1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Newcastle United (1st title)
Runners-upHungary Újpest
Tournament statistics
Matches played120

The eleventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1968–1969 season. The competition was won by Newcastle United over two legs in the final against Újpest. It was the second consecutive time that a Hungarian side finished runners-up in the competition, and the first time Newcastle United had competed in a European competition. Newcastle did not win a major trophy again until the 2024–25 EFL Cup.[1][2]

First round

KB and Union Luxembourg withdrew when drawn to play in Warsaw Pact countries.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea England 9–3 Scotland Morton 5–0 4–3
K. Beerschot V.A.C. Belgium 2–3 Netherlands DWS 1–1 1–2
Rangers Scotland 2–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Vojvodina 2–0 0–1
DOS Utrecht Netherlands 2–3 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 1–1 1 – 2(aet)
R. Daring Club Molenbeek Belgium 2–3 Greece Panathinaikos 2–1 0–2
Athletic Bilbao Spain 3–3 (c) England Liverpool 2–1 1 – 2(aet)
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 0–4 Italy Juventus 0–2 0–2
Wacker Innsbruck Austria 2–5 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 0–3
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 0–2 Scotland Aberdeen 0–0 0–2
Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria 3–3 (a) Spain Zaragoza 3–1 0–2
Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 5–4 Spain Valencia CF 4–0 1–4
Newcastle United England 4–2 Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam 4–0 0–2
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal 6–1 Northern Ireland Linfield 3–0 3–1
Olympique Lyonnais France 1–1 (c) Portugal Académica 1–0 0 – 1(aet)
Hansa Rostock East Germany 4–2 France OGC Nice 3–0 1–2
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–3 Italy Fiorentina 1–1 1–2
Rapid București Romania 4–7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd 3–1 1 – 6(aet)
Bologna Italy 6–2 Switzerland Basel 4–1 2–1
Göztepe Turkey 2–2 (c) France Olympique de Marseille 2–0 0 – 2(aet)
Leixões SC Portugal 1–1 (a) Romania Argeş Piteşti 1–1 0–0
Metz France 3–7 West Germany Hamburger SV 1–4 2–3
Wiener Sportclub Austria 1–5 Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague 1–0 0–5
Olimpija Ljubljana Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–5 Scotland Hibernian 0–3 1–2
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig East Germany w/o Denmark KB – –
Standard Liège Belgium 2–3 England Leeds United 0–0 2–3
Napoli Italy 3–2 Switzerland Grasshopper 3–1 0–1
FK Skeid Norway 2–3 Sweden AIK 1–1 1–2
Hannover 96 West Germany 4–2 Denmark B1909 3–2 1–0
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–2 (a) Belgium K.S.V. Waregem 2–1 0–1
Legia Warszawa Poland 9–2 West Germany TSV 1860 München 6–0 3–2
Aris Thessaloniki Greece 7–0 Malta Hibernians 1–0 6–0
Újpest Hungary w/o Luxembourg US Luxembourg – –

First leg

Chelsea England5-0Scotland Greenock Morton
Osgood 44'
Birchenall 45'
Cooke 50'
Boyle 67'
Hollins 84'
DOS Utrecht Netherlands1–1Republic of Ireland Dundalk
van Veen 27' Report Stokes 74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Joseph Minnoy, Belgium
Daring Club Bruxelles Belgium2–1Greece Panathanaikos
Randoux 6'
Coppens 67'		 Gonios 64'
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland0–2Italy Juventus
Zigoni 17'
Leoncini 63'
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Italy Fiorentina
Zambata 18' Pirovano 83'
Rapid București Romania3–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nejat Şener (Turkey)
Bologna Italy4–1Switzerland Basel
Turra 12'
Cresci 50'
Pace 53'
Savoldi 83'		 Konrad 48'
Göztepe Turkey2–0France Olympique Marseille
Halil 21', 46'
Leixões Portugal1–1Romania Argeș Pitești
 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)
Metz France1–4West Germany Hamburger SV
Hausser 21' Report[link removed] Dörfel 22'
Zvunka red-colored football 57' (o.g.)
Krämer 63'
Hönig 82'
Standard Liege Belgium0-0England Leeds United
Napoli Italy3–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Altafini 6'
Salvi 12' 33'		 Rüegg 78'
Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria3–1Spain Zaragoza
Nenov 32'
Dermendzhiev 65'
Popov 78'		 Tejedor 88'
Vitória Setúbal Portugal3–0Northern Ireland Linfield
Tomé 18'
Figueiredo 63'
Carriço 81'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)
Lyon France1–0Portugal Académica
Guy 85'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Joseph Moscato (Luxembourg)
Olimpija Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0-3Scotland Hibernian
Stevenson 32'
Stein 34'
Soskic red-colored football 71' (o.g.)
Hannover 96 West Germany3-2Denmark B1909
Siemensmeyer 15'
Heynckes 23'
Skoblar 30'		 Richter 48'
Hansen 52'
Aris Thessaloniki Greece1-0Malta Hibernians F.C.
Alexiadis 22'


Second leg

ScotlandGreenock Morton3-4England Chelsea
Thorup 7'
Mason 10'
Taylor 26'		 Baldwin 3'
Birchenall 34'
Houseman 42'
Tambling 84'

Chelsea won 9-3 on aggregate.

