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1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Final positions
Champions	Newcastle United (1st title)
Runners-up	Újpest
Tournament statistics
Matches played	120
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

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.

First round

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

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)	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

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
Neagu 28', 90' Năsturescu 85'	Report	Stepanović 13'

Bologna	4–1	FC Basel
Turra 12' Cresci 50' Pace 53' Savoldi 83'		Konrad 48'

Leixões	1–1	Argeș Pitești
Gonçalves 18'	Report	Nuțu 73'

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'	Report

Lyon	1–0	Académica
Guy 85'	Report

Second leg

Dundalk	2–1 (a.e.t.)	DOS Utrecht
Stokes 8' Morrissey 109'	Report	Nieuwenhuys 20'

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
Santrač 4', 13', 104', 107' Turudija 11', 100'	Report	Codreanu 29'

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

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'	Report	Figueiredo 2' Baptista 24' Arcanjo 29'

Vitória Setúbal won 6–1 on aggregate.

Académica	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Lyon
Manuel António 76'	Report

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 FC	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 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

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

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

Göztepe	3–0	Argeș Pitești
Öznur 3' Aksel 10', 35'	Report

Leeds United	2–0	Napoli
Charlton 23' 25'

Second leg

Dundalk	0–3	Rangers
	Report	Mathieson 45' Stein 64' 81'

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	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
Prepurgel 56' (pen.) Derebaşı 58' (o.g.) Jercan 65'	Report	Öznur 9' Zemzem 77'

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 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

Vitória de Setúbal	3–0	Fiorentina
José Maria 13' 52' Arcanjo 36'

Second leg

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

Vitória de Setúbal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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

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

Second leg

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

Newcastle United won 6–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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

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

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Newcastle United	6–2	Újpest FC	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.com.
2. "Leeds United Wins Cup". Winnipeg Free Press. Reuters. 12 September 1968. p. 59 – via Newspaperarchive.com.

External links

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Seasons 1968-69 – results, protocols
• website eurocups-uefa.ru Fairs' Cup Seasons 1968-69 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1968–69 Fairs' Cup

• 1968–69 in European football
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup seasons