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1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8
Football tournament
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 Italy qualified for the eighth FIFA World Cup held in England.
Matches
Chalmers Gibson
Holmqvist Rivera Bulgarelli Mazzola
Greig
Nuoranen
Sadek
Pol Sadek
Barison Rivera Mora
Facchetti Mora
Italy qualified.
Final Table
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ITA | SCO | POL | FIN | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | **9** | X | **3:0** | **6:1** | **6:1** | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | **6** | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | **7** | **1:0** | X | 1:2 | **3:1** | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | **4** | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 3. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | **6** | 0:0 | 1:1 | X | **7:0** | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | **4** | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 4. | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -15 | **2** | 0:2 | 1:2 | **2:0** | X | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | **2** | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Team stats
{{fb|ITA}}
Head coach: ITA Edmondo Fabbri
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Goals | Minutes | ||||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | FIN | POL | FIN | POL | SCO | SCO | Club | |||||
| GK | Enrico Albertosi | 2 November 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | ITA ACF Fiorentina |
| MF | Paolo Barison | 23 June 1936 | 2 | 3 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | - | ITA A.S. Roma |
| MF | Giacomo Bulgarelli | 24 October 1940 | 6 | 1 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ITA Bologna F.C. 1909 |
| DF | Tarcisio Burgnich | 25 April 1939 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ITA Inter Milano |
| MF | Mario Corso | 25 August 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | ITA Inter Milano |
| DF | Giacinto Facchetti | 18 July 1942 | 6 | 2 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ITA Inter Milano |
| MF | Romano Fogli | 21 January 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | - | - | ITA Bologna F.C. 1909 |
| DF | Aristide Guarneri | 7 March 1938 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | ITA Inter Milano |
| MF | Giovanni Lodetti | 10 August 1942 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ITA A.C. Milan |
| FW | Sandro Mazzola | 8 November 1942 | 6 | 5 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ITA Inter Milano |
| FW | Bruno Mora | 29 March 1937 | 4 | 2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | ITA A.C. Milan |
| GK | William Negri | 30 July 1935 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ITA Bologna F.C. 1909 |
| DF | Alberto Orlando | 27 September 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - | ITA ACF Fiorentina |
| FW | Ezio Pascutti | 1 June 1937 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | - | 90 | ITA Bologna F.C. 1909 |
| DF | Armando Picchi | 20 June 1935 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | ITA Inter Milano |
| DF | Fabrizio Poletti | 13 July 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | - | - | ITA Torino F.C. |
| FW | Gianni Rivera | 18 August 1943 | 5 | 2 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ITA A.C. Milan |
| DF | Roberto Rosato | 18 August 1943 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ITA Torino F.C. |
| DF | Sandro Salvadore | 29 November 1939 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ITA Juventus FC |
| GK | Giuliano Sarti | 2 October 1933 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | ITA Inter Milano |
{{fb|SCO}}
Head coach: SCO Ian McColl (first match); SCO Jock Stein (second to sixth match)
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Goals | Minutes | |||||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | FIN | POL | FIN | POL | ITA | ITA | Club | ||||||
| MF | Jim Baxter | 29 September 1939 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | SCO Rangers F.C. | |||
| 90 | - | ENG Sunderland A.F.C. | |||||||||||||
| GK | Adam Blacklaw | 2 September 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | ENG Burnley F.C. | |
| MF | Billy Bremner | 9 December 1942 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ENG Leeds United A.F.C. | |
| GK | Bill Brown | 8 October 1931 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ENG Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | |
| FW | Stevie Chalmers | 26 December 1936 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | SCO Celtic F.C. | |
| MF | Bobby Collins | 16 February 1931 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - | ENG Leeds United A.F.C. | |
| MF | Charlie Cooke | 14 October 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | SCO Dundee F.C. | |
