1968 Cup of the Alps
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.
| Alpencup, Coupe des Alpes | |
| Country | Switzerland and Germany |
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| 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 → | |
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  | 1 – 0 | |
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Taccola  |
Kaiserslautern  | 1 – 0 | |
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- Round 2
| Kaiserslautern | 2 – 2 | |
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- Round 3
| Fiorentina | 1 – 0 | |
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Servette  | 2 – 3 | |
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| Blanchard Sirena |
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- Round 4
| Servette | 1 – 4 | |
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| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3 – 0 | |
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- Round 5
| A.S. Roma | 2 – 0 | |
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| Servette | 1 – 0 | |
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Table
| 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
Matches
- Round 1
| Cagliari | 1 – 0 | |
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| Cera |
Summary Juventus |
| Young Boys | 3 – 2 | |
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| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 – 1 | |
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| Solz |
(Report Eintracht Frankfurt) | Słomiany |
- Round 2
| Young Boys | 2 – 2 | |
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| Grosser |
(Report Eintracht Frankfurt) | Lotz Schämer |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3 – 1 | |
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| Pohlschmidt Wittkamp Hans-Jürgen Becher |
Summary Juventus | |
- Round 3
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 – 1 | |
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| Blusch |
Summary Juventus | |
| Young Boys | 2 – 3 | |
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| Luzern | 0 – 4 | |
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- Round 4
| Young Boys | 3 – 1 | |
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| Allemann Guggisberg |
Summary Juventus | |
| Luzern | 4 – 9 | |
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| Richter Meier Flury |
(Report Eintracht Frankfurt) | Lothar Schämer Abbé Huberts Friedrich Lotz |
| FC Schalke 04 | 2 – 2 | |
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- Round 5
| Young Boys | 0 – 3 | |
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| Luzern | 2 – 5 | |
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| Richter Trivellin |
Summary Juventus | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 – 2 | |
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| Grabowski Huberts |
(Report Eintracht Frankfurt) | |
Table
| 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
| FC Basel | 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Helmut Hauser |
Report FC Schalke 04 | |