1968 Cup of the Alps 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. 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
Sweden national under-23 football team was replaced by the Sweden national under-21 football team. In 1992, when the Olympic football tournament changed to be an Under-23 competition the Swedish U23 team once again became active. The team qualified for the 1992 Olympics and reached the quarter-finals. The qualification to the Olympics for the European teams is the European Under-21 Championship, therefore the Swedish U23 team doesn't play any qualification matches. In 1992 the team was managed by Nisse Andersson and in 2016 the team was managed by Håkan Ericson. Football at the Summer Olympics was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and