The 1978âÂÂ79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Swedish side Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.
Monaco won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 7âÂÂ5 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 12âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Grasshopper won 13âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Sofia won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Köln won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 7âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Bohemians won on away goals.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Dynamo Dresden won on penalties.
Zbrojovka Brno won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Wisà Âa Kraków won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 7âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate; Grasshopper won on away goals.
Köln won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate; Wisà Âa Kraków won on away goals.
Malmö FF won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Köln won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
The top scorers from the 1978âÂÂ79 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows: