England's European Championship Record

Italy 1968

England were drawn in Qualifying Group 8 along with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
(1966-67 and 1967-68 Home Championships doubled as European Qualifying matches)
The group winner qualified for the Finals.

Qualifying Matches

Date	Venue	Match	Result
22 Oct 1966	Belfast	N. Ireland v England	0-2
22 Oct 1966	Cardiff	Wales v Scotland	1-1
16 Nov 1966	London	England v Wales	5-1
16 Nov 1966	Glasgow	Scotland v N.Ireland	2-1
12 Apr 1967	Belfast	N.Ireland v Wales	0-0
12 Apr 1967	London	England v Scotland	2-3
21 Oct 1967	Cardiff	Wales v England	0-3
21 Oct 1967	Belfast	N.Ireland v Scotland	1-0
22 Nov 1967	London	England v N.Ireland	2-0
22 Nov 1967	Glasgow	Scotland v Wales	3-2
28 Feb 1968	Glasgow	Scotland v England	1-1
28 Feb 1968	Wrexham	Wales v N.Ireland	2-0

Standings

Group 8	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
England	6	4	1	1	15	5	9
Scotland	6	3	2	1	10	8	8
Wales	6	1	2	3	6	12	4
Northern Ireland	6	1	1	4	2	8	3

England won the group and qualified for the Quarter Finals.

Quarter Finals

Played over two legs. Match winner on aggregate advanced to the Semi Finals.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

03 Apr 1968 London England v Spain 1-0 100,000 Droz (SUI)

08 May 1968 Madrid Spain v England 1-2

England won 3-1 on aggregate and advanced to the Semi Finals.

Semi Finals

Match winners advanced to the Final.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

05 Jun 1968 Naples Italy v USSR 0-0* 69,000 Tschenscher (GER)

05 Jun 1968 Florence Yugoslavia v England 1-0 22,000 de Mendibil (ESP)

*Italy advanced on the toss of a coin.
England lost and played in the Third Place Match.

Third Place Match

Match winner finished Third in the competition.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

08 Jun 1968 Rome England v USSR 2-0 18,000 Zsolt (HUN)

England finished in Third Place in the competition.