1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 explained

See also: 1966 FIFA World Cup.

See main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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

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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

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.		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.		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.		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

Head coach: Constant Vanden Stock

width=7%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=6%	Games played	width=6%	Goals	width=4%	Minutes played	width=4%	Sub off	width=4%	Sub on	width=3% bgcolor=yellow		width=3%		width=3% bgcolor=yellow		width=3%		width=3% bgcolor=orange		width=27%	Club
		28 October 1938	4	0	360	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	B	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	RFC Liégeois
		2 August 1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	R.S.C. Anderlecht
		19 February 1933	1	0	90	0	0	B	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	RFC Liégeois
DF		6 January 1944	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	Lierse S.K.
		29 December 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	R.S.C. Anderlecht
		8 August 1941	5	0	450	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
		24 February 1937	5	1	450	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
		14 March 1939	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	R. Beerschot AC
		27 December 1937	3	0	270	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	B	B	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	Standard Liège
		24 August 1941	5	0	450	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
		18 February 1943	5	1	450	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
		4 January 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	Standard Liège
		8 October 1938	4	1	360	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	B	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
		3 April 1938	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	-	RFC Liégeois
		3 April 1938	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	B	-	-	-	RFC Liégeois
		2 September 1944	3	3	270	0	0	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	Club Brugge K.V.
		13 January 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	B	B	R.S.C. Anderlecht
		2 October 1943	5	5	450	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
		11 October 1936	1	0	90	0	0	B					R. Union Saint-Gilloise
								bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	Standard Liège
		8 May 1934	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	B	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.
		16 April 1939	3	0	270	0	0	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	B	bgcolor=red	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
		9 July 1944	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	B	B	B	R. Beerschot AC
		25 March 1943	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	-	Lierse S.K.
		21 March 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	B	bgcolor=red	90	B	R. Beerschot AC

Head coach: Rudolf Vytlačil

width=7%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=6%	Games played	width=6%	Goals	width=4%	Minutes played	width=4%	Sub off	width=4%	Sub on	width=3% bgcolor=yellow		width=3% bgcolor=yellow		width=3%		width=3%		width=3% bgcolor=orange		width=27%	Club
		3 July 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	FD Levski Sofia
		17 October 1941	3	0	270	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	DNA Plovdiv
		4 May 1943	5	5	450	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	FD Levski Sofia
		1 May 1942	2	0	180	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	DFS Lokomotiv Plovdiv
		8 December 1933	2	0	180	0	0	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	FD Lokomotiv Sofia
		16 December 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	FD Lokomotiv Sofia
		28 September 1934	3	0	270	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	Spartak Plovdiv
		14 May 1935	4	0	360	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	FD Lokomotiv Sofia
		7 October 1941	5	0	450	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	CSKA Sofia
		27 August 1938	2	0	180	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	-	Spartak Sofia
		1 November 1930	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	CSKA Sofia
		5 March 1938	1	1	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	-	FD Levski Sofia
		9 December 1938	4	4	360	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	FD Lokomotiv Sofia
		10 September 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	FD Slavia Sofia
		21 December 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	CSKA Sofia
		12 July 1945	4	0	360	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	CSKA Sofia
		4 September 1941	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	FD Slavia Sofia
		18 January 1939	3	0	270	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	FD Slavia Sofia
		14 December 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	FD Levski Sofia
		12 August 1941	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	CSKA Sofia
		5 September 1939	3	0	270	0	0	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	Beroe Stara Zagora
		12 November 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	Spartak Sofia
		10 October 1944	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	Beroe Stara Zagora

Head coach: Milovan Ćirić

width=7%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=6%	Games played	width=6%	Goals	width=4%	Minutes played	width=4%	Sub off	width=4%	Sub on	width=3%		width=3%		width=3% bgcolor=yellow		width=3% bgcolor=yellow		width=27%	Club
		9 April 1943	3	0	270	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva
		26 December 1947	1	0	90	0	0	-	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	Maccabi Tel Aviv
		30 April 1946	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	-	Hapoel Haifa
		1947	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	-	Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
		23 May 1935	2	0	180	0	0	-	bgcolor=red	90	-	bgcolor=red	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva
		1944	3	0	270	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	Maccabi Jaffa
		3 March 1937	3	0	270	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	Maccabi Tel Aviv
		September 1938	2	0	180	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	Hapoel Tel Aviv
		1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	-	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
		29 June 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	Hapoel Kfar Saba
		1943	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	Hapoel Tel Aviv
		5 May 1946	4	0	360	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	Hapoel Tel Aviv
		1946	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	Shimshon Tel Aviv
		22 April 1947	3	0	270	0	0	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.
		29 November 1940	4	0	360	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	Maccabi Haifa
		27 July 1947	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	bgcolor=red	90	Maccabi Tel Aviv
		19 August 1944	3	0	270	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	Maccabi Netanya
		19 July 1936	2	0	180	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	Hapoel Petah Tikva
		17 May 1943	3	1	270	0	0	-	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	Maccabi Tel Aviv
		15 May 1942	3	0	270	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	-	bgcolor=red	90	Hapoel Haifa
		12 March 1944	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	-	-	-	Hakoah Ramat Gan

External links

• FIFA official page
• RSSSF - 1966 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup