1968–69 European Cup

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.

Bracket

|RD1-team01=SWE Malmö FF |RD1-score01-1=2 |RD1-score01-2=1 |RD1-score01-agg=3 |RD1-team02=ITA Milan |RD1-score02-1=1 |RD1-score02-2=4 |RD1-score02-agg=5

|RD1-team03=URS Dynamo Kyiv |RD1-score03-agg=(w) |RD1-team04=POL Ruch Chorzów |RD1-score04-agg=(o)

|RD1-team05=FRA Saint-Étienne |RD1-score05-1=2 |RD1-score05-2=0 |RD1-score05-agg=2 |RD1-team06=SCO Celtic |RD1-score06-1=0 |RD1-score06-2=4 |RD1-score06-agg=4

|RD1-team07=YUG Red Star Belgrade |RD1-score07-agg=(w) |RD1-team08=GDR Carl Zeiss Jena |RD1-score08-agg=(o)

|RD1-team09=IRE Waterford |RD1-score09-1=1 |RD1-score09-2=1 |RD1-score09-agg=2 |RD1-team10=ENG Manchester United |RD1-score10-1=3 |RD1-score10-2=7 |RD1-score10-agg=10

|RD1-team11=BEL Anderlecht |RD1-score11-1=3 |RD1-score11-2=2 |RD1-score11-agg=5 |RD1-team12=NIR Glentoran |RD1-score12-1=0 |RD1-score12-2=2 |RD1-score12-agg=2

|RD1-team13=NOR Rosenborg |RD1-score13-1=1 |RD1-score13-2=3 |RD1-score13-agg=4 |RD1-team14=AUT Rapid Wien |RD1-score14-1=3 |RD1-score14-2=3 |RD1-score14-agg=6

|RD1-team15=ESP Real Madrid |RD1-score15-1=6 |RD1-score15-2=6 |RD1-score15-agg=12 |RD1-team16=CYP AEL Limassol |RD1-score16-1=0 |RD1-score16-2=0 |RD1-score16-agg=0

|RD1-team17=FRG Nurnberg |RD1-score17-1=1 |RD1-score17-2=0 |RD1-score17-agg=1 |RD1-team18=NED Ajax |RD1-score18-1=1 |RD1-score18-2=4 |RD1-score18-agg=5

|RD1-team19=ENG Manchester City |RD1-score19-1=0 |RD1-score19-2=1 |RD1-score19-agg=1 |RD1-team20=TUR Fenerbahçe |RD1-score20-1=0 |RD1-score20-2=2 |RD1-score20-agg=2

|RD1-team21=ISL Valur |RD1-score21-1=0 |RD1-score21-2=1 |RD1-score21-agg=1 |RD1-team22=POR Benfica |RD1-score22-1=0 |RD1-score22-2=8 |RD1-score22-agg=8

|RD1-team23=BUL Levski Sofia |RD1-score23-agg=(w) |RD1-team24=HUN Ferencváros |RD1-score24-agg=(o)

|RD1-team25=MLT Floriana |RD1-score25-1=1 |RD1-score25-2=0 |RD1-score25-agg=1 |RD1-team26=FIN Reipas Lahti |RD1-score26-1=1 |RD1-score26-2=2 |RD1-score26-agg=3

|RD1-team27=ROM Steaua București |RD1-score27-1=3 |RD1-score27-2=0 |RD1-score27-agg=3 |RD1-team28=TCH Spartak Trnava |RD1-score28-1=1 |RD1-score28-2=4 |RD1-score28-agg=5

|RD1-team29=GRE AEK Athens |RD1-score29-1=3 |RD1-score29-2=2 |RD1-score29-agg=5 |RD1-team30=LUX Jeunesse Esch |RD1-score30-1=0 |RD1-score30-2=3 |RD1-score30-agg=3

|RD1-team31=SUI Zürich |RD1-score31-1=1 |RD1-score31-2=2 |RD1-score31-agg=3 |RD1-team32=DEN AB |RD1-score32-1=3 |RD1-score32-2=1 |RD1-score32-agg=4

|RD2-team01=ITA Milan |RD2-score01-1= |RD2-score01-2= |RD2-score01-agg=Bye |RD2-team02= |RD2-score02-1= |RD2-score02-2= |RD2-score02-agg=

|RD2-team03=SCO Celtic |RD2-score03-1=5 |RD2-score03-2=1 |RD2-score03-agg=6 |RD2-team04=YUG Red Star Belgrade |RD2-score04-1=1 |RD2-score04-2=1 |RD2-score04-agg=2

|RD2-team05=ENG Manchester United |RD2-score05-1=3 |RD2-score05-2=1 |RD2-score05-agg=4 |RD2-team06=BEL Anderlecht |RD2-score06-1=0 |RD2-score06-2=3 |RD2-score06-agg=3

|RD2-team07=AUT Rapid Wien |RD2-score07-1=1 |RD2-score07-2=1 |RD2-score07-agg=2 |RD2-team08=ESP Real Madrid |RD2-score08-1=0 |RD2-score08-2=2 |RD2-score08-agg=2

|RD2-team09=NED Ajax |RD2-score09-1=2 |RD2-score09-2=2 |RD2-score09-agg=4 |RD2-team10=TUR Fenerbahçe |RD2-score10-1=0 |RD2-score10-2=0 |RD2-score10-agg=0

