The 1979 UEFA Cup Final was played on 9 May 1979, and 23 May 1979, between Red Star Belgrade of SFR Yugoslavia and Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany. Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.

1979 UEFA Cup final
Event1978–79 UEFA Cup
on aggregate
First leg
Date9 May 1979
VenueRed Star Stadium, Belgrade
RefereeIan Foote (Scotland)
Attendance90,000
Second leg
Date23 May 1979
VenueRheinstadion, Düsseldorf
RefereeAlberto Michelotti (Italy)
Attendance45,000
1978
1980

Route to the final

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  Red Star Belgrade Round   Borussia Mönchengladbach
UEFA Cup
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
  Dynamo Berlin 6–6 (a) 2–5 (A) 4–1 (H) First round   Sturm Graz 7–2 5–1 (H) 2–1 (A)
  Sporting Gijón 2–1 1–0 (A) 1–1 (H) Second round   Benfica 2–0 (a.e.t.) 0–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
  Arsenal 2–1 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Third round   Śląsk Wrocław 5–3 1–1 (H) 4–2 (A)
  West Bromwich Albion 2–1 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals   Manchester City 4–2 1–1 (A) 3–1 (H)
  Hertha BSC 2–2 (a) 1–0 (H) 1–2 (A) Semi-finals   Duisburg 6–3 2–2 (A) 4–1 (H)

Match details

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First leg

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Red Star Belgrade  1–1  Borussia Mönchengladbach
Šestić   22' Report

Overview (archive)

Overview
Jurišić   60' (o.g.)
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Red Star Belgrade
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Borussia Mönchengladbach
GK 1   Aleksandar Stojanović
RB 2   Nikola Jovanović
LB 3   Milan Jovin
RM 4   Slavoljub Muslin   78'
CB 5   Dragan Miletović
CB 6   Ivan Jurišić
CM 7   Vladimir Petrović (c)
CM 8   Cvijetin Blagojević
CF 9   Dušan Savić
LM 10   Nedeljko Milosavljević   78'
CF 11   Miloš Šestić
Substitutes:
DF 13   Zlatko Krmpotić   78'
MF 15   Đorđe Milovanović   78'
Manager:
  Branko Stanković
 
GK 1   Wolfgang Kneib
RB 2   Berti Vogts (c)
CB 3   Wilfried Hannes
CB 4   Frank Schäffer
LB 5   Norbert Ringels
RM 6   Winfried Schäfer
CF 7   Allan Simonsen
CM 8   Christian Kulik
CM 9   Carsten Nielsen   75'
LM 10   Horst Wohlers   78'
CF 11   Ewald Lienen
Substitutes:
MF 12   Dietmar Danner   75'
FW 13   Rudi Gores   78'
Manager:
  Udo Lattek

Second leg

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Borussia Mönchengladbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Red Star Belgrade
GK 1   Wolfgang Kneib
RB 2   Berti Vogts (c)
CB 3   Wilfried Hannes
CB 4   Frank Schäffer
LB 5   Norbert Ringels
RM 6   Winfried Schäfer
CF 7   Allan Simonsen
CM 8   Christian Kulik   59'
CM 9   Rudi Gores
LM 10   Horst Wohlers
CF 11   Ewald Lienen
Substitutes:
MF 12   Horst Köppel   59'
Manager:
  Udo Lattek
 
GK 1   Aleksandar Stojanović
RB 2   Nikola Jovanović
LB 3   Milan Jovin
RM 4   Slavoljub Muslin
CB 5   Dragan Miletović
CB 6   Ivan Jurišić
CM 7   Vladimir Petrović (c)
CM 8   Cvijetin Blagojević
CF 9   Dušan Savić
LM 10   Đorđe Milovanović   46'
CF 11   Nedeljko Milosavljević
Substitutes:
FW 15   Miloš Šestić   46'
Manager:
  Branko Stanković

See also

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References

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