1967–68 European Cup

The 1967–68 European Cup was the 13th European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Manchester United, who beat Benfica 4–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium, London. The European Cup title marked the tenth year since the Munich air disaster, in which eight United players were killed and their manager, Matt Busby, was left close to death, the day after earning a place in the semi-finals of the 1957–58 competition. It was also the first time an English side had won the trophy.

1967–68 European Cup
The Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates20 September 1967 – 29 May 1968
Teams32
Final positions
Champions Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-up Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored162 (2.7 per match)
Attendance2,364,125 (39,402 per match)
Top scorer(s) Eusébio (6 goals)

The away goals rule (which had already been used in the Cup Winners' Cup and the Fairs' Cup) was introduced if aggregate scores were level after two legs, but only for the first round of the competition. Extra time goals were not included in the rule.

Celtic, the defending champions, were eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the first round.

Bracket
First round   Second round   Quarter-finals   Semi-finals   Final
  Olympiakos Nicosia 2 1 3  
  Sarajevo 2 3 5       Sarajevo 0 1 1  
  Manchester United 4 0 4     Manchester United 0 2 2  
  Hibernians 0 0 0         Manchester United 2 0 2  
  Celtic 1 1 2         Górnik Zabrze 0 1 1  
  Dynamo Kyiv 2 1 3       Dynamo Kyiv 1 1 2
  Górnik Zabrze 3 1 4     Górnik Zabrze 1 2 3  
  Djurgården 0 0 0         Manchester United 1 3 4  
  Basel 1 3 4         Real Madrid 0 3 3  
  Hvidovre 2 3 5       Hvidovre 2 1 3  
  Ajax 1 1 2     Real Madrid 2 4 6  
  Real Madrid (a.e.t) 1 2 3         Real Madrid 3 1 4
  Skeid 0 1 1         Sparta Prague 0 2 2  
  Sparta Prague 1 1 2       Sparta Prague 3 3 6
  FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 1 1 2     Anderlecht 2 3 5  
  Anderlecht 3 2 5         Manchester United (a.e.t) 4
  Dundalk 0 1 1         Benfica 1
  Vasas 1 8 9       Vasas 6 5 11  
  Valur (a) 1 3 4     Valur 0 1 1  
  Jeunesse Esch 1 3 4         Vasas 0 0 0  
  Glentoran 1 0 1         Benfica 0 3 3  
  Benfica 1 0 1       Benfica 2 0 2
  Saint-Étienne 2 3 5     Saint-Étienne 0 1 1  
  KuPS 0 0 0         Benfica 2 1 3
  Beşiktaş 0 0 0         Juventus 0 0 0  
  Rapid Wien 1 3 4       Rapid Wien 1 0 1  
  Eintracht Braunschweig     (w)     Eintracht Braunschweig 0 2 2  
  Dinamo Tirana     (o)         Eintracht Braunschweig 3 0 3
  Olympiacos 0 0 0         Juventus 2 1 3  
  Juventus 0 2 2       Juventus 1 0 1
  Botev Plovdiv 2 0 2     Rapid București 0 0 0  
  Rapid București (a.e.t.) 0 3 3  

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiakos Nicosia 3–5 Sarajevo 2–2 1–3
Manchester United 4–0 Hibernians 4–0 0–0
Celtic 2–3 Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 1–1
Górnik Zabrze 4–0 Djurgården 3–0 1–0
Basel 4–5 Hvidovre 1–2 3–3
Ajax 2–3 Real Madrid 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Skeid 1–2 Sparta Prague 0–1 1–1
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–5 Anderlecht 1–3 1–2
Dundalk 1–9 Vasas 0–1 1–8
Valur 4–4 (a) Jeunesse Esch 1–1 3–3
Glentoran 1–1 (a) Benfica 1–1 0–0
Saint-Étienne 5–0 KuPS 2–0 3–0
Beşiktaş 0–4 Rapid Wien 0–1 0–3
Eintracht Braunschweig (w/o) Dinamo Tirana – –
Olympiacos 0–2 Juventus 0–0 0–2
Botev Plovdiv 2–3 Rapid București 2–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)

