European Football Championship 1968 / Soviet Union

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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 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union  6th  5  0  1 016: 600 +10 10: 20
 2. Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece  5  2  1  2 007: 800  −1 05: 50
 3. AustriaAustria Austria  5  2  1  2 007: 900  −2 05: 50
 4th FinlandFinland Finland  6th  0  2  4th 005:120  −7 02:10

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

June 5, 1968 in Naples ( Stadio San Paolo )
ItalyItaly Italy - Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 0: 0 a.d.
Italy reached the final after a coin toss

3rd place match

June 8, 1968 in Rome ( Stadio Olimpico )
EnglandEngland England - Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 2: 0 (1: 0)