1968–69 European Cup

1968–69 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates 18 September 1968 – 28 May 1969
Teams 32
Final positions
Champions Italy Milan (2nd title)
Runners-up Netherlands Ajax
Tournament statistics
Matches played 52
Goals scored 176 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Denis Law (9 goals)

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 whole competition.

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

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malmö FF Sweden 3–5 Italy Milan 2–1 1–4
Saint-Étienne France 2–4 Scotland Celtic 2–0 0–4
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (w/o) East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Waterford United Republic of Ireland 2–10 England Manchester United 1–3 1–7
Anderlecht Belgium 5–2 Northern Ireland Glentoran 3–0 2–2
Rosenborg Norway 4–6 Austria Rapid Wien 1–3 3–3
Real Madrid Spain 12–0 Cyprus AEL 6–0 6–0
Nuremberg West Germany 1–5 Netherlands Ajax 1–1 0–4
Manchester City England 1–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–0 1–2
Valur Iceland 1–8 Portugal Benfica 0–0 1–8
Floriana Malta 1–3 Finland Reipas Lahti 1–1 0–2
Steaua Bucureşti Romania 3–5 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 3–1 0–4
AEK Athens Greece 5–3 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 3–0 2–3
Zürich Switzerland 3–4 Denmark AB 1–3 2–1
Dynamo Kiev Soviet Union (w/o) Poland Ruch Chorzów
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria (w/o) Hungary Ferencváros

First leg

18 September 1968
Malmö FF Sweden 2–1 Italy Milan
Olsberg  45'
Elmstedt  50'
Report Rivera  58'
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 23,118
Referee: Hans Siebert (West Germany)

18 September 1968
Saint-Étienne France 2–0 Scotland Celtic
Keïta  15'
H. Revelli  36'
Report
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 34,403
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)

18 September 1968
Waterford United Republic of Ireland 1–3 England Manchester United
Matthews  65' Report Law  8', 41', 55'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 48,886
Referee: William Joseph Mullen (Scotland)

18 September 1968
Anderlecht Belgium 3–0 Northern Ireland Glentoran
Bergholtz  18'
Peeters  23'
Nordahl  87'
Report
Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht
Attendance: 18,963
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)

18 September 1968
Rosenborg Norway 1–3 Austria Rapid Wien
Iversen  16' Report Bjerregaard  28'
Kaltenbrunner  65'
Grausam  86'
Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Attendance: 22,321
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

18 September 1968
Real Madrid Spain 6–0 Cyprus AEL
Pirri  10', 14', 63'
Amancio  17'
Pérez  27'
Bueno  75'
Report
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: William Gow (Wales)

18 September 1968
Nuremberg West Germany 1–1 Netherlands Ajax
Volkert  6' Report Cruyff  80'
Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

18 September 1968
Manchester City England 0–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report
Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 38,840
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

18 September 1968
Valur Iceland 0–0 Portugal Benfica
Report
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 18,243
Referee: Patrick Graham (Republic of Ireland)

18 September 1968
Floriana Malta 1–1 Finland Reipas Lahti
Galea  37' (pen.) Report Aalto  28'
Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 10,162
Referee: James Finney (England)


18 September 1968
AEK Athens Greece 3–0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Papaioannou  4'
Papageorgiou  56' (pen.)
Karafeskos  58' (pen.)
Report
Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 16,205
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)

18 September 1968
Zürich Switzerland 1–3 Denmark AB
Winiger  50' Report Hansen  22'
Wiberg  25'
Petersen  62'
Letzigrund, Zurich
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

Second leg

2 October 1968
Milan Italy 4–1 Sweden Malmö FF
Prati  32', 69'
Sormani  62'
Rivera  88'
Report Ljungberg  16'
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 61,932
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)

Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
Celtic Scotland 4–0 France Saint-Étienne
Gemmell  44' (pen.)
Craig  59'
Chalmers  66'
McBride  87'
Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 73,059
Referee: Zdeněk Valeš (Czechoslovakia)