|RD2-team11=POR Benfica |RD2-score11-agg=Bye |RD2-team12= |RD2-score12-1= |RD2-score12-2= |RD2-score12-agg=

|RD2-team13=FIN Reipas Lahti |RD2-score13-1=1 |RD2-score13-2=1 |RD2-score13-agg=2 |RD2-team14=TCH Spartak Trnava |RD2-score14-1=9 |RD2-score14-2=7 |RD2-score14-agg=16

|RD2-team15=GRE AEK Athens |RD2-score15-1=0 |RD2-score15-2=2 |RD2-score15-agg=2 |RD2-team16=DEN AB |RD2-score16-1=0 |RD2-score16-2=0 |RD2-score16-agg=0

|RD3-team01=ITA Milan |RD3-score01-1=0 |RD3-score01-2=1 |RD3-score01-agg=1 |RD3-team02=SCO Celtic |RD3-score02-1=0 |RD3-score02-2=0 |RD3-score02-agg=0

|RD3-team03=ENG Manchester United |RD3-score03-1=3 |RD3-score03-2=0 |RD3-score03-agg=3 |RD3-team04=AUT Rapid Wien |RD3-score04-1=0 |RD3-score04-2=0 |RD3-score04-agg=0

|RD3-team05=NED Ajax |RD3-score05-1=1 |RD3-score05-2=3 |RD3-score05-agg=4 (3) |RD3-team06=POR Benfica |RD3-score06-1=3 |RD3-score06-2=1 |RD3-score06-agg=4 (0)

|RD3-team07=TCH Spartak Trnava |RD3-score07-1=2 |RD3-score07-2=1 |RD3-score07-agg=3 |RD3-team08=GRE AEK Athens |RD3-score08-1=1 |RD3-score08-2=1 |RD3-score08-agg=2

|RD4-team01=ITA Milan |RD4-score01-1=2 |RD4-score01-2=0 |RD4-score01-agg=2 |RD4-team02=ENG Manchester United |RD4-score02-1=0 |RD4-score02-2=1 |RD4-score02-agg=1

|RD4-team03=NED Ajax |RD4-score03-1=3 |RD4-score03-2=0 |RD4-score03-agg=3 |RD4-team04=TCH Spartak Trnava |RD4-score04-1=0 |RD4-score04-2=2 |RD4-score04-agg=2

|RD5-team01=ITA Milan |RD5-score01=4 |RD5-team02=NED Ajax |RD5-score02=1

First round

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First leg

Elmstedt

H. Revelli

Peeters Nordahl

Kaltenbrunner Grausam

Amancio Pérez Bueno

Voinea Constantin

Papageorgiou Karafeskos

Wiberg Petersen

Second leg

Sormani Rivera Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

Craig Chalmers McBride Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Law Burns Charlton

Manchester United won 10–2 on aggregate.

Johnston Bergholtz Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

Kaltenbrunner Rapid Wien won 6–4 on aggregate.

José Luis Veloso Ortega Zunzunegui Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

Groot Cruyff Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Altıparmak Fenerbahçe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Jacinto Torres Eusébio Coluna José Augusto Benfica won 8–1 on aggregate.

Reipas Lahti won 3–1 on aggregate.

Adamec Spartak Trnava won 5–3 on aggregate.

Drouet Langer AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.

AB won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

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First leg

Johnstone Lennox Wallace

Law

Muller

Kabát Švec Kuna Martinkovič Adamec The home leg of Reipas Lahti was played in Vienna just before the Rapid Wien–Real Madrid match.

Second leg

Celtic won 6–2 on aggregate.

Bergholtz Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Pirri Rapid Wien won 2–2 on away goals.

Nuninga Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.

Dobiaš Kuna Adamec Hrušecký Spartak Trnava won 16–2 on aggregate.

Papaioannou AEK Athens won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Morgan

Torres José Augusto

Kabát

Second leg

Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.

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

Spartak Trnava won 3–2 on aggregate.

Tie-breakers

Danielsson Ajax win the tie-breaker.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Hamrin

Swart Keizer

Second leg

Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1969 European Cup Final

Sormani

Top scorers

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

References

References

1. UEFA.com. (2018-06-05). "How the European calendar took shape".
2. {{UEFA match attendance. 62437. Nürnberg v Ajax, 18 September 1968
3. {{UEFA match attendance. 62441. Steaua București v Spartak Trnava, 18 September 1968
4. {{UEFA match attendance. 62506. Manchester United v Anderlecht, 13 November 1968
5. {{UEFA match attendance. 62512. Rapid Wien v Real Madrid, 20 November 1968
6. {{UEFA match attendance. 62510. Reipas Lahti v Spartak Trnava, 20 November 1968
7. . (21 November 1968). ["Kerran näinkin: Suomalaisjalkapalloilijat tekemässä lajinsa historiaa"](https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/420b51ca-4965-4923-af17-d60ade4ac040/22). *Helsingin Sanomat*.
8. {{UEFA match attendance. 62513. Real Madrid v Rapid Wien, 4 December 1968
9. {{UEFA match attendance. 62515. Benfica v Ajax, 19 February 1969