European Champion's Cup 1967/68

European Champion's Cup 1967/68
Cup winners	Manchester United (1st title)
Beginning	September 13, 1967
final	May 29, 1968
Final stadium	Wembley Stadium , London
Teams	32
Games	60
Gates	162  (ø 2.7 per game)
Top scorer	Eusebio (6)
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The European Cup of National Champions 1967/68 was the 13th edition of the competition. 32 club teams took part, including Celtic Glasgow as defending champions and national champions and a further 31 national champions from the previous season.

With Manchester United as the winner, the trophy went to England for the first time.

The participants played in a pure cup mode with (except for the finals) back and forth games for the crown of European club football. In the event of a tie, the away goals rule in the first two rounds and then an additional playoff should make the decision. Should this tie also result, a coin was tossed. The German champions Eintracht Braunschweig had to play in the quarter-finals against Juventus Turin in a play-off at Bern's Wankdorf Stadium. In the first leg, the Braunschweig team won 3-2 against the favored Italians. The unlucky fellow in this game was Braunschweig defender Peter Kaack , who scored two own goals and scored one goal to make it 1-1. In the second leg in Turin, the Italians won with a penalty goal in the last minute. The playoff went 1-0 to Juventus Turin.

The final took place on May 29, 1968 at Wembley Stadium in London in front of 100,000 spectators.

1 round

Real Madrid starting line-up for the first leg against Amsterdam on September 20, 1967

The first legs took place from September 13 to 27, the second legs from September 19 to October 18, 1967.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Beşiktaş Istanbul	0: 4	SK Rapid Vienna	0: 1	0: 3
Glentoran FC	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Benfica Lisbon	1: 1	0-0
Eintracht Braunschweig	1	KS Dinamo Tirana
Valur Reykjavík	( a ) 4: 4(a)	Jeunesse Esch	1: 1	3: 3
Manchester United	4-0	Hibernians Football Club	4-0	0-0
Górnik Zabrze	4-0	Djurgårdens IF	3-0	1-0
Skeid Oslo	1: 2	Sparta Prague	0: 1	1: 1
AS Saint-Etienne	5-0	Kuopion PS	2-0	3-0
Celtic Glasgow	2: 3	Dynamo Kiev	1: 2	1: 1
Olympiacos Nicosia	3: 5	FK Sarajevo	2: 2	1: 3
Olympiacos Piraeus	0: 2	Juventus Turin	0-0	0: 2
Dundalk FC	1: 9	Vasas Budapest	0: 1	1: 8
Ajax Amsterdam	2: 3	real Madrid	1: 1	1: 2 a.d.
FC Basel	4: 5	Hvidovre IF	1: 2	3: 3
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 5	RSC Anderlecht	1: 3	1: 2
AFD Trakia Plovdiv	2: 3	Rapid Bucharest	2-0	0: 3 a.d.

¹ Tirana withdrew its participation.

2nd round

The first legs took place from November 15 to 29, the second legs from November 17 to December 13, 1967.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Vasas Budapest	11: 10	Valur Reykjavík	6-0	5: 1
Hvidovre IF	3: 6	real Madrid	2: 2	1: 4
SK Rapid Vienna	1: 2	Eintracht Braunschweig	1-0	0: 2
FK Sarajevo	1: 2	Manchester United	0-0	1: 2
Benfica Lisbon	2: 1	AS Saint-Etienne	2-0	0: 1
Dynamo Kiev	2: 3	Górnik Zabrze	1: 2	1: 1
Sparta Prague	6: 5	RSC Anderlecht	3: 2	3: 3
Juventus Turin	1-0	Rapid Bucharest	1-0	0-0

Quarter finals

Announcement of the playoff Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Juventus Turin

The first leg took place from January 31 to March 6, the second leg from February 28 to March 20, 1968.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Eintracht Braunschweig	3: 3	Juventus Turin	3: 2	0: 1
Manchester United	2: 1	Górnik Zabrze	2-0	0: 1
Vasas Budapest	0: 3	Benfica Lisbon	0-0	0: 3
real Madrid	4: 2	Sparta Prague	3-0	1: 2

Playoff

The game took place on March 20, 1968.

	Result
Juventus Turin	1-0	Eintracht Braunschweig

Semifinals

The first legs took place on April 24th / 9th. May, the second leg took place on May 15, 1968.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Manchester United	4: 3	real Madrid	1-0	3: 3
Benfica Lisbon	3-0	Juventus Turin	2-0	1-0

final

Manchester United		Benfica Lisbon
	final May 29, 1968 in London ( Wembley Stadium ) Result: 4: 1 n.v. (1: 1, 0: 0) Spectators: 100,000 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello ( Italy )
	Alex Stepney - Shay Brennan , Bill Foulkes , David Sadler , Tony Dunne - Pat Crerand , Bobby Charlton , Nobby Stiles - George Best , Brian Kidd , John Aston Trainer: Matt Busby ( Scotland )	José Henrique - Adolfo Calisto , Humberto Fernandes , Jacinto Santos , Fernando Cruz - Jaime Graça , Mário Coluna , José Augusto - José Augusto Torres , Eusébio , António Simões Trainer: Otto Glória ( Brazil )
	1: 0 Bobby Charlton (53.) 2: 1 George Best (93.) 3: 1 Brian Kidd (94.) 4: 1 Bobby Charlton (99.)	1: 1 Jaime Graça (75th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Eusebio	Benfica Lisbon	6th
2	Francisco Gento	real Madrid	5
	Václav Mašek	Sparta Prague	5
	Paul Van Himst	RSC Anderlecht	5
5	Amaro Amancio	real Madrid	4th
	Hermann Gunnarsson	Valur Reykjavík	4th
	Włodzimierz Lubański	Górnik Zabrze	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

Players used Manchester United

1.	Manchester United
	Goal : Alex Stepney (9 / -) Defense : David Sadler (9/3); Tony Dunne (9 / -); Francis Burns (7 / -); Bill Foulkes (6/1); Shay Brennan (3 / -); John Fitzpatrick (2 / -) Midfield : George Best (9/3); Bobby Charlton (9/2); Pat Crerand (9 / -); Nobby Stiles (7 / -) Forward : Brian Kidd (9/2); John Aston (6/1); Denis Law (3/2); David Herd (1 / -); Jimmy Ryan (1 / -) Coach : Matt Busby

See also

• European Cup Winners' Cup 1967/68
• Exhibition cities cup 1967/68

Web links

Commons : European Cup of National Champions 1967/68  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official UEFA website for the 1967/68 European Cup
• Game details for the 1967/68 season at rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.11freunde.de/geschichtsstunde/102704