1978–79 UEFA Cup#Final

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:

• 3 associations have four teams qualify.
• 3 associations have three teams qualify.
• 18 associations have two teams qualify.
• 7 associations have one team qualify.

East Germany and Bulgaria were the two associations selected to have a third birth for this season, while Poland and Switzerland went back to two qualified teams.

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{{Cnote2|Note WAL|Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.}}

{{Cnote2|Note ALB|Albania: Albanian teams returned to European competition in 1978 after five years of absence, but the country choose to not participate in the UEFA Cup, which wouldn't happen until 1981. Luftëtari would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.}}

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

• TH: Title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• LC: League Cup winners
• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
• P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Also, both away games for Śląsk Wrocław in the first two rounds were held on a Saturday.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dukla Prague|TCH|2–1|Vicenza|ITA|6=1–0|7=1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Milan|ITA| 1–1 (7–6 p)|Lokomotíva Košice|TCH|6=1–0|7=0–1 (a.e.t.)}}

{{TwoLegResult|CSKA Sofia|BUL|var1=1971|3–5|Valencia|ESP|var2=1977|6=2–1|7=1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Borussia Mönchengladbach|FRG|7–2|Sturm Graz|AUT|6=5–1|7=2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Argeș Pitești|ROU|var1=1965|5–1|Panathinaikos|GRE|var2=old|6=3–0|7=2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Athletic Bilbao|ESP|var1=1977|2–3|Ajax|NED|6=2–0|7=0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Finn Harps|IRL|0–10|Everton|ENG|6=0–5|7=0–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|Jeunesse Esch|LUX|0–2|Lausanne-Sport|SUI|6=0–0|7=0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Nantes|FRA|var1=1974|0–2|Benfica|POR|6=0–2|7=0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Sporting Gijón|ESP|var1=1977|3–1|Torino|ITA|6=3–0|7=0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Braga|POR|7–3|Hibernians|MLT|6=5–0|7=2–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Galatasaray|TUR|2–6|West Bromwich Albion|ENG|6=1–3|7=1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|BFC Dynamo|GDR|6–6 (a) |Red Star Belgrade|YUG|6=5–2|7=1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|KuPS|FIN|6–5|B 1903|DEN|6=2–1|7=4–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Basel|SUI|3–7|Stuttgart|FRG|6=2–3|7=1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Torpedo Moscow|URS|7–3|Molde|NOR|6=4–0|7=3–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Elfsborg|SWE|3–4|Strasbourg|FRA|var2=1974|6=2–0|7=1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|MSV Duisburg|FRG|10–2|Lech Poznań|POL|var2=1928|6=5–0|7=5–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Standard Liège|BEL|1–0|Dundee United|SCO|6=1–0|7=0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Start|NOR|0–1|Esbjerg|DEN|6=0–0|7=0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Arsenal|ENG|7–1|Lokomotive Leipzig|GDR|6=3–0|7=4–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Carl Zeiss Jena|GDR|3–2|Lierse|BEL|6=1–0|7=2–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|ÍBV|ISL|1–1 (a)|Glentoran|NIR|6=0–0|7=1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Twente|NED|3–4|Manchester City|ENG|6=1–1|7=2–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Hibernian|SCO|3–2|IFK Norrköping|SWE|6=3–2|7=0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Politehnica Timișoara|ROU|var1=1965|3–2|MTK Budapest|HUN|6=2–0|7=1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Pezoporikos Larnaca|CYP|var1=1960|3–7|Śląsk Wrocław|POL|var2=1928|6=2–2|7=1–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|Olympiacos|GRE|var1=old|3–4|Levski Sofia|BUL|var2=1971|6=2–1|7=1–3 (a.e.t.)}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo Tbilisi|URS|3–1|Napoli|ITA|6=2–0|7=1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Hajduk Split|YUG|3–2|Rapid Wien|AUT|6=2–0|7=1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Hertha BSC|FRG|2–1|Botev Plovdiv|BUL|var2=1971|6=0–0|7=2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Budapest Honvéd|HUN|8–2|Adanaspor|TUR|6=6–0|7=2–2}}

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|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Dukla Prague {{fbaicon|TCH}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65099--dukla-vs-vicenza/

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Vicenza

|goals1=Nehoda {{goal|6}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Juliska, Prague

|attendance=7,308

|referee=Jan Beck (Netherlands)

}}

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|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Milan {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65139--milan-vs-lokomotiva-kosice/

|team2={{fbaicon|TCH}} Lokomotíva Košice

|goals1=Novellino {{goal|34}}

|goals2=

|stadium=San Siro, Milan

|attendance=34,259

|referee=Charles Scerri (Malta)

}}

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|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=CSKA Sofia {{fbaicon|BUL|1971}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65101--cska-sofia-vs-valencia/

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP|1977}} Valencia

|goals1=Dzhevizov {{goal|7}}
Hristov {{goal|54}}

|goals2=Solsona {{goal|71}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=28,000

|referee=Clive Thomas (Wales)

}}

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|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Borussia Mönchengladbach {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=5–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65103--monchengladbach-vs-sturm/

|team2={{fbaicon|AUT}} Sturm Graz

|goals1=

• Bruns {{goal|4||89}}
• Gores {{goal|48}}
• Nielsen {{goal|67}}
• Simonsen {{goal|89}}

|goals2=Jurtin {{goal|11}}

|stadium=Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

|attendance=10,800

|referee=Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

}}

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|date = {{Start date|1978|9|13||df=y}}

|team1 = Argeș Pitești {{fbaicon|ROU|1965}}

|score = 3–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65105--acs-campionii-fc-arges-vs-panathinaikos/

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE|old}} Panathinaikos

|goals1 =

• Toma {{goal|19|}}
• Moiceanu {{goal|75||89|}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadionul 1 Mai

|location = Pitești

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Adolf Mathias (Austria)

}}

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|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Athletic Bilbao {{fbaicon|ESP|1977}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65107--athletic-club-vs-ajax/

|team2={{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax

|goals1=

• Churruca {{goal|9}}
• Vidal {{goal|58}}

|goals2=

|stadium=San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao

|attendance=33,000

|referee=Walter Horstmann (West Germany)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 12 September 1978

| time =

| team1 = Finn Harps {{fbaicon|IRL}}

| score = 0–5

| report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65091--finn-harps-vs-everton/

| team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Everton

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

• King {{goal|14||48}}
• Thomas {{goal|15}}
• Latchford {{goal|62}}
• Walsh {{goal|64}}

| stadium = Finn Park, Ballybofey

| attendance = 5,100

| referee = Alain Delmer (France)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Jeunesse Esch {{fbaicon|LUX}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65097--jeunesse-esch-vs-lausanne/

|team2={{fbaicon|SUI}} Lausanne-Sport

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

|attendance=2,200

|referee=Michel Vautrot (France)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Nantes {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65109--nantes-vs-benfica/

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Chalana {{goal|38}}
• Nené {{goal|41}}

|stadium=Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes

|attendance=12,128

|referee=Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

}}

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{{football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Sporting Gijón {{fbaicon|ESP|1977}}

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65111--sporting-gijon-vs-torino/

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Torino

|goals1=Ferrero {{goal|4}}
Morán {{goal|14||68}}

|goals2=

|stadium=El Molinón, Gijón

|attendance=22,400

|referee=Franz Wöhrer (Austria)}}

Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.

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|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Braga {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=5–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65095--braga-vs-hibernians/

|team2={{fbaicon|MLT}} Hibernians

|goals1=Chico Gordo {{goal|2||15||19||78}}
Lito {{goal|74}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio 1º de Maio, Braga

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Antonio Tomeo Palanques (Spain) }}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Galatasaray {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score=1–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65113--galatasaray-vs-west-brom/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} West Bromwich Albion

|goals1=Terim {{goal|88|pen.}}

|goals2=

• Robson {{goal|6}}
• Cunningham {{goal|63||69}}

|stadium=İzmir Alsancak Stadium, İzmir

|attendance=38,443

|referee=Francisc Coloşi (Romania)

}}

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|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=BFC Dynamo {{fbaicon|GDR}}

|score=5–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65115--berlin-vs-crvena-zvezda/

|team2={{fbaicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1=Riediger {{goal|16||28||69}}
Netz {{goal|20}}
Brillat {{goal|89}}

|goals2=Šestić {{goal|34}}
Savić {{goal|36}}

|stadium=Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, East Berlin

|attendance=24,000

|referee=Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=KuPS {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65117--kups-vs-b-1903/

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} B 1903

|goals1=

• Mönkkönen {{goal|16}}
• E. Heiskanen {{goal|73}}

|goals2=Haarbye {{goal|41}}

|stadium=Väinölänniemen stadion, Kuopio

|attendance=646

|referee=Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 13 September 1978

| time = 20:00

| team1 = Basel {{fbaicon|SUI}}

| score = 2–3

| report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65119--basel-vs-stuttgart/

| team2 = {{fbaicon|FRG}} Stuttgart

| goals1 = Stohler {{goal|30}}
Tanner {{goal|78}}

| goals2 = D. Hoeneß {{goal|44}}
Ohlicher {{goal|54||70}}

| stadium = St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

| attendance = 25,000

| referee = Brian McGinlay (Scotland)}}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Torpedo Moscow {{fbaicon|URS}}

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65121--torpedo-moskva-vs-molde/

|team2={{fbaicon|NOR}} Molde

|goals1=

• Vasilyev {{goal|5}}
• Mironov {{goal|35}}
• Grishin {{goal|78}}
• Suchilin {{goal|86}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Talat Tokat (Turkey)

}}

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|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Elfsborg {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65123--elfsborg-vs-strasbourg/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg

|goals1=

• Svensson {{goal|17}}
• Magnusson {{goal|43|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ryavallen, Borås

|attendance=3,383

|referee=Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=MSV Duisburg {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=5–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65125--duisburg-vs-lech/

|team2={{fbaicon|POL|1928}} Lech Poznań

|goals1=

• Jara {{goal|21}}
• Worm {{goal|23||37}}
• Alhaus {{goal|32}}
• Büssers {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Wedaustadion, Duisburg

|attendance=8,000

|referee=John Homewood (England)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=12 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Standard Liège {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65093--standard-liege-vs-dundee-united/

|team2={{fbaicon|SCO}} Dundee United

|goals1=Denier {{goal|40}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent

|attendance=8,500

|referee=Jaromír Fausek (Czechoslovakia)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Start {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65127--start-vs-esbjerg/

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Esbjerg

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Kristiansand Stadion, Kristiansand

|attendance=1,417

|referee=Olavi Peltola (Finland)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Arsenal {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65129--arsenal-vs-leipzig/

|team2={{fbaicon|GDR}} Lokomotive Leipzig

|goals1=

• Stapleton {{goal|67||68}}
• Sunderland {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Highbury, London

|attendance=34,233

|referee=Svein-Inge Thime (Norway)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Carl Zeiss Jena {{fbaicon|GDR}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65131--jena-vs-lierse/

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Lierse

|goals1=Töpfer {{goal|25}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=5 September 1978

|time=

|team1=ÍBV {{fbaicon|ISL}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65089--ibv-vs-glentoran/

|team2={{fbaicon|NIR}} Glentoran

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Bob Valentine (Scotland)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Twente {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65133--twente-vs-man-city/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City

|goals1=Thoresen {{goal|50}}

|goals2=Watson {{goal|24}}

|stadium=Diekman Stadion, Enschede

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Hibernian {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score=3–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65135--hibernian-vs-norrkoping/

|team2={{fbaicon|SWE}} IFK Norrköping

|goals1=

• Higgins {{goal|25||88}}
• Temperley {{goal|49}}

|goals2=

• Ohlsson {{goal|64}}
• Andersson {{goal|66}}

|stadium=Easter Road, Edinburgh

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Torben Månsson (Denmark)

}}

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{{football box

|date = {{Start date|1978|9|13||df=y}}

|team1 = Politehnica Timișoara {{fbaicon|ROU|1965}}

|score = 2–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65137--timisoara-vs-mtk/

|team2 = {{fbaicon|HUN}} MTK Budapest

|goals1 =

• Cotec {{goal|10|}}
• Păltinișanu {{goal|55|}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadionul 1 Mai

|location = Timișoara

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=16 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Pezoporikos Larnaca {{fbaicon|CYP|1960}}

|score=2–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65151--pezoporikos-vs-slask/

|team2={{fbaicon|POL|1928}} Śląsk Wrocław

|goals1=Theofanous {{goal|40||64}}

|goals2=

• Pawłowski {{goal|44|pen.}}
• Sybis {{goal|86}}

|stadium=GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=14 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Olympiacos {{fbaicon|GRE|old}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65149--olympiacos-vs-levski/

|team2={{fbaicon|BUL|1971}} Levski Sofia

|goals1=

• Kritikopoulos {{goal|51}}
• Kaltsas {{goal|76}}

|goals2=Barzov {{goal|43}}

|stadium=Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

|attendance=32,000

|referee=André Daina (Switzerland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Dinamo Tbilisi {{fbaicon|URS}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65141--dinamo-tbilisi-vs-napoli/

