1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup

1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Slovan Bratislava (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
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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 Czechoslovakian 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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic	12–1	APOEL	10–1	2–0
Olympiacos	4–0	KR Reykjavík	2–0	2–01
Dinamo București	w/o	Raba Vasas ETO	n/a	n/a
Club Brugge KV	3–3 (a)	West Bromwich Albion	3–1	0–2
KS Partizani	2–3	Torino	1–0	1–3
Cardiff City	3–4	Porto	2–2	1–2
Slovan Bratislava	3–2	FK Bor	3–0	0–2
ADO Den Haag	6–1	Grazer AK	4–1	2–0
Girondins Bordeaux	2–4	1. FC Köln	2–1	0–3
Randers	3–1	Shamrock Rovers	1–0	2–1
US Rumelange	2–2 (a)	Sliema Wanderers	2–12	0–1
Lugano	0–4	Barcelona	0–1	0–3
Altay	4–5	SFK Lyn	3–1	1–4
Crusaders	3–6	IFK Norrköping	2–2	1–4

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:^[1]

First leg

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Second leg

Dunfermline Athletic won 12-1 on aggregate.

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Porto won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic	4–3	Olympiacos	4–0	0–3
Dinamo București	1–5	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	0–4
Torino	Bye		n/a	n/a
Porto	1–4	Slovan Bratislava	1–0	0–4
ADO Den Haag	0–4	1. FC Köln	0–1	0–3
Randers	8–0	Sliema Wanderers	6–0	2–0
Barcelona	Bye		n/a	n/a
SFK Lyn	4–3	IFK Norrkoping	2–0	2–3

Source:^[1]

First leg

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Second leg

West Bromwich Albion won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Slovan Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	1–0
Torino	1–3	Slovan Bratislava	0–1	1–2
1. FC Köln	5–1	Randers	2–1	3–0
Barcelona	5–4	SFK Lyn	3–2	2–21

¹ The match was played in Barcelona.

Source:^[1]

First leg

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Second leg

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Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	Slovan Bratislava	1–1	0–1
1. FC Köln	3–6	Barcelona	2–2	1–4

Source:^[1]

Final

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