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
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) Scotland 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 F.C. 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
Nürnberg 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 București 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 Kyiv Soviet Union (w/o) Poland Ruch Chorzów – –
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria (w/o) Hungary Ferencváros – –

First leg

Malmö FF Sweden 2–1 Italy Milan
Olsberg  45'
Elmstedt  50'		 Report Rivera  58'
Attendance: 23,118
Referee: Hans Siebert (West Germany)
Saint-Étienne France 2–0 Scotland Celtic
Keïta  15'
H. Revelli  36'		 Report
Attendance: 34,403
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)
Waterford United Republic of Ireland 1–3 England Manchester United
Matthews  65' Report Law  8', 41', 55'
Attendance: 48,886
Anderlecht Belgium 3–0 Northern Ireland Glentoran
Bergholtz  18'
Peeters  23'
Nordahl  87'		 Report
Attendance: 18,963
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)
Rosenborg Norway 1–3 Austria Rapid Wien
Iversen  16' Report Bjerregaard  28'
Kaltenbrunner  65'
Grausam  86'
Attendance: 22,321
Real Madrid Spain 6–0 Cyprus AEL
Pirri  10', 14', 63'
Amancio  17'
Pérez  27'
Bueno  75'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: William Gow (Wales)
Nürnberg West Germany 1–1 Netherlands Ajax
Volkert  6' Report Cruyff  80'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)
Manchester City England 0–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report
Attendance: 38,840
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Valur Iceland 0–0 Portugal Benfica
Report
Attendance: 18,243
Referee: Patrick Graham (Republic of Ireland)
Floriana Malta 1–1 Finland Reipas Lahti
Galea  37' (pen.) Report Aalto  28'
Attendance: 10,162
Steaua București Romania 3–1 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Creiniceanu  18'
Voinea  30'
Constantin  51'		 Report Kuna  75'
Attendance: 3,000
AEK Athens Greece 3–0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Papaioannou  4'
Papageorgiou  56' (pen.)
Karafeskos  58' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 16,205
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)
Zürich Switzerland 1–3 Denmark AB
Winiger  50' Report Hansen  22'
Wiberg  25'
Petersen  62'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

Second leg

Milan Italy 4–1 Sweden 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 Scotland 4–0 France 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 England 7–1 Republic of Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 2–2 Belgium 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 Austria 3–3 Norway 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 Cyprus 0–6 Spain 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 Netherlands 4–0 West Germany 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 won 2–1 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal 8–1 Iceland 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 Finland 2–0 Malta Floriana
Holtari  56' (57) Report
Attendance: 2,212
Referee: Curt Nystrand (Sweden)

Reipas Lahti won 3–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 4–0 Romania Steaua București
Švec  4'
Adamec  58', 76', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 11,879

Spartak Trnava won 5–3 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 3–2 Greece 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 Denmark 1–2 Switzerland 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 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

Celtic Scotland 5–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 England 3–0 Belgium Anderlecht
Kidd  52'
Law  70', 78'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)
Rapid Wien Austria 1–0 Spain Real Madrid
Kaltenbrunner  55' Report
Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Josip Drago Horvat (Yugoslavia)
Ajax Netherlands 2–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Nuninga  14'
Muller  74'		 Report
Attendance: 54,812
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)
AEK Athens Greece 0–0 Denmark AB
Report
Attendance: 8,161

Second leg

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

Celtic won 6–2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht Belgium 3–1 England Manchester United
Mulder  18'
Bergholtz  38', 78'		 Report Sartori  8'
Attendance: 32,572

Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.

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

Rapid Wien won 2–2 on away goals.

Fenerbahçe Turkey 0–2 Netherlands Ajax
Report Keizer  55'
Nuninga  88'
Attendance: 33,863
Referee: Iosif Ritter (Romania)

Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.

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

Spartak Trnava won 16–2 on aggregate.

AB Denmark 0–2 Greece 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 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

Milan Italy 0–0 Scotland Celtic
Report
Attendance: 63,538
Manchester United England 3–0 Austria Rapid Wien
Best  44', 70'
Morgan  70'		 Report
Attendance: 62,726
Referee: Božidar Botić (Yugoslavia)
Ajax Netherlands 1–3 Portugal Benfica
Danielsson  48' Report Santos  31' (pen.)
Torres  36'
José Augusto  61'
Attendance: 55,150
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 2–1 Greece AEK Athens
Jarábek  25'
Kabát  44'		 Report Sevastopoulos  60'
Attendance: 10,747
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

Second leg

Celtic Scotland 0–1 Italy Milan
Report Prati  12'
Attendance: 76,415

Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal 1–3 Netherlands Ajax
Torres  70' Report Danielsson  9'
Cruyff  12', 32'
Attendance: 60,000
Ajax Netherlands 3–0 (a.e.t.) Portugal Benfica
Cruyff  93'
Danielsson  105', 108'		 Report
Attendance: 63,638
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)

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

AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Papaioannou  77' Report Švec  23'
Attendance: 29,842

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

Milan Italy 2–0 England Manchester United
Sormani  33'
Hamrin  49'		 Report
Attendance: 80,050
Referee: Josef Krnávek (Czechoslovakia)
Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Cruyff  27'
Swart  52'
Keizer  60'		 Report
Attendance: 55,490

Second leg

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

Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 2–0 Netherlands Ajax
Kuna  27', 49' Report
Attendance: 22,938

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Milan Italy 4–1 Netherlands 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 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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