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UEFA European Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship

The qualifying round for the 1968 European Football 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.

First round

Group 1

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Spain 8 6 3 2 1 6 2
2.  Czechoslovakia 7 6 3 1 2 8 4
3.  Republic of Ireland 5 6 2 1 3 5 8
4.  Turkey 4 6 1 2 3 3 8


Republic of Ireland 0–0 Spain
Attendance: 38,877
Referee: Hans Carlsson (Sweden)
Republic of Ireland 2–1 Turkey
O'Neill 60'
McEvoy 74'		 Ogün 88'
Attendance: 22,480
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)
Spain 2–0 Republic of Ireland
José María 21'
Pirri 35'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Pieter Romer (Netherlands)
Turkey 0–0 Spain
Attendance: 27,262
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)
Turkey 2–1 Republic of Ireland
Ayhan 35'
Ogün 79'		 Cantwell 89'
Attendance: 31,063
Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev (Bulgaria)
Republic of Ireland 0–2 Czechoslovakia
Szikora 16'
Masný 47'
Attendance: 12,000 *
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 6,257

Spain 2–0 Turkey
Grosso 63'
Gento 81'
Attendance: 27,336
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)
Czechoslovakia 3–0 Turkey
Adamec 25', 70'
Jurkanin 74'
Attendance: 17,839
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Czechoslovakia 1–0 Spain
Horváth 47'
Attendance: 20,354
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Spain 2–1 Czechoslovakia
Pirri 33'
Gárate 62'		 Kuna 75'
Attendance: 35,000 *
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 25,314

Turkey 0–0 Czechoslovakia
Attendance: 19,760 *
Referee: Nicolae Mihăilescu (Romania)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000

Czechoslovakia 1–2 Republic of Ireland
Dempsey 57'(og) Treacy 65'
O'Connor 86'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 7,615

Group 2

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Bulgaria 10 6 4 2 0 10 2
2.  Portugal 6 6 2 2 2 6 6
3.  Sweden 5 6 2 1 3 9 12
4.  Norway 3 6 1 1 4 9 14


Bulgaria 4–2 Norway
Tsanev 18', 43'
Zhekov 42', 85'		 Hasund 59', 86'
Attendance: 20,762 *
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 30,000

Portugal 1–2 Sweden
Graça 21' Danielsson 29', 86'
Attendance: 18,244 *
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000

Sweden 1–1 Portugal
Svensson 90' Custódio Pinto 19'
Attendance: 49,689
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
Norway 1–2 Portugal
Iversen 35' Eusébio 15', 60'
Attendance: 29,993
Referee: William Syme (Scotland)
Sweden 0–2 Bulgaria
Zhekov 23'
Dermendjiev 82'
Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 24,271
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Norway 0–0 Bulgaria
Attendance: 25,545
Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)
Norway 3–1 Sweden
Sunde 23'
Birkeland 47'
Berg 80'		 Nordahl 19'
Attendance: 32,151
Referee: Jan Pawlik (Poland)

NOTE: The sequence of the Norwegian goals in other sources: 1-1 Berg (23'), 2-1 Birkeland (47'), 3-1 Sunde (80').

Sweden 5–2 Norway
Turesson 15', 86'
Danielsson 39'
Eriksson 48', 85'		 Iversen 57'(p)
Nilsen 90'
Attendance: 14,078
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)
Portugal 2–1 Norway
Torres 30'
Jaime Graça 64'		 Nilsen 40'
Attendance: 20,500 *
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000

Bulgaria 3–0 Sweden
Kotkov(*) 43'
Mitkov(*) 44'
Asparuhov 75'
Attendance: 16,479 **
Referee: Josip Horvat (Yugoslavia)

(*)NOTE: The sequence of the Bulgaria's goals in other sources: 1-0 Mitkov (43'), 2-0 Kotkov (44')
(**)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 28,000

Bulgaria 1–0 Portugal
Dermendjiev 63'
Attendance: 39,795 *
Referee: Anvar Zverev (USSR)

(*) NOTE: Attendance also reported as 55,000

Portugal 0–0 Bulgaria
Attendance: 13,408 *
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 20,000

