1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup


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The eleventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1968–1969 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. Newcastle have not won a major trophy since.[1]

1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Newcastle United (1st title)
Runners-upHungary Újpest
Tournament statistics
Matches played120

KB and Union Luxembourg withdrew when drawn to play in Warsaw Pact countries.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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   3–3 (c)   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
PFC Botev 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   1–1 (c)   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 București   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)   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 – –

Dundalk won 3–2 on aggregate.

Juventus won 4–0 on aggregate.

Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.

OFK Beograd won 7–4 on aggregate.

Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.

Argeș Pitești 1–1 Leixões on aggregate. Argeș Pitești won on away goals rule.

Hamburger SV won 7–3 on aggregate.

Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate.

Real Zaragoza 3–3 Botev Plovdiv on aggregate. Real Zaragoza won on away goals rule.

Vitória Setúbal won 6–1 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Lyon won on toss of coin.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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   2–2 (c)   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

Rangers won 9–1 on aggregate.

Vitória Setúbal won 7–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

OFK Beograd won 2–1 on aggregate.

Göztepe won 5–3 on aggregate.

Napoli 2–2 Leeds United on aggregate. Leeds United won on a coin toss.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Vitória de Setúbal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Newcastle United won 6–4 on aggregate.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Newcastle United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Újpest FC won 8–1 on aggregate.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Newcastle United   6–2   Újpest FC 3–0 3–2
  1. ^ Watson, Ian (10 October 2022). "Big Six longest trophy droughts and how they eventually ended as Spurs edge towards 15 years". Football365.com.
  2. ^ "Leeds United Wins Cup". Winnipeg Free Press. Reuters. 12 September 1968. p. 59 – via Newspaperarchive.com.