List of Participants in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1978-1979 (31 clubs)

Club	Country	Participant as..	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
FC Wacker Innsbruck	AUT	Domestic cup (winner)	4	1	2	1	5	5	±0
RSC Anderlecht	BEL	Defending champion	2	1	0	1	3	3	±0
KSK Beveren	BEL	Domestic cup (winner)	8	4	2	2	9	2	+7
Marek Stanke Dimitrov	BUL		2	1	0	1	3	5	-2
APOEL	CYP	Domestic cup (winner)	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3
FC Banik Ostrava	CZ		8	6	0	2	16	9	+7
BK Frem	DEN	Domestic cup (winner)	2	1	0	1	2	4	-2
Ipswich Town	ENG	Domestic cup (winner)	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3
AS Nancy	FRA	Domestic cup (winner)	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1
1. FC Magdeburg	GDR		6	3	1	2	11	8	+3
Fortuna Duesseldorf	GER	Domestic cup (runner-up)	9	3	3	3	16	14	+2
PAOK	GRE	Domestic cup (runner-up)	2	1	0	1	2	4	-2
Ferencvaros	HUN		4	2	1	1	6	4	+2
Valur	ISL		2	0	1	1	1	5	-4
Shamrock Rovers	IRL		4	2	0	2	4	6	-2
Inter Milan	ITA	Domestic cup (winner)	6	4	1	1	15	3	+12
Union Luxembourg	LUX	Domestic cup (runner-up)	2	1	0	1	2	4	-2
Floriana FC	MLT	Domestic cup (runner-up)	2	0	0	2	1	8	-7
AZ Alkmaar	NED	Domestic cup (winner)	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2
Ballymena United	NIR		2	0	0	2	0	6	-6
FK Bode/Glimt	NOR	Domestic cup (runner-up)	4	1	0	3	5	9	-4
Zaglebie Sosnowiec	POL		2	0	1	1	3	4	-1
Sporting CP	POR	Domestic cup (winner)	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2
Universitatea Craiova	ROM	Domestic cup (winner)	2	0	1	1	4	5	-1
Aberdeen	SCO	Domestic cup (runner-up)	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1
FC Barcelona	ESP	Domestic cup (winner)	9	6	1	2	15	9	+6
Kalmar FF	SWE	Domestic cup (runner-up)	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2
Servette FC	SUI	Domestic cup (winner)	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3
Shakhtar Donetsk	USSR	Domestic cup (runner-up)	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3
Wrexham FC	WAL	Domestic cup (winner)	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1
NK Rijeka	YUG		4	1	1	2	3	4	-1