The 1979 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between

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and

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

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. It was held at St. Jakob Stadium in

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on 16 May 1979. The venue was decided in Bern by the

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Executive Committee on 27 September 1978. It was the final match of the

1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1978–79 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona in the final in Basel against Fortuna Düsseldorf. It was the first of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament. No club from Finland, Albania and Turkey ...

and the 19th

European Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

final. Barcelona won 4–3 (a.e.t.) after goals from Tente Sánchez,

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, and

Hans Krankl Johann "Hans" Krankl (; born 14 February 1953) is a retired Austrian footballer. A prolific striker, Krankl is regarded by many as one of Austria's greatest players. Club career Krankl started his professional career at Rapid Wien and stayed ...

, conquering the first UEFA-sanctioned trophy in its history.

Route to the final

Match

Details

Footnotes

External links

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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Route to the final

Match

Details

See also

Footnotes

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