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Napoli

|goals1=Kipiani {{goal|39}}
Shengelia {{goal|49}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=75,000

|referee=Josef Bucek (Austria)

}}

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{{football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Hajduk Split {{fbaicon|YUG}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65143--hajduk-split-vs-rapid-wien/

|team2={{fbaicon|AUT}} Rapid Wien

|goals1=Čop {{goal|30}}
Luketin {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Paul Bonett (Malta)

}}

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{{football box

|date=13 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Hertha BSC {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65145--hertha-vs-botev-plovdiv/

|team2={{fbaicon|BUL|1971}} Botev Plovdiv

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympiastadion, West Berlin

|attendance=4,500

|referee=John Hunting (England) }}

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{{Football box

|date=14 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Budapest Honvéd {{fbaicon|HUN}}

|score=6–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65147--honved-vs-adanaspor/

|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} Adanaspor

|goals1=

• Lukács {{goal|16}}
• Weimper {{goal|64||67}}
• Gyimesi {{goal|65}}
• Bodonyi {{goal|78}}
• Nagy {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Mehmet Mishku (Albania)

}}

{{football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Vicenza {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65100/

|team2={{fbaicon|TCH}} Dukla Prague

|goals1=Briaschi {{goal|14}}

|goals2=Gajdůšek {{goal|50}}

|stadium=Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza

|attendance=16,938

|referee=Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

}}

Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

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|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Lokomotíva Košice {{fbaicon|TCH}}

|score=1–0

|aet=yes

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65140--lokomotiva-kosice-vs-milan/

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|goals1=Kozák {{goal|81}}

|goals2=

|penalties1=

• Kozák {{pengoal}}
• Ujhely {{pengoal}}
• Jacko {{penmiss}}
• Móder {{pengoal}}
• Suchánek {{pengoal}}
• Dobrovič {{pengoal}}
• Fecko {{pengoal}}
• Repík {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore=6–7

|penalties2={{pengoal}} Maldera
{{penmiss}} Novellino
{{pengoal}} Chiodi
{{pengoal}} Buriani
{{pengoal}} Antonelli
{{pengoal}} Morini
{{pengoal}} De Vecchi
{{pengoal}} Baresi

|stadium=Štadión Lokomotívy, Košice

|attendance=32,000

|referee=Rudolf Renggli (Switzerland)

}}

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

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|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Valencia {{fbaicon|ESP|1977}}

|score=4–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65102--valencia-vs-cska-sofia/

|team2={{fbaicon|BUL|1971}} CSKA Sofia

|goals1=Saura {{goal|16||78}}
Felman {{goal|54}}
Kempes {{goal|82}}

|goals2=Hristov {{goal|17}}

|stadium=Estadio Luís Casanova, Valencia

|attendance=50,000

|referee=Michel Kitabdjian (France)

}}

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

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|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Sturm Graz {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65104--sturm-vs-monchengladbach/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|goals1=Schilcher {{goal|65}}

|goals2=

• Simonsen {{goal|5}}
• Bruns {{goal|50}}

|stadium=Bundesstadion Liebenau, Graz

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Eduard Shklovski (Soviet Union)

}}

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–2 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|1978|9|27||df=y}}

|team1 = Panathinaikos {{fbaicon|GRE|old}}

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65106--panathinaikos-vs-acs-campionii-fc-arges/

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU|1965}} Argeș Pitești

|goals1 =

• Gonios {{goal|51|}}

|goals2 =

• Nicolae {{goal|55|}}
• Radu II {{goal|68|}}

|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

|location = Athens

|attendance = 23,444

|referee = Alojzy Jargusz (Poland)

}}

Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Ajax {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65108--ajax-vs-athletic-club/

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP|1977}} Athletic Bilbao

|goals1=

• Clarke {{goal|38|pen.|55}}
• Lerby {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

|stadium=De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam

|attendance=25,150

|referee=Pat Partridge (England)

}}

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=26 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Everton {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=5–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65092--everton-vs-finn-harps/

|team2={{fbaicon|IRL}} Finn Harps

|goals1=King {{goal|21}}
Latchford {{goal|25}}
Walsh {{goal|53}}
Ross {{goal|60}}
Dobson {{goal|63}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Goodison Park, Liverpool

|attendance=21,611

|referee=Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) }}

Everton won 10–0 on aggregate.

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|date=26 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Lausanne-Sport {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65098--lausanne-vs-jeunesse-esch/

|team2={{fbaicon|LUX}} Jeunesse Esch

|goals1=

• Diserens {{goal|39}}
• Sampedro {{goal|76}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Jean-Claude Jourquin (Belgium)

}}

Lausanne-Sport won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Benfica {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65110--benfica-vs-nantes/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Nantes

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Paul Kindervater (West Germany)

}}

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Torino {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65112--torino-vs-sporting-gijon/

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP|1977}} Sporting Gijón

|goals1=Graziani {{goal|64}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadio Comunale, Turin

|attendance=25,219

|referee=Béla Nagy (Hungary)}}

Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Hibernians {{fbaicon|MLT}}

|score=3–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65096--hibernians-vs-braga/

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Braga

|goals1=Carter {{goal|20|pen.|61|pen.}}
Spiteri-Gonzi {{goal|86}}

|goals2=Chico Gordo {{goal|29}}
Ronaldo {{goal|35}}

|stadium=Hibernians Stadium, Paola

|attendance=1,207

|referee=Heinz Fahnler (Austria) }}

Braga won 7–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=West Bromwich Albion {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=3–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65114--west-brom-vs-galatasaray/

|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} Galatasaray

|goals1=

• Robson {{goal|33}}
• Cunningham {{goal|39|pen.}}
• Trewick {{goal|47}}

|goals2=İnal {{goal|44}}

|stadium=The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

|attendance=22,380

|referee=António Garrido (Portugal)

}}

West Bromwich Albion won 6–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Red Star Belgrade {{fbaicon|YUG}}

|score=4–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65116--crvena-zvezda-vs-berlin/

|team2={{fbaicon|GDR}} BFC Dynamo

|goals1=Savić {{goal|58}}
Borovnica {{goal|69||80}}
Šestić {{goal|89}}

|goals2=Riediger {{goal|12}}

|stadium=Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=38,766

|referee=Sándor Kuti (Hungary)

}}

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

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=B 1903 {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=4–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65118--b-1903-vs-kups/

|team2={{fbaicon|FIN}} KuPS

|goals1=

• Kristiansen {{goal|14}}
• Schmidt-Jensen {{goal|19}}
• Larsen {{goal|20}}
• Damm {{goal|82}}

|goals2=

• E. Heiskanen {{goal|9}}
• A. Heiskanen {{goal|15}}
• Hämäläinen {{goal|27}}
• Arvo Rautio {{goal|82}}

|stadium=Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte

|attendance=1,500

|referee=Henry Øberg (Norway)

}}

KuPS won 6–5 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = 27 September 1978

| time = 20:00

| team1 = Stuttgart {{fbaicon|FRG}}

| score = 4–1

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65120--stuttgart-vs-basel/ Report]

| team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Basel

| goals1 = Kelsch {{goal|24||48||68}}
Müller {{goal|64}}

| goals2 = Schönenberger {{goal|35}}

| stadium = Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

| attendance = 23,000

| referee = Myroslav Stupar (Soviet Union)

}}

Stuttgart won 7–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Molde {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score=3–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65122--molde-vs-torpedo-moskva/

|team2={{fbaicon|URS}} Torpedo Moscow

|goals1=

• Brakstad {{goal|43}}
• Bjørnå {{goal|53}}
• Fuglset {{goal|67}}

|goals2=

• Vasilyev {{goal|26||71}}
• Suchilin {{goal|81}}

|stadium=Molde Stadion, Molde

|attendance=2,813

|referee=Alf Grey (England)

}}

Torpedo Moscow won 7–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Strasbourg {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=4–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65124--strasbourg-vs-elfsborg/

|team2={{fbaicon|SWE}} Elfsborg

|goals1=Piasecki {{goal|7}}
Tanter {{goal|27}}
Gemmrich {{goal|74}}
Wagner {{goal|80}}

|goals2=Ahlström {{goal|41}}

|stadium=Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

|attendance=26,505

|referee=Gwyn Owen (Wales)

}}

Strasbourg won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Lech Poznań {{fbaicon|POL|1928}}

|score=2–5

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65126/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} MSV Duisburg

|goals1=

• Kasalik {{goal|34}}
• Okoński {{goal|83}}

|goals2=

• Büssers {{goal|4}}
• Worm {{goal|22||72}}
• Fenten {{goal|30}}
• Buttgereit {{goal|71}}

|stadium=Stadion im. 22 lipca, Poznań

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

}}

MSV Duisburg won 10–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Dundee United {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65094--dundee-united-vs-standard-liege/

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Standard Liège

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Tannadice Park, Dundee

|attendance=11,656

|referee=Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

}}

Standard Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Esbjerg {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65128--esbjerg-vs-start/

|team2={{fbaicon|NOR}} Start

|goals1=Iversen {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Esbjerg Stadium, Esbjerg

|attendance=4,730

|referee=Rolf Eriksson (Sweden)

}}

Esbjerg won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Lokomotive Leipzig {{fbaicon|GDR}}

|score=1–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65130--leipzig-vs-arsenal/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|goals1=Stapleton {{goal|72|o.g.}}

|goals2=

• Brady {{goal|20|pen.}}
• Sunderland {{goal|51}}
• Stapleton {{goal|62||66}}

|stadium=Zentralstadion, Leipzig

|attendance=22,000

|referee=Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)

}}

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Lierse {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=2–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65132--lierse-vs-jena/

|team2={{fbaicon|GDR}} Carl Zeiss Jena

|goals1=

• Bosch {{goal|40}}
• Vandenbergh {{goal|51}}

|goals2=

• Schnuphase {{goal|57}}
• Töpfer {{goal|83|pen.}}

|stadium=Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Ian Foote (Scotland)

}}

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=14 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Glentoran {{fbaicon|NIR}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65090--glentoran-vs-ibv/

|team2={{fbaicon|ISL}} ÍBV

|goals1=Caskey {{goal|44}}

|goals2=Óskarsson {{goal|89}}

|stadium=The Oval, Belfast

|attendance=3,235

|referee=Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)

}}

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

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Manchester City {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=3–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65134--man-city-vs-twente/

|team2={{fbaicon|NED}} Twente

|goals1=

• Wildschut {{goal|8|o.g.}}
• Kidd {{goal|70}}
• Bell {{goal|84}}

|goals2=

• van der Vall {{goal|49}}
• Gritter {{goal|85}}

|stadium=Maine Road, Manchester

|attendance=29,330

|referee=Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

}}

Manchester City won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=IFK Norrköping {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65136--norrkoping-vs-hibernian/

|team2={{fbaicon|SCO}} Hibernian

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Nya Parken, Norrköping

|attendance=1,260

|referee=Marian Środecki (Poland)

}}

Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = {{Start date|1978|9|27||df=y}}

|team1 = MTK Budapest {{fbaicon|HUN}}

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65138--mtk-vs-timisoara/

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU|1965}} Politehnica Timișoara

|goals1 =

• Koritár {{goal|50|}}
• Nadu {{goal|67|o.g.|}}

|goals2 =

• Petrescu {{goal|77|}}

|stadium = Hungaria Stadion

|location = Budapest

|attendance = 4,000

|referee = Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria)

}}

Politehnica Timișoara won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Śląsk Wrocław {{fbaicon|POL|1928}}

|score=5–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65152--slask-vs-pezoporikos/

|team2={{fbaicon|CYP}} Pezoporikos Larnaca

|goals1=

• Garłowski {{goal|12}}
• Faber {{goal|30}}
• Olesiak {{goal|34}}
• Kwiatkowski {{goal|60}}
• Sybis {{goal|86}}

|goals2=Lambrou {{goal|13}}

|stadium=Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Volker Roth (West Germany)

}}

Śląsk Wrocław won 7–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=28 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Levski Sofia {{fbaicon|BUL|1971}}

|score=3–1

|aet=yes

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65150--levski-vs-olympiacos/

|team2={{fbaicon|GRE|old}} Olympiacos

|goals1=

• Milkov {{goal|47}}
• Panov {{goal|52}}
• Voynov {{goal|96|pen.}}

|goals2=Kaltsas {{goal|60}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Paolo Casarin (Italy)

}}

Levski Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Napoli {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65142--napoli-vs-dinamo-tbilisi/

|team2={{fbaicon|URS}} Dinamo Tbilisi

|goals1=Savoldi {{goal|79|pen.}}

|goals2=Daraselia {{goal|64}}

|stadium=Stadio San Paolo, Naples

|attendance=61,000

|referee=René Vigliani (France)

}}

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Rapid Wien {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65144--rapid-wien-vs-hajduk-split/

|team2={{fbaicon|YUG}} Hajduk Split

|goals1=Krejcirik {{goal|73}}
Francker {{goal|89}}

|goals2=Žungul {{goal|24}}

|stadium=Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna

|attendance=28,000

|referee=Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain) }}

Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Botev Plovdiv {{fbaicon|BUL|1971}}

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65146--botev-plovdiv-vs-hertha/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Hertha BSC

|goals1=Slavkov {{goal|49}}

|goals2=Granitza {{goal|32||41}}

|stadium=Hristo Botev Stadium, Plovdiv

|attendance=33,000

|referee=Jakob Baumann (Switzerland)}}

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=27 September 1978

|time=

|team1=Adanaspor {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score=2–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65148--adanaspor-vs-honved/

|team2={{fbaicon|HUN}} Budapest Honvéd

|goals1=

• Kaynak {{goal|44}}
• Erdoğan {{goal|61}}

|goals2=

• Lukács {{goal|24}}
• Pintér {{goal|54}}

|stadium=Adana 5 Ocak Stadium, Adana

|attendance=4,200

|referee=Dimitar Parmakov (Bulgaria)

}}

Budapest Honvéd won 8–2 on aggregate.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Ajax|NED|5–0|Lausanne-Sport|SUI|6=1–0|7=4–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Budapest Honvéd|HUN|4–2|Politehnica Timișoara|ROU|var2=1965|6=4–0|7=0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Everton|ENG|2–2 (a)|Dukla Prague|TCH|6=2–1|7=0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Argeș Pitești|ROU|var1=1965|4–6|Valencia|ESP|var2=1977|6=2–1|7=2–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|Carl Zeiss Jena|GDR|0–3|MSV Duisburg|FRG|6=0–0|7=0–3 (a.e.t.)}}

{{TwoLegResult|Torpedo Moscow|URS|2–3|Stuttgart|FRG|6=2–1|7=0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Hajduk Split|YUG|2–2 (a)|Arsenal|ENG|6=2–1|7=0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Hertha BSC|FRG|2–1|Dinamo Tbilisi|URS|6=2–0|7=0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|ÍBV|ISL|1–4|Śląsk Wrocław|POL|var2=1928|6=0–2|7=1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|KuPS|FIN|1–6|Esbjerg|DEN|6=0–2|7=1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Manchester City|ENG|4–2|Standard Liège|BEL|6=4–0|7=0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Levski Sofia|BUL|var1=1971|1–4|Milan|ITA|6=1–1|7=0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Strasbourg|FRA|var1=1974|2–1|Hibernian|SCO|6=2–0|7=0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Braga|POR|0–3|West Bromwich Albion|ENG|6=0–2|7=0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Benfica|POR|0–2|Borussia Mönchengladbach|FRG|6=0–0|7=0–2 (a.e.t.)}}

{{TwoLegResult|Sporting Gijón|ESP|var1=1977|1–2|Red Star Belgrade|YUG|6=0–1|7=1–1}}

|}

{{Football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Ajax {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66250--ajax-vs-lausanne/

|team2={{fbaicon|SUI}} Lausanne-Sport

|goals1=Lerby {{goal|23}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

|attendance=22,500

|referee=Valentin Lipatov (Soviet Union)

}}

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{{football box

|date = {{Start date|1978|10|18||df=y}}

|team1 = Budapest Honvéd {{fbaicon|HUN}}

|score = 4–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66266--honved-vs-timisoara/

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU|1965}} Politehnica Timișoara

|goals1 =

• Weimper {{goal|5|pen.|||88|}}
• Gyimesi {{goal|81|}}
• Pintér {{goal|84|}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bozsik József Stadion

|location = Budapest

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Everton {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65155--everton-vs-dukla/

|team2={{fbaicon|TCH}} Dukla Prague

|goals1=

• Latchford {{goal|19}}
• King {{goal|76}}

|goals2=Macela {{goal|85}}

|stadium=Goodison Park, Liverpool

|attendance=32,857

|referee=António Garrido (Portugal)

}}

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{{football box

|date = {{Start date|1978|10|18||df=y}}

|team1 = Argeș Pitești {{fbaicon|ROU|1965}}

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65157--acs-campionii-fc-arges-vs-valencia/

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ESP|1977}} Valencia

|goals1 =

• Dobrin {{goal|10|}}
• Moiceanu {{goal|72|}}

|goals2 =

• Saura {{goal|27|}}

|stadium = Stadionul 1 Mai

|location = Pitești

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = John Homewood (England)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Carl Zeiss Jena {{fbaicon|GDR}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66260--jena-vs-duisburg/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} MSV Duisburg

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Talal Tokat (Turkey)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Torpedo Moscow {{fbaicon|URS}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66254--torpedo-moskva-vs-stuttgart/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Stuttgart

|goals1=

• Vasilyev {{goal|3}}
• Sakharov {{goal|61}}

|goals2=Hoeneß {{goal|26}}

|stadium=Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Rolf Eriksson (Sweden)

}}

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{{football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Hajduk Split {{fbaicon|Yugoslavia|1946}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66270--hajduk-split-vs-arsenal/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|goals1=Čop {{goal|15}}
Đorđević {{goal|39}}

|goals2=Brady {{goal|16}}

|stadium=Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split

|attendance=18,540

|referee=Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland) }}

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{{Football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Hertha BSC {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66268--hertha-vs-dinamo-tbilisi/

|team2={{fbaicon|URS}} Dinamo Tbilisi

|goals1=

• Nüssing {{goal|41}}
• Granitza {{goal|63}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympiastadion, West Berlin

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Milorad Vlajić (Yugoslavia)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=21 October 1978

|time=

|team1=ÍBV {{fbaicon|ISL}}

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66274--ibv-vs-slask/

|team2={{fbaicon|POL|1928}} Śląsk Wrocław

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Kwiatkowski {{goal|52}}
• Faber {{goal|68}}

|stadium=Hásteinsvöllur, Vestmannaeyjar

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Dominic Byrne (Republic of Ireland)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=KuPS {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66262--kups-vs-esbjerg/

