1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1967–68 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by A.C. Milan following their final victory against Hamburger SV, the fourth West German finalist in four years. Milan beat defending champions Bayern Munich en route to the final.

1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup

Champions Milan lifting the trophy
Final positions
Champions	A.C. Milan (1st title)
Runners-up	Hamburger SV
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	200 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Uwe Seeler (Hamburger SV) 8 goals
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

Teams

Austria Wien (CW)	Standard Liège (CW)	Levski Sofia (CW)	Apollon Limassol (CW)
Spartak Trnava (CW)	Randers Freja (CW)	Tottenham Hotspur (CW)	HJK (CW)
Lyon (CW)	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau (CW)	Bayern Munich (CW)TH	Hamburger SV (CR)
Panathinaikos (CW)	Győri ETO (CW)	KR Reykjavík (CW)	Shamrock Rovers (CW)
A.C. Milan (CW)	Aris Bonnevoie (CW)	Floriana (CW)	NAC Breda (CW)
Crusaders (CW)	Fredrikstad (CW)	Wisła Kraków (CW)	Vitória de Setúbal (CW)
Steaua București (CW)	Aberdeen (CR)	Valencia (CW)	Lausanne Sports (CR)
Altay SK (CW)	Torpedo Moscow (CR)	Cardiff City (CW)	Hajduk Split (CW)

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Altay SK	2	0	2
	Standard Liège	3	0	3
							Standard Liège	3	0	3
							Aberdeen	0	2	2
	Aberdeen	10	4	14
	KR Reykjavík	0	1	1
													Standard Liège	1	1	2 (0)
													A.C. Milan	1	1	2 (2)
	Győri ETO	5	4	9
	Apollon Limassol	0	0	0
							Győri ETO	2	1	3
							A.C. Milan (a)	2	1	3
	A.C. Milan	5	1	6
	Levski Sofia	1	1	2
																			A.C. Milan	2	0	2
																			Bayern Munich	0	0	0
	Valencia	4	4	8
	Crusaders	0	2	2
							Valencia	3	0	3
							Steaua București	0	1	1
	Austria Wien	0	1	1
	Steaua București	2	2	4
													Valencia	1	0	1
													Bayern Munich	1	1	2
	Bayern Munich	5	2	7
	Panathinaikos	0	1	1
							Bayern Munich	6	1	7
							Vitória de Setúbal	2	1	3
	Fredrikstad	1	1	2
	Vitória de Setúbal	5	2	7
																									A.C. Milan	2
																									Hamburger SV	0
	HJK	1	0	1
	Wisła Kraków	4	4	8
							Wisła Kraków	0	0	0
							Hamburger SV	1	4	5
	Hamburger SV	5	2	7
	Randers Freja	3	0	3
													Hamburger SV	2	0	2 (2)
													Lyon	0	2	2 (0)
	Aris Bonnevoie	0	1	1
	Lyon	3	2	5
							Lyon (a)	1	3	4
							Tottenham Hotspur	0	4	4
	Hajduk Split	0	3	3
	Tottenham Hotspur	2	4	6
																			Hamburger SV	1	3	4
																			Cardiff City	1	2	3
	Floriana	1	0	1
	NAC Breda	2	1	3
							NAC Breda	1	1	2
							Cardiff City	1	4	5
	Shamrock Rovers	1	0	1
	Cardiff City	1	2	3
													Cardiff City	1	0	1 (1)
													Torpedo Moscow	0	1	1 (0)
	Torpedo Moscow	0	1	1
	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	0	0	0
							Torpedo Moscow	3	3	6
							Spartak Trnava	0	1	1
	Lausanne Sports	3	0	3
	Spartak Trnava	2	2	4

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Altay SK	2–3	Standard Liège	2–3	0–0
Aberdeen	14–1	KR Reykjavík	10–0	4–1
Győri ETO	9–0	Apollon Limassol	5–0	4–0
A.C. Milan	6–2	Levski Sofia	5–1	1–1
Valencia	8–2	Crusaders	4–0	4–2
Austria Wien	1–4	Steaua București	0–2	1–2
Bayern Munich	7–1	Panathinaikos	5–0	2–1
Fredrikstad	2–7	Vitória de Setúbal	1–5	1–2
HJK	1–8	Wisła Kraków	1–4	0–4
Hamburger SV	7–3	Randers Freja	5–3	2–0
Aris Bonnevoie	1–5	Lyon	0–3	1–2
Hajduk Split	3–6	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	3–4
Floriana	1–3	NAC Breda	1–2	0–1
Shamrock Rovers	1–3	Cardiff City	1–1	0–2
Torpedo Moscow	1–0	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	0–0	1–0
Lausanne Sports	3–4	Spartak Trnava	3–2	0–2

