1968 Intercontinental Supercup
# 1968 Intercontinental Supercup

The 1968 Intercontinental Supercup was the first edition of the Intercontinental Supercup, a matchup between the European and South American past winners of the Intercontinental Cup. The two-legged tie was contested between Italian club Internazionale and Brazilian club Santos. The first match-up between Internazionale and Santos ended with the Santásticos beating Inter 1–0 at Milan's San Siro. A second leg was programmed to be disputed but Inter rejected to participate any further. Santos were declared the winners.

## Participating clubs

| Club | Eligible for |
| - | - |
| Real Madrid | Winner of the 1960 Intercontinental Cup |
| Internazionale | Winner of the 1964, 1965 Intercontinental Cup |
| Peñarol | Winner of the 1961, 1966 Intercontinental Cup |
| Santos | Winner of the 1962, 1963 Intercontinental Cup |
| Racing | Winner of the 1967 Intercontinental Cup |

## South American zone qualifiers

This South American zone tournament was contested between November 13, 1968, and May 22, 1969, between Peñarol, Santos, and Racing, the three South American winners of the Intercontinental Cup to date. Santos won the group and qualified to the final stage.

### Standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Santos | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| Peñarol | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
| Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 |

## European zone qualifiers

As the only two European winners of the Intercontinental Cup, Inter and Real Madrid were eligible for the competition. However, Real Madrid withdrew from the tournament, leaving Inter to face the South American zone winner.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Internazionale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advanced to Intercontinental Supercup |
| Real Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

## Match details

### First leg

| Inter | Santos |
| - | - |
| GK | Ivano Bordon |
| DF | Tarcisio Burgnich |
| DF | Cesare Poli |
| MF | Gianfranco Bedin |
| MF | Aristide Guarneri |
| MF | Giancarlo Cella |
| FW | Jair |
| FW | Sandro Mazzola |
| FW | Angelo Domenghini |
| FW | Mario Corso |
| FW | Giovanni Vastola |
| Manager: ||
| Maino Neri ||
| GK | Cláudio | 14' |
| RB | Carlos Alberto Torres |
| CB | José Ramos Delgado |
| CB | Djalma Dias |
| LB | Rildo |
| MF | Clodoaldo |
| MF | Negreiros |
| FW | Toninho Guerreiro |
| FW | Edu |
| FW | Pelé |
| FW | Abel |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | Laércio | 14' |
| Manager: ||
| Antoninho ||

### Second leg

As Inter withdrew from the second leg, Santos was declared the winner.

