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1968–69 European Cup

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 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 first and second rounds.

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

1968–69 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates18 September 1968 – 28 May 1969
Teams32
Final positions
ChampionsItalyMilan(2nd title)
Runners-upNetherlandsAjax
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored176 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)ScotlandDenis Law (9 goals)

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
SwedenMalmö FF213
ItalyMilan145ItalyMilanBye
Soviet UnionDynamo Kyiv(w)
PolandRuch Chorzów(o)ItalyMilan011
FranceSaint-Étienne022ScotlandCeltic000
ScotlandCeltic044ScotlandCeltic516
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade(w)Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade112
East GermanyFC Carl Zeiss Jena(o)ItalyMilan202
Republic of IrelandWaterford112EnglandManchester United011
EnglandManchester United3710EnglandManchester United314
BelgiumAnderlecht325BelgiumAnderlecht033
Glentoran022EnglandManchester United303
NorwayRosenborg134AustriaRapid Wien000
AustriaRapid Wien336AustriaRapid Wien112
SpainReal Madrid6612SpainReal Madrid022
CyprusAEL000ItalyMilan4
West GermanyNurnberg101NetherlandsAjax1
NetherlandsAjax145NetherlandsAjax224
EnglandManchester City011TurkeyFenerbahçe000
TurkeyFenerbahçe022NetherlandsAjax134
IcelandValur011PortugalBenfica314
PortugalS.L. Benfica088PortugalBenficaBye
BulgariaPFC Levski Sofia(w)
HungaryFerencváros(o)NetherlandsAjax303
MaltaFloriana101CzechoslovakiaSpartak Trnava002
FinlandReipas Lahti123FinlandReipas Lahti112
RomaniaSteaua București303CzechoslovakiaSpartak Trnava9716
CzechoslovakiaSpartak Trnava145CzechoslovakiaSpartak Trnava213
GreeceAEK Athens325GreeceAEK Athens112
LuxembourgJeunesse Esch033GreeceAEK Athens022
SwitzerlandZürich123DenmarkAB000
DenmarkAB314

First round

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Malmö FFSweden3–5ItalyMilan2–11–4
Saint-ÉtienneFrance2–4ScotlandCeltic2–00–4
Red Star BelgradeSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(w/o)East GermanyCarl Zeiss Jena
Waterford F.C.Republic of Ireland2–10EnglandManchester United1–31–7
AnderlechtBelgium5–2Glentoran3–02–2
RosenborgNorway4–6AustriaRapid Wien1–33–3
Real MadridSpain12–0CyprusAEL6–06–0
NürnbergWest Germany1–5NetherlandsAjax1–10–4
Manchester CityEngland1–2TurkeyFenerbahçe0–01–2
ValurIceland1–8PortugalBenfica0–01–8
FlorianaMalta1–3FinlandReipas Lahti1–10–2
Steaua BucureștiRomania3–5CzechoslovakiaSpartak Trnava3–10–4
AEK AthensGreece5–3LuxembourgJeunesse Esch3–02–3
ZürichSwitzerland3–4DenmarkAB1–32–1
Dynamo KyivSoviet Union(w/o)PolandRuch Chorzów
Levski-SpartakBulgaria(w/o)HungaryFerencváros

First leg

Second leg

Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United won 10–2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien won 6–4 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Benfica won 8–1 on aggregate.

Reipas Lahti won 3–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava won 5–3 on aggregate.

AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.

AB won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
MilanItalyBye
CelticScotland6–2Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade5–11–1
Manchester UnitedEngland4–3BelgiumAnderlecht3–01–3
Rapid WienAustria2–2 (a)SpainReal Madrid1–01–2
AjaxNetherlands4–0TurkeyFenerbahçe2–02–0
BenficaPortugalBye
Reipas LahtiFinland2–16CzechoslovakiaSpartak Trnava1–91–7
AEK AthensGreece2–0DenmarkAB0–02–0

First leg

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.

Spartak Trnava won 16–2 on aggregate.

AEK Athens won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
MilanItaly1–0ScotlandCeltic0–01–0
Manchester UnitedEngland3–0AustriaRapid Wien3–00–0
AjaxNetherlands4–41PortugalBenfica1–33–1
Spartak TrnavaCzechoslovakia3–2GreeceAEK Athens2–11–1

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.

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

Spartak Trnava won 3–2 on aggregate.

Tie-breakers

Ajax win the tie-breaker.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
MilanItaly2–1EnglandManchester United2–00–1
AjaxNetherlands3–2CzechoslovakiaSpartak Trnava3–00–2

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:

RankNameTeamGoals
1ScotlandDenis LawEnglandManchester United9
2NetherlandsJohan CruyffNetherlandsAjax6
ItalyPierino PratiItalyMilan6
4CzechoslovakiaJozef AdamecCzechoslovakiaSpartak Trnava5
CzechoslovakiaValér ŠvecCzechoslovakiaSpartak Trnava5
PortugalJosé Augusto TorresPortugalBenfica4
7NetherlandsGerard BergholtzBelgiumAnderlecht4
SwedenInge DanielssonNetherlandsAjax4
NorwayOdd IversenNorwayRosenborg4
CzechoslovakiaLadislav KunaCzechoslovakiaSpartak Trnava4
SpainPirriSpainReal Madrid4

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