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UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 5

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Group 5 of the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1968 finals tournament. Group 5 consisted of four teams: Hungary, East Germany, Netherlands, and Denmark, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Hungary, who finished 2 points above East Germany.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9
 East Germany 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 7
 Netherlands 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 5
 Denmark 6 1 1 4 6 16 −10 3
Denmark East Germany Hungary Netherlands
Denmark  — 1–1 0–2 3–2
East Germany  3–2 — 1–0 4–3
Hungary  6–0 3–1 — 2–1
Netherlands  2–0 1–0 2–2 —

Matches

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: 42,000
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)

References

  • "1968 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1968". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.
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