This article covers the Soviet national team at the 1968 European Football Championship .
qualification
The Soviet Union prevailed in their group with five wins and one loss. This qualified her for the quarter-finals. She lost the first leg on May 4 against Hungary 2-0 and won the second leg on May 11, 1968 3-0.
Group 3
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
6th
5
0
1
0 16: 600
+10
10: 20
2.
Kingdom of Greece Greece
5
2
1
2
00 7: 800
−1
0 5: 50
3.
Austria Austria
5
2
1
2
00 7: 900
−2
0 5: 50
4th
Finland Finland
6th
0
2
4th
00 5:120
−7
0 2:10
Game results
06/11/1967
Soviet Union
-
Austria
4: 3 (3: 1)
07/16/1967
Soviet Union
-
Greece
4: 0 (0: 0)
08/30/1967
Soviet Union
-
Finland
2: 0 (1: 0)
09/06/1967
Finland
-
Soviet Union
2: 5 (2: 3)
10/15/1967
Austria
-
Soviet Union
1: 0 (0: 0)
10/31/1967
Greece
-
Soviet Union
0: 1 (0: 0)
Soviet contingent
player
Date of birth
position
society
Ansor Kawasashvili
July 19, 1940
goalkeeper
Torpedo Moscow
Yevgeny Rudakov
January 2, 1942
goalkeeper
Dynamo Kiev
Yuri Pschenitschnikow
June 2, 1940
goalkeeper
PFK CSKA Moscow
Albert Schesternjow (c)
June 20, 1941
Defense
PFK CSKA Moscow
Gennadi Logofet
February 15, 1942
Defense
Spartak Moscow
Volodimir Levchenko
February 18, 1944
Defense
Dynamo Kiev
Yuri Istomin
July 3, 1944
Defense
PFK CSKA Moscow
Valentin Afonin
December 22, 1939
Defense
SKA Rostov
Vladimir Kaplichnyj
May 26, 1944
Defense
PFK CSKA Moscow
Viktor Anichkin
December 8, 1941
midfield
FK Dynamo Moscow
Volodymyr Muntyan
September 14, 1946
midfield
Dynamo Kiev
Murtas Churzilawa
January 5, 1943
midfield
Dynamo Tbilisi
Igor Chislenko
January 4, 1939
midfield
FK Dynamo Moscow
Alexander Lenew
September 25, 1944
midfield
Torpedo Moscow
Kachi Assatiani
January 1, 1947
midfield
Dynamo Tbilisi
Giwi Nodija
January 2, 1948
striker
Dynamo Tbilisi
Gennady Yevryushikhin
February 4, 1944
striker
FK Dynamo Moscow
Nikolai Smolnikov
March 10, 1949
striker
Neftçi Baku PFK
Eduard Malofejew
June 2, 1942
striker
FK Dinamo Minsk
Anatoly Banischewski
February 23, 1946
striker
Neftçi Baku PFK
Anatoly Byschowets
April 23, 1946
striker
Dynamo Kiev
Trainer
Mikhail Yakushin
Soviet team games
Semifinals
3rd place match
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