1967–68 Mitropa Cup

October 2020 Mitropa Cup 1967–68 15 November 1967 – 23 October 1968 16 YUG Red Star Belgrade 2 CSK Spartak Trnava 30 99 1966–67 1968–69 The 1967–68 Mitropa Cup was the 28th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was contested by sixteen clubs from 15 European cities and 5 countries. Winner was Red Star Belgrade of YugoslaviaUEFA conventionally refers to Red Star Belgrade by the club's Serbian-language name, Crvena zvezda. Since the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia, the club competes under the auspices of its successor Serbian Football Association. lower-alpha who beat Spartak Trnava of CzechoslovakiaSince the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the club competes under the auspices of Slovak Football Association. lower-alpha in the two-legged final 4–2 on aggregate. Notably, the first leg of the finals was scheduled to be held in Trnava on August 21, 1968, but was postponed due to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, which commenced on August 20, 1968 at 11 pm. The game was postponed and the final games were eventually held in October 1968. Teams of the 1967–68 Mitropa Cup Country League Teams Teams (Rankings in 1966–67 National Leagues) CSK Czechoslovakia Slovakia Czechoslovak 1st League 4 Spartak Trnava (3) Jednota Trenčín (6) Internacionál Slovnaft Bratislava (10) Czech Lands Czechoslovak 2nd League Baník Ostrava (1) FCB.cz - Baník Ostrava - Historical summary of teams placement in Czechoslovak league system (see 1966/1967 season) https://web.archive.org/web/20110825231323/http://www.fcb.cz/historie/statisticke-prehledy/prehled-umisteni-v-lize/ 25 August 2011 cs AUT Austria Austrian Nationalliga 3 Austria Vienna (3) LASK Linz (4) Wiener SC (5) HUN Hungary Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I 3 Újpesti Dózsa Budapest (2) Tatabányai Bányász (5) Diósgyori VTK Miskolc (7) ITA Italy Italian Serie A 3 Cagliari Calcio (6) Roma (10) Atalanta Bergamo (11) YUG SFR Yugoslavia Bosnia Yugoslav 1st League 3 Željezničar Sarajevo (6) Macedonia Vardar Skopje (8) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (5) Bracket 2 y n Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final CSK Spartak Trnava 2 1 3 ITA Roma 1 1 1 CSK Jednota Trenčín 0 0 0 YUG Željezničar Sarajevo 0 1 1 AUT LASK Linz 0 1 1 YUG Vardar Skopje 0 2 2 ITA Cagliari Calcio 6 2 8 CSK Baník Ostrava 0 3 3 AUT Austria Vienna 1 2 3 ITA Atalanta Bergamo 2 0 2 HUN Újpesti Dózsa Bud. 6 1 7 AUT Wiener SC 1 1 2 YUG Red Star Belgrade 3 1 4 HUN Diósgyori VTK Misk. 0 3 3 HUN Tatabányai Bányász 3 0 3 CSK Inter. Slovnaft Bratis. 1 7 8 CSK Spartak Trnava 2 2 4 YUG Željezničar Sarajevo 1 2 3 YUG Vardar Skopje 1 1 2 ITA Cagliari Calcio 0 0 0 AUT Austria Vienna 2 1 3 HUN Újpesti Dózsa Bud. 2 4 6 YUG Red Star Belgrade 3 2 5 CSK Inter. Slovnaft Bratisl. 0 3 3 CSK Spartak Trnava 4 2 6 YUG Vardar Skopje 1 2 3 HUN Újpesti Dózsa Bud. 1 1 2 YUG Red Star Belgrade 0 4 4 CSK Spartak Trnava 1 1 2 YUG Red Star Belgrade 0 4 4 Final 1st leg Spartak Trnava v Red Star Belgrade 16 October 1968 Spartak.sk - Club History page - Text: 1968Finále SEP https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130515/http://www.spartak.sk/fcst.php?Club&History&HistAge=1945 28 September 2011 sk Spartak Trnava CSK 1–0 Ref. deArbeiter-Zeitung (Austrian Newspaper) - Issue from October 17th 1968. - Page 12 - Text: Spartak-Tyrnau siegte 1:0 (upper-right corner of a page) de YUG Red Star Belgrade Švec 48 Spartak Stadium, Trnava 12,500 Rudé právo (Czech Newspaper) - Issue from October 17th 1968. - Page 8 - Text: FINÁLE SP Spartak Trnava - CZ Bělehrad 1:0 (lower-left corner of the page) - Text portion: ...Vice než 12 000 diváků... cs Bruno de Marchi (Italy) 2nd leg Red Star Belgrade v Spartak Trnava 23 October 1968 CrvenaZvezdaFK.com - 1968 Trophies page (2nd & 3rd sentences) sr Red Star Belgrade YUG 4–1 Ref. 1 esEl Mundo Deportivo (Spanish Newspaper) - Issue from October 24th 1968. - Page 26 - Text: Estrella Roja, de Belgrado vencedor de la <<Mitropa - Cup>> (lower-right corner of a page) es Ref. 2 sr CSK Spartak Trnava Lazarević 35 Ostojić 57 Antonijević 64 Lazarević 69 Kuna 39 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade 20,500 Rudé právo (Czech Newspaper) - Issue from October 24th 1968. - Page 7 - Text: Trnava prohrála 4:1 (located below image from upper-right corner of a page) - Text portion: ...přes 20 000 diváků... cs Erich Linemayr (Austria) 1967–68 Mitropa Cup YUG 100px Red Star BelgradeSecond Title See also 1967–68 European Cup 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968 Intertoto Cup 1967–68 Balkans Cup Notes lower-alpha References External links 1967–68 Mitropa Cup at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Crvena zvezda Spartak Trnava 1967-68 Category:1967 in European men's international football Category:1968 in European men's international football Category:1967–68 in Hungarian football Category:1967–68 in Yugoslav football Category:1967–68 in Austrian football Category:1967–68 in Czechoslovak football Category:1967–68 in Italian football