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.
Route to the final
Red Star BelgradeRound Borussia MönchengladbachUEFA CupOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Dynamo Berlin6–6 (a)2–5 (A)4–1 (H)First round Sturm Graz7–25–1 (H)2–1 (A) Sporting Gijón2–11–0 (A)1–1 (H)Second round Benfica2–0 0–0 (A)2–0 (H) Arsenal2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A)Third round Śląsk Wrocław5–31–1 (H)4–2 (A) West Bromwich Albion2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A)Quarter-finals Manchester City4–21–1 (A)3–1 (H) Hertha BSC2–2 (a)1–0 (H)1–2 (A)Semi-finals Duisburg6–32–2 (A)4–1 (H)
Match details
First leg
GK 1 Aleksandar StojanovićRB 2 Nikola Jovanović LB 3 Milan JovinRM 4 Slavoljub Muslin CB 5 Dragan MiletovićCB 6 Ivan JurišićCM 7 Vladimir Petrović (c)CM 8 Cvijetin BlagojevićCF 9 Dušan Savić LM 10 Nedeljko Milosavljević CF 11 Miloš ŠestićSubstitutes:DF 13 Zlatko Krmpotić MF 15 Đorđe Milovanović Manager: Branko Stanković GK 1 Wolfgang KneibRB 2 Berti Vogts (c)CB 3 Wilfried HannesCB 4 Frank Schäffer LB 5 Norbert RingelsRM 6 Winfried SchäferCF 7 Allan SimonsenCM 8 Christian KulikCM 9 Carsten Nielsen LM 10 Horst Wohlers CF 11 Ewald Lienen Substitutes:MF 12 Dietmar Danner FW 13 Rudi Gores Manager: Udo Lattek
Second leg
GK 1 Wolfgang KneibRB 2 Berti Vogts (c)CB 3 Wilfried HannesCB 4 Frank Schäffer LB 5 Norbert RingelsRM 6 Winfried SchäferCF 7 Allan SimonsenCM 8 Christian Kulik CM 9 Rudi GoresLM 10 Horst WohlersCF 11 Ewald Lienen Substitutes:MF 12 Horst Köppel Manager: Udo Lattek GK 1 Aleksandar StojanovićRB 2 Nikola Jovanović LB 3 Milan JovinRM 4 Slavoljub Muslin CB 5 Dragan MiletovićCB 6 Ivan JurišićCM 7 Vladimir Petrović (c)CM 8 Cvijetin BlagojevićCF 9 Dušan Savić LM 10 Đorđe Milovanović CF 11 Nedeljko MilosavljevićSubstitutes:FW 15 Miloš Šestić Manager: Branko Stanković
See also 1979 European Cup final 1979 European Cup Winners' Cup final Red Star Belgrade in European football 1978–79 Red Star Belgrade season
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