European Cup Winners' Cup 1968/69

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European Cup Winners' Cup 1968/69
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Cup winners CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava (1st title)
Beginning 18th September 1968
final May 21, 1969
Final stadium St. Jakob Stadium , Basel
Teams 32
Games 51
Gates 156  (ø 3.06 per game)
Top scorer Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Carl-Heinz Rühl (6)
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The 1968/69 European Cup Winners 'Cup was the ninth draw of the European Cup Winners' Cup. 32 club teams took part, including 28 reigning cup winners and four defeated cup finalists (Grazer AK, Altay İzmir, Girondins Bordeaux and FK Bor). Defending champion AC Milan was not at the start, as he was qualified as Italian champion for the higher endowed European Cup of National Champions in 1968/69 .

From Germany the DFB Cup winners 1. FC Köln , from the GDR the FDGB Cup winners 1. FC Union Berlin and from Switzerland the cup winners FC Lugano took part in the competition. Austria was represented by the ÖFB Cup finalists Grazer AK , as cup winners SK Rapid Wien took part in its European Cup competition as simultaneous national champions.

Slovan Bratislava and FC Barcelona played the final in the St. Jakob Stadium in Basel on May 21, 1969. Slovan Bratislava surprisingly prevailed 3-2 and became the first Eastern European European Cup winner.

The top scorer was Carl-Heinz Rühl from 1. FC Köln with six goals.

mode

As usual, the participants played the winner in pure cup mode with home and return matches. If there was a tie after both games, the number of goals scored away decided ( away goal rule ). If their number was the same, a playoff took place on a neutral pitch, as a penalty shoot-out was not yet planned. From the quarter-finals onwards, for commercial reasons, if there was a tie after two games - regardless of the number of away goals scored - a playoff would also have been necessary. The final was decided in a game on a neutral court. In the event of a tie after extra time, a replay would have been scheduled, as a penalty shoot-out was not planned in the final either.

1 round

Original draw

In view of the events of the Prague Spring , the Western European associations refused to allow their representatives to compete against the teams of the Eastern Bloc countries involved in the crackdown . UEFA finally bowed to the pressure and, contrary to its statutes, declared the first-round draw to be invalid. A new rescheduling carried out in camera only provided for games between the Eastern bloc states concerned, whereupon their associations withdrew their participation in the competition in protest. Affected by this measure were Dynamo Moscow ( Soviet Union ), 1. FC Union Berlin ( GDR ), Górnik Zabrze ( Poland ), Rába ETO Győr ( Hungary ) and Spartak Sofia ( Bulgaria ). In the second round, AC Turin and FC Barcelona benefited from the reduced field of participants, both of whom made it to the quarter-finals without a fight.

total First leg Return leg
US Rumelange  LuxembourgLuxembourg - MaltaMalta Sliema Wanderers
Cardiff City  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg - PortugalPortugal FC Porto
Partizan Tirana  Albania 1946People's Socialist Republic of Albania - ItalyItaly AC Turin
Crusaders FC  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland - SwedenSweden IFK Norrköping
Dunfermline Athletic  ScotlandScotland - Cyprus 1960Cyprus APOEL Nicosia
Randers Freja  DenmarkDenmark - IrelandIreland Shamrock Rovers
ADO The Hague  NetherlandsNetherlands - AustriaAustria Graz AK
FC Lugano  SwitzerlandSwitzerland - Spain 1945Spain FC Barcelona
Club Bruges  BelgiumBelgium - EnglandEngland West Bromwich Albion
Girondins Bordeaux  FranceFrance 1- 1 Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Spartak Sofia
Rába ETO Győr  Hungary 1957Hungary 1- 1 NorwayNorway Lyn Oslo
Altay İzmir  TurkeyTurkey 1- 1 Poland 1944Poland Górnik Zabrze
Dinamo Bucharest  Romania 1965Romania 1- 1 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 1. FC Cologne
Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 1- 1 Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Olympiacos Piraeus
Slovan Bratislava  CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 1- 1 IcelandIceland KR Reykjavík
1. FC Union Berlin  Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 1- 1 YugoslaviaYugoslavia FK Bor
1 The games were drawn anew.

