World Cup 1966 qualifications
World Cup 1966 qualifications
Europe
31 teams entered, icluding ENG (hosts) and two Asian teams - ISR
and SYR (later withdrew solidarising with African teams). Nine groups with
winners progressing into the finals. Teams finishing on level points
had a play-off game.
Group 1 (1965)
09.05. Brussels BEL-ISR 1:0 (1:0) Jurion (Poulsen DAN)
13.06. Sofia BUL-ISR 4:0 (2:0) Kotkov (2), Asparoukhov, Kitov (Talu
TUR)
26.09. Sofia BUL-BEL 3:0 (2:0) Kotkov (2), Asparoukhov (Zečevič JUG)
27.10. Brussels BEL-BUL 5:0 (1:0) van Himst (2), Thio (2), Stockman (Bois
FRA)
10.11. Tel-Awiw ISR-BEL 0:5 (0:3) van Himst (3), Thio, Puts (SbardeUa
ITA)
21.11. Tel-Awiw ISR-BUL 1:2 (0:1) Talbi - I.Kolev, Asparoukhov (Babauczek
AUT)
1.BEL^ 4 6 3 0 1 11- 3
2.BUL 4 6 3 0 1 9- 6
3.ISR 4 0 0 0 4 1-12
- playoff game in Italy
29.12. Florence BUL-BEL 2:1 (2:0) Asparuchow (2) - Wutzov o
(Sbardella ITA)
Group 2 (1964-65)
04.11. Westberlin GER-SWE 1:1 (1:0) Brunnenmeier - Hamrin (Dienst SUI)
24.04. Karlsruhe GER-CYP 5:0 (3:0) Overath (2), Sieloff (2), Strehl (Mootz
LUX)
05.05. Norrköping SWE-CYP 3:0 (1:0) Simonsson (2), T. Jonsson (Petursson
ISL)
26.09. Stockholm SWE-GER 1:2 (1:1) T.Jonsson - Seeler, Kramer (Dagnall ENG)
07.11. Famagusta CYP-SWE 0:5 (0:4) B.Larsson (2), Granström (2), Kindvall
(Zsengeller HUN)
14.11. Nicosia CYP-GER 0:6 (0:2) Brunnemeier (2), Szymaniak, Heiss,
Kramer + 1o (Francescon ITA)
1.GER^ 4 7 3 1 0 14- 2
2.SWE 4 5 2 1 1 10- 3
3.CYP 4 0 0 0 4 0-19
Group 3 (1964-65)
20.09. Belgrad JUG-LUX 3:1 (2:0) Kovačevič, Jerkovič, Galić - A.Schmit
(Tsouvaras GRE)
04.10. Luxembourg LUX-FRA 0:2 (0:1) Guy 17, Artelesa 80 (Loraux BEL)
08.11. Luxembourg LUX-NOR 0:2 (0:1) E.Johansen, Berg (PoweU WAL)
11.11. Paris FRA-NOR 1:0 (1:0) Rambert 17 (Adair NIR)
18.04. Belgrad JUG-FRA 1:0 (0:0) Galić 59 (Wlachojanis AUT)
27.05. Trondheim NOR-LUX 4:2 (1:2) Pedersen, E.Johansen, Kristofersen,
Sjöberg - Brenner, Dublin (Hirviniemi FIN)
16.06. Oslo NOR-JUG 3:0 (1:0) Nilsen, Berg, Seemann (Lowry WAL)
15.09. Oslo NOR-FRA 0:1 (0:1) Combin 22 (Phillips SCO)
19.09. Luxembourg LUX-JUG 2:5 (1:4) Pilot (2) - Galić (2), Dľajić (2),
Musović (Vales ČZE)
09.10. Paris FRA-JUG 1:0 (0:0) Gondet 77 (Hansen DAN)
06.11. Marseilles FRA-LUX 4:1 (4:0) Gondet 8,27, Combin 11,38 - Pilot 53
(Zariquiegui Izco ESP)
07.11 Belgrad JUG-NOR 1:1 (1:1) Vasovič - Stavrum (Ashkenazi ISR)
1.FRA^ 6 10 5 0 1 9- 2
2.NOR 6 7 3 1 2 10- 5
3.JUG 6 7 3 1 2 10- 8
4.LUX 6 0 0 0 6 6-20
