1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 1)
Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
See also: 1966 FIFA World Cup
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
| 9 May 1965 | Belgium .svg.png){kind=small} |
1 – 0 |  Israel |
Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jurion  24' (pen.) |
Report | Attendance: 21,699 Referee: Poulsen (Denmark) |
| 13 June 1965 | Bulgaria .svg.png){kind=small} |
4 – 0 | Israel |
Slavia Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotkov 16', 39' Asparuhov 67'Kitov 69' |
Report | Attendance: 18,770 Referee: Talu (Turkey) |
| 26 September 1965 | Bulgaria |
3 – 0 | Belgium |
Slavia Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotkov 30', 60' Asparuhov 34' |
Report | Attendance: 25,380 Referee: Zečevič (Yugoslavia) |
| 27 October 1965 | Belgium |
5 – 0 | Bulgaria |
Parc Astrid, Brussels, Belgium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Himst 18', 55' Thio 75', 80'Stockman 89' |
Report | Attendance: 13,780 Referee: Bois (France) |
| 10 November 1965 | Israel |
0 – 5 | Belgium |
Ramat Gan, Tel-Aviv, Israel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Van Himst 24', 33', 69' Thio 31'Puis 48' |
Attendance: 48,355 Referee: Sbardeua (Italy) |
| 21 November 1965 | Israel |
1 – 2 | Bulgaria |
Ramat Gan, Tel-Aviv, Israel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talbi 48' |
Report | Kolev 31' Asparuhov 81' |
Attendance: 28,213 Referee: Babauczek (Austria) |
Belgium and Bulgaria finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
| 29 December 1965 | Bulgaria |
2 – 1 | Belgium |
Stadio Comunale, Florence, Italy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asparuhov 18', 19' |
Report | Vutsov 75' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 11,659 Referee: Sbardella (Italy) |
Bulgaria qualified.
Final Table
| Final table | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|
|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Belgium |
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 | ||
| 2. | Bulgaria |
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 | ||
| 3. | Israel |
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
Belgium
Head coach: Constant Vanden Stock
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | |
|
|
|
|
Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Yves Baré | October 28, 1938 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | 90 | 90 | 90 | RFC Liégeois |
| DF | Jean Cornelis | August 2, 1941 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| GK | Guy Delhasse | February 19, 1933 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | - | - | - | RFC Liégeois |
| Robert Granjé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | - | Lierse S.K. | ||
| DF | Pierre Hanon | December 29, 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| DF | Georges Heylens | August 8, 1941 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| MF | Armand Jurion | February 24, 1937 | 5 | 1 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| MF | Albert Michiels | March 14, 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | R. Beerschot AC |
| GK | Jean Nicolay | December 27, 1937 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | B | 90 | 90 | Standard Liège |
| DF | Jean Plaskie | August 24, 1941 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| MF | Wilfried Puis | February 18, 1943 | 5 | 1 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| MF | Léon Semmeling | January 4, 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | Standard Liège |
| FW | Jacques Stockman | October 8, 1938 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | 90 | 90 | 90 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| DF | Albert Sulon | April 3, 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | RFC Liégeois |
| MF | Gérard Sulon | April 3, 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | - | - | - | RFC Liégeois |
| FW | Johnny Thio | September 2, 1944 | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Club Brugge K.V. |
| GK | Jean-Marie Trappeniers | January 13, 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | B | B | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| FW | Paul Van Himst | October 2, 1943 | 5 | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| MF | Paul Vandenberg | October 11, 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | R. Union Saint-Gilloise | ||||
| 90 | - | - | - | Standard Liège | |||||||||
| FW | Frits Vandenboer | May 8, 1934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | B | B | K. Sint-Truidense V.V. |
| DF | Laurent Verbiest | April 16, 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | B | 90 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| MF | Jan Verheyen | July 9, 1944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | B | B | B | R. Beerschot AC |
| MF | Frans Vermeyen | March 25, 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | Lierse S.K. |
| DF | Robert Weyn | March 21, 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | 90 | B | R. Beerschot AC |
Bulgaria
Head coach: 
Rudolf Vytlačil
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | |
|
|
|
|
Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Stefan Abadzhiev | July 3, 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | FD Levski Sofia |
| DF | Vidin Apostolov | October 17, 1941 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | DNA Plovdiv |
| FW | Georgi Asparuhov | May 4, 1943 | 5 | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FD Levski Sofia |
| GK | Stancho Bonchev | May 1, 1942 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | DFS Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| FW | Spiro Debarski | December 8, 1933 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | - | FD Lokomotiv Sofia |
| GK | Ivan Deyanov | December 16, 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | - | FD Lokomotiv Sofia |
| MF | Todor Diev | September 28, 1934 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Spartak Plovdiv |
| DF | Ivan Dimitrov | May 14, 1935 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | FD Lokomotiv Sofia |
| DF | Boris Gaganelov | October 7, 1941 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | CSKA Sofia |
| MF | Stoyan Kitov | August 27, 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | Spartak Sofia |
| FW | Ivan Kolev | November 1, 1930 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | CSKA Sofia |
| FW | Aleksandar Kostov | March 5, 1938 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | FD Levski Sofia |
| FW | Nikola Kotkov | December 9, 1938 | 4 | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | FD Lokomotiv Sofia |
| DF | Dimitar Largov | September 10, 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | FD Slavia Sofia |
| GK | Georgi Naydenov | December 21, 1931 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | CSKA Sofia |
| DF | Dimitar Penev | July 12, 1945 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | CSKA Sofia |
| DF | Aleksandar Shalamanov | September 4, 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | FD Slavia Sofia |
| MF | Ivan Vasilev | January 18, 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | FD Slavia Sofia |
| DF | Ivan Vutsov | December 14, 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | FD Levski Sofia |
| FW | Dimitar Yakimov | August 12, 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | CSKA Sofia |
| MF | Evgeni Yanchovski | September 5, 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Beroe Stara Zagora |
| FW | Dobromir Zhechev | November 12, 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | Spartak Sofia |
| FW | Petar Zhekov | October 10, 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | Beroe Stara Zagora |
Israel
Head coach: 
Milovan Ćirić
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | |
|
|
|
Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Haim Bahar | April 9, 1943 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| DF | Menahem Bello | December 26, 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| MF | Itzhak Englander | April 30, 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Hapoel Haifa |
| FW | Yehezkel Hazum | 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. |
| FW | Boaz Kofman | May 23, 1935 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | 90 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| DF | Moshe Leon | 1944 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Jaffa |
| GK | Haim Levin | March 3, 1937 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| DF | Amatsia Levkovich | September 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| FW | Yosef Mahalal | 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv |
| GK | Yair Nosovski | June 29, 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| MF | Haim Nurieli | 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| DF | David Primo | May 5, 1946 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| FW | Moshe Romano | 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Shimshon Tel Aviv |
| MF | Shmuel Rosenthal | April 22, 1947 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. |
| MF | Danny Shmulevich-Rom | November 29, 1940 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Haifa |
| MF | Giora Spiegel | July 27, 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| FW | Mordechai Spiegler | August 19, 1944 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Maccabi Netanya |
| FW | Nahum Stelmach | July 19, 1936 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| MF | Rahamim Talbi | May 17, 1943 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| MF | Reuven Young | May 15, 1942 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | Hapoel Haifa |
| FW | Gadi Zelniker | March 12, 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Hakoah Ramat Gan |
External links
| ||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 01, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.