1968 Cup of the Alps

1968 Coppa delle Alpi
Alpencup, Coupe des Alpes
Country Switzerland and Germany
Teams 12
Defending champions Eintracht Frankfurt
Champions FC Schalke 04
Runners-up FC Basel
Matches played 31
Goals scored 109 (3.52 per match)
← 1967
1969 →

1968 Coppa delle Alpi shows the results of the 1968 tournament that was held mainly in Switzerland in the preseason 1968/69. The Coppa delle Alpi (translated as Cup of the Alps) was a football tournament, jointly organized by the Italian national league and the Swiss League as a pre-season event.

Most of the games in the 1968 competition were played in Switzerland. There were four teams taking part from Italy A.S. Roma, ACF Fiorentina, Cagliari and Juventus, four from Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1. FC Köln, Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Schalke 04 as well as four from Switzerland Luzern, Servette FC Genève, Young Boys and FC Basel. The teams were drawn into two groups, two teams from each country in either group. The winners of the two groups were matched in the final.

Group A

Matches

Round 1
Roma Italy 1 – 0 Italy Fiorentina
Taccola  63'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Germany Tschentcher
Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Servette
Kaiserslautern Germany 1 – 0 Germany Köln
Round 2
FC Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Italy A.S. Roma
Fischli  6'
Demarmels  18'		  49' Taccola
 85' Jair
Referee: Germany Ott
Kaiserslautern Germany 2 – 2 Italy Fiorentina
Servette Switzerland 1 – 1 Germany Köln
Round 3
Match day 3
Fiorentina Italy 1 – 0 Germany Köln
23 June 1968
Servette Switzerland 2 – 3 Italy A.S. Roma
Blanchard  52'
Sirena  82' (o.g.)		  16' Taccola
 41', 65' Enzo
Referee: Germany Siebert
Round 4
Match day 4
Servette Switzerland 1 – 4 Italy Fiorentina
Match day 4
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany 3 – 0 Italy A.S. Roma
Round 5
Match day 5
A.S. Roma Italy 2 – 0 Germany 1. FC Köln
Match day 5
Servette Switzerland 1 – 0 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1FC Basel5230867
2A.S. Roma5221876
3Fiorentina5221856
41. FC Kaiserslautern5212645
5Servette FC Genève5122694
61. FC Köln5014382

Group B

Matches

Round 1
Cagliari Italy 1 – 0 Italy Juventus
Cera  43' Summary Juventus
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli
Young Boys Switzerland 3 – 2 Switzerland Luzern
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 1 – 1 Germany FC Schalke 04
Solz  38' (Report Eintracht Frankfurt) Słomiany  13'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Germany Helmut Fritz
Round 2
Young Boys Switzerland 2 – 2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Grosser  35', 74' (Report Eintracht Frankfurt) Lotz  15'
Schämer  86'
Attendance: 2,918
Referee: Italy Francescon
Luzern Switzerland 1 – 4 Italy Cagliari
FC Schalke 04 Germany 3 – 1 Italy Juventus
Pohlschmidt  16'
Wittkamp  30'
Hans-Jürgen Becher  88'		 Summary Juventus  71' Leoncini
Referee: Switzerland Joseph Heymann
Round 3
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 2 – 1 Italy Juventus
Blusch 52', 61' Summary Juventus  49' De Paoli
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland Schneuwly
Match day 3
Young Boys Switzerland 2 – 3 Italy Cagliari
Match day 3
Luzern Switzerland 0 – 4 Germany FC Schalke 04
Round 4
Young Boys Switzerland 3 – 1 Italy Juventus
Allemann 28'
Guggisberg  34', 70'		 Summary Juventus  90' (pen.) Zigoni
Match day 4
Luzern Switzerland 4 – 9 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Richter  9', 61'
Meier  24'
Flury  25'		 (Report Eintracht Frankfurt) Lothar Schämer  50'
Abbé  53', 65', 85'
Huberts  71', 89'
Friedrich  72', 80'
Lotz  73'
Attendance: 4,000
Match day 4
FC Schalke 04 Germany 2 – 2 Italy Cagliari
Round 5
Match day 5
Young Boys Switzerland 0 – 3 Germany FC Schalke 04
Luzern Switzerland 2 – 5 Italy Juventus
Richter 32'
Trivellin  86'		 Summary Juventus  31' Sacco
 64' (pen.) Zigoni
 71' Menichelli
 80' Gori
 84' Favalli
Referee: Germany Heinz Siebert
Match day 5
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 2 – 2 Italy Cagliari
Grabowski
Huberts 		(Report Eintracht Frankfurt)
Attendance: 12,000

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1FC Schalke 0453201348
2Cagliari53201278
3Eintracht Frankfurt523016107
4Young Boys521210115
5Juventus51048112
6Luzern50059230

Final

Final
FC Basel Switzerland 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Germany FC Schalke 04
Helmut Hauser  40' Report FC Schalke 04  8', 95', 103' Michel
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Italy Mario Carminati

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