1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
Appearance
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
[edit]Belgium ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Van Himst ![]() Thio ![]() Stockman ![]() |
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Attendance: 13,780
Referee: Marcel Albert Bois (France)
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
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Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ![]() |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
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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 | 3 | 2 | ||
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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 | 6 | 2 | ||
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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 | 5 | 0 |
Team stats
[edit]Head coach: Constant Vanden Stock
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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DF | Yves Baré | 28 October 1938 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Jean Cornelis | 2 August 1941 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
GK | Guy Delhasse | 19 February 1933 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Robert Granjé | 6 January 1944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Pierre Hanon | 29 December 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Georges Heylens | 8 August 1941 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Armand Jurion | 24 February 1937 | 5 | 1 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Albert Michiels | 14 March 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
GK | Jean Nicolay | 27 December 1937 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | B | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Jean Plaskie | 24 August 1941 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Wilfried Puis | 18 February 1943 | 5 | 1 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Léon Semmeling | 4 January 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Jacques Stockman | 8 October 1938 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Albert Sulon | 3 April 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Gérard Sulon | 3 April 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | - | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Johnny Thio | 2 September 1944 | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
GK | Jean-Marie Trappeniers | 13 January 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | B | B | ![]() |
FW | Paul Van Himst | 2 October 1943 | 5 | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Paul Vandenberg | 11 October 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | ![]() | ||||
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FW | Frits Vandenboer | 8 May 1934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | B | B | ![]() |
DF | Laurent Verbiest | 16 April 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | B | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Jan Verheyen | 9 July 1944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | B | B | B | ![]() |
MF | Frans Vermeyen | 25 March 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Robert Weyn | 21 March 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | 90 | B | ![]() |
Head coach: Rudolf Vytlačil
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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MF | Stefan Abadzhiev | 3 July 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Vidin Apostolov | 17 October 1941 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Georgi Asparuhov | 4 May 1943 | 5 | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
GK | Stancho Bonchev | 1 May 1942 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Spiro Debarski | 8 December 1933 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
GK | Ivan Deyanov | 16 December 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | Todor Diev | 28 September 1934 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Ivan Dimitrov | 14 May 1935 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
DF | Boris Gaganelov | 7 October 1941 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Stoyan Kitov | 27 August 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Ivan Kolev | 1 November 1930 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Aleksandar Kostov | 5 March 1938 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Nikola Kotkov | 9 December 1938 | 4 | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
DF | Dimitar Largov | 10 September 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
GK | Georgi Naydenov | 21 December 1931 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Dimitar Penev | 12 July 1945 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
DF | Aleksandar Shalamanov | 4 September 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Ivan Vasilev | 18 January 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Ivan Vutsov | 14 December 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Dimitar Yakimov | 12 August 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Evgeni Yanchovski | 5 September 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Dobromir Zhechev | 12 November 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Petar Zhekov | 10 October 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
Head coach: Milovan Ćirić
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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MF | Haim Bahar | 9 April 1943 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Menahem Bello | 26 December 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Itzhak Englander | 30 April 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Yehezkel Hazum | 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Boaz Kofman | 23 May 1935 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Moshe Leon | 1944 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
GK | Haim Levin | 3 March 1937 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
DF | Amatsia Levkovich | September 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Yosef Mahalal | 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
GK | Yair Nosovski | 29 June 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Haim Nurieli | 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
DF | David Primo | 5 May 1946 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Moshe Romano | 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Shmuel Rosenthal | 22 April 1947 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Danny Shmulevich-Rom | 29 November 1940 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Giora Spiegel | 27 July 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Mordechai Spiegler | 19 August 1944 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Nahum Stelmach | 19 July 1936 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Rahamim Talbi | 17 May 1943 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Reuven Young | 15 May 1942 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Gadi Zelniker | 12 March 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |