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1968–69 European Cup

The 1968–69 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by AC Milan, who beat Ajax 4–1 in the final, giving Milan its first European Cup title since 1963, and its second overall. A number of Eastern Bloc clubs withdrew from the first two rounds when UEFA paired up all of the Eastern Bloc clubs against one another in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

1968–69 European Cup
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates18 September 1968 – 28 May 1969
Teams32 (27 competed)
Final positions
ChampionsItaly AC Milan (2nd title)
Runners-upNetherlands Ajax
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored176 (3.38 per match)
Attendance1,738,847 (33,439 per match)
Top scorer(s)Denis Law (Manchester United)
9 goals

Substitutions of two players at any game time were allowed; obligatory match dates were introduced (two weeks between the legs) and fixed on Wednesdays; the away goal rule was extended to the first and second rounds.[1]

Manchester United were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual champions Milan in the semi-finals.

Teams

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A total of 32 teams participated in the competition.

Thirty-one leagues were represented, with England being represented by its most recent champion, Manchester City, as well as defending European champion, Manchester United.

Real Madrid made their 14th consecutive appearance in the competition, while Anderlecht and Benfica each made their ninth appearances. Nürnberg and Steaua București both made their first appearances in the competition since the 1961-62 European Cup.

This year's competition included only five debutants: Denmark's AB, Cyprus's AEL Limassol, England's Manchester City, Norway's Rosenborg, and Czechoslovakia's Spartak Trnava. This was the smallest number to date.

Austria  Rapid Wien (1st) Belgium  Anderlecht (1st) Bulgaria  Levski-Spartak (1st) Cyprus  AEL Limassol (1st)
Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava (1st) Denmark  AB (1st) England  Manchester City (1st) England  Manchester United (2nd)TH
Finland  Reipas Lahti (1st) France  Saint-Étienne (1st) East Germany  Carl Zeiss Jena (1st) West Germany  Nürnberg (1st)
Greece  AEK Athens (1st) Hungary  Ferencváros (1st) Iceland  Valur (1st) Republic of Ireland  Waterford (1st)
Italy  Milan (1st) Luxembourg  Jeunesse Esch (1st) Malta  Floriana (1st) Netherlands  Ajax (1st)
Northern Ireland  Glentoran (1st) Norway  Rosenborg (1st) Poland  Ruch Chorzów (1st) Portugal  Benfica (1st)
Romania  Steaua București (1st) Scotland  Celtic (1st) Spain  Real Madrid (1st) Sweden  Malmö FF (1st)
Switzerland  Zürich (1st) Turkey  Fenerbahçe (1st) Soviet Union  Dynamo Kyiv (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Bracket

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
Sweden  Malmö FF 2 1 3
Italy  Milan 1 4 5
Italy  Milan Bye
 
Soviet Union  Dynamo Kyiv (w)
Poland  Ruch Chorzów (o)
Italy  Milan 0 1 1
Scotland  Celtic 0 0 0
France  Saint-Étienne 2 0 2
Scotland  Celtic 0 4 4
Scotland  Celtic 5 1 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Red Star Belgrade 1 1 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Red Star Belgrade (w)
East Germany  Carl Zeiss Jena (o)
Italy  Milan 2 0 2
England  Manchester United 0 1 1
Republic of Ireland  Waterford 1 1 2
England  Manchester United 3 7 10
England  Manchester United 3 1 4
Belgium  Anderlecht 0 3 3
Belgium  Anderlecht 3 2 5
Northern Ireland  Glentoran 0 2 2
England  Manchester United 3 0 3
Austria  Rapid Wien 0 0 0
Norway  Rosenborg 1 3 4
Austria  Rapid Wien 3 3 6
Austria  Rapid Wien 1 1 2
Spain  Real Madrid 0 2 2
Spain  Real Madrid 6 6 12
Cyprus  AEL Limassol 0 0 0
Italy  Milan 4
Netherlands  Ajax 1
West Germany  Nurnberg 1 0 1
Netherlands  Ajax 1 4 5
Netherlands  Ajax 2 2 4
Turkey  Fenerbahçe 0 0 0
England  Manchester City 0 1 1
Turkey  Fenerbahçe 0 2 2
Netherlands  Ajax 1 3 4 (3)
Portugal  Benfica 3 1 4 (0)
Iceland  Valur 0 1 1
Portugal  Benfica 0 8 8
Portugal  Benfica Bye
 
Bulgaria  Levski Sofia (w)
Hungary  Ferencváros (o)
Netherlands  Ajax 3 0 3
Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava 0 2 2
Malta  Floriana 1 0 1
Finland  Reipas Lahti 1 2 3
Finland  Reipas Lahti 1 1 2
Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava 9 7 16
Romania  Steaua București 3 0 3
Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava 1 4 5
Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava 2 1 3
Greece  AEK Athens 1 1 2
Greece  AEK Athens 3 2 5
Luxembourg  Jeunesse Esch 0 3 3
Greece  AEK Athens 0 2 2
Denmark  AB 0 0 0
Switzerland  Zürich 1 2 3
Denmark  AB 3 1 4

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malmö FF Sweden  3–5 Italy  Milan 2–1 1–4
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union  (w/o) Poland  Ruch Chorzów – –
Saint-Étienne France  2–4 Scotland  Celtic 2–0 0–4
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  (w/o) East Germany  Carl Zeiss Jena – –
Waterford Republic of Ireland  2–10 England  Manchester United 1–3 1–7
Anderlecht Belgium  5–2 Northern Ireland  Glentoran 3–0 2–2
Rosenborg Norway  4–6 Austria  Rapid Wien 1–3 3–3
Real Madrid Spain  12–0 Cyprus  AEL Limassol 6–0 6–0
Nürnberg West Germany  1–5 Netherlands  Ajax 1–1 0–4
Manchester City England  1–2 Turkey  Fenerbahçe 0–0 1–2
Valur Iceland  1–8 Portugal  Benfica 0–0 1–8
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria  (w/o) Hungary  Ferencváros – –
Floriana Malta  1–3 Finland  Reipas Lahti 1–1 0–2
Steaua București Romania  3–5 Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava 3–1 0–4
AEK Athens Greece  5–3 Luxembourg  Jeunesse Esch 3–0 2–3
Zürich Switzerland  3–4 Denmark  AB 1–3 2–1

First leg

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Malmö FF Sweden 2–1Italy  Milan
Olsberg   45'
Elmstedt   50'		 Report Rivera   58'
Attendance: 23,118
Saint-Étienne France 2–0Scotland  Celtic
Keïta   15'
H. Revelli   36'		 Report
Attendance: 34,403
Waterford Republic of Ireland 1–3England  Manchester United
Matthews   65' Report Law   8', 41', 55'
Attendance: 48,886
Anderlecht Belgium 3–0Northern Ireland  Glentoran
Bergholtz   18'
Peeters   23'
Nordahl   87'		 Report
Attendance: 18,963
Rosenborg Norway 1–3Austria  Rapid Wien
Iversen   16' Report Bjerregaard   28'
Kaltenbrunner   65'
Grausam   86'
Attendance: 22,321
Real Madrid Spain 6–0Cyprus  AEL Limassol
Pirri   10', 14', 63'
Amancio   17'
Pérez   27'
Bueno   75'		 Report
Attendance: 15,995
Referee: William Gow (Wales)
Nürnberg West Germany 1–1Netherlands  Ajax
Volkert   6' Report Cruyff   80'
Attendance: 45,090[2]
Manchester City England 0–0Turkey  Fenerbahçe
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Attendance: 38,840
Valur Iceland 0–0Portugal  Benfica
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Attendance: 18,243
Floriana Malta 1–1Finland  Reipas Lahti
Galea   37' (pen.) Report Aalto   28'
Attendance: 10,162
Referee: Jim Finney (England)
Steaua București Romania 3–1Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava
Creiniceanu   18'
Voinea   30'
Constantin   51'		 Report Kuna   75'
Attendance: 3,227[3]
AEK Athens Greece 3–0Luxembourg  Jeunesse Esch
Papaioannou   27'
Papageorgiou   58'
Karafeskos   60' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 16,205
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)
Zürich Switzerland 1–3Denmark  AB
Winiger   50' Report Hansen   22'
Wiberg   25'
Petersen   62'
Attendance: 17,000

Second leg

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Milan Italy 4–1Sweden  Malmö FF
Prati   32', 69'
Sormani   62'
Rivera   88'		 Report Ljungberg   16'
Attendance: 61,932

Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland 4–0France  Saint-Étienne
Gemmell   44' (pen.)
Craig   59'
Chalmers   66'
McBride   87'		 Report
Attendance: 73,059

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United England 7–1Republic of Ireland  Waterford
Stiles   37'
Law   41', 47', 60', 71'
Burns   68'
Charlton   84'		 Report Casey   69'
Attendance: 41,750

Manchester United won 10–2 on aggregate.

