UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 1

Group 1 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 1 consisted of four teams: Spain, Czechoslovakia, Republic of Ireland, and Turkey, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Spain, who finished 1 point above Czechoslovakia.

Final table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Czechoslovakia Republic of Ireland Turkey
1  Spain 6 3 2 1 6 2 +4 8 Advance to quarter-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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Republic of Ireland 0–0 Spain
Report
Attendance: 38,877
Referee: Hans Carlsson (Sweden)
Republic of Ireland 2–1 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 22,480
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)
Spain 2–0 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 9,810
Referee: Pieter Romer (Netherlands)
Turkey 0–0 Spain
Report
Attendance: 27,262
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)
Turkey 2–1 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 31,063
Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev (Bulgaria)
Republic of Ireland 0–2 Czechoslovakia
Report
Attendance: 12,000 *
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 6,257

Spain 2–0 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 27,336
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)
Czechoslovakia 3–0 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 17,839
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Czechoslovakia 1–0 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 20,354
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Spain 2–1 Czechoslovakia
 Report
Attendance: 35,000 *
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 25,314

Turkey 0–0 Czechoslovakia
Report
Attendance: 19,760 *
Referee: Nicolae Mihăilescu (Romania)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000

Czechoslovakia 1–2 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 11,000 *
Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 7,615

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 1.83 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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