1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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 FC. 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 have not won a major trophy since.[1]

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

First round

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KB and Union Luxembourg withdrew when drawn to play in Warsaw Pact countries.[2]

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 FC 1–1 1 – 2(aet)
R. Daring Club Molenbeek   2–3   Panathinaikos FC 2–1 0–2
Athletic Bilbao   3–3 (c)   Liverpool 2–1 1 – 2(aet)
FC Lausanne-Sport   0–4   Juventus 0–2 0–2
FC Wacker Innsbruck   2–5   Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 0–3
PFC Slavia Sofia   0–2   Aberdeen 0–0 0–2
PFC Botev Plovdiv   3–3 (a)   Real 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 FC 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   FC Basel 4–1 2–1
Göztepe A.Ş.   2–2 (c)   Olympique de Marseille 2–0 0 – 2(aet)
Leixões SC   1–1 (a)   Argeş Piteşti 1–1 0–0
FC Metz   3–7   Hamburger SV 1–4 2–3
Wiener Sportclub   1–5   SK Slavia Praha 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 F.C.   7–0   Hibernians FC 1–0 6–0
Újpest FC   w/o   US Luxembourg

First leg

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DOS Utrecht  1–1  Dundalk
van Veen   27' Report Stokes   74'

FC 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  FC Basel
Turra   12'
Cresci   50'
Pace   53'
Savoldi   83'
Konrad   48'

Leixões  1–1  Argeș Pitești
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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  Real Zaragoza
Nenov   32'
Dermendzhiev   65'
Popov   78'
Tejedor   88'

Vitória Setúbal  3–0  Linfield
Tomé   18'
Figueiredo   63'
Carriço   81'
Report

Lyon  1–0  Académica
Guy   85' Report
Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

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  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  FC 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

OFK Beograd won 7–4 on aggregate.


FC 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.


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

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


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

Vitória Setúbal won 6–1 on aggregate.


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

Second round

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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 FC   0–1   Athletic Bilbao 0–0 0–1
Juventus   0–1   Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 0 – 1(aet)
Aberdeen   2–4   Real 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 A.Ş.   5–3   FC Argeş Piteşti 3–0 2–3
Hamburger SV   5–4   SK Slavia Praha 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 Warszawa 1–0 0–2
Aris Thessaloniki F.C.   2–11   Újpest FC 1–2 1–9

First leg

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Rangers  6–1  Dundalk
Henderson   13'   26'
Greig   50'
Ferguson   55'   90'
Brennan   88' og
Report Murray   43'
Attendance: 30,000

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'
Report
Attendance: 10,000

Göztepe  3–0  Argeș Pitești
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Leeds United  2–0  Napoli
Charlton   23'   25'

Second leg

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  Dundalk0–3Rangers  
Report Mathieson   45'
Stein   64'   81'
Attendance: 8,000

Rangers won 9–1 on aggregate.


Olympique Lyonnais  1–2  Vitória Setúbal
Félix   29' Report Figueiredo   11'
Arcanjo   59' (pen.)

Vitória Setúbal won 7–1 on aggregate.


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

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

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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
Real 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 A.Ş. 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 Warszawa   2–3   Újpest FC 0–1 2–2

First leg

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

Second leg

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Fiorentina  2–1  Vitória de Setúbal
Amarildo   12'
Rogora   36'
Mancin   90' (o.g.)

Vitória de Setúbal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers FC   4–3   Athletic Bilbao 4–1 0–2
Newcastle United   6–4   Vitória de Setúbal 5–1 1–3
Göztepe A.Ş.   w/o   Hamburger SV(withdrew)
Leeds United   0–3   Újpest FC 0–1 0–2

First leg

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Newcastle United  5–1  Vitória Setúbal
Foggon   23'
Robson   36', 75'
Davies   60'
Gibb   89'
Report José Maria   84'

Second leg

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Vitória Setúbal  3–1  Newcastle United
Arcanjo   27'
Petita   60'
Figueiredo   66'
Report Davies   40'

Newcastle United won 6–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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

First leg

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Rangers FC  0–0  Newcastle United

Göztepe A.Ş.  1–4  Újpest FC
Çağlayan   16' (pen.) Bene   12'   32'
Dunai II   62'   82'

Second leg

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

Newcastle United won 2–0 on aggregate.


Újpest FC  4–0  Göztepe A.Ş.
Bene   24'   55'   78'
Nagy   56'

Újpest FC won 8–1 on aggregate.

Final

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

References

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  1. ^ Watson, Ian (10 October 2022). "Big Six longest trophy droughts and how they eventually ended as Spurs edge towards 15 years". Football365.com.
  2. ^ "Leeds United Wins Cup". Winnipeg Free Press. Reuters. 12 September 1968. p. 59 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
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