Glentoran Northern Ireland 2–2Belgium  Anderlecht
Morrow   27'
Johnston   55'		 Report Devrindt   24'
Bergholtz   58'
Attendance: 12,384

Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien Austria 3–3Norway  Rosenborg
Lindman   10', 80'
Kaltenbrunner   17'		 Report Iversen   21', 34', 87'
Attendance: 1,570

Rapid Wien won 6–4 on aggregate.

AEL Limassol Cyprus 0–6Spain  Real Madrid
Report Velázquez   7', 10'
José Luis   9'
Veloso   84'
Ortega   86'
Zunzunegui   87'
Attendance: 20,075

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands 4–0West Germany  Nürnberg
Swart   22', 51'
Groot   86' (pen.)
Cruyff   89'		 Report
Attendance: 54,579

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–1England  Manchester City
Çevrim   48'
Altıparmak   76'		 Report Coleman   11'
Attendance: 42,570

Fenerbahçe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal 8–1Iceland  Valur
Simões   4'
Jacinto   7'
Torres   11', 47', 79'
Eusébio   20'
Coluna   27'
José Augusto   48'		 Report Gunnarsson   68'
Attendance: 24,389

Benfica won 8–1 on aggregate.

Reipas Lahti Finland 2–0Malta  Floriana
Holtari   56' (57) Report
Attendance: 2,212

Reipas Lahti won 3–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 4–0Romania  Steaua București
Švec   4'
Adamec   58', 76', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 11,879

Spartak Trnava won 5–3 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 3–2Greece  AEK Athens
Hoffmann   6'
Drouet   40'
Langer   77'		 Report Ventouris   16', 33'
Attendance: 3,213

AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.

AB Denmark 1–2Switzerland  Zürich
Petersen   53' Report Künzli   42', 80'
Attendance: 9,557

AB won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy  Bye – – –
Celtic Scotland  6–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Red Star Belgrade 5–1 1–1
Manchester United England  4–3 Belgium  Anderlecht 3–0 1–3
Rapid Wien Austria  2–2 (a) Spain  Real Madrid 1–0 1–2
Ajax Netherlands  4–0 Turkey  Fenerbahçe 2–0 2–0
Benfica Portugal  Bye – – –
Reipas Lahti Finland  2–16 Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava 1–9 1–7
AEK Athens Greece  2–0 Denmark  AB 0–0 2–0

First leg

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Celtic Scotland 5–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Red Star Belgrade
Murdoch   3'
Johnstone   46', 81'
Lennox   48'
Wallace   74'		 Report Lazarević   39'
Attendance: 65,248
Manchester United England 3–0Belgium  Anderlecht
Kidd   52'
Law   70', 78'		 Report
Attendance: 51,008[4]
Rapid Wien Austria 1–0Spain  Real Madrid
Kaltenbrunner   55' Report
Attendance: 44,799[5]
Ajax Netherlands 2–0Turkey  Fenerbahçe
Nuninga   14'
Muller   74'		 Report
Attendance: 54,812
Reipas Lahti Finland 1–9Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava
Hyvärinen   88' Report Hagara   14'
Kabát   20', 80'
Švec   23', 61'
Kuna   52'
Martinkovič   57', 65'
Adamec   64'
Attendance: 6,000

The home leg of Reipas Lahti was played in Vienna just before the Rapid Wien–Real Madrid match.[7]

AEK Athens Greece 0–0Denmark  AB
Report
Attendance: 8,161

Second leg

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Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–1Scotland  Celtic
Ostojić   90' Report Wallace   72'
Attendance: 17,625

Celtic won 6–2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht Belgium 3–1England  Manchester United
Mulder   18'
Bergholtz   38', 78'		 Report Sartori   8'
Attendance: 32,572

Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain 2–1Austria  Rapid Wien
Velázquez   41'
Pirri   83'		 Report Bjerregaard   48'
Attendance: 39,228[8]

Rapid Wien won 2–2 on away goals.

