1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup

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.

1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-upWest Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AZ Alkmaar 0–2 Ipswich Town0–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 3–4 SSW Innsbruck2–3
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
RSC Anderlecht Bye
FC Barcelona 4–1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk3–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Floriana 1–8 Internazionale1–3
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–5
(Report)
(Report 2)
F.K. Bodø/Glimt 4–2 Union Luxembourg4–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
NK Rijeka 3–2 Wrexham FC3–0
(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 Düsseldorf3–4
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Marek Stanke Dimitrov 3–5 Aberdeen FC3–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–3
(Report)
(Report 2)
PAOK FC 2–4 Servette FC2–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–4
(Report)
(Report 2)
BK Frem 2–4 AS Nancy2–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–4
(Report)
(Report 2)
Valur 1–5 1. FC Magdeburg1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–4
(Report)
(Report 2)
Ferencvárosi TC 4–2 Kalmar FF2–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
2–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–2 Baník Ostrava0–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Shamrock Rovers F.C. 3–0 APOEL FC2–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–0
(Report)
(Report 2)

First leg

AZ Alkmaar 0–0 Ipswich Town
Report
Attendance: 9,000[1]
Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)

Zagłębie Sosnowiec 2–3 SSW Innsbruck
  • Zarychta 13'
  • Szaryński 86'
Report
Attendance: 6,500[2]
Referee: Lars-Åke Björck (Sweden)

Barcelona 3–0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Krankl 1', 46'
Sánchez 25'
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Thomas Reynolds (Wales)

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

FK Bodø/Glimt 4–1 Union Luxembourg
  • Hanssen 72' (pen.)
  • Solhaug 85', 86'
  • Berg 88'
Report
  • Teitgen 1'
Attendance: 4,900[3]
Referee: Bent Nielsen (Denmark)

NK Rijeka 3–0 Wrexham
Report
Attendance: 7,864[4]
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

K.S.K. Beveren 3–0 Ballymena United
  • Albert 7'
  • Stevens 29'
  • Schönberger 60'
Report
Attendance: 8,078[5]
Referee: César Correia (Portugal)

Universitatea Craiova 3–4 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ertugrul Dilek (Turkey)
Marek Stanke Dimitrov 3–2 Aberdeen
  • V. Petrov 67'
  • I. Petrov 70', 89'
Report
Attendance: 15,000[6]
Referee: Jacques van Melkebeeke (Belgium)

PAOK FC 2–0 Servette FC
Report
Attendance: 10,624[7]
Referee: Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania)

BK Frem 2–0 AS Nancy
  • Jacobsen 21'
  • Hansen 82'
Report
Referee: Malcolm Moffatt (Northern Ireland)

Valur 1–1 1. FC Magdeburg
Report
Attendance: 5,600[8]
Referee: Patrick Mulhall (Republic of Ireland)

Ferencvárosi TC 2–0 Kalmar FF
Report
Attendance: 20,000[9]
Referee: Nikolaos Lagogiannis (Greece)

Sporting CP 0–1 Baník Ostrava
Report
  • Antalík 30'

Shamrock Rovers 2–0 APOEL
Giles 44'
Lynex 67'
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Achille Verbecke (France)

Second leg

Ipswich Town 2–0 AZ Alkmaar
Report

Ipswich Town won 2–0 on aggregate.


SSW Innsbruck 1–1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Report
Attendance: 12,000[12]

SSW Innsbruck won 4–3 on aggregate.


Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Barcelona
Reznik 1'ReportKrankl 34'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.


Internazionale 5–0 Floriana
Muraro 32' 70'
Chierico 33'
Fedele 68' 89'
Attendance: 25,000[13]
Referee: Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus)

Internazionale won 8–1 on aggregate.


Union Luxembourg 1–0 FK Bodø/Glimt
  • Teitgen 11'
Report
Attendance: 1,800[14]
Referee: Gerard Geurds (Netherlands)

FK Bodø/Glimt won 4–2 on aggregate.


Wrexham 2–0 NK Rijeka
Report
Attendance: 10,400[15]
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

NK Rijeka won 3–2 on aggregate.


Ballymena United 0–3 K.S.K. Beveren
Report
Attendance: 5,000[16]
Referee: Eysteinn Guðmundsson (Iceland)

K.S.K. Beveren won 6–0 on aggregate.


Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 Universitatea Craiova
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Dusan Krchnak (Czechoslovakia)

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 5–4 on aggregate.


