1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup

1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup
Final positions
Champions Slovan Bratislava (1st title)
Runners-up Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played51
Goals scored156 (3.06 per match)
Top scorerCarl-Heinz Rühl (1. FC Köln) 6 goals

The 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth season of the European Cup Winners' Cup, a club football competition organised by UEFA for the cup winners from each of its member associations. The tournament was won by Czechoslovakian side Slovan Bratislava, who beat Spanish club Barcelona 3–2 in the final in Basel, Switzerland. It was the first time a club from the Eastern Bloc won the title. A number of withdrawals by Eastern European clubs from the first round as a result of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia led to several walkovers and byes that lasted into the second round.

Teams

KS Partizani (CW) GAK (CR) Club Brugge KV (CW) FC Spartak Sofia (CW)
APOEL (CW) Slovan Bratislava (CW) Randers (CW) West Bromwich Albion (CW)
Girondins Bordeaux (CR) Union Berlin (CW) 1. FC Köln (CW) Olympiacos (CW)
Raba Vasas ETO (CW) KR Reykjavík (CW) Shamrock Rovers (CW) Torino (CW)
US Rumelange (CW) Sliema Wanderers (CW) ADO Den Haag (CW) Crusaders (CW)
Lyn (CW) Górnik Zabrze (CW) Porto (CW) Dinamo București (CW)
Dunfermline Athletic (CW) Barcelona (CW) IFK Norrköping (CR) Lugano (CW)
Altay SK (CR) Dinamo Moscow (CW) Cardiff City (CW) FK Bor (CR)

Bracket

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
Dunfermline Athletic 10 2 12
APOEL 2 0 1
Dunfermline Athletic 4 0 4
Olympiacos 0 3 3
Olympiacos 2 2 4
KR Reykjavík 0 0 0
Dunfermline Athletic 0 1 1
West Bromwich Albion 0 0 0
Dinamo București - - w
Raba Vasas ETO - - o
Dinamo București 1 0 1
West Bromwich Albion 1 4 5
Club Brugge KV 3 0 3
West Bromwich Albion (a) 1 2 3
Dunfermline Athletic 1 0 1
Slovan Bratislava 1 1 2
KS Partizani 1 1 2
Torino 0 3 3
Torino - - -
Bye - - -
Torino 0 1 1
Slovan Bratislava 1 2 3
Cardiff City 2 1 3
Porto 2 2 4
Porto 1 0 1
Slovan Bratislava 0 4 4
Slovan Bratislava 3 0 3
FK Bor 0 2 2
Slovan Bratislava 3
Barcelona 2
ADO Den Haag 4 2 6
GAK 1 0 1
ADO Den Haag 0 0 0
1. FC Köln 1 3 4
Girondins Bordeaux 2 0 2
1. FC Köln 1 3 4
1. FC Köln 2 3 5
Randers 1 0 1
Randers 1 2 3
Shamrock Rovers 0 1 1
Randers 6 2 8
Sliema Wanderers 0 0 0
US Rumelange 2 0 2
Sliema Wanderers (a) 1 1 2
1. FC Köln 2 1 3
Barcelona 2 4 6
Lugano 0 0 0
Barcelona 1 3 4
Barcelona - - -
Bye - - -
Barcelona 3 2 5
Lyn 2 2 4
Altay SK 3 1 4
Lyn 1 4 5
Lyn 2 2 4
IFK Norrköping 0 3 3
Crusaders 2 1 3
IFK Norrköping 2 4 6

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic 12–1 APOEL 10–1 2–0
Olympiacos 4–0 KR Reykjavík 2–0 2–01
Dinamo București w/o Raba Vasas ETO n/a n/a
Club Brugge KV 3–3 (a) West Bromwich Albion 3–1 0–2
KS Partizani 2–3 Torino 1–0 1–3
Cardiff City 3–4 Porto 2–2 1–2
Slovan Bratislava 3–2 FK Bor 3–0 0–2
ADO Den Haag 6–1 GAK 4–1 2–0
Girondins Bordeaux 2–4 1. FC Köln 2–1 0–3
Randers 3–1 Shamrock Rovers 1–0 2–1
US Rumelange 2–2 (a) Sliema Wanderers 2–12 0–1
Lugano 0–4 Barcelona 0–1 0–3
Altay 4–5 Lyn 3–1 1–4
Crusaders 3–6 IFK Norrköping 2–2 1–4

