1966_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
International football competition
The 32 teams were drawn into nine groups of three or four teams each; however, after the withdrawal of Syria, one group had just two teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
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Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 May - 29 December 1965 |
| Teams | 31[1] (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 82 |
| Goals scored | 250 (3.05 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,982,508 (36,372 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Eusébio (7 goals) |
← 1962 1970 → | |
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Group 1
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
Group 2
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Germany |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 7 |
| 2 |  Sweden |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 |
| 3 |  Cyprus |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
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Group 3
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 |
| 2 |  Norway |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
| 3 |  Yugoslavia |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 |
| 4 |  Luxembourg |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 |
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Group 4
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 |  Czechoslovakia |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 |
| 3 |  Romania |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Turkey |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 2 |
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Group 5
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Switzerland |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 |
| 2 |  Northern Ireland |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 |
| 3 |  Netherlands |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Albania |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 |
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Group 6
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 |  East Germany |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  Austria |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
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Group 7
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 10 |
| 2 |  Wales |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Greece |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 |
| 4 |  Denmark |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 |
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Group 8
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8
Group 9
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= |  Spain |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
| 1= |  Republic of Ireland |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| — |  Syria |
Withdrew | |||||||
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7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
Paul Van Himst
Georgi Asparuhov
Sandro Mazzola
Johnny Crossan
Włodzimierz Lubański
Anatoliy Banishevskiy
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Ivan Mráz
Ole Fritsen- Ole Madsen
Peter Ducke- Jürgen Nöldner
János Farkas- Máté Fenyvesi
- Giacinto Facchetti
- Bruno Mora
- Gianni Rivera
Hennie van Nee- George Best
Harald Berg- Erik Johansen
- Ernest Pol
Nicolae Georgescu- Viorel Mateianu
John Greig- Denis Law
- Vladimir Barkaya
Lars Granström- Bo Larsson
- Agne Simonsson
- Torbjörn Jonsson
René-Pierre Quentin
Fevzi Zemzem
Werner Krämer- Wolfgang Overath
- Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
Dragan Džajić
1 goal
Mexhit Haxhiu- Robert Jashari
Erich Hof- Armand Jurion
- Wilfried Puis
- Jacques Stockman
- Stoyan Kitov
- Ivan Petkov Kolev
- Alexander Horváth
- Dušan Kabát
- Andrej Kvašňák
- Mogens Berg
- Kaj Poulsen
- Tommy Troelsen
- Eberhard Vogel
Martti Hyvärinen- Semi Nuoranen
Marcel Artelesa- André Guy
- Angel Rambert
Andreas Papaemmanouil- Ferenc Bene
- Kálmán Mészöly
- Dezső Novák
- Gyula Rákosi
Andy McEvoy
Rahamim Talbi- Giacomo Bulgarelli
- Ezio Pascutti
Ernest Brenner- Edy Dublin
- Ady Schmit
- Frans Geurtsen
- Theo Laseroms
- Bennie Muller
- Daan Schrijvers
- Willie Irvine
- Terry Neill
- Per Kristoffersen
- Olav Nilsen
- Arne Pedersen
- Finn Seemann
- Kai Sjøberg
- Ole Stavrum
- Roman Lentner
Mário Coluna- Jaime Graça
- Sorin Avram
- Alexandru Badea
- Dan Coe
- Carol Creiniceanu
- Ion Pârcălab
- Stevie Chalmers
- Dave Gibson
- Billy McNeill
- Davie Wilson
- Boris Kazakov
- Galimzyan Khusainov
- Mikheil Meskhi
- Yozhef Sabo
- Valery Voronin
Carlos Lapetra- José Ufarte
- Kurt Hamrin
- Ove Kindvall
- Anton Allemann
- Robert Hosp
- Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu
- Nedim Doğan
Ron Davies- Wyn Davies
- Mike England
- Ronnie Rees
- Alfred Heiß
- Uwe Seeler
- Heinz Strehl
- Horst Szymaniak
- Dražan Jerković
- Vladica Kovačević
- Džemaludin Mušović
- Velibor Vasović
1 own goal
- Ivan Vutsov (playing against Belgium)
Kostas Panayiotou (playing against West Germany)- Stig Holmqvist (playing against Italy)
- José Ángel Iribar (playing against Ireland)
- Graham Williams (playing against the Soviet Union)
The following 9 countries qualified for the 1966 FIFA World Cup
More information Team, Qualified as ...
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bulgaria | Group 1 winners | 29 December 1965 | 1 (1962) |
| West Germany | Group 2 winners | 14 November 1965 | 4 (19342, 19382, 1954, 1958) |
| France | Group 3 winners | 6 November 1965 | 5 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958) |
| Portugal | Group 4 winners | 21 November 1965 | 0 (debut) |
| Switzerland | Group 5 winners | 14 November 1965 | 5 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962) |
| Hungary | Group 6 winners | 9 October 1965 | 5 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962) |
| Soviet Union | Group 7 winners | 27 October 1965 | 3 (1958, 1962, 1966) |
 Italy | Group 8 winners | 5 December 1965 | 4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962) |
| Spain | Group 9 winners | 10 November 1965 | 3 (1934, 1950, 1962) |
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- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
- 2Competed as Germany