1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 2)

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner West Germany qualified for the eighth FIFA World Cup held in England.

Matches

4 November 1964

West Germany	1–1	Sweden
Brunnenmeier  24'	Report	Hamrin  86'

West Berlin

Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)

24 April 1965

West Germany	5–0	Cyprus
Overath  22', 85' Sieloff  16', 35' Strehl  69'	Report

Karlsruhe, West Germany

Referee: Mootz (Luxembourg)

5 May 1965

Sweden	3–0	Cyprus
Simonsson  25', 73' Jonsson  55'	Report

Norrköping, Sweden

Referee: Petursson (Iceland)

26 September 1965

Sweden	1–2	West Germany
Jónsson  44'	Report	Krämer  45' Seeler  54'

Stockholm, Sweden

Referee: Dagnall (England)

7 November 1965

Cyprus	0–5	Sweden
	Report	Granström  24', 25' Kindvall  37' B. Larsson  40', 87'

Famagusta, Cyprus

Referee: Zsengeller (Hungary)

14 November 1965

Cyprus	0–6	West Germany
	Report	Heiß  30' Krämer  32' Szymaniak  57' Brunnenmeier  82', 88' Panayiotou  87' (o.g.)

Nicosia, Cyprus

Referee: Francescon (Italy)

West Germany 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.	West Germany	4	3	1	0	14	2	+12	7		X	1:1	5:0		2	1	1	0	6	1	3	2	2	0	0	8	1	4
2.	Sweden	4	2	1	1	10	3	+7	5		1:2	X	3:0		2	1	0	1	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	6	1	3
3.	Cyprus	4	0	0	4	0	19	-19	0		0:6	0:5	X		2	0	0	2	0	11	0	2	0	0	2	0	8	0

Team stats

 West Germany

Head coach: Helmut Schön

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
MF	Franz Beckenbauer	September 11, 1945	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	FC Bayern Munich
FW	Rudolf Brunnenmeier	February 11, 1941	3	3	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	TSV 1860 Munich
FW	Charly Dörfel	September 18, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Hamburger SV
MF	Willi Giesemann	September 2, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Hamburger SV
MF	Peter Grosser	September 28, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	TSV 1860 Munich
MF	Helmut Haller	July 21, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Bologna F.C. 1909
FW	Alfred Heiß	December 5, 1940	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	TSV 1860 Munich
FW	Heinz Hornig	September 28, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	-	90	1. FC Köln
DF	Horst-Dieter Höttges	September 10, 1943	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	SV Werder Bremen
FW	Timo Konietzka	August 2, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	Borussia Dortmund
FW	Werner Krämer	January 23, 1940	2	2	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Meidericher SV
MF	Max Lorenz	August 19, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	SV Werder Bremen
GK	Manfred Manglitz	March 8, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	Meidericher SV
MF	Günter Netzer	September 14, 1944	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Borussia Mönchengladbach
DF	Hans Nowak	August 9, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	FC Schalke 04
MF	Wolfgang Overath	September 29, 1943	2	2	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	1. FC Köln
DF	Bernd Patzke	March 14, 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	TSV 1860 Munich
DF	Sepp Piontek	March 5, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	SV Werder Bremen
DF	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	March 31, 1939	2	0	180	0	0	90	-			A.S. Roma
										90	-	A.C. Milan
DF	Willi Schulz	October 4, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	-	90			FC Schalke 04
										90	-	Hamburger SV
FW	Uwe Seeler	November 5, 1936	2	1	180	0	0	90	-	90	-	Hamburger SV
DF	Klaus-Dieter Sieloff	February 27, 1942	2	2	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	VfB Stuttgart
FW	Heinz Strehl	July 20, 1938	1	1	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	1. FC Nürnberg
MF	Horst Szymaniak	August 29, 1934	3	1	270	0	0	90	-			A.S. Varese 1910
										90	90	Tasmania 1900 Berlin
GK	Hans Tilkowski	July 12, 1935	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	Borussia Dortmund
FW	Lothar Ulsaß	September 9, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	Eintracht Braunschweig
DF	Wolfgang Weber	June 26, 1944	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	90	1. FC Köln

 Sweden

Head coach: Lennart Nyman

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
FW	Kurt Andersson	April 24, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	A.S. Varese 1910
GK	Arne Arvidsson	January 19, 1929	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	Djurgårdens IF
FW	Lennart Backman	February 7, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	AIK Fotboll
DF	Orvar Bergmark	November 16, 1930	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Örebro SK
FW	Harry Bild	December 18, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Feyenoord
FW	Ove Grahn	May 9, 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	IF Elfsborg
FW	Lars Granström	December 8, 1942	1	2	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Malmö FF
FW	Kurt Hamrin	November 19, 1934	2	1	180	0	0	90	-	90	-	AC Fiorentina
MF	Lennart Hemming	May 13, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	AIK Fotboll
MF	Åke Johansson	March 19, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	IFK Norrköping
FW	Torbjörn Jonsson	May 6, 1936	3	2	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	/1-[1] A.C. Mantova
DF	Jan Karlsson	December 4, 1940	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	/2[2] Bromölla IF
MF	Ove Kindvall	May 16, 1943	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	IFK Norrköping
FW	Bo Larsson	May 5, 1944	2	2	180	0	0	-	90	-	90	Malmö FF
GK	Sven-Gunnar Larsson	May 10, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Örebro SK
MF	Bengt Lindskog	February 25, 1933	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-	90	/2[2] IFK Malmö
FW	Roger Magnusson	March 20, 1945	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	/2[2] Åtvidabergs FF
FW	Örjan Martinsson	November 1, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	IFK Norrköping
DF	Hans Mild	July 31, 1934	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	Djurgårdens IF
MF	Örjan Persson	August 27, 1942	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	Dundee United F.C.
DF	Hans Rosander	January 5, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	IFK Norrköping
FW	Agne Simonsson	October 19, 1935	2	2	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Örgryte IS
DF	Lennart Wing	August 7, 1935	4	0	360	0	0	90				Örgryte IS
									90	90	90	Dundee United F.C.

1. ↑ After two qualification matches A.C. Mantova was relegated to league two.
2. 1 2 3 The number indicates the league the team played in that year.

 Cyprus

Head coach: Argyrios Gavalas

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
	Andros Antoniades		4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	APOEL F.C.
GK	Nicos Eleftheriadis	August 31, 1937	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Omonia Nicosia
DF	Panikos Iakovou		4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Anorthosis
MF	Drosos Kalotheou		2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Omonia Nicosia
MF	Nikakis Kantzilieris	1943	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	APOEL F.C.
	Costas Kattos		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Omonia Nicosia
	Antonis Kkaras		4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Anorthosis
MF	Panicos Krystallis	July 1, 1938	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Apollon Limassol
MF	Marios Orfanidis	March 16, 1940	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Nea Salamina
DF	Costas Panayiotou		4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Omonia Nicosia
FW	Pamboulis Papadopoulos		4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	AEL Limassol
FW	Panicos Papadopoulos		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	AEL Limassol
DF	Panayiotis Pieris		3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	Anorthosis
FW	Andreas Stylianou	January 23, 1942	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	APOEL F.C.

External links

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