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FIFA WORLD CUP
ENGLAND 1966
UEFA qualification





Qualified teams



  Team Qualified to
Bulgaria 1966 FIFA World Cup - Group 1 winners
France 1966 FIFA World Cup - Group 3 winners
Hungary 1966 FIFA World Cup - Group 6 winners
Italy 1966 FIFA World Cup - Group 8 winners
Portugal 1966 FIFA World Cup - Group 4 winners
Soviet Union 1966 FIFA World Cup - Group 7 winners
Spain 1966 FIFA World Cup - Group 9 winners
Switzerland 1966 FIFA World Cup - Group 5 winners
West Germany 1966 FIFA World Cup - Group 2 winners
     
England 1966 FIFA World Cup - HOSTS


Group 1



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Bulgaria 6 4 3 0 1 9 6   After tie-breaker
2 Belgium 6 4 3 0 1 11 3 After tie-breaker
3 Israel 0 4 0 0 4 1 12
4 Malta * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FIFA World Cup 1966
* Malta withdrew




             
09/05/1965     Bruxelles (BEL) Belgium - Israel 1-0  
13/06/1965     Sofia (BUL) Bulgaria - Israel 4-0  
26/09/1965     Sofia (BUL) Bulgaria - Belgium 3-0  
27/10/1965     Bruxelles (BEL) Belgium - Bulgaria 5-0  
10/11/1965     Tel Aviv (ISR) Israel - Belgium 0-5  
21/11/1965     Tel Aviv (ISR) Israel - Bulgaria 1-2  
Tie-breaker            
29/12/1965 Firenze (ITA) Bulgaria - Belgium 2-1 Qual. Bulgaria


 


Group 2



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 West Germany 7 4 3 1 0 14 2    
2 Sweden 5 4 2 1 1 10 3
3 Cyprus 0 4 0 0 4 0 19
4 Iceland * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FIFA World Cup 1966
* Iceland withdrew




             
04/11/1964     West Berlin (FRG) West Germany - Sweden 1-1  
24/04/1965     Karlsruhe (FRG) West Germany - Cyprus 5-0  
05/05/1965     Norrköping (SWE) Sweden - Cyprus 3-0  
26/09/1965     Solna (SWE) Sweden - West Germany 1-2  
07/11/1965     Ammochostos (CYP) Cyprus - Sweden 0-5  
14/11/1965     Lefkosia (CYP) Cyprus - West Germany 0-6 Qual. West Germany


 


Group 3



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 France 10 6 5 0 1 9 2    
2 Norway 7 6 3 1 2 10 5
3 Yugoslavia 7 6 3 1 2 10 8
4 Luxembourg 0 6 0 0 6 6 20
  FIFA World Cup 1966




             
20/09/1964     Beograd (YUG) Yugoslavia - Luxembourg 3-1  
04/10/1964     Luxembourg (LUX) Luxembourg - France 0-2  
08/11/1964     Luxembourg (LUX) Luxembourg - Norway 0-2  
11/11/1964     Paris (FRA) France - Norway 1-0  
18/04/1965     Beograd (YUG) Yugoslavia - France 1-0  
27/05/1965     Trondheim (NOR) Norway - Luxembourg 4-2  
16/06/1965 Oslo (NOR) Norway - Yugoslavia 3-0
15/09/1965 Oslo (NOR) Norway - France 0-1
19/09/1965 Luxembourg (LUX) Luxembourg - Yugoslavia 2-5
09/10/1965 Paris (FRA) France - Yugoslavia 1-0
06/11/1965 Marseille (FRA) France - Luxembourg 4-1 Qual. France
07/11/1965 Beograd (YUG) Yugoslavia - Norway 1-1


 


Group 4



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Portugal 9 6 4 1 1 9 4    
2 Czechoslovakia 7 6 3 1 2 12 4
3 Romania 6 6 3 0 3 9 7
4 Turkey 2 6 1 0 5 4 19
  FIFA World Cup 1966




             
24/01/1965     Lisboa (POR) Portugal - Turkey 5-1  
19/04/1965     Ankara (TUR) Turkey - Portugal 0-1  
25/04/1965     Bratislava (TCH) Czechoslovakia - Portugal 0-1  
02/05/1965     Bucuresti (ROU) Romania - Turkey 3-0  
30/05/1965     Bucuresti (ROU) Romania - Czechoslovakia 1-0  
13/06/1965     Lisboa (POR) Portugal - Romania 2-1  
19/09/1965 Praha (TCH) Czechoslovakia - Romania 3-1
09/10/1965 Istanbul (TUR) Turkey - Czechoslovakia 0-6
23/10/1965 Ankara (TUR) Turkey - Romania 2-1
31/10/1965 Oporto (POR) Portugal - Czechoslovakia 0-0 Qual. Portugal
21/11/1965 Brno (TCH) Czechoslovakia - Turkey 3-1
21/11/1965 Bucuresti (ROU) Romania - Portugal 2-0


