| Matches : 1967 – 1968 | 1967-68 Pictures | European Cup |
After winning the European Cup the previous season – THE first British team and North European team to do so – Celtic's involvement in the European Cup was short and sweet this season, going out in the First Round. They met Dynamo Kiev.
First Round
Celtic (Sco) – v- Dynamo Kiev (USSR) 1-2 1-1 aggregate 2-3
First Leg September 20th 1967.
Celtic 1 -v- 2 Dinamo Kiev
( Lennox 62) ( Pusach 4 Bychevetz 29)
Second Leg – October 4th 1967
Dynamo Kiev 1 – v – Celtic 1
(Bychevetz 90) ( Lennox 61)
For fullness of records, and to see Manchester Utd's route to the Cup (the first ENGLISH team to win the European Cup) here is the full competition for 1967-68.
A few things that are worth noting:-
- This was the first year that away goals were used to decide the result if an aggregate was tied. However this was ONLY for the First Round.
- The general closeness of the ties in both the First and Second Rounds
- Benfica, losing finalists only scraping through on away goals to Glentoran
The Full Competition
First Round
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| Olympiakos Nicosia (Cyp) | 3-5 | Sarajevo (Yug) |
2-2 | 1-3 | |
| Manchester Utd (Eng) |
4-0 | Hibernians (Malta) |
4-0 | 0-0 | |
| Celtic (Sco) | 2-3 | Dinamo Kiev (USSR) |
1-2 | 1-1 | |
| Gornik Zabrze (Pol) |
4-0 | Djurgardens (Swe) | 3-0 | 1-0 | |
| FC Basel (Swi) |
4-5 | Hvidovre (Den) | 1-2 | 3-3 | |
| Ajax (Ned) |
2-3 | Real Madrid (Spa) | 1-1 | 1-2 | |
| Skeid (Nor) | 1-2 | Sparta Prague (Cze) | 0-1 | 1-1 | |
| Karl Marx Stadt (E Ger) | 2-5 | Anderlecht (Bel) | 1-3 | 1-2 | |
| Dundalk (Ire) | 1-9 | Vasas (Hung) | 0-1 | 1-8 | |
| Valur (Ice) |
4-4 | Jeunesse Esch (Lux) | 1-1 | 3-3 | away goals |
| Glentoran (N Ire) |
1-1 | Benfica (Port) | 1-1 | 0-0 | away goals |
| St Etienne (Fra) |
5-0 | KuPS (Fin) | 2-0 | 3-0 | |
| Besiktas (Turk) | 0-4 | Rapid Vienna (Aut) |
0-1 | 0-3 | |
| Eintracht Braunschweig (Ger) |
w/o | Dinamo Tirana (Alb) | 0-0 | 0-2 | |
| Olympiakos (Gre) |
0-2 | Juventus (Ital) | 0-0 | 0-2 | |
| Botev Plovdiv (Bulg) | 2-3 | Rapid Bucharest (Rom) | 2-0 | 0-3 |
Second Round
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| Sarajevo (Yug) |
1-2 | Manchester Utd (Eng |
0-0 | 1-2 | |
| Dinamo Kiev (USSR) | 2-3 | Gornik Zabrze |
1-2 | 1-1 | |
| Hvidovre (Den) |
3-6 | Real Madrid (Spa) | 2-2 | 1-4 | |
| Sparta Prague (Cze) | 6-5 | Anderlecht (Bel) | 3-2 | 3-3 | |
| Vasas (Hung) |
11-1 | Valur (Ice) | 6-0 | 5-1 | |
| Benfica (Port) | 2-1 | St Etienne (Fra) |
2-0 | 0-1 | |
| Rapid Vienna (Aut) | 1-2 | Eintracht Braunschweig (Ger) | 1-0 | 0-2 | |
| Juventus (Ital) |
1-0 | Rapid Bucharest (Rom) | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Quarter Finals
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| Manchester Utd (Eng) | 2-1 | Gornik Zabrze (Pol) |
2-0 | 0-1 | |
| Real Madrid |(Spa) | 4-2 | Sparta Prague (Cze) | 3-0 | 1-2 | |
| Vasas (Hung) |
0-3 | Benfica (Port) | 0-0 | 0-3 | |
| Eintracht Braunschweig (Ger) | 3-3 | Juventus (Ital) |
3-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
Semi Finals
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| Manchester Utd (Eng) |
4-3 | Real Madrid (Spa) | 1-0 | 3-3 | |
| Benfica (Port) |
3-0 | Juventus (Ital) | 2-0 | 1-0 |
FINAL
Played at Wembley Stadium, London
| Manchester Utd (Eng) |
4-1 (aet) |
Benfica (Port) |
Top Scorer in the competition was Eusebio of Benfica with 6 goals.