The following clubs withdrew following UEFA's decision to separate western and Eastern countries due to troubles in Czechoslovakia:
FC Spartak (Sofia), Union Berlin, Górnik Zabrze, Dinamo Moscow, Raba Vasas ETO

1 The match was played in Thessaloniki.

2 The match was played in Esch.

Source:[1]

First leg

Dunfermline Athletic 10–1 APOEL
Robertson 9', 46'
Barry 17'
Gardner 19'
Renton 26', 86'
Edwards 44'
Willie Callaghan 57', 65'
Tommy Callaghan 70'
Stylianou 74'
Attendance: 7,167
Referee: Kåre Sirevaag (Norway)

Olympiacos 2–0 KR Reykjavík
Botinos 45'
Zanteroglou 90'
 
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

Club Brugge KV 3–1 West Bromwich Albion
Thio 26'
Lambert 51'
Bailliu 73'
Hartford 34'
Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

KS Partizani 1–0 Torino
Shaqiri 46'
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Cardiff City 2–2 Porto
Toshack 24'
Bird 50' (pen.)
Custódio Pinto 60', 68'
Attendance: 19,202
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viú (Spain)

Slovan Bratislava 3–0 Bor
Jokl 48', 69'
Cvetler 80'
Report[2]

ADO Den Haag 4–1 GAK
Giesen 41', 69'
Schoenmaker 53'
Aarts 57'
Hohenwarter 40'
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

Girondins Bordeaux 2–1 1. FC Köln
Petyt 19'
Massé 56'
Rühl 26'
Referee: Jef Dorpmans (Netherlands)

Randers 1–0 Shamrock Rovers
Gaardsøe 88'  
Attendance:  
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

US Rumelange 2–1 Sliema Wanderers
  • Leszczynski 21', 48'
Report
Attendance: 2,199
Referee: Alfred Ott (West Germany)

Lugano 0–1 Barcelona
  Zabalza 76'
Attendance:  
Referee: Roger Machin (France)

Altay 3–1 Lyn 
Öztürk 17'
Erhanoğlu 83', 89'
Austnes 62'
Attendance:  

Crusaders 2–2 IFK Norrköping
Jamison 40'
Parke 77'
Hult 42'
Hultberg 53'
Attendance:  
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Second leg

APOEL 0–2 Dunfermline Athletic
Gardner 57'
Callaghan 84'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

Dunfermline Athletic won 12-1 on aggregate.


 
KR Reykjavík 0–2 Olympiacos
    Gioutsos 23'
Stoligas 60'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Konstadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

Olympiacos won 4-0 on aggregate.


3–3 on aggregate; West Bromwich Albion won on away goals.


Torino 3–1 KS Partizani
Carelli 22'
Facchin 28'
Mondonico 59'
Bajko 85'
Referee: Jozef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)

Torino won 3-2 on aggregate.


Porto 2–1   Cardiff City
Pavão 9'
Custódio Pinto 76'
Toshack 51'
Attendance: 55,000

Porto won 4–3 on aggregate.


Bor 2–0 Slovan Bratislava
Ranković 42'
Tomić 59'
Report[3]
Referee: Efstathios Papavasiliou (Greece)

Slovan Bratislava won 3–2 on aggregate.


GAK 0–2 ADO Den Haag
Heijnen 16', 89'
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)

ADO Den Haag won 6–1 on aggregate.


1. FC Köln won 4–2 on aggregate.


Shamrock Rovers 1–2 Randers
Fullam 53' Gaardsøe 22'
Andreasen 57'

Randers won 3–1 on aggregate.


Sliema Wanderers 1–0 US Rumelange
  • Falzon 67'
Report
Attendance: 12,929
Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini (Italy)

2–2 on aggregate; Sliema Wanderers won on away goals.


Barcelona 3–0 Lugano
Mendonça 75', 90'
Zaldúa 83'
Referee: John Paterson (Scotland)

Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.


Lyn 4–1 Altay
Knut Helmer Berg 40'
Johannessen 44', 70'
Jan Berg 89'
Denizli 54'
Referee: Steinn Guðmundsson (Iceland)

Lyn won 5–4 on aggregate.