 


Group 5



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Switzerland 9 6 4 1 1 7 3    
2 Northern Ireland 8 6 3 2 1 9 5
3 Netherlands 6 6 2 2 2 6 4
4 Albania 1 6 0 1 5 2 12
  FIFA World Cup 1966




             
24/05/1964     Rotterdam (NED) Netherlands - Albania 2-0  
14/10/1964     Belfast (NIR) Northern Ireland - Switzerland 1-0  
25/10/1964     Tirana (ALB) Albania - Netherlands 0-2  
14/11/1964     Lausanne (SUI) Switzerland - Northern Ireland 2-1  
17/03/1965     Belfast (NIR) Northern Ireland - Netherlands 2-1  
07/04/1965     Rotterdam (NED) Netherlands - Northern Ireland 0-0  
11/04/1965 Tirana (ALB) Albania - Switzerland 0-2
02/05/1965 Genève (SUI) Switzerland - Albania 1-0
07/05/1965 Belfast (NIR) Northern Ireland - Albania 4-1
17/10/1965 Amsterdam (NED) Netherlands - Switzerland 0-0
14/11/1965 Bern (SUI) Switzerland - Netherlands 2-1
24/11/1965 Tirana (ALB) Albania - Northern Ireland 1-1 Qual. Switzerland


 


Group 6


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Hungary 7 4 3 1 0 8 3    
2 East Germany 4 4 1 2 1 5 5
3 Austria 1 4 0 1 3 1 6
  FIFA World Cup 1966




             
25/04/1965     Wien (AUT) Austria - East Germany 1-1  
23/05/1965     Leipzig (DDR) East Germany - Hungary 1-1  
13/06/1965     Wien (AUT) Austria - Hungary 0-1  
05/09/1965     Budapest (HUN) Hungary - Austria 3-0  
09/10/1965     Budapest (HUN) Hungary - East Germany 3-2 Qual. Hungary
31/10/1965     Leipzig (DDR) East Germany - Austria 1-0  


 


Group 7


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Soviet Union 10 6 5 0 1 19 6    
2 Wales 6 6 3 0 3 11 9
3 Greece 5 6 2 1 3 10 14
4 Denmark 3 6 1 1 4 7 18
  FIFA World Cup 1966




             
21/10/1964     København (DEN) Denmark - Wales 1-0  
29/11/1964     Athénai (GRE) Greece - Denmark 4-2  
09/12/1964     Athénai (GRE) Greece - Wales 2-0  
17/03/1965     Cardiff (WAL) Wales - Greece 4-1  
23/05/1965     Moskva (URS) Soviet Union - Greece 3-1  
30/05/1965     Moskva (URS) Soviet Union - Wales 2-1  
27/06/1965 Moskva (URS) Soviet Union - Denmark 6-0
03/10/1965 Peiraios (GRE) Greece - Soviet Union 1-4
17/10/1965 København (DEN) Denmark - Soviet Union 1-3 Qual. Soviet Union
27/10/1965 København (DEN) Denmark - Greece 1-1
27/10/1965 Cardiff (WAL) Wales - Soviet Union 2-1
01/12/1965 Wrexham (WAL) Wales - Denmark 4-2


 


Group 8


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Italy 9 6 4 1 1 17 3    
2 Scotland 7 6 3 1 2 8 8
3 Poland 6 6 2 2 2 11 10
4 Finland 2 6 1 0 5 5 20
  FIFA World Cup 1966




             
21/10/1964     Glasgow (SCO) Scotland - Finland 3-1  
04/11/1964     Genova (ITA) Italy - Finland 6-1  
18/04/1965     Warszawa (POL) Poland - Italy 0-0  
23/05/1965     Chorzow (POL) Poland - Scotland 1-1  
27/05/1965     Helsinki (FIN) Finland - Scotland 1-2  
23/06/1965     Helsinki (FIN) Finland - Italy 0-2  
26/09/1965 Helsinki (FIN) Finland - Poland 2-0
13/10/1965 Glasgow (SCO) Scotland - Poland 1-2
24/10/1965 Szczezin (POL) Poland - Finland 7-0
01/11/1965 Roma (ITA) Italy - Poland 6-1
09/11/1965 Glasgow (SCO) Scotland - Italy 1-0
07/12/1965 Napoli (ITA) Italy - Scotland 3-0 Qual. Italy


 


Group 9


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Spain 2 2 1 0 1 4 2   After tie-breaker
2 Republic of Ireland 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 After tie-breaker
3 Syria * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FIFA World Cup 1966
* Syria withdrew





             
05/05/1965     Dublin (IRL) Republic of Ireland - Spain 1-0  
27/10/1965     Sevilla (ESP) Spain - Republic of Ireland 4-1  
Tie breaker            
10/11/1965     Paris (FRA) Spain - Republic of Ireland 1-0 Qual. Spain