1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth season of the European Cup Winners' Cup, a club football competition organised by UEFA for the cup winners from each of its member associations. The tournament was won by Czechoslovakian side Slovan Bratislava, who beat Spanish club Barcelona 3–2 in the final in Basel, Switzerland. It was the first time a club from the Eastern Bloc won the title. A number of withdrawals by Eastern European clubs from the first round as a result of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia led to several walkovers and byes that lasted into the second round.

1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup
Final positions
ChampionsCzechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava (1st title)
Runners-upSpain Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played51
Goals scored156 (3.06 per match)

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic   12–1   APOEL 10–1 2–0
Olympiacos   4–0   KR Reykjavík 2–0 2–01
Dinamo București   w/o   Raba Vasas ETO n/a n/a
Club Brugge KV   3–3 (a)   West Bromwich Albion 3–1 0–2
KS Partizani   2–3   Torino 1–0 1–3
Cardiff City   3–4   Porto 2–2 1–2
Slovan Bratislava   3–2   FK Bor 3–0 0–2
ADO Den Haag   6–1   GAK 4–1 2–0
Girondins Bordeaux   2–4   1. FC Köln 2–1 0–3
Randers   3–1   Shamrock Rovers 1–0 2–1
US Rumelange   2–2 (a)   Sliema Wanderers 2–12 0–1
Lugano   0–4   Barcelona 0–1 0–3
Altay   4–5   SFK Lyn 3–1 1–4
Crusaders   3–6   IFK Norrköping 2–2 1–4

The following clubs withdrew following UEFA's decision to separate western and Eastern countries due to troubles in Czechoslovakia:
FC Spartak (Sofia), Union Berlin, Górnik Zabrze, Dinamo Moscow, Raba Vasas ETO

1 The match was played in Thessaloniki.

2 The match was played in Esch.

Source:[1]

First leg

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Dunfermline Athletic  10–1  APOEL
Robertson   9', 46'
Barry   17'
Gardner   19'
Renton   26', 86'
Edwards   44'
Willie Callaghan   57', 65'
Tom Callaghan   70'
Report Stylianou   74'
Attendance: 7,167

Cardiff City  2–2  Porto
Toshack   24'
Bird   50' (pen.)
Report Custódio Pinto   60', 68'
Attendance: 19,202

Slovan Bratislava  3–0  Bor
Cvetler   
Jokl  
Report[2]

Second leg

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APOEL  0–2  Dunfermline Athletic
Report Gardner   57'
Willie Callaghan   84'

Dunfermline Athletic won 12-1 on aggregate.


Porto  2–1  Cardiff City
Pavão   9'
Custódio Pinto   76'
Report Toshack   51'
Attendance: 55,000

Porto won 4–3 on aggregate.


Bor  2–0  Slovan Bratislava
Ranković   42'
Tomić   59'
Report[3]
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Papavasilev (Greece)

Slovan Bratislava won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic   4–3   Olympiacos 4–0 0–3
Dinamo București   1–5   West Bromwich Albion 1–1 0–4
Torino   Bye n/a n/a
Porto   1–4   Slovan Bratislava 1–0 0–4
ADO Den Haag   0–4   1. FC Köln 0–1 0–3
Randers   8–0   Sliema Wanderers 6–0 2–0
Barcelona   Bye n/a n/a
SFK Lyn   4–3   IFK Norrkoping 2–0 2–3

Source:[1]

First leg

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Dinamo București  1–1  West Bromwich Albion
Report

  Porto1–0  Slovan Bratislava
Custódio Pinto   34' Report

Second leg

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West Bromwich Albion  4–0  Dinamo București
Report
Attendance: 33,059

West Bromwich Albion won 5–1 on aggregate.


Slovan Bratislava  4–0  Porto
Ján Čapkovič   22'
Jokl   48', 88' (pen.)
Jozef Čapkovič   84'
Report
Attendance: 7,776

Slovan Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic   1–0   West Bromwich Albion 0–0 1–0
Torino   1–3   Slovan Bratislava 0–1 1–2
1. FC Köln   5–1   Randers 2–1 3–0
Barcelona   5–4   SFK Lyn 3–2 2–21

1 The match was played in Barcelona.

Source:[1]

First leg

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Torino  0–1  Slovan Bratislava
[4] Jokl   54'

Second leg

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Slovan Bratislava  2–1  Torino
Horváth   25'
Hlavenka   62'
Report[5] Carelli   88'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Paul Schiller [de] (Austria)

Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic   1–2   Slovan Bratislava 1–1 0–1
1. FC Köln   3–6   Barcelona 2–2 1–4

Source:[1]

First leg

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Second leg

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Slovan Bratislava  1–0  Dunfermline Athletic
Ján Čapkovič   24' Report[7]
Attendance: 30,000

Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Slovan Bratislava  3–2  Barcelona
Cvetler   2'
Hrivnák   30'
Ján Čapkovič   42'
Report[8]
Report 2
Zaldúa   16'
Rexach   52'

References

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  1. ^ a b c d James M. Ross (4 June 2015). "Cup Winners' Cup 1968-69". European Competitions 1968-69. RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Slovan Bratislava-RFK Bor 3:0". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 19 September 1968. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Náskok stačil". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 3 October 1968. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Quarter-finals: Torino FC - TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava 0:1". Cup Winners Cup 1968/1969. worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Kopaná v pravém slova smyslu Sn Bratislava-Torino 2:1". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 6 March 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Naděje pro odvetu Dunfermline–Slovan Bratislava 1:1 (1:0)". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 10 April 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Fotbalová středa se vydařila, jaký bude čtvrtek?". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 24 April 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  8. ^ "1968/69: Slovan shine despite political clouds". UEFA. 1 June 1969. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010.