IFK Norrköping 4–1 Crusaders
Norblad 10', 37'
Hultberg 21', 54'
McPolin 55'
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

IFK Norrköping won 6–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic 4–3 Olympiacos 4–0 0–3
Dinamo București 1–5 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 0–4
Torino Bye n/a n/a
Porto 1–4 Slovan Bratislava 1–0 0–4
ADO Den Haag 0–4 1. FC Köln 0–1 0–3
Randers 8–0 Sliema Wanderers 6–0 2–0
Barcelona Bye n/a n/a
Lyn 4–3 IFK Norrkoping 2–0 2–3

Source:[1]

First leg


Dinamo București 1–1 West Bromwich Albion
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

Porto 1–0   Slovan Bratislava
Custódio Pinto 34'
Attendance: 20,748
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

ADO Den Haag 0–1   1. FC Köln
Jendrossek 88'
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)

Randers 6–0   Sliema Wanderers
Berg Andersen 3', 85'
Olesen 35'
Bødker 53'
Sørensen 55'
Lykke 65' (pen.)
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

Lyn 2–0   IFK Norrkoping
Knut Helmer Berg 40'
Harald Berg 57'
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Second leg

Olympiacos 3–0 Dunfermline Athletic
Referee: Jozef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)

Dunfermline Athletic won 4–3 on aggregate.


West Bromwich Albion 4–0 Dinamo București
Report
Attendance: 33,059

West Bromwich Albion won 5–1 on aggregate.


Slovan Bratislava 4–0 Porto
Ján Čapkovič 22'
Jokl 48', 88' (pen.)
Jozef Čapkovič 84'
Attendance: 7,776

Slovan Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.


1. FC Köln 3–0 ADO Den Haag
Löhr 3', 53'
Blusch 72'
Referee: Ronald Jones (Wales)

1. FC Köln won 4–0 on aggregate.


Sliema Wanderers 0–2 Randers
Gaardsøe 23', 65'

Randers won 8–0 on aggregate.


IFK Norrkoping 3–2 Lyn
Hultberg 1', 51'
Hesselgren 65'
Harald Berg 40'
Austnes 50'
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Lyn won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 1–0
Torino 1–3 Slovan Bratislava 0–1 1–2
1. FC Köln 5–1 Randers 2–1 3–0
Barcelona 5–4 Lyn 3–2 2–21

1 The match was played in Barcelona.

Source:[1]

First leg

Dunfermline Athletic 0–0 West Bromwich Albion
Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)

Torino 0–1 Slovan Bratislava
[4] Jokl 54'
Referee: Antonio Saldanha (Portugal)

1. FC Köln 2–1 Randers
Jendrossek 34'
Biskup 89'
Gaardsøe 42'
Referee: Jozef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)

Barcelona 3–2 Lyn
Zaldúa 11'
Pellicer 24'
Gallego 60'
Berg 38'
Dybwad-Olsen 78'

Second leg

Dunfermline Athletic won 1–0 on aggregate.


Slovan Bratislava 2–1 Torino
Horváth 25'
Hlavenka 62'
Report[5] Carelli 88'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.


Randers 0–3 1. FC Köln
Biskup 24'
Rühl 70', 83'
Referee: Hubert Burguet (Belgium)

1. FC Köln won 5–1 on aggregate.


Lyn 2–2 Barcelona
Johannessen 29', 54' Gallego 75', 83'

Barcelona won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Slovan Bratislava 1–1 0–1
1. FC Köln 3–6 Barcelona 2–2 1–4

Source:[1]

First leg

Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Slovan Bratislava
Fraser 44' Report[6] Ján Čapkovič 83'

Second leg

Slovan Bratislava 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic
Ján Čapkovič 24' Report[7]
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Joszip Horvat (Yugoslavia)

Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.


Barcelona 4–1 1. FC Köln
Martí Filosia 6'
Fusté 53', 67', 80'
Rühl 17'

Barcelona won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Carl-Heinz Rühl 1. FC Köln 6
2 Per Gaardsøe Randers 5
Ulf Hultberg IFK Norrköping 5
Karol Jokl Slovan Bratislava 5
4 Ján Čapkovič Slovan Bratislava 4
Josep Maria Fusté Barcelona 4
Karl Johan Johannessen Lyn 4
Custódio Pinto Porto 4

References

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