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Esbjerg

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Bach {{goal|15}}
• Nielsen {{goal|23}}

|stadium=Mikkelin Urheilupuisto, Mikkeli

|attendance=870

|referee=Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Manchester City {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66264--man-city-vs-standard-liege/

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Standard Liège

|goals1=

• Hartford {{goal|12}}
• Kidd {{goal|85|pen.|86}}
• Palmer {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Maine Road, Manchester

|attendance=27,498

|referee=Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

}}

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{{football box

|date=19 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Levski Sofia {{fbaicon|BUL|1971}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66272--levski-vs-milan/

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|goals1=Milkov {{goal|12}}

|goals2=Chiodi {{goal|10}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=48,000

|referee=Erich Linemayr (Austria)

}}

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{{football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Strasbourg {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66256--strasbourg-vs-hibernian/

|team2={{fbaicon|SCO}} Hibernian

|goals1=Gemmrich {{goal|22}}
Piasecki {{goal|61|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Sándor Kuti (Hungary)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Braga {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66252--braga-vs-west-brom/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} West Bromwich Albion

|goals1=

|goals2=Regis {{goal|52||54}}

|stadium=Estádio 1º de Maio, Braga

|attendance=19,500

|referee=Rudolf Frickel (West Germany)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Benfica {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65153--benfica-vs-monchengladbach/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

|attendance=60,000

|referee=Charles Corver (Netherlands)

}}

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{{football box

|date=18 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Sporting Gijón {{fbaicon|ESP|1977}}

|score=0–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66258--sporting-gijon-vs-crvena-zvezda/

|team2={{fbaicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1=

|goals2=Blagojević {{goal|85}}

|stadium=El Molinón, Gijón

|attendance=30,000

|referee=John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)

}}

{{Football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Lausanne-Sport {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score=0–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66251--lausanne-vs-ajax/

|team2={{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Erkens {{goal|10}}
• Clarke {{goal|13||83}}
• Arnesen {{goal|37}}

|stadium=Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

|attendance=16,000

|referee=Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)

}}

Ajax won 5–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date = {{Start date|1978|11|1||df=y}}

|team1 = Politehnica Timișoara {{fbaicon|ROU|1965}}

|score = 2–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66267--timisoara-vs-honved/

|team2 = {{fbaicon|HUN}} Budapest Honvéd

|goals1 =

• Roșca {{goal|51|}}
• Păltinișanu {{goal|89|}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadionul 1 Mai

|location = Timișoara

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Myroslav Stupar (Soviet Union)

}}Budapest Honvéd won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Dukla Prague {{fbaicon|TCH}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65156--dukla-vs-everton/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Everton

|goals1=Gajdůšek {{goal|81}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Juliska, Prague

|attendance=28,000

|referee=Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

}}

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

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{{football box

|date = {{Start date|1978|11|1||df=y}}

|team1 = Valencia {{fbaicon|ESP|1977}}

|score = 5–2

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65158--valencia-vs-acs-campionii-fc-arges/

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU|1965}} Argeș Pitești

|goals1 =

• Kempes {{goal|34||40|}}
• Bonhof {{goal|61|}}
• Saura {{goal|65|}}
• Solsona {{goal|85|}}

|goals2 =

• Moiceanu {{goal|48|}}
• Nicolae {{goal|78|}}

|stadium = Estadio Luis Casanova

|location = Valencia

|attendance = 60,000

|referee = Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

}}Valencia won 6–4 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=MSV Duisburg {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=3–0

|aet=yes

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66261--duisburg-vs-jena/

|team2={{fbaicon|GDR}} Carl Zeiss Jena

|goals1=

• Dietz {{goal|98}}
• Jara {{goal|107}}
• Fruck {{goal|119}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Wedaustadion, Duisburg

|attendance=28,000

|referee=Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

}}

MSV Duisburg won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Stuttgart {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66255--stuttgart-vs-torpedo-moskva/

|team2={{fbaicon|URS}} Torpedo Moscow

|goals1=

• Müller {{goal|61}}
• Volkert {{goal|71}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

|attendance=63,500

|referee=Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

}}

Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Arsenal {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66271--arsenal-vs-hajduk-split/

|team2={{fbaicon|Yugoslavia|1946}} Hajduk Split

|goals1=Young {{goal|83}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Highbury, London

|attendance=41,787

|referee=Alberto Michelotti (Italy) }}

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

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{{Football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Dinamo Tbilisi {{fbaicon|URS}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66269--dinamo-tbilisi-vs-hertha/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Hertha BSC

|goals1=Shengelia {{goal|57}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=72,000

|referee=Anders Mattsson (Finland)

}}

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=2 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Śląsk Wrocław {{fbaicon|POL|1928}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66275--slask-vs-ibv/

|team2={{fbaicon|ISL}} ÍBV

|goals1=

• Nocko {{goal|15}}
• Kwiatkowski {{goal|87}}

|goals2=Hallgrímsson {{goal|31}}

|stadium=Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław

|attendance=5,000

|referee=Antonin Vencl (Czechoslovakia)

}}

Śląsk Wrocław won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Esbjerg {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=4–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66263--esbjerg-vs-kups/

|team2={{fbaicon|FIN}} KuPS

|goals1=

• Bertelsen {{goal|10}}
• Iversen {{goal|25}}
• Østergaard {{goal|59|pen.}}
• Bach {{goal|60}}

|goals2=Loikkanen {{goal|79}}

|stadium=Esbjerg Stadium, Esbjerg

|attendance=4,800

|referee=Eysteinn Guðmundsson (Iceland)

}}

Esbjerg won 6–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Standard Liège {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66265--standard-liege-vs-man-city/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City

|goals1=Sigurvinsson {{goal|63||85|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

}}

Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Milan {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66273--milan-vs-levski/

|team2={{fbaicon|BUL|1971}} Levski Sofia

|goals1=Maldera {{goal|12}}
Bigon {{goal|39}}
Chiodi {{goal|75}}

|goals2=

|stadium=San Siro, Milan

|attendance=24,635

|referee=John Gordon (Scotland)}}

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.