First leg
Olympiakos Nicosia 2–2 Sarajevo
Kettenis  1'
Tešan  43' (o.g.)		 Report Antić  50', 58'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Manchester United 4–0 Hibernians
Sadler  12', 58'
Law  43', 62'		 Report
Attendance: 43,912
Referee: Pereira da Costa (Portugal)
Celtic 1–2 Dynamo Kyiv
Lennox  62' Report Puzach  4'
Byshovets  29'
Attendance: 52,223
Górnik Zabrze 3–0 Djurgården
Lubański  41', 86'
Lentner  88'		 Report
Attendance: 35,665
Basel 1–2 Hvidovre
Hauser  17' Report Larsen  58'
Sørensen  80'
Attendance: 13,344
Ajax 1–1 Real Madrid
Cruyff  17' Report Pirri  35'
Attendance: 55,940
Referee: Jim Finney (England)
Skeid 0–1 Sparta Prague
Report Mráz  7'
Attendance: 16,123
Karl-Marx-Stadt 1–3 Anderlecht
Steinmann  41' Report Mulder  3', 35'
Van Himst  38'
Attendance: 29,260
Dundalk 0–1 Vasas
Report Korsós  67'
Attendance: 4,177
Valur 1–1 Jeunesse Esch
Gunnarsson  38' Report Di Genova  25'
Attendance: 3,125
Referee: John Russel (Northern Ireland)
Glentoran 1–1 Benfica
Colrain  10' (pen.) Report Eusébio  86'
Attendance: 24,750
Referee: Roger Barde (France)
Saint-Étienne 2–0 KuPS
Herbin  43'
Jacquet  47'		 Report
Attendance: 18,948
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Beşiktaş 0–1 Rapid Wien
Report Flögel  22'
Attendance: 31,208
Referee: Goncho Rusev (Bulgaria)
Olympiacos 0–0 Juventus
Report
Attendance: 35,702
Botev Plovdiv 2–0 Rapid București
 Report
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Sergei Alimov (Soviet Union)

Second leg
Sarajevo 3–1 Olympiakos Nicosia
Antić  33'
Šiljkut  83', 84'		 Report Kettenis  79'
Attendance: 4,308
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

Sarajevo won 5–3 on aggregate.

Hibernians 0–0 Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 23,217

Manchester United won 4–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Celtic
Byshovets  89' Report Lennox  67'
Attendance: 68,352

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.

Djurgården 0–1 Górnik Zabrze
Report Musiałek  35'
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Górnik Zabrze won 4–0 on aggregate.

Hvidovre 3–3 Basel
Hansen  18'
Sørensen  39'
Olsen  58'		 Report Hauser  2'
Benthaus  78'
Wenger  85'
Attendance: 9,363
Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)

Hvidovre won 5–4 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 2–1 (a.e.t.) Ajax
Gento  58'
Veloso  99'		 Report Groot  69'
Attendance: 120,000

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 1–1 Skeid
Mráz  58' Report Sjøberg  38'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)

Sparta Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 2–1 Karl-Marx-Stadt
Bergholtz  33'
Van Himst  38'		 Report Schuster  11'
Attendance: 28,831

Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

Vasas 8–1 Dundalk
Vidáts  10', 87'
Farkas  32', 35', 72'
Korsós  43', 85'
Molnár  68'		 Report Hale  25'
Attendance: 74,117
Referee: Josef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)

Vasas won 9–1 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch 3–3 Valur
Hnatow  56'
Di Genova  86'
Langer  89'		 Report Jónsson  10'
Gunnarsson  36', 60'
Attendance: 4,552

Valur 4–4 Jeunesse Esch on aggregate. Valur won on away goals.

Benfica 0–0 Glentoran
Report
Attendance: 36,844

Benfica won 1–1 on away goals.

KuPS 0–3 Saint-Étienne
Report Herbin  5'
Bosquier  25'
Revelli  84' (pen.)
Väinölänniemen Stadion, Kuopio
Attendance: 5,279

Saint-Étienne won 5–0 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien 3–0 Beşiktaş
Seitl  9'
Grausam  43'
Flögel  75'		 Report
Attendance: 27,783
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

Juventus 2–0 Olympiacos
Zigoni  12'
Menichelli  49'		 Report
Attendance: 31,878

Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.

Rapid București 3–0 (a.e.t.) Botev Plovdiv
 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Marian Srodecki (Poland)

Rapid București won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sarajevo 1–2 Manchester United 0–0 1–2
Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 Górnik Zabrze 1–2 1–1
Hvidovre 3–6 Real Madrid 2–2 1–4
Sparta Prague 6–5 Anderlecht 3–2 3–3
Vasas 11–1 Valur 6–0 5–1
Benfica 2–1 Saint-Étienne 2–0 0–1
Rapid Wien 1–2 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 0–2
Juventus 1–0 Rapid București 1–0 0–0

