1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup

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

First round

Team #1	Agg.	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	FC Wacker 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)
FC 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

Floriana v Internazionale

13 September 1978

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

Valletta

Second leg

Internazionale v Floriana

27 September 1978

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

Milan

Internazionale won 8–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ipswich Town	2 - 1	FC Wacker 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(a) - 2	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

Internazionale v F.K. Bodø/Glimt

18 October 1978

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

Milan

Second leg

F.K. Bodø/Glimt v Internazionale

25 October 1978

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

Bodø

Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	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(a) - 1	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

Ipswich Town v FC Barcelona

7 March 1979

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

Ipswich

Internazionale v K.S.K. Beveren

7 March 1979

Internazionale	0 – 0	K.S.K. Beveren

Milan

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Servette FC

7 March 1979

Fortuna Düsseldorf	0 – 0	Servette FC

Düsseldorf

Second leg

FC Barcelona v Ipswich Town

21 March 1979

FC Barcelona	1 – 0	Ipswich Town
Migueli  38'

Barcelona Referee: Eldar Azim Zade

FC Barcelona won 2–2 on away goals

K.S.K. Beveren v Internazionale

21 March 1979

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

Beveren

K.S.K. Beveren won 1–0 on aggregate

Servette FC v Fortuna Düsseldorf

21 March 1979

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

Geneva

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–1 on away goals

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	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

F.C. Barcelona v K.S.K. Beveren

11 April 1979

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

Camp Nou Attendance: 70000 Referee: John Carpenter (Ireland)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Banik Ostrava

11 April 1979

Fortuna Düsseldorf	3 – 1	Banik Ostrava
Klaus Allofs  54'  66' Thomas Allofs  90'	Report Report 2	Nemec  11'

Rheinstadion Attendance: 20000 Referee: Lamo Castillo (Spain)

Second leg

K.S.K. Beveren v F.C. Barcelona

25 April 1979

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

Beveren Attendance: 25000 Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

F.C. Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.

Banik Ostrava v Fortuna Düsseldorf

25 April 1979

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

Bazaly Attendance: 33000

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1979 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

Team #1	Res.	Team #2
FC Barcelona	4 - 3(aet) (Report) (Report 2)	Fortuna Düsseldorf

See also

• 1978–79 European Cup
• 1978–79 UEFA Cup

External links

• 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