title: 1979 Intercontinental Cup
text: # 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 ||||
  