The 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth season of the European Cup Winners' Cup, a club football competition organised by UEFA for the cup winners from each of its member associations. The tournament was won by Czechoslovak side Slovan Bratislava, who beat Spanish club Barcelona 3–2 in the final in Basel, Switzerland. It was the first time a club from the Eastern Bloc won the title. A number of withdrawals by Eastern European clubs from the first round as a result of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia led to several walkovers and byes that lasted into the second round.
Teams
KS Partizani GAK Club Brugge KV FC Spartak Sofia APOEL Slovan Bratislava Randers West Bromwich Albion Girondins Bordeaux Union Berlin 1. FC Köln Olympiacos Raba Vasas ETO KR Reykjavík Shamrock Rovers Torino US Rumelange Sliema Wanderers ADO Den Haag Crusaders Lyn Górnik Zabrze Porto Dinamo București Dunfermline Athletic Barcelona IFK Norrköping Lugano Altay SK Dinamo Moscow Cardiff City FK Bor KTP had qualified from Finland after winning the 1967 Finnish Cup, but withdrew without playing a single match.
Bracket
First round
The following clubs withdrew following UEFA's decision to separate Western and Eastern countries due to troubles in Czechoslovakia: FC Spartak (Sofia), Union Berlin, Górnik Zabrze, Dinamo Moscow, Raba Vasas ETO
1 The match was played in Thessaloniki.
2 The match was played in Esch.
Source:
First leg
Second leg
Dunfermline Athletic won 12-1 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 4-0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; West Bromwich Albion won on away goals.
Torino won 3-2 on aggregate.
Porto won 4–3 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 3–2 on aggregate.
ADO Den Haag won 6–1 on aggregate.
1. FC Köln won 4–2 on aggregate.
Randers won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Sliema Wanderers won on away goals.
Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.
Lyn won 5–4 on aggregate.
IFK Norrköping won 6–3 on aggregate.
Second round
Source:
First leg
Second leg
Dunfermline Athletic won 4–3 on aggregate.
West Bromwich Albion won 5–1 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.
1. FC Köln won 4–0 on aggregate.
Randers won 8–0 on aggregate.
Lyn won 4–3 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
1 The match was played in Barcelona.
Source:
First leg
Second leg
Dunfermline Athletic won 1–0 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.
1. FC Köln won 5–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5–4 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Source:
First leg
Second leg
Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 6–3 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers The top scorers from the 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals1 Carl-Heinz Rühl 1. FC Köln62 Per Gaardsøe Randers5 Ulf Hultberg IFK Norrköping5 Karol Jokl Slovan Bratislava54 Ján Čapkovič Slovan Bratislava4 Josep Maria Fusté Barcelona4 Karl Johan Johannessen Lyn4 Custódio Pinto Porto4
References