1979 Intercontinental Cup
# 1979 Intercontinental Cup

The 1979 Intercontinental Cup was an association football final played on a two-legged system. It was the last time in the history of the tournament that this format was used before Toyota became the main sponsor in 1980 and a single-game final was held each year in Japan. The final was played between Olimpia Asunción of Paraguay (winners of the 1979 Copa Libertadores) and Malmö FF of Sweden (runners-up of the 1978–79 European Cup), with Olimpia emerging as the champion after a 3–1 aggregate score win. Malmö FF took its place as the runners-up of the European competition since the European champions Nottingham Forest declined to play the final.

## Match details

### First leg

| Malmö FF | Olimpia |
| - | - |
| GK | Jan Möller |
| DF | Roland Andersson |
| DF | Ingemar Erlandsson |
| DF | Kent Jönsson (c) |
| DF | Mats Arvidsson |
| MF | Claes Malmberg |
| MF | Anders Ljungberg |
| MF | Robert Prytz |
| MF | Tommy Hansson |
| FW | Thomas Sjöberg |
| FW | Jan-Olov Kindvall |
| Substitutes: ||
| Manager: ||
| Bob Houghton ||

Ever Hugo Almeida :

| DF | Alicio Solalinde |
| - | - |
| DF | Roberto Paredes |
| DF | Miguel A. Piazza |
| DF | Flaminio Sosa |
| MF | Carlos Kiese |
| MF | Rogelio Delgado |
| MF | Luis Torres (c) |
| MF | Eduardo Ortiz |
| FW | Mauro Céspedes |
| FW | Evaristo Isasi |
| Substitutes: |||
| Manager: |||
| Luis Cubilla ||||

### Second leg

| GK | Ever Hugo Almeida |
| - | - |
| DF | Alicio Solalinde |
| DF | Roberto Paredes |
| DF | Daniel Di Bartolomeo |
| DF | Flaminio Sosa |
| MF | Carlos Kiese |
| MF | Carlos Yaluk |
| MF | Luis Torres (c) |
| FW | Osvaldo Aquino |
| FW | Hugo Talavera |
| FW | Evaristo Isasi |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | Miguel Michelagnoli |
| Manager: ||
| Luis Cubilla ||

Jan Möller :

| DF | Roland Andersson |
| - | - |
| DF | Tim Parkin |
| DF | Kent Jönsson (c) |
| DF | Mats Arvidsson |
| MF | Magnus Andersson |
| MF | Ingemar Erlandsson |
| MF | Robert Prytz |
| MF | Anders Ohlsson |
| FW | Thomas Sjöberg |
| FW | Tommy Andersson |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | Claes Malmberg |
| MF | Tommy Hansson |
| FW | Tore Cervin |
| FW | Sanny Åslund |
| GK | John Hansen |
| Manager: |||
| Bob Houghton ||||
