1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Final positions
Champions Newcastle United (1st title)
Runners-up 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 9–3 Morton 5–0 4–3
K. Beerschot V.A.C. 2–3 DWS 1–1 1–2
Rangers 2–1 FK Vojvodina 2–0 0–1
DOS Utrecht 2–3 Dundalk 1–1 1 – 2(aet)
R. Daring Club Molenbeek 2–3 Panathinaikos 2–1 0–2
Athletic Bilbao 3–3 (c) Liverpool 2–1 1 – 2(aet)
Lausanne-Sport 0–4 Juventus 0–2 0–2
Wacker Innsbruck 2–5 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 0–3
Slavia Sofia 0–2 Aberdeen 0–0 0–2
Botev Plovdiv 3–3 (a) Zaragoza 3–1 0–2
Sporting Clube de Portugal 5–4 Valencia CF 4–0 1–4
Newcastle United 4–2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 4–0 0–2
Vitória de Setúbal 6–1 Linfield 3–0 3–1
Olympique Lyonnais 1–1 (c) Académica 1–0 0 – 1(aet)
Hansa Rostock 4–2 OGC Nice 3–0 1–2
Dinamo Zagreb 2–3 Fiorentina 1–1 1–2
Rapid București 4–7 OFK Beograd 3–1 1 – 6(aet)
Bologna 6–2 Basel 4–1 2–1
Göztepe 2–2 (c) Olympique de Marseille 2–0 0 – 2(aet)
Leixões SC 1–1 (a) Argeş Piteşti 1–1 0–0
Metz 3–7 Hamburger SV 1–4 2–3
Wiener Sportclub 1–5 Slavia Prague 1–0 0–5
Olimpija Ljubljana 1–5 Hibernian 0–3 1–2
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig w/o KB – –
Standard Liège 2–3 Leeds United 0–0 2–3
Napoli 3–2 Grasshopper 3–1 0–1
FK Skeid 2–3 AIK 1–1 1–2
Hannover 96 4–2 B1909 3–2 1–0
Atlético Madrid 2–2 (a) K.S.V. Waregem 2–1 0–1
Legia Warszawa 9–2 TSV 1860 München 6–0 3–2
Aris Thessaloniki 7–0 Hibernians 1–0 6–0
Újpest w/o US Luxembourg – –

First leg

DOS Utrecht 1–1 Dundalk
van Veen 27' Report Stokes 74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Joseph Minnoy, Belgium
Lausanne-Sport 0–2 Juventus
Zigoni 17'
Leoncini 63'
Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 Fiorentina
Zambata 18' Pirovano 83'
Rapid București 3–1 OFK Beograd
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nejat Şener (Turkey)
Bologna 4–1 Basel
Turra 12'
Cresci 50'
Pace 53'
Savoldi 83'		 Konrad 48'
Leixões 1–1 Argeș Pitești
 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)
Metz 1–4 Hamburger SV
Hausser 21' Report Dörfel 22'
Zvunka 57' (o.g.)
Krämer 63'
Hönig 82'
Napoli 3–1 Grasshopper
Altafini 6'
Salvi 12' 33'		 Rüegg 78'
Botev Plovdiv 3–1 Zaragoza
Nenov 32'
Dermendzhiev 65'
Popov 78'		 Tejedor 88'
Vitória Setúbal 3–0 Linfield
Tomé 18'
Figueiredo 63'
Carriço 81'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)
Lyon 1–0 Académica
Guy 85'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Joseph Moscato (Luxembourg)

Second leg

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

Dundalk won 3–2 on aggregate.

Juventus 2–0 Lausanne-Sport
Benetti 43'
del Sol 74'

Juventus won 4–0 on aggregate.

Fiorentina 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb
Amarildo 1'
Maraschi 37'		 Novak 64'

Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.

OFK Beograd 6–1 (a.e.t.) Rapid București
 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

OFK Beograd won 7–4 on aggregate.

Basel 1–2 Bologna
Hauser 42' Pace 46'
Savoldi 63'

Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.

Argeș Pitești 0–0 Leixões
Report
Attendance: 15,000

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

Hamburger SV 3–2 Metz
Hönig 7'
Krämer 18'
Seeler 88'		 Report Hitz 40'
Niesser 85'

Hamburger SV won 7–3 on aggregate.

Grasshopper 1–0 Napoli
Grahn 58'

Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate.

