow 2–3 Stuttgart 2–1 0–2
Hajduk Split 2–2(a) Arsenal 2–1 0–1
Hertha BSC 2–1 Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 0–1
ÍBV 1–4 Śląsk Wrocław 0–2 1–2
KuPS 1–6 Esbjerg 0–2 1–4
Manchester City 4–2 Standard Liège 4–0 0–2
Levski Sofia 1–4 Milan 1–1 0–3
Strasbourg 2–1 Hibernian 2–0 0–1
Braga 0–3 West Bromwich Albion 0–2 0–1
Benfica 0–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 0–2 (aet)
Sporting Gijón 1–2 Red Star Belgrade 0–1 1–1

First leg
Ajax 1–0 Lausanne-Sport
Lerby  23' Report
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Valentin Lipatov (Soviet Union)
Budapest Honvéd 4–0 Politehnica Timișoara
 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)
Everton 2–1 Dukla Prague
 Report Macela  85'
Attendance: 32,857
Argeș Pitești 2–1 Valencia
 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Carl Zeiss Jena 0–0 MSV Duisburg
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Talal Tokat (Turkey)
Torpedo Moscow 2–0 Stuttgart
 Report Hoeneß  26'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Rolf Eriksson (Sweden)
Hajduk Split 2–1 Arsenal
Čop  15'
Đorđević  39'		 Report Brady  16'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)
Hertha BSC 2–0 Dinamo Tbilisi
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Milorad Vlajić (Yugoslavia)
ÍBV 0–2 Śląsk Wrocław
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dominic Byrne (Republic of Ireland)
KuPS 0–2 Esbjerg
Report
  • Bach  15'
  • Nielsen  23'
Attendance: 870
Manchester City 4–0 Standard Liège
 Report
Attendance: 27,500
Levski Sofia 1–1 Milan
Milkov  12' Report Chiodi  10'
Attendance: 60,000
Strasbourg 2–0 Hibernian
Gemmrich  22'
Piasecki  61' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sándor Kuti (Hungary)
Braga 0–2 West Bromwich Albion
Report Regis  52', 54'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)
Benfica 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Sporting Gijón 0–1 Red Star Belgrade
Report Blagojević  85'
Attendance: 35,000

Second leg
Lausanne-Sport 0–4 Ajax
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)

Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.

Politehnica Timișoara 2–0 Budapest Honvéd
 Report
Attendance: 10,000

Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague 1–0 Everton
Gajdůšek  81' Report
Attendance: 35,000

2–2 on aggregate, Dukla Prague won on away goals rule.

Valencia 5–2 Argeș Pitești
 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Valencia won 6–4 on aggregate.

MSV Duisburg 3–0 (a.e.t.) Carl Zeiss Jena
 Report
Attendance: 30,000

MSV Duisburg won 3–0 on aggregate.

Stuttgart 2–0 Torpedo Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 63,500
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.

Arsenal 1–0 Hajduk Split
Young  83' Report
Attendance: 41,787

2–2 on aggregate, Arsenal won on away goals rule.

Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 Hertha BSC
Shengelia  57' Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Śląsk Wrocław 2–1 ÍBV
 Report Hallgrímsson  31'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.

Esbjerg 4–1 KuPS
  • Bertelsen  10'
  • Iversen  25'
  • Østergaard  59' (pen.)
  • Bach  60'
 Report Loikkanen  79'
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Eysteinn Guðmundsson (Iceland)

Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.

Standard Liège 2–0 Manchester City
Sigurvinsson  63', 85' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 25,000

Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.

Milan 3–0 Levski Sofia
Maldera  12'
Bigon  39'
Chiodi  75'		 Report
Attendance: 24,635

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.

Hibernian 1–0 Strasbourg
McLeod  64' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 14,662
Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)

Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.

West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Braga
Brown  46' Report
Attendance: 26,019
Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)

West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 (a.e.t.) Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade 1–1 Sporting Gijón
Petrović  80' Report Borovnica  22' (o.g.)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan 2–5 Manchester City 2–2 0–3
Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–3 Śląsk Wrocław 1–1 4–2
Budapest Honvéd 4–3 Ajax 4–1 0–2
Esbjerg 2–5 Hertha BSC 2–1 0–4
Strasbourg 0–4 MSV Duisburg 0–0 0–4
Red Star Belgrade 2–1 Arsenal 1–0 1–1
Valencia 1–3 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 0–2
Stuttgart 4–5 Dukla Prague 4–1 0–4

