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1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Field	Value
tourney_name	1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
dates	9 May - 29 December 1965
num_teams	31
confederations	1
matches	82
goals	250
attendance	2982508
top_scorer	Eusébio (7 goals)
prevseason	[1962](1962-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa)
nextseason	[1970](1970-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa)

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

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Rank	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1=	4	3	1	11	3	+8	6
1=	4	3	1	9	6	+3	6
3	4	0	4	1	12	−11	0

Group 2

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1=	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	2
1=	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	2
—	Withdrew

Goalscorers

7 goals

POR Eusébio

6 goals

GRE Mimis Papaioannou

5 goals

BEL Paul Van Himst
BUL Georgi Asparuhov
ITA Sandro Mazzola
NIR Johnny Crossan
POL Włodzimierz Lubański
URS Anatoliy Banishevskiy

4 goals

BUL Nikola Kotkov
TCH František Knebort
WAL Roy Vernon
YUG Milan Galić

3 goals

BEL Johnny Thio
TCH Karol Jokl
FIN Juhani Peltonen
FRA Nestor Combin
FRA Philippe Gondet
GRE Giorgos Sideris
ITA Paolo Barison
LUX Louis Pilot
POL Jerzy Sadek
URS Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
URS Slava Metreveli
ESP Chus Pereda
SUI Köbi Kuhn
WAL Ivor Allchurch
FRG Rudolf Brunnenmeier

2 goals

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 Nicolae Georgescu
ROU Viorel Mateianu
SCO John Greig
SCO Denis Law
URS 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

ALB Mexhit Haxhiu
ALB Robert Jashari
AUT Erich Hof
BEL Armand Jurion
BEL Wilfried Puis
BEL Jacques Stockman
BUL Stoyan Kitov
BUL 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 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 Sorin Avram
ROU Alexandru Badea
ROU Dan Coe
ROU Carol Creiniceanu
ROU Ion Pârcălab
SCO Stevie Chalmers
SCO Dave Gibson
SCO Billy McNeill
SCO Davie Wilson
URS Boris Kazakov
URS Galimzyan Khusainov
URS Mikheil Meskhi
URS Yozhef Sabo
URS Valery Voronin
ESP Carlos Lapetra
ESP 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 Ivan Vutsov (playing against Belgium)
CYP Kostas Panayiotou (playing against West Germany)
FIN Stig Holmqvist (playing against Italy)
ESP 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 on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup[1](1)
			1 ([1962](1962-fifa-world-cup))
			4 ([1934](1934-fifa-world-cup)[2](2), [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup)[2](2), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup))
			5 ([1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup))
			0 (debut)
			5 ([1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup))
			5 ([1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup))
			2 ([1958](1958-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup))
			5 (*[1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup)*, [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup))
			3 ([1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup))

:1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. :2Competed as Germany

References

[[Syria national football team. Syria]] withdrew to support all the African teams who withdrew for [[FIFA]] not allowing a direct qualification slot.

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