UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 6

Group 6 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 6 consisted of four teams: Italy, Romania, Switzerland, and Cyprus, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Italy, who finished 5 points above Romania.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	6	5	1	0	17	3	+14	11	Advance to play-offs		—	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	—

Matches

Romania  v   Switzerland

2 November 1966 14:45

Romania	4–2	Switzerland
Dridea 8' Frăţilă 11', 25', 38'		Künzli 54' Odermatt 70'

Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest Attendance: 14,209 Referee: James Finney (England)

 Italy v  Romania

26 November 1966 14:30

Italy	3–1	Romania
Mazzola 30', 67' Depaoli 43'		Dobrin 7'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Cyprus  v  Romania

3 December 1966 14:30

Cyprus	1–5	Romania
Pierides 32'		Dridea 49', 82' Lucescu 51' Frăţilă 65', 74'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 4,823 Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)

Cyprus  v  Italy

22 March 1967 15:45

Cyprus	0–2	Italy
	Report	Domenghini  76' Facchetti  88'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 5,380 Referee: Atanas Stavrev Kiryakov (Bulgaria)

Romania  v  Cyprus

23 April 1967 16:30

Romania	7–0	Cyprus
Lucescu 4' Martinovici 15' Dumitriu 24', 52', 77' I.Ionescu 47', 86'

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest Attendance: 9,412 Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Switzerland   v  Romania

24 May 1967 20:00

Switzerland	7–1	Romania
Künzli 12', 67' Quentin 15', 32' Blättler 46', 59' Odermatt 63'		Dobrin 70'

Hardturm Stadion, Zürich Attendance: 21,337 Referee: Robert Lacoste (France)

Romania  v  Italy

25 June 1967 17:30

Romania	0–1	Italy
	Report	Bertini  81'

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest Attendance: 54,371 Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)

Italy  v  Cyprus

1 November 1967 14:30

Italy	5–0	Cyprus
Mazzola  12' (22) Riva  46', 55', 59'	Report

Stadio San Vito, Cosenza Attendance: 22,059 Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

Switzerland   v  Cyprus

8 November 1967 20:30

Switzerland	5–0	Cyprus
Blättler 32', 55' Künzli 43' Dürr 58' (p) Odermatt 73'

Stadio Comunale di Cornaredo, Lugano Attendance: 3,737 Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Switzerland   v  Italy

18 November 1967 14:45

Switzerland	2–2	Italy
Quentin  34' Künzli  68'	Report	Riva  66', 85' (pen.)

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern Attendance: 53,137 Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

Italy  v   Switzerland

23 December 1967 14:30

Italy	4–0	Switzerland
Mazzola  3' Riva  13' Domenghini  45', 67'	Report

Stadio Amsicora, Cagliari Attendance: 24,743 Referee: Tiny Wharton (Scotland)

Cyprus  v   Switzerland

17 February 1968 15:15

Cyprus	2–1	Switzerland
Asprou 22' Papadopoulos 46'		Kattos 9' (og)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia)

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.