Repeated draw with division into east and west

The first legs took place from September 18 to 20, the second legs on 2/3. October (Reykjavík vs. Piraeus on September 22nd and Sliema vs. Rumelange on September 29th) 1968.

total First leg Return leg
US Rumelange  LuxembourgLuxembourg (a)2: 2 ( a ) MaltaMalta Sliema Wanderers 2: 1 0: 1
Cardiff City  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 3: 4 PortugalPortugal FC Porto 2: 2 1: 2
Partizan Tirana  Albania 1946People's Socialist Republic of Albania 2: 3 ItalyItaly AC Turin 1-0 1: 3
Crusaders FC  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 3: 6 SwedenSweden IFK Norrköping 2: 2 1: 4
Dunfermline Athletic  ScotlandScotland 12: 10 Cyprus 1960Cyprus APOEL Nicosia 10: 10 2-0
Randers Freja  DenmarkDenmark 3: 1 IrelandIreland Shamrock Rovers 1-0 2: 1
ADO The Hague  NetherlandsNetherlands 6: 1 AustriaAustria Graz AK 4: 1 2-0
FC Lugano  SwitzerlandSwitzerland 0: 4 Spain 1945Spain FC Barcelona 0: 1 0: 3
Club Bruges  BelgiumBelgium (a)3: 3 ( a ) EnglandEngland West Bromwich Albion 3: 1 0: 2
Altay İzmir  TurkeyTurkey 4: 5 NorwayNorway Lyn Oslo 3: 1 1: 4
Girondins Bordeaux  FranceFrance 2: 4 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 1. FC Cologne 2: 1 0: 3
Slovan Bratislava  CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 3: 2 YugoslaviaYugoslavia FK Bor 3-0 0: 2
Olympiacos Piraeus  Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece 4-0 IcelandIceland KR Reykjavík 2-0 2-0
Dinamo Bucharest  Romania 1965Romania - Hungary 1957Hungary Rába ETO Győr 2
Spartak Sofia 2  Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria - Poland 1944Poland Górnik Zabrze 2
Dynamo Moscow 2  Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union - Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 1. FC Union Berlin 2
2 The teams withdrew their participation in protest.

2nd round

Bye due to the withdrawal of the Eastern Bloc teams: Spain , AC TurinSpain 1945Spain ItalyItaly 

The first legs took place on 12./13. November (Lyn versus Norrköping on October 31), the second leg on November 27 (Norrköping versus Lyn on November 17) 1968.

total First leg Return leg
Lyn Oslo  NorwayNorway 4: 3 SwedenSweden IFK Norrköping 2-0 2: 3
ADO The Hague  NetherlandsNetherlands 0: 4 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 1. FC Cologne 0: 1 0: 3
Dinamo Bucharest  Romania 1965Romania 1: 5 EnglandEngland West Bromwich Albion 1: 1 0: 4
Randers Freja  DenmarkDenmark 8-0 MaltaMalta Sliema Wanderers 6-0 2-0
FC Porto  PortugalPortugal 1: 4 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 1-0 0: 4
Dunfermline Athletic  ScotlandScotland 4: 3 Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Olympiacos Piraeus 4-0 0: 3

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 15./30. January / 19. February and March 8, the second leg on 19/8. February and 5th / 12th March 1969.

total First leg Return leg
Dunfermline Athletic  ScotlandScotland 1-0 EnglandEngland West Bromwich Albion 0-0 1-0
Lyn Oslo  NorwayNorway 4: 5 Spain 1945Spain FC Barcelona 2: 3 2: 2
AC Turin  ItalyItaly 1: 3 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 0: 1 1: 2
1. FC Cologne  Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 5: 1 DenmarkDenmark Randers Freja 2: 1 3-0

Semifinals

The first legs took place on 2/9. April, the second leg on 19./23. April 1969.

total First leg Return leg
1. FC Cologne  Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 3: 6 Spain 1945Spain FC Barcelona 2: 2 1: 4
Dunfermline Athletic  ScotlandScotland 1: 2 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 1: 1 0: 1

final

Slovan Bratislava FC Barcelona
Slovan Bratislava
May 21, 1969 in Basel ( St. Jakob Stadium )
Result: 3: 2 (3: 1)
Spectators: 19,478
Referee: Laurens van Ravens ( Netherlands ) NetherlandsNetherlands 
FC Barcelona


Alexander Vencel - Jozef Fillo , Vladimír Hrivnák , Alexander Horváth , Ján Zlocha - Ľudovít Cvetler , Jozef Čapkovič , Ivan Hrdlička , Karol Jokl - Ladislav Móder (67th Jozef Határ ), Ján Čapkovič Trainer: Michal Vičan(C)Captain of the crew
 Salvador Sadurní - Josep Franch (11th Jesús María Pereda ), Joaquim Rifé , Ferran Olivella , Silvestre Eladio - Pedro Zabalza , Carlos Pellicer , Santiago Castro (46th Jorge Alberto Mendonça ), Josep Fusté - José Antonio Zaldúa , Carles Rexach Trainer: Salvador Artigas(C)Captain of the crew
goal1: 0 Ľudovít Cvetler (1st)

goal2: 1 Vladimír Hrivnák (29th)
goal3: 1 Ján Čapkovič (42nd)
goal1: 1 José Antonio Zaldúa (15th)


goal3: 2 Carles Rexach (51st)

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