Group 4 (1965)
24.01. Lisboa POR-TUR 5:1 (2:1) Coluña, Eusebio (3), Graça -
Fevzi 33 (Gardeazábal ESP)
19.04. Ankara TUR-POR 0:1 (0:0) Eusebio (Dachan SYR)
25.04. Bratislava CZE-POR 0:1 (0:1) Eusebio (Stavrev BUL)
02.05. Bucuresti ROM-TUR 3:0 (1:0) N.Georgescu, Mateanu, Creiniceanu
(Schiller AUT)
30.05. Bucuresti ROM-CZE 1:0 (1:0) Mateanu (Köpcke DDR)
13.06. Lisboa POR-ROM 2:1 (2:0) Eusebio (2) - Avram (Kitabdjian FRA)
19.09. Prag CZE-ROM 3:1 (1:1) Knebort (2), Jokl - Coe (Storoniak POL)
09.10. Stambul TUR-CZE 0:6 (0:3) Knebort (2), Jokl (2), Kabat, Kvaąňák
(Righi ITA)
23.10. Ankara TUR-ROM 2:1 (1:0) Fevzi 13, Nedim 48 - N.Georgescu
(Pregja ALB)
31.10. Pórto POR-CZE 0:0 (Horn HOL)
21.11. Brün CZE-TUR 3:1 (2:1) Mráz (2), Horváth - Ayhan 8 (Aranyosi
HUN)
21.11. Bucuresti ROM-POR 2:0 (2:0) Pircalab, Badea (Dienst SUI)
1.POR^ 6 9 4 1 1 9- 4
2.CZE 6 7 3 1 2 12- 4
3.ROM 6 6 3 0 3 9- 7
4.TUR 6 2 1 0 5 4-19
Group 5 (1964-65)
24.05. Rotterdam HOL-ALB 2:0 (0:0) Schrijvers, Muller (Meighan IRL)
14.10. Belfast NIR-SUI 1:0 (0:0) Crossan (Burguet BEL)
25.10. Tiranë ALB-HOL 0:2 (0:1) Geurtsen, van Nee (Dinow BUL)
14.11. Lausanne SUI-NIR 2:1 (2:1) Quentin 29, Kühn 34 - Best 31 (Schiller
AUT)
17.03. Belfast NIR-HOL 2:1 (1:1) Crossan, Best - Gashari (Sörensen DAN)
07.04. Rotterdam HOL-NIR 0:0 (Clements ENG)
11.04. Tiranë ALB-SUI 0:2 (0:1) Quentin 21, Kuhn 88 k Sbardella ITA
02.05. Geneva SUI-ALB 1:0 (1:0) Kühn (Bueno Perales ESP)
07.05. Belfast NIR-ALB 4:1 (2:0) Crossan (3), Best - Gashari (Mootz LUX)
17.10. Amsterdam HOL-SUI 0:0 (Boström SWE)
14.11. Bern SUI-HOL 2:1 (1:0) Allemann, Hosp - Laseroms (Tschenscher
GER)
24.11. Tiranë ALB-NIR 1:1 (0:0) Haxhiu - Irwine (Sotir ROM)
1.SUI^ 6 9 4 1 1 7- 3
2.NIR 6 8 3 2 1 9- 5
3.HOL 6 6 2 2 2 6- 4
4.ALB 6 1 0 1 5 2-12
grupa 6 (1965)
25.04. Wien AUT-DDR 1:1 (0:0) Hof 46 - Nöldner 74 (Mihailescu ROM)
23.05. Lepizig DDR-HUN 1:1 (1:1) Vogel 17 - Bene 28 (Johansson SWE)
13.06. Wien AUT-HUN 0:1 (0:1) Fenyvesi (Schwinte FRA)
05.09. Budapest HUN-AUT 3:0 (2:0) Farkas, Fenyvesi, Meszöly (Gor±czniak
POL)
09.10. Budapest HUN-DDR 3:2 (1:1) Rakosi 41, Novak 53, Farkas 80 -
P.Ducke 31,71 (Andziulis ZSR)
31.10. Lepizig DDR-AUT 1:0 (1:0) Nöldner 1 (Carswell IRL)
1.HUN^ 4 7 3 1 0 8- 3
2.DDR 4 4 1 2 1 5- 5
3.AUT 4 1 0 1 3 1- 6
grupa 7 (1964-65)
21.10. Kobehavn DAN-WAL 1:0 (0:0) O.Madsen 47 (Huber SUI)
29.11. Athina GRE-DAN 4:2 (1:0) Sideris 30,46, Papaiannou 71,85 - Berg 60,
O.Madsen 70 (Zsolt HUN)
