1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

April 2023 April 2023 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 24 May 1964 - 29 December 1965 31Syria withdrew to support all the African teams who withdrew for FIFA not allowing a direct qualification slot. 1 82 250 2982508 Portugal Eusébio (7 goals) 1962 1970 FIFA 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 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 Group 1 yes no yes Group 2 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 Group 2 yes no yes Group 3 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 Group 3 yes no yes Group 4 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 Group 4 yes no yes Group 5 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 Group 5 yes no yes Group 6 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 Group 6 yes no yes Group 7 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 Group 7 yes no yes Group 8 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 Group 8 yes no yes Group 9 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9 Group 9 yes no yes Goalscorers 7 goals POR Eusébio 6 goals GRE old Mimis Papaioannou 5 goals BEL Paul Van Himst BUL 1948 Georgi Asparuhov ITA Sandro Mazzola NIR Johnny Crossan POL Włodzimierz Lubański URS 1955 Anatoliy Banishevskiy 4 goals BUL 1948 Nikola Kotkov TCH František Knebort WAL Roy Vernon YUG Milan Galić 3 goals 20em BEL Johnny Thio TCH Karol Jokl FIN Juhani Peltonen FRA Nestor Combin FRA Philippe Gondet GRE old Giorgos Sideris ITA Paolo Barison LUX Louis Pilot POL Jerzy Sadek URS 1955 Valentin Kozmich Ivanov URS 1955 Slava Metreveli ESP 1945 Chus Pereda SUI Köbi Kuhn WAL Ivor Allchurch FRG Rudolf Brunnenmeier 2 goals 20em TCH Ivan Mráz DEN Ole Fritsen DEN Ole Madsen GDR Peter Ducke GDR Jürgen Nöldner HUN János Farkas HUN Máté Fenyvesi ITA Giacinto Facchetti ITA Bruno Mora ITA Gianni Rivera NED Hennie van Nee NIR George Best NOR Harald Berg NOR Erik Johansen POL Ernest Pol ROU 1952 Nicolae Georgescu ROU 1952 Viorel Mateianu SCO John Greig SCO Denis Law URS 1955 Vladimir Barkaya SWE Lars Granström SWE Bo Larsson SWE Agne Simonsson SWE Torbjörn Jonsson SUI René-Pierre Quentin TUR Fevzi Zemzem FRG Werner Krämer FRG Wolfgang Overath FRG Klaus-Dieter Sieloff YUG Dragan Džajić 1 goal 20em ALB 1946 Mexhit Haxhiu ALB 1946 Robert Jashari AUT Erich Hof BEL Armand Jurion BEL Wilfried Puis BEL Jacques Stockman BUL 1948 Stoyan Kitov BUL 1948 Ivan Petkov Kolev TCH Alexander Horváth TCH Dušan Kabát TCH Andrej Kvašňák DEN Mogens Berg DEN Kaj Poulsen DEN Tommy Troelsen GDR Eberhard Vogel FIN Martti Hyvärinen FIN Semi Nuoranen FRA Marcel Artelesa FRA André Guy FRA Angel Rambert GRE old Andreas Papaemmanouil HUN Ferenc Bene HUN Kálmán Mészöly HUN Dezső Novák HUN Gyula Rákosi IRL Andy McEvoy ISR Rahamim Talbi ITA Giacomo Bulgarelli ITA Ezio Pascutti LUX Ernest Brenner LUX Edy Dublin LUX Ady Schmit NED Frans Geurtsen NED Theo Laseroms NED Bennie Muller NED Daan Schrijvers NIR Willie Irvine NIR Terry Neill NOR Per Kristoffersen NOR Olav Nilsen NOR Arne Pedersen NOR Finn Seemann NOR Kai Sjøberg NOR Ole Stavrum POL Roman Lentner POR Mário Coluna POR Jaime Graça ROU 1952 Sorin Avram ROU 1952 Alexandru Badea ROU 1952 Dan Coe ROU 1952 Carol Creiniceanu ROU 1952 Ion Pârcălab SCO Stevie Chalmers SCO Dave Gibson SCO Billy McNeill SCO Davie Wilson URS 1955 Boris Kazakov URS 1955 Galimzyan Khusainov URS 1955 Mikheil Meskhi URS 1955 Yozhef Sabo URS 1955 Valery Voronin ESP 1945 Carlos Lapetra ESP 1945 José Ufarte SWE Kurt Hamrin SWE Ove Kindvall SUI Anton Allemann SUI Robert Hosp TUR Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu TUR Nedim Doğan WAL Ron Davies WAL Wyn Davies WAL Mike England WAL Ronnie Rees FRG Alfred Heiß FRG Uwe Seeler FRG Heinz Strehl FRG Horst Szymaniak YUG Dražan Jerković YUG Vladica Kovačević YUG Džemaludin Mušović YUG Velibor Vasović 1 own goal BUL 1948 Ivan Vutsov (playing against Belgium) CYP Kostas Panayiotou (playing against West Germany) FIN Stig Holmqvist (playing against Italy) ESP 1945 José Ángel Iribar (playing against Ireland) WAL Graham Williams (playing against the Soviet Union) Qualified teams The following 9 countries qualified for the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 BUL 1948 B Group 1 winners 29 December 1965 1 (1962) FRG C Group 2 winners 14 November 1965 4 (19342, 19382, 1954, 1958) FRA 1966 D Group 3 winners 6 November 1965 1 5 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958) POR E Group 4 winners 21 November 1965 0 (debut) SWI F Group 5 winners 14 November 1965 5 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962) HUN G Group 6 winners 9 October 1965 5 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962) USSR H Group 7 winners 27 October 1965 2 2 (1958, 1962) ITA I Group 8 winners 5 December 1965 2 5 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962) ESP 1945 I Group 9 winners 10 November 1965 2 3 (1934, 1950, 1962) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. 2Competed as Germany References UEFA 1966 Category:1965 in European men's international football Category:1964 in European men's international football