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 (31 competed)
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	162 (2.7 per match)
Attendance	2,059,590 (34,327 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eusébio (Benfica); 6 goals
	← 1966–67 1968–69 →

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.

Dates20 September 1967 – 29 May 1968

Teams32 (31 competed)

Champions

Manchester United (1st title)

Runners-up

Benfica

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

Dinamo Tirana (1st)	Rapid Wien (1st)	Anderlecht (1st)	Botev Plovdiv (1st)
Olympiakos Nicosia (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)	Hvidovre (1st)	Manchester United (1st)
KuPS (1st)	Saint-Étienne (1st)	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st)	Eintracht Braunschweig (1st)
Olympiacos (1st)	Vasas (1st)	Valur (1st)	Dundalk (1st)
Juventus (1st)	Jeunesse Esch (1st)	Hibernians (1st)	Ajax (1st)
Glentoran (1st)	Skeid (1st)	Górnik Zabrze (1st)	Benfica (1st)
Rapid București (1st)	Celtic (1st)^TH	Real Madrid (1st)	Djurgården (1st)
Basel (1st)	Beşiktaş (1st)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)	Sarajevo (1st)

First round				Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Dundalk	0	1	1

Vasas	1	8	9
				Vasas	6	5	11

				Valur	0	1	1
Valur (a)	1	3	4

Jeunesse Esch	1	3	4
								Vasas	0	0	0

								Benfica	0	3	3
Glentoran	1	0	1

Benfica (a)	1	0	1
				Benfica	2	0	2

				Saint-Étienne	0	1	1
Saint-Étienne	2	3	5

KuPS	0	0	0
												Benfica	2	1	3

												Juventus	0	0	0
Beşiktaş	0	0	0

Rapid Wien	1	3	4
				Rapid Wien	1	0	1

				Eintracht Braunschweig	0	2	2
Eintracht Braunschweig			w

Dinamo Tirana			o
								Eintracht Braunschweig	3	0	3 (0)

								Juventus	2	1	3 (1)
Olympiacos	0	0	0

Juventus	0	2	2
				Juventus	1	0	1

				Rapid București	0	0	0
Botev Plovdiv	2	0	2

Rapid București (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
																Benfica	1

																Manchester United (a.e.t.)	4
Olympiakos Nicosia	2	1	3

Sarajevo	2	3	5
				Sarajevo	0	1	1

				Manchester United	0	2	2
Manchester United	4	0	4

Hibernians	0	0	0
								Manchester United	2	0	2

								Górnik Zabrze	0	1	1
Celtic	1	1	2

Dynamo Kyiv	2	1	3
				Dynamo Kyiv	1	1	2

				Górnik Zabrze	1	2	3
Górnik Zabrze	3	1	4

Djurgården	0	0	0
												Manchester United	1	3	4

												Real Madrid	0	3	3
Basel	1	3	4

Hvidovre	2	3	5
				Hvidovre	2	1	3

				Real Madrid	2	4	6
Ajax	1	1	2

Real Madrid (a.e.t.)	1	2	3
								Real Madrid	3	1	4

								Sparta Prague	0	2	2
Skeid	0	1	1

Sparta Prague	1	1	2
				Sparta Prague	3	3	6

				Anderlecht	2	3	5
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	1	1	2

Anderlecht	3	2	5

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
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	3–3	Juventus	3–2	0–1	0–1

1967–68 European Cup

Teams

Bracket

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Play-off

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester United	4–3	Real Madrid	1–0	3–3
Benfica	3–0	Juventus	2–0	1–0

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Eusébio	Benfica	6
2	Francisco Gento	Real Madrid	5
	Václav Mašek	Sparta Prague	5
	Paul Van Himst	Anderlecht	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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