TheWembley Stadium inLondon hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 20 September 1967 – 29 May 1968 |
| Teams | 32 (31 competed) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Goals scored | 162 (2.7 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,059,590 (34,327 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Eusébio (Benfica) 6 goals |
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The1967–68 European Cup was the 13thEuropean Cup,UEFA's premier clubfootball tournament. The competition was won byManchester United, who beatBenfica 4–1 in the final atWembley Stadium,London. The European Cup title marked the tenth year since theMunich air disaster, in which eight United players were killed and their manager,Matt Busby, was left close to death, the day after earning a place in the semi-finals of the1957–58 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.
Celtic were the defending champions, but were eliminated byDynamo Kyiv in the first round.
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Olympiakos Nicosia | 3–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | |
| Manchester United | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | |
| Celtic | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Górnik Zabrze | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Basel | 4–5 | 1–2 | 3–3 | |
| Ajax | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | |
| Skeid | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 | |
| Dundalk | 1–9 | 0–1 | 1–8 | |
| Valur | 4–4 (a) | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
| Glentoran | 1–1 (a) | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Saint-Étienne | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| Beşiktaş | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | (w/o) | – | – | |
| Olympiacos | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Botev Plovdiv | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Manchester United | 4–0 | |
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| Sadler Law | Report |
| Górnik Zabrze | 3–0 | |
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| Lubański Lentner | Report |
| Ajax | 1–1 | |
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| Cruyff | Report | Pirri |
| Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1–3 | |
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| Steinmann | Report | Mulder Van Himst |
| Valur | 1–1 | |
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| Gunnarsson | Report | Di Genova |
| Saint-Étienne | 2–0 | |
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| Herbin Jacquet | Report |
| Botev Plovdiv | 2–0 | |
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| Report |
Sarajevo won 5–3 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–1 | |
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| Byshovets | Report | Lennox |
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won 4–0 on aggregate.
Hvidovre won 5–4 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Sparta Prague | 1–1 | |
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| Mráz | Report | Sjøberg |
Sparta Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Anderlecht | 2–1 | |
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| Bergholtz Van Himst | Report | Schuster |
Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 9–1 on aggregate.
| Jeunesse Esch | 3–3 | |
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| Hnatow Di Genova Langer | Report | Jónsson Gunnarsson |
4–4 on aggregate; Valur won on away goals.
1–1 on aggregate; Benfica won on away goals.
Saint-Étienne won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Juventus | 2–0 | |
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| Zigoni Menichelli | Report |
Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Sarajevo | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Hvidovre | 3–6 | 2–2 | 1–4 | |
| Sparta Prague | 6–5 | 3–2 | 3–3 | |
| Vasas | 11–1 | 6–0 | 5–1 | |
| Benfica | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Rapid Wien | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Juventus | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–2 | |
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| Olek | Report | Szołtysik Lubański |
| Sparta Prague | 3–2 | |
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| Mašek | Report | Jurion Van Himst |
| Benfica | 2–0 | |
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| José Augusto Eusébio | Report |
Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.
| Anderlecht | 3–3 | |
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| Van Himst Devrindt | Report | Mašek Mráz |
Sparta Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.
Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Eintracht Braunschweig won 2–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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| Manchester United | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | ||
| Real Madrid | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | ||
| Vasas | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | ||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Manchester United | 2–0 | |
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| Florenski Kidd | Report |
| Real Madrid | 3–0 | |
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| Amancio | Report |
Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Sparta Prague | 2–1 | |
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| Kvašňák Dyba | Report | Gento |
Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.
Juventus 3–3 Eintracht Braunschweig on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Manchester United | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | |
| Benfica | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Real Madrid | 3–3 | |
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| Pirri Gento Amancio | Report | Zoco Sadler Foulkes |
Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.