The UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 1978–79 was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...

 on aggregate over Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

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First round

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First leg

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Enzo Ferrero scored an olympic goal.
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Second leg

Dukla Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Lokomotíva Košice 1–1 Milan on aggregate. Milan won 7–6 on penalties.
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Sporting Gijón won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round

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First leg

Second leg

Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.

On November 23, 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.

Third round

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First leg

Second leg

Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

MSV Duisburg 4–4 Budapest Honvéd FC. Duisburg won on away goals.
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Hertha BSC Berlin won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Red Star Belgrade 2–2 Hertha BSC Berlin. Belgrade won on away goals.

Final

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External links

• Official Site
• Results at RSSSF.com