1967–68 European Cup

1967–68 European Cup

The Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	20 September 1967 – 29 May 1968
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	162 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eusébio (6 goals)

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 10th year since the Munich air disaster, in which eight United players were killed and their manager, Matt Busby, was left close to death. It was also the first time that an English side had won the trophy.

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.

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
Skeid	1–2	Sparta Prague	0–1	1–1
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 Bucureşti	2–0	0–3

First leg

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Second leg

Sarajevo won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Manchester United won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Górnik Zabrze won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Hvidovre won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Sparta Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Vasas won 9–1 on aggregate.

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

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Benfica won 1–1 on away goals.

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Saint-Étienne won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Rapid Bucureşti 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 Bucureşti	1–0	0–0

First leg

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Second leg

Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Górnik Zabrze won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Sparta Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.

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Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Eintracht Braunschweig won 2–1 on aggregate.

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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

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Second leg

Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Juventus 3–3 Eintracht Braunschweig on aggregate.

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

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Second leg

Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

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

External links

• 1967–68 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1967–68 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
• 1967-68 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• European Cup 1967-68 – results, protocols, players statistics
• website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1967-68 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1967–68 European Cup