| MF | Paddy Crerand | 19 February 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ENG Manchester United F.C. | |
| FW | Jim Forrest | 22 September 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | SCO Rangers F.C. | |
| GK | Campbell Forsyth | 5 May 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | SCO Kilmarnock F.C. | |
| MF | Dave Gibson | 23 September 1938 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | ENG Leicester City F.C. | |
| FW | Alan Gilzean | 23 October 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | - | ENG Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | |
| DF | John Greig | 11 September 1942 | 6 | 2 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | SCO Rangers F.C. | |
| DF | Alex Hamilton | 5 May 1936 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | SCO Dundee F.C. | |
| FW | Willie Hamilton | 16 February 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | - | - | SCO Hibernian F.C. | |
| MF | Willie Henderson | 24 January 1944 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | SCO Rangers F.C. | |
| FW | John Hughes | 3 April 1943 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | 90 | 90 | SCO Celtic F.C. | |
| FW | Willie Johnston | 19 December 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | - | - | SCO Rangers F.C. | |
| MF | Jimmy Johnstone | 30 September 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | SCO Celtic F.C. | |
| DF | Jim Kennedy | 31 January 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | SCO Celtic F.C. | |
| FW | Denis Law | 24 February 1940 | 4 | 2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ENG Manchester United F.C. | |
| FW | Neil Martin | 20 October 1940 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | SCO Hibernian F.C. | |||
| 90 | - | ENG Sunderland A.F.C. | |||||||||||||
| DF | Eddie McCreadie | 15 April 1940 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | ENG Chelsea F.C. | |
| DF | Jackie McGrory | 15 November 1941 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | SCO Kilmarnock F.C. | |
| DF | Ronnie McKinnon | 20 August 1940 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | SCO Rangers F.C. | |
| DF | Billy McNeill | 2 March 1940 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | SCO Celtic F.C. | |
| MF | Bobby Murdoch | 17 August 1944 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | SCO Celtic F.C. | |
| DF | Davie Provan | 11 March 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | SCO Rangers F.C. | |
| FW | Alex Scott | 22 November 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | ENG Everton F.C. | |
| FW | Davie Wilson | 10 January 1939 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | - | - | SCO Rangers F.C. | |
| DF | Ron Yeats | 15 November 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | ENG Liverpool F.C. |
{{fb|POL|1928}}
Head coach: POL Wiesław Motoczyński, POL Ryszard Koncewicz, and POL Karol Krawczyk
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Goals | Minutes | ||||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | ITA | SCO | FIN | SCO | FIN | ITA | Club | |||||
| DF | Zygmunt Anczok | 14 March 1946 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | 90 | 90 | 90 | POL Polonia Bytom |
| FW | Jan Banaś | 29 March 1943 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | POL Polonia Bytom |
| MF | Roman Bazan | 19 August 1938 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | B | B | B | POL Zagłębie Sosnowiec |
| MF | Bernard Blaut | 3 January 1940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | - | - | POL Legia Warsaw |
| DF | Henryk Brejza | 1938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | B | - | B | B | B | POL Odra Opole |
| FW | Lucjan Brychczy | 13 June 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | B | POL Legia Warsaw |
| FW | Eugeniusz Faber | 6 April 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | - | B | 90 | B | - | POL Ruch Chorzów |
| DF | Stefan Florenski | 17 December 1933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | - | - | POL Górnik Zabrze |
| MF | Jacek Gmoch | 13 January 1939 | 6 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | POL Legia Warsaw |
| MF | Ryszard Grzegorczyk | 20 September 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | POL Polonia Bytom |
| FW | Andrzej Jarosik | 26 November 1944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | B | - | - | - | - | POL Zagłębie Sosnowiec |
| GK | Konrad Kornek | 12 February 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | B | B | 90 | - | - | POL Odra Opole |
| FW | Janusz Kowalik | 26 March 1944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | B | - | - | - | - | POL/2 Klub Sportowy Cracovia |
| FW | Roman Lentner | 15 December 1937 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | B | 90 | - | POL Górnik Zabrze |
| FW | Jan Liberda | 26 November 1936 | 6 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | POL Polonia Bytom |
