- 1968 in association football
yearbox
in?=in football (soccer)
cp=19th Century
c=20th Century
cf=21st Centuryyp1=1965
yp2=1966
yp3=1967
year=1968
ya1=1969
ya2=1970
ya3=1971
dp3=1930s
dp2=1940s
dp1=1950s
d=1960s
dn1=1970s
dn2=1980s
dn3=1990sThe following are the
football (soccer) events of the year1968 throughout the world.Events
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Copa Libertadores 1968 : Won byEstudiantes de La Plata after defeatingPalmeiras on an aggregate score of 2-0.
*May 29 – European Cup won byManchester United after defeatingBenfica 4-1 in extra time at Wembley Stadium,London .
*May 30 – The Dutch national team plays its 300th official match in history, drawing 0-0 in a friendly against Scotland.
*June 5 –Alan Mullery becomes the first England player to be sent off in an international match during a 0:1 defeat to Yugoslavia in the European Nations' Cup semi-finals inFlorence ,Italy .
*September 19 – Dutch club ADO makes itsEurope an debut by defeatingGrazer AK (4-1) in the first round of theCup Winners Cup , with four goals fromPiet Giesen .Winners club national championship
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Argentina
** San Lorenzo - Metropolitano
** Vélez Sársfield - Nacional
*England :Manchester City
*Iceland : KR
*Italy :A.C. Milan
*Netherlands :Ajax Amsterdam
*Paraguay :Olimpia Asunción
*Scotland : Celtic
*Spain :Real Madrid
*West Germany :1. FC Nürnberg International tournaments
* African Cup of Nations in
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1968 British Home Championship (October 21 ,1967 –February 28 ,1968 )::fb|ENG* UEFA European Football Championship in
Italy (June 5 – 10,1968 )
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*# fb|ENG*Olympic Games in
Mexico City, Mexico (October 13 – 26,1968 )
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April 16 –Martin Dahlin , Swedish footballer
*May 1 –Oliver Bierhoff , German footballer
*June 5 –Percy Olivares , Peruvian footballer
*June 25 –Dorinel Munteanu , Romanian footballer
*June 26 –Paolo Maldini , Italian footballer
*October 20 –Jonathan Akpoborie , Nigerian footballer
*December 26 –Thijs Waterink , Dutch footballerDeaths
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