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England: Third place
How England performed
England reached the semi-finals of the 1968 UEFA European Championship, staged in Italy between 5 and 10 June 1968, with Alf Ramsey as manager and Bobby Moore as captain. Their first fixture of the finals was the semi-final against Yugoslavia on 5 June, and it was settled by a single goal: Džajić scored in the 87th minute to give Yugoslavia a 1–0 win and end England's hopes of reaching the final.
Three days later England faced the Soviet Union in the third-place play-off and won 2–0, with R. Charlton scoring in the 39th minute and Hurst adding a second in the 63rd. That victory secured third place. England's record at the finals was one win and one defeat from two matches, with two goals scored and one conceded, the only goal against them being the late winner for Yugoslavia.
England fixtures
England
1–0
Spain
England won
England: R. Charlton 84'
Spain: None
Spain
1–2
England
England won
England: Peters 54', Hunter 81'
Spain: Amancio 48'
Yugoslavia
1–0
England
England lost
England: None
Yugoslavia: Džajić 87'
Soviet Union
0–2
England
England won
England: R. Charlton 39', Hurst 63'
Soviet Union: None
England statistics
Full England squad
| No. | Player | Pos | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Banks | GK | Stoke City | – |
| 2 | Keith Newton | DF | Blackburn Rovers | – |
| 3 | Ray Wilson | DF | Everton | – |
| 4 | Alan Mullery | MF | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 5 | Brian Labone | DF | Everton | – |
| 6 | Bobby Moore C | DF | West Ham United | – |
| 7 | Alan Ball | MF | Everton | – |
| 8 | Roger Hunt | FW | Liverpool | – |
| 9 | Bobby Charlton | MF | Manchester United | 2 |
| 10 | Geoff Hurst | FW | West Ham United | 1 |
| 11 | Martin Peters | MF | West Ham United | 1 |
| 12 | Alex Stepney | GK | Manchester United | – |
| 13 | Gordon West | GK | Everton | – |
| 14 | Cyril Knowles | DF | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 15 | Jack Charlton | DF | Leeds United | – |
| 16 | Tommy Wright | DF | Everton | – |
| 17 | Nobby Stiles | MF | Manchester United | – |
| 18 | Mike Summerbee | FW | Manchester City | – |
| 19 | Norman Hunter | DF | Leeds United | 1 |
| 20 | Colin Bell | MF | Manchester City | – |
| 21 | Jimmy Greaves | FW | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 22 | Peter Thompson | MF | Liverpool | – |
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