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
Wales national football team home stadium was immediately assigned as the new home venue for Welsh football matches, hosting its first match on 29 March 2000 against Finland which, due to the increased capacity of the new stadium, set a new attendance record for a Wales international match of 65,614. However, by the end of the decade the ground had seen a dramatic drop in attendances for international matches due to the progress of the Welsh side in qualifying competitions which led to calls from several senior figures in Welsh football, including national team manager John Toshack and players such as Jason Koumas and Craig Bellamy,