UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 1
Football tournament qualifying stage
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 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 38,877
Referee: Hans Carlsson (Sweden)
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Spain ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Turkey ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Republic of Ireland ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 6,257
Czechoslovakia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Czechoslovakia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Attendance: 20,354
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Spain ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 25,314
Turkey ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000
Czechoslovakia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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(*)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
Alexander Horváth
Josef Jurkanin
Ladislav Kuna
Vojtech Masný
Juraj Szikora
Noel Cantwell
Andy McEvoy
Turlough O'Connor
Frank O'Neill
Ray Treacy
José Eulogio Gárate
José María García Lavilla
Francisco Gento
Ramón Grosso
Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu
1 own goal
John Dempsey (against Czechoslovakia)
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.