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{{football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Hibernian {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66257--hibernian-vs-strasbourg/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg

|goals1=McLeod {{goal|64|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Easter Road, Edinburgh

|attendance=14,662

|referee=Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)

}}

Strasbourg won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=West Bromwich Albion {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66253--west-brom-vs-braga/

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Braga

|goals1=Brown {{goal|46}}

|goals2=

|stadium=The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

|attendance=26,019

|referee=Marian Kustoń (Poland)

}}

West Bromwich Albion won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=31 October 1978

|time=

|team1=Borussia Mönchengladbach {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=2–0

|aet=yes

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65154--monchengladbach-vs-benfica/

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica

|goals1=

• Bruns {{goal|95|pen.}}
• Klinkhammer {{goal|119}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

|attendance=36,000

|referee=Clive Thomas (Wales)

}}

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=1 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Red Star Belgrade {{fbaicon|YUG}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66259--crvena-zvezda-vs-sporting-gijon/

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP|1977}} Sporting Gijón

|goals1=Petrović {{goal|80}}

|goals2=Borovnica {{goal|22|o.g.}}

|stadium=Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=39,137

|referee=Georges Konrath (France)

}}

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Milan|ITA|2–5|Manchester City|ENG|6=2–2|7=0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Borussia Mönchengladbach|FRG|5–3|Śląsk Wrocław|POL|var2=1928|6=1–1|7=4–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Budapest Honvéd|HUN|4–3|Ajax|NED|6=4–1|7=0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Esbjerg|DEN|2–5|Hertha BSC|FRG|6=2–1|7=0–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Strasbourg|FRA|var1=1974|0–4|MSV Duisburg|FRG|6=0–0|7=0–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Red Star Belgrade|YUG|2–1|Arsenal|ENG|6=1–0|7=1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Valencia|ESP|var1=1977|1–3|West Bromwich Albion|ENG|6=1–1|7=0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Stuttgart|FRG|4–5|Dukla Prague|TCH|6=4–1|7=0–4}}

|}

{{football box

|date=23 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Milan {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=2–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66290--milan-vs-man-city/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City

|goals1=Bigon {{goal|59||82}}

|goals2=Kidd {{goal|37}}
Power {{goal|57}}

|stadium=San Siro, Milan

|attendance=27,102

|referee=Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=22 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Borussia Mönchengladbach {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66282--monchengladbach-vs-slask/

|team2={{fbaicon|POL|1928}} Śląsk Wrocław

|goals1=Kulik {{goal|36|pen.}}

|goals2=Olesiak {{goal|50}}

|stadium=Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

|attendance=20,000

|referee=David Syme (Scotland)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=22 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Budapest Honvéd {{fbaicon|HUN}}

|score=4–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66278--honved-vs-ajax/

|team2={{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax

|goals1=

• Nagy {{goal|48||63}}
• Lukács {{goal|66}}
• Weimper {{goal|88|pen.}}

|goals2=Clarke {{goal|80|pen.}}

|stadium=Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

|attendance=11,000

|referee=Paolo Casarin (Italy)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=22 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Esbjerg {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66276--esbjerg-vs-hertha/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Hertha BSC

|goals1=

• Hansen {{goal|12|pen.}}
• Jespersen {{goal|48}}

|goals2=Milewski {{goal|6}}

|stadium=Esbjerg Stadium, Esbjerg

|attendance=16,700

|referee=Aleksander Suchanek (Poland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=22 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Strasbourg {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66288--strasbourg-vs-duisburg/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} MSV Duisburg

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

|attendance=21,855

|referee=António Garrido (Portugal)

}}

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{{football box

|date=22 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Red Star Belgrade {{fbaicon|YUG}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66286--crvena-zvezda-vs-arsenal/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|goals1=Blagojević {{goal|12}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=35,256

|referee=Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=22 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Valencia {{fbaicon|ESP|1977}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66280--valencia-vs-west-brom/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} West Bromwich Albion

|goals1=Felman {{goal|16}}

|goals2=Cunningham {{goal|48}}

|stadium=Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

}}

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{{Football box

|date=22 November 1978

|time=

|team1=Stuttgart {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=4–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66284--stuttgart-vs-dukla/

|team2={{fbaicon|TCH}} Dukla Prague

|goals1=

• Volkert {{goal|8||33|pen.}}
• Kelsch {{goal|66}}
• Ohlicher {{goal|87}}

|goals2=Gajdůšek {{goal|57}}

|stadium=Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

|attendance=71,000

|referee=John Homewood (England)

}}

{{football box

|date=6 December 1978

|time=

|team1=Manchester City {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66291--man-city-vs-milan/

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|goals1=Booth {{goal|15}}
Hartford {{goal|31}}
Kidd {{goal|43}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Maine Road, Manchester

|attendance=38,026

|referee=Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

}}

Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=6 December 1978

|time=

|team1=Śląsk Wrocław {{fbaicon|POL|1928}}

|score=2–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66283--slask-vs-monchengladbach/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|goals1=Pawłowski {{goal|25|pen.|50}}

|goals2=

• Simonsen {{goal|35||85||89}}
• Nielsen {{goal|48}}

|stadium=Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Pat Partridge (England)

}}

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=6 December 1978

|time=

|team1=Ajax {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66279--ajax-vs-honved/

|team2={{fbaicon|HUN}} Budapest Honvéd

|goals1=

• Clarke {{goal|45|pen.}}
• Tahamata {{goal|68}}

|goals2=

|stadium=De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam

|attendance=21,000

|referee=Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

}}

Budapest Honvéd won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=6 December 1978

|time=

|team1=Hertha BSC {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66277--hertha-vs-esbjerg/

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Esbjerg

|goals1=Milewski {{goal|3||25||32||54}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympiastadion, West Berlin

|attendance=3,295

|referee=Jaromír Fausek (Czechoslovakia)

}}

Hertha BSC won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=6 December 1978

|time=

|team1=MSV Duisburg {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66289--duisburg-vs-strasbourg/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Strasbourg

|goals1=Worm {{goal|33}}
Weber {{goal|43||76}}
Fruck {{goal|48}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Wedaustadion, Duisburg

|attendance=18,000

|referee=Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

}}

MSV Duisburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=6 December 1978

|time=

|team1=Arsenal {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66287--arsenal-vs-crvena-zvezda/

|team2={{fbaicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1=Sunderland {{goal|69}}

|goals2=Savić {{goal|87}}

|stadium=Highbury, London

|attendance=41,566

|referee=Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

}}

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=6 December 1978

|time=

|team1=West Bromwich Albion {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66281--west-brom-vs-valencia/

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP|1977}} Valencia

|goals1=

• Statham {{goal|5}}
• Brown {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

|stadium=The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

|attendance=34,164

|referee=Robert Wurtz (France)