First leg

20 September 1967

Altay SK	2–3	Standard Liège
Akı 23' İçten 42'		Colonval 11' Claessen 72', 82'

Alsancak Stadium, İzmir

Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)

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6 September 1967

Aberdeen	10–0	KR Reykjavik
Munro 19', 52', 61' Storrie 21', 57' Smith 31', 80' McMillan 45' Taylor 48' Petersen 72'

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Referee: Adrianus Aalbrecht (Netherlands)

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20 September 1967

Győri ETO	5–0	Apollon Limassol
Nell 19' Györffi 25' Varsányi 48' Szaló 80', 83'	[citation needed]

Vagongyári ETO pálya, Győr

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

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20 September 1967

A.C. Milan	5–1	Levski Sofia
Sormani 50' Hamrin 51', 74' Anquilletti 81', 86'		Asparuhov 63'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 39,779

Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

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20 September 1967

Valencia	4–0	Crusaders
Ansola 2', 13' Jara 28' (pen.) Waldo 55'

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)

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13 September 1967

Austria Wien	0–2	Steaua București
	Report	Șoo 42' Avram 70'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 14,433

Referee: Ivan Placek (Czechoslovakia)

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20 September 1967

Bayern Munich	5–0	Panathinaikos
Müller 13' (pen.), 46' Kupferschmidt 25' Beckenbauer 32' Jung 57'

Grünwalder Stadion, Munich

Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)

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20 September 1967

Fredrikstad	1–5	Vitória Setúbal
Fuglset 72'	[citation needed]	Pedras 20', 33' José Maria 43' Guerreiro 63', 78'

Fredrikstad Idræts- og Fotbaldplads, Fredrikstad

Attendance: 5,204

Referee: Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark)

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20 September 1967

HJK	1–4	Wisła Kraków
Pajo 76'		Skupnik 10' Lendzion 14', 27' Sykta 66'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)

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6 September 1967

Hamburger SV	5–3	Randers Freja
Seeler 3', 28', 83' Krämer 55' Hönig 64'		Andreasen 18' Sørensen 68' Gaardsøe 90'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Referee: Peter Coates (Ireland)

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20 September 1967

Aris Bonnevoie	0–3	Lyon
		Pin 22' di Nallo 39', 63'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City

Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

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20 September 1967

Hajduk Split	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur
		Robertson 4' Greaves 88'

Plinara Stadion, Split

Referee: Todor Bechirov (Bulgaria)

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21 September 1967

Floriana	1–2	NAC Breda
Buttigieg 49'		Visschers 48', 69'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

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20 September 1967

Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Cardiff City
Gilbert 16'		King 48'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Referee: Piet Roomer (Netherlands)

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20 September 1967

Torpedo Moscow	0–0	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Referee: Pekka Aho (Finland)

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20 September 1967

Lausanne Sports	3–2	Spartak Trnava
Kerkhoffs 33', 43' Armbruster 90'		Švec 8', 17'

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Referee: Ronald Jones (Wales)

Second leg

18 October 1967

Standard Liège	0–0	Altay SK

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Standard Liège won 3–2 on aggregate.

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13 September 1967

KR Reykjavik	1–4	Aberdeen
Hafsteinsson 72'		Storrie 43', 58' Buchan 44' Munro 53'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Referee: Ivar Hornslien (Norway)

Aberdeen won 14–1 on aggregate.

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23 September 1967

Apollon Limassol	0–4	Győri ETO
	[citation needed]	Kiss 63' Szaló 65' Varsányi 72' Stolcz 79'

Sóstói Stadium, Székesfehérvár

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Győri ETO won 9-0 on aggregate.

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11 October 1967

Levski Sofia	1–1	A.C. Milan
Asparuhov 75'		Sormani 12'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 24,864

Referee: Faruk Talu (Turkey)

Milan won 6–2 on aggregate.

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11 October 1967

Crusaders	2–4	Valencia
Trainor 3' Magill 69'		Paquito 14', 33', 63' Ansola 41'

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

Valencia won 8–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1967

Steaua București	2–1	Austria Wien
Manea 24' Negrea 85'	Report	Marković 37'

Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest

Attendance: 9,101

Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Greece)

Steaua București won 4–1 on aggregate.

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18 October 1967

Panathinaikos	1–2	Bayern Munich
Kalaitzidis 68'		Müller 8' Koulmann 89'

Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens

Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.

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5 October 1967

Vitória Setúbal	2–1	Fredrikstad
Pedras 5' Bonjour 50'	[citation needed]	Arntsen 59'

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 6,546

Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui Izco (Spain)

Vitória Setúbal won 7–2 on aggregate.

