Runners-up Benfica Dates 13 Sep 1967 – 29 May 1968 Teams 32 Matches played 60 | Champion Manchester United F.C. Top scorer Eusébio Goals scored 162 | |
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Champions Manchester United (1st title) Similar 1968–69 European Cup, 1961–62 European Cup, 1972–73 European Cup, 1980–81 European Cup, 1958 European Cup Final | ||
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 10th year since the Munich air disaster, in which eight United players were killed and their manager, Matt Busby, was left close to death. It was also the first time that an English side had won the trophy.
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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, the defending champions, were eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the first round.
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.
Valur 4–4 Jeunesse Esch on aggregate. Valur won on away goals.
Benfica won 1–1 on away goals.
Saint-Étienne won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Bucureşti won 3–2 on aggregate.
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
1 Juventus beat Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 in a play-off to reach the semi-finals.
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.
Juventus won 1–0 in play-off.
Second leg
Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1967–68 European Cup are as follows: