1968–69 European Cup

European football tournament October 2021 European Cup 1968–69 Estadio_Bernabeu._Madrid_(12117582503).jpg 275px Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final. 18 September 1968 – 28 May 1969 32 (27 competed) ITA Milan 2 NED Ajax 52 176 1738847 Denis Law (Manchester United)9 goals 1967–68 1969–70 The 1968–69 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by 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. 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.UEFA.com 2018-06-05 How the European calendar took shape https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0246-0f8e60f2dd03-3a2019cd7cbf-1000--how-the-european-calendar-took-shape/ 2024-01-24 UEFA en Manchester United were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual champions Milan in the semi-finals. Teams 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. AUT Rapid Wien (1st)BEL Anderlecht (1st)BUL 1967 Levski-Spartak (1st)CYP 1960 AEL Limassol (1st)TCH Spartak Trnava (1st)DEN AB (1st)ENG Manchester City (1st)ENG Manchester United (2nd)THFIN Reipas Lahti (1st)FRA 1830 Saint-Étienne (1st)GDR Carl Zeiss Jena (1st)FRG Nürnberg (1st)GRE old AEK Athens (1st)HUN Ferencváros (1st)ISL Valur (1st)IRL Waterford (1st)ITA Milan (1st)LUX Jeunesse Esch (1st)MLT Floriana (1st)NED Ajax (1st)NIR Glentoran (1st)NOR Rosenborg (1st)POL 1928 Ruch Chorzów (1st)POR Benfica (1st)ROU 1965 Steaua București (1st)SCO Celtic (1st)ESP 1945 Real Madrid (1st)SWE Malmö FF (1st)SUI Zürich (1st)TUR Fenerbahçe (1st)URS Dynamo Kyiv (1st)YUG Red Star Belgrade (1st) Bracket 2/2/2/2/1 y n n y First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final FRG Nurnberg 1 0 1 NED Ajax 1 4 5 ENG Manchester City 0 1 1 TUR Fenerbahçe 0 2 2 ISL Valur 0 1 1 POR Benfica 0 8 8 BUL 1967 Levski Sofia (w) HUN 1957 Ferencváros (o) MLT Floriana 1 0 1 FIN Reipas Lahti 1 2 3 ROM 1952 Steaua București 3 0 3 TCH Spartak Trnava 1 4 5 GRE old AEK Athens 3 2 5 LUX Jeunesse Esch 0 3 3 SUI Zürich 1 2 3 DEN AB 3 1 4 SWE Malmö FF 2 1 3 ITA Milan 1 4 5 URS 1955 Dynamo Kyiv (w) POL 1928 Ruch Chorzów (o) FRA Saint-Étienne 2 0 2 SCO Celtic 0 4 4 YUG Red Star Belgrade (w) GDR Carl Zeiss Jena (o) IRE Waterford 1 1 2 ENG Manchester United 3 7 10 BEL Anderlecht 3 2 5 NIR Glentoran 0 2 2 NOR Rosenborg 1 3 4 AUT Rapid Wien 3 3 6 ESP 1945 Real Madrid 6 6 12 CYP 1960 AEL Limassol 0 0 0 NED Ajax 2 2 4 TUR Fenerbahçe 0 0 0 POR Benfica Bye FIN Reipas Lahti 1 1 2 TCH Spartak Trnava 9 7 16 GRE old AEK Athens 0 2 2 DEN AB 0 0 0 ITA Milan Bye SCO Celtic 5 1 6 YUG Red Star Belgrade 1 1 2 ENG Manchester United 3 1 4 BEL Anderlecht 0 3 3 AUT Rapid Wien 1 1 2 ESP 1945 Real Madrid 0 2 2 NED Ajax 1 3 4 (3) POR Benfica 3 1 4 (0) TCH Spartak Trnava 2 1 3 GRE old AEK Athens 1 1 2 ITA Milan 0 1 1 SCO Celtic 0 0 0 ENG Manchester United 3 0 3 AUT Rapid Wien 0 0 0 NED Ajax 3 0 3 TCH Spartak Trnava 0 2 2 ITA Milan 2 0 2 ENG Manchester United 0 1 1 NED Ajax 1 ITA Milan 4 First round Malmö FF SWE 3–5 Milan ITA 2–1 1–4 Dynamo Kyiv URS 1955 (w/o) Ruch Chorzów POL 1928 – – Saint-Étienne FRA 2–4 Celtic SCO 2–0 0–4 Red Star Belgrade YUG (w/o) Carl Zeiss Jena GDR – – Waterford IRL 2–10 Manchester United ENG 1–3 1–7 Anderlecht BEL 5–2 Glentoran NIR 3–0 2–2 Rosenborg NOR 4–6 Rapid Wien AUT 1–3 3–3 Real Madrid ESP 1945 12–0 AEL Limassol CYP 1960 6–0 6–0 Nürnberg FRG 1–5 Ajax NED 1–1 0–4 Manchester City ENG 1–2 Fenerbahçe TUR 0–0 1–2 Valur ISL 1–8 Benfica POR 0–0 1–8 Levski-Spartak BUL 1967 (w/o) Ferencváros HUN 1957 – – Floriana MLT 1–3 Reipas Lahti FIN 1–1 0–2 Steaua București ROU 1965 3–5 Spartak Trnava TCH 3–1 0–4 AEK Athens GRE old 5–3 Jeunesse Esch LUX 3–0 2–3 Zürich SUI 3–4 AB DEN 1–3 2–1 |} First leg 18 September 1968 Malmö FF SWE 2–1 Report ITA Milan Olsberg 45Elmstedt 50 Rivera 58 Malmö Stadion, Malmö 23,118 Heinz Siebert (West Germany) 18 September 1968 Saint-Étienne FRA 2–0 Report SCO Celtic Keïta 15H. Revelli 36 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne 34,403 Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal) 