| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 September 1966 – 11 May 1968 |
| Teams | 31 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 98[note 1] |
| Goals scored | 306 (3.12 per match)[note 1] |
| Top scorer(s) |  János Farkas Gigi Riva(6 goals each) |
←1964 1972 → | |
| UEFA European qualifiers |
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The qualifying round for the1968 UEFA European 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.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy (host) | Quarter-final winner | 20 April 1968 | 0 (debut) |
 Yugoslavia | Quarter-final winner | 24 April 1968 | 1 (1960) |
 England | Quarter-final winner | 8 May 1968 | 0 (debut) |
 Soviet Union | Quarter-final winner | 11 May 1968 | 2 (1960,1964) |
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Turkey | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | |
| 2 | Portugal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Sweden | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 5–2 | ||
| 4 | Norway | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Greece | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | 1–0 | Void[a] | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Finland | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | West Germany | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 | 3–1 | — | 6–0 | ||
| 3 | Albania | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | East Germany | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1–0 | — | 4–3 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Denmark | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 11 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Belgium | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 7 | 2–1 | — | 2–4 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Poland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7 | 1–4 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | — |
Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the1966–67 and1967–68 editions of theBritish Home Championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advance toquarter-finals | — | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Scotland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Wales | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Northern Ireland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
| 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 |
There were 306 goals scored in 98 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.[note 1]
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Leopold GrausamJacques StockmanDinko DermendzhievKresten BjerreJuhani PeltonenGeorges LechCharly LoubetFlórián AlbertKálmán MészölyJanusz ŻmijewskiMircea DrideaEmil DumitriuAnatoliy BanishevskiyIgor ChislenkoEduard MalofeyevYozhef SaboInge DanielssonKarl OdermattRené-Pierre QuentinHannes LöhrVahidin MusemićSlaven Zambata2 goals
Helmut Siber[note 1]Roger ClaessenJohan DevrindtJohnny ThioNikola KotkovNikola TsanevJozef AdamecTom SøndergaardHerbert PankauJack CharltonRobert HerbinAlekos AlexiadisFerenc BenePierino PratiJohan CruyffPiet KeizerWim SuurbierKjetil HasundOdd IversenOlav NilsenLucjan BrychczyRyszard GrzegorczykWłodzimierz LubańskiEusébioJaime GraçaNicolae DobrinIon IonescuMircea LucescuAlan GilzeanDenis LawBobby LennoxAnatoliy ByshovetsMurtaz KhurtsilavaPirriLeif ErikssonTom TuressonOgün AltıparmakRon DaviesWyn DaviesIvica OsimIlija Petković1 goal
Rudi FlögelErich HofFranz WolnyWilfried PuisGeorgi AsparuhovVasil MitkovMelis AsprouPamboullis PapadopoulosKostakis PieridesAlexander HorváthJosef JurkaninLadislav KunaVojtech MasnýJuraj SzikoraErik DyreborgGerhard KörnerWolfram LöweEberhard VogelAlan BallRoger HuntNorman HunterPertti MäkipääSimo SyrjävaaraAndré GuyYves HerbetHervé RevelliStathis ChaitasMimis PapaioannouJános GöröcsDezső MolnárZoltán VargaMario BertiniVirginio De PaoliGiacinto FacchettiJean KleinRinus IsraëlJan MulderMiel PijsSjaak SwartWilly van der KuijlenDave ClementsJimmy NicholsonHarald BergSven Otto BirkelandHarald SundeAndrzej JarosikJan LiberdaJerzy SadekZygfryd SzołtysikCustódio PintoJosé Augusto TorresNoel CantwellAndy McEvoyTurlough O'ConnorFrank O'NeillRay TreacyFlorea MartinoviciJohn HughesJim McCalliogRonnie McKinnonBobby MurdochValery MaslovEduard StreltsovAmancio AmaroJosé Eulogio GárateJosé María García LavillaFrancisco GentoRamón GrossoThomas NordahlIngvar SvenssonRichard DürrAyhan ElmastaşoğluAlan DurbanRonnie ReesUwe SeelerDragan DžajićVojin LazarevićJosip SkoblarEdin Sprečo1 own goal
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