CHAMPIONS'CUP 1968-69

Note: substitutions of two players at any game time were allowed.

Obligatory match dates were introduced (two weeks between the legs) and fixed on Wednesdays. The 'double away goal value' rule was extended to the whole competition

Note: 31.08 at Bern the Extraordinary UEFA Commitee changed the results of first round draw (from 10.07) following the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops on Czechoslovakia. Only pairs in which "western" teams met "eastern" ones were redrawn, to avoid political complications (originally: Ferencváros - Celtic, Levski - AC Milan, FC Zürich - Dinamo Kiev, Spartak Trnava - Malmö FF, Steaua Bucuresti - Akademisk BK, AS St.Etienne - Ruch Chorzów).

First Round

(18.09 and 02.10)

AEK Athina – AS La Jeunesse d’Esch 3-0

(Papayeorgiou 27, D.Papaioanou 57p, Karafeskos 59p)

AS La Jeunesse d‘Esch - AEK AThina 3-2

(J.P.Hoffmann 5, Drouet 45, Langer 87; Ventouris 15, 35)

RSC Anderlecht - Glentoran FC Belfast 3-0

(Bergholtz 18, Peeters 23, Nordahl 87)

Glentoran FC Belfast - RSC Anderlecht 2-2

(Morrow 27, J.Johnston 55; Devrindt 24, Bergholtz 58)

Floriana FC - Reipas Lahti 1-1

(J.Galea 37p; Aalto 28)

Reipas Lahti – Floriana FC 2-0

(Holtari 56, 57)

Malmö FF - Milan AC 2-1

(C.Olsberg 45, B.Elmstedt 50; Rivera 58)

Milan AC - Malmö FF 4-1

(Prati 32, 69, Sormani 62, Rivera 88p; A.Ljungberg 16)

Manchester City FC - Fenerbahçe SK İstanbul 0-0

Fenerbahçe SK İstanbul - Manchester City FC 2-1

(Abdullah Çevrim 48, Ogün Altıparmak 76; Coleman 11)

1.FC Nürnberg – AFC Ajax Amsterdam 1-1

(Volkert 6; Cruijff 80)

AFC Ajax Amsterdam - 1.FC Nürnberg 4-0

(Swart 22, 59, H.Groot 85p, Cruijff 90)

AS St.Étienne - Celtic FC Glasgow 2-0

(Keita 15, H.Revelli 36)

Celtic FC Glasgow - AS St.Étienne 4-0

(Gemmel 44p, Ja.Craig 59, Chalmers 66, McBride 87)

CSA Steaua București – TJ Spartak TAZ Trnava 3-1

(Creiniceanu 20, Voinea 30, Constantin 51; Kuna 75)

TJ Spartak TAZ Trnava – CSA Steaua București 4-0

(Švec 3, Adamec 59, 76, 82)

Rosenborg BK Trondheim – SK Rapid Wien 1-3

(O.Iversen 16; Bjerregaard 28, Kaltenbrunner 65, Grausam 86)

SK Rapid Wien - Rosenborg BK Trondheim 3-3

(Lindman 10, 80, Kaltenbrunner 17; O.Iversen 21, 34, 87)

K Valur Reykjavík – Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0-0

Sport Lisboa e Benfica – K Valur Reykjavík 8-1

(Simões 4, Jacinto Santos 7, José Torres 11, 47, 79, Eusébio 20, Coluna 27,José Augusto 48; H.Gunnarsson 68)

Waterford FC - Manchester United FC 1-3

(Matthews 65; Law 8, 41, 55)

Manchester United FC – Waterford FC 7-1

(Stiles 37, Law 41, 47, 60, 71, F.Burns 68, R.Charlton 84; Casey 69)

FC Zürich - Akademisk BK Gradsaxe 1-3

(Winiger 50; F.Hansen 22, F.Wiberg 25, J.Petersen 62)

Akademisk BK Gladsaxe - FC Zürich 1-2

(J.Petersen 53; Künzli 42, 80)

(18.09 and 26.09)

Real Madrid CF - AEL Lemesos 6-0

(Pirri 11, 14, 62, Amancio 17, Pérez 28, Bueno 73)

AEL Lemesos - Real Madrid CF 0-6

(Velazquez 7, 11, José Luis 10, Veloso 83, Ortega 86, Zunzunegui 89)

FC Carl Zeiss Jena – FK Crvena zvezda Beograd (Carl Zeiss withdrew, Crvena zvezda w/o)

