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The third club was revoked to Switzerland and Poland, and it was assigned to Bulgaria and East Germany.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
 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
 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 Rauš (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
 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
 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
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
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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