European Championships

1968

Hosted in Italy

 

 

Winners: Italy

Runners-up: Yugoslavia

Holders from previous tournament: Spain

 

QUALIFYING

Group 1

23 October 1966Republic of Ireland0-0Spain38,877Dalymount Park, Dublin
16 November 1966Republic of Ireland2-1Turkey22,480 Dalymount Park, Dublin
 O'Neill (60), McEvoy (74)
   Ogun (88)
  
7 December 1966Spain2-0Republic of Ireland9,810Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
 Jose Maria (20), Pirri (35)
      
1 February 1967Turkey
0-0Spain27,262Ali Sami Yen Stadi, Istanbul
22 February 1967Turkey2-1Republic of Ireland31,06319 Mayis Stadi, Ankara
 Ayhan (35), Ogun (78)
   Cantwell (89)
  
21 May 1967Republic of Ireland0-2Czechoslovakia12,000 *Dalymount Park, Dublin
     Szikora (15), Masny (47) (* attendance also reported as 6,257)  
31 May 1967Spain2-0Turkey27,336Estadio San Memes, Bilbao
 Grosso (63), Gento (80)      
18 June 1967Czechoslovakia3-0Turkey17,839Tehelne Pole (Slovan), Bratislava
 Adamec 2 (25, 70), Jurkanin (73)      
1 October 1967Czechoslovakia1-0Spain20,354Stadion dr Vacka "Eden" (Slavia), Prague
 Horvath  (47)      
22 October 1967Spain2-1Czechoslovakia35,000 *Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
 Pirri (32), Garate (61)   Kuna (75) (* attendance also given as 25,314) 
15 November 1967Turkey0-0Czechoslovakia19,760 *19 Mayis Stadi, Ankara
       (* attendance also given as 35,000) 
22 November 1967Czechoslovakia1-2Republic of Ireland11,000 *Stadion dr Vacka "Eden" (Slavia), Prague
 Dempsey (58 - og)   Treacy (63), O'Connor (66) (* attendance also given as 7,615)  
Final Group 1 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Spain6321628+4
2Czechoslovakia6312847+4
3Republic of Ireland6213587-3
4Turkey6123384-5

Group 2
13 November 1966Bulgaria4-2Norway20,762Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
 Tsanev 2 (18, 43), Zhekov 2 (42, 85)   Hasund 2 (59, 86)   

13 November 1966

Portugal

1-2Sweden18,244Estadio Nacional, Oeiras (Lisbon)

 

Graca (21)   Danielsson 2 (29, 87)  
1 June 1967

Sweden

1-1Portugal49,689Rasunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)
 Svensson (90)   Custodio Pinto (19)
  

8 June 1967

Norway1-2

Portugal

29,993Ullevaal, Oslo

 

Iversen (34)   

Eusebio 2 (15, 61)

  

11 June 1967

Sweden0-2Bulgaria24,271Rasunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)

 

    Zhekov (23), Dermendzhiev (82)  

29 June 1967

Norway0-0

Bulgaria

25,545Ullevaal, Oslo

3 September 1967

Norway

3-1Sweden32,151

Ullevaal, Oslo

 

Berg (24), Birkeland (46), Sunde (79)   Nordahl (19) 

 

5 November 1967

Sweden5-2

Norway

14,078Rasunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)

 

Turesson 2 (15, 89), Danielsson (40), Eriksson 2 (48, 85)

   

Iversen (57 - pen.), Nilsen (90)

  

12 November 1967

Bulgaria

3-0

Sweden

16,479Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

 

Kotkov (43), Mitkov (44), Asparuhov (75)   

 

  

12 November 1967

Portugal

2-1

Norway

20,500

Estadio das Antas, Oporto

 

Torres (29), Graca (65)   

Nilsen (40)

 

 

26 November 1967

Bulgaria1-0Portugal39,795Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

 

Dermendzhiev (63)      

17 December 1967

Portugal0-0Bulgaria13,408EEstadio Nacional, Oeiras (Lisbon)
Final Group 2 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Bulgaria642010210+8
2Portugal62226660
3Sweden62139125-3
4Norway61149143-5

Group 3

2 October 1966

Finland

0-0Austria10,070Olympiastadion, Helsinki
16 October 1966Greece2-1Finland28,478Kaftatzoglio Stadio, Salonika
  Alexiadis 2 (39, 86)   Makipaa (57)  
10 May 1967