Dinamo Kiev – KS Ruch Chorzów (both teams withdrew)

FD Levski Sofia – Ferencvárosi TC Budapest (both teams withdrew)

Second Round

(13.11 and 27.11)

AEK Athina - Akademisk BK Gradsaxe 0-0

Akademisk BK Gradsaxe - AEK Athina 0-2

(Stamatiadis 25, Papaioanou 81)

Manchester United FC - RSC Anderlecht 3-0

(Kidd 52, Law 70, 78)

RSC Anderlecht - Manchester United FC 3-1

(Mulder 18, Bergholtz 38, 78; Sartori 8)

Celtic FC Glasgow – FK Crvena zvezda Beograd 5-1

(Murdoch 3, Johnstone 46, 81, Lennox 48, Brown Wallace 74; Lazarević 39)

FK Crvena zvezda Beograd - Celtic FC Glasgow 1-1

(Ostojić 90; Brown Wallace 72)

(13.11 and 28.11)

AFC Ajax Amsterdam - Fenerbahçe SK İstanbul 2-0

(Nuninga 14, Muller 75)

Fenerbahçe SK İstanbul – AFC Ajax Amsterdam 0-2

(Keizer 55, Nuninga 88)

(20.11 and 27.11)

Reipas Lahti – TJ Spartak TAZ Trnava 1-9

(Hyvärinen 88; Hagara 14, Kabát 20, 80, Švec 23, 61, 83, Martinkovič 46, Hrušecký 54, Adamec 64)

TJ Spartak TAZ Trnava - Reipas Lahti 7-1

(Hagara 15, Dobiaš 20, 49p, 64, Kuna 27, Adamec 37, Hrušecký 53; Niskakoski 75)

(20.11 and 04.12)

SK Rapid Wien - Real Madrid CF 1-0

(Kaltenbrunner 55)

Real Madrid CF – SK Rapid Wien 2-1

(Velazquez 41, Pirri 83; Bjerregaard 48)

Quarterfinals

(12.02 and 19.02)

AFC Ajax Amsterdam – Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1-3

(Danielsson 47; Jacinto Santos 30 p, José Torres 35, José Augusto 57)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica – AFC Ajax Amsterdam 1-3

(José Torres 70; Cruijff 9, 31, Danielsson 11)

(19.02 and 12.03)

Milan AC - Celtic FC Glasgow 0-0

Celtic FC Glasgow - Milan AC 0-1

(Prati 12)

(26.02 and 05.03)

Manchester United FC – SK Rapid Wien 3-0

(Best 44, 70, W.Morgan 67)

SK Rapid Wien - Manchester United FC 0-0

(26.02 and 12.03)

TJ Spartak TAZ Trnava - AEK Athina 2-1

(Jarábek 25, Kabát 44; Sevastopoulos 61)

AEK Athina – TJ Spartak TAZ Trnava 1-1

(D.Papaioanou 72; Švec 23)

(05.03)

AFC Ajax Amsterdam – Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3-0 aet (Paris)

(Cruijff 92, Danielsson 105, 109)

Semifinals

(13.04 and 24.04)

AFC Ajax Amsterdam – TJ Spartak TAZ Trnava 3-0

(Cruijff 27, Swart 52, Keizer 66)

TJ Spartak TAZ Trnava – AFC Ajax Amsterdam 2-0

(Kuna 27, 49)

(23.04 and 15.05)

Milan AC - Manchester United FC 2-0

(Sormani 33, Hamrin 49)

Manchester United FC - Milan AC 1-0

(R.Charlton 70)

Final

Milan AC - AFC Ajax Amsterdam 4-1

28.05.1969 Madrid, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Referee: José Maria Ortiz de Mendebil (SPA)

Milan AC: Fabio Cudicini; Angelo Anquilletti, Roberto Rosato, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Saul Malatrasi; Giovanni Trapattoni, Gianni Rivera (c), Giovanni Lodetti; Kurt Hamrin, Angelo Sormani, Pierino Prati.

Coach: Nereo Rocco ITA

AFC Ajax Amstardam: Gerrit Bals; Wim Suurbier, Velibor Vasović (c), Barry Hulshoff, Theo van Duivenbode; Sjaak Swart, Henk Groot, Anton Pronk; Inge Danielsson, Johan Cruijff, Piet Keizer.

Coach: Rinus Michels HOL

Prati 8, 40, 75, Vasović 60p, Sormani 67