page_title: 1968–69 European Cup
hierarchical_section_title: 1968–69 European Cup
caption_attribution_description: Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
context_page_description: The 1968–69 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Milan, who beat Ajax 4–1 in the final, giving Milan its first European Cup title since 1963, and its second overall. A number of Eastern Bloc clubs withdrew from the first two rounds when UEFA paired up all of the Eastern Bloc clubs against one another in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
  Substitutions of two players at any game time were allowed; obligatory match dates were introduced and fixed on Wednesdays; the away goal rule was extended to the first and second rounds.
  Manchester United, the defending champions, were eliminated by Milan in the semi-finals.
context_section_description: The 1968–69 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Milan, who beat Ajax 4–1 in the final, giving Milan its first European Cup title since 1963, and its second overall. A number of Eastern Bloc clubs withdrew from the first two rounds when UEFA paired up all of the Eastern Bloc clubs against one another in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
  Substitutions of two players at any game time were allowed; obligatory match dates were introduced (two weeks between the legs) and fixed on Wednesdays; the away goal rule was extended to the first and second rounds.
  Manchester United, the defending champions, were eliminated by Milan in the semi-finals.
caption: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
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