Republic of Ireland Dundalk2–1 (a.e.t.)DOS Utrecht Netherlands
Stokes 8'
Morrissey 109'		 Report Nieuwenhuys 20'
Attendance: 12,000

Dundalk won 3–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece2–0Belgium Daring Club Bruxelles
Rokidis 83'
Frantzis 87'

Panathinaikos won 3-2 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy2–0Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
Benetti 43'
del Sol 74'

Juventus won 4–0 on aggregate.

Fiorentina Italy2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Amarildo 1'
Maraschi 37'		 Novak 64'

Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.

OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia6–1 (a.e.t.)Romania Rapid București
 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

OFK Beograd won 7–4 on aggregate.

Basel Switzerland1–2Italy Bologna
Hauser 42' Pace 46'
Savoldi 63'

Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.

Olympique Marseille France2–0 (a.e.t.)Turkey Göztepe
Joseph 75'
Gueniche 83'

Göztepe 1-1 Marseille on aggregate. Göztepe won on a coin toss.

Argeș Pitești Romania0–0Portugal Leixões
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Argeș Pitești 1–1 Leixões on aggregate. Argeș Pitești won on away goals rule.

Hamburger SV West Germany3–2France Metz
Hönig 7'
Krämer 18'
Seeler 88'		 Report[link removed] Hitz 40'
Niesser 85'

Hamburger SV won 7–3 on aggregate.

Leeds United England3-2Belgium Standard Liege
Charlton 52'
Lorimer 75'
Bremner 88'		 Kostedde 44'
Galic 50'

Leeds United won 3-2 on aggregate

Grasshopper Switzerland1–0Italy Napoli
Grahn 58'

Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate.

Zaragoza Spain2–0Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
Bustillo 24', 76'

Zaragoza 3–3 Botev Plovdiv on aggregate. Zaragoza won on away goals rule.

Linfield Northern Ireland1–3Portugal Vitória Setúbal
Scott 26' Figueiredo 2'
Baptista 24'
Arcanjo 29'
Attendance: 20,000

Vitória Setúbal won 6–1 on aggregate.

Académica Portugal1–0 (a.e.t.)France Lyon
Manuel António 76'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Adolfo Bueno Perales (Spain)

1–1 on aggregate. Lyon won on toss of coin.

Hibernian Scotland2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Olimpija
Davis 61' (pen.) 68' (pen.) Francekin 4'

Hibernian won 5-1 on aggregate.

B1909 Denmark0-1West Germany Hannover 96
Siemensmeyer 80'

Hannover won 4-2 on aggregate.

Hibernians F.C. Malta0-6Greece Aris Thessaloniki
Grimbelakos 4'
Papaioannou 30', 80', 89'
Siropoulos 51'
Alexiadis 84'

Aris Thessaloniki won 7-0 on aggregate


Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea England 0–0 (c) Netherlands DWS 0–0 0 – 0(aet)
Rangers Scotland 9–1 Republic of Ireland Dundalk FC 6–1 3–0
Panathinaikos Greece 0–1 Spain Athletic Bilbao 0–0 0–1
Juventus Italy 0–1 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 0 – 1(aet)
Aberdeen Scotland 2–4 Spain Zaragoza 2–1 0–3
Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 1–2 England Newcastle United 1–1 0–1
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal 7–1 France Olympique Lyonnais 5–0 2–1
Hansa Rostock East Germany 4–4 (a) Italy Fiorentina 3–2 1–2
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–1 Italy Bologna 1–0 1–1
Göztepe Turkey 5–3 Romania Argeş Piteşti 3–0 2–3
Hamburger SV West Germany 5–4 Czechoslovakia SK Slavia Prague 4–1 1–3
Hibernian Scotland 4–1 East Germany 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 3–1 1–0
Leeds United England 2–2 (c) Italy Napoli 2–0 0 – 2(aet)
AIK Sweden 6–7 West Germany Hannover 96 4–2 2–5
K.S.V. Waregem Belgium 1–2 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–0 0–2
Aris Thessaloniki Greece 2–11 Hungary Újpest 1–2 1–9

