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1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Football tournament

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification

The four teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner Switzerland qualified for the eighth FIFA World Cup held in England.

Matches

Muller

Geurtsen

Kuhn

Neill

Kuhn

Best

Allemann

Switzerland qualified.

Final table

Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	NIR	NED	ALB	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	9	X	2:1	2:1	1:0	3	3	0	0	5	2	6	3	1	1	1	2
2.	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	8	1:0	X	2:1	4:1	3	3	0	0	7	2	6	3	0	2	1	2
3.	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	6	0:0	0:0	X	2:0	3	1	2	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	2	4
4.	6	0	1	5	2	12	-10	1	0:2	1:1	0:2	X	3	0	1	2	1	5	1	3	0	0	3	1

Team stats

Head coach: ITA Alfredo Foni

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games
played	Goals	Minutes
played	Sub off	Sub on	NIR	NIR	ALB	ALB	NED	NED	Club
FW	Anton Allemann	6 January 1936	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	FRG [1. FC Nürnberg](1-fc-nurnberg)
MF	Kurt Armbruster	16 September 1934	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	SUI FC Lausanne-Sport
MF	Heinz Bäni	18 November 1936	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	SUI FC Zürich
FW	André Daina	8 July 1940	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	SUI Servette FC
MF	Richard Dürr	1 December 1938	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	-	SUI FC Lausanne-Sport
GK	Karl Elsener	13 August 1934	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90			SUI FC Lausanne-Sport
					90	90	SUI FC Grenchen
DF	Hansruedi Führer	24 December 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	SUI BSC Young Boys
DF	André Grobéty	22 June 1933	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	SUI FC Lausanne-Sport
FW	Kurt Grünig	13 March 1944	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	SUI BSC Young Boys
FW	Robert Hosp	13 December 1939	4	1	360	0	0	-	90	90	-	90	90	SUI FC Lausanne-Sport
MF	Köbi Kuhn	12 October 1943	6	3	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	SUI FC Zürich
DF	Werner Leimgruber	2 September 1934	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	SUI FC Zürich
DF	Raymond Maffiolo	6 March 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	SUI Servette FC
FW	Karl Odermatt	17 December 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	SUI FC Basel
FW	Philippe Pottier	9 July 1938	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	FRA Stade Français FC
FW	René-Pierre Quentin	5 August 1943	4	2	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	-	SUI FC Sion
FW	Jean-Claude Schindelholz	11 October 1940	1	0	90	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	SUI Servette FC
DF	Heinz Schneiter	12 April 1935	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	SUI BSC Young Boys
DF	Xavier Stierli	29 October 1940	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	SUI FC Zürich
DF	Ely Tacchella	25 May 1936	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	SUI FC Lausanne-Sport
FW	Georges Vuilleumier	21 September 1944	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	SUI FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
FW	Rolf Wüthrich	4 September 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	FRG [1. FC Nürnberg](1-fc-nurnberg)

Head coach: NIR Bertie Peacock

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games
played	Goals	Minutes
played	Sub off	Sub on	SUI	SUI	NED	NED	ALB	ALB	Club
FW	George Best	22 May 1946	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	ENG Manchester United F.C.
FW	Bobby Braithwaite	2 February 1937	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-	90	-	-	ENG/2 Middlesbrough F.C.
GK	Ronnie Briggs	29 March 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	ENG/2 Swansea Town
DF	Albert Campbell	4 January 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	NIR Crusaders F.C.
MF	Dave Clements	15 September 1945	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	ENG/2 Coventry City F.C.
FW	Jobby Crossan	29 November 1938	6	5	540	0	0	90	90					ENG Sunderland A.F.C.
			90	90	90	90	ENG/2 Manchester City F.C.
FW	Derek Dougan	20 January 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	ENG Leicester City F.C.
DF	Alex Elder	25 April 1941	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	ENG Burnley F.C.
MF	Martin Harvey	19 September 1941	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	ENG Sunderland A.F.C.
FW	Billy Humphries	8 June 1936	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	-	90	-	ENG/2 Swansea Town
FW	Bobby Irvine	18 June 1942	5	1	450	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	90	ENG Stoke City F.C.
GK	Pat Jennings	12 June 1945	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	90	ENG Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
DF	Eddie Magill	17 May 1939	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	-	90	90		ENG Arsenal F.C.
						90	ENG/3 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
DF	Billy McCullough	27 July 1935	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	ENG Arsenal F.C.
FW	Jimmy McIlroy	25 October 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	ENG Stoke City F.C.
FW	Jim McLaughlin	22 December 1940	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	ENG/2 Swansea Town
DF	Terry Neill	8 May 1942	5	2	450	0	0	90	-	90	90	90	90	ENG Arsenal F.C.
MF	Jimmy Nicholson	27 February 1943	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	ENG/2 Huddersfield Town
DF	John Parke	6 August 1937	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	-	ENG Sunderland A.F.C.
FW	Sammy Wilson	c. 1937	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	SCO Falkirk F.C.