Zaragoza 2–0 Botev Plovdiv
Bustillo 24', 76'

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

Linfield 1–3 Vitória Setúbal
Scott 26' Figueiredo 2'
Baptista 24'
Arcanjo 29'
Attendance: 20,000

Vitória Setúbal won 6–1 on aggregate.

Académica 1–0 (a.e.t.) Lyon
Manuel António 76'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Adolfo Bueno Perales (Spain)

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

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea 0–0 (c) DWS 0–0 0 – 0(aet)
Rangers 9–1 Dundalk FC 6–1 3–0
Panathinaikos 0–1 Athletic Bilbao 0–0 0–1
Juventus 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 0 – 1(aet)
Aberdeen 2–4 Zaragoza 2–1 0–3
Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–2 Newcastle United 1–1 0–1
Vitória de Setúbal 7–1 Olympique Lyonnais 5–0 2–1
Hansa Rostock 4–4 (a) Fiorentina 3–2 1–2
OFK Beograd 2–1 Bologna 1–0 1–1
Göztepe 5–3 Argeş Piteşti 3–0 2–3
Hamburger SV 5–4 SK Slavia Prague 4–1 1–3
Hibernian 4–1 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 3–1 1–0
Leeds United 2–2 (c) Napoli 2–0 0 – 2(aet)
AIK 6–7 Hannover 96 4–2 2–5
K.S.V. Waregem 1–2 Legia Warsaw 1–0 0–2
Aris Thessaloniki 2–11 Újpest 1–2 1–9

First leg

Rangers 6–1 Dundalk
Henderson 13' 26'
Greig 50'
Ferguson 55' 90'
Brennan 88' og		 Report Murray 43'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Curt Nystrand, Sweden
Juventus 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Hansa Rostock 3–2 Fiorentina
Kostmann 69'
Barthels 80'
Hergesell 90'		 Maraschi 70'
Rizzo 84'
OFK Beograd 1–0 Bologna
Santrač 32'
Vitória Setúbal 5–0 Olympique Lyonnais
Carriço 30'
Tomé 32', 70'
Figueiredo 57'
Petita 81'
Attendance: 10,000
Göztepe 3–0 Argeș Pitești
 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)
Leeds United 2–0 Napoli
Charlton 23' 25'

Second leg

Dundalk 0–3Rangers
Report Mathieson 45'
Stein 64' 81'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kåre Sirevaag, Norway

Rangers won 9–1 on aggregate.

Olympique Lyonnais 1–2 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 1–0 (a.e.t.) Juventus
Bechtold 120'

Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.

Fiorentina 2–1 Hansa Rostock
Rizzo 36'
Merlo 68'		 Kostmann 26'

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

Bologna 1–1 OFK Beograd
Mujesan 40' Santrač 80'

OFK Beograd won 2–1 on aggregate.

Argeș Pitești 3–2 Göztepe
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece)

Göztepe won 5–3 on aggregate.

Napoli 2–0 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 1–4 Rangers 0–2 1–2
Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 1–1
Zaragoza 4 – 4(a) Newcastle United 3–2 1–2
Vitória de Setúbal 4–2 Fiorentina 3–0 1–2
OFK Beograd 3 – 3(a) Göztepe 3–1 0–2
Hamburger SV 2(a) – 2 Hibernian 1–0 1–2
Leeds United 7–2 Hannover 96 5–1 2–1
Legia Warsaw 2–3 Újpest 0–1 2–2

First leg

Vitória de Setúbal 3–0 Fiorentina
José Maria 13' 52'
Arcanjo 36'
Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

Fiorentina 2–1 Vitória de Setúbal
Amarildo 12'
Rogora 36'		 Mancin 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 4–3 Athletic Bilbao 4–1 0–2
Newcastle United 6–4 Vitória de Setúbal 5–1 1–3
Göztepe w/o Hamburger SV(withdrew) – –
Leeds United 0–3 Újpest 0–1 0–2

First leg

Newcastle United 5–1 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 3–1 Newcastle United
Arcanjo 27'
Petita 60'
Figueiredo 66'		 Davies 40'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

Newcastle United won 6–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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

First leg

Rangers 0–0 Newcastle United
Göztepe 1–4 Újpest
Çağlayan 16' (pen.) Bene 12' 32'
Dunai II 62' 82'

Second leg

Newcastle United 2–0 Rangers
Scott 52'
Sinclair 77'

Newcastle United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Újpest 4–0 Göztepe
Bene 24' 55' 78'
Nagy 56'

Újpest won 8–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Newcastle United 6–2 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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