Group 3

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Soviet Union 10 6 5 0 1 16 6
2.  Greece 5 5 2 1 2 7 8
3.  Austria 5 5 2 1 2 7 9
4.  Finland 2 6 0 2 4 5 12
Finland 0–0 Austria
Attendance: 10,070
Referee: Peter Coates (Rep. of Ireland)
Greece 2–1 Finland
Alexiadis 39', 86' Mäkipää 57'
Attendance: 28,478
Referee: Zdeněk Valeš (Czechoslovakia)
Finland 1–1 Greece
Peltonen 18' Chaitas 39'
Attendance: 14,056
Referee: Pieter Roomer (Netherlands)
Soviet Union 4–3 Austria
Malofeyev 25'
Byshovets 36'
Chislenko(*) 43'
Streltsov 80'		 Hof 38'
Wolny 54'
Siber 71'
Attendance: 72,142
Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

(*)NOTE: It is also reported that the third Soviet goal was an own goal by Helmut Wartusch.

Soviet Union 4–0 Greece
Banishevski 50', 77'
Sabo 72' (p)
Chislenko 83'
Attendance: 28,040
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)
Soviet Union 2–0 Finland
Khurtsilava 14'
Chislenko 80'
Attendance: 20,597
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)
Finland 2–5 Soviet Union
Peltonen 18' (p)
Syrjävaara 25'		 Sabo 2', 56' (p)
Maslov 14'
Banishevski 35'
Malofeyev 63'
Attendance: 7,793
Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia)
Austria 2–1 Finland
Flögel 17'
Grausam 81'		 Peltonen 57'
Attendance: 25,231
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Greece 4–1 Austria
Sideris 28', 34' (p), 63'
Papaioannou 75'		 Grausam 62'
Attendance: 34,552
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)
Austria 1–0 Soviet Union
Grausam 49'
Attendance: 37,400
Referee: Todor Bechirov (Bulgaria)
Greece 0–1 Soviet Union
Malofeyev 50'
Attendance: 33,588
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Austria 1–1 Greece
Siber 32' Sideris 71'
Attendance: 31,996
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

The match was abandoned at 83' because of fans disturbance in the stadium.Match declared void by the UEFA decision.[1]

Group 4

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Yugoslavia 6 4 3 0 1 8 3
2.  West Germany 5 4 2 1 1 9 2
3.  Albania 1 4 0 1 3 0 12


West Germany 6–0 Albania
Müller 6', 25', 73', 85'(p)
Löhr 77', 79'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)
Yugoslavia 1–0 West Germany
Skoblar 64'
Attendance: 48,000
Albania 0–2 Yugoslavia
Zambata 23', 56'
Attendance: 18,573
Referee: Costas Xanthoulis (Cyprus)
West Germany 3–1 Yugoslavia
Löhr 11'
Müller 71'
Seeler 87'		 Zambata 46'
Attendance: 70,573
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Yugoslavia 4–0 Albania
Sprečo 44'
Osim 52', 81'
Lazarević 70'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Andrei Rădulescu (Romania)
Albania 0–0 West Germany
Attendance: 21,889
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Group 5

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Hungary 9 6 4 1 1 15 5
2.  East Germany 7 6 3 1 2 10 10
3.  Netherlands 5 6 2 1 3 11 11
4.  Denmark 3 6 1 1 4 6 16


Netherlands 2–2 Hungary
Pijs 35'
Cruijff 52'		 Molnár 70'
Mészöly 88'
Attendance: 61,600
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)
Hungary 6–0 Denmark
Albert 1', 32'
Mészöly 10' (p)
Bene 14'
Farkas 37'
Varga 83'
Attendance: 18,487
Referee: Petros Tzouvaras(*) (Greece)

(*)NOTE: in other sources Alexandros Monastiriotis

Netherlands 2–0 Denmark
Swart 58'
van der Kuijlen 73'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)
East Germany 4–3 Netherlands
Vogel 50'
Frenzel 62', 78', 85'		 Mulder 10'
Keizer 12', 65'
Attendance: 40,000
Hungary 2–1 Netherlands
Mészöly 7' (p)
Farkas 30'		 Suurbier 63'
Attendance: 24,352
Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)
Denmark 0–2 Hungary
Albert(*) 30'
Bene 70'
Attendance: 35,200
Referee: William John Gow (Wales)

(*)NOTE: The first goal is also reported as an own goal by Erik Sandvad.

