1966_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_–_UEFA_Group_1

1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Football tournament

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.

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Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Final table													Home							Away
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

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played						Club
DF	Yves Baré	28 October 1938	4	0	360	90	B	90	90	90	RFC Liégeois
DF	Jean Cornelis	2 August 1941	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	-	R.S.C. Anderlecht
GK	Guy Delhasse	19 February 1933	1	0	90	B	90	-	-	-	RFC Liégeois
DF	Robert Granjé	6 January 1944	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	Lierse S.K.
DF	Pierre Hanon	29 December 1936	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	-	R.S.C. Anderlecht
DF	Georges Heylens	8 August 1941	5	0	450	90	90	90	90	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Armand Jurion	24 February 1937	5	1	450	90	90	90	90	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Albert Michiels	14 March 1939	3	0	270	-	-	90	90	90	R. Beerschot AC
GK	Jean Nicolay	27 December 1937	3	0	270	90	B	B	90	90	Standard Liège
DF	Jean Plaskie	24 August 1941	5	0	450	90	90	90	90	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Wilfried Puis	18 February 1943	5	1	450	90	90	90	90	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Léon Semmeling	4 January 1940	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	-	Standard Liège
FW	Jacques Stockman	8 October 1938	4	1	360	90	B	90	90	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
DF	Albert Sulon	3 April 1938	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	RFC Liégeois
MF	Gérard Sulon	3 April 1938	1	0	90	90	B	-	-	-	RFC Liégeois
FW	Johnny Thio	2 September 1944	3	3	270	-	-	90	90	90	Club Brugge K.V.
GK	Jean-Marie Trappeniers	13 January 1942	1	0	90	-	-	90	B	B	R.S.C. Anderlecht
FW	Paul Van Himst	2 October 1943	5	5	450	90	90	90	90	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Paul Vandenberg	11 October 1936	1	0	90	B					R. Union Saint-Gilloise
MF	Paul Vandenberg	11 October 1936	1	0	90		90	-	-	-	Standard Liège
FW	Frits Vandenboer	8 May 1934	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	B	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.
DF	Laurent Verbiest	16 April 1939	3	0	270	-	90	90	B	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Jan Verheyen	9 July 1944	0	0	0	B	-	B	B	B	R. Beerschot AC
MF	Frans Vermeyen	25 March 1943	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	Lierse S.K.
DF	Robert Weyn	21 March 1940	1	0	90	-	-	B	90	B	R. Beerschot AC

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played						Club
MF	Stefan Abadzhiev	3 July 1934	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	90	FD Levski Sofia
DF	Vidin Apostolov	17 October 1941	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	-	DNA Plovdiv
FW	Georgi Asparuhov	4 May 1943	5	5	450	90	90	90	90	90	FD Levski Sofia
GK	Stancho Bonchev	1 May 1942	2	0	180	90	90	-	-	-	DFS Lokomotiv Plovdiv
FW	Spiro Debarski	8 December 1933	2	0	180	-	90	90	-	-	FD Lokomotiv Sofia
GK	Ivan Deyanov	16 December 1937	2	0	180	-	-	90	90	-	FD Lokomotiv Sofia
MF	Todor Diev	28 September 1934	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	-	Spartak Plovdiv
DF	Ivan Dimitrov	14 May 1935	4	0	360	90	90	90	90	-	FD Lokomotiv Sofia
DF	Boris Gaganelov	7 October 1941	5	0	450	90	90	90	90	90	CSKA Sofia
MF	Stoyan Kitov	27 August 1938	2	0	180	90	-	-	90	-	Spartak Sofia
FW	Ivan Kolev	1 November 1930	2	1	180	-	-	-	90	90	CSKA Sofia
FW	Aleksandar Kostov	5 March 1938	1	1	90	90	-	-	-	-	FD Levski Sofia
FW	Nikola Kotkov	9 December 1938	4	4	360	90	90	90	90	-	FD Lokomotiv Sofia
DF	Dimitar Largov	10 September 1936	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	90	FD Slavia Sofia
GK	Georgi Naydenov	21 December 1931	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	90	CSKA Sofia
DF	Dimitar Penev	12 July 1945	4	0	360	90	90	90	90	-	CSKA Sofia
DF	Aleksandar Shalamanov	4 September 1941	2	0	180	-	-	-	90	90	FD Slavia Sofia
MF	Ivan Vasilev	18 January 1939	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	-	FD Slavia Sofia
DF	Ivan Vutsov	14 December 1939	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	90	FD Levski Sofia
FW	Dimitar Yakimov	12 August 1941	2	0	180	-	-	-	90	90	CSKA Sofia
MF	Evgeni Yanchovski	5 September 1939	3	0	270	-	90	90	90	-	Beroe Stara Zagora
FW	Dobromir Zhechev	12 November 1942	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	90	Spartak Sofia
FW	Petar Zhekov	10 October 1944	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	90	Beroe Stara Zagora

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played					Club
MF	Haim Bahar	9 April 1943	3	0	270	90	-	90	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva
DF	Menahem Bello	26 December 1947	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	Maccabi Tel Aviv
MF	Itzhak Englander	30 April 1946	1	0	90	-	-	90	-	Hapoel Haifa
FW	Yehezkel Hazum	1947	1	0	90	-	-	90	-	Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
FW	Boaz Kofman	23 May 1935	2	0	180	-	90	-	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva
DF	Moshe Leon	1944	3	0	270	90	-	90	90	Maccabi Jaffa
GK	Haim Levin	3 March 1937	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	Maccabi Tel Aviv
DF	Amatsia Levkovich	September 1938	2	0	180	90	90	-	-	Hapoel Tel Aviv
FW	Yosef Mahalal	1939	1	0	90	-	-	90	-	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
GK	Yair Nosovski	29 June 1937	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	Hapoel Kfar Saba
MF	Haim Nurieli	1943	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	Hapoel Tel Aviv
DF	David Primo	5 May 1946	4	0	360	90	90	90	90	Hapoel Tel Aviv
FW	Moshe Romano	1946	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	Shimshon Tel Aviv
MF	Shmuel Rosenthal	22 April 1947	3	0	270	-	90	90	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.
MF	Danny Shmulevich-Rom	29 November 1940	4	0	360	90	90	90	90	Maccabi Haifa
MF	Giora Spiegel	27 July 1947	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW	Mordechai Spiegler	19 August 1944	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	Maccabi Netanya
FW	Nahum Stelmach	19 July 1936	2	0	180	90	90	-	-	Hapoel Petah Tikva
MF	Rahamim Talbi	17 May 1943	3	1	270	-	90	90	90	Maccabi Tel Aviv
MF	Reuven Young	15 May 1942	3	0	270	90	90	-	90	Hapoel Haifa
FW	Gadi Zelniker	12 March 1944	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	Hakoah Ramat Gan

1966_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_–_UEFA_Group_1

1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Matches

Final Table

Team stats

Belgium

Bulgaria

Israel

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