Tourney Name: | Mitropa Cup |
Year: | 1967–68 |
Dates: | 15 November 1967 – 23 October 1968 |
Num Teams: | 16 |
Champion Other: | Red Star Belgrade |
Count: | 2 |
Second Other: | Spartak Trnava |
Matches: | 30 |
Goals: | 99 |
Prevseason: | 1966–67 |
Nextseason: | 1968–69 |
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 who beat Spartak Trnava of Czechoslovakia in the two-legged final 4–2 on aggregate. Notably, the first leg of the finals was scheduled to be held in Trnava on August 21, 1968, but was postponed due to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, which commenced on August 20, 1968 at 11 pm. The game was postponed and the final games were eventually held in October 1968.
Country | League | Teams | Teams (Rankings in 1966–67 National Leagues) | |||
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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) | ||
Vardar Skopje (8) | ||||||
Red Star Belgrade (5) |