Denmark 1–1 East Germany
Bjerre 65' (p) Löwe 5'
Attendance: 23,700
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
Netherlands 1–0 East Germany
Cruijff 2'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)
Hungary 3–1 East Germany
Farkas 9', 48', 50' Frenzel 58'
Attendance: 69,871
Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR)
Denmark 3–2 Netherlands
Bjerre 44' (p), 71'
Søndergaard 53'		 Suurbier 74'
Israël 76'
Attendance: 35,200
Referee: Malcolm Hall Wright (Northern Ireland)
East Germany 3–2 Denmark
Körner 35' (p)
Pankau 59', 73'		 Dyreborg 25'
Søndergaard 38'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)
East Germany 1–0 Hungary
Frenzel 51'
Attendance: 48,872
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

Group 6

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  Italy 11 6 5 1 0 17 3
2.  Romania 6 6 3 0 3 18 14
3.   Switzerland 5 6 2 1 3 17 13
4.  Cyprus 2 6 1 0 5 3 25



Romania 4–2  Switzerland
Dridea 8'
Frăţilă 11', 25', 38'		 Künzli 54'
Odermatt 70'
Attendance: 14,209
Referee: James Finney (England)
 Italy3–1 Romania
Mazzola 30', 67'
Depaoli 43'		 Dobrin 7'
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Cyprus 1–5 Romania
Pierides 32' Dridea 49', 82'
Lucescu 51'
Frăţilă 65', 74'
Attendance: 4,823
Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)
Cyprus 0–2 Italy
Domenghini 76'
Facchetti 88'
Attendance: 5,380
Referee: Atanas Stavrev Kiryakov (Bulgaria)
Romania 7–0 Cyprus
Lucescu 4'
Martinovici 15'
Dumitriu 24', 52', 77'
I.Ionescu 47', 86'
Attendance: 9,412
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Switzerland 7–1 Romania
Künzli 12', 67'
Quentin 15', 32'
Blättler 46', 59'
Odermatt 63'		 Dobrin 70'
Attendance: 21,337
Referee: Robert Lacoste (France)
Romania 0–1 Italy
Bertini 81'
Attendance: 54,300
Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)
Italy 5–0 Cyprus
Mazzola 12', 22'
Riva 46', 55', 59'
Attendance: 22,059
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)
Switzerland 5–0 Cyprus
Blättler 32', 55'
Künzli 43'
Dürr 58' (p)
Odermatt 73'
Attendance: 3,737
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Switzerland 2–2 Italy
Quentin 34'
Künzli 68'		 Riva 66', 85' (p)
Attendance: 53,137
Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)
Italy 4–0  Switzerland
Mazzola 3'
Riva 13'
Domenghini 45', 67'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)
Cyprus 2–1  Switzerland
Asprou 22'
Papadopoulos 46'		 Kattos 9' (og)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia)

Group 7

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  France 9 6 4 1 1 14 6
2.  Belgium 7 6 3 1 2 14 9
3.  Poland 7 6 3 1 2 13 9
4.  Luxembourg 1 6 0 1 5 1 18



Poland 4–0 Luxembourg
Jarosik 49'
Liberda 54'
Grzegorczyk 73'
Sadek 88'
Attendance: 10,840
Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)
France 2–1 Poland
Di Nallo 26'
Lech 85'		 Grzegorczyk 61'
Attendance: 23,524
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Belgium 2–1 France
Van Himst 51', 54' Lech 67'
Attendance: 43,404
Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)
Luxembourg 0–3 France
Herbet 8'
Revelli 40'
Lech 41'
Attendance: 3,465
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Luxembourg 0–5 Belgium
Van Himst 20', 36'
Stockman 29', 60', 73'
Attendance: 9,107
Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland)
Luxembourg 0–0 Poland
Attendance: 7,229
Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)
Poland 3–1 Belgium
Lubański 28', 41'
Szołtysik 72'		 Puis 52'
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Toimi Olkku (Finland)
Poland 1–4 France
Brychczy 26' Herbin 13'
Di Nallo 33', 85'
Guy 63'
Attendance: 51,010
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Belgium 2–4 Poland
Devrindt 15', 35' Żmijewski 26', 52', 70'
Brychczy 45'
Attendance: 35,897
Referee: Juan Garay Gardeazábal (Spain)
France 1–1 Belgium
Herbin 84' Claessen 37'
Attendance: 14,591
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)
Belgium 3–0 Luxembourg
Thio 62', 77'
Claessen 65'
Attendance: 6,745
Referee: William O'Neill (Northern Ireland)
France 3–1 Luxembourg
Loubet 42', 47', 53' Klein 1'
Attendance: 7,320
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)