18 September 1968 Waterford IRL 1–3 Report ENG Manchester United Matthews 65 Law 8 41 55 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 48,886 William Joseph Mullen (Scotland) 18 September 1968 Anderlecht BEL 3–0 Report NIR Glentoran Bergholtz 18Peeters 23Nordahl 87 Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht 18,963 Bruno de Marchi (Italy) 18 September 1968 Rosenborg NOR 1–3 Report AUT Rapid Wien Iversen 16 Bjerregaard 28Kaltenbrunner 65Grausam 86 Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim 22,321 Kevin Howley (England) 18 September 1968 Real Madrid ESP 1945 6–0 Report CYP 1960 AEL Limassol Pirri 10 14 63Amancio 17Pérez 27Bueno 75 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 15,995 William Gow (Wales) 18 September 1968 Nürnberg FRG 1–1 Report NED Ajax Volkert 6 Cruyff 80 Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg 45,09062437 Nürnberg v Ajax, 18 September 1968 13 March 2022 Gilbert Droz (Switzerland) 18 September 1968 Manchester City ENG 0–0 Report TUR Fenerbahçe Maine Road, Manchester 38,840 Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) 18 September 1968 Valur ISL 0–0 Report POR Benfica Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 18,243 Patrick Graham (Republic of Ireland) 18 September 1968 Floriana MLT 1–1 Report FIN Reipas Lahti Galea 37 pen. Aalto 28 Empire Stadium, Gżira 10,162 Jim Finney (England) 18 September 1968 Steaua București ROU 1965 3–1 Report TCH Spartak Trnava Creiniceanu 18Voinea 30Constantin 51 Kuna 75 23 August Stadium, Bucharest 3,22762441 Steaua București v Spartak Trnava, 18 September 1968 13 March 2022 Christos Michas (Greece) 18 September 1968 AEK Athens GRE old 3–0 Report LUX Jeunesse Esch Papaioannou 27Papageorgiou 58Karafeskos 60 pen. AEK Stadium, Athens 16,205 Fabio Monti (Italy) 18 September 1968 Zürich SUI 1–3 Report DEN AB Winiger 50 Hansen 22Wiberg 25Petersen 62 Letzigrund, Zürich 17,000 Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) Second leg 2 October 1968 Milan ITA 4–1 Report SWE Malmö FF Prati 32 69Sormani 62Rivera 88 Ljungberg 16 San Siro, Milan 61,932 Roger Mâchin (France) Milan won 5–3 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 Celtic SCO 4–0 Report FRA Saint-Étienne Gemmell 44 pen.Craig 59Chalmers 66McBride 87 Celtic Park, Glasgow 73,059 Zdeněk Valeš (Czechoslovakia) Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 Manchester United ENG 7–1 Report IRL Waterford Stiles 37Law 41 47 60 71Burns 68Charlton 84 Casey 69 Old Trafford, Manchester 41,750 Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal) Manchester United won 10–2 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 Glentoran NIR 2–2 Report BEL Anderlecht Morrow 27Johnston 55 Devrindt 24Bergholtz 58 The Oval, Belfast 12,384 Jacques Colling (Luxembourg) Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 Rapid Wien AUT 3–3 Report NOR Rosenborg Lindman 10 80Kaltenbrunner 17 Iversen 21 34 87 Praterstadion, Vienna 1,570 Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus) Rapid Wien won 6–4 on aggregate. 26 September 1968 AEL Limassol CYP 1960 0–6 Report ESP 1945 Real Madrid Velázquez 7 10José Luis 9Veloso 84Ortega 86Zunzunegui 87 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 20,075 Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal) Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 Ajax NED 4–0 Report FRG Nürnberg Swart 22 51Groot 86 pen.Cruyff 89 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam 54,579 John Adair (Northern Ireland) Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 Fenerbahçe TUR 2–1 Report ENG Manchester City Çevrim 48Altıparmak 76 Coleman 11 Mithat Paşa Stadyumu, Istanbul 42,570 Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) Fenerbahçe won 2–1 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 Benfica POR 8–1 Report ISL Valur Simões 4Jacinto 7Torres 11 47 79Eusébio 20Coluna 27José Augusto 48 Gunnarsson 68 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 24,389 Joseph