1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details | |
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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) | ![]() |
← 1962 1970 → |
International football competition
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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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.
Groups
Group 1
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1= | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 |
1= | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
Group 2
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
Group 3
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 |
Group 4
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 2 |
Group 5
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 |
Group 6
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Group 7
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 |
Group 8
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 2 |
Group 9
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1= | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
1= | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
— | ![]() | Withdrew |
Goalscorers
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)
Qualified teams
The following 9 countries qualified for the 1966 FIFA World Cup
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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![]() | Group 1 winners | 29 December 1965 | 1 (1962) |
![]() | Group 2 winners | 14 November 1965 | 4 (19342, 19382, 1954, 1958) |
![]() | Group 3 winners | 6 November 1965 | 5 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958) |
![]() | Group 4 winners | 21 November 1965 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | Group 5 winners | 14 November 1965 | 5 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962) |
![]() | Group 6 winners | 9 October 1965 | 5 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962) |
![]() | Group 7 winners | 27 October 1965 | 3 (1958, 1962, 1966) |
![]() | Group 8 winners | 5 December 1965 | 4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962) |
![]() | Group 9 winners | 10 November 1965 | 3 (1934, 1950, 1962) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
- 2Competed as Germany