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4 October 1967

Wisła Kraków	4–0	HJK
Rainiala 25' (o.g.) Skupnik 44' Wójcik 60' Sykta 79'

Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium, Kraków

Referee: Anvar Zverev (Soviet Union)

Wisła Kraków won 8–1 on aggregate.

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20 September 1967

Randers Freja	0–2	Hamburger SV
		Kurbjuhn 2' Dieckmann 21'

Randers Stadium, Randers

Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)

Hamburger SV won 7–3 on aggregate.

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4 October 1967

Lyon	2–1	Aris Bonnevoie
Pin 5' Maison 28' (pen.)		Heger 79'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)

Lyon won 5–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1967

Tottenham Hotspur	4–3	Hajduk Split
Robertson 20', 83' Gilzean 34' Venables 38'		Vardić 81' Mušović 82' Hlevnjak 89'

White Hart Lane, London

Referee: Joaquim Fernandes dos Campos (Portugal)

Tottenham Hotspur won 6–3 on aggregate.

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12 October 1967

NAC Breda	1–0	Floriana
Pirard 56'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

NAC Breda won 3–1 on aggregate.

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4 October 1967

Cardiff City	2–0	Shamrock Rovers
Toshack 30' Brown 74' (pen.)

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Cardiff City won 3–1 on aggregate.

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4 October 1967

BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	0–1	Torpedo Moscow
		Streltsov 68'

Westsachsenstadion, Zwickau

Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)

Torpedo Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.

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11 October 1967

Spartak Trnava	2–0	Lausanne Sports
Adamec 25' Martinkovič 90'

Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

Referee: Karl Riegg (West Germany)

Spartak Trnava won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Standard Liège	3–2	Aberdeen	3–0	0–2
Győri ETO	3–3 (a)	A.C. Milan	2–2	1–1
Valencia	3–1	Steaua București	3–0	0–1
Bayern Munich	7–3	Vitória de Setúbal	6–2	1–1
Wisła Kraków	0–5	Hamburger SV	0–1	0–4
Lyon	4–4 (a)	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	3–4
NAC Breda	2–5	Cardiff City	1–1	1–4
Torpedo Moscow	6–1	Spartak Trnava	3–0	3–1

First leg

29 November 1967

Standard Liège	3–0	Aberdeen
Claessen 6' Jurkiewicz 11' Pilot 66'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Referee: Salvador Heliodoro Garcia (Portugal)

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22 November 1967

Győri ETO	2–2	A.C. Milan
Györfi 29', 80'		Sormani 19', 81'

Vagongyári ETO pálya, Győr

Attendance: 15,533

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

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30 November 1967

Valencia	3–0	Steaua București
Claramunt 1' Ansola 44', 74'	Report

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Attendance: 22,049

Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

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8 November 1967

Bayern Munich	6–2	Vitória Setúbal
Müller 8', 59', 89' (pen.) Brenninger 20' Ohlhauser 27' Nafziger 50'	[citation needed]	Pedras 7' Tomé 81'

Grünwalder Stadion, Munich

Attendance: 18,341

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

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15 November 1967

Wisła Kraków	0–1	Hamburger SV
		Seeler 57'

Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium, Kraków

Referee: Gocho Rusev (Bulgaria)

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29 November 1967

Lyon	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur
di Nallo 75'	Report Report 2 Report 3

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 10,997

Referee: Josef Krnavek (Czechoslovakia)

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15 November 1967

NAC Breda	1–1	Cardiff City
Visschers 9'		King 68'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Referee: Kåre Sirevaag (Norway)

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25 November 1967

Torpedo Moscow	3–0	Spartak Trnava
Shcherbakov 17' Pakhomov 41' Voronin 62'

Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Second leg

6 December 1967

Aberdeen	2–0	Standard Liège
Munro 20' Melrose 66'

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Referee: Magnús Pétursson (Iceland)

Standard Liège won 3–2 on aggregate.

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7 December 1967

A.C. Milan	1–1	Győri ETO
Prati 22'		Szaló 6'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 17,757

Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)

3–3 on aggregate; Milan won on away goals.

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14 December 1967

Steaua București	1–0	Valencia
Constantin 12'	Report

Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Milovoje Gugulovic (Yugoslavia)

Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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14 November 1967

Vitória Setúbal	1–1	Bayern Munich
Pedras 68'	[citation needed]	Ohlhauser 75'

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 5,259

Referee: Roger Barde (France)

Bayern Munich won 7–3 on aggregate.  

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29 November 1967

Hamburger SV	4–0	Wisła Kraków
Schulz 24', 43' Kurbjuhn 41' Seeler 57'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Referee: Patrick Graham (Republic of Ireland)

Hamburger SV won 5–0 on aggregate.

