Soccer Nostalgia: Compendium to the 1968 Euros-Qualifiers-Part 6 (Group 6)

UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

November 2, 1966 (Bucharest, Romania 4-Switzerland 2)

November 26, 1966 (Naples, Italy 3-Romania 1)

December 3, 1966 (Nicosia, Cyprus 1-Romania 5)

March 22, 1967 (Nicosia, Cyprus 0-Italy 2)

April 23, 1967 (Bucharest, Romania 7-Cyprus 0)

May 24, 1967 (Zurich, Switzerland 7-Romania 1)

June 25, 1967 (Bucharest, Romania 0-Italy 1)

November 1, 1967 (Cosenza, Italy 5-Cyprus 0)

November 8. 1967 (Lugano, Switzerland 5-Cyprus 0)

November 18, 1967 (Berne, Switzerland 2-Italy 2)

December 23, 1967 (Cagliari, Italy 4-Switzerland 0)

February 17, 1968 (Nicosia, Cyprus 2-Switzerland 1)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	6	5	1	0	17	3	14	11
2	Romania	6	3	0	3	18	14	4	6
3	Switzerland	6	2	1	3	17	13	4	5
4	Cyprus	6	1	0	5	3	25	-22	2

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: November 2, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Romania 4-Switzerland 2

Venue: Bucharest –Stadionul Republicii

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: James Finney (England)

Goalscorers:

(Romania): Mircea Dridea 8, Constantin Fratila 11 pen, 25, 39 pen (Switzerland): Fritz Künzli 54, Karl Odermatt 70

Lineups:

Romania:

Mihai Ionescu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Corneliu Popa (captain) (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Bujor Halmageanu (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucureşti)

Dan Coe (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)

Mihai Mocanu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Simion Surdan (Clubul Sportiv Politehnica Timisoara)

Dumitru Popescu (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucureşti)

Ion Pircalab (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Constantin Fratila (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Mircea Dridea (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Mircea Lucescu (Ştiinţa Bucureşti)

Coach: Ilie Oana

Switzerland:

Mario Prosperi (Football Club Lugano)

Alex Matter (Fußball Club Biel-Bienne)

Heinz Bani (Fußball Club Zürich)

Georges Perroud (Football Club Sion)

Hans-Ruedi Fuhrer (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Karl Odermatt (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Richard Durr (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Vittore Gottardi (Football Club Lugano)

Fritz Künzli (Fußball Club Zürich)

René-Pierre Quentin (Football Club Sion)

Bruno Bernasconi (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Coach: Alfredo Foni (Italy)

Date: November 26, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Italy 3-Romania 1

Venue: Napoli (Naples)-Stadio San Paolo

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Alessandro Mazzola 30, 67, Virginio Depaoli 43

(Romania): Nicolae Dobrin 7

Lineups:

Italy:

Giuliano Sarti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Spartaco Landini I (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Ottavio Bianchi (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Aristide Guarneri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Armando Picchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Angelo Domenghini (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Virginio Depaoli (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Mario Corso (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Technical Commission: Helenio Herrera and Ferruccio Valcareggi

Romania:

Ilie Datcu (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Cornel Popa (Captain) (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Ion Barbu (Fotbal Club Arges Pitesti)

Augustin Pax Deleanu (Politehnica Iasi)

Vasile Gergely (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Dan Coe (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)

Ion Pircalab (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Constantin Fratila (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Mircea Dridea (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Nicolae Dobrin (Fotbal Club Arges Pitesti)

11 Mircea Lucescu (Ştiinţa Bucureşti)

Coach: Ilie Oana

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 22 Supplement, August-September 1999

(November 26, 1966, EC Qualifier, Italy 3-Romania 1)

Date: December 3, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Cyprus 1-Romania 5

Venue: Nicosia-GSP "Gymnastikos Sullogos ta Pagkypria"

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)

Goalscorers:

(Cyprus): Costakis Pieridis 40

(Romania): Mircea Dridea 50, 82, Mircea Lucescu 52, Constantin Fratila 66, 74

Lineups:

Cyprus:

Nicos Eleftheriadis (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia)) (Christofi Varnavas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta) 55^th)

Costas Christou Kattos (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Kyriakos Koureas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta)

Ploutis Pallas (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Nicos Kantzilieris (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Costakis Pieridis (Pezoporikós Ómilos Lárnakas-Larnax (Larnaca)

Pamboulis Papadopoulos (AEL (Athlitikí Énosi Lemésou) –Lemesos (Limassol)

Panicos Krystallis (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol)

Costas Panayiotou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Christofis Christofi (Athlitikós Sýllogos Anórthosis Ammochostou (Famagusta)

Andreas Stylianou (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Coach: Argyris Gavalas

Romania:

Mihai Ionescu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Cornel Popa (captain) (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Ion Nunweiller (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Augustin Pax Deleanu (Politehnica Iasi)

Vasile Gergely (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Dan Coe (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)

Ion Pircalab (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Constantin Fratila (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Mircea Dridea (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Nicolae Dobrin (Fotbal Club Arges Pitesti)

Mircea Lucescu (Ştiinţa Bucureşti)

Coach: Ilie Oana

Date: March 22, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Cyprus 0-Italy 2

Venue: Nicosia-GSP "Gymnastikos Sullogos ta Pagkypria"

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Atanas Kyriakov (Bulgaria)

Goalscorers:

(Cyprus): None

(Italy): Angelo Domenghini 76, Giacinto Facchetti 88

Lineups:

Cyprus:

Christofi Varnavas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta)

Panicos Iakovou (Athlitikós Sýllogos Anórthosis Ammochostou (Famagusta)

Costas Panayiotou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Georghios Kettenis (Athlitikí Énosi Olympiakos Lefkosias (Nicosia))

Costas Christou Kattos (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Ploutis Pallas (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Drosos Kalotheou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Costakis Pieridis (Pezoporikós Ómilos Lárnakas-Larnax (Larnaca)

Panicos Krystallis (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol)

Christofis Christofi (Athlitikós Sýllogos Anórthosis Ammochostou (Famagusta)

Andreas Stylianou (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Coach: Argyris Gavalas

Italy:

Giuliano Sarti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Giovanni Lodetti (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Aristide Guarneri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Armando Picchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Angelo Domenghini (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Gianni Rivera (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Renato Cappellini (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Mario Corso (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Technical Commission: Helenio Herrera and Ferruccio Valcareggi

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Date: April 23, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Romania 7-Cyprus 0

Venue: Bucharest – Stadionul 23 August

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Goalscorers:

(Romania): Mircea Lucescu 4, Florea Martinovici 15, Emil Dumitriu 24, 52, 77, Ion Ionescu 46, 86

(Cyprus): None

Lineups:

Romania:

Mihai Ionescu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Cornel Popa (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Ion Nunweiller (captain) (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Mihai Mocanu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Vasile Gergely (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)

Nicolae Dobrin (Fotbal Club Arges Pitesti)

Dumitru Nicolae (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucureşti)

Florea Martinovici (Jiul Petrosani)

Emil Dumitriu (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)

Ion Ionescu (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)