Finland

1-1Greece14,056Olympiastadion, Helsinki
 Peltonen (18)   Chaitas (39)  
11 June 1967

Soviet Union

4-3

Austria

72,142Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
 Malofeyev (25), Byshovets (36), Chislenko (43), Streltsov (80)   

Hof (38), Wolny (54), Siber (71)

  
16 July 1967

Soviet Union

4-0

Greece

28,040Central Stadium Dynamo, Tbilisi
 Banishevskly 2 (50, 77), Sabo (72 - pen.), Chislenko (83)      
30 August 1967Soviet Union2-0

Finland

20,597

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

 Khurtsilava (14), Chislenko (80)      
6 September 1967Finland2-5

Soviet Union

7,793Kapittaan Stadion, Turku
 Peltonen (18 - pen.), Syrjavaara (25)
   

Sabo 2 (2, 56 - pen.), Maslov (14), Banishevskly (35), Malofeyev (63)

  
24 September 1967

Austria

2-1Finland25,231Praterstadion, Vienna
 Flogel (17), Grausam (81)   Peltonen (57)  
4 October 1967Greece4-1Austria34,552Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus, Athens
 Sideris 3 (27, 34 - pen., 63), Papaioannou (75)   Grausam (62)Originally scheduled to be played on 23 April 1967, but due to Greek coup d'etat on 21 April was postponed to this date.
15 October 1967Austria1-0Soviet Union37,400Walterstadion, Vienne
 Grausam (50)
      
31 October 1967

Greece

0-1Soviet Union33,588

Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus, Athens

     Malofeyev (50)  
5 November 1967Austria1A1Greece31,996Praterstadion, Vienna
 Siber (31)   Sideris (71)Match abandoned 80 minute due to crowd disturbances. Match declared void.
Final Group 3 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Soviet Union650116610+10
2Greece5212785-1
3Austria5212795-2
4Finland60245122-7

Group 4

8 April 1967

West Germany

6-0

Albania

27,674

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

 Muller 4 (5, 23, 73, 80 - pen.), Lohr 2 (77. 78)      

3 May 1967

Yugoslavia1-0

West Germany

36,508Crvrna Zvezda, Belgrade

 

Skoblar (67)
   

 

  
14 May 1967

Albania

0-2Yugoslavia18,573

Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana

     Zambala 2 (22, 56)  

7 October 1967

West Germany3-1Yugoslavia70,573

Volkparkstadion, Hamburg

 Lohr (10), Muller (71), Seeler (86)   Zambata (46)  

12 November 1967

Yugoslavia

4-0

Albania

18,573

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

 Spreco (44), Osim 2 (48, 82), Lazarevic (56)      

17 December 1967

Albania0-0West Germany21,889 

Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Final Group 4 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Yugoslavia4301836+5
2West Germany4211925+7
3Albania40130121-12
Group 5
7 September 1966Netherlands2-2Hungary
62,100Feyenoord Stadion (De Kuip), Rotterdam
 Pijs (35), Cruyff (54)
   Molnar (70), Meszoly (86)  
21 September 1966
Hungary6-0Denmark18,487Nepstadion, Budapest
 Albert 2 (1, 30), Meszoly (9 - pen.), Bene (14), Farkas (36), Varga (83)   McEvoy (22)  
30 November 1966Netherlands2-0Denmark25,134Feyenoord Stadion (De Kuip), Rotterdam
 Swart (88), van der Kuijlen (90)      
5 April 1967East Germany4-3Netherlands30,207Zentralstadion, Leipzig
 Vogel (50), Frenzel 3 (62, 78, 85)   Mulder (10), Kelzer 2 (12, 65)  
10 May 1967Hungary2-1Netherlands24,352Nepstadion, Budapest
 Meszoly (8 - pen.), Farkas (30)   Suurbier (63)  
24 May 1967Denmark0-2Hungary34,284Idraetsparken, Copenhagen
     Albert (30), Bene (70)
  
4 June 1967
Denmark1-1East Germany23,234Idraetsparken, Copenhagen
 Bjerre (65 - pen.)   Lowe (5)  
13 September 1967Netherlands1-0East Germany44,505Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
 Cruyff (2)   Hamrin (78)  
27 September 1967Hungary3-1East Germany69,871Nepstadion, Budapest
 Farkas 3 (9, 48, 50)   Frenzel (58)   
4 October 1967Denmark3-2Netherlands34,375