09.12. Athina GRE-WAL 2:0 (1:0) Papaioannou, Papaemanouil (Majdan POL)
17.03. Cardiff WAL-GRE 4:1 (1:1) Allchurch (2), Vernon, England -
Papaioannou (Roomer HOL)
23.05. Moscow ZSR-GRE 3:1 (1:0) Kazakov 14, V.Iwanov 71,83 -
Papaioannou 60 (Beijar FIN)
30.05. Moscow ZSR-WAL 2:1 (1:0) V.Iwanov 39, Williams 48o - R.Davies
69 (Fritz GER)
27.06. Moscow ZSR-DAN 6:0 (1:0) Khusainow 9, Metreveli 47, Voronin 64,
Barkaia 69,77, Meskhi 72 (Zečević JUG)
03.10. Athina GRE-ZSR 1:4 (1:2) Papaiannou 27 - Metreveli 46, Malafeev
62, Sabo 69 (Shoshany ISR)
17.10. Kobehavn DAN-ZSR 1:3 (0:0) Troelsen 79 - Metreveli 47, Banishevski 62,
Sabo 68 (Webster SCO)
27.10. Kobehavn DAN-GRE 1:1 (1:1) Fritsen 12 - Sideris 45 (McCarthy IRL)
27.10. Cardiff WAL-ZSR 2:1 (1:1) Vernon 20, Allchurch 77 - Banishevski
17 (Nilsen NOR)
01.12. Wrexham WAL-DAN 4:2 (3:1) Vernon 11,79, W.Davies 2, Rees 18 - Poulsen 4,
Fritsen 48 (Kitabdjian FRA)
1.ZSR^ 6 10 5 0 1 19- 6
2.WAL 6 6 3 0 3 11- 9
3.GRE 6 5 2 1 3 10-14
4.DAN 6 3 1 1 4 7-18
Group 8 (1964-65)
21.10. Glasgow SCO-FIN 3:1 (3:0) Law, Chalmers, Gibson - Peltonen
(Hannet BEL)
04.11. Genoa ITA-FIN 6:1 (3:0) Facchetti 1, Holmquist 8o, Rivera 16,
Bulgarelli 49, Mazzola 54,83 - Peltonen
88 (Rodrigues POR)
18.04. Warszawa POL-ITA 0:0 (Roomer HOL)
23.05. Warszawa POL-SCO 1:1 (0:0) Lentner 52 - Law 76 (Alimow ZSR)
27.05. Helsinki FIN-SCO 1:2 (1:1) Hyvarinen - D. Wilson, Greig (Vetter
DDR)
23.06. Helsinki FIN-ITA 0:2 (0:1) Mazzola 33,78 (Bachramov ZSR)
26.09. Helsinki FIN-POL 2:0 (2:0) Peltonen, Nuoranen (Grandlund NOR)
13.10. Glasgow SCO-P01 1:2 (1:0) McNeill 13 - Pol 85, Sadek 86 (Carlsson
SWE)
24.10. Szczecin POL-FIN 7:0 (6:0) Lubański 19,21,24,41, Pol 29, Sadek 35,
79 (Obtulović ČZE)
01.11. Roma ITA-POL 6:1 (2:0) Mazzola 5, Barison 25,65,87, Rivera 71,
Mora 79 - Lubański 84 (Klein ISR)
09.11. Glasgow SCO-ITA 1:0 (0:0) Greig 88 (Kreitlein GER)
07.12. Napoli ITA-SCO 3:0 (1:0) Pascutti 38, Facchetti 73, Mora 89
(Zsolt HUN)
1.ITA^ 6 9 4 1 1 17- 3
2.SCO 6 7 3 1 2 8- 8
3.POL 6 6 2 2 2 11-10
4.FIN 6 2 1 0 5 5-20
Group 9 (1965)
05.05. Dublin IRL-ESP 1:0 (0:0) (o) (Callaghan WAL)
27.10. Sevilla ESP-IRL 4:1 (2:1) Pereda (3), Lapetra - McEvoy (Freitas
POR)
- SYR withdrew afrer seeding;
- play-off game in France:
10.11. Paris ESP-IRL 1:0 (0:0) Ufarte (Schwinte FRA)
South America
10 teams entered, including BRA (champions). Nine groups with winners
progressing into the finals. Teams finishing on level points had a play-off
game.
