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 in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates18 September 1968 – 28 May 1969
Teams32
Final positions
Champions Milan (2nd title)
Runners-up Ajax
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored176 (3.38 per match)
Attendance1,738,847 (33,439 per match)
Top scorer(s) Denis Law (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.

Manchester United, the defending champions, were eliminated by Milan in the semi-finals.

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

First round
Team 1 Agg. 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 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
Malmö FF 2–1 Milan
Olsberg 45'
Elmstedt 50'		 Report Rivera 58'
Attendance: 23,118
Referee: Hans Siebert (West Germany)
Saint-Étienne 2–0 Celtic
Keïta 15'
H. Revelli 36'		 Report
Attendance: 34,403
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)
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
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)
Rosenborg 1–3 Rapid Wien
Iversen 16' Report Bjerregaard 28'
Kaltenbrunner 65'
Grausam 86'
Attendance: 22,321
Real Madrid 6–0 AEL
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[1]
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)
Manchester City 0–0 Fenerbahçe
Report
Attendance: 38,840
Valur 0–0 Benfica
Report
Attendance: 18,243
Referee: Patrick Graham (Republic of Ireland)
Floriana 1–1 Reipas Lahti
Galea 37' (pen.) Report Aalto 28'
Attendance: 10,162
Steaua București 3–1 Spartak Trnava
Creiniceanu 18'
Voinea 30'
Constantin 51'		 Report Kuna 75'
Attendance: 3,227[2]
AEK Athens 3–0 Jeunesse Esch
Papaioannou 4'
Papageorgiou 56' (pen.)
Karafeskos 58' (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
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

Second leg
Milan 4–1 Malmö FF
Prati 32', 69'
Sormani 62'
Rivera 88'		 Report Ljungberg 16'
Attendance: 61,932
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)

Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

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

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
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)

Manchester United won 10–2 on aggregate.

Glentoran 2–2 Anderlecht
Morrow 27'
Johnston 55'		 Report Devrindt 24'
Bergholtz 58'
Attendance: 12,384
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien 3–3 Rosenborg
Lindman 10', 80'
Kaltenbrunner 17'		 Report Iversen 21', 34', 87'
Attendance: 1,570
Referee: Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus)

Rapid Wien won 6–4 on aggregate.

AEL 0–6 Real Madrid
Report Velázquez 7', 10'
José Luis 9'
Veloso 84'
Ortega 86'
Zunzunegui 87'
Attendance: 20,075
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

Ajax 4–0 Nürnberg
Swart 22', 51'
Groot 86' (pen.)
Cruyff 89'		 Report
Attendance: 54,579
Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

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
Referee: Joseph Cassar-Naudi (Malta)

Benfica won 8–1 on aggregate.

Reipas Lahti 2–0 Floriana
Holtari 56' (57) Report
Attendance: 2,212
Referee: Curt Nystrand (Sweden)

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 5'
Drouet 45'
Langer 87'		 Report Ventouris 16', 35'
Attendance: 3,213
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.

AB 1–2 Zürich
Petersen 53' Report Künzli 42', 80'
Attendance: 9,557
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

AB won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. 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
Celtic 5–1 Red Star Belgrade
Murdoch 3'
Johnstone 46', 81'
Lennox 48'
Wallace 74'		 Report Lazarević 39'
Attendance: 65,248
Referee: Alfred Ott (West Germany)
Manchester United 3–0 Anderlecht
Kidd 52'
Law 70', 78'		 Report
Attendance: 51,008[3]
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)
Rapid Wien 1–0 Real Madrid
Kaltenbrunner 55' Report
Attendance: 44,799[4]
Referee: Josip Drago Horvat (Yugoslavia)
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', 83'
Martinkovič 46'
Hrušecký 54'
Adamec 64'
Attendance: 6,000
AEK Athens 0–0 AB
Report
Attendance: 8,161

Second leg
Red Star Belgrade 1–1 Celtic
Ostojić 90' Report Wallace 72'
Attendance: 17,625
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

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[5]
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

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 26'
Papaioannou 80'
Attendance: 11,471

AEK Athens won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. 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 to reach the semi-finals.

First leg
Milan 0–0 Celtic
Report
Attendance: 63,538
Manchester United 3–0 Rapid Wien
Best 44', 70'
Morgan 70'		 Report
Attendance: 62,726
Referee: Božidar Botić (Yugoslavia)
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
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

Second leg
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[6]

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

Ajax win the tie-breaker.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. 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
Milan 2–0 Manchester United
Sormani 33'
Hamrin 49'		 Report
Attendance: 80,050
Referee: Josef Krnávek (Czechoslovakia)
Ajax 3–0 Spartak Trnava
Cruyff 27'
Swart 52'
Keizer 60'		 Report
Attendance: 55,490

Second leg
Manchester United 1–0 Milan
Charlton 70' Report
Attendance: 63,103
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)

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
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

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
Valér Švec Spartak Trnava 5
José Augusto Torres Benfica 4
7 Gerard Bergholtz Anderlecht 4
Inge Danielsson Ajax 4
Odd Iversen Rosenborg 4
Ladislav Kuna Spartak Trnava 4
Pirri Real Madrid 4

References
  1. "Nürnberg v Ajax, 18 September 1968". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. "Steaua București v Spartak Trnava, 18 September 1968". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. "NManchester United v Anderlecht, 13 November 1968". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  4. "Rapid Wien v Real Madrid, 20 November 1968". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. "Real Madrid v Rapid Wien, 4 December 1968". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. "Benfica v Ajax, 19 February 1969". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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