First leg
Sarajevo 0–0 Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 Górnik Zabrze
Olek  12' (o.g.) Report Szołtysik  15'
Lubański  61'
Attendance: 57,038
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)
Hvidovre 2–2 Real Madrid
Hansen  25'
Petersen  71'		 Report Gento  35'
Pirri  47'
Attendance: 40,663
Sparta Prague 3–2 Anderlecht
Mašek  25', 32' (pen.), 62' Report Jurion  35'
Van Himst  55'
Attendance: 10,071
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)
Vasas 6–0 Valur
Bergsson  5' (o.g.)
Pál  14'
Radics  37', 44', 50'
Puskás  47'		 Report
Attendance: 27,800
Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia)
Benfica 2–0 Saint-Étienne
José Augusto  28'
Eusébio  59' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 22,804
Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)
Rapid Wien 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig
Hasil  54' Report
Attendance: 51,181
Juventus 1–0 Rapid București
Magnusson  57' Report
Attendance: 19,452

Second leg
Manchester United 2–1 Sarajevo
Aston  10'
Best  63'		 Report Delalić  87'
Attendance: 62,801
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)

Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze 1–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Szołtysik  43' Report Turyanchik  37'
Attendance: 71,145

Górnik Zabrze won 3–2 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 4–1 Hvidovre
Velázquez  16'
Grosso  19', 30'
Gento  75'		 Report Petersen  28'
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 3–3 Sparta Prague
Van Himst  60', 65'
Devrindt  83'		 Report Mašek  30', 85'
Mráz  89'
Attendance: 31,466

Sparta Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.

Valur 1–5 Vasas
Gunnarsson  85' Report Molnár  11'
Pál  13'
Mathesz  30'
Váradi  53'
Kovács  72'
Városi Stadium, Várpalota
Attendance: 2,773
Referee: Iván Pláček (Czechoslovakia)

Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.

Saint-Étienne 1–0 Benfica
Bereta  10' Report
Attendance: 24,480
Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Braunschweig 2–0 Rapid Wien
Grzyb  38'
Saborowski  43'		 Report
Attendance: 30,507

Eintracht Braunschweig won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rapid București 0–0 Juventus
Report
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Karl Riegg (West Germany)

Juventus won 1–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manchester United 2–1 Górnik Zabrze 2–0 0–1
Real Madrid 4–2 Sparta Prague 3–0 1–2
Vasas 0–3 Benfica 0–0 0–3
Eintracht Braunschweig 3–31 Juventus 3–2 0–1

1 Juventus beat Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 in a play-off to reach the semi-finals.

First leg
Manchester United 2–0 Górnik Zabrze
Florenski  60' (o.g.)
Kidd  90'		 Report
Attendance: 63,456
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)
Real Madrid 3–0 Sparta Prague
Amancio  62', 63', 68' Report
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Jim Finney (England)
Vasas 0–0 Benfica
Report
Attendance: 36,394
Eintracht Braunschweig 3–2 Juventus
Kaack  28'
Dulz  37'
Berg  38'		 Report Kaack  10' (o.g.)
Sacco  81'
Attendance: 29,963

Second leg
Górnik Zabrze 1–0 Manchester United
Lubański  70' Report
Attendance: 77,649

Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 2–1 Real Madrid
Kvašňák  36'
Dyba  45'		 Report Gento  57'
Attendance: 40,431
Referee: Hans Rademacher (West Germany)

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Benfica 3–0 Vasas
Eusébio  48', 70'
Torres  77'		 Report
Attendance: 49,336

Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.

Juventus 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig
Bercellino  88' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 37,918

Juventus 3–3 Eintracht Braunschweig on aggregate.

Juventus 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig
Magnusson  56' Report
Attendance: 44,700

Juventus won 1–0 in play-off.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manchester United 4–3 Real Madrid 1–0 3–3
Benfica 3–0 Juventus 2–0 1–0

First leg
Manchester United 1–0 Real Madrid
Best  36' Report
Attendance: 62,562
Benfica 2–0 Juventus
Torres  64'
Eusébio  70'		 Report
Attendance: 69,375
Referee: Roger Barde (France)

Second leg
Real Madrid 3–3 Manchester United
Pirri  32'
Gento  41'
Amancio  45'		 Report Zoco  44' (o.g.)
Sadler  73'
Foulkes  78'
Attendance: 125,000

Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Juventus 0–1 Benfica
Report Eusébio  66'
Attendance: 62,570

Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1968 European Cup Final
Manchester United 4–1 (a.e.t.) Benfica
Charlton  53', 99'
Best  92'
Kidd  94'		 Report Graça  79'
Attendance: 92,225

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1967–68 European Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Eusébio Benfica 6
2 Francisco Gento Real Madrid 5
Paul Van Himst Anderlecht 5
Václav Mašek Sparta Prague 5
5 Amancio Real Madrid 4
Hermann Gunnarsson Valur 4
Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze 4
8 Boško Antić Sarajevo 3
George Best Manchester United 3
János Farkas Vasas 3
István Korsós Vasas 3
Ivan Mráz Sparta Prague 3
Pirri Real Madrid 3
János Radics Vasas 3
David Sadler Manchester United 3
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