The 1967–68 European Cup was the 13th
European Cup
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,
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's premier club
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tournament. The competition was won by
Manchester United
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, who beat
Benfica 4–1 in the final at
Wembley Stadium
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,
London
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. The European Cup title marked the tenth year since the
Munich air disaster, in which eight United players were killed and their manager,
Matt Busby
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, was left close to death, the day after earning a place in the semi-finals of the
1957–58 competition. It was also the first time an English side had won the trophy.
The away goals rule (which had already been used in the Cup Winners' Cup and the Fairs' Cup) was introduced if aggregate scores were level after two legs, but only for the first round of the competition. Extra time goals were not included in the rule.
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, the defending champions, were eliminated by
Dynamo Kyiv in the first round.
Bracket
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''Sarajevo won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''Manchester United won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Górnik Zabrze won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Hvidovre won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Sparta Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Vasas won 9–1 on aggregate.''
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''4–4 on aggregate; Valur won on away goals.''
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''1–1 on aggregate; Benfica won on away goals.''
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''Saint-Étienne won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Rapid București won 3–2 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
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Second leg
''Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Górnik Zabrze won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.''
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''Sparta Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.''
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''Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Eintracht Braunschweig won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Juventus won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
1 Juventus beat Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 in a play-off to reach the semi-finals.
First leg
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Second leg
''Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Juventus 3–3 Eintracht Braunschweig on aggregate.''
''Juventus won 1–0 in a play-off.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.''
Final
Top scorers
References
External links
1967–68 All matches – season at UEFA website* All scorers 1967–68 European Cup according t
protocols UEFA- results and line-ups (archive)
European Cup 1967-68 – results, protocols, players statistics* website eurocups-uefa.r
European Cup 1967-68 – results, protocols* website Football Archiv
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1967–68 in European football
European Champion Clubs' Cup seasons