UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 2

Football tournament qualifying stage

Group 2 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 2 consisted of four teams: Bulgaria, Portugal, Sweden, and Norway, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Bulgaria, who finished 4 points above Portugal.

Final table

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

13 November 196615:00

Bulgaria	4–2	Norway
Tsanev 18', 43' Zhekov 42', 85'	Report	Hasund 59', 86'

Vasil Levski Stadium, SofiaAttendance: 20,762Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

13 November 196615:00

Portugal	1–2	Sweden
Graça 21'	Report	Danielsson 29', 87'

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras (Lisbon)Attendance: 18,244Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

1 June 196719:00

Sweden	1–1	Portugal
Svensson 90'	Report	Custódio Pinto 19'

Råsunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)Attendance: 49,689Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

8 June 196719:00

Norway	1–2	Portugal
Iversen 34'	Report	Eusébio 15', 61'

Ullevaal, OsloAttendance: 29,993Referee: William Syme (Scotland)

11 June 196716:00

Sweden	0–2	Bulgaria
	Report	Zhekov 23' Dermendzhiev 82'

Råsunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)Attendance: 24,271Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)

29 June 196719:00

Norway	0–0	Bulgaria
	Report

Ullevaal, OsloAttendance: 25,545Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

3 September 196713:15

Norway	3–1	Sweden
Berg 24' Birkeland 46' Sunde 79'	Report	Nordahl 19'

Ullevaal, OsloAttendance: 32,151Referee: Jan Pawlik (Poland)

5 November 196714:00

Sweden	5–2	Norway
Turesson 15', 89' Danielsson 40' Eriksson 48', 85'	Report	Iversen 57' (pen.) Nilsen 90'

Råsunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm)Attendance: 14,078Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)

12 November 196715:00

Bulgaria	3–0	Sweden
Kotkov 43' Mitkov 44' Asparuhov 75'	Report

Vasil Levski Stadium, SofiaAttendance: 16,479Referee: Josip Drago Horvat (Yugoslavia)

12 November 196715:00

Portugal	2–1	Norway
Torres 29' Graça 65'	Report	Nilsen 40'

Estádio das Antas, OportoAttendance: 20,500Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

26 November 196714:30

Bulgaria	1–0	Portugal
Dermendzhiev 63'	Report

Vasil Levski Stadium, SofiaAttendance: 39,795Referee: Anvar Zverev (USSR)

17 December 196716:00

Portugal	0–0	Bulgaria
	Report

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras (Lisbon)Attendance: 13,408Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

Goalscorers

There were 34 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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.

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