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1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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

First leg

Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Richard Henderson (Scotland)
Naples
Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)
Bologna
Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Božidar Botić (Yugoslavia)
Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt am Main
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Zariquiegui Izco (Spain)
Nice
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gerhard Kunze (West Germany)
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)
Kaftanzoglio Stadium,Thessaloniki
Referee: Monti (Italy)
Stadion Vojvodine, Novi Sad
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Dimitar Rumentchev (Bulgaria)

Second leg

Stadionul Petrolul, Ploiești
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Orhan Gonül (Turkey)

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–2 on aggregate.

Oslo

Bologna won 2–0 on aggregate.

Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Václav Davídek (Czechoslovakia)

Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.

Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Heymann (Switzerland)

Bordeaux won 9–4 on aggregate.

Florence

Fiorentina won 5–0 on aggregate.

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 15,196
Referee: Peter Coates (Republic of Ireland)

Leeds won 16–0 on aggregate.

City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 27,090
Referee: Haken Oberg (Sweden)

Forest won 5–0 on aggregate.

Hanover

Napoli won 5–1 on aggregate.

Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Antonio Rigo Sureda (Spain)

Hibernian won 4–3 on aggregate.

Vélodrome de Rocourt,Liège
Referee: Rasmussen (Norway)

RFC Liégeois won 5-2 on aggregate.

Estádio Alfredo da Silva, Barreiro
Attendance: 4,230
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viú (Spain)

FK Vojvodina won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 32,896
Referee: J Lacoste (France)
Stadion Partizana, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dogan Babacan (Turkey)
Lisbon
Naples
Bologna

Second leg

Letzigrund, Zürich
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: F Geluck (Belgium)

FC Zürich won 3-2 on away goals

Florence

Sporting CP won 3–2 on aggregate.

Edinburgh

Hibernian won 6–4 on aggregate.

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 34,258
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)

Leeds won 3–2 on aggregate.

Zagreb

Bologna won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

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

First leg

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 31,522
Referee: Jack Russell (Northern Ireland)

Second leg

Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 40,503
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Leeds won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

Bologna
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Second leg

Novi Sad
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall

Bologna won 2–0 on aggregate.

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 50,498
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Leeds won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

Budapest
Dens Park, Dundee
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenberg (West Germany)

Second leg

Bologna

Ferencváros won 5–4 on aggregate.

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 23,830
Referee: Willem Scalks (Netherlands)

Leeds won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 25,268
Referee: Rudolph Scheuber (Switzerland)

Second leg

Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenberg (West Germany)

Leeds won 1–0 on aggregate.

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