1967–68 Mitropa Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 November 1967 – 23 October 1968 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Red Star Belgrade (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Spartak Trnava |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 99 (3.3 per match) |
The 1967–68 Mitropa Cup was the 28th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was contested by sixteen clubs from 15 European cities and 5 countries. Winner was Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia[a] who beat Spartak Trnava of Czechoslovakia[b] in the two-legged final 4–2 on aggregate.
Teams of the 1967–68 Mitropa Cup[]
| Country | League | Teams | Teams (Rankings in 1966–67 National Leagues) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia
|
Slovakia | Czechoslovak 1st League | 4 | Spartak Trnava (3) | Jednota Trenčín (6) | Internacionál Slovnaft Bratislava (10) |
| Czech Lands | Czechoslovak 2nd League | Baník Ostrava (1) [1] | ||||
 Austria
|
Austrian Nationalliga | 3 | Austria Vienna (3) | LASK Linz (4) | Wiener SC (5) | |
 Hungary
|
Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 3 | Újpesti Dózsa Budapest (2) | Tatabányai Bányász (5) | Diósgyori VTK Miskolc (7) | |
 Italy
|
Italian Serie A | 3 | Cagliari Calcio (6) | Roma (10) | Atalanta Bergamo (11) | |
| Yugoslavia
|
Bosnia | Yugoslav 1st League | 3 | Željezničar Sarajevo (6) | ||
| Macedonia | Vardar Skopje (8) | |||||
| Serbia | Red Star Belgrade (5) | |||||
Bracket[]
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spartak Trnava
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Roma
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spartak Trnava
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Željezničar Sarajevo
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jednota Trenčín
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Željezničar Sarajevo
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spartak Trnava
| 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vardar Skopje
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LASK Linz
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vardar Skopje
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vardar Skopje
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cagliari Calcio
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cagliari Calcio
| 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Baník Ostrava
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spartak Trnava
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Red Star Belgrade
| 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Vienna
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Atalanta Bergamo
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Vienna
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Újpesti Dózsa Bud.
| 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Újpesti Dózsa Bud.
| 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiener SC
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Újpesti Dózsa Bud.
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Red Star Belgrade
| 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Red Star Belgrade
| 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diósgyori VTK Misk.
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Red Star Belgrade
| 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inter. Slovnaft Bratisl.
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tatabányai Bányász
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inter. Slovnaft Bratis.
| 1 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Final[]
1st leg[]
| Spartak Trnava | 1–0 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
Švec  48' |
Ref. (in German)[3] |
2nd leg[]
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–1 | Spartak Trnava |
|---|---|---|
| Lazarević 35' Ostojić 57' Antonijević 64' Lazarević 69' |
Ref. 1 (in Spanish)[6] Ref. 2 (in Serbian)[5] | Kuna 39' |
| 1967–68 Mitropa Cup |
|---|
|
| Red Star Belgrade Second Title |
See also[]
- 1967–68 European Cup
- 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup
- 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- 1968 Intertoto Cup
- 1967–68 Balkans Cup
Notes[]
- ^ UEFA conventionally refers to Red Star Belgrade by the club's Serbian-language name, Crvena zvezda. Since the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia, the club competes under the auspices of its successor Serbian Football Association.
- ^ Since the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the club competes under the auspices of Slovak Football Association.
References[]
- ^ FCB.cz - Baník Ostrava - Historical summary of teams placement in Czechoslovak league system (see 1966/1967 season) Archived 25 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech)
- ^ Spartak.sk - Club History page - Text: 1968Finále SEP Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovak)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Arbeiter-Zeitung (Austrian Newspaper) - Issue from October 17th 1968. - Page 12 - Text: Spartak-Tyrnau siegte 1:0 (upper-right corner of a page) (in German)
- ^ Rudé právo (Czech Newspaper) - Issue from October 17th 1968. - Page 8 - Text: FINÁLE SP Spartak Trnava - CZ Bělehrad 1:0 (lower-left corner of the page) - Text portion: ...Vice než 12 000 diváků... (in Czech)
- ^ Jump up to: a b CrvenaZvezdaFK.com - 1968 Trophies page (2nd & 3rd sentences) (in Serbian)
- ^ El Mundo Deportivo (Spanish Newspaper) - Issue from October 24th 1968. - Page 26 - Text: Estrella Roja, de Belgrado vencedor de la <<Mitropa - Cup>> (lower-right corner of a page) (in Spanish)
- ^ Rudé právo (Czech Newspaper) - Issue from October 24th 1968. - Page 7 - Text: Trnava prohrála 4:1 (located below image from upper-right corner of a page) - Text portion: ...přes 20 000 diváků... (in Czech)
External links[]
- 1967–68 Mitropa Cup at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- Crvena zvezda
- Spartak Trnava
Categories:
- Mitropa Cup
- 1967–68 in European football
- 1967–68 in Hungarian football
- 1967–68 in Yugoslav football
- 1967–68 in Austrian football
- 1967–68 in Czechoslovak football
- 1967–68 in Italian football