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13 December 1967

Tottenham Hotspur	4–3	Lyon
Greaves 20', 44' (pen.) Jones 45' Gilzean 69'	Report Report 2	di Nallo 55' Rambert 57' Bouassa 79'

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 41,895

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

4–4 on aggregate; Lyon won on away goals.

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29 November 1967

Cardiff City	4–1	NAC Breda
Brown 2' Jones 19' Clarke 66' Toshack 67'		Nouwens 29'

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Referee: Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark)

Cardiff City won 5–2 on aggregate.

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30 November 1967

Spartak Trnava	1–3	Torpedo Moscow
Kuna 63'		Pais 10' Streltsov 16', 57'

Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

Referee: Adrianus Aalbrecht (Netherlands)

Torpedo Moscow won 6–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Standard Liège	2–21	A.C. Milan	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Valencia	1–2	Bayern Munich	1–1	0–1
Hamburger SV	2–22	Lyon	2–0	0–2
Cardiff City	1–13	Torpedo Moscow	1–0	0–1

¹ Milan beat Standard Liège 2–0 in a play-off.

² Hamburg beat Lyon 2–0 in a play-off.

³ Cardiff City beat Torpedo Moscow 1–0 in a play-off.

First leg

28 February 1968

Standard Liège	1–1	A.C. Milan
Claessen 38'		Prati 20'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 28,730

Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

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14 February 1968

Valencia	1–1	Bayern Munich
Vilar 6'		Mestre 77' (o.g.)

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

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21 February 1968

Hamburger SV	2–0	Lyon
Dieckmann 81' Nafziger 50'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Referee: Anvar Zverev (Soviet Union)

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6 March 1968

Cardiff City	1–0	Torpedo Moscow
Jones 44'

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Second leg

13 March 1968

A.C. Milan	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Standard Liège
Rognoni 40'		Jurkiewicz 74'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 55,146

Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

2–2 on aggregate.

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13 March 1968

Bayern Munich	1–0	Valencia
Müller 3'

Grünwalder Stadion, Munich

Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)

Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

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13 March 1968

Lyon	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Hamburger SV
Di Nallo 19', 82'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Referee: Tom Wharton (Scotland)

2–2 on aggregate.

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19 March 1968

Torpedo Moscow	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City
Gershkovich 43'

Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent

Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

1–1 on aggregate.

Play-offs

20 March 1968

A.C. Milan	2–0	Standard Liège
Prati 3' Rivera 47'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 40,362

Referee: Roger Barde (France)

Milan won play-off 2–0.

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20 March 1968

Hamburger SV	2–0	Lyon
Seeler 47', 59' (pen.)

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Referee: Adrianus Aalbrecht (Netherlands)

Hamburg won play-off 2–0.

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3 April 1968

Cardiff City	1–0	Torpedo Moscow
Dean 42'

Rosenaustadion, Augsburg

Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)

Cardiff City won play-off 1–0.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
A.C. Milan	2–0	Bayern Munich	2–0	0–0
Hamburger SV	4–3	Cardiff City	1–1	3–2

First leg

1 May 1968

A.C. Milan	2–0	Bayern Munich
Sormani 51' Prati 73'	Report Report 2

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 70,158

Referee: Salvador Heliodoro Garcia (Portugal)

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24 April 1968

Hamburger SV	1–1	Cardiff City
Sandmann 68'	Report Report 2	Dean 42'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

Second leg

8 May 1968

Bayern Munich	0–0	A.C. Milan
	Report Report 2

Grünwalder Stadion, Munich

Attendance: 39,061

Referee: Gottfried Dienst Switzerland)

Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.

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1 May 1968

Cardiff City	2–3	Hamburger SV
Dean 11' Harris 78'	Report Report 2	Hönig 16', 81' Seeler 86'

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

Hamburg won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1968 European Cup Winners' Cup final

23 May 1968

19:00

A.C. Milan	2–0	Hamburger SV
Hamrin 3', 18'	Report Report 2

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 53,276

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV	8
2	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	7
3	Fleury di Nallo	Lyon	6
4	Fernando Ansola	Valencia	5
	Frank Munro	Aberdeen	5
	Pedras	Vitória Setúbal	5
	Angelo Sormani	A.C. Milan	5
8	Roger Claessen	Standard Liège	4
	Kurt Hamrin	A.C. Milan	4
	Pierino Prati	A.C. Milan	4
	Jim Storrie	Aberdeen	4
	József Szaló	Győri ETO	4

See also

• 1967–68 European Cup
• 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

External links

• 1967-68 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1967-68 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1967–68 Cup Winners Cup