1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Tournament details
Teams48
Final positions
Champions Leeds United (1st title)
Runners-up Ferencváros
Tournament statistics
Matches played94
Top scorer(s) Peter Lorimer (8 goals)

The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967–68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous occasions. English clubs went on to win the cup on the final four occasions it was contested.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DWS 2–4 Dundee FC 2–1 0–3
PAOK 2–5 RFC Liegeois 0–2 2–3
Eintracht Frankfurt 0–5 Nottingham Forest 0–1 0–4
Zürich 3–2 Barcelona 3–1 0–1
Club Brugge 1–2 Sporting CP 0–0 1–2
Nice 0–5 Fiorentina 0–1 0–4
Dynamo Dresden 2–3 Rangers FC 1–1 1–2
1. FC Köln 4–2 TJ Slavia Praha 2–0 2–2
FK Partizan 6–2 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 5–1 1–1
CA Spora Luxembourg 0–16 Leeds United 0–9 0–7
Napoli 5–1 Hannover 96 4–0 1–1
Hibernian 4–3 Porto 3–0 1–3
DOS Utrecht 4–5 Zaragoza 3–2 1–3
Argeş Piteşti 3–5 Ferencváros 3–1 0–4
Malmö FF 1–4 Liverpool 0–2 1–2
Servette FC 2–6 TSV 1860 München 2–2 0–4
St. Patrick's Athletic 4–9 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1–3 3–6
BK Frem 2–4 Athletic Bilbao 0–1 2–3
Bologna 2–0 Lyn 2–0 0–0
Dinamo Zagreb 5–2 Petrolul Ploieşti 5–0 0–2
FK Vojvodina 4–1 GD CUF 1–0 3–1
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 5–2 Linfield 5–1 0–1
Wiener Sportclub 3–7 Atlético Madrid 2–5 1–2
Royal Antwerp 1–2 Göztepe A.Ş. 1–2 0–0

First leg

St. Patrick's Athletic 1–3 Bordeaux
  • Hennessy 71'
 Report
Attendance: 4,800
Napoli 4–0 Hannover 96
Girardo 14'
Laszig 17' (o.g.)
Altafini 37' 73'
Hibernian 3–0 Porto
Cormack 26', 37'
Stevenson 46'		 Report
Attendance: 14,200
Bologna 2–0 Lyn
Clerici 42'
Pace 53'
Argeș Pitești 3–1 Ferencváros
 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 Nottingham Forest
Report Baker 9'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Zariquiegui Izco (Spain)
Nice 0–1 Fiorentina
Maraschi 78'
Dinamo Zagreb 5–0 Petrolul Ploiești
 Report
Attendance: 20,000
CA Spora Luxembourg 0–9 Leeds United
Lorimer 14' 24'pen 29' 54'
Bremner 45'
Greenhoff 70' 77'
Madeley 80'
Jones 81'
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)
PAOK0–2 RFC Liegeois
Martaga 3'
Banović 10'
Referee: Monti (Italy)
FK Vojvodina 1–0 GD CUF
Dakić 33' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 3,600

Second leg

Petrolul Ploiești 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Orhan Gonül (Turkey)

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–2 on aggregate.

Lyn 0–0 Bologna

Bologna won 2–0 on aggregate.

Ferencváros 4–0 Argeș Pitești
 Report
Attendance: 80,000

Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.

Bordeaux6–3St. Patrick's Athletic
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Heymann (Switzerland)

Bordeaux won 9–4 on aggregate.

Fiorentina 4–0 Nice
De Sisti 9'
Brugnera 53' 68'
Bertini 63'

Fiorentina won 5–0 on aggregate.

Leeds United 7–0 CA Spora Luxembourg
Johanneson 10', 35', 81'
Greenhoff 51', 69'
Cooper 60'
Lorimer 67'
Attendance: 15,196
Referee: Peter Coates (Republic of Ireland)

Leeds won 16–0 on aggregate.

Nottingham Forest 4–0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Baker 13', 35'
Chapman 47'
Lyons 53'
Attendance: 27,090
Referee: Haken Oberg (Sweden)

Forest won 5–0 on aggregate.

Hannover 96 1–1 Napoli
Straschitz 65' Barison 40'

Napoli won 5–1 on aggregate.

Porto3–1Hibernian
Custódio Pinto 54'
Valdir 55', 69'		 Report Davis 2' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,000

Hibernian won 4–3 on aggregate.

RFC Liegeois3–2PAOK
Andrie 10' Martaga 30' 66' Afentoulidis 28'
Makris 80'
Referee: Rasmussen (Norway)

RFC Liégeois won 5-2 on aggregate.

