1979 UEFA Cup final

1979 UEFA Cup final

Event	1978–79 UEFA Cup
Red Star Belgrade Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 2
on aggregate
First leg
Red Star Belgrade Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 1
Date	9 May 1979
Venue	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Referee	Ian Foote (Scotland)
Attendance	90,000
Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach Red Star Belgrade 1 0
Date	23 May 1979
Venue	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Referee	Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
Attendance	45,000

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

Further information: 1978–79 UEFA Cup

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

First leg

9 May 1979

20:00

Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Šestić File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'	Report Overview (archive) Overview	Jurišić File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' (o.g.)

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Red Star Belgrade

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach

GK 1 Aleksandar Stojanović RB 2 Nikola Jovanović LB 3 Milan Jovin RM 4 Slavoljub Muslin downward-facing red arrow 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 downward-facing red arrow 78' CF 11 Miloš Šestić Substitutes: DF 13 Zlatko Krmpotić upward-facing green arrow 78' MF 15 Đorđe Milovanović upward-facing green arrow 78' Manager: Branko Stanković

File:Red Star Belgrade vs Borussia Mönchengladbach 1979-05-09.svg

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 downward-facing red arrow 75' LM 10 Horst Wohlers downward-facing red arrow 78' CF 11 Ewald Lienen Substitutes: MF 12 Dietmar Danner upward-facing green arrow 75' FW 13 Rudi Gores upward-facing green arrow 78' Manager: Udo Lattek

Second leg

23 May 1979

20:15

Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Red Star Belgrade
Simonsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' (pen.)	Report Overview (archive) Overview

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg 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 downward-facing red arrow 59' CM 9 Rudi Gores LM 10 Horst Wohlers CF 11 Ewald Lienen Substitutes: MF 12 Horst Köppel upward-facing green arrow 59' Manager: Udo Lattek

File:Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Red Star Belgrade 1979-05-23.svg

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 downward-facing red arrow 46' CF 11 Nedeljko Milosavljević Substitutes: FW 15 Miloš Šestić upward-facing green arrow 46' 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

References

• RSSSF
• UEFA