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UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 4

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Group 4 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 4 consisted of three teams: Yugoslavia, West Germany, and Albania, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Yugoslavia, who finished 1 point above West Germany. This remains the only time where a West or reunified Germany team participated in qualification for either a World Cup or European Championship and failed to qualify.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia West Germany Albania
1  Yugoslavia 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 6 Advance to quarter-finals 1–0 4–0
2  West Germany 4 2 1 1 9 2 +7 5 3–1 6–0
3  Albania 4 0 1 3 0 12 −12 1 0–2 0–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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West Germany 6–0 Albania
  • Müller 5', 23', 73', 80' (pen.)
  • Löhr 77', 78'
Report
Attendance: 27,674
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Yugoslavia 1–0 West Germany
Report
Attendance: 36,508

Albania 0–2 Yugoslavia
Report
Attendance: 18,573
Referee: Costas Xanthoulis (Cyprus)

West Germany 3–1 Yugoslavia
Report
Attendance: 70,573
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Yugoslavia 4–0 Albania
Report
Attendance: 18,573
Referee: Andrei Rădulescu (Romania)

Albania 0–0 West Germany
Report
Attendance: 21,889
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Goalscorers

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There were 17 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  • "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.