Group 8

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.  England 9 6 4 1 1 15 5
2.  Scotland 8 6 3 2 1 10 8
3.  Wales 4 6 1 2 3 6 12
4.  Northern Ireland 3 6 1 1 4 2 8

Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 British Home Championships.

Wales 1–1 Scotland
R.Davies 76' Law 86'
Attendance: 33,269
Referee: Kenneth Dagnall (England)
Northern Ireland 0–2 England
Hunt 40'
Peters 60'
Attendance: 47,897
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)
Scotland 2–1 Northern Ireland
Murdoch 14'
Lennox 35'		 Nicholson 9'
Attendance: 45,281
Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)
England 5–1 Wales
Hurst 30', 34'
B.Charlton 43'
Hennessey 65' (og)
J.Charlton 84'		 W.Davies 36'
Attendance: 75,380
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)
Northern Ireland 0–0 Wales
Attendance: 17,643
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
England 2–3 Scotland
J.Charlton 84'
Hurst 88'		 Law 27'
Lennox 78'
McCalliog 87'
Attendance: 99,063
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Wales 0–3 England
Peters 34'
B.Charlton 87'
Ball 90' (p)
Attendance: 44,960
Referee: John Robertson P. Gordon (Scotland)
Northern Ireland 1–0 Scotland
Clements 67'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: James Finney (England)
Scotland 3–2 Wales
Gilzean 15', 65'
McKinnon 78'		 R.Davies 18'
Durban 55'
Attendance: 57,472
Referee: James Finney (England)
England 2–0 Northern Ireland
Hurst 43'
B.Charlton 62'
Attendance: 83,969
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Scotland 1–1 England
Hughes 39' Peters 20'
Attendance: 134,461
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Wales 2–0 Northern Ireland
Rees 75'
R.Davies 84'
Attendance: 17,548
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Quarter Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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


Bulgaria vs Italy

Bulgaria 3 – 2 Italy
Kotkov 12' (pen)
Dermendzhiev 66'
Zhekov 73'		 Penev 60' (og)
Prati 83'
Attendance: 70.000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (FRG)
Italy 2 – 0 Bulgaria
Prati 14'
Domenghini 55'
Attendance: 95.000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (SUI)

Italy won 4 – 3 on aggregete


Hungary vs USSR

Hungary 2 – 0 Soviet Union
Farkas 22'
Göröcs 84'
Attendance: 80.000
Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (NED)
Soviet Union 3 – 0 Hungary
Solymosi 22' (og)
Khurtsilava 59'
Byshovets 72'
Attendance: 102.000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (FRG)

Soviet Union won 3 – 2 on aggregate


England vs Spain

England 1 – 0 Spain
B. Charlton 84'
Attendance: 100.000
Referee: Gilbert Droz (SUI)
Spain 1 – 2 England
Amancio 48' Peters 55'
Hunter 81'
Attendance: 120.000
Referee: Josef Krnavek (TCH)

England won 3 – 1 on aggregate


France vs Yugoslavia

France 1 – 1 Yugoslavia
Di Nallo 78' Musemić 66'
Attendance: 35.423
Referee: Erwin Vetter (FRG)


Yugoslavia 5 – 1 France
Petković 3', 33'
Musemić 12', 80'
Džajić 24'		 Di Nallo 34'
Attendance: 70.900
Referee: Paul Schiller (AUT)

Yugoslavia won 6 – 2 on aggregate

Italy, Soviet Union, England and Yugoslavia qualified for the final tournament.

Notes

  • As of 2012, this is the last time that West Germany/Germany fails to qualify for the final tournament.
  1. ^ "Euro 1968 in Italy" (in German). 90min.ch. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
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