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1968 Coppa delle Alpi
Alpencup, Coupe des Alpes
Tournament details
CountrySwitzerland and Germany
Teams12
Defending championsEintracht Frankfurt
Final positions
ChampionsFC Schalke 04
Runner-upFC Basel
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored109 (3.52 per match)
← 1967
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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
Roma  1 – 0  Fiorentina
Taccola   63'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Tschentcher
Basel  1 – 1  Servette
   
Kaiserslautern  1 – 0  Köln
 
Round 2
FC Basel  2 – 2  A.S. Roma
Fischli   6'
Demarmels   18'		   49' Taccola
  85' Jair
Referee:   Ott
Kaiserslautern  2 – 2  Fiorentina
       
Servette  1 – 1  Köln
   
Round 3
Match day 3
FC Basel  1 – 0  1. FC Kaiserslautern
 
Match day 3
Fiorentina  1 – 0  Köln
 
23 June 1968
Servette  2 – 3  A.S. Roma
Blanchard   52'
Sirena   82' (o.g.)		   16' Taccola
  41', 65' Enzo
Referee:   Siebert
Round 4
Match day 4
FC Basel  3 – 2  1. FC Köln
         
Match day 4
Servette  1 – 4  Fiorentina
         
Match day 4
1. FC Kaiserslautern  3 – 0  A.S. Roma
     
Round 5
Match day 5
A.S. Roma  2 – 0  1. FC Köln
   
Match day 5
Servette  1 – 0  1. FC Kaiserslautern
 
Match day 5
FC Basel  1 – 1  Fiorentina
   

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
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
Cagliari  1 – 0  Juventus
 
Young Boys  3 – 2  Luzern
         
FC Schalke 04  1 – 1  Eintracht Frankfurt
   
Round 2
Young Boys  2 – 2  Eintracht Frankfurt
       
Luzern  1 – 4  Cagliari
         
FC Schalke 04  3 – 1  Juventus
Pohlschmidt   16'
Wittkamp   30'
Hans-Jürgen Becher   88'		   71' Leoncini
Referee:   Joseph Heymann
Round 3
Match day 3
Eintracht Frankfurt  2 – 1  Juventus
     
Match day 3
Young Boys  2 – 3  Cagliari
         
Match day 3
Luzern  0 – 4  FC Schalke 04
       
Round 4
Match day 4
Young Boys  3 – 1  Juventus
       
Match day 4
Luzern  4 – 9  Eintracht Frankfurt
                         
Match day 4
FC Schalke 04  2 – 2  Cagliari
       
Round 5
Match day 5
Young Boys  0 – 3  FC Schalke 04
     
Match day 5
Luzern  2 – 3  Juventus
         
Match day 5
Eintracht Frankfurt  2 – 2  Cagliari
       

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
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 6 11 2
6 Luzern 5 0 0 5 9 23 0

Final

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

Sources and References

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