# UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

The qualifying round for the 1968 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.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| 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) |
* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year.

## Summary

| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 |
| Spain | Bulgaria | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Hungary | Italy | France | England |
| Czechoslovakia Republic of Ireland Turkey | Portugal Sweden Norway | Greece Austria Finland | West Germany Albania | East Germany Netherlands Denmark | Romania Switzerland Cyprus | Belgium Poland Luxembourg | Scotland Wales Northern Ireland |

## Tiebreakers

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:
* Greater number of points in all group matches
* Goal difference in all group matches
* Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
* Drawing of lots

## Groups
### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 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 | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-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 | — |

### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 | Advance to quarter-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 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Finland | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
* ↑ The Austria v Greece match was abandoned in the 86th minute at 1–1 due to a crowd disturbance and declared void.

### Group 4

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to quarter-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 | — |

### Group 5

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Hungary | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-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 | — |

### Group 6

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

### Group 7

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | France | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 | Advance to quarter-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

Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 editions of the British Home Championship.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | England | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-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 | — |

## Quarter-finals

| 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 |

## Goalscorers

There were 306 goals scored in 98 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.
6 goals
* János Farkas
* Luigi Riva
5 goals
* Henning Frenzel
* Fleury Di Nallo
* Sandro Mazzola
* Constantin Frățilă
* Fritz Künzli
* Gerd Müller
4 goals
* Paul Van Himst
* Petar Zhekov
* Bobby Charlton
* Geoff Hurst
* Martin Peters
* Giorgos Sideris
* Angelo Domenghini
* Rolf Blättler
3 goals
* Leopold Grausam
* Jacques Stockman
* Dinko Dermendzhiev
* Kresten Bjerre
* Juhani Peltonen
* Georges Lech
* Charly Loubet
* Flórián Albert
* Kálmán Mészöly
* Janusz Żmijewski
* Mircea Dridea
* Emil Dumitriu
* Anatoliy Banishevskiy
* Igor Chislenko
* Eduard Malofeyev
* Yozhef Sabo
* Inge Danielsson
* Karl Odermatt
* René-Pierre Quentin
* Hannes Löhr
* Vahidin Musemić
* Slaven Zambata
2 goals
* Helmut Siber
* Roger Claessen
* Johan Devrindt
* Johnny Thio
* Nikola Kotkov
* Nikola Tsanev
* Jozef Adamec
* Tom Søndergaard
* Herbert Pankau
* Jack Charlton
* Robert Herbin
* Alekos Alexiadis
* Ferenc Bene
* Pierino Prati
* Johan Cruyff
* Piet Keizer
* Wim Suurbier
* Kjetil Hasund
* Odd Iversen
* Olav Nilsen
* Lucjan Brychczy
* Ryszard Grzegorczyk
* Włodzimierz Lubański
* Eusébio
* Jaime Graça
* Nicolae Dobrin
* Ion Ionescu
* Mircea Lucescu
* Alan Gilzean
* Denis Law
* Bobby Lennox
* Anatoliy Byshovets
* Murtaz Khurtsilava
* Pirri
* Leif Eriksson
* Tom Turesson
* Ogün Altıparmak
* Ron Davies
* Wyn Davies
* Ivica Osim
* Ilija Petković
1 goal
* Rudi Flögel
* Erich Hof
* Franz Wolny
* Wilfried Puis
* Georgi Asparuhov
* Vasil Mitkov
* Melis Asprou
* Pamboullis Papadopoulos
* Kostakis Pierides
* Alexander Horváth
* Josef Jurkanin
* Ladislav Kuna
* Vojtech Masný
* Juraj Szikora
* Erik Dyreborg
* Gerhard Körner
* Wolfram Löwe
* Eberhard Vogel
* Alan Ball
* Roger Hunt
* Norman Hunter
* Pertti Mäkipää
* Simo Syrjävaara
* André Guy
* Yves Herbet
* Hervé Revelli
* Stathis Chaitas
* Mimis Papaioannou
* János Göröcs
* Dezső Molnár
* Zoltán Varga
* Mario Bertini
* Virginio De Paoli
* Giacinto Facchetti
* Jean Klein
* Rinus Israël
* Jan Mulder
* Miel Pijs
* Sjaak Swart
* Willy van der Kuijlen
* Dave Clements
* Jimmy Nicholson
* Harald Berg
* Sven Otto Birkeland
* Harald Sunde
* Andrzej Jarosik
* Jan Liberda
* Jerzy Sadek
* Zygfryd Szołtysik
* Custódio Pinto
* José Augusto Torres
* Noel Cantwell
* Andy McEvoy
* Turlough O'Connor
* Frank O'Neill
* Ray Treacy
* Florea Martinovici
* John Hughes
* Jim McCalliog
* Ronnie McKinnon
* Bobby Murdoch
* Valery Maslov
* Eduard Streltsov
* Amancio Amaro
* José Eulogio Gárate
* José María García Lavilla
* Francisco Gento
* Ramón Grosso
* Thomas Nordahl
* Ingvar Svensson
* Richard Dürr
* Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu
* Alan Durban
* Ronnie Rees
* Uwe Seeler
* Dragan Džajić
* Vojin Lazarević
* Josip Skoblar
* Edin Sprečo
1 own goal
* Dimitar Penev (against Italy)
* Kostas Panayiotou (against Switzerland)
* Ernő Solymosi (against Soviet Union)
* John Dempsey (against Czechoslovakia)
* Terry Hennessey (against England)