1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967-68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous occasions. English clubs went on to win the cup on the final few occasions it was contested.

Contents

First round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
DWS 2 - 4 Dundee FC 2 - 1 0 - 3
PAOK FC 2 - 5 RFC Liegeois 0 - 2 2 - 3
Eintracht Frankfurt 0 - 5 Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 0 - 4
FC Zürich 3 - 2 FC Barcelona 3 - 1 0 - 1
Club Brugge 1 - 2 Sporting CP 0 - 0 1 - 2
Nice 0 - 5 Fiorentina 0 - 1 0 - 4
Dynamo Dresden 2 - 3 Rangers FC 1 - 1 1 - 2
1. FC Köln 4 - 2 TJ Slavia Praha 2 - 0 2 - 2
FK Partizan 6 - 2 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 5 - 1 1 - 1
CA Spora Luxembourg 0 - 16 Leeds United 0 - 9 0 - 7
Napoli 5 - 1 Hannover 96 4 - 0 1 - 1
Hibernian 4 - 3 FC Porto 3 - 0 1 - 3
DOS Utrecht 4 - 5 Real Zaragoza 3 - 2 1 - 3
FC Argeş Piteşti 3 - 5 Ferencváros 3 - 1 0 - 4
Malmö FF 1 - 4 Liverpool FC 0 - 2 1 - 2
Servette FC 2 - 6 TSV 1860 München 2 - 2 0 - 4
St. Patrick's Athletic 4 - 9 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1 - 3 3 - 6
BK Frem 2 - 4 Athletic Bilbao 0 - 1 2 - 3
Bologna 2 - 0 Lyn 2 - 0 0 - 0
Dinamo Zagreb 5 - 2 Petrolul Ploieşti 5 - 0 0 - 2
FK Vojvodina 4 - 1 GD CUF 1 - 0 3 - 1
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 5 - 2 Linfield F.C. 5 - 1 0 - 1
Wiener Sportclub 3 - 7 Atlético Madrid 2 - 5 1 - 2
R. Antwerp F.C. 1 - 2 Göztepe A.Ş. 1 - 2 0 - 0

First leg

3 October 1967
 CA Spora Luxembourg 0 – 9 Leeds United A.F.C. Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)
Lorimer  14' 24'pen 29'  54'
Bremner  45'
Greenhoff  70' 77'
Madeley  80'
Jones  81'
20 September 1967
 Nice 0 – 1 Fiorentina Nice
Maraschi  78'
19 September 1967
 Napoli 4 – 0 Hannover 96 Naples
Girardo  14'
Laszig  17' (o.g.)
Altafini  37'  73'
19 September 1967
 Bologna 2 – 0 Lyn Bologna
Clerici  42'
Pace  53'

Second leg

11 October 1967
 Fiorentina 4 – 0 Nice Florence
De Sisti  9'
Brugnera  53'  68'
Bertini  63'

Fiorentina won 5–0 on aggregate.

18 October 1967
 Hannover 96 1 – 1 Napoli Hanover
Straschitz  65' Barison  40'

Napoli won 5–1 on aggregate.

17 October 1967
 Leeds United 7 – 0 CA Spora Luxembourg Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 15,196
Referee: Peter Coates (Republic of Ireland)
Johanneson  10' 35'  81'
Greenhoff  51' 69'
Cooper  60'
Lorimer  67'

Leeds won 16–0 on aggregate.

4 October 1967
 Lyn 0 – 0 Bologna Oslo

Bologna won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dundee FC 7 - 2 RFC Liegeois 3 - 1 4 - 1
Nottingham Forest 2 - 2(a) FC Zürich 2 - 1 0 - 1
Sporting CP 3 - 2 Fiorentina 2 - 1 1 - 1
Rangers FC 4 - 3 1. FC Köln 3 - 0 1 - 3(aet)
FK Partizan 2 - 3 Leeds United 1 - 2 1 - 1
Napoli 4 - 6 Hibernian 4 - 1 0 - 5
Real Zaragoza 2 - 4 Ferencváros 2 - 1 0 - 3
Liverpool FC 9 - 2 TSV 1860 München 8 - 0 1 - 2
FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1 - 4 Athletic Bilbao 1 - 3 0 - 1
Bologna 2 - 1 Dinamo Zagreb 0 - 0 2 - 1
FK Vojvodina 2 - 0 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 0 - 0 2 - 0
Atlético Madrid 2 - 3 Göztepe A.Ş. 2 - 0 0 - 3

First leg

29 November 1967
 FK Partizan 1 – 2 Leeds United A.F.C. Stadion Partizana, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dogan Babacan (Turkey)
Blogoje Paunovic  87' Lorimer  24'
Belfitt  53'
6 December 1967
 Sporting CP 2 – 1 Fiorentina Lisbon
Lourenço  4'
Fernando Peres  74' (pen.)		 Magli  62'
22 November 1967
 Napoli 4 – 1 Hibernian Naples
Cané  20'  50'  85'
Altafini  68'		 Stein  80'
15 November 1967
 Bologna 0 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb Bologna

Second leg

13 December 1967
 Fiorentina 1 – 1 Sporting CP Florence
Maraschi  20' Fernando Peres  57'

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

29 November 1967
 Hibernian 5 – 0 Napoli Edinburgh
Duncan  5'
Quinn  44'
Cormack  66'
Stanton  67'
Stein  77'

Hibernian won 6–4 on aggregate.

6 December 1967
 Leeds United 1 – 1 FK Partizan Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 34,258
Referee: Ottmar Huber (Austria)
Lorimer  29' Milan Petrovic  61'

Leeds won 3–2 on aggregate.

22 November 1967
 Dinamo Zagreb 1 – 2 Bologna Zagreb
Belin  68' Haller  45'
Pace  88'

Bologna won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Zürich 3 - 1 Sporting CP 3 - 0 0 - 1
Leeds United 2 - 1 Hibernian 1 - 0 1 - 1
Ferencváros 2 - 0 Liverpool FC 1 - 0 1 - 0
FK Vojvodina 2 - 0 Göztepe A.Ş. 1 - 0 1 - 0

Dundee FC, Rangers FC, Athletic Bilbao and Bologna received byes to the Quarter-Finals.

First leg

20 December 1967
 Leeds United 1 – 0 Hibernian Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 31,522
Referee: Jack Russell (Northern Ireland)
E Gray  4'

Second leg

10 January 1968
 Hibernian 1 – 1 Leeds United A.F.C. Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 40,503
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Stein  4' Charlton  87'

Leeds won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dundee FC 2 - 0 FC Zürich 1 - 0 1 - 0
Rangers FC 0 - 2 Leeds United 0 - 0 0 - 2
Ferencváros 4 - 2 Athletic Bilbao 2 - 1 2 - 1
Bologna 2 - 0 FK Vojvodina 0 - 0 2 - 0

First leg

27 March 1968
 Bologna 0 – 0 FK Vojvodina Bologna
26 March 1968
 Rangers FC 0 – 0 Leeds United A.F.C. Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Second leg

9 April 1968
 FK Vojvodina 0 – 2 Bologna Novi Sad
Pace  49'
Clerici  87'

Bologna won 2–0 on aggregate.

9 April 1968
 Leeds United 2 – 0 Rangers FC Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 50,498
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
Giles  25'(pen)
Lorimer  31'

Leeds won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dundee FC 1 - 2 Leeds United 1 - 1 0 - 1
Ferencváros 5 - 4 Bologna 3 - 2 2 - 2

First leg

22 May 1968
 Ferencváros 3 – 2 Bologna Budapest
Branikovits  37'  56'
Varga  80'		 Clerici  1'
Perani  34'
1 May 1968
 Dundee FC 1 – 1 Leeds United A.F.C. Dens Park, Dundee
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenberg (West Germany)
Bobby Wilson  36' Madeley  26'

Second leg

27 May 1968
 Bologna 2 – 2 Ferencváros Bologna
Perani  43'
Tentorio  59'		 Varga  24'
Havasi  69'

Ferencváros won 5–4 on aggregate.

15 May 1968
 Leeds United 1 – 0 Dundee FC Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 23,830
Referee: Willem Scalks (Holland)
E Gray  80'

Leeds won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Leeds United 1 - 0 Ferencváros 1 - 0 0 - 0

First leg

7 August 1968
 Leeds United 1 – 0 Ferencváros Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 25,268
Referee: Rudolph Scheuber (Switzerland)
Jones  40'

Second leg

11 September 1968
 Ferencváros 0 – 0 Leeds United A.F.C. Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenberg (West Germany)

Leeds won 1–0 on aggregate.

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