Aberdeen won 5–3 on aggregate.


Servette FC 4–0 PAOK FC
Report
Attendance: 12,000[18]
Referee: László Pádár (Hungary)

Servette FC won 4–2 on aggregate.


AS Nancy 4–0 BK Frem
Report
Attendance: 14,508[19]
Referee: Ignacio de Almeira (Portugal)

AS Nancy won 4–2 on aggregate.


1. FC Magdeburg 4–0 Valur
Report
Attendance: 14,000[20]
Referee: Aleksander Suchanek (Poland)

1. FC Magdeburg won 5–1 on aggregate.


Kalmar FF 2–2 Ferencvárosi TC
Report
Attendance: 2,248[21]
Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)

Ferencvárosi TC won 4–2 on aggregate.


Baník Ostrava 1–0 Sporting CP
Report
Attendance: 15,000[22]

Baník Ostrava won 2–0 on aggregate.


APOEL 0–1 Shamrock Rovers
ReportLynex 88'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Milorad Vlajić (Yugoslavia)

Shamrock Rovers won 3-0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ipswich Town 2–1 SSW Innsbruck1–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–1 (aet)
(Report)
(Report 2)
RSC Anderlecht 3–3 (p) FC Barcelona3–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–3 (aet)
(Report)
(Report 2)
Internazionale 7–1 F.K. Bodø/Glimt5–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
2–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
NK Rijeka 0–2 K.S.K. Beveren0–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–2 Aberdeen FC3–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
Servette FC 4–3 AS Nancy2–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
2–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
1. FC Magdeburg 2–2 (a) Ferencvárosi TC1–0
(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

Ipswich Town 1–0 SSW Innsbruck
Report


Internazionale 5–0 F.K. Bodø/Glimt
Beccalossi 25' 57'
Altobelli 60' 86'
Muraro 88'
Attendance: 15,000[13]
Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

NK Rijeka 0–0 K.S.K. Beveren
Report
Attendance: 3,602[25]
Referee: Nikolaos Lagogiannis (Greece)

Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–0 Aberdeen
Report
Attendance: 10,000[26]
Referee: Svein Thime (Norway)


1. FC Magdeburg 1–0 Ferencvárosi TC
Report
Attendance: 22,000[28]
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)

Baník Ostrava 3–0 Shamrock Rovers
Report
Attendance: 6,500[29]
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Second leg

SSW Innsbruck 1–1 (a.e.t.) Ipswich Town
Report
Attendance: 17,500[30]
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

Ipswich Town won 2–1 on aggregate.


3–3 on aggregate; FC Barcelona won on penalties.


Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.


K.S.K. Beveren 2–0 NK Rijeka
Report
Attendance: 11,000[32]
Referee: Thomas Perry (Northern Ireland)

K.S.K. Beveren won 2–0 on aggregate.


Aberdeen 2–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Report
Attendance: 16,801[33]
Referee: César Correia (Portugal)

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 3–2 on aggregate.


AS Nancy 2–2 Servette FC
Report
  • Elia 68'
  • Schnyder 76'
Attendance: 18,483[34]
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)

Servette FC won 4–3 on aggregate.


2–2 on aggregate; 1. FC Magdeburg won on away goals.


Shamrock Rovers 1–3 Baník Ostrava
Report
Attendance: 3,500[36]

Baník Ostrava won 6–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ipswich Town 2–2 (a) FC Barcelona2–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Internazionale 0–1 K.S.K. Beveren0–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 (a) Servette FC0–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
1. FC Magdeburg 4–5 Baník Ostrava2–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
2–4
(Report)
(Report 2)

First leg

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

Internazionale 0–0 K.S.K. Beveren
Attendance: 55,000


1. FC Magdeburg 2–1 Baník Ostrava
Report
  • Antalík 51'
Attendance: 12,000[37]
Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)

Second leg

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


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

K.S.K. Beveren won 1–0 on aggregate


Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–1 on away goals


Baník Ostrava won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FC Barcelona 2–0 K.S.K. Beveren1–01–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–3 Baník Ostrava3–11–2

First leg

F.C. Barcelona 1–0 K.S.K. Beveren
Rexach 65' (pen.)ReportReport 2
Attendance: 70,000

Second leg

K.S.K. Beveren 0–1 F.C. Barcelona
ReportReport 2Krankl 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000

Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.

Banik Ostrava 2–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Licka 62'
Antalik 88'
ReportReport 2Zewe 27'
Attendance: 33,000

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

See also

References