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1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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]

First round

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

First leg

Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Joseph Minnoy, Belgium
Lausanne
Zagreb
Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nejat Şener (Turkey)
Bologna
Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)
Naples
Plovdiv
Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Joseph Moscato (Luxembourg)

Second leg

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Tom Wharton, Scotland

Dundalk won 3–2 on aggregate.

Turin

Juventus won 4–0 on aggregate.

Florence

Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.

Omladinski stadion, Belgrade
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

OFK Beograd won 7–4 on aggregate.

Basel

Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.

Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

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

Hamburger SV won 7–3 on aggregate.

Zürich

Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate.

Zaragoza

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

Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)

Vitória Setúbal won 6–1 on aggregate.

Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Adolfo Bueno Perales (Spain)

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

Second round

First leg

Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Curt Nystrand, Sweden
Turin
Rostock
Belgrade
Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
İzmir Alsancak, İzmir
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)
Elland Road, Leeds

Second leg

Oriel Park, Dundalk
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kåre Sirevaag, Norway

Rangers won 9–1 on aggregate.

Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Daniel Zariquiegi Izco (Spain)

Vitória Setúbal won 7–1 on aggregate.

Frankfurt am Main

Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.

Florence

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

Bologna

OFK Beograd won 2–1 on aggregate.

Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece)

Göztepe won 5–3 on aggregate.

Naples

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

Third round

First leg

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

Second leg

Stadio Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mario Clematide (Switzerland)

Vitória de Setúbal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Attendance: 57,662
Referee: Curt Liedberg (Sweden)

Second leg

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

Newcastle United won 6–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Newcastle United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Újpest FC won 8–1 on aggregate.

Final

References

  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.

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