European Cup 1967–68

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European Cup season football tournament season

The European Cup 1967–68 was the season in which Manchester United, managed by Sir Matt Busby, became the first English club to win Europe’s premier club football competition.

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Surface form Occurrences
1967–68 European Cup 1
European Cup 1968 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Cup season ⓘ
football tournament season ⓘ
alsoKnownAs European Cup 1967–68 ⓘ
surface form: 1967–68 European Cup
champion Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
competitionFormat two-legged knockout ties until final ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
defendingChampion Celtic F.C. ⓘ
endDate 1968-05-29 ⓘ
finalAfterExtraTime true ⓘ
finalCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
finalCountry England ⓘ
finalDate 1968-05-29 ⓘ
finalScore Manchester United 4–1 Benfica ⓘ
finalStage single-match final at neutral venue ⓘ
finalVenue Wembley Stadium ⓘ
firstEnglishClubTitle true ⓘ
goalsScored 210 ⓘ
governingBody UEFA ⓘ
surface form: Union of European Football Associations
hasRound Final ⓘ
First round ⓘ
Quarter-finals ⓘ
Second round ⓘ
Semi-finals ⓘ
includesTeam AC Milan ⓘ
Celtic F.C. ⓘ
Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
Real Madrid CF ⓘ
SL Benfica ⓘ
surface form: S.L. Benfica
matchesPlayed 63 ⓘ
nextSeason European Cup 1968–69 ⓘ
notableFor first European Cup title won by an English club ⓘ
numberOfTeams 32 ⓘ
organisedBy UEFA ⓘ
partOf UEFA Champions League ⓘ
surface form: European Cup
previousSeason European Cup 1966–67 ⓘ
runnerUp SL Benfica ⓘ
surface form: S.L. Benfica
runnerUpCountry Portugal ⓘ
seasonNumber 13 ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
startDate 1967-09-06 ⓘ
topScorer Eusébio ⓘ
topScorerGoals 6 ⓘ
winnerCaptain Bobby Charlton ⓘ
winnerCountry England ⓘ
winnerManager Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
surface form: Matt Busby

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Cup 1967–68 → alsoKnownAs → European Cup 1967–68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1967–68 European Cup
Sir Robert Charlton → winnerOf → European Cup 1967–68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Cup 1968
Sir Matt Busby → wonTitle → European Cup 1967–68 ⓘ