1967–68 Mitropa Cup

The 1967–68 Mitropa Cup was the 28th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was contested by sixteen clubs from 15 European cities and 5 countries. Winner was Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 1] who beat Spartak Trnava of Czechoslovakia[lower-alpha 2] in the two-legged final 4–2 on aggregate.

1967–68 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
Dates15 November 1967 – 23 October 1968
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Red Star Belgrade (2nd title)
Runners-up Spartak Trnava
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored99 (3.3 per match)

Teams of the 1967–68 Mitropa Cup
Country League Teams Teams (Rankings in 1966–67 National Leagues)
Czechoslovakia Slovakia Czechoslovak 1st League 4 Spartak Trnava (3) Jednota Trenčín (6) Internacionál Slovnaft Bratislava (10)
Czech Lands Czechoslovak 2nd League Baník Ostrava (1) [1]
Austria Austrian Nationalliga 3 Austria Vienna (3) LASK Linz (4) Wiener SC (5)
Hungary Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I 3 Újpesti Dózsa Budapest (2) Tatabányai Bányász (5) Diósgyori VTK Miskolc (7)
Italy Italian Serie A 3 Cagliari Calcio (6) Roma (10) Atalanta Bergamo (11)
Yugoslavia Bosnia Yugoslav 1st League 3 Željezničar Sarajevo (6)
Macedonia Vardar Skopje (8)
Serbia Red Star Belgrade (5)

Bracket
  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                             
Spartak Trnava 2 1 3  
Roma 1 1 1  
  Spartak Trnava 2 2 4  
  Željezničar Sarajevo 1 2 3  
Jednota Trenčín 0 0 0
Željezničar Sarajevo 0 1 1  
  Spartak Trnava 4 2 6  
  Vardar Skopje 1 2 3  
LASK Linz 0 1 1  
Vardar Skopje 0 2 2  
  Vardar Skopje 1 1 2
  Cagliari Calcio 0 0 0  
Cagliari Calcio 6 2 8
Baník Ostrava 0 3 3  
  Spartak Trnava 1 1 2
  Red Star Belgrade 0 4 4
Austria Vienna 1 2 3  
Atalanta Bergamo 2 0 2  
  Austria Vienna 2 1 3
  Újpesti Dózsa Bud. 2 4 6  
Újpesti Dózsa Bud. 6 1 7
Wiener SC 1 1 2  
  Újpesti Dózsa Bud. 1 1 2
  Red Star Belgrade 0 4 4  
Red Star Belgrade 3 1 4  
Diósgyori VTK Misk. 0 3 3  
  Red Star Belgrade 3 2 5
  Inter. Slovnaft Bratisl. 0 3 3  
Tatabányai Bányász 3 0 3
Inter. Slovnaft Bratis. 1 7 8  

Final

1st leg
Spartak Trnava 1 – 0 Red Star Belgrade
Švec  48' Ref. (in German)[3]
Spartak Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 12,500 [4]
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy) [3]

2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade 4 – 1 Spartak Trnava
Lazarević  35'
Ostojić  57'
Antonijević  64'
Lazarević  69'		 Ref. 1 (in Spanish)[6] Ref. 2 (in Serbian)[5] Kuna  39'
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 20,500 [7]
1967–68 Mitropa Cup
Red Star Belgrade
Second Title

See also

Notes
  1. UEFA conventionally refers to Red Star Belgrade by the club's Serbian-language name, Crvena zvezda. Since the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia, the club competes under the auspices of its successor Serbian Football Association.
  2. Since the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the club competes under the auspices of Slovak Football Association.

References
  1. FCB.cz - Baník Ostrava - Historical summary of teams placement in Czechoslovak league system (see 1966/1967 season) Archived 25 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech)
  2. Spartak.sk - Club History page - Text: 1968Finále SEP Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovak)
  3. Arbeiter-Zeitung (Austrian Newspaper) - Issue from October 17th 1968. - Page 12 - Text: Spartak-Tyrnau siegte 1:0 (upper-right corner of a page) (in German)
  4. Rudé právo (Czech Newspaper) - Issue from October 17th 1968. - Page 8 - Text: FINÁLE SP Spartak Trnava - CZ Bělehrad 1:0 (lower-left corner of the page) - Text portion: ...Vice než 12 000 diváků... (in Czech)
  5. CrvenaZvezdaFK.com - 1968 Trophies page (2nd & 3rd sentences) (in Serbian)
  6. El Mundo Deportivo (Spanish Newspaper) - Issue from October 24th 1968. - Page 26 - Text: Estrella Roja, de Belgrado vencedor de la <<Mitropa - Cup>> (lower-right corner of a page) (in Spanish)
  7. Rudé právo (Czech Newspaper) - Issue from October 24th 1968. - Page 7 - Text: Trnava prohrála 4:1 (located below image from upper-right corner of a page) - Text portion: ...přes 20 000 diváků... (in Czech)
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