| Matches : 1968 – 1969 | 1968-69 Pictures | European Cup |
- Prague Spring & Soviet Invasion – Celtic protest in European Cup (1968)
- Draw was rearranged following protests by Celtic over Soviet invasion of Prague.
First Round
AS Saint-Etienne Fra Celtic Sco 2-0 0-4 2-4
1st Leg. September 18th 1968
Saint Etienne 2 0 Celtic
( Keita 15, Revelli 37)
2nd Leg. October 2nd 1968
Celtic 4 0 St Etienne
( Gemmell 43 pen, Craig 59, Chalmers 67 , McBride 87)
Saint Etienne 0
Celtic – Simpson Craig Gemmell Murdoch McNeill Brogan Johnstone Wallace Chalmers McBride Hughes.
Att 75,000
Second Round
Celtic Sco Red Star (Belgrade) Yug 5-1 1-1 6-2
First Leg. November 13th 1968
Celtic 5 1 Red Star Belgrade
( Murdoch 3, Johnstone 47,81 ( Lazervic 39)
Lennox 50 Wallace 75)
Second Leg November 27th 1968
Red Star 1 1 Celtic
( Ostojic 88 ) ( Wallace 76
40,000
Quarter-Finals
AC Milan Ita Celtic Sco 0-0 1-0 1-0
1st leg Feb 19th 1969
AC Milan 0 0 Celtic
2nd Leg March 12th.
Celtic 0 1 AC Milan
( Prati 12)
75,000
The Full Competition
First Round
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| Malmo (Swe) | 3-5 | AC Milan (Ital) |
2-1 | 1-4 | |
| San Etienne (Fra) |
2-4 | Celtic (Sco) |
2-0 | 0-4 | |
| Red Star Belgrade (Yug) | w/o | Carl Zeiss Jena (E. Ger) |
– | – | |
| Waterford Utd (Ire) |
2-10 | Manchester Utd (Eng) | 1-3 | 1-7 | |
| Anderlecht (Bel) |
5-2 | Glentoran (N. Ire) |
3-0 | 2-2 | |
| Rosenborg (Nor) |
4-6 | Rapid Vienna (Aut) |
1-3 | 3-3 | |
| Real Madrid (Spa) | 12-0 | AEL Limassol (Cyp) |
6-0 | 6-0 | |
| Nuremberg (W Ger) | 1-5 | Ajax (Ned) |
1-1 | 0-4 | |
| Manchester City (Eng) | 1-2 | Fenerbahce (Tur) |
0-0 | 1-2 | |
| Valur (Ice) |
1-8 | Benfica (Port) | 0-0 | 1-8 | |
| Floriana (Mal) |
1-3 | Reipas Lahti (Fin) |
1-1 | 0-2 | |
| Steaua Bucharest (Rom) |
3-5 | Spartak Trnava (Cze) | 3-1 | 0-4 | |
| AEK Athens (Gre) | 5-3 | Jeunesse Esch (Lux) |
3-0 | 2-3 | |
| FC Zurich (Swi) |
3-4 | AB Boldklub (Den) |
1-3 | 2-1 | |
| Dinamo Kiev (USSR) |
w/o | Ruch Chorzow (Pol) |
– | – | |
| Levski Spartak (Bul) | w/o | Ferencvaros (Hun) | – | – |
Second Round
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| AC Milan (Ital) |
Bye | – | – | ||
| Celtic (Sco) | 6-2 | Red Star Belgrade (Yug) |
5-1 | 1-1 | |
| Manchester Utd (Eng) |
4-3 | Anderlecht (Bel) |
3-0 | 1-3 | |
| Rapid Vienna (Aut) |
2-2 | Real Madrid (Spa) | 1-0 | 1-2 | away goals |
| Ajax (Ned) |
4-0 | Fenerbahce (Tur) | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
| Benfica (Port) | Bye | – | – | ||
| Reipas Lahti (Fin) | 2-16 | Spartak Trnava (Cze) |
1-9 | 1-7 | |
| AEK Athens (Gre) |
2-0 | AB Boldklub (Den) | 0-0 | 2-0 |
Quarter Finals
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| AC Milan (Ital) |
1-0 | Celtic (Sco) |
0-0 | 0-1 | |
| Manchester Utd (Eng) |
3-0 | Rapid Vienna (Aut) | 3-0 | 0-0 | |
| Ajax (Ned) |
4-4 | Benfica (Port) | 1-3 | 3-1 | 3-0 |
| Spartak Trnava (Cze) | 3-2 | AEK Athens (Gre) |
2-1 | 1-1 |
Semi Finals
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| AC Milan (Ital) |
2-1 | Manchester Utd (Eng) | 2-0 | 0-1 | |
| Ajax (Ned) | 3-2 | Spartak Trnava (Cze) | 3-0 | 0-2 |
FINAL
Played at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid.
| AC Milan (Ital) |
4-1 | Ajax (Ned) |
Top Scorer in the competition was Denis Law of Manchester Utd with 9 goals.