1967–68 Mitropa Cup

The 1967–68 Mitropa Cup was the 28th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was contested by sixteen clubs from 15 European cities and 5 countries. Winner was Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia^[a] who beat Spartak Trnava of Czechoslovakia^[b] in the two-legged final 4–2 on aggregate. Notably, the first leg of the finals was scheduled to be held in Trnava on August 21, 1968, but was postponed due to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, which commenced on August 20, 1968 at 11 pm. The game was postponed and the final games were eventually held in October 1968.

1967–68 Mitropa Cup

Tournament details
Dates	15 November 1967 – 23 October 1968
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Red Star Belgrade (2nd title)
Runners-up	Spartak Trnava
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	99 (3.3 per match)
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Teams of the 1967–68 Mitropa Cup

Country		League	Teams	Teams (Rankings in 1966–67 National Leagues)
Czechoslovakia	Slovakia	Czechoslovak 1st League	4	Spartak Trnava (3)	Jednota Trenčín (6)	Internacionál Slovnaft Bratislava (10)
	Czech Lands	Czechoslovak 2nd League		Baník Ostrava (1) [1]
Austria		Austrian Nationalliga	3	Austria Vienna (3)	LASK Linz (4)	Wiener SC (5)
Hungary		Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I	3	Újpesti Dózsa Budapest (2)	Tatabányai Bányász (5)	Diósgyori VTK Miskolc (7)
Italy		Italian Serie A	3	Cagliari Calcio (6)	Roma (10)	Atalanta Bergamo (11)
Yugoslavia	Bosnia	Yugoslav 1st League	3	Željezničar Sarajevo (6)
	Macedonia			Vardar Skopje (8)
	Serbia			Red Star Belgrade (5)

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Spartak Trnava	2	1	3
	Roma	1	1	1
							Spartak Trnava	2	2	4
							Željezničar Sarajevo	1	2	3
	Jednota Trenčín	0	0	0
	Željezničar Sarajevo	0	1	1
													Spartak Trnava	4	2	6
													Vardar Skopje	1	2	3
	LASK Linz	0	1	1
	Vardar Skopje	0	2	2
							Vardar Skopje	1	1	2
							Cagliari Calcio	0	0	0
	Cagliari Calcio	6	2	8
	Baník Ostrava	0	3	3
																			Spartak Trnava	1	1	2
																			Red Star Belgrade	0	4	4
	Austria Vienna	1	2	3
	Atalanta Bergamo	2	0	2
							Austria Vienna	2	1	3
							Újpesti Dózsa Bud.	2	4	6
	Újpesti Dózsa Bud.	6	1	7
	Wiener SC	1	1	2
													Újpesti Dózsa Bud.	1	1	2
													Red Star Belgrade	0	4	4
	Red Star Belgrade	3	1	4
	Diósgyori VTK Misk.	0	3	3
							Red Star Belgrade	3	2	5
							Inter. Slovnaft Bratisl.	0	3	3
	Tatabányai Bányász	3	0	3
	Inter. Slovnaft Bratis.	1	7	8

Final

1st leg

16 October 1968 ^[2]

Spartak Trnava	1–0	Red Star Belgrade
Švec 48'	Ref. (in German)[3]

Spartak Stadium, Trnava

Attendance: 12,500 ^[4]

Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)^[3]

2nd leg

23 October 1968 ^[5]

Red Star Belgrade	4–1	Spartak Trnava
Lazarević 35' Ostojić 57' Antonijević 64' Lazarević 69'	Ref. 1 (in Spanish)[6] Ref. 2 (in Serbian)[5]	Kuna 39'

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 20,500 ^[7]

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)^[3]

1967–68 Mitropa Cup
Red Star Belgrade Second Title

See also

• 1967–68 European Cup
• 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup
• 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
• 1968 Intertoto Cup
• 1967–68 Balkans Cup

Notes

1. UEFA conventionally refers to Red Star Belgrade by the club's Serbian-language name, Crvena zvezda. Since the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia, the club competes under the auspices of its successor Serbian Football Association.
2. Since the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the club competes under the auspices of Slovak Football Association.