Head coach: ROM Elek Schwartz (first match); ENG Denis Neville (second to sixth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games
played	Goals	Minutes
played	Sub off	Sub on	ALB	ALB	NIR	NIR	SUI	SUI	Club
FW	Gerard Bergholtz	29 August 1939	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	NED Feyenoord
MF	Joop Burgers	25 April 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	B	NED DWS
FW	Mick Clavan	11 March 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	NED Holland Sport
GK	Pim Doesburg	28 October 1943	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	B	B	NED Sparta Rotterdam
DF	Hans Eijkenbroek	1 January 1940	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	NED Sparta Rotterdam
DF	Frits Flinkevleugel	3 November 1939	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	NED DWS
MF	Piet Fransen	5 July 1936	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	B			NED GVAV
					-	90	NED Feyenoord
FW	Frans Geurtsen	17 March 1942	1	1	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	NED DWS
FW	Henk Groot	22 April 1938	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	90	90			NED Feyenoord
					90	-	NED AFC Ajax
DF	Guus Haak	17 April 1937	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	B	90	-	-	NED Feyenoord
DF	Giel Haenen	2 June 1934	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	NED MVV
FW	Harry Heijnen	17 October 1940	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	NED ADO Den Haag
DF	Rinus Israël	19 March 1942	5	0	450	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	90	NED DWS
FW	Piet Keizer	14 July 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	NED AFC Ajax
DF	Peter Kemper	13 October 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	B	-	-	-	NED PSV Eindhoven
FW	Pierre Kerkhoffs	26 March 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	SUI FC Lausanne-Sport
DF	Hans Kraay	14 October 1936	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	NED Feyenoord
FW	Piet Kruiver	5 January 1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	-	-	90	90	NED Feyenoord
GK	Piet Lagarde	9 December 1939	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	NED Sportclub Enschede
DF	Theo Laseroms	8 March 1940	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	B	90	B	90	NED Sparta Rotterdam
GK	Tonny van Leeuwen	21 March 1943	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	NED GVAV
MF	Coen Moulijn	15 February 1937	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	90	NED Feyenoord
MF	Bennie Muller	14 August 1938	3	1	270	0	0	90	-	90	-	90	-	NED AFC Ajax
FW	Henry van Nee	13 August 1939	2	2	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	-	NED AVC Heracles
FW	Klaas Nuninga	7 November 1940	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	NED GVAV
GK	Eddy Pieters Graafland	5 January 1934	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	NED Feyenoord
	Alle Pijlman		0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	B	-
MF	Miel Pijs	22 August 1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	NED PSV Eindhoven
FW	Co Prins	5 June 1938	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	90			FRG [1. FC Kaiserslautern](1-fc-kaiserslautern)
					90	-	NED AFC Ajax
DF	Daan Schrijvers	18 September 1941	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	90			NED DWS
					90	90	NED PSV Eindhoven
MF	Sjaak Swart	3 July 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	B	90	NED AFC Ajax
FW	Bert Theunissen		0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	SUI BSC Young Boys
DF	Henk Tijm		0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	NED AFC Ajax
DF	Cor Veldhoen	6 April 1939	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	NED Feyenoord
FW	Lambert Verdonk	20 September 1944	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	B	B	NED PSV Eindhoven
MF	Fons van Wissen	21 March 1933	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	NED PSV Eindhoven

Head coach: ALB Zyber Konçi (first to fifth match); ALB Loro Boriçi (sixth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games
played	Goals	Minutes
played	Sub off	Sub on	NED	NED	SUI	SUI	NIR	NIR	Club
FW	Foto Andoni	1947	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	ALB KF Partizani Tirana
FW	Pavllo Bukoviku	1940	2	0	180	0	0	90						ALB KF Partizani Tirana
		-	-	-	90	-	ALB 17 Nëntori Tirana
MF	Mehdi Bushati	1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	ALB KS Dinamo Tirana
MF	Iljaz Çeço	1946	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	ALB KS Dinamo Tirana
DF	Fatbardh Deliallisi	1932	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	-	ALB KF Partizani Tirana
FW	Fiqiri Duro	1939	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	-	ALB KS Dinamo Tirana
DF	Fatmir Frashëri	1940	6	0	540	0	0	90						ALB KF Partizani Tirana
		90	90	90	90	90	ALB 17 Nëntori Tirana
DF	Skënder Halili	1940	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	ALB 17 Nëntori Tirana
FW	Mexhit Haxhiu	1943	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	90	ALB KF Partizani Tirana
GK	Mikel Janku	1942	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	ALB KF Partizani Tirana
FW	Robert Jashari	1938	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	-	ALB KF Partizani Tirana
DF	Gëzim Kasmi	1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	ALB 17 Nëntori Tirana
MF	Ali Mema	1943	6	0	540	0	0	90						ALB FK Vllaznia
		90	90	90	90	90	ALB 17 Nëntori Tirana
FW	Panajot Pano	7 March 1939	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	-	ALB KF Partizani Tirana
DF	Miço Papadophulli		1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	ALB KF Partizani Tirana
MF	Ramazan Rragami	1944	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	ALB KF Partizani Tirana
FW	Bashkim Rudi	1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	ALB KS Labinoti Elbasan
MF	Lin Shllaku	1938	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	ALB KF Partizani Tirana
MF	Lorenç Vorfi	1940	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	-	ALB KS Dinamo Tirana
MF	Niko Xhaçka	1944	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	ALB 17 Nëntori Tirana
FW	Medin Zhega	31 January 1946	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	90	ALB KS Dinamo Tirana

References

The number indicates the league the team played in that year.

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1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Matches

Muller

Geurtsen

Kuhn

Neill

Kuhn

Best

Allemann

Final table

Team stats

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