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
Manchester United England 7–1 Republic of Ireland Waterford United
Stiles  37'
Law  41', 47', 60', 71'
Burns  68'
Charlton  84'
Report Casey  69'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 41,750
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)

Manchester United won 10–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
Glentoran Northern Ireland 2–2 Belgium Anderlecht
Morrow  27'
Johnston  55'
Report Devrindt  24'
Bergholtz  58'
The Oval, Belfast
Attendance: 12,384
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
Rapid Wien Austria 3–3 Norway Rosenborg
Lindman  10', 80'
Kaltenbrunner  17'
Report Iversen  21', 34', 87'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 1,570
Referee: Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus)

Rapid Wien won 6–4 on aggregate.


26 September 1968
AEL Cyprus 0–6 Spain Real Madrid
Report Velázquez  7', 10'
José Luis  9'
Veloso  84'
Ortega  86'
Zunzunegui  87'
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 20,075
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
Ajax Netherlands 4–0 West Germany Nuremberg
Swart  22', 51'
Groot  86' (pen.)
Cruyff  89'
Report
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 54,579
Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–1 England Manchester City
Çevrim  48'
Altıparmak  76'
Report Coleman  11'
Beşiktaş İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 42,570
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Fenerbahçe won 2–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
Benfica Portugal 8–1 Iceland Valur
Simões  4'
Jacinto  7'
Torres  11', 47', 79'
Eusébio  20'
Coluna  27'
José Augusto  48'
Report Gunnarsson  68'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 24,389
Referee: Joseph Cassar-Naudi (Malta)

Benfica won 8–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
Reipas Lahti Finland 2–0 Malta Floriana
Holtari  56' (57) Report
Olympia Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,212
Referee: Curt Nystrand (Sweden)

Reipas Lahti won 3–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 4–0 Romania Steaua Bucureşti
Švec  4'
Adamec  58', 76', 80'
Report
Spartak Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 11,879
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

Spartak Trnava won 5–3 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 3–2 Greece AEK Athens
Hoffmann  5'
Drouet  45'
Langer  87'
Report Ventouris  16', 35'
Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 3,213
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.


2 October 1968
AB Denmark 1–2 Switzerland Zürich
Petersen  53' Report Künzli  42', 80'
Københavns Idrætapark, Copenhagen
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 Italy Bye
Celtic Scotland 6–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 5–1 1–1
Manchester United England 4–3 Belgium Anderlecht 3–0 1–3
Rapid Wien Austria 2–2 (a) Spain Real Madrid 1–0 1–2
Ajax Netherlands 4–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe 2–0 2–0
Benfica Portugal Bye
Reipas Lahti Finland 2–16 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 1–9 1–7
AEK Athens Greece 2–0 Denmark AB 0–0 2–0

First leg

13 November 1968
Celtic Scotland 5–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Murdoch  3'
Johnstone  46', 81'
Lennox  48'
Wallace  74'
Report Lazarević  39'
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 65,248
Referee: Alfred Ott (West Germany)

13 November 1968
Manchester United England 3–0 Belgium Anderlecht
Kidd  52'
Law  70', 78'
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)

20 November 1968
Rapid Wien Austria 1–0 Spain Real Madrid
Kaltenbrunner  55' Report
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Josip Drago Horvat (Yugoslavia)

13 November 1968
Ajax Netherlands 2–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Nuninga  14'
Muller  74'
Report
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 54,812
Referee: Eric Jennings (England)

20 November 1968
Reipas Lahti Finland 1–9 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Hyvärinen  88' Report Hagara  14'
Kabát  20', 80'
Švec  23', 61', 83'
Martinkovič  46'
Hrušecký  54'
Adamec  64'
Lahden Kisapuisto, Lahti
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

13 November 1968
AEK Athens Greece 0–0 Denmark AB
Report
Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 8,161
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Second leg

27 November 1968
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–1 Scotland Celtic
Ostojić  90' Report Wallace  72'
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 17,625
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

Celtic won 6–2 on aggregate.


Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.


4 December 1968
Real Madrid Spain 2–1 Austria Rapid Wien
Velázquez  41'
Pirri  83'
Report Bjerregaard  48'
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

Rapid Wien won 2–2 on away goals.


27 November 1968
Fenerbahçe Turkey 0–2 Netherlands Ajax
Report Keizer  55'
Nuninga  88'
Beşiktaş İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 33,863
Referee: Iosif Ritter (Romania)

Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.


27 November 1968
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 7–1 Finland Reipas Lahti
Hagara  15'
Dobiaš  20', 49' (pen.), 64'
Kuna  27'
Adamec  37'
Hrušecký  53'
Report Niskakoski  75'
Spartak Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 5,766
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

Spartak Trnava won 16–2 on aggregate.


27 November 1968
AB Denmark 0–2 Greece AEK Athens
Report Stamatiadis  26'
Papaioannou  80'

AEK Athens won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy 1–0 Scotland Celtic 0–0 1–0
Manchester United England 3–0 Austria Rapid Wien 3–0 0–0
Ajax Netherlands 4–41 Portugal Benfica 1–3 3–1
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 3–2 Greece AEK Athens 2–1 1–1

1 Ajax beat Benfica 3–0 in a play-off to reach the semi-finals.

First leg

19 February 1969
Milan Italy 0–0 Scotland Celtic
Report

26 February 1969
Manchester United England 3–0 Austria Rapid Wien
Best  44', 70'
Morgan  70'
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 62,726
Referee: Božidar Botić (Yugoslavia)

12 February 1969
Ajax Netherlands 1–3 Portugal Benfica
Danielsson  48' Report Santos  31' (pen.)
Torres  36'
José Augusto  61'

26 February 1969
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 2–1 Greece AEK Athens
Jarábek  25'
Kabát  44'
Report Sevastopoulos  60'
Spartak Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 10,747
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

Second leg

12 March 1969
Celtic Scotland 0–1 Italy Milan
Report Prati  12'

Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.


5 March 1969
Rapid Wien Austria 0–0 England Manchester United
Report
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 50,234
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.


19 February 1969
Benfica Portugal 1–3 Netherlands Ajax
Torres  70' Report Danielsson  9'
Cruyff  12', 32'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

5 March 1969
Ajax Netherlands 3–0 (a.e.t.) Portugal Benfica
Cruyff  93'
Danielsson  105', 108'
Report
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris
Attendance: 63,638
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)

Ajax 4–4 Benfica on aggregate. Ajax won 3–0 the tie-breaking match.


Spartak Trnava won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy 2–1 England Manchester United 2–0 0–1
Ajax Netherlands 3–2 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 3–0 0–2

First leg

23 April 1969
Milan Italy 2–0 England Manchester United
Sormani  33'
Hamrin  49'
Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 80,050
Referee: Josef Krnávek (Czechoslovakia)

13 April 1969
Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Cruyff  27'
Swart  52'
Keizer  60'
Report
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 55,490
Referee: Eric Jennings (England)

Second leg

15 May 1969
Manchester United England 1–0 Italy Milan
Charlton  70' Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 63,103
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)

Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.


24 April 1969
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 2–0 Netherlands Ajax
Kuna  27', 49' Report
Spartak Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 22,938
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

28 May 1969
Milan Italy 4–1 Netherlands Ajax
Prati  7', 40', 75'
Sormani  67'
Report Vasović  60' (pen.)

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Scotland Denis Law England Manchester United 9
2 Netherlands Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax 6
Italy Pierino Prati Italy Milan 6
4 Czechoslovakia Jozef Adamec Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 5
Czechoslovakia Valér Švec Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 5
Portugal José Augusto Torres Portugal Benfica 4
7 Netherlands Gerard Bergholtz Belgium Anderlecht 4
Sweden Inge Danielsson Netherlands Ajax 4
Norway Odd Iversen Norway Rosenborg 4
Czechoslovakia Ladislav Kuna Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 4
Spain Pirri Spain Real Madrid 4
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