}}

West Bromwich Albion won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date=6 December 1978

|time=

|team1=Dukla Prague {{fbaicon|TCH}}

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66285--dukla-vs-stuttgart/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Stuttgart

|goals1=

• Hoeneß {{goal|24|o.g.}}
• Vízek {{goal|46}}
• Pelc {{goal|52|pen.}}
• Gajdůšek {{goal|87}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Juliska, Prague

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

}}

Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Budapest Honvéd|HUN|4–4 (a) |MSV Duisburg|FRG|2–3|2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Hertha BSC|FRG|3–2|Dukla Prague|TCH|1–1|2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Manchester City|ENG|2–4|Borussia Mönchengladbach|FRG|1–1|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Red Star Belgrade|YUG|2–1|West Bromwich Albion|ENG|1–0|1–1}}

|}

{{football box

|date=7 March 1979

|time=

|team1=Budapest Honvéd {{fbaicon|HUN}}

|score=2–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66294--honved-vs-duisburg/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} MSV Duisburg

|goals1=Varga {{goal|36}}
Weimper {{goal|49|pen.}}

|goals2=Worm {{goal|22||55}}
Seliger {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Népstadion, Budapest

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Georges Konrath (France)}}

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{{football box

|date=7 March 1979

|time=

|team1=Hertha BSC {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66298--hertha-vs-dukla/

|team2={{fbaicon|TCH}} Dukla Prague

|goals1=Nüssing {{goal|50}}

|goals2=Pelc {{goal|44}}

|stadium=Olympiastadion, West Berlin

|attendance=23,300

|referee=Svein-Inge Thime (Norway)}}

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{{football box

|date=7 March 1979

|time=

|team1=Manchester City {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66292--man-city-vs-monchengladbach/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|goals1=Channon {{goal|26}}

|goals2=Lienen {{goal|66}}

|stadium=Maine Road, Manchester

|attendance=39,005

|referee=Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)}}

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{{football box

|date=7 March 1979

|time=

|team1=Red Star Belgrade {{fbaicon|YUG}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66296--crvena-zvezda-vs-west-brom/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} West Bromwich Albion

|goals1=Savić {{goal|86}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=84,470

|referee=Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)}}

{{football box

|date=21 March 1979

|time=

|team1=MSV Duisburg {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66295--duisburg-vs-honved/

|team2={{fbaicon|HUN}} Budapest Honvéd

|goals1=Büssers {{goal|39}}

|goals2=Karalyos {{goal|85}}
Pal {{goal|88}}

|stadium=Wedaustadion, Duisburg

|attendance=28,000

|referee=Nicolae Rainea (Romania)}}

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

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{{football box

|date=21 March 1979

|time=

|team1=Dukla Prague {{fbaicon|TCH}}

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66299--dukla-vs-hertha/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Hertha BSC

|goals1=Nehoda {{goal|21}}

|goals2=Agerbeck {{goal|32}}
Milewski {{goal|57}}

|stadium=Stadion Juliska, Prague

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Ian Foote (Scotland)}}

Hertha BSC won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 March 1979

|time=

|team1=Borussia Mönchengladbach {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=3–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66293--monchengladbach-vs-man-city/

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City

|goals1=Kulik {{goal|45}}
Bruns {{goal|52}}
Del'Haye {{goal|71}}

|goals2=Deyna {{goal|78}}

|stadium=Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

|attendance=35,000

|referee=César Correia (Portugal)}}

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=21 March 1979

|time=

|team1=West Bromwich Albion {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66297--west-brom-vs-crvena-zvezda/

|team2={{fbaicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1=Regis {{goal|42}}

|goals2=Savić {{goal|88}}

|stadium=The Hawthorns, Birmingham

|attendance=31,110

|referee=Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)}}

Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|MSV Duisburg|FRG|3–6|Borussia Mönchengladbach|FRG| 2–2 | 1–4 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Red Star Belgrade|YUG|2–2 (a)|Hertha BSC|FRG| 1–0 | 1–2 }}

|}

{{football box

|date=10 April 1979

|time=

|team1=MSV Duisburg {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=2–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66300--duisburg-vs-monchengladbach/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|goals1=Worm {{goal|48}}
Fruck {{goal|64}}

|goals2=Simonsen {{goal|63}}
Lausen {{goal|77}}

|stadium=Wedaustadion, Duisburg

|attendance=22,500

|referee=Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)}}

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{{football box

|date=11 April 1979

|time=

|team1=Red Star Belgrade {{fbaicon|YUG}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66302--crvena-zvezda-vs-hertha/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Hertha BSC

|goals1=Savić {{goal|7}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=71,923

|referee=Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)}}

{{football box

|date=24 April 1979

|time=

|team1=Borussia Mönchengladbach {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=4–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66301--monchengladbach-vs-duisburg/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} MSV Duisburg

|goals1=Simonsen {{goal|43||55}}
Kulik {{goal|47}}
Lienen {{goal|81}}

|goals2=Büssers {{goal|70}}

|stadium=Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

|attendance=14,800

|referee=Franz Wöhrer (Austria)}}

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=25 April 1979

|time=

|team1=Hertha BSC {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66303--hertha-vs-crvena-zvezda/

|team2={{fbaicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1=Beer {{goal|2}}
Sidka {{goal|18}}

|goals2=Šestić {{goal|74}}

|stadium=Olympiastadion, West Berlin

|attendance=72,000

|referee=Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)}}

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

{{main|1979 UEFA Cup final}}

{{football box

|date=9 May 1979

|time=20:00

|team1=Red Star Belgrade {{fbaicon|YUG}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66304--crvena-zvezda-vs-monchengladbach/

|team2={{fbaicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|goals1=Šestić {{goal|22}}

|goals2=Jurišić {{goal|60|o.g.}}

|stadium=Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=64,312

|referee=Ian Foote (Scotland) }}

{{football box

|date=23 May 1979

|time=20:15

|team1=Borussia Mönchengladbach {{fbaicon|FRG}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/66305--monchengladbach-vs-crvena-zvezda/

|team2={{fbaicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|goals1=Simonsen {{goal|18|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Alberto Michelotti (Italy)}}

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{reflist}}

• [https://archive.today/20130619233533/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1978/matches/all/index.html 1978–79 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20051210150228/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=1978/intro.html Official Site]
• [https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197879.html Results at RSSSF.com]
• All scorers 1978–79 UEFA Cup according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006155218/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1978/statistics/round=1096/players/type=topscorers/index.html protocols UEFA]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100625235421/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=1978/intro.html 1978/79 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)]

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