| FW | Włodzimierz Lubański | 28 February 1947 | 2 | 5 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | POL Górnik Zabrze |
| GK | Stanisław Majcher | 27 October 1936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | B | - | POL Stal Rzeszów |
| FW | Antoni Nieroba | 17 January 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | B | 90 | - | - | POL Ruch Chorzów |
| DF | Stanisław Oślizło | 13 November 1937 | 6 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | POL Górnik Zabrze |
| FW | Ernest Pol | 3 November 1932 | 6 | 2 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | POL Górnik Zabrze |
| FW | Jerzy Sadek | 13 January 1942 | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | POL ŁKS Łódź |
| GK | Henryk Stroniarz | 20 March 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | POL Wisła Kraków |
| FW | Zbigniew Szarzyński | 7 December 1933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | B | - | - | - | - | POL Gwardia Warszawa |
| MF | Henryk Szczepański | 7 October 1933 | 6 | 0 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 45 | POL Odra Opole |
| GK | Marian Szeja | 20 August 1941 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | B | 90 | B | POL/2 Thorez Wałbrzych |
| MF | Zygfryd Szołtysik | 24 October 1942 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | POL Górnik Zabrze |
| GK | Edward Szymkowiak | 13 February 1932 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | POL Polonia Bytom |
| FW | Jerzy Wilim | 14 August 1941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | - | - | POL Szombierki Bytom |
| MF | Janusz Żmijewski | 4 March 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | POL Legia Warsaw |
{{fb|FIN}}
Head coach: FIN Olavi Laaksonen
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Goals | Minutes | ||||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | SCO | ITA | SCO | ITA | POL | POL | Club | |||||
| GK | Martti Halme | 5 April 1943 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | FIN FC Haka |
| MF | Olli Heinonen | 7 January 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | - | - | FIN FC Reipas Lahti |
| MF | Stig Holmqvist | 13 February 1936 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | FIN Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi |
| MF | Martti Hyvärinen | 6 November 1939 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | FIN FC Reipas Lahti |
| FW | Harri Järvi | 20 August 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | FIN Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho |
| DF | Reijo Kanerva | 29 January 1944 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN ÅIFK Turku |
| DF | Timo Kautonen | 12 March 1945 | 6 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN FC Reipas Lahti |
| MF | Markku Kumpulampi | 21 May 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | FIN Upon Pallo |
| MF | Markku Lahti | 18 April 1945 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | 90 | FIN FC Haka |
| MF | Arvo Lamberg | 3 July 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | FIN GBK Kokkola |
| FW | Tommy Lindholm | 3 February 1947 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | FIN Turun Toverit |
| FW | Matti Mäkelä | 14 January 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - | FIN Tampereen Palloilijat |
| MF | Asko Mäkilä | 20 August 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - | FIN FC Haka |
| MF | Pertti Mäkipää | 4 August 1941 | 6 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN Tampereen Palloilijat |
| GK | Lars Näsman | 14 May 1943 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN Upon Pallo |
| DF | Reima Nummila | 16 November 1942 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN/2 Turun Palloseura |
| FW | Semi Nuoranen | 14 December 1941 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | FIN FC Reipas Lahti |
| FW | Kaj Österberg | 8 December 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - | FIN Helsingin Palloseura |
| MF | Kai Pahlman | 8 July 1935 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN/2 Helsingin Palloseura |
| FW | Juhani Peltonen | 16 June 1936 | 5 | 3 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | FRG Hamburger SV |
| DF | Aarno Rinne | 11 July 1941 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | FIN Ilves Tampere |
| FW | Rauno Ruotsalainen | 4 February 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | - | - | FIN Lappeenrannan Pallo |
| MF | Simo Syrjävaara | 14 June 1943 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | 90 | FIN ÅIFK Turku |
| DF | Arto Tolsa | 9 August 1945 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | - | FIN Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat |
| DF | Veijo Valtonen | 5 January 1936 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | FIN FC Haka |
Notes
References
- The number indicates the league the team played in that year.
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