Cassar-Naudi (Malta) Benfica won 8–1 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 Reipas Lahti FIN 2–0 Report MLT Floriana Holtari 56 57 Olympia Stadium, Helsinki 2,212 Curt Nystrand (Sweden) Reipas Lahti won 3–1 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 Spartak Trnava TCH 4–0 Report ROU 1965 Steaua București Švec 4Adamec 58 76 80 Spartak Stadium, Trnava 11,879 Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) Spartak Trnava won 5–3 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 Jeunesse Esch LUX 3–2 Report GRE old AEK Athens Hoffmann 6Drouet 40Langer 77 Ventouris 16 33 Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette 3,213 Joseph Hannet (Belgium) AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate. 2 October 1968 AB DEN 1–2 Report SUI Zürich Petersen 53 Künzli 42 80 Københavns Idrætapark, Copenhagen 9,557 Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland) AB won 4–3 on aggregate. Second round Milan ITA Bye – none – – Celtic SCO 6–2 Red Star Belgrade YUG 5–1 1–1 Manchester United ENG 4–3 Anderlecht BEL 3–0 1–3 Rapid Wien AUT 2–2 (a) Real Madrid ESP 1945 1–0 1–2 Ajax NED 4–0 Fenerbahçe TUR 2–0 2–0 Benfica POR Bye – none – – Reipas Lahti FIN 2–16 Spartak Trnava TCH 1–9 1–7 AEK Athens GRE old 2–0 AB DEN 0–0 2–0 |} First leg 13 November 1968 Celtic SCO 5–1 Report Yugoslavia 1946 Red Star Belgrade Murdoch 3Johnstone 46 81Lennox 48Wallace 74 Lazarević 39 Celtic Park, Glasgow 65,248 Alfred Ott (West Germany) 13 November 1968 Manchester United ENG 3–0 Report BEL Anderlecht Kidd 52Law 70 78 Old Trafford, Manchester 51,00862506 Manchester United v Anderlecht, 13 November 1968 13 March 2022 Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal) 20 November 1968 Rapid Wien AUT 1–0 Report ESP 1945 Real Madrid Kaltenbrunner 55 Praterstadion, Vienna 44,79962512 Rapid Wien v Real Madrid, 20 November 1968 13 March 2022 Josip Drago Horvat (Yugoslavia) 13 November 1968 Ajax NED 2–0 Report TUR Fenerbahçe Nuninga 14Muller 74 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam 54,812 Eric Jennings (England) 20 November 1968 Reipas Lahti FIN 1–9 Report TCH Spartak Trnava Hyvärinen 90 Hagara 14Kabát 22 80Švec 25 60Kuna 52Martinkovič 57 65Adamec 65 Praterstadion, Vienna62510 Reipas Lahti v Spartak Trnava, 20 November 1968 6 June 2023 6,000 Paul Schiller (Austria) The home leg of Reipas Lahti was played in Vienna just before the Rapid Wien–Real Madrid match. Kerran näinkin: Suomalaisjalkapalloilijat tekemässä lajinsa historiaa For once: Finnish footballers about to make history in their sport Helsingin Sanomat https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/420b51ca-4965-4923-af17-d60ade4ac040/22 registration 6 June 2023 21 November 1968 13 November 1968 AEK Athens GRE old 0–0 Report DEN AB AEK Stadium, Athens 8,161 Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) Second leg 27 November 1968 Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 1946 1–1 Report SCO Celtic Ostojić 90 Wallace 72 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade 17,625 Francesco Francescon (Italy) Celtic won 6–2 on aggregate. 27 November 1968 Anderlecht BEL 3–1 Report ENG Manchester United Mulder 18Bergholtz 38 78 Sartori 8 Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels 32,572 José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain) Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate. 4 December 1968 Real Madrid ESP 1945 2–1 Report AUT Rapid Wien Velázquez 41Pirri 83 Bjerregaard 48 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 39,22862513 Real Madrid v Rapid Wien, 4 December 1968 13 March 2022 Gilbert Droz (Switzerland) Rapid Wien won 2–2 on away goals. 27 November 1968 Fenerbahçe TUR 0–2 Report NED Ajax Keizer 55Nuninga 88 Mithat Paşa Stadyumu, Istanbul 33,863 Iosif Ritter (Romania) Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate. 27 November 1968 Spartak Trnava TCH 7–1 Report FIN Reipas Lahti Hagara 10Dobiaš 21 49 pen. 64Kuna 26 Adamec 38Hrušecký 58 Niskakoski 71 Spartak Stadium, Trnava 5,766 Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) Spartak Trnava won 16–2 on aggregate. 