The 1968 Intercontinental Supercup was the first edition of the Intercontinental Supercup, a football competition between the European and South American past winners of the Intercontinental Cup. The final tie was contested in June 1969 between Italian club Internazionale and Brazilian club Santos. The first leg ended with the Santásticos beating Inter 1–0 at Milan's San Siro. A second leg was planned to be played but Inter rejected the invitation, and Santos were declared the winners.
Participating clubs Club Qualification method Real Madrid Winner of the 1960 Intercontinental Cup Internazionale Winner of the 1964, 1965 Intercontinental Cup Peñarol Winner of the 1961, 1966 Intercontinental Cup Santos Winner of the 1962, 1963 Intercontinental Cup Racing Winner of the 1967 Intercontinental Cup
South American zone qualifiers This South American zone tournament was contested between 13 November 1968 and 22 May 1969, between Peñarol, Santos, and Racing, the three South American winners of the Intercontinental Cup to date. Santos won the group and qualified to the final stage.
Standings Team Santos430165+16 Peñarol421172+55 Racing401339−61
Matches
European zone qualifiers As the only two European winners of the Intercontinental Cup, Inter and Real Madrid were eligible for the competition. However, Real Madrid withdrew from the tournament, leaving Inter to face the South American zone winner.
Final First leg
GK Ivano BordonDF Tarcisio Burgnich DF Cesare PoliMF Gianfranco BedinMF Aristide GuarneriMF Giancarlo CellaFW JairFW Sandro MazzolaFW Angelo DomenghiniFW Mario CorsoFW Giovanni VastolaManager: Maino Neri
GK Cláudio RB Carlos Alberto TorresCB José Ramos DelgadoCB Djalma DiasLB RildoMF ClodoaldoMF NegreirosFW Toninho GuerreiroFW EduFW PeléFW AbelSubstitutes:GK Laércio Manager: Antoninho
Second leg
As Inter withdrew from the second leg, Santos was declared the winner.
Goalscorers
3 goals Pedro Rocha (Peñarol) Wálter Machado da Silva (Racing) Toninho Guerreiro (Santos)
1 goal Polo Carrera (Peñarol) Edú (Santos) Negreiros (Santos) Pelé (Santos) Alberto Spencer (Peñarol)
Own goals Alfio Basile (Racing; for Peñarol) José Ramos Delgado (Santos; for Peñarol)
See also Inter Milan in international football competitions Santos FC in international football competitions
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