UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
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Article ImagesThe qualifying round for the 1968 UEFA European Championship consisted of 31 teams divided into eight groups; seven of four teams and one of three teams. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through, to the final tournament.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 7 September 1966 – 11 May 1968 |
Teams | 31 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 98[note 1] |
Goals scored | 306 (3.12 per match)[note 1] |
Top scorer(s) | János Farkas Gigi Riva (6 goals each) |
← 1964 1972 → |
Qualified teams
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Italy (host) | Quarter-final winner | 20 April 1968 | 0 (debut) |
Yugoslavia | Quarter-final winner | 24 April 1968 | 1 (1960) |
England | Quarter-final winner | 8 May 1968 | 0 (debut) |
Soviet Union | Quarter-final winner | 11 May 1968 | 2 (1960, 1964) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.
Summary
Group winners advanced to the quarter-finals (second round)
Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Greater number of points in all group matches
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Groups
Group 1
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | ||
3 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | Turkey | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 2
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Bulgaria | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | |
2 | Portugal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Sweden | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 5–2 | ||
4 | Norway | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 3
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | |
2 | Greece | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | 1–0 | Void[a] | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | Finland | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
Source: UEFA
Notes:
Group 4
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 4
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||
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1 | Yugoslavia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | West Germany | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 | 3–1 | — | 6–0 | ||
3 | Albania | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 5
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 5
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hungary | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | |
2 | East Germany | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1–0 | — | 4–3 | 3–2 | ||
3 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Denmark | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 6
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 6
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
2 | Romania | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 6 | 0–1 | — | 4–2 | 7–0 | ||
3 | Switzerland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 5 | 2–2 | 7–1 | — | 5–0 | ||
4 | Cyprus | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25 | −22 | 2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 7
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 7
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | France | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | Belgium | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 7 | 2–1 | — | 2–4 | 3–0 | ||
3 | Poland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7 | 1–4 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
4 | Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 8
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 8
Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 editions of the British Home Championship.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | England | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | Scotland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Wales | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Northern Ireland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
Source: UEFA
Quarter-finals
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bulgaria | 3–4 | Italy | 3–2 | 0–2 |
Hungary | 2–3 | Soviet Union | 2–0 | 0–3 |
England | 3–1 | Spain | 1–0 | 2–1 |
France | 2–6 | Yugoslavia | 1–1 | 1–5 |
Goalscorers
There were 306 goals scored in 98 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.[note 1]
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
- Leopold Grausam
- Jacques Stockman
- Dinko Dermendzhiev
- Kresten Bjerre
- Juhani Peltonen
- Georges Lech
- Charly Loubet
- Flórián Albert
- Kálmán Mészöly
- Janusz Żmijewski
- Mircea Dridea
- Emil Dumitriu
- Anatoliy Banishevskiy
- Igor Chislenko
- Eduard Malofeyev
- Yozhef Sabo
- Inge Danielsson
- Karl Odermatt
- René-Pierre Quentin
- Hannes Löhr
- Vahidin Musemić
- Slaven Zambata
2 goals
- Helmut Siber[note 1]
- Roger Claessen
- Johan Devrindt
- Johnny Thio
- Nikola Kotkov
- Nikola Tsanev
- Jozef Adamec
- Tom Søndergaard
- Herbert Pankau
- Jack Charlton
- Robert Herbin
- Alekos Alexiadis
- Ferenc Bene
- Pierino Prati
- Johan Cruyff
- Piet Keizer
- Wim Suurbier
- Kjetil Hasund
- Odd Iversen
- Olav Nilsen
- Lucjan Brychczy
- Ryszard Grzegorczyk
- Włodzimierz Lubański
- Eusébio
- Jaime Graça
- Nicolae Dobrin
- Ion Ionescu
- Mircea Lucescu
- Alan Gilzean
- Denis Law
- Bobby Lennox
- Anatoliy Byshovets
- Murtaz Khurtsilava
- Pirri
- Leif Eriksson
- Tom Turesson
- Ogün Altıparmak
- Ron Davies
- Wyn Davies
- Ivica Osim
- Ilija Petković
1 goal
- Rudi Flögel
- Erich Hof
- Franz Wolny
- Wilfried Puis
- Georgi Asparuhov
- Vasil Mitkov
- Melis Asprou
- Pamboullis Papadopoulos
- Kostakis Pierides
- Alexander Horváth
- Josef Jurkanin
- Ladislav Kuna
- Vojtech Masný
- Juraj Szikora
- Erik Dyreborg
- Gerhard Körner
- Wolfram Löwe
- Eberhard Vogel
- Alan Ball
- Roger Hunt
- Norman Hunter
- Pertti Mäkipää
- Simo Syrjävaara
- André Guy
- Yves Herbet
- Hervé Revelli
- Stathis Chaitas
- Mimis Papaioannou
- János Göröcs
- Dezső Molnár
- Zoltán Varga
- Mario Bertini
- Virginio De Paoli
- Giacinto Facchetti
- Jean Klein
- Rinus Israël
- Jan Mulder
- Miel Pijs
- Sjaak Swart
- Willy van der Kuijlen
- Dave Clements
- Jimmy Nicholson
- Harald Berg
- Sven Otto Birkeland
- Harald Sunde
- Andrzej Jarosik
- Jan Liberda
- Jerzy Sadek
- Zygfryd Szołtysik
- Custódio Pinto
- José Augusto Torres
- Noel Cantwell
- Andy McEvoy
- Turlough O'Connor
- Frank O'Neill
- Ray Treacy
- Florea Martinovici
- John Hughes
- Jim McCalliog
- Ronnie McKinnon
- Bobby Murdoch
- Valery Maslov
- Eduard Streltsov
- Amancio Amaro
- José Eulogio Gárate
- José María García Lavilla
- Francisco Gento
- Ramón Grosso
- Thomas Nordahl
- Ingvar Svensson
- Richard Dürr
- Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu
- Alan Durban
- Ronnie Rees
- Uwe Seeler
- Dragan Džajić
- Vojin Lazarević
- Josip Skoblar
- Edin Sprečo
1 own goal
- Dimitar Penev (against Italy)
- Kostas Panayiotou (against Switzerland)
- Ernő Solymosi (against Soviet Union)
- John Dempsey (against Czechoslovakia)
- Terry Hennessey (against England)
Notes
References
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (7 February 2007). "European Championship 1968". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
External links
- UEFA Euro 1968 at UEFA.com