# 1968 in association football

The following are the association football (soccer) events of the year 1968 throughout the world.

## Events

* Copa Libertadores 1968: Won by Estudiantes de La Plata after defeating Palmeiras on an aggregate score of 2–0.
* 29 May – European Cup won by Manchester United after defeating Benfica 4–1 in extra time at Wembley Stadium, London.
* 30 May – The Dutch national team plays its 300th official match in history, drawing 0–0 in a friendly against Scotland.
* 5 June – 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 in Florence, Italy.
* 19 September – Dutch club ADO makes its European debut by defeating Grazer AK (4–1) in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup, with four goals from Piet Giesen.

## Winners club national championship
### Asia

* Qatar: Al-Oruba

### Europe

* England: Manchester City
* France: AS Saint-Étienne
* Iceland: KR
* Italy: A.C. Milan
* Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
* Poland: Ruch Chorzów
* Scotland: Celtic
* Spain: Real Madrid
* Turkey: Fenerbahçe
* West Germany: 1. FC Nürnberg

### North America

* Mexico: Toluca
* United States / Canada
** Atlanta Chiefs (NASL)

### South America

* Argentina
** San Lorenzo - Metropolitano
** Vélez Sársfield - Nacional
* Brazil
** Botafogo - Taça Brasil
** Santos - Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa
* Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción

## International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia (12–21 January 1968)
** Congo-Kinshasa
** Ghana
** Ivory Coast
* 1968 British Home Championship (21 October 1967 – 28 February 1968)
       England
* UEFA European Football Championship in Italy (5–10 June 1968)
** Italy
** Yugoslavia
** England
* Olympic Games in Mexico City, Mexico (13–26 October 1968)
** Hungary
** Bulgaria
** Japan

## Births

* 1 January – Davor Šuker, Croatian international footballer
* 5 January – Gennaro Monaco, Italian former player, former manager
* 27 January – Gidix Nasa, Papua New Guinean former footballer
* 31 January – Dragan Reljić, Croatian former professional footballer
* 27 March – René Fluri, retired Swiss footballer
* 31 March – Francesco Moriero, Italian international footballer and manager
* 1 April – Bulat Esmagambetov, Kazakhstani footballer
* 16 April – Martin Dahlin, Swedish international footballer
* 18 April – Adelio Salinas, former Paraguayan footballer
* 1 May – Oliver Bierhoff, German international footballer
* 2 May – Pedro Ramos, Ecuadorian football referee
* 22 May – Gabriel Mendoza, Chilean international footballer
* 5 June – Percy Olivares, Peruvian footballer
* 6 June – Edwin Vurens, Dutch footballer
* 22 June – Fabián Guevara, Chilean footballer
* 25 June – Dorinel Munteanu, Romanian international footballer
* 16 July – Jorge Sosa (Jorge Adrián Sosa Reyna), Mexican football manager and former player
* 25 June – Martin Filson, English former professional footballer
* 26 June – Paolo Maldini, Italian international footballer
* 6 August – Fulvio Cimino, retired Swiss footballer
* 14 August
** Darren Newman, English former professional footballer
** Onésimo Sánchez, Spanish football player and manager
* 15 August – Ulugbek Ruzimov, Uzbekistani footballer
* 20 August – Klas Ingesson, Swedish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
* 22 August – Alejandro Grandi, Uruguayan retired footballer
* 11 September – Slaven Bilić, Croatian international football player and manager
* 14 September – Jorge Gómez, Chilean footballer
* 15 September – Juan Carlos Garay, Ecuadorian footballer
* 17 September – Francesc Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2014)
* 18 September – Carlos Guirland, Paraguayan footballer
* 23 September – Franco Massimo, English former professional footballer
* 25 September – Gary Blackford, English former professional footballer
* 27 September – Robert Alleyne, English former professional footballer
* 8 October – Zvonimir Boban, Croatian international footballer
* 17 October – Héctor Ferri, Ecuadorian footballer
* 20 October – Jonathan Akpoborie, Nigerian international footballer
* 24 October – Osmar Donizete Cândido, Brazilian international footballer
* 27 October – Jamie Slater, Welsh former professional footballer
* 30 October – Chris Grocock, English lawyer and former professional footballer
* 18 November – Barry Hunter, Northern Irish international and scout
* 4 December – Gilles Petrucci, retired French footballer
* 8 December – Igor Luzyakin, Russian professional football coach and former player
* 13 December – Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
* 26 December – Thijs Waterink, Dutch footballer
* 27 December – Steve Guillod, retired Swiss footballer

## Deaths
### January

* 4 January – Armando Castellazzi, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and first man to win the Serie A both as player and as manager. (63)

### June

* 17 June – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and by many regarded as Uruguay's greatest ever player. (67)

### August

* 30 August - Luitpold Popp, German international footballer (born 1893)

### November

* 10 November – Santos Iriarte, Uruguayan forward, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (66)

### December

* 21 December – Vittorio Pozzo, Italian manager, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup and the only manager that won the FIFA World Cup twice. (82)
* 28 December – Fernando Giudicelli, Brazilian midfielder, Brazilian squad member the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (62)