GD CUF 1–3 FK Vojvodina
Oliveira 14' Report Trivić 72', 73'
Zemko 86'
Attendance: 4,230

FK Vojvodina won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dundee FC 7–2 RFC Liegeois 3–1 4–1
Nottingham Forest 2 – 2(a) FC Zürich 2–1 0–1
Sporting CP 3–2 Fiorentina 2–1 1–1
Rangers FC 4–3 1. FC Köln 3–0 1 – 3(aet)
FK Partizan 2–3 Leeds United 1–2 1–1
Napoli 4–6 Hibernian 4–1 0–5
Zaragoza 2–4 Ferencváros 2–1 0–3
Liverpool F.C. 9–2 TSV 1860 München 8–0 1–2
FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1–4 Athletic Bilbao 1–3 0–1
Bologna 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 2–1
FK Vojvodina 2–0 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 0–0 2–0
Atlético Madrid 2–3 Göztepe A.Ş. 2–0 0–3

First leg

Nottingham Forest 2-1 FC Zürich
Newton 49'
Storey-Moore 71'		 Künzli 63'
Attendance: 32,896
Referee: J Lacoste (France)
FK Partizan 1–2 Leeds United
Paunović 87' Lorimer 24'
Belfitt 53'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dogan Babacan (Turkey)
Sporting CP 2–1 Fiorentina
Lourenço 4'
Fernando Peres 74' (pen.)		 Magli 62'
Napoli 4–1 Hibernian
Cané 20' 50' 85'
Altafini 68'		 Stein 80'
Bologna 0–0 Dinamo Zagreb

Second leg

FC Zürich1-0Nottingham Forest
Winiger 72'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: F Geluck (Belgium)

FC Zürich won on away goals

Fiorentina 1–1 Sporting CP
Maraschi 20' Fernando Peres 57'

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

Hibernian 5–0 Napoli
Duncan 5'
Quinn 44'
Cormack 66'
Stanton 67'
Stein 77'

Hibernian won 6–4 on aggregate.

Leeds United 1–1 FK Partizan
Lorimer 29' Milan Petrovic 61'
Attendance: 34,258
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)

Leeds won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 Bologna
Belin 68' Haller 45'
Pace 88'

Bologna won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Zürich 3–1 Sporting CP 3–0 0–1
Leeds United 2–1 Hibernian 1–0 1–1
Ferencváros 2–0 Liverpool F.C. 1–0 1–0
FK Vojvodina 2–0 Göztepe A.Ş. 1–0 1–0

Dundee FC, Rangers FC, Athletic Bilbao and Bologna received byes to the Quarter-Finals.

First leg

Leeds United 1–0 Hibernian
E Gray 4'
Attendance: 31,522
Referee: Jack Russell (Northern Ireland)

Second leg

Hibernian 1–1 Leeds United
Stein 4' Charlton 87'
Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 40,503
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Leeds won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dundee FC 2–0 FC Zürich 1–0 1–0
Rangers FC 0–2 Leeds United 0–0 0–2
Ferencváros 4–2 Athletic Bilbao 2–1 2–1
Bologna 2–0 FK Vojvodina 0–0 2–0

First leg

Bologna 0–0 FK Vojvodina
Rangers FC 0–0 Leeds United
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 85,209
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Second leg

FK Vojvodina 0–2 Bologna
Pace 49'
Clerici 87'

Bologna won 2–0 on aggregate.

Leeds United 2–0 Rangers FC
Giles 25'(pen)
Lorimer 31'
Attendance: 50,498
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Leeds won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dundee FC 1–2 Leeds United 1–1 0–1
Ferencváros 5–4 Bologna 3–2 2–2

First leg

Ferencváros 3–2 Bologna
Branikovits 37' 56'
Varga 80'		 Clerici 1'
Perani 34'
Dundee FC 1–1 Leeds United
Wilson 36' Madeley 26'
Dens Park, Dundee
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenberg (West Germany)

Second leg

Bologna 2–2 Ferencváros
Perani 43'
Tentorio 59'		 Varga 24'
Havasi 69'

Ferencváros won 5–4 on aggregate.

Leeds United 1–0 Dundee FC
E Gray 80'
Attendance: 23,830
Referee: Willem Scalks (Netherlands)

Leeds won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1968 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Leeds United 1–0 Ferencváros 1–0 0–0

First leg

Leeds United 1–0 Ferencváros
Jones 41'
Attendance: 25,268
Referee: Rudolph Scheuber (Switzerland)

Second leg

Ferencváros 0–0 Leeds United
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenberg (West Germany)

Leeds won 1–0 on aggregate.