1968 Cup of the Alps

Coppa delle Alpi 1968 Alpencup, Coupe des Alpes Switzerland and Germany 12 FC Schalke 04 FC Basel 31 109 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 16 June 1968 Roma ITA 1 – 0 ITA Fiorentina Taccola 63 Rosenaustadion, Augsburg 3,500 GER Tschentcher 16 June 1968 Basel SUI 1 – 1 SUI Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 16 June 1968 Kaiserslautern GER 1 – 0 GER Köln Round 2 18 June 1968 21:00 FC Basel SUI 2 – 2 ITA A.S. Roma Fischli 6Demarmels 18 49 Taccola 85 Jair St. Jakob Stadium, Basel GER Ott 18 June 1968 Kaiserslautern GER 2 – 2 ITA Fiorentina 18 June 1968 Servette SUI 1 – 1 GER Köln Round 3 Match day 3 FC Basel SUI 1 – 0 GER 1. FC Kaiserslautern St. Jakob Stadium Basel Match day 3 Fiorentina ITA 1 – 0 GER Köln 23 June 1968 Servette SUI 2 – 3 ITA A.S. Roma Blanchard 52Sirena 82 o.g. 16 Taccola41 65 Enzo Charmilles Stadium, Geneva GER Siebert Round 4 Match day 4 FC Basel SUI 3 – 2 GER 1. FC Köln St. Jakob Stadium Basel Match day 4 Servette SUI 1 – 4 ITA Fiorentina Match day 4 1. FC Kaiserslautern GER 3 – 0 ITA A.S. Roma Round 5 Match day 5 A.S. Roma ITA 2 – 0 GER 1. FC Köln Match day 5 Servette SUI 1 – 0 GER 1. FC Kaiserslautern Match day 5 FC Basel SUI 1 – 1 ITA Fiorentina St. Jakob Stadium Basel Table Pos Final positionTeam Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against Pts Points1FC Basel52308672A.S. Roma52218763Fiorentina522185641. FC Kaiserslautern52126455Servette FC Genève512269461. FC Köln5014382 Group B Matches Round 1 15 June 1968 Cagliari ITA 1 – 0 Summary Juventus ITA Juventus Cera 43 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel SUI Anton Bucheli 16 June 1968 Young Boys SUI 3 – 2 SUI Luzern 14 June 1968 Eintracht Frankfurt GER 1 – 1 (Report Eintracht Frankfurt) GER FC Schalke 04 Solz 38 Słomiany 13 Wiesbaden 6,000 DEU Helmut Fritz Round 2 18 June 1968 Young Boys SUI 2 – 2 (Report Eintracht Frankfurt) GER Eintracht Frankfurt Grosser 35 74 Lotz 15Schämer 86 2,918 ITA Francescon 18 June 1968 Luzern SUI 1 – 4 ITA Cagliari 18 June 1968 19:30 FC Schalke 04 GER 3 – 1 Summary Juventus ITA Juventus Pohlschmidt 16 Wittkamp 30 Hans-Jürgen Becher 88 71 Leoncini Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen SUI Joseph Heymann Round 3 23 June 1968 Eintracht Frankfurt GER 2 – 1 Summary Juventus ITA Juventus Blusch52 61 49 De Paoli Waldstadion, Frankfurt 10,000 SUI Schneuwly Match day 3 Young Boys SUI 2 – 3 ITA Cagliari Match day 3 Luzern SUI 0 – 4 GER FC Schalke 04 Round 4 25 June 1968 Young Boys SUI 3 – 1 Summary Juventus ITA Juventus Allemann28Guggisberg 34 70 90 pen. Zigoni Wankdorf Stadium, Bern GER Rudolf Kreitlein Match day 4 25 June 1968 Luzern SUI 4 – 9 (Report Eintracht Frankfurt) GER Eintracht Frankfurt Richter 9 61Meier 24Flury 25 Lothar Schämer 50Abbé 53 65 85Huberts 71 89Friedrich 72 80Lotz 73 4,000 Match day 4 FC Schalke 04 GER 2 – 2 ITA Cagliari Round 5 Match day 5 Young Boys SUI 0 – 3 GER FC Schalke 04 29 June 1968 Luzern SUI 2 – 5 Summary Juventus ITA Juventus Richter32Trivellin 86 31 Sacco64 pen. Zigoni71 Menichelli80 Gori84 Favalli Stadion Allmend, Luzern GER Heinz Siebert Match day 5 29 June 1968 Eintracht Frankfurt GER 2 – 2 (Report Eintracht Frankfurt) ITA Cagliari Grabowski Huberts 12,000 Table Pos Final positionTeam Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against Pts Points1FC Schalke 04532013482Cagliari532012783Eintracht Frankfurt5230161074Young Boys5212101155Juventus510481126Luzern50059230 Final Final 2 July 1968 FC Basel SUI 1 – 3 yes Report FC Schalke 04 GER FC Schalke 04 Helmut Hauser 40 8 95 103 Michel St. Jakob Stadium Basel 13,000 ITA Mario Carminati Sources and References Cup of the Alps 1968 at RSSSF Coppa delle Alpi 1968 at myjuve.it https://web.archive.org/web/20161114084749/http://www.myjuve.it/stagione-1968-juventus/coppa_delle_alpi-Alpi-73.aspx 2016-11-14 Category:Cup of the Alps Alps