UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 5

Group 5 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 5 consisted of four teams: Hungary, East Germany, Netherlands, and Denmark, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Hungary, who finished 2 points above East Germany.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Hungary 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9  East Germany 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 7  Netherlands 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 5  Denmark 6 1 1 4 6 16 −10 3

Denmark  — 1–1 0–2 3–2 East Germany  3–2 — 1–0 4–3 Hungary  6–0 3–1 — 2–1 Netherlands  2–0 1–0 2–2 —

Matches

Netherlands  v  Hungary

7 September 1966 20:30

Netherlands	2–2	Hungary
Pijs 35' Cruijff 52'		Molnár 70' Mészöly 88'

Feyenoord Stadion (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 61,600 Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)

Hungary  v  Denmark

21 September 1966 18:30

Hungary	6–0	Denmark
Albert 1', 32' Mészöly 10' (p) Bene 14' Farkas 37' Varga 83'

Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 18,487 Referee: Petros Tzouvaras (*) (Greece)

(*)NOTE: in other sources Alexandros Monastiriotis

Netherlands  v  Denmark

30 November 1966 20:30

Netherlands	2–0	Denmark
Swart 58' van der Kuijlen 73'

Feyenoord Stadion (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)

East Germany  v  Netherlands

5 April 1967 17:00

East Germany	4–3	Netherlands
Vogel 50' Frenzel 62', 78', 85'		Mulder 10' Keizer 12', 65'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson (Iceland)

Hungary  v  Netherlands

10 May 1967 19:15

Hungary	2–1	Netherlands
Mészöly 7' (p) Farkas 30'		Suurbier 63'

Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 24,352 Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)

Denmark  v  Hungary

24 May 1967 19:00

Denmark	0–2	Hungary
		Albert (*) 30' Bene 70'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 35,200 Referee: William John Gow (Wales)

(*)NOTE: The first goal is also reported as an own goal by Erik Sandvad.

Denmark  v  East Germany

4 June 1967 13:30

Denmark	1–1	East Germany
Bjerre 65' (p)		Löwe 5'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

Netherlands  v  East Germany

13 September 1967 20:15

Netherlands	1–0	East Germany
Cruijff 2'

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

Hungary  v  East Germany

27 September 1967 18:00

Hungary	3–1	East Germany
Farkas 9', 48', 50'		Frenzel 58'

Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 69,871 Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR)

Denmark  v  Netherlands

4 October 1967 19:00

Denmark	3–2	Netherlands
Bjerre 44' (p), 71' Søndergaard 53'		Suurbier 74' Israël 76'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 35,200 Referee: Malcolm Hall Wright (Northern Ireland)

East Germany  v  Denmark

11 October 1967 17:00

East Germany	3–2	Denmark
Körner 35' (p) Pankau 59', 73'		Dyreborg 25' Søndergaard 38'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)

East Germany  v  Hungary

29 October 1967 14:00

East Germany	1–0	Hungary
Frenzel 51'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 48,872 Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

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.