Round 1 (1st leg), 13 september 1978
Arsenal-FC Lokomotive Leipzig (E.
Germany)= 3-0
Goals. 69’Stapleton,
70’Stapleton, 81’Sunderland,
Att. 34.183
Round 1 (2nd leg), 27 september 1978
FC Lokomotive Leipzig-Arsenal= 1-4 (agg
1-7)
Goals. 20’Brady(pen,),
51’Sunderland, 63’Stapleton, 67’Stapleton, 72’(own)Stapleton,
Att. 22.000
Round 2 (1st leg), 18 october 1978
Hajduk Split
(Yugoslavia)-Arsenal= 2-1
Goals. 15’Cop, 16’Brady(A),
38’Djordejevic,
Att. 18.540
Round 2 (2nd leg), 1 november 1978
Arsenal-Hajduk Split=
1-0 (agg 2-2; won on away goals rule)
Goal. 84’Young,
Att. 41.787
Round 3 (1st leg), 22 november 1978
Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia)-Arsenal= 1-0
Goal. 15’Blagojevic,
Att.
35.256
Round 2 (2nd leg), 6 december 1978
Arsenal-Red Star Belgrade= 1-1 (agg
1-2)
Goals. 70’Sunderland, 87’Savic,
Att. 41.566