50-year-old fans are out! Forest s UEFA Champions League draws Malmö, reenacts the 1979 Champions League final showdown

Sports     12:32am, 30 August 2025
The draw for the 2025/26 Europa League season has ended. Nottingham Forest will face Swedish team Malmö at home, which is also a reenactment of the 1979 Champions League final.

In the 1979 Champions League final, Nottingham Forest defeated Malmö 1-0 at the Munich Olympic Stadium, winning the Champions League for the first time in the team and successfully defended the title the next year.

Nottingham Forest's Europa League rivals: Porto (host), Real Betis (attached), Ferencvaros (attached), Bragas (attached), Central Japanese (attached), Graz Storm (attached), Malm (attached), Utrecht (attached)