- Allan Simonsen is the top scorer of the tournament
UEFA Cup 1978/79First round  ASVS Dukla, Praha | 1:0, 1:1 | SS Lanerossi Vicenza, Vicenza | Milan AC, Milano | 1:0, 0:1 (7:6 pen.) | TJ Lokomotiva, Košice | CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sofia | 2:1, 1:4 | Valencia CF, Valencia | Borussia VfL, Mönchengladbach | 5:1, 2:1 | SK Sturm, Graz | FC Argeş, Piteşti | 3:0, 2:1 | Panathinaikos AC, Athens | Athletic Club, Bilbao | 2:0, 0:3 | AFC Ajax, Amsterdam | Finn Harps FC, Ballybofey | 0:5, 0:5 | Everton FC, Liverpool | AS La Jeunesse d'Esch, Esch-Uelzecht | 0:0, 0:2 | FC Lausanne-Sports, Lausanne | FC Nantes, Nantes | 0:2, 0:0 | SL Benfica, Lisboa | Real Sporting de Gijón, Gijón | 3:0, 0:1 | Torino Calcio, Torino | Sporting Clube de Braga, Braga | 5:0, 2:3 | Hibernians FC, Raħal Ġdid | Galatasaray SK, İstanbul | 1:3, 1:3 | West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich | BFC Dynamo, Berlin | 5:2, 1:4 | FK Crvena zvezda, Beograd | KuPS, Kuopio | 2:1, 4:4 | B 1903, Gentofte | FC Basel, Basel | 2:3, 1:4 | VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart | Torpedo, Moscow | 4:0, 3:3 | Molde FK, Molde | IF Elfsborg, Borås | 2:0, 1:4 | RC Strasbourg, Strasbourg | MSV, Duisburg | 5:0, 5:2 | KKS Lech, Poznań | R Standard de Liège, Liège | 1:0, 0:0 | Dundee United FC, Dundee | IK Start, Kristiansand | 0:0, 0:1 | Esbjerg fB, Esbjerg | Arsenal FC, London | 3:0, 4:1 | 1. FC Lokomotive, Leipzig | FC Carl Zeiss, Jena | 1:0, 2:2 | K Lierse SV, Lier | ÍBV, Vestmannaeyjar | 0:0, 1:1 | Glentoran FC, Belfast | FC Twente, Enschede | 1:1, 2:3 | Manchester City FC, Manchester | Hibernian FC, Edinburgh | 3:2, 0:0 | IFK Norrköping, Norrköping | CS Politehnica, Timişoara | 2:0, 1:2 | MTK - VM SK, Budapest | Pezoporikos CL, Larnaca | 2:2, 1:5 | WKS Śląsk, Wrocław | Olympiakos CFP, Piraeus | 2:1, 1:3 | SPS Levski-Spartak, Sofia | Dinamo, Tbilisi | 2:0, 1:1 | SSC Napoli, Napoli | NK Hajduk, Split | 2:0, 1:2 | SK Rapid, Wien | Hertha BSC, Berlin | 0:0, 2:1 | AAA Trakia, Plovdiv | Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest | 6:0, 2:2 | Adanaspor, Adana |
Second round  AFC Ajax, Amsterdam | 1:0, 4:0 | FC Lausanne-Sports, Lausanne | Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest | 4:0, 0:2 | CS Politehnica, Timişoara | Everton FC, Liverpool | 2:1, 0:1 | ASVS Dukla, Praha | FC Argeş, Piteşti | 2:1, 2:5 | Valencia CF, Valencia | FC Carl Zeiss, Jena | 0:0, 0:3 | MSV, Duisburg | Torpedo, Moscow | 2:1, 0:2 | VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart | NK Hajduk, Split | 2:1, 0:1 | Arsenal FC, London | Hertha BSC, Berlin | 2:0, 0:1 | Dinamo, Tbilisi | ÍBV, Vestmannaeyjar | 0:2, 1:2 | WKS Śląsk, Wrocław | KuPS, Kuopio | 0:2, 1:4 | Esbjerg fB, Esbjerg | Manchester City FC, Manchester | 4:0, 0:2 | R Standard de Liège, Liège | SPS Levski-Spartak, Sofia | 1:1, 0:3 | Milan AC, Milano | RC Strasbourg, Strasbourg | 2:0, 0:1 | Hibernian FC, Edinburgh | Sporting Clube de Braga, Braga | 0:2, 0:1 | West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich | SL Benfica, Lisboa | 0:0, 0:2 | Borussia VfL, Mönchengladbach | Real Sporting de Gijón, Gijón | 0:1, 1:1 | FK Crvena zvezda, Beograd |
Round of 16  Milan AC, Milano | 2:2, 0:3 | Manchester City FC, Manchester | Borussia VfL, Mönchengladbach | 1:1, 4:2 | WKS Śląsk, Wrocław | Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest | 4:1, 0:2 | AFC Ajax, Amsterdam | Esbjerg fB, Esbjerg | 2:1, 0:4 | Hertha BSC, Berlin | RC Strasbourg, Strasbourg | 0:0, 0:4 | MSV, Duisburg | FK Crvena zvezda, Beograd | 1:0, 1:1 | Arsenal FC, London | Valencia CF, Valencia | 1:1, 0:2 | West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich | VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart | 4:1, 0:4 | ASVS Dukla, Praha |
Quarterfinals  Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest | 2:3, 2:1 | MSV, Duisburg | Hertha BSC, Berlin | 1:1, 2:1 | ASVS Dukla, Praha | Manchester City FC, Manchester | 1:1, 1:3 | Borussia VfL, Mönchengladbach | FK Crvena zvezda, Beograd | 1:0, 1:1 | West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich |
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