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.
First round KB and Union Luxembourg withdrew when drawn to play in Warsaw Pact countries.
First leg
Second leg
Chelsea won 9-3 on aggregate.
DWS Amsterdam won 3-2 on aggregate
Rangers won 2-1 on aggregate.
Dundalk won 3–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 3-2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 4–0 on aggregate.
Aggregate score 3-3, Liverpool won on coin toss
Frankfurt won 5-2 on aggregate
Aberdeen won 2-0 on aggregate.
Sporting won 5-4 on aggregate.
Hansa Rostock won 4-2 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.
OFK Beograd won 7–4 on aggregate.
Newcastle won 4-2 on aggregate.
Bologna won 6–2 on aggregate.
Göztepe 1-1 Marseille on aggregate. Göztepe won on a coin toss.
Argeș Pitești 1–1 Leixões on aggregate. Argeș Pitești won on away goals rule.
Hamburger SV won 7–3 on aggregate.
Slavia Praha won 5-1 on aggregate
Leeds United won 3-2 on aggregate
Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate.
Zaragoza 3–3 Botev Plovdiv on aggregate. Zaragoza won on away goals rule.
Vitória Setúbal won 6–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Lyon won on toss of coin.
Hibernian won 5-1 on aggregate.
AIK Stockholm won 3-2 on aggregate
Hannover won 4-2 on aggregate.
Aggregate score 2-2. Waregem progressed on away goals.
Legia Warsaw won 9-2 on aggregate.
Aris Thessaloniki won 7-0 on aggregate
Second round
First leg
Second leg
DWS 0-0 Chelsea on aggregate. DWS progressed on a coin toss.
Rangers won 9–1 on aggregate.
Bilbao won 1-0 on aggregate
Vitória Setúbal won 7–1 on aggregate.
Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.
Zaragoza won 4-2 on aggregate.
Newcastle won 2-1 on aggregate.
Fiorentina 4–4 Hansa Rostock on aggregate. Fiorentina won on away goals rule.
OFK Beograd won 2–1 on aggregate.
Göztepe won 5–3 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 5-4 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 4-1 on aggregate.
Napoli 2–2 Leeds United on aggregate. Leeds United won on a coin toss.
Legia won 2-1 on aggregate.
Third round
First leg
Second leg
Vitória de Setúbal won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Newcastle United won 6–4 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Newcastle United won 2–0 on aggregate.
Újpest won 8–1 on aggregate.
Final
References
External links Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at RSSSF
Fairs' Cup Seasons 1968-69 – results, protocols at Eurocups at Football Archive