Idraetsparken, Copenhagen

 Bjerre 2 (43 - pen., 74), Sondergaard (54)
   Surrbier (74), Israel (76)
 

 

11 October 1967East Germany3-2Denmark18,519

Zentralstadion, Leizig

 Korner (35 - pen.), Pankau 2 (59, 73)   Dyreborg (25), Sondergaard (38) 

 

29 October 1967East Germany1-0Hungary48,872

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

 Frenzel (51)     

 

Final Group 5 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Hungary64111559+10
2East Germany6312101070
3Netherlands6213111150
4Denmark61146163-10
Group 6
2 November 1966Romania4-2Switzerland14,209

Stadionul Republici, Bucharest

 Dridea (8), Fratila 3 (11, 25, 38)   Khusainov (8) 

 

26 November 1966Italy3-1Romania68,145

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

 Mazzola 2 (30, 67), De Paoli (43)
   Dobrin (7) 

 

3 December 1966Cyprus1-5Romania4,823

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

 Pierides (31)
   Dridea 2 (49, 82), Lucescu (51), Fraila 2 (65, 74)
 

 

22 March 1967Cyprus0-2Italy5,380

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

     Domenghini (76), Facchetti (88)
 

 

23 April 1967Romania7-0Cyprus9,412

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest

 Lucescu (4), Martinovici (15), Dumitriu 3 (24, 52, 77), Ionescu I 2 (47, 86)
     

 

24 May 1967Switzerland7-1Romania21,337

Hardtum Stadion, Zuirch

 Kunzli 2 (12, 66), Quentin 2 (15, 32), Blattler 2 (47, 59), Odermatt (63)
   Dobrin (70) 

 

25 June 1967Romania0-1Italy54,371

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest

     Bertini (81)
 

 

1 November 1967Italy5-0Cyprus22,059

Stadio San Vito, Cosenza

 Mazzola 2 (12, 22), Riva 3 (46, 55, 59)
     

 

8 November 1967Switzerland5-0Cyprus3,737

Stadio Comunale de Cornaredo, Lugano

 Blattler 2 (30, 55), Kunzli (41), Durr (56 - pen.), Odermatt (72)
     

 

18 November 1967Switzerland2-2Italy53,137

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

 Quentin (34), Kunzli (68)
   Riva 2 66, 85 - pen.)
 

 

23 December 1967Italy4-0Switzerland24,743

Stadio Amsicora, Cagliari

 Mazzola (3), Riva (13), Domenghini 2 (45, 67)
     

 

17 February 1968Cyprus2-1Switzerland7,500

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

 Asprou (22), Papadopoulos (46)   Panagiotou (9 - og)
 

 

Final Group 6 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1Italy651017311+14
2Romania630318146+4
3Switzerland621317135+4
4Cyprus61053252-22

Group 7

2 October 1966Poland4-0Luxembourg10,840

Stadion Pogon, Szczecin

 Jarosik (49), Liberda (54), Grzegorczyk (73), Sadek (87)     

 

22 October 1966France2-1Poland23,524

Parc des Princes, Paris

 Di Nallo (26), Lech (85)   Grzegorczyk (61) 

 

11 November 1966Belgium2-1France43,404

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

 Van Himst 2 (51, 54)
   Lech (67)
 

 

26 November 1966Luxembourg0-3France3,465

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

     Herbet (8), Revelli (40), Lech (41)
 

 

19 March 1967Luxembourg0-5Belgium9,107

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

     Van Himst 2 (19, 36), Stockman 3 (30, 59, 73) 

 

16 April 1967Luxembourg0-0Poland
7,229

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

21 May 1967Poland3-1Belgium57,050

Stadion Slaski, Chorzow

 Lubanski 2 (28, 41), Szoltysik (72)
   Puis (52)
 

 

17 September 1967Poland1-4France51,010

Stadion Dziesieciolecia, Warsaw

 Brychczy (26)
   Herbin (13), Di Nallo 2, (33, 85), Guy (63)
 

 

8 October 1967Belgium2-4Poland35,897

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

 Devrindt 2 (15, 35)
   Zmijewski 3 (26, 51, 70), Brychczy (45)
 

 

28 October 1967France 1-1Belgium14,591

Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes

 Herbin (84)
   Claessen (37)
 

 

