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 | 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
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
Republic of Ireland | 0–0 | Spain |
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Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 38,877
Referee: Hans Carlsson (Sweden)
Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | Turkey |
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Spain | 2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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Turkey | 2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
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Republic of Ireland | 0–2 | Czechoslovakia |
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(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 6,257
Czechoslovakia | 3–0 | Turkey |
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Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | Spain |
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Attendance: 20,354
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Spain | 2–1 | Czechoslovakia |
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(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 25,314
Turkey | 0–0 | Czechoslovakia |
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(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000
Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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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.