1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup

1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up	Fortuna Düsseldorf
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona in the final in Basel against Fortuna Düsseldorf. It was the first of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament.

No club from Finland, Albania and Turkey joined this season.

First round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AZ Alkmaar	0–2	Ipswich Town	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	3–4	SSW Innsbruck	2–3 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
RSC Anderlecht	Bye		–	–
FC Barcelona	4–1	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Floriana	1–8	Internazionale	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)	0–5 (Report) (Report 2)
F.K. Bodø/Glimt	4–2	Union Luxembourg	4–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
NK Rijeka	3–2	Wrexham FC	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
K.S.K. Beveren	6–0	Ballymena United F.C.	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)
Universitatea Craiova	4–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–4 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Marek Stanke Dimitrov	3–5	Aberdeen FC	3–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)
PAOK FC	2–4	Servette FC	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
BK Frem	2–4	AS Nancy	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Valur	1–5	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Ferencvárosi TC	4–2	Kalmar FF	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	2–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Sporting Clube de Portugal	0–2	Baník Ostrava	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Shamrock Rovers F.C.	3–0	APOEL FC	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg[edit]

13 September 1978

20:45

Barcelona	3–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
Krankl 1', 46' Sánchez 25'	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Thomas Reynolds (Wales)

13 September 1978

Floriana	1–3	Internazionale
Xuereb 48' (pen.)		Altobelli 14' 83' (pen.) 90'

13 September 1978

Universitatea Craiova	3–4	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Cămătaru 13', 57' Crișan 80'	Report	Zimmermann 24' Fanz 34', 85' Allofs 49'

Stadionul Central, Craiova

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ertugrul Dilek (Turkey)

13 September 1978

Shamrock Rovers	2–0	APOEL
Giles 44' Lynex 67'	Report

Glenmalure Park, Dublin

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Achille Verbecke (France)

Second leg[edit]

27 September 1978

19:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Barcelona
Reznik 1'	Report	Krankl 34'

Lokomotyv Stadium, Donetsk

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.

27 September 1978

Internazionale	5–0	Floriana
Muraro 32' 70' Chierico 33' Fedele 68' 89'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 25,000^[1]

Referee: Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus)

Internazionale won 8–1 on aggregate.

27 September 1978

Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	Universitatea Craiova
Bommer 39'	Report	Marcu 64'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Dusan Krchnak (Czechoslovakia)

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 5–4 on aggregate.

27 September 1978

APOEL	0–1	Shamrock Rovers
	Report	Lynex 88'

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Milorad Vlajić (Yugoslavia)

Shamrock Rovers won 3-0 on aggregate.

Second round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ipswich Town	2–1	SSW Innsbruck	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (aet) (Report) (Report 2)
RSC Anderlecht	3–3 (p)	FC Barcelona	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (aet) (Report) (Report 2)
Internazionale	7–1	F.K. Bodø/Glimt	5–0 (Report) (Report 2)	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)
NK Rijeka	0–2	K.S.K. Beveren	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	Aberdeen FC	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Servette FC	4–3	AS Nancy	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	2–2 (Report) (Report 2)
1. FC Magdeburg	2–2 (a)	Ferencvárosi TC	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Baník Ostrava	6–1	Shamrock Rovers F.C.	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	3–1 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg[edit]

18 October 1978

Internazionale	5–0	F.K. Bodø/Glimt
Beccalossi 25' 57' Altobelli 60' 86' Muraro 88'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 15,000^[1]

Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

Second leg[edit]

25 October 1978

F.K. Bodø/Glimt	1–2	Internazionale
Hansen 40'		Altobelli 45' (pen.) Scanziani 56'

Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø

Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ipswich Town	2–2 (a)	FC Barcelona	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Internazionale	0–1	K.S.K. Beveren	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1 (a)	Servette FC	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
1. FC Magdeburg	4–5	Baník Ostrava	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	2–4 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg[edit]

7 March 1979

Ipswich Town	2–1	FC Barcelona
Gates 51', 64'		Esteban 53'

Ipswich

7 March 1979

Internazionale	0–0	K.S.K. Beveren

San Siro, Milan^[1]

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

7 March 1979

Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	Servette FC

Düsseldorf

Second leg[edit]

21 March 1979

FC Barcelona	1–0	Ipswich Town
Migueli 38'

Barcelona

Referee: Eldar Azimzade

Barcelona 2–2 Ipswich Town on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals

21 March 1979

K.S.K. Beveren	1–0	Internazionale
Stevens 85'

K.S.K. Beveren won 1–0 on aggregate

21 March 1979

Servette FC	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Andrey 80'		Bommer 34'

Geneva

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–1 on away goals

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	2–0	K.S.K. Beveren	1–0	1–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–3	Baník Ostrava	3–1	1–2

First leg[edit]

11 April 1979

F.C. Barcelona	1–0	K.S.K. Beveren
Rexach 65' (pen.)	Report Report 2

Camp Nou

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: John Carpenter (Ireland)

11 April 1979

Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	Banik Ostrava
K. Allofs 54', 66' T. Allofs 90'	Report Report 2	Nemec 11'

Rheinstadion

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Lamo Castillo (Spain)

Second leg[edit]

25 April 1979

K.S.K. Beveren	0–1	F.C. Barcelona
	Report Report 2	Krankl 87' (pen.)

Beveren

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.

25 April 1979

Banik Ostrava	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Licka 62' Antalik 88'	Report Report 2	Zewe 27'

Bazaly

Attendance: 33,000

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final[edit]

16 May 1979

19:15

Barcelona	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Sánchez 5' Asensi 34' Rexach 104' Krankl 111'	Report Report 2	T. Allofs 8' Seel 41' 114'

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "playmakerstats.com :: World´s Largest Football Database". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

External links[edit]

1978-79 competition at UEFA website
Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1978-79–results, protocols
website Football Archive 1978–79 Cup Winners Cup^{[dead link]}

[auto-1] "playmakerstats.com :: World´s Largest Football Database". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round[edit]

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Second round[edit]

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Final[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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