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1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
Football tournament
Football tournament
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Belgium and Bulgaria finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner (Bulgaria) qualified for the eighth FIFA World Cup held in England.
Matches
Asparuhov Kitov
Asparuhov
Thio Stockman
Thio Puis
Asparuhov
Belgium and Bulgaria finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
Bulgaria qualified.
Final Table
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BEL | BUL | ISR | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | **6** | X | **5:0** | **1:0** | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | **4** | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 2. | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | **6** | **3:0** | X | **4:0** | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | **4** | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 3. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -11 | **0** | 0:5 | 1:2 | X | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | **0** | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Team stats
{{fb|BEL}}
Head coach: BEL Constant Vanden Stock
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Goals | Minutes | ||||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | ISR | BUL | BUL | ISR | BUL | Club | ||||||
| DF | Yves Baré | 28 October 1938 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL RFC Liégeois | |
| DF | Jean Cornelis | 2 August 1941 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| GK | Guy Delhasse | 19 February 1933 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | - | - | - | BEL RFC Liégeois | |
| DF | Robert Granjé | 6 January 1944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | - | BEL Lierse S.K. | |
| DF | Pierre Hanon | 29 December 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| DF | Georges Heylens | 8 August 1941 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| MF | Armand Jurion | 24 February 1937 | 5 | 1 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| MF | Albert Michiels | 14 March 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL R. Beerschot AC | |
| GK | Jean Nicolay | 27 December 1937 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | B | 90 | 90 | BEL Standard Liège | |
| DF | Jean Plaskie | 24 August 1941 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| MF | Wilfried Puis | 18 February 1943 | 5 | 1 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| MF | Léon Semmeling | 4 January 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | BEL Standard Liège | |
| FW | Jacques Stockman | 8 October 1938 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| DF | Albert Sulon | 3 April 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | BEL RFC Liégeois | |
| MF | Gérard Sulon | 3 April 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | - | - | - | BEL RFC Liégeois | |
| FW | Johnny Thio | 2 September 1944 | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL Club Brugge K.V. | |
| GK | Jean-Marie Trappeniers | 13 January 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | B | B | BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| FW | Paul Van Himst | 2 October 1943 | 5 | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| MF | Paul Vandenberg | 11 October 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | BEL Union Saint-Gilloise | |||||
| 90 | - | - | - | BEL Standard Liège | ||||||||||
| FW | Frits Vandenboer | 8 May 1934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | B | B | BEL K. Sint-Truidense V.V. | |
| DF | Laurent Verbiest | 16 April 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | B | 90 | BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht | |
| MF | Jan Verheyen | 9 July 1944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | B | B | B | BEL R. Beerschot AC | |
| MF | Frans Vermeyen | 25 March 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | BEL Lierse S.K. | |
| DF | Robert Weyn | 21 March 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | 90 | B | BEL R. Beerschot AC |
{{fb|BUL|1948}}
Head coach: TCH Rudolf Vytlačil
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Goals | Minutes | |||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | ISR | BEL | BEL | ISR | BEL | Club | |||||
| MF | Stefan Abadzhiev | 3 July 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | BUL FD Levski Sofia |
| DF | Vidin Apostolov | 17 October 1941 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | BUL DNA Plovdiv |
| FW | Georgi Asparuhov | 4 May 1943 | 5 | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BUL FD Levski Sofia |
| GK | Stancho Bonchev | 1 May 1942 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | BUL DFS Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| FW | Spiro Debarski | 8 December 1933 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | - | BUL FD Lokomotiv Sofia |
| GK | Ivan Deyanov | 16 December 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | - | BUL FD Lokomotiv Sofia |
| MF | Todor Diev | 28 September 1934 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | BUL Spartak Plovdiv |
| DF | Ivan Dimitrov | 14 May 1935 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | BUL FD Lokomotiv Sofia |
| DF | Boris Gaganelov | 7 October 1941 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BUL CSKA Sofia |
| MF | Stoyan Kitov | 27 August 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | BUL Spartak Sofia |
| FW | Ivan Kolev | 1 November 1930 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | BUL CSKA Sofia |
| FW | Aleksandar Kostov | 5 March 1938 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | BUL FD Levski Sofia |
| FW | Nikola Kotkov | 9 December 1938 | 4 | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | BUL FD Lokomotiv Sofia |
| DF | Dimitar Largov | 10 September 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | BUL FD Slavia Sofia |
| GK | Georgi Naydenov | 21 December 1931 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | BUL CSKA Sofia |
| DF | Dimitar Penev | 12 July 1945 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | BUL CSKA Sofia |
| DF | Aleksandar Shalamanov | 4 September 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | BUL FD Slavia Sofia |
| MF | Ivan Vasilev | 18 January 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | BUL FD Slavia Sofia |
| DF | Ivan Vutsov | 14 December 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | BUL FD Levski Sofia |
| FW | Dimitar Yakimov | 12 August 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | BUL CSKA Sofia |
| MF | Evgeni Yanchovski | 5 September 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | BUL Beroe Stara Zagora |
| FW | Dobromir Zhechev | 12 November 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | BUL Spartak Sofia |
| FW | Petar Zhekov | 10 October 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | BUL Beroe Stara Zagora |
{{fb|ISR}}
Head coach: YUG Milovan Ćirić
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Goals | Minutes | ||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | BEL | BUL | BEL | BUL | Club | |||||
| MF | Haim Bahar | 9 April 1943 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | ISR Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| DF | Menahem Bello | 26 December 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| MF | Itzhak Englander | 30 April 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | ISR Hapoel Haifa |
| FW | Yehezkel Hazum | 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. |
| FW | Boaz Kofman | 23 May 1935 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | 90 | ISR Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| DF | Moshe Leon | 1944 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | ISR Maccabi Jaffa |
| GK | Haim Levin | 3 March 1937 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| DF | Amatsia Levkovich | September 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| FW | Yosef Mahalal | 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | ISR Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv |
| GK | Yair Nosovski | 29 June 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | ISR Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| MF | Haim Nurieli | 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| DF | David Primo | 5 May 1946 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| FW | Moshe Romano | 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | ISR Shimshon Tel Aviv |
| MF | Shmuel Rosenthal | 22 April 1947 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ISR Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. |
| MF | Danny Shmulevich-Rom | 29 November 1940 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ISR Maccabi Haifa |
| MF | Giora Spiegel | 27 July 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| FW | Mordechai Spiegler | 19 August 1944 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ISR Maccabi Netanya |
| FW | Nahum Stelmach | 19 July 1936 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ISR Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| MF | Rahamim Talbi | 17 May 1943 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| MF | Reuven Young | 15 May 1942 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | ISR Hapoel Haifa |
| FW | Gadi Zelniker | 12 March 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | ISR Hakoah Ramat Gan |
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