1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Fairs Cup trophy

The eleventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1968-'69 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 major trophy to date.

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(c) - 3	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
Trakia 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(c) - 1	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 Bucureşti	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)	FC 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

18 September 1968	FC Lausanne-Sport	0 – 2	Juventus	Lausanne
			Zigoni  17' Leoncini  63'

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18 September 1968	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Zagreb
	Zambata  18'		Pirovano  83'

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18 September 1968	Bologna	4 – 1	FC Basel	Bologna
	Turra  12' Cresci  50' Pace  53' Savoldi  83'		Konrad  48'

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11 September 1968	Napoli	3 – 1	Grasshopper	Naples
	Altafini  6' Salvi  12'  33'		Rüegg  78'

Second leg

9 October 1968	Juventus	2 – 0	FC Lausanne-Sport	Turin
	Benetti  43' del Sol  74'

Juventus won 4–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1968	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Dinamo Zagreb	Florence
	Amarildo  1' Maraschi  37'		Novak  64'

Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1968	FC Basel	1 – 2	Bologna	Basel
	Hauser  42'		Pace  46' Savoldi  63'

Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.

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23 October 1968	Grasshopper	1 – 0	Napoli	Zürich
	Grahn  58'

Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate.

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(c) - 2	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

6 November 1968	Juventus	0 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Turin

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13 November 1968	Hansa Rostock	3 – 2	Fiorentina	Rostock
	Kostmann  69' Barthels  80' Hergesell  90'		Maraschi  70' Rizzo  84'

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6 November 1968	OFK Beograd	1 – 0	Bologna	Belgrade
	Santrač  32'

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13 November 1968	Leeds United	2 – 0	Napoli	Leeds
	Charlton  23'  25'

Second leg

21 November 1968	Eintracht Frankfurt	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Juventus	Frankfurt am Main
	Bechtold  120'

Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.

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27 November 1968	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Hansa Rostock	Florence
	Rizzo  36' Merlo  68'		Kostmann  26'

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

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20 November 1968	Bologna	1 – 1	OFK Beograd	Bologna
	Mujesan  40'		Santrač  80'

OFK Beograd won 2–1 on aggregate.

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27 November 1968	Napoli	2 – 0	Leeds United	Naples
	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

18 December 1968	Vitória de Setúbal	3 – 0	Fiorentina	Setúbal
	José Maria  13'  52' Arcanjo  36'

Second leg

22 January 1969	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Vitória de Setúbal	Florence
	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

Semifinals

See also: 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi-Final riots

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

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

External links

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation