1968 Cup of the Alps

Football tournament season

1968 Coppa delle AlpiAlpencup, Coupe des Alpes

Tournament details
Country| Switzerland and Germany
Teams| 12
Defending champions| Eintracht Frankfurt
Final positions
Champions| FC Schalke 04
Runner-up| FC Basel
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 31
Goals scored| 109 (3.52 per match)

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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

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### Matches

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Round 1

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16 June 1968

Roma | 1 – 0|  Fiorentina

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Taccola 63' |  |

Rosenaustadion, Augsburg

Attendance: 3,500

Referee:  Tschentcher

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16 June 1968

Basel | 1 – 1|  Servette

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St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

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16 June 1968

Kaiserslautern | 1 – 0|  Köln

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Round 2

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18 June 1968

21:00

FC Basel | 2 – 2|  A.S. Roma

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Fischli 6'
Demarmels 18' |  |  49' Taccola
85' Jair

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Referee:  Ott

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18 June 1968

Kaiserslautern | 2 – 2|  Fiorentina

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18 June 1968

Servette | 1 – 1|  Köln

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Round 3

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Match day 3

FC Basel | 1 – 0|  1\. FC Kaiserslautern

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St. Jakob Stadium Basel

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Match day 3

Fiorentina | 1 – 0|  Köln

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23 June 1968

Servette | 2 – 3|  A.S. Roma

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Blanchard  52'
Sirena 82' (o.g.) |  |  16' Taccola
41', 65' Enzo

Charmilles Stadium, Geneva

Referee:  Siebert

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Round 4

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Match day 4

FC Basel | 3 – 2|  1\. FC Köln

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St. Jakob Stadium Basel

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Match day 4

Servette | 1 – 4|  Fiorentina

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Match day 4

1\. FC Kaiserslautern | 3 – 0|  A.S. Roma

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Round 5

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Match day 5

A.S. Roma | 2 – 0|  1\. FC Köln

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Match day 5

Servette | 1 – 0|  1\. FC Kaiserslautern

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Match day 5

FC Basel | 1 – 1|  Fiorentina

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St. Jakob Stadium Basel

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### Table

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Pos | Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  GF  |  GA  |  Pts

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1 | FC Basel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7
2 | A.S. Roma | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6
3 | Fiorentina | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6
4 | 1\. FC Kaiserslautern | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5
5 | Servette FC Genève | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4
6 | 1\. FC Köln | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2

## Group B

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### Matches

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Round 1

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15 June 1968

Cagliari | 1 – 0|  Juventus

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Cera 43' | Summary Juventus |

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Referee:  Anton Bucheli

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16 June 1968

Young Boys | 3 – 2|  Luzern

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14 June 1968

Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 – 1|  FC Schalke 04

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Solz 38' | (Report Eintracht Frankfurt) | Słomiany 13'

Wiesbaden

Attendance: 6,000

Referee:  Helmut Fritz

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Round 2

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18 June 1968

Young Boys | 2 – 2|  Eintracht Frankfurt

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Grosser 35', 74' | (Report Eintracht Frankfurt) | Lotz 15'
Schämer 86'

Attendance: 2,918

Referee:  Francescon

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18 June 1968

Luzern | 1 – 4|  Cagliari

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18 June 1968

19:30

FC Schalke 04 | 3 – 1|  Juventus

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Pohlschmidt 16'
Wittkamp 30'
Hans-Jürgen Becher  88' | Summary Juventus |  71' Leoncini

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Referee:  Joseph Heymann

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Round 3

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23 June 1968

Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 – 1|  Juventus

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Blusch 52', 61' | Summary Juventus |  49' De Paoli

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 10,000

Referee:  Schneuwly

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Match day 3

Young Boys | 2 – 3|  Cagliari

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Match day 3

Luzern | 0 – 4|  FC Schalke 04

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Round 4

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25 June 1968

Young Boys | 3 – 1|  Juventus

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Allemann 28'
Guggisberg 34', 70' | Summary Juventus |  90' (pen.) Zigoni

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Referee:  Rudolf Kreitlein

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25 June 1968

Match day 4

Luzern | 4 – 9|  Eintracht Frankfurt

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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

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Match day 4

FC Schalke 04 | 2 – 2|  Cagliari

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Round 5

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Match day 5

Young Boys | 0 – 3|  FC Schalke 04

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29 June 1968

Luzern | 2 – 5|  Juventus

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Richter 32'
Trivellin 86' | Summary Juventus |  31' Sacco
64' (pen.) Zigoni
71' Menichelli
80' Gori
84' Favalli

Stadion Allmend, Luzern

Referee:  Heinz Siebert

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29 June 1968

Match day 5

Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 – 2|  Cagliari

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Huberts | (Report Eintracht Frankfurt) |

Attendance: 12,000

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### Table

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Pos | Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  GF  |  GA  |  Pts

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1 | FC Schalke 04 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8
2 | Cagliari | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 8
3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 7
4 | Young Boys | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5
5 | Juventus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2
6 | Luzern | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 0

## Final

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2 July 1968

Final

FC Basel | 1 – 3 (a.e.t.)|  FC Schalke 04

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Helmut Hauser 40' | Report FC Schalke 04 |  8', 95', 103' Michel

St. Jakob Stadium Basel

Attendance: 13,000

Referee:  Mario Carminati

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## Sources and References

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* Cup of the Alps 1968 at RSSSF
* Coppa delle Alpi 1968 at myjuve.it Archived 2016-11-14 at the Wayback Machine