Fenerbahçe Turkey 0–2Netherlands  Ajax
Report Keizer   55'
Nuninga   88'
Attendance: 33,863

Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 7–1Finland  Reipas Lahti
Hagara   15'
Dobiaš   20', 49' (pen.), 64'
Kuna   27'
Adamec   37'
Hrušecký   53'		 Report Niskakoski   75'
Attendance: 5,766

Spartak Trnava won 16–2 on aggregate.

AB Denmark 0–2Greece  AEK Athens
Report Stamatiadis   25'
Papaioannou   81'
Attendance: 11,471

AEK Athens won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Milan Italy  1–0 Scotland  Celtic 0–0 1–0
Manchester United England  3–0 Austria  Rapid Wien 3–0 0–0
Ajax Netherlands  4–4 Portugal  Benfica 1–3 3–1 3–0
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia  3–2 Greece  AEK Athens 2–1 1–1

First leg

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Milan Italy 0–0Scotland  Celtic
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Attendance: 63,538
Manchester United England 3–0Austria  Rapid Wien
Best   44', 70'
Morgan   70'		 Report
Attendance: 62,726
Ajax Netherlands 1–3Portugal  Benfica
Danielsson   48' Report Santos   31' (pen.)
Torres   36'
José Augusto   61'
Attendance: 55,150
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 2–1Greece  AEK Athens
Jarábek   25'
Kabát   44'		 Report Sevastopoulos   60'
Attendance: 10,747

Second leg

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Celtic Scotland 0–1Italy  Milan
Report Prati   12'
Attendance: 76,415

Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien Austria 0–0England  Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 50,234

Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal 1–3Netherlands  Ajax
Torres   70' Report Danielsson   9'
Cruyff   12', 32'
Attendance: 31,019[9]

4–4 on aggregate. Tie is decided by a tie-breaker match on neutral ground.

AEK Athens Greece 1–1Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava
Papaioannou   77' Report Švec   23'
Attendance: 29,842

Spartak Trnava won 3–2 on aggregate.

Tie-breakers

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Ajax Netherlands 3–0 (a.e.t.)Portugal  Benfica
Cruyff   93'
Danielsson   105', 108'		 Report
Attendance: 63,638

Ajax win the tie-breaker.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy  2–1 England  Manchester United 2–0 0–1
Ajax Netherlands  3–2 Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava 3–0 0–2

First leg

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Milan Italy 2–0England  Manchester United
Sormani   33'
Hamrin   49'		 Report
Attendance: 80,050
Ajax Netherlands 3–0Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava
Cruyff   27'
Swart   52'
Keizer   60'		 Report
Attendance: 55,490

Second leg

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Manchester United England 1–0Italy  Milan
Charlton   70' Report
Attendance: 63,103

Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 2–0Netherlands  Ajax
Kuna   27', 49' Report
Attendance: 22,938

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

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Milan Italy 4–1Netherlands  Ajax
Prati   7', 40', 75'
Sormani   67'		 Report Vasović   60' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,782

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1968–69 European Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Scotland  Denis Law England  Manchester United 9
2 Netherlands  Johan Cruyff Netherlands  Ajax 6
Italy  Pierino Prati Italy  Milan 6
4 Czechoslovakia  Jozef Adamec Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava 5
Czechoslovakia  Ladislav Kuna Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava 5
Portugal  José Augusto Torres Portugal  Benfica 5
7 Netherlands  Gerard Bergholtz Belgium  Anderlecht 4
Sweden  Inge Danielsson Netherlands  Ajax 4
Norway  Odd Iversen Norway  Rosenborg 4
Spain  Pirri Spain  Real Madrid 4
Czechoslovakia  Valér Švec Czechoslovakia  Spartak Trnava 4

References

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  1. ^ UEFA.com (5 June 2018). "How the European calendar took shape | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Nürnberg v Ajax, 18 September 1968" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Steaua București v Spartak Trnava, 18 September 1968" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Manchester United v Anderlecht, 13 November 1968" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Rapid Wien v Real Madrid, 20 November 1968" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Reipas Lahti v Spartak Trnava, 20 November 1968" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Kerran näinkin: Suomalaisjalkapalloilijat tekemässä lajinsa historiaa" [For once: Finnish footballers about to make history in their sport]. Helsingin Sanomat. 21 November 1968. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Real Madrid v Rapid Wien, 4 December 1968" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Benfica v Ajax, 19 February 1969" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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