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. It is also Newcastle United's most recent trophy.

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

First round
Team 1 Agg. 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
DOS Utrecht 1–1 Dundalk
van Veen  27' Report Stokes  74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Joseph Minnoy, Belgium
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
 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: 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 Real Zaragoza
Nenov  32'
Dermendzhiev  65'
Popov  78'		 Tejedor  88'

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 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
Attendance: 12,000

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.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. 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
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'
Göztepe 3–0 Argeș Pitești
  • Öznur  3'
  • Aksel  10', 35'
 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)
Leeds United 2–0 Napoli
Charlton  23'  25'

Second leg
Dundalk0–3Rangers
Report Mathieson  45'
Stein  64'  81'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kåre Sirevaag, Norway

Rangers won 9–1 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. 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
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. 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

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. 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
Main article: 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Newcastle United 6–2 Újpest FC 3–0 3–2
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