1967–68 European Cup

The 1967–68 European Cup was the 13th European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Manchester United, who beat Benfica 4–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium, London. The European Cup title marked the tenth year since the Munich air disaster, in which eight United players were killed and their manager, Matt Busby, was left close to death, the day after earning a place in the semi-finals of the 1957–58 competition. It was also the first time an English side had won the trophy.

1967–68 European Cup
The Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates20 September 1967 – 29 May 1968
Teams32
Final positions
Champions Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-up Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored162 (2.7 per match)
Attendance2,059,590 (34,327 per match)
Top scorer(s) Eusébio (6 goals)

The away goals rule (which had already been used in the Cup Winners' Cup and the Fairs' Cup) was introduced if aggregate scores were level after two legs, but only for the first round of the competition. Extra time goals were not included in the rule.

Celtic, the defending champions, were eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the first round.

Bracket
First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Olympiakos Nicosia 2 1 3
Sarajevo 2 3 5 Sarajevo 0 1 1
Manchester United 4 0 4 Manchester United 0 2 2
Hibernians 0 0 0 Manchester United 2 0 2
Celtic 1 1 2 Górnik Zabrze 0 1 1
Dynamo Kyiv 2 1 3 Dynamo Kyiv 1 1 2
Górnik Zabrze 3 1 4 Górnik Zabrze 1 2 3
Djurgården 0 0 0 Manchester United 1 3 4
Basel 1 3 4 Real Madrid 0 3 3
Hvidovre 2 3 5 Hvidovre 2 1 3
Ajax 1 1 2 Real Madrid 2 4 6
Real Madrid (a.e.t) 1 2 3 Real Madrid 3 1 4
Skeid 0 1 1 Sparta Prague 0 2 2
Sparta Prague 1 1 2 Sparta Prague 3 3 6
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 1 1 2 Anderlecht 2 3 5
Anderlecht 3 2 5 Manchester United (a.e.t) 4
Dundalk 0 1 1 Benfica 1
Vasas 1 8 9 Vasas 6 5 11
Valur (a) 1 3 4 Valur 0 1 1
Jeunesse Esch 1 3 4 Vasas 0 0 0
Glentoran 1 0 1 Benfica 0 3 3
Benfica 1 0 1 Benfica 2 0 2
Saint-Étienne 2 3 5 Saint-Étienne 0 1 1
KuPS 0 0 0 Benfica 2 1 3
Beşiktaş 0 0 0 Juventus 0 0 0
Rapid Wien 1 3 4 Rapid Wien 1 0 1
Eintracht Braunschweig (w) Eintracht Braunschweig 0 2 2
Dinamo Tirana (o) Eintracht Braunschweig 3 0 3
Olympiacos 0 0 0 Juventus 2 1 3
Juventus 0 2 2 Juventus 1 0 1
Botev Plovdiv 2 0 2 Rapid București 0 0 0
Rapid București (a.e.t.) 0 3 3

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiakos Nicosia 3–5 Sarajevo 2–2 1–3
Manchester United 4–0 Hibernians 4–0 0–0
Celtic 2–3 Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 1–1
Górnik Zabrze 4–0 Djurgården 3–0 1–0
Basel 4–5 Hvidovre 1–2 3–3
Ajax 2–3 Real Madrid 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Skeid 1–2 Sparta Prague 0–1 1–1
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–5 Anderlecht 1–3 1–2
Dundalk 1–9 Vasas 0–1 1–8
Valur 4–4 (a) Jeunesse Esch 1–1 3–3
Glentoran 1–1 (a) Benfica 1–1 0–0
Saint-Étienne 5–0 KuPS 2–0 3–0
Beşiktaş 0–4 Rapid Wien 0–1 0–3
Eintracht Braunschweig (w/o) Dinamo Tirana – –
Olympiacos 0–2 Juventus 0–0 0–2
Botev Plovdiv 2–3 Rapid București 2–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)