22 November 1967Belgium3-0Luxembourg6,745

Stade Klokke, Bruges

 Thio 2 (62, 76), Claessen (66)
     

 

23 December 1967France3-1Luxembourg7,320

Parc des Princes, Paris

 Loubet 3 (42, 47, 53)
   Klein (85)
 

 

Final Group 7 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1France64111469+8
2Belgium63121497+5
3Poland63121397+4
4Luxembourg60151181-17

Group 8

22 October 1966Wales1-1Scotland33,269

Ninian Park, Cardiff

 Davies R (77)
   Law (86)
 

 

22 October 1966Northern Ireland0-2England47,897

Windsor Park, Belfast

     Hunt (40), Peters (60)
 

 

16 November 1966Scotland2-1Northern Ireland45,281

3rd Hampden Park, Glasgow

 Murdoch (14), Lennox (35)
   Nicholson (9)
 

 

16 November 1966England5-1Wales75,380

Wembley Stadium, London

 Hurst 2 (30, 34), Charlton R (43), Hennessey (65 - og), Charlton J (84)
   Davies W (36)
 

 

12 April 1967Northern Ireland0-0Wales17,643

Windsor Park, Belfast

15 April 1967England2-3Scotland99,063

Wembley Stadium, London

 Charlton J (84), Hurst (88)
   Law (27), Lennox (78), McCalliog (87)
 

 

21 October 1967Wales0-3England44,960

Ninian Park, Cardiff

     Peters (34), Charlton R (87), Ball (90 - pen)
 

 

21 October 1967Northern Ireland1-0Scotland47,359

Windsor Park, Belfast

 Clements (69)
     

 

22 November 1967England2-0Northern Ireland83,969Wembley Stadium, London
 Hurst (43), Charlton R (62)      
22 November 1967Scotland3-2Wales57,4723rd Hampden Park, Glasgow
 Gilzean 2 (16, 65), McKinnon (78)
   Davies R (18), Durban (57)
  
24 February 1968Scotland1-1England134,4613rd Hampden Park, Glasgow
 Hughes (39)
   Peters (19)
  
28 February 1968Wales2-0Northern Ireland17,548Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
 Rees (75), Davies W (84)
      
Final Group 8 tablePWDLFAPtsGoal Diff
1England64111559+10
2Scotland63211088+2
3Wales61236124-6
4Northern Ireland6114283-6

QUARTER-FINALS

1st leg

6 April 1968 Bulgaria3-2Italy 57,689 Vasil Levski, Sofia
 Kotkov (11 - pen.), Dermendzhiev (66), Zhekov (73)   Penev (60 - og), Prati (83)  
4 May 1968Hungary2-0Soviet Union71,556Nepstadion, Budapest
 Farkas (21), Gorocs (85)
      
3 April 1968England1-0Spain94,586Wembley Stadium, London
 Charlton R (84)
      
6 April 1968France1-1Yugoslavia35,423Stade Velodrome, Marseille
 Di Nallo (78)   Musemic (66)
  
2nd leg
20 April 1968Italy2-0Bulgaria83,830Stadio San Pablo, Naples
 Prati (14), Domenghini (55)
      
(Italy win 4-3 on aggregate)
11 May 1968Soviet Union3-0Hungary91,129Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
 Solymosi (22 - og), Khurtsilava (59), Byshovets (73)      
(Soviet Union win 3-2 on aggregate)
8 May 1968Spain1-2England66,994Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
 Amancio (47)
   Peters (54), Hunter (81)  
(England win 3-1 on aggregate)
24 April 1968Yugoslavia5-1Spain47,747Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade
 Petkovic 2 (3, 32), Musemic 2 (13, 79), Dzajic (14)
   Di Nallo (33)
  
(Yugoslavia win 6-2 on aggregate)
SEMI-FINALS
5 June 1968Italy0-0Soviet Union68,582

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

(aet- Italy won on toss of coin)

5 June 1968Yugoslavia1-0England21,834

Stadio Communale, Florence

 Dzajic (86)
     

 

THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF
8 June 1968England2-0Soviet Union68,817

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

 Charlton R (39), Hurst (63)
     

 

FINAL
8 June 1968Italy1-1Yugoslavia68,817

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

(aet)

 Domenghini (80)
   Dzajic (39)
 

 

FINAL REPLAY
10 June 1968Italy2-0Yugoslavia32,886

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

 Riva (12), Anastasi (31)