UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 3

Group 3 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 3 consisted of four teams: Soviet Union, Greece, Austria, and Finland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were the Soviet Union, who finished 5 points above Greece.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Soviet Union Greece Austria Finland
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[lower-alpha 1] — 2–1
4  Finland 6 0 2 4 5 12 −7 2 2–5 1–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. The Austria v Greece match was abandoned in the 86th minute at 1–1 due to a crowd disturbance and declared void.[1]

Matches
Finland 0–0 Austria
Report
Attendance: 10,070
Referee: Peter Coates (Rep. of Ireland)
Greece 2–1 Finland
  • Alexiadis 39', 86'
 Report
Attendance: 28,478
Referee: Zdeněk Valeš (Czechoslovakia)
Finland 1–1 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 14,056
Referee: Pieter Roomer (Netherlands)
Soviet Union 4–3 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 72,142
Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)
Soviet Union 4–0 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 28,040
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)
Soviet Union 2–0 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 20,597
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)
Finland 2–5 Soviet Union
 Report
Attendance: 7,793
Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia)
Austria 2–1 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 25,231
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Greece 4–1 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 34,552
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)
Austria 1–0 Soviet Union
 Report
Attendance: 37,400
Referee: Todor Bechirov (Bulgaria)
Greece 0–1 Soviet Union
Report
Attendance: 33,588
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Austria Annulled[note 2] Greece
 Report
Attendance: 31,996
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

Goalscorers

There were 37 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.[note 3]

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes
  1. The Greece v Austria match, originally scheduled on 23 April 1967, was postponed to 4 October 1967 due to the Greek coup d'état on 21 April 1967.[3]
  2. The Austria v Greece match was abandoned in the 86th minute at 1–1 due to a crowd disturbance and declared void.[1]
  3. The matches/goals tally takes into account fixtures that were subsequently annulled.

References
  • "1968 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1968". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.
  1. Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (7 February 2007). "European Championship 1968". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. Goal also credited to Wartusch own goal.
  3. Benesch, Heribert (23 April 1967). "Spiel abgesagt, Team nominiert" [Match canceled, team nominated]. Arbeiter-Zeitung (in German). Vienna. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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