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. 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 did not win a major trophy again until the 2024–25 EFL Cup.^[1][2]

1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Final positions
Champions	Newcastle United (1st title)
Runners-up	Újpest
Tournament statistics
Matches played	120
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

First round

KB and Union Luxembourg withdrew when drawn to play in Warsaw Pact countries.^[3]

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	1–1	1 – 2(aet)
R. Daring Club Molenbeek	2–3	Panathinaikos	2–1	0–2
Athletic Bilbao	3–3 (c)	Liverpool	2–1	1 – 2(aet)
Lausanne-Sport	0–4	Juventus	0–2	0–2
Wacker Innsbruck	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	0–3
Slavia Sofia	0–2	Aberdeen	0–0	0–2
Botev Plovdiv	3–3 (a)	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	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	Basel	4–1	2–1
Göztepe	2–2 (c)	Olympique de Marseille	2–0	0 – 2(aet)
Leixões SC	1–1 (a)	Argeş Piteşti	1–1	0–0
Metz	3–7	Hamburger SV	1–4	2–3
Wiener Sportclub	1–5	Slavia Prague	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	7–0	Hibernians	1–0	6–0
Újpest	w/o	US Luxembourg	–	–

First leg

11 September 1968

DOS Utrecht	1–1	Dundalk
van Veen 27'	Report	Stokes 74'

Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Joseph Minnoy, Belgium

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18 September 1968

Lausanne-Sport	0–2	Juventus
		Zigoni 17' Leoncini 63'

Lausanne

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18 September 1968

Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Fiorentina
Zambata 18'		Pirovano 83'

Zagreb

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11 September 1968 (1968-09-11)

Rapid București	3–1	OFK Beograd
Neagu 28', 90' Năsturescu 85'	Report	Stepanović 13'

Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Nejat Şener (Turkey)

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18 September 1968

Bologna	4–1	Basel
Turra 12' Cresci 50' Pace 53' Savoldi 83'		Konrad 48'

Bologna

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19 September 1968 (1968-09-19)

Leixões	1–1	Argeș Pitești
Gonçalves 18'	Report	Nuțu 73'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)

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18 September 1968 (1968-09-18)

Metz	1–4	Hamburger SV
Hausser 21'	Report	Dörfel 22' Zvunka 57' (o.g.) Krämer 63' Hönig 82'

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11 September 1968

Napoli	3–1	Grasshopper
Altafini 6' Salvi 12' 33'		Rüegg 78'

Naples

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18 September 1968

Botev Plovdiv	3–1	Zaragoza
Nenov 32' Dermendzhiev 65' Popov 78'		Tejedor 88'

Plovdiv

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19 September 1968

Vitória Setúbal	3–0	Linfield
Tomé 18' Figueiredo 63' Carriço 81'	[citation needed]

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)

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2 October 1968

Lyon	1–0	Académica
Guy 85'	[citation needed]

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Joseph Moscato (Luxembourg)

Second leg

1 October 1968

Dundalk	2–1 (a.e.t.)	DOS Utrecht
Stokes 8' Morrissey 109'	Report	Nieuwenhuys 20'

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Tom Wharton, Scotland

Dundalk won 3–2 on aggregate.

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9 October 1968

Juventus	2–0	Lausanne-Sport
Benetti 43' del Sol 74'

Turin

Juventus won 4–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1968

Fiorentina	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Amarildo 1' Maraschi 37'		Novak 64'

Florence

Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.

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18 September 1968 (1968-09-18)

OFK Beograd	6–1 (a.e.t.)	Rapid București
Santrač 4', 13', 104', 107' Turudija 11', 100'	Report	Codreanu 29'

Omladinski Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

OFK Beograd won 7–4 on aggregate.

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2 October 1968

Basel	1–2	Bologna
Hauser 42'		Pace 46' Savoldi 63'

Basel

Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1968 (1968-10-02)

Argeș Pitești	0–0	Leixões
	Report

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.

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1 October 1968 (1968-10-01)

Hamburger SV	3–2	Metz
Hönig 7' Krämer 18' Seeler 88'	Report	Hitz 40' Niesser 85'

Hamburger SV won 7–3 on aggregate.

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23 October 1968

Grasshopper	1–0	Napoli
Grahn 58'

Zürich

Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1968

Zaragoza	2–0	Botev Plovdiv
Bustillo 24', 76'

Zaragoza

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

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9 October 1968

Linfield	1–3	Vitória Setúbal
Scott 26'	[citation needed]	Figueiredo 2' Baptista 24' Arcanjo 29'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)

Vitória Setúbal won 6–1 on aggregate.

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9 October 1968

Académica	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Lyon
Manuel António 76'	[citation needed]

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

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	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	0–1
Juventus	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	0 – 1(aet)
Aberdeen	2–4	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	5–3	Argeş Piteşti	3–0	2–3
Hamburger SV	5–4	SK Slavia Prague	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 Warsaw	1–0	0–2
Aris Thessaloniki	2–11	Újpest	1–2	1–9

First leg

30 October 1968

Rangers	6–1	Dundalk
Henderson 13' 26' Greig 50' Ferguson 55' 90' Brennan 88' og	Report	Murray 43'

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Curt Nystrand, Sweden

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6 November 1968

Juventus	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt

Turin

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13 November 1968

Hansa Rostock	3–2	Fiorentina
Kostmann 69' Barthels 80' Hergesell 90'		Maraschi 70' Rizzo 84'

Rostock

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6 November 1968

OFK Beograd	1–0	Bologna
Santrač 32'

Belgrade

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31 October 1968

Vitória Setúbal	5–0	Olympique Lyonnais
Carriço 30' Tomé 32', 70' Figueiredo 57' Petita 81'	[citation needed]

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

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30 October 1968 (1968-10-30)

Göztepe	3–0	Argeș Pitești
Öznur 3' Aksel 10', 35'	Report

İzmir Alsancak, İzmir

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)

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13 November 1968

Leeds United	2–0	Napoli
Charlton 23' 25'

Elland Road, Leeds

Second leg

13 November 1968

Dundalk	0–3	Rangers
	Report	Mathieson 45' Stein 64' 81'

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Kåre Sirevaag, Norway

Rangers won 9–1 on aggregate.

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13 November 1968

Olympique Lyonnais	1–2	Vitória Setúbal
Félix 29'	[citation needed]	Figueiredo 11' Arcanjo 59' (pen.)

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Daniel Zariquiegi Izco (Spain)

Vitória Setúbal won 7–1 on aggregate.

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21 November 1968

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Juventus
Bechtold 120'

Frankfurt am Main

Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.

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27 November 1968

Fiorentina	2–1	Hansa Rostock
Rizzo 36' Merlo 68'		Kostmann 26'

Florence

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

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20 November 1968

Bologna	1–1	OFK Beograd
Mujesan 40'		Santrač 80'

Bologna

OFK Beograd won 2–1 on aggregate.

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13 November 1968 (1968-11-13)

Argeș Pitești	3–2	Göztepe
Prepurgel 56' (pen.) Derebaşı 58' (o.g.) Jercan 65'	Report	Öznur 9' Zemzem 77'

Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece)

Göztepe won 5–3 on aggregate.

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27 November 1968

Napoli	2–0	Leeds United
Sala 14' Juliano 84' (pen.)

Naples

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

Third round

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
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	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 Warsaw	2–3	Újpest	0–1	2–2

First leg

18 December 1968

Vitória de Setúbal	3–0	Fiorentina
José Maria 13' 52' Arcanjo 36'

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

Second leg

22 January 1969

Fiorentina	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal
Amarildo 12' Rogora 36'		Mancin 90' (o.g.)

Stadio Comunale, Florence

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mario Clematide (Switzerland)

Vitória de Setúbal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rangers	4–3	Athletic Bilbao	4–1	0–2
Newcastle United	6–4	Vitória de Setúbal	5–1	1–3
Göztepe	w/o	Hamburger SV(withdrew)	–	–
Leeds United	0–3	Újpest	0–1	0–2

First leg

12 March 1969

Newcastle United	5–1	Vitória Setúbal
Foggon 23' Robson 36', 75' Davies 60' Gibb 89'	[citation needed]	José Maria 84'

St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

Attendance: 57,662

Referee: Curt Liedberg (Sweden)

Second leg

26 March 1969

Vitória Setúbal	3–1	Newcastle United
Arcanjo 27' Petita 60' Figueiredo 66'	[citation needed]	Davies 40'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

Newcastle United won 6–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rangers	0–2	Newcastle United	0–0	0–2
Göztepe	1–8	Újpest	1–4	0–4

First leg

14 May 1969

Rangers	0–0	Newcastle United

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23 April 1969

Göztepe	1–4	Újpest
Çağlayan 16' (pen.)		Bene 12' 32' Dunai II 62' 82'

Second leg

21 May 1969

Newcastle United	2–0	Rangers
Scott 52' Sinclair 77'

Newcastle United won 2–0 on aggregate.

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30 April 1969

Újpest	4–0	Göztepe
Bene 24' 55' 78' Nagy 56'

Újpest won 8–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Newcastle United	6–2	Újpest	3–0	3–2