27 November 1968 AB DEN 0–2 Report GRE old AEK Athens Stamatiadis 25Papaioannou 81 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen 11,471 Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland) AEK Athens won 2–0 on aggregate. Quarter-finals Play-off Milan ITA 1–0 Celtic SCO 0–0 1–0 Manchester United ENG 3–0 Rapid Wien AUT 3–0 0–0 Ajax NED 4–4 Benfica POR 1–3 3–1 3–0 Spartak Trnava TCH 3–2 AEK Athens GRE old 2–1 1–1 |} First leg 19 February 1969 Milan ITA 0–0 Report SCO Celtic San Siro, Milan 63,538 Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany) 26 February 1969 Manchester United ENG 3–0 Report AUT Rapid Wien Best 44 70Morgan 70 Old Trafford, Manchester 62,726 Božidar Botić (Yugoslavia) 12 February 1969 Ajax NED 1–3 Report POR Benfica Danielsson 48 Santos 31 pen.Torres 36José Augusto 61 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam 55,150 Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland) 26 February 1969 16:30 EET Spartak Trnava TCH 2–1 Report GRE old AEK Athens Jarábek 25Kabát 44 Sevastopoulos 60 Spartak Stadium, Trnava 10,747 Gilbert Droz (Switzerland) Second leg 12 March 1969 Celtic SCO 0–1 Report ITA Milan Prati 12 Celtic Park, Glasgow 76,415 José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain) Milan won 1–0 on aggregate. 5 March 1969 Rapid Wien AUT 0–0 Report ENG Manchester United Praterstadion, Vienna 50,234 Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate. 19 February 1969 Benfica POR 1–3 Report NED Ajax Torres 70 Danielsson 9 Cruyff 12 32 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 31,01962515 Benfica v Ajax, 19 February 1969 13 March 2022 Antonio Sbardella (Italy) 4–4 on aggregate. Tie is decided by a tie-breaker match on neutral ground. 12 March 1969 AEK Athens GRE old 1–1 Report TCH Spartak Trnava Papaioannou 77 Švec 22 AEK Stadium, Athens 29,842 Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) Spartak Trnava won 3–2 on aggregate. Tie-breakers 5 March 1969 Ajax NED 3–0 (a.e.t.) Report POR Benfica Cruyff 93Danielsson 105 108 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris 63,638 Roger Mâchin (France) Ajax win the tie-breaker. Semi-finals Milan ITA 2–1 Manchester United ENG 2–0 0–1 Ajax NED 3–2 Spartak Trnava TCH 3–0 0–2 |} First leg 23 April 1969 Milan ITA 2–0 Report ENG Manchester United Sormani 33Hamrin 49 San Siro, Milan 80,050 Josef Krnávek (Czechoslovakia) 13 April 1969 Ajax NED 3–0 Report TCH Spartak Trnava Cruyff 25Swart 50Keizer 65 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam 55,490 Eric Jennings (England) Second leg 15 May 1969 Manchester United ENG 1–0 Report ITA Milan Charlton 70 Old Trafford, Manchester 63,103 Roger Mâchin (France) Milan won 2–1 on aggregate. 24 April 1969 Spartak Trnava TCH 2–0 Report NED Ajax Kuna 28 49 Spartak Stadium, Trnava 22,938 Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate. Final 1969 European Cup Final 28 May 1969 Ajax NED ITA Milan 1–4 Report Vasović 60 pen. Prati 7 40 75 Sormani 67 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 31,782 José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain) Top scorers The top scorers from the 1968–69 European Cup are as follows: RankNameTeamGoals1SCO Denis LawENG Manchester United92NED Johan CruyffNED Ajax6ITA Pierino PratiITA Milan64TCH Jozef AdamecTCH Spartak Trnava5TCH Ladislav KunaTCH Spartak Trnava5POR José Augusto TorresPOR Benfica57NED Gerard BergholtzBEL Anderlecht4SWE Inge DanielssonNED Ajax4NOR Odd IversenNOR Rosenborg4ESP 1945 PirriESP 1945 Real Madrid4TCH Valér ŠvecTCH Spartak Trnava4 References External links 1968–69 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 1968–69 European Cup according to protocols UEFA https://archive.today/20120716082651/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1968/intro.html 1968-69 European Cup el – results and line-ups (archive) Category:UEFA Champions League seasons Cup