First leg
Olympiakos Nicosia 2–2 Sarajevo
Kettenis 1'
Tešan 43' (o.g.)		 Report Antić 50', 58'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Manchester United 4–0 Hibernians
Sadler 12', 58'
Law 43', 62'		 Report
Attendance: 43,912
Referee: Pereira da Costa (Portugal)
Celtic 1–2 Dynamo Kyiv
Lennox 62' Report Puzach 4'
Byshovets 29'
Attendance: 52,223
Górnik Zabrze 3–0 Djurgården
Lubański 41', 86'
Lentner 88'		 Report
Attendance: 35,665
Basel 1–2 Hvidovre
Hauser 17' Report Larsen 58'
Sørensen 80'
Attendance: 13,344
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)
Ajax 1–1 Real Madrid
Cruyff 17' Report Pirri 35'
Attendance: 55,940
Referee: Jim Finney (England)
Skeid 0–1 Sparta Prague
Report Mráz 7'
Attendance: 16,123
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)
Karl-Marx-Stadt 1–3 Anderlecht
Steinmann 41' Report Mulder 3', 35'
Van Himst 38'
Attendance: 29,260
Dundalk 0–1 Vasas
Report Korsós 67'
Attendance: 4,177
Valur 1–1 Jeunesse Esch
Gunnarsson 38' Report Di Genova 25'
Attendance: 3,125
Referee: John Russel (Northern Ireland)
Glentoran 1–1 Benfica
Colrain 10' (pen.) Report Eusébio 86'
Attendance: 24,750
Referee: Roger Barde (France)
Saint-Étienne 2–0 KuPS
Herbin 43'
Jacquet 47'		 Report
Attendance: 18,948
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Beşiktaş 0–1 Rapid Wien
Report Flögel 22'
Attendance: 31,208
Referee: Goncho Rusev (Bulgaria)
Olympiacos 0–0 Juventus
Report
Attendance: 35,702
Botev Plovdiv 2–0 Rapid București
 Report
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Sergei Alimov (Soviet Union)

Second leg
Sarajevo 3–1 Olympiakos Nicosia
Antić 33'
Šiljkut 83', 84'		 Report Kettenis 79'
Attendance: 4,308
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

Sarajevo won 5–3 on aggregate.

Hibernians 0–0 Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 23,217
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)

Manchester United won 4–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Celtic
Byshovets 89' Report Lennox 67'
Attendance: 68,352

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.

Djurgården 0–1 Górnik Zabrze
Report Musiałek 35'
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Górnik Zabrze won 4–0 on aggregate.

Hvidovre 3–3 Basel
Hansen 18'
Sørensen 39'
Olsen 58'		 Report Hauser 2'
Benthaus 78'
Wenger 85'
Attendance: 9,363
Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)

Hvidovre won 5–4 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 2–1 (a.e.t.) Ajax
Gento 58'
Veloso 99'		 Report Groot 69'
Attendance: 39,244

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 1–1 Skeid
Mráz 58' Report Sjøberg 38'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)

Sparta Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 2–1 Karl-Marx-Stadt
Bergholtz 33'
Van Himst 38'		 Report Schuster 11'
Attendance: 28,831

Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

Vasas 8–1 Dundalk
Vidáts 10', 87'
Farkas 32', 35', 72'
Korsós 43', 85'
Molnár 68'		 Report Hale 25'
Attendance: 74,117
Referee: Josef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)

Vasas won 9–1 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch 3–3 Valur
Hnatow 56'
Di Genova 86'
Langer 89'		 Report Jónsson 10'
Gunnarsson 36', 60'
Attendance: 4,552

Valur 4–4 Jeunesse Esch on aggregate. Valur won on away goals.

Benfica 0–0 Glentoran
Report
Attendance: 36,844
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Benfica won 1–1 on away goals.

KuPS 0–3 Saint-Étienne
Report Herbin 5'
Bosquier 25'
Revelli 84' (pen.)
Väinölänniemen Stadion, Kuopio
Attendance: 5,279

Saint-Étienne won 5–0 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien 3–0 Beşiktaş
Seitl 9'
Grausam 43'
Flögel 75'		 Report
Attendance: 27,783
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

Juventus 2–0 Olympiacos
Zigoni 12'
Menichelli 49'		 Report
Attendance: 31,878
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.

Rapid București 3–0 (a.e.t.) Botev Plovdiv
 Report
Attendance: 20,179[1]
Referee: Marian Srodecki (Poland)

Rapid București won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sarajevo 1–2 Manchester United 0–0 1–2
Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 Górnik Zabrze 1–2 1–1
Hvidovre 3–6 Real Madrid 2–2 1–4
Sparta Prague 6–5 Anderlecht 3–2 3–3
Vasas 11–1 Valur 6–0 5–1
Benfica 2–1 Saint-Étienne 2–0 0–1
Rapid Wien 1–2 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 0–2
Juventus 1–0 Rapid București 1–0 0–0

First leg
Sarajevo 0–0 Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 37,222[2]
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)
Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 Górnik Zabrze
Olek 12' (o.g.) Report Szołtysik 15'
Lubański 61'
Attendance: 57,038
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)
Hvidovre 2–2 Real Madrid
Hansen 25'
Petersen 71'		 Report Gento 35'
Pirri 47'
Attendance: 40,663
Sparta Prague 3–2 Anderlecht
Mašek 25', 32' (pen.), 62' Report Jurion 35'
Van Himst 55'
Attendance: 10,071
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)
Vasas 6–0 Valur
Bergsson 5' (o.g.)
Pál 14'
Radics 37', 44', 50'
Puskás 47'		 Report
Attendance: 27,797[3]
Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia)
Benfica 2–0 Saint-Étienne
José Augusto 28'
Eusébio 59' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 22,804
Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)
Rapid Wien 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig
Hasil 54' Report
Attendance: 51,181
Juventus 1–0 Rapid București
Magnusson 57' Report
Attendance: 19,452
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Second leg
Manchester United 2–1 Sarajevo
Aston 10'
Best 63'		 Report Delalić 87'
Attendance: 62,801
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)

Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze 1–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Szołtysik 43' Report Turyanchik 37'
Attendance: 71,145

Górnik Zabrze won 3–2 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 4–1 Hvidovre
Velázquez 16'
Grosso 19', 30'
Gento 75'		 Report Petersen 28'
Attendance: 26,263
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 3–3 Sparta Prague
Van Himst 60', 65'
Devrindt 83'		 Report Mašek 30', 85'
Mráz 89'
Attendance: 31,466

Sparta Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.

Valur 1–5 Vasas
Gunnarsson 85' Report Molnár 11'
Pál 13'
Mathesz 30'
Váradi 53'
Kovács 72'
Városi Stadium, Várpalota
Attendance: 2,773
Referee: Iván Pláček (Czechoslovakia)

Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.

Saint-Étienne 1–0 Benfica
Bereta 10' Report
Attendance: 24,480
Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Braunschweig 2–0 Rapid Wien
Grzyb 38'
Saborowski 43'		 Report
Attendance: 30,507

Eintracht Braunschweig won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rapid București 0–0 Juventus
Report
Attendance: 5,510
Referee: Karl Riegg (West Germany)

Juventus won 1–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manchester United 2–1 Górnik Zabrze 2–0 0–1
Real Madrid 4–2 Sparta Prague 3–0 1–2
Vasas 0–3 Benfica 0–0 0–3
Eintracht Braunschweig 3–31 Juventus 3–2 0–1

1 Juventus beat Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 in a play-off to reach the semi-finals.

First leg
Manchester United 2–0 Górnik Zabrze
Florenski 60' (o.g.)
Kidd 90'		 Report
Attendance: 63,456
Real Madrid 3–0 Sparta Prague
Amancio 61', 62', 68' Report
Attendance: 35,250
Referee: Jim Finney (England)
Vasas 0–0 Benfica
Report
Attendance: 36,394
Eintracht Braunschweig 3–2 Juventus
Kaack 28'
Dulz 37'
Berg 38'		 Report Kaack 10' (o.g.)
Sacco 81'
Attendance: 29,963
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

Second leg
Górnik Zabrze 1–0 Manchester United
Lubański 70' Report
Attendance: 77,649

Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 2–1 Real Madrid
Kvašňák 36'
Dyba 45'		 Report Gento 57'
Attendance: 40,431
Referee: Hans Rademacher (West Germany)

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Benfica 3–0 Vasas
Eusébio 48', 70'
Torres 77'		 Report
Attendance: 49,336

Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.

Juventus 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig
Bercellino 88' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 37,918

Juventus 3–3 Eintracht Braunschweig on aggregate.

Juventus 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig
Magnusson 56' Report
Attendance: 44,701

Juventus won 1–0 in play-off.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manchester United 4–3 Real Madrid 1–0 3–3
Benfica 3–0 Juventus 2–0 1–0

First leg
Manchester United 1–0 Real Madrid
Best 36' Report
Attendance: 62,562
Benfica 2–0 Juventus
Torres 64'
Eusébio 70'		 Report
Attendance: 69,375
Referee: Roger Barde (France)

Second leg
Real Madrid 3–3 Manchester United
Pirri 32'
Gento 41'
Amancio 45'		 Report Zoco 44' (o.g.)
Sadler 73'
Foulkes 78'
Attendance: 77,299

Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Juventus 0–1 Benfica
Report Eusébio 66'
Attendance: 62,570

Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1968 European Cup Final
Manchester United 4–1 (a.e.t.) Benfica
Charlton 53', 99'
Best 92'
Kidd 94'		 Report Graça 79'
Attendance: 92,225

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1967–68 European Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Eusébio Benfica 6
2 Francisco Gento Real Madrid 5
Paul Van Himst Anderlecht 5
Václav Mašek Sparta Prague 5
5 Amancio Real Madrid 4
Hermann Gunnarsson Valur 4
Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze 4
8 Boško Antić Sarajevo 3
George Best Manchester United 3
János Farkas Vasas 3
István Korsós Vasas 3
Ivan Mráz Sparta Prague 3
Pirri Real Madrid 3
János Radics Vasas 3
David Sadler Manchester United 3

References
  1. "Rapid București v Botev Plovdiv". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. "Sarajevo v Manchester United, 15 November 1967". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. "Vasas v Valur, 15 November 1967". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.


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