1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Tournament details
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Leeds United (1st title)
Runners-up	Ferencváros
Tournament statistics
Matches played	94
Top scorer(s)	Peter Lorimer (8 goals)
	← 1966–67 1968–69 →

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 edit

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	Real 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 edit

13 September 1967

St. Patrick's Athletic	1–3	Bordeaux
Hennessy 71'	Report	Chorda 5' pen Massé 35' Couécou 88'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: Richard Henderson (Scotland)

19 September 1967

Napoli	4–0	Hannover 96
Girardo 14' Laszig 17' (o.g.) Altafini 37' 73'

Naples

20 September 1967

Hibernian	3–0	Porto
Cormack 26', 37' Stevenson 46'	Report

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 14,200

Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

19 September 1967

Bologna	2–0	Lyn
Clerici 42' Pace 53'

Bologna

20 September 1967

Argeș Pitești	3–1	Ferencváros
Jercan 2', 54' Dobrin 48'	Report	Albert 22'

Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Božidar Botić (Yugoslavia)

20 September 1967

Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Nottingham Forest
	Report	Baker 9'

Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt am Main

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Zariquiegui Izco (Spain)

20 September 1967

Nice	0–1	Fiorentina
		Maraschi 78'

Nice

20 September 1967

Dinamo Zagreb	5–0	Petrolul Ploiești
Jukić 32', 44' Kiš 42', 44' Zambata 44'	Report

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gerhard Kunze (West Germany)

3 October 1967

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)

13 September 1967

PAOK	0–2	RFC Liegeois
		Martaga 3' Banović 10'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium,Thessaloniki

Referee: Monti (Italy)

27 September 1967

FK Vojvodina	1–0	GD CUF
Dakić 33' (pen.)	Report

Stadion Vojvodine, Novi Sad

Attendance: 3,600

Referee: Dimitar Rumentchev (Bulgaria)

Second leg edit

27 September 1967

Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb
Dridea 15' Grozea 70'	Report

Stadionul Petrolul, Ploiești

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Orhan Gonül (Turkey)

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–2 on aggregate.

4 October 1967

Lyn	0–0	Bologna

Oslo

Bologna won 2–0 on aggregate.

11 October 1967

Ferencváros	4–0	Argeș Pitești
Albert 37', 65' Novák 50' (pen.) Varga 79'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Václav Davídek (Czechoslovakia)

Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.

11 October 1967

Bordeaux	6–3	St. Patrick's Athletic
Calléja 13' Ruiter 21' Duhayot 43' Duhayot 53' Wojciak 65' Wojciak 88'	Report	Campbell 23' Campbell 25' Ryan 61'

Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Heymann (Switzerland)

Bordeaux won 9–4 on aggregate.

11 October 1967

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

Florence

Fiorentina won 5–0 on aggregate.

17 October 1967

Leeds United	7–0	CA Spora Luxembourg
Johanneson 10', 35', 81' Greenhoff 51', 69' Cooper 60' Lorimer 67'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 15,196

Referee: Peter Coates (Republic of Ireland)

Leeds won 16–0 on aggregate.

17 October 1967

19:30

Nottingham Forest	4–0	Eintracht Frankfurt
Baker 13', 35' Chapman 47' Lyons 53'

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 27,090

Referee: Haken Oberg (Sweden)

Forest won 5–0 on aggregate.

18 October 1967

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

Hanover

Napoli won 5–1 on aggregate.

4 October 1967

Porto	3–1	Hibernian
Custódio Pinto 54' Valdir 55', 69'	Report	Davis 2' (pen.)

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Antonio Rigo Sureda (Spain)

Hibernian won 4–3 on aggregate.

20 September 1967

RFC Liegeois	3–2	PAOK
Andrie 10' Martaga 30' 66'		Afentoulidis 28' Makris 80'

Vélodrome de Rocourt,Liège

Referee: Rasmussen (Norway)

RFC Liégeois won 5-2 on aggregate.

8 October 1967

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

Estádio Alfredo da Silva, Barreiro

Attendance: 4,230

Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viú (Spain)

FK Vojvodina won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round edit

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
Real 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 edit

31 October 1967

19:30

Nottingham Forest	2-1	FC Zürich
Newton 49' Storey-Moore 71'		Künzli 63'

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 32,896

Referee: J Lacoste (France)

29 November 1967

FK Partizan	1–2	Leeds United
Paunović 87'		Lorimer 24' Belfitt 53'

Stadion Partizana, Belgrade

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Dogan Babacan (Turkey)

6 December 1967

Sporting CP	2–1	Fiorentina
Lourenço 4' Fernando Peres 74' (pen.)		Magli 62'

Lisbon

22 November 1967

Napoli	4–1	Hibernian
Cané 20' 50' 85' Altafini 68'		Stein 80'

Naples

15 November 1967

Bologna	0–0	Dinamo Zagreb

Bologna

Second leg edit

14 November 1967

FC Zürich	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Winiger 72'

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: F Geluck (Belgium)

FC Zürich won 3-2 on away goals

13 December 1967

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

Florence

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

29 November 1967

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

Edinburgh

Hibernian won 6–4 on aggregate.

6 December 1967

Leeds United	1–1	FK Partizan
Lorimer 29'		Milan Petrovic 61'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 34,258

Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)

Leeds won 3–2 on aggregate.

22 November 1967

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

Zagreb

Bologna won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round edit

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 edit

20 December 1967

Leeds United	1–0	Hibernian
E Gray 4'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 31,522

Referee: Jack Russell (Northern Ireland)

Second leg edit

10 January 1968

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 edit

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 edit

27 March 1968

Bologna	0–0	FK Vojvodina

Bologna

26 March 1968

Rangers FC	0–0	Leeds United

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Second leg edit

9 April 1968

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

Novi Sad

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall

Bologna won 2–0 on aggregate.

9 April 1968

Leeds United	2–0	Rangers FC
Giles 25'(pen) Lorimer 31'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 50,498

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Leeds won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

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 edit

22 May 1968

Ferencváros	3–2	Bologna
Branikovits 37' 56' Varga 80'		Clerici 1' Perani 34'

Budapest

1 May 1968

Dundee FC	1–1	Leeds United
Wilson 36'		Madeley 26'

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Gerhard Schulenberg (West Germany)

Second leg edit

27 May 1968

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

Bologna

Ferencváros won 5–4 on aggregate.

15 May 1968

Leeds United	1–0	Dundee FC
E Gray 80'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 23,830

Referee: Willem Scalks (Netherlands)

Leeds won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leeds United	1–0	Ferencváros	1–0	0–0

First leg edit

7 August 1968

Leeds United	1–0	Ferencváros
Jones 41'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 25,268

Referee: Rudolph Scheuber (Switzerland)

Second leg edit

11 September 1968

Ferencváros	0–0	Leeds United

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 76,000

Referee: Gerhard Schulenberg (West Germany)

Leeds won 1–0 on aggregate.

External links edit

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation