1968-69_European_Cup

1968–69 European Cup
	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	18 September 1968 – 28 May 1969
Teams	32 (27 competed)
Final positions
Champions	Milan (2nd title)
Runners-up	Ajax
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	176 (3.38 per match)
Attendance	1,738,847 (33,439 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Denis Law (Manchester United); 9 goals
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

1968–69 European Cup

14th season of the UEFA club football tournament

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.

Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...

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.^[1]

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

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Rapid Wien (1st)	Anderlecht (1st)	Levski-Spartak (1st)	AEL Limassol (1st)
Spartak Trnava (1st)	AB (1st)	Manchester City (1st)	Manchester United (2nd)^TH
Reipas Lahti (1st)	Saint-Étienne (1st)	Carl Zeiss Jena (1st)	Nürnberg (1st)
AEK Athens (1st)	Ferencváros (1st)	Valur (1st)	Waterford F.C. (1st)
Milan (1st)	Jeunesse Esch (1st)	Floriana (1st)	Ajax (1st)
Glentoran (1st)	Rosenborg (1st)	Ruch Chorzów (1st)	Benfica (1st)
Steaua București (1st)	Celtic (1st)	Real Madrid (1st)	Malmö FF (1st)
Zürich (1st)	Fenerbahçe (1st)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)

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

								Celtic	0	0	0
Saint-Étienne	2	0	2

Celtic	0	4	4
				Celtic	5	1	6

				Red Star Belgrade	1	1	2
Red Star Belgrade			(w)

FC Carl Zeiss Jena			(o)
												Milan	2	0	2

												Manchester United	0	1	1
Waterford	1	1	2

Manchester United	3	7	10
				Manchester United	3	1	4

				Anderlecht	0	3	3
Anderlecht	3	2	5

Glentoran	0	2	2
								Manchester United	3	0	3

								Rapid Wien	0	0	0
Rosenborg	1	3	4

Rapid Wien	3	3	6
				Rapid Wien	1	1	2

				Real Madrid	0	2	2
Real Madrid	6	6	12

AEL Limassol	0	0	0
																Milan	4

																Ajax	1
Nurnberg	1	0	1

Ajax	1	4	5
				Ajax	2	2	4

				Fenerbahçe	0	0	0
Manchester City	0	1	1

Fenerbahçe	0	2	2
								Ajax	1	3	4 (3)

								Benfica	3	1	4 (0)
Valur	0	1	1

S.L. Benfica	0	8	8
				Benfica			Bye


PFC Levski Sofia			(w)

Ferencváros			(o)
												Ajax	3	0	3

												Spartak Trnava	0	2	2
Floriana	1	0	1

Reipas Lahti	1	2	3
				Reipas Lahti	1	1	2

				Spartak Trnava	9	7	16
Steaua București	3	0	3

Spartak Trnava	1	4	5
								Spartak Trnava	2	1	3

								AEK Athens	1	1	2
AEK Athens	3	2	5

Jeunesse Esch	0	3	3
				AEK Athens	0	2	2

				AB	0	0	0
Zürich	1	2	3

AB	3	1	4

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 Limassol	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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

1968-69_European_Cup

1968–69 European Cup

Teams

Bracket

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Tie-breakers

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

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