1967–68 Cardiff City F.C. season
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Season 1967–68 | |
League | Football League Second Division |
Manager | Jimmy Scoular |
League position | 13th |
Top goalscorer | League: Peter King (12) All: Peter King (18) |
FA Cup | 3rd round |
League Cup | 2nd round |
European Cup Winners Cup | Semi-finals |
Welsh Cup | Winners |
Previous season | ← 1966–67 |
Next season | 1968–69 → |
The 1967–68 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 41st season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.
During the season they enjoyed their most successful ever season in European competition by reaching the semi-final of the European Cup Winners Cup before being beaten 4-3 on aggregate by German side Hamburg. It remains the furthest a Welsh team has ever reached in European competition.
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Table
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 79 | 44 | 1.795 | 59 |
2 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 67 | 36 | 1.861 | 58 |
3 | Blackpool | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 71 | 43 | 1.651 | 58 |
4 | Birmingham City | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 83 | 51 | 1.627 | 52 |
5 | Portsmouth | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 68 | 55 | 1.236 | 49 |
6 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 60 | 54 | 1.111 | 46 |
7 | Millwall | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 62 | 50 | 1.240 | 45 |
8 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 49 | 1.143 | 43 |
9 | Norwich City | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 65 | 0.923 | 43 |
10 | Carlisle United | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 52 | 1.115 | 41 |
11 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 56 | 1.000 | 39 |
12 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 60 | 63 | 0.952 | 39 |
13 | Cardiff City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 60 | 66 | 0.909 | 38 |
14 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 46 | 61 | 0.754 | 38 |
15 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 63 | 68 | 0.926 | 37 |
16 | Aston Villa | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 54 | 64 | 0.844 | 37 |
17 | Hull City | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 73 | 0.795 | 37 |
18 | Derby County | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 71 | 78 | 0.910 | 36 |
19 | Bristol City | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 62 | 0.774 | 36 |
20 | Preston North End | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 43 | 65 | 0.662 | 35 |
21 | Rotherham United | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 76 | 0.553 | 31 |
22 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 72 | 0.528 | 27 |
European Cup Winners Cup
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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24 Sep | One (first leg) | Shamrock Rovers | A | D 1 - 1 | 21,883 | King |
4 Oct | One (second leg) | Shamrock Rovers | H | W 2 - 0 | 14,180 | Toshack, Brown |
15 Nov | Two (first leg) | NAC Breda | A | D 1 - 1 | 7,618 | King |
29 Nov | Two (second leg) | NAC Breda | H | W 4 - 1 | 16,411 | Brown, Jones, Clarke, Toshack |
6 Mar | Quarter-final (first leg) | Torpedo Moscow | H | W 1 - 0 | 30,567 | Jones |
19 Mar | Quarter-final (second leg) | Torpedo Moscow | A | L 0 - 1 | 37,049 | |
3 Apr | Quarter-final (replay) | Torpedo Moscow | N | W 1 - 0 | 25,851 | Dean |
24 Apr | Semi-final (first leg) | Hamburg | A | D 1 - 1 | 64,410 | Dean |
1 May | Semi-final (second leg) | Hamburg | H | L 2 - 3 | 43,070 | Dean, Harris |
See also
References
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- Welsh Football Data Archive