1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1968-69 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Slovan Bratislava in a final victory against FC Barcelona, the first time a side from the Eastern Bloc won the title. A number of withdrawals by Eastern European clubs from the first round as a result of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia led to several walkovers and byes that lasted into the second round.

The following clubs withdrew following UEFA's decision to separate western and Eastern countries due to troubles in Czechoslovakia – FC Spartak (Sofia), 1. FC Union Berlin, Górnik Zabrze, Dinamo Moscow, Raba Vasas ETO

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