European Cup 1968-69
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The season 1968-69 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by AC Milan against Ajax. A number of Eastern European clubs withdrew from the first two rounds for political reasons.

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	Home leg	Away leg
Malmö	3–5	Milan	2–1	1–4
Saint-Étienne	2–4	Celtic	2–0	0–4
Red Star	(w/o)	Carl Zeiss Jena	–	–
Waterford United	2–10	Manchester United	1–3	1–7
Anderlecht	5–2	Glentoran	3–0	2–2
Rosenborg	4–6	Rapid Vienna	1–3	3–3
Real Madrid	12–0	AEL Limassol	6–0	6–0
Nuremberg	1–5	Ajax	1–1	0–4
Manchester City	1–2	Fenerbahçe	0–0	1–2
Valur	1–8	Benfica	0–0	1–8
Floriana	1–3	Lahden Reipas	1–1	0–2
Steaua Bucureşti	3–5	Spartak Trnava	3–1	0–4
AEK Athens	5–3	Jeunesse d'Esch	3–0	2–3
Zürich	3–4	Akademisk Boldklub	1–3	2–1
Dinamo Kiev	(w/d)	Ruch Chorzów	–	–
Levski Sofia	(w/d)	Ferencváros	–	–

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	Home leg	Away leg
Milan	Bye	–	–	–
Celtic	6–2	Red Star	5–1	1–1
Manchester United	4–3	Anderlecht	3–0	1–3
Rapid Vienna	2–21	Real Madrid	1–0	1–2
Ajax	4–0	Fenerbahçe	2–0	2–0
Benfica	Bye	–	–	–
Lahden Reipas	2–16	Spartak Trnava	1–9	1–7
AEK Athens	2–0	Akademisk Boldklub	0–0	2–0

¹ Rapid Vienna progressed to the Quarter-finals on away goals.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	Home leg	Away leg
Milan	1–0	Celtic	0–0	1–0
Manchester United	3–0	Rapid Vienna	3–0	0–0
Ajax	4–41	Benfica	1–3	3–1
Spartak Trnava	3–2	AEK Athens	2–1	1–1

¹ Ajax progressed to the Semi-finals over Benfica by winning a third, tie-breaking match, 3–0.

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	Home leg	Away leg
Milan	2–1	Manchester United	2–0	0–1
Ajax	3–2	Spartak Trnava	3–0	0–2

Final

Main article: 1969 European Cup Final

1969-05-28	Milan	4–1	Ajax	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 50,000 Referee: José Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
	Prati  7'  40'  75' Sormani  67'		Vasović  60' (pen.)

European Cup 1968-69
A.C. Milan Second Title

External links

• 1968-69 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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