The 1967–68 European Cup was the 13th European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Manchester United, who beat Benfica 4–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium, London. The European Cup title marked the tenth year since the Munich air disaster, in which eight United players were killed and their manager, Matt Busby, was left close to death, the day after earning a place in the semi-finals of the 1957–58 competition. It was also the first time an English side had won the trophy.
The away goals rule (which had already been used in the Cup Winners' Cup and the Fairs' Cup) was introduced if aggregate scores were level after two legs, but only for the first round of the competition. Extra time goals were not included in the rule.
Celtic were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the first round.
Teams Dinamo Tirana Rapid Wien Anderlecht Botev Plovdiv Olympiakos Nicosia Sparta Prague Hvidovre Manchester United KuPS Saint-Étienne FC Karl-Marx-Stadt Eintracht Braunschweig Olympiacos Vasas Valur Dundalk Juventus Jeunesse Esch Hibernians Ajax Glentoran Skeid Górnik Zabrze Benfica Rapid București Celtic TH Real Madrid Djurgården Basel Beşiktaş Dynamo Kyiv Sarajevo
Bracket
First round
First leg
Second leg
Sarajevo won 5–3 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 4–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won 4–0 on aggregate.
Hvidovre won 5–4 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 9–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Valur won on away goals.
1–1 on aggregate; Benfica won on away goals.
Saint-Étienne won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.
Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Eintracht Braunschweig won 2–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 1–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.
Juventus 3–3 Eintracht Braunschweig on aggregate.
Play-off
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals1 Eusébio Benfica62 Francisco Gento Real Madrid5 Václav Mašek Sparta Prague5 Paul Van Himst Anderlecht55 Amancio Real Madrid4 Hermann Gunnarsson Valur4 Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze48 Boško Antić Sarajevo3 George Best Manchester United3 János Farkas Vasas3 István Korsós Vasas3 Ivan Mráz Sparta Prague3 Pirri Real Madrid3 János Radics Vasas3 David Sadler Manchester United3Source:
References
External links 1967–68 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 1967–68 European Cup according to protocols UEFA - results and line-ups (archive) European Cup 1967-68 – results, protocols, players statistics website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1967-68 – results, protocols website Football Archive