1968 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

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The qualifying round for the 1968 European Football Championship consisted of 31 teams divided into seven groups; six 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.

1 Group stages
2 Knockout stages
- 2.1 Quarterfinals
3 External links

[edit] Group stages

[edit] Group 1

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Spain		2 - 1	2 - 0	2 - 0	8	6	3	2	1	6	2
2.	Czechoslovakia	1 - 0		1 - 2	3 - 0	7	6	3	1	2	8	4
3.	Republic of Ireland	0 - 0	0 - 2		2 - 1	5	6	2	1	3	5	8
4.	Turkey	0 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 1		4	6	1	2	3	3	8

[edit] Group 2

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

[edit] Group 3

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	USSR		4 - 0	4 - 3	2 - 0	10	6	5	0	1	16	6
2.	Greece	0 - 1		4 - 1	2 - 1	5	6	2	1	2	7	8
3.	Austria	1 - 0	Abd*		2 - 1	5	6	2	1	2	7	9
4.	Finland	2 - 5	1 - 1	0 - 0		2	6	0	2	4	5	12

* (abandoned at 1-1; game declared void)

[edit] Group 4

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

[edit] Group 5

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Hungary		3 - 1	2 - 1	6 - 0	9	6	4	1	1	15	5
2.	East Germany	1 - 0		4 - 3	3 - 2	7	6	3	1	2	10	10
3.	Netherlands	2 - 2	1 - 0		2 - 0	5	6	2	1	3	11	11
4.	Denmark	0 - 2	1 - 1	3 - 2		3	6	1	1	4	6	16

September 7, 1966
	Netherlands	2–2	Hungary	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 65.000 Referee: Nielsen (NOR)
	Pijs 35' Cruyff 54'		Molnar 70' Mészöly 86'

September 21, 1966
	Hungary	6–0	Denmark	Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Tzouvaras (GRE)
	Albert 1' (pen), 30' Mészöly 9' Bene 14' Farkas 36' Varga 83'

November 30, 1966
	Netherlands	2–0	Denmark	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Silva Oliveira (POR)
	Swart 58' Van der Kuijlen 73'

April 5, 1967
	East Germany	2–0	Netherlands	Der Hunderettausend, Leipzig Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Sigurdsson (ISL)
	Vögel 50' Frenzel 62', 78', 85'		Mulder 10' Keizer 12', 65'

May 10, 1967
	Hungary	2–1	Netherlands	Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Mayer (AUT)
	Mészöly 8' (pen) Farkas 30'		Suurbier 63'

May 24, 1967
	Denmark	0–2	Hungary	Parken, Copenhagen Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Gow (WAL)
			Albert 30' Bene 70'

June 4, 1967
	Denmark	1–1	East Germany	Parken, Copenhagen Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Hannet (BEL)
	Bjerre 65' (pen)		Löwe 5'

September 13, 1967
	Netherlands	1–0	East Germany	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 42.000 Referee: Wharton (SCO)
	Cruyff 2'

September 27, 1967
	Hungary	3–1	East Germany	Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest Attendance: 70.000 Referee: Bakhramov (URS)
	Farkas 9', 48', 50'		Frenzel 58'

October 4, 1967
	Denmark	3–2	Netherlands	Parken, Copenhagen Attendance: 34.000 Referee: Wright (NIR)
	Bjerre 43' (pen), 74' Søndergaard 54'		Suurbier 83' Israël 85'

October 11, 1967
	East Germany	3–2	Denmark	Der Hunderettausend, Leipzig Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Banasiuk (POL)
	Körner 35' (pen) Pankau 59', 73'		Dyreborg 25' Søndergaard 38'

October 29, 1967
	East Germany	1–0	Hungary	Der Hunderettausend, Leipzig Attendance: 55.000 Referee: Helies (FRA)
	Frenzel 51'

[edit] Group 6

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Italy		3 - 1	4 - 0	5 - 0	11	6	5	1	0	17	3
2.	Romania	0 - 1		4 - 2	7 - 0	6	6	3	0	3	18	14
3.	Switzerland	2 - 2	7 - 1		5 - 0	5	6	2	1	3	17	13
4.	Cyprus	0 - 2	1 - 5	2 - 1		2	6	1	0	5	3	25

[edit] Group 7

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

[edit] Group 8

Pos	Team					Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	England		2 - 3	5 - 1	2 - 0	9	6	4	1	1	15	5
2.	Scotland	1 - 1		3 - 2	2 - 1	8	6	3	2	1	10	8
3.	Wales	0 - 3	1 - 1		2 - 0	4	6	1	2	3	6	12
4.	Northern Ireland	0 - 2	1 - 0	0 - 0		3	6	1	1	4	2	8

Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966-1967 and 1967-1968 British Home Championships

[edit] Knockout stages

[edit] Quarterfinals

April 6, 1968 17:00 First Leg
	Bulgaria	3–2	Italy	Vasil Levski, Sofia Attendance: 70.000 Referee: Schulenburg (FRG)
	Kotkov 12' (pen) Dermendzhiev 66' Zhekov 73'		Penev 61' (og) Prati 83'

April 20, 1968 16:00 Second Leg
	Italy	2–0	Bulgaria	Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 95.000 Referee: Dienst (SUI)
	Prati 14' Domenghini 68'

Italy won 4-3 on aggregate

May 4, 1968 17:00 First Leg
	Hungary	2–0	USSR	Ferenc Puskas Stadium, Budapest Attendance: 80.000 Referee: Van Ravens (NED)
	Farkas 22' Göröcs 84'

May 11, 1968 19:30 Second Leg
	USSR	3–0	Hungary	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 102.000 Referee: Tschenscher (FRG)
	Solymosi 22' (og) Khurtsilava 59' Byshovets 72'

Soviet Union won 3-2 on aggregate

April 3, 1968 19:45 First Leg
	England	1–0	Spain	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 100.000 Referee: Droz (SUI)
	B. Charlton 84'

May 8, 1968 20:30 Second Leg
	Spain	1–2	England	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 120.000 Referee: Krnavek (CZE)
	Amancio 48'		Peters 55' Hunter 81'

England won 3-1 on aggregate

April 6, 1968 16:00 First Leg
	France	1–1	Yugoslavia	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 35.423 Referee: Vetter (FRG)
	Di Nallo 78'		Musemic 66'

April 24, 1968 16:30 Second Leg
	Yugoslavia	5–1	France	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 70.900 Referee: Schiller (AUT)
	Petkovic 3', 33' Musemic 12', 80' Dzajic 24'		Di Nallo 34'