European Football Championship 1968 / Italy

This article covers the Italian national team at the 1968 European Football Championship .

qualification

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	6th	5	1	0	017: 300	+14	11: 10
2.	Romania	6th	3	0	3	018:140	+4	06: 60
3.	Switzerland	6th	2	1	3	017:130	+4	05: 70
4th	Cyprus	6th	1	0	5	003:250	−22	02:10

Game results

11/26/1966	Italy	-	Romania	3: 1 (2: 1)
March 22, 1967	Cyprus	-	Italy	0: 2 (0: 0)
06/25/1967	Romania	-	Italy	0: 1 (0: 0)
11/01/1967	Italy	-	Cyprus	5: 0 (2: 0)
11/18/1967	Switzerland	-	Italy	2: 2 (1: 0)
December 23, 1967	Italy	-	Switzerland	4: 0 (3: 0)

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played back and forth before the start of the European Championship.

date		Result		Gates
. April 1968	Bulgaria	3: 2 (1: 0)	Italy	1: 0 Kotkov (11th, penalty), 1: 1 Penew (60th, own goal) 2: 1 Dermendjiev (66th), 3: 1 Jetchev (73rd), 3: 2 Prati (83rd)
April 20, 1968	Italy	2: 0 (1: 0)	Bulgaria	1-0 Prati (1st), 2-0 Domenghini (55th)
Total:	Bulgaria	3: 4	Italy

Contingent

No.	Surname	Club at the beginning of the European Championship	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Enrico Albertosi	AC Milan	11/02/1939	0	0	0
21st	Lido Vieri	AC Turin	07/16/1939	0	0	0
22nd	Dino Zoff	SSC Naples	02/28/1942	3	0	0
Defense
3	Angelo Anquilletti	AC Milan	04/25/1943	0	0	0
4th	Giancarlo Bercellino	Juventus Turin	10/09/1941	1	0	0
5	Tarcisio Burgnich	Inter Milan	04/25/1939	3	0	0
7th	Ernesto Càstano	Juventus Turin	05/02/1939	2	0	0
10	Giacinto Facchetti	Inter Milan	07/18/1942	3	0	0
19th	Roberto Rosato	AC Milan	August 18, 1943	1	0	0
20th	Sandro Salvadore	Juventus Turin	11/29/1939	1	0	0
midfield
8th	Giancarlo De Sisti	AC Florence	March 13, 1943	1	0	0
11	Giorgio Ferrini	AC Turin	08/18/1939	2	0	0
12	Aristide Guarneri	Bologna FC	03/07/1938	2	0	0
13	Antonio Juliano	SSC Naples	01/01/1943	2	0	0
14th	Giovanni Lodetti	AC Milan	08/10/1942	1	0	0
18th	Gianni Rivera	AC Milan	August 18, 1943	1	0	0
striker
2	Pietro Anastasi	Varese FC	04/07/1948	2	1	0
6th	Giacomo Bulgarelli	Bologna FC	October 24, 1940	0	0	0
9	Angelo Domenghini	Inter Milan	08/25/1941	3	1	0
15th	Sandro Mazzola	Inter Milan	11/08/1942	2	0	0
16	Pierino Prati	AC Milan	12/13/1946	2	0	0
17th	Luigi Riva	Cagliari Calcio	07/11/1944	1	1	0
Trainer
	Ferruccio Valcareggi		02/12/1919

Italian team matches

Semifinals

June 5, 1968 in Naples ( Stadio San Paolo )
Italy	-	Soviet Union	0: 0 a.d.
Italy reached the final after a coin toss

final

The Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst , known from the 1966 World Cup final and the controversial Wembley goal , was again the focus of criticism at the 1968 European Championship final. Again he was accused of favoring the host.

Outsider Yugoslavia took the lead through Dragan Džajić just before the break, and Angelo Domenghini only equalized in the 78th minute . A subsequent penalty shootout was not introduced until 1970. Thus a replay took place, which was played two days later, on Monday, at the same place.

June 8, 1968 in Rome ( Stadio Olimpico )
Italy	-	Yugoslavia	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1)

Final (replay)

Italy made the decision in the first half. Striker Luigi Riva and Pietro Anastasi scored in the 13th and 31st minute to make it 2-0.

June 10, 1968 in Rome ( Stadio Olimpico )
Italy	-	Yugoslavia	2: 0 (2: 0)