III EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (ITALY 1968)

(From 5-06-1968 to 10-06-1968)

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· 31 national squads enter a Qualifying Stage, in which they are divided in 8 groups (seven of them with 4 teams each and one with 3) playing a round robin.

· The 8 group winners qualify for a knock-out round of 1/4 Finals, played on a home and away basis.

· The 4 semifinalists advance to a Final Stage in Italy.

 

 

::::: QUALIFYING STAGE :::::

 

 

1/2 FINALS

(5-06-1968)

Italy - Soviet Union

0-0 (a.e.t.) (a)

Napoli

Yugoslavia - England

1-0

Firenze

(a) Italy qualified on a coin toss after regulation and extra-time.

 

 

PLACES 3 & 4

(8-06-1968)

England - Soviet Union

2-0

Roma

 

 

FINAL

STADIUM: Stadio Olimpico (Roma)

DATE: 8-06-1968 (21:15 h)

ATTENDANCE: 68.817

REFEREE: Gottfried Dienst (SWI)

GOALS: 0-1 (Džajić 39’); 1-1 (Domenghini 80’)

[Incidents: After a 1-1 tie at the end of regulation and extra-time, a tie-break was scheduled two days after the final (penalty shoot-outs had not yet been introduced in Eurocup finals).]

Italia
Italy ITA - Yugoslavia YUG
1-1 (0-1;1-1)
Југославија

Italy (coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi)

Dino Zoff

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Ernesto Castano

Tarcisio Burgnich

Aristide Guarneri

Giacinto Facchetti (c)

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Antonio Juliano

Giovanni Lodetti

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Giorgio Ferrini

Angelo Domenghini

Pietro Anastasi

Pierino Prati

Yugoslavia (coach: Rajko Mitić)

Ilija Pantelić

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Mirsad Fazlagić (c)

Blagoje Paunović

Dragan Holcer

Milan Damjanović

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Dobrivoje Trivić

Miroslav Pavlović

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Jovan Aćimović

Ilija Petković

Vahidin Musemić

Dragan Džajić

 

FINAL (REPLAY)

STADIUM: Stadio Olimpico (Roma)

DATE: 10-06-1968 (21:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 32.886

REFEREE: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (SPA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Riva 12’); 2-0 (Anastasi 31’)

[Incidents: Ilija Petković, originally included in the line-up for this tie-break, developed an ulcer before the game and was replaced by Idriz Hošić.]

Italia
Italy ITA - Yugoslavia YUG
2-0 (2-0)
Југославија

Italy (coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi)

Dino Zoff

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Tarcisio Burgnich

Aristide Guarneri

Giacinto Facchetti (c)

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Roberto Rosato

Sandro Salvadore

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Angelo Domenghini

Sandro Mazzola

Pietro Anastasi

Giancarlo de Sisti

Luigi Riva

Yugoslavia (coach: Rajko Mitić)

Ilija Pantelić

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Mirsad Fazlagić (c)

Dragan Holcer

Milan Damjanović

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Dobrivoje Trivić

Blagoje Paunović

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Miroslav Pavlović

Jovan Aćimović

Vahidin Musemić

Idriz Hošić

Dragan Džajić

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Italy ITA

2.

Yugoslavia YUG

3.

England ENG

4.

Soviet Union USSR

 

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD

Dino Zoff (ITA)

Mirsad Fazlagić (YUG)

Ivica Osim (YUG)

Al'bert Shesternjov (USSR)

Giacinto Facchetti (ITA)

Bobby Moore (ENG)

Sandro Mazzola (ITA)

Angelo Domenghini (ITA)

Geoff Hurst (ENG)

Luigi Riva (ITA)

Dragan Džajić (YUG)

 

 

TOP SCORER: Dragan Džajić (YUG) - 2 goals

 

BEST PLAYER: Dragan Džajić (YUG)

   

 

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