First leg
Milan 2–2 Manchester City
Bigon  59', 82' Report Kidd  37'
Power  57'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Śląsk Wrocław
Kulik  36' (pen.) Report Olesiak  50'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)
Budapest Honvéd 4–1 Ajax
 Report Clarke  80' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
Esbjerg 2–1 Hertha BSC
  • Hansen  12' (pen.)
  • Jespersen  48'
 Report Milewski  6'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Aleksander Suchanek (Poland)
Strasbourg 0–0 MSV Duisburg
Report
Attendance: 21,855
Red Star Belgrade 1–0 Arsenal
Blagojević  12' Report
Attendance: 35,256
Valencia 1–1 West Bromwich Albion
Felman  16' Report Cunningham  48'
Attendance: 50,000
Stuttgart 4–1 Dukla Prague
 Report Gajdůšek  57'
Attendance: 71,000

Second leg
Manchester City 3–0 Milan
Booth  15'
Hartford  31'
Kidd  43'		 Report
Attendance: 39,000

Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

Śląsk Wrocław 2–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Pawłowski  25' (pen.), 50' Report
Attendance: 25,000

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.

Ajax 2–0 Budapest Honvéd
 Report
Attendance: 21,000

Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hertha BSC 4–0 Esbjerg
Milewski  3', 25', 32', 54' Report
Attendance: 3,300

Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.

MSV Duisburg 4–0 Strasbourg
Worm  33'
Weber  43', 76'
Fruck  48'		 Report
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Arsenal 1–1 Red Star Belgrade
Sunderland  69' Report Savić  87'
Attendance: 41,566
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Valencia
 Report
Attendance: 34,164
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague 4–0 Stuttgart
 Report
Attendance: 30,000

Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Budapest Honvéd 4–4(a) MSV Duisburg 2–3 2–1
Hertha BSC 3–2 Dukla Prague 1–1 2–1
Manchester City 2–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 1–3
Red Star Belgrade 2–1 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 1–1

First leg
Budapest Honvéd 2–3 MSV Duisburg
Varga  36'
Weimper  49' (pen.)		 Report UEFA Report Worm  22', 55'
Seliger  84'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)
Hertha BSC 1–1 Dukla Prague
Nüssing  50' Report UEFA Report Pelc  44'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Norway)
Manchester City 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Channon  26' Report UEFA Report Lienen  66'
Attendance: 39,005
Red Star Belgrade 1–0 West Bromwich Albion
Savić  86' Report UEFA Report
Attendance: 95,000

Second leg
MSV Duisburg 1–2 Budapest Honvéd
Büssers  39' Report UEFA Report Karalyos  85'
Pal  88'
Attendance: 35,000

4–4 on aggregate, MSV Duisburg won on away goals rule.

Dukla Prague 1–2 Hertha BSC
Nehoda  21' Report UEFA Report Agerbeck  32'
Milewski  57'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 Manchester City
Kulik  45'
Bruns  52'
Del'Haye  71'		 Report UEFA Report Deyna  78'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: César Correia (Portugal)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.

West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Red Star Belgrade
Regis  42' Report UEFA Report Savić  88'
Attendance: 31,110
Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MSV Duisburg 3–6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 1–4
Red Star Belgrade (a)2–2 Hertha BSC 1–0 1–2

First leg
MSV Duisburg 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Worm  48'
Fruck  64'		 Report UEFA Report Simonsen  63'
Lausen  77'
Attendance: 22,000
Red Star Belgrade 1–0 Hertha BSC
Savić  7' Report UEFA Report
Attendance: 95,000

Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–1 MSV Duisburg
Simonsen  43', 55'
Kulik  47'
Lienen  81'		 Report UEFA Report Büssers  70'
Attendance: 14,800

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.

Hertha BSC 2–1 Red Star Belgrade
Beer  2'
Sidka  18'		 Report UEFA Report Šestić  74'
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

2–2 on aggregate, Red Star Belgrade won on away goals rule.

Final
Main article: 1979 UEFA Cup Final

First leg
Red Star Belgrade 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Šestić  22' Report UEFA Report Jurišić  60' (o.g.)
Attendance: 87,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 Red Star Belgrade
Simonsen  18' (pen.) Report UEFA Report
Attendance: 45,000

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

References
  1. "Spielinfo, BFC Dynamo - Roter Stern Belgrade 5:2, 1. Runde-Cup UEFA-Cup 1978/79". Kicker (in German). Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. Binkowski, Manfred (19 September 1978). "BFC schwang sich zu großer Form aus" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) (in German). Vol. 1978 no. 38. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 10. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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