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1968–69 European Cup

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.

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 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 edit

  Rapid Wien (1st)   Anderlecht (1st)   Levski-Spartak (1st)   AEL Limassol (1st)
  Spartak Trnava (1st)   AB (1st)   Manchester City (1st)   Manchester United (2nd)TH
  Reipas Lahti (1st)   Saint-Étienne (1st)   Carl Zeiss Jena (1st)   Nürnberg (1st)
  AEK Athens (1st)   Ferencváros (1st)   Valur (1st)   Waterford F.C. (1st)
  Milan (1st)   Jeunesse Esch (1st)   Floriana (1st)   Ajax (1st)
  Glentoran (1st)   Rosenborg (1st)   Ruch Chorzów (1st)   Benfica (1st)
  Steaua București (1st)   Celtic (1st)   Real Madrid (1st)   Malmö FF (1st)
  Zürich (1st)   Fenerbahçe (1st)   Dynamo Kyiv (1st)   Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Bracket edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
  Malmö FF 2 1 3
  Milan 1 4 5
  Milan Bye
 
  Dynamo Kyiv (w)
  Ruch Chorzów (o)
  Milan 0 1 1
  Celtic 0 0 0
  Saint-Étienne 2 0 2
  Celtic 0 4 4
  Celtic 5 1 6
  Red Star Belgrade 1 1 2
  Red Star Belgrade (w)
  FC Carl Zeiss Jena (o)
  Milan 2 0 2
  Manchester United 0 1 1
  Waterford 1 1 2
  Manchester United 3 7 10
  Manchester United 3 1 4
  Anderlecht 0 3 3
  Anderlecht 3 2 5
  Glentoran 0 2 2
  Manchester United 3 0 3
  Rapid Wien 0 0 0
  Rosenborg 1 3 4
  Rapid Wien 3 3 6
  Rapid Wien 1 1 2
  Real Madrid 0 2 2
  Real Madrid 6 6 12
  AEL Limassol 0 0 0
  Milan 4
  Ajax 1
  Nurnberg 1 0 1
  Ajax 1 4 5
  Ajax 2 2 4
  Fenerbahçe 0 0 0
  Manchester City 0 1 1
  Fenerbahçe 0 2 2
  Ajax 1 3 4 (3)
  Benfica 3 1 4 (0)
  Valur 0 1 1
  S.L. Benfica 0 8 8
  Benfica Bye
 
  PFC Levski Sofia (w)
  Ferencváros (o)
  Ajax 3 0 3
  Spartak Trnava 0 2 2
  Floriana 1 0 1
  Reipas Lahti 1 2 3
  Reipas Lahti 1 1 2
  Spartak Trnava 9 7 16
  Steaua București 3 0 3
  Spartak Trnava 1 4 5
  Spartak Trnava 2 1 3
  AEK Athens 1 1 2
  AEK Athens 3 2 5
  Jeunesse Esch 0 3 3
  AEK Athens 0 2 2
  AB 0 0 0
  Zürich 1 2 3
  AB 3 1 4

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malmö FF   3–5   Milan 2–1 1–4
Dynamo Kyiv   (w/o)   Ruch Chorzów – –
Saint-Étienne   2–4   Celtic 2–0 0–4
Red Star Belgrade   (w/o)   Carl Zeiss Jena – –
Waterford F.C.   2–10   Manchester United 1–3 1–7
Anderlecht   5–2   Glentoran 3–0 2–2
Rosenborg   4–6   Rapid Wien 1–3 3–3
Real Madrid   12–0   AEL Limassol 6–0 6–0
Nürnberg   1–5   Ajax 1–1 0–4
Manchester City   1–2   Fenerbahçe 0–0 1–2
Valur   1–8   Benfica 0–0 1–8
Levski-Spartak   (w/o)   Ferencváros – –
Floriana   1–3   Reipas Lahti 1–1 0–2
Steaua București   3–5   Spartak Trnava 3–1 0–4
AEK Athens   5–3   Jeunesse Esch 3–0 2–3
Zürich   3–4   AB 1–3 2–1

First leg edit

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

Second leg edit

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

Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

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

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United  7–1  Waterford United
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  2–2  Anderlecht
Morrow   27'
Johnston   55'		 Report Devrindt   24'
Bergholtz   58'
Attendance: 12,384

Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

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

Rapid Wien won 6–4 on aggregate.

AEL Limassol  0–6  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  4–0  Nürnberg
Swart   22', 51'
Groot   86' (pen.)
Cruyff   89'		 Report
Attendance: 54,579

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

Fenerbahçe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Benfica  8–1  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  2–0  Floriana
Holtari   56' (57) Report
Attendance: 2,212

Reipas Lahti won 3–1 on aggregate.

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

Spartak Trnava won 5–3 on aggregate.

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

AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.

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

AB won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan   Bye – – –
Celtic   6–2   Red Star Belgrade 5–1 1–1
Manchester United   4–3   Anderlecht 3–0 1–3
Rapid Wien   2–2 (a)   Real Madrid 1–0 1–2
Ajax   4–0   Fenerbahçe 2–0 2–0
Benfica   Bye – – –
Reipas Lahti   2–16   Spartak Trnava 1–9 1–7
AEK Athens   2–0   AB 0–0 2–0

First leg edit

Celtic  5–1  Red Star Belgrade
Murdoch   3'
Johnstone   46', 81'
Lennox   48'
Wallace   74'		 Report Lazarević   39'
Attendance: 65,248
Manchester United  3–0  Anderlecht
Kidd   52'
Law   70', 78'		 Report
Attendance: 51,008[4]
Rapid Wien  1–0  Real Madrid
Kaltenbrunner   55' Report
Attendance: 44,799[5]
Ajax  2–0  Fenerbahçe
Nuninga   14'
Muller   74'		 Report
Attendance: 54,812
Reipas Lahti  1–9  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  0–0  AB
Report
Attendance: 8,161

Second leg edit

Red Star Belgrade  1–1  Celtic
Ostojić   90' Report Wallace   72'
Attendance: 17,625

Celtic won 6–2 on aggregate.

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

Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.

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

Rapid Wien won 2–2 on away goals.

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

Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava  7–1  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  0–2  AEK Athens
Report Stamatiadis   25'
Papaioannou   81'
Attendance: 11,471

AEK Athens won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan   1–0   Celtic 0–0 1–0
Manchester United   3–0   Rapid Wien 3–0 0–0
Ajax   4–41   Benfica 1–3 3–1
Spartak Trnava   3–2   AEK Athens 2–1 1–1

1 Ajax beat Benfica 3–0 in a play-off.

First leg edit

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

Second leg edit

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

Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.

Benfica  1–3  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  1–1  Spartak Trnava
Papaioannou   77' Report Švec   23'
Attendance: 29,842

Spartak Trnava won 3–2 on aggregate.

Tie-breakers edit

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

Ajax win the tie-breaker.

Semi-finals edit

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

First leg edit

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

Second leg edit

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

Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final edit

Main article: 1969 European Cup Final
Milan  4–1  Ajax
Prati   7', 40', 75'
Sormani   67'		 Report Vasović   60' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,782

Top scorers edit

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

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

References edit

  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.

External links edit

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