1968–69 European Cup
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 18 September 1968 – 28 May 1969 |
Teams | 32 |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 176 (3.38 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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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 European clubs withdrew from the first two rounds when UEFA paired up all of the Eastern European clubs against one another.
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 whole competition.
Manchester United, the defending champions, were eliminated by Milan in the semi-finals.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Malmö FF ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–4 |
Saint-Étienne ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–4 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
(w/o) | ![]() |
– | – |
Waterford United ![]() |
2–10 | ![]() |
1–3 | 1–7 |
Anderlecht ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 2–2 |
Rosenborg ![]() |
4–6 | ![]() |
1–3 | 3–3 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
12–0 | ![]() |
6–0 | 6–0 |
Nuremberg ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–4 |
Manchester City ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–2 |
Valur ![]() |
1–8 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–8 |
Floriana ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–2 |
Steaua Bucureşti ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–4 |
AEK Athens ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
3–0 | 2–3 |
Zürich ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 2–1 |
Dynamo Kiev ![]() |
(w/o) | ![]() |
– | – |
Levski-Spartak ![]() |
(w/o) | ![]() |
– | – |
First leg
18 September 1968 |
Saint-Étienne ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Keïta ![]() H. Revelli ![]() |
Report |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 34,403 Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal) |
18 September 1968 |
Rosenborg ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
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Iversen ![]() |
Report | Bjerregaard ![]() Kaltenbrunner ![]() Grausam ![]() |
18 September 1968 |
Steaua Bucureşti ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Creiniceanu ![]() Voinea ![]() Constantin ![]() |
Report | Kuna ![]() |
18 September 1968 |
AEK Athens ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
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Papaioannou ![]() Papageorgiou ![]() Karafeskos ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
2 October 1968 |
Manchester United ![]() |
7–1 | ![]() |
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Stiles ![]() Law ![]() Burns ![]() Charlton ![]() |
Report | Casey ![]() |
Manchester United won 10–2 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.
2 October 1968 |
Rapid Wien ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
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Lindman ![]() Kaltenbrunner ![]() |
Report | Iversen ![]() |
Rapid Wien won 6–4 on aggregate.
26 September 1968 |
AEL ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
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Report | Velázquez ![]() José Luis ![]() Veloso ![]() Ortega ![]() Zunzunegui ![]() |
Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.
Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 2–1 on aggregate.
2 October 1968 |
Benfica ![]() |
8–1 | ![]() |
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Simões ![]() Jacinto ![]() Torres ![]() Eusébio ![]() Coluna ![]() José Augusto ![]() |
Report | Gunnarsson ![]() |
Benfica won 8–1 on aggregate.
Reipas Lahti won 3–1 on aggregate.
Spartak Trnava won 5–3 on aggregate.
2 October 1968 |
Jeunesse Esch ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Hoffmann ![]() Drouet ![]() Langer ![]() |
Report | Ventouris ![]() |
AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.
AB won 4–3 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Milan ![]() |
Bye | – | – | – |
Celtic ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
5–1 | 1–1 |
Manchester United ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–3 |
Rapid Wien ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Ajax ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 |
Benfica ![]() |
Bye | – | – | – |
Reipas Lahti ![]() |
2–16 | ![]() |
1–9 | 1–7 |
AEK Athens ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
0–0 | 2–0 |
First leg
13 November 1968 |
Celtic ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
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Murdoch ![]() Johnstone ![]() Lennox ![]() Wallace ![]() |
Report | Lazarević ![]() |
20 November 1968 |
Reipas Lahti ![]() |
1–9 | ![]() |
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Hyvärinen ![]() |
Report | Hagara ![]() Kabát ![]() Švec ![]() Martinkovič ![]() Hrušecký ![]() Adamec ![]() |
Second leg
Celtic won 6–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 2–2 on away goals.
Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.
27 November 1968 |
Spartak Trnava ![]() |
7–1 | ![]() |
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Hagara ![]() Dobiaš ![]() Kuna ![]() Adamec ![]() Hrušecký ![]() |
Report | Niskakoski ![]() |
Spartak Trnava won 16–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 2–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Milan ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–0 |
Manchester United ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–0 |
Ajax ![]() |
4–41 | ![]() |
1–3 | 3–1 |
Spartak Trnava ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–1 |
1 Ajax beat Benfica 3–0 in a play-off to reach the semi-finals.
First leg
Second leg
Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.
Ajax 4–4 Benfica on aggregate. Ajax won 3–0 the tie-breaking match.
Spartak Trnava won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Milan ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–1 |
Ajax ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Second leg
Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1968–69 European Cup are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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9 |
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6 |
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4 | ![]() |
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5 |
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5 | |
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4 | |
7 | ![]() |
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4 |
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4 | |
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4 | |
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4 | |
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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
- 1968-69 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)