Group 10 (1965)
16.05. Lima PER-VEN 1:0 (1:0) Zegarra (Melina CHI)
23.05. Montevideo URU-VEN 5:0 (2:0) Rocha 18, H.Silva 23, 52, 69, Meneses 61
(Dimas Larrosa PAR)
30.05. Caracas VEN-URU 1:3 (1:1) Tortolero 40 - Rocha 10, 47, Urruzmendi 88
(Goicoechea ARG)
02.06. Caracas VEN-PER 3:6 (1:3) Motta, Scovino, Ellie - N.Mosquera,
Zavalla (2), Leon (3) (Sundheim COL)
06.06. Lima PER-URU 0:1 (0:0) Urruzmendi 77 (Vicuńa CHI)
13.06. Montevideo URU-PER 2:1 (1:1) Silva 20, Rocha 62 - Peláetz 2 (Marques BRA)
1.URU^ 4 8 4 0 0 11- 2
2.PAR 4 4 2 0 2 8- 6
3.VEN 4 0 0 0 4 4-15
Group 11 (1965)
20.07. B'quilla COL-ECU 0:1 (0:1) Muñoz (Pedraza PER)
25.07. Guayaquil ECU-COL 2:0 (0:0) Raimondi (2) (Spinetto ARG)
01.08. Santiago CHI-COL 7:2 (4:0) L.Sánchez 11, Méndez 15, 70, Fouilloux 25, 65,
Campos 42, Prieto 58 - Segrera 40, 70 (Pedraza PAR)
07.08. B'guilla COL-CHI 2:0 (0:0) Rada 67p, 87 (Rica VEN)
15.08. Guayaquil ECU-CHI 2:2 (1:1) Spencer 15, Raimondi 84 - Campos 38, Prieto 57
(Queiroz BRA)
22.08. Santiago CHI-ECU 3:1 (1:1) L.Sánchez 10p, Marcos 62, Fouilloux 74 - Spencer 36
(Codesal URU)
1.CHI^ 4 5 2 1 1 12- 7
2.ECU 4 5 2 1 1 6- 5
3.COL 4 2 1 0 3 4-10
- playoff game in Peru:
12.10. Lima CHI-ECU 2:1 (2:0) L.Sánchez 16, Marcos 40 - Gómez 89
(Goicoechea ARG)
Group 12 (1965)
25.07. Asunción PAR-BOL 2:0 (1:0) Rodriguez, J.Rojas (Sundheim COL)
01.08. B.Aires ARG-PAR 3:0 (3:0) Onega, Artime + 1o (Albergati URU)
08.08. Asunción PAR-ARG 0:0 (Viug BRA)
17.08. B.Aires ARG-BOL 4:1 (3:0) Bernao (2), Onega (2) - Vargas 55 (Marino
URU)
22.08. La Paz BOL-PAR 2:1 (1:1) M. Ramirez, Castillo - C.Mora (Viuacis
ECU)
29.08. La Paz BOL-ARG 1:2 (1:2) R.Delgado o -- Artime (2) (Angeles PER)
1.ARG^ 4 7 3 1 0 9- 2
2.PAR 4 3 1 1 2 3- 5
3.BUL 4 2 1 0 3 4- 9
CONCACAF - 10 teams entered, including GUA after the deadline.
Winners of two rounds (zonal and general) progressing into the
finals.
Group 13
First Round
Subgroup A
28.02. S.P.Sula HON-MEX 0:1 (0:0) Diaz (Corado GUA)
04.03. Mexico Ct. MEX-HON 3:0 (2:0) González, Reyes, Aussin (Mendez GUA)
07.03. L.Angeles USA-MEX 2:2 (0:1) Beck, Shmotooloch - González, Reyes
(Morgan CAN)
12.03. Mexico Ct. MEX-USA 2:0 (1:0) Diaz, R. Navarro (Gutierrez NIC)
17.03. S.P.Sula HON-USA 0:1 (0:0) E.Murphy (Moreno NIC)
21.03. T'cigalpa HON-USA 1:1 (0:0) ? - E.Murphy (Vargas COS)
- both matches HON-USA in Honduras
1.MEX^ 4 7 3 1 0 8- 2
2.USA 4 4 1 2 1 4- 5
3.HON 4 1 0 1 3 1- 6
Subgroup B
- note: most goal info missing
16.01. Kingston JAM-CUB 2:0 (1:0) (BoniUa COS)
20.01. Kingston CUB-AHO 1:1 (0:0) (Gómez HON)
23.01. Kingston JAM-AHO 2:0 (1:0) (Gómez HON)
30.01. Havana CUB-AHO 0:1 (0:1) (Fernando Buergo) MEX
03.02. Havana JAM-AHO 0:0 (0:0) (Felipe Buergo MEX)
07.02. Havana CUB-JAM 2:1 (2:1) Nicholas, dos Santos - Dunkley (Garcia
MEX)
- AHO played all matches away
1.JAM^ 4 5 2 1 1 5- 2
2.AHO 4 4 1 2 1 2- 3
3.CUB 4 3 1 1 2 3- 5
Subgroup C
- note: most goal info missing
07.02. P.of Spain TRI-SUR 4:1 (3:1) (Koetsier AHO)
12.02. San José COS-SUR 1:0 (1:0) (McKeand JAM)
21.02. San José COS-TRI 4:0 (1:0) Hernández (2), Daniels, Marin
(Valenzuela MEX)
28.02. Paramaribo SUR-COS 1:3 (0:2) ? - Daniels (2), Marin (Ortega VEN)
07.03. P.of Spain TRI-COS 0:1 (0:1) (Figaroa AHO)
14.03. Paramaribo SUR-TRI 6:1 (4:1) (Kathetein VEN)
1.COS^ 4 8 4 0 0 9- 1
2.SUR 4 2 1 0 3 8- 9
3.TRI 4 2 1 0 3 5-12
Second Round
25.04. San José COS-MEX 0:0 (Morgan CAN)
03.05. Kingston JAM-MEX 2:3 (2:1) Welsh (2) - Jauregui, Cisneros, Padilla
(Montes de Oca GUA)
07.05. Mexico Ct. MEX-JAM 8:0 (2:0) Diaz (3), Fragoso (2), Cisneros (2),
Padilla (Moreno NIC)
11.05. San José COS-JAM 7:0 (1:0) Jimenez, Daniels (2), Peńa, Quiros (2),
(Hernández) Giebner USA
16.05. Mexico Ct. MEX-COS 1:0 (1:0) Cisneros (Morgan CAN)
22.05. Kingston JAM-COS 1:1 (0:1) Welsh - Quiros (Carcamo HON)
1.COS^ 4 7 3 1 0 12- 2
2.SUR 4 4 1 2 1 8- 2
3.TRI 4 1 0 1 3 3-19
Africa
17 teams entered, including SAF (later banned from FIFA for apartheid
issues) and CON (after deadline). The remaining 15 teams withdrew after
seeding due to FIFA reserving one place for both Africa and Asia.
Asia
5 teams entered, including ISR and SYR seeded in Europe. SYR withdrew after
seeding solidarising with African countries. The entry of FIL was rejected
due to payment delays. KOR withdrew. The remaining team (KLD) played against
the only entered team from Oceania, AUS.
Oceania
AUS entered as first country from that confederation, played against KLD
after other Asian countries resigned.
Group 14 (1965) - withdrawn African teams: ALG, CAM, EGY, ETH, GˇB, GHA, GUI,
ŁBA, LBR, MAR, MLI, NGA, SEN, SUD i TUN, and KOR from Asia.
21.11 PhnomPenh KLD-AUS 6:1 (1:0) Park Seung-zin (2), Im Seung-hwi, Han
Bong-zin (2), Park Doo-ik - Scheinflug
(Nice MAL)
24.11 PhnomPenh KLD-AUS 3:1 (1:1) Kim Seung-il (3) - Scheinflug (de Silva
MAL)
- both matches in CAM