UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 2

Group 2 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 2 consisted of four teams: Bulgaria, Portugal, Sweden, and Norway, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Bulgaria, who finished 4 points above Portugal.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Bulgaria 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10  Portugal 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 6  Sweden 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 5  Norway 6 1 1 4 9 14 −5 3

Bulgaria  — 4–2 1–0 3–0 Norway  0–0 — 1–2 3–1 Portugal  0–0 2–1 — 1–2 Sweden  0–2 5–2 1–1 —

Matches

Bulgaria  v  Norway

13 November 1966 15:00

Bulgaria	4–2	Norway
Tsanev 18', 43' Zhekov 42', 85'		Hasund 59', 86'

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 20,762 * Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 30,000

Portugal  v  Sweden

13 November 1966 15:00

Portugal	1–2	Sweden
Graça 21'		Danielsson 29', 86'

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras (Lisbon) Attendance: 18,244 * Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000

Sweden  v  Portugal

1 June 1967 19:00

Sweden	1–1	Portugal
Svensson 90'		Custódio Pinto 19'

Råsunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm) Attendance: 49,689 Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

Norway  v  Portugal

8 June 1967 19:00

Norway	1–2	Portugal
Iversen 35'		Eusébio 15', 60'

Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 29,993 Referee: William Syme (Scotland)

Sweden  v  Bulgaria

11 June 1967 16:00

Sweden	0–2	Bulgaria
		Zhekov 23' Dermendjiev 82'

Råsunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm) Attendance: 24,271 Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)

Norway  v  Bulgaria

29 June 1967 19:00

Norway	0–0	Bulgaria

Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 25,545 Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

Norway  v  Sweden

3 September 1967 13:15

Norway	3–1	Sweden
Sunde 23' Birkeland 47' Berg 80'		Nordahl 19'

Ullevaal, Oslo Attendance: 32,151 Referee: Jan Pawlik (Poland)

NOTE: The sequence of the Norwegian goals in other sources: 1-1 Berg (23'), 2-1 Birkeland (47'), 3-1 Sunde (80').

Sweden  v  Norway

5 November 1967 14:00

Sweden	5–2	Norway
Turesson 15', 86' Danielsson 39' Eriksson 48', 85'		Iversen 57' (p) Nilsen 90'

Råsunda Stadion, Solna (Stockholm) Attendance: 14,078 Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)

Portugal  v  Norway

12 November 1967 15:00

Portugal	2–1	Norway
Torres 30' Jaime Graça 64'		Nilsen 40'

Estádio das Antas, Oporto Attendance: 20,500 * Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 35,000

Bulgaria  v  Sweden

12 November 1967 15:00

Bulgaria	3–0	Sweden
Kotkov (*) 43' Mitkov (*) 44' Asparuhov 75'

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 16,479 ** Referee: Josip Drago Horvat (Yugoslavia)

(*)NOTE: The sequence of the Bulgaria's goals in other sources: 1-0 Mitkov (43'), 2-0 Kotkov (44')
(**)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 28,000

Bulgaria  v  Portugal

26 November 1967 14:30

Bulgaria	1–0	Portugal
Dermendjiev 63'

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 39,795 * Referee: Anvar Zverev (USSR)

(*) NOTE: Attendance also reported as 55,000

Portugal  v  Bulgaria

17 December 1967 16:00

Portugal	0–0	Bulgaria

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras (Lisbon) Attendance: 13,408 * Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 20,000

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.