First leg

Rangers Scotland6–1Republic of Ireland Dundalk
Henderson 13' 26'
Greig 50'
Ferguson 55' 90'
Brennan 88' og		 Report Murray 43'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Curt Nystrand, Sweden
Juventus Italy0–0West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Hansa Rostock East Germany3–2Italy Fiorentina
Kostmann 69'
Barthels 80'
Hergesell 90'		 Maraschi 70'
Rizzo 84'
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0Italy Bologna
Santrač 32'
Vitória Setúbal Portugal5–0France Olympique Lyonnais
Carriço 30'
Tomé 32', 70'
Figueiredo 57'
Petita 81'
Attendance: 10,000
Göztepe Turkey3–0Romania Argeș Pitești
 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)
Leeds United England2–0Italy Napoli
Charlton 23' 25'

Second leg

Dundalk Republic of Ireland0–3Rangers Scotland
Report Mathieson 45'
Stein 64' 81'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kåre Sirevaag, Norway

Rangers won 9–1 on aggregate.

Olympique Lyonnais France1–2Portugal Vitória Setúbal
Félix 29' Figueiredo 11'
Arcanjo 59' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Daniel Zariquiegi Izco (Spain)

Vitória Setúbal won 7–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.

Fiorentina Italy2–1East Germany Hansa Rostock
Rizzo 36'
Merlo 68'		 Kostmann 26'

Fiorentina 4–4 Hansa Rostock on aggregate. Fiorentina won on away goals rule.

Bologna Italy1–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd
Mujesan 40' Santrač 80'

OFK Beograd won 2–1 on aggregate.

Argeș Pitești Romania3–2Turkey Göztepe
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece)

Göztepe won 5–3 on aggregate.

Napoli Italy2–0England Leeds United
Sala 14'
Juliano 84' (pen.)

Napoli 2–2 Leeds United on aggregate. Leeds United won on a coin toss.

Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DWS Netherlands 1–4 Scotland Rangers 0–2 1–2
Athletic Bilbao Spain 2–1 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 1–1
Zaragoza Spain 4 – 4(a) England Newcastle United 3–2 1–2
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal 4–2 Italy Fiorentina 3–0 1–2
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3 – 3(a) Turkey Göztepe 3–1 0–2
Hamburger SV West Germany 2(a) – 2 Scotland Hibernian 1–0 1–2
Leeds United England 7–2 West Germany Hannover 96 5–1 2–1
Legia Warsaw Poland 2–3 Hungary Újpest 0–1 2–2

First leg

Vitória de Setúbal Portugal3–0Italy Fiorentina
José Maria 13' 52'
Arcanjo 36'
Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

Fiorentina Italy2–1Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
Amarildo 12'
Rogora 36'		 Mancin red-colored football 90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mario Clematide (Switzerland)

Vitória de Setúbal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers Scotland 4–3 Spain Athletic Bilbao 4–1 0–2
Newcastle United England 6–4 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 5–1 1–3
Göztepe Turkey w/o West Germany Hamburger SV(withdrew) – –
Leeds United England 0–3 Hungary Újpest 0–1 0–2

First leg

Newcastle United England5–1Portugal Vitória Setúbal
Foggon 23'
Robson 36', 75'
Davies 60'
Gibb 89'		 José Maria 84'
Attendance: 57,662
Referee: Curt Liedberg (Sweden)

Second leg

Vitória Setúbal Portugal3–1England Newcastle United
Arcanjo 27'
Petita 60'
Figueiredo 66'		 Davies 40'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)

Newcastle United won 6–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers Scotland 0–2 England Newcastle United 0–0 0–2
Göztepe Turkey 1–8 Hungary Újpest 1–4 0–4

First leg

Rangers Scotland0–0England Newcastle United
Göztepe Turkey1–4Hungary Újpest
Çağlayan 16' (pen.) Bene 12' 32'
Dunai II 62' 82'

Second leg

Newcastle United England2–0Scotland Rangers
Scott 52'
Sinclair 77'

Newcastle United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Újpest Hungary4–0Turkey Göztepe
Bene 24' 55' 78'
Nagy 56'

Újpest won 8–1 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Newcastle United England 6–2 Hungary Újpest 3–0 3–2

References

  1. ↑ Watson, Ian (10 October 2022). "Big Six longest trophy droughts and how they eventually ended as Spurs edge towards 15 years". Football365.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool vs Newcastle LIVE: Carabao Cup final score, updates & commentary from Wembley". BBC Sport.
  3. ↑ "Leeds United Wins Cup". Winnipeg Free Press. Reuters. 12 September 1968. p. 59 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
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