1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 4)

The four teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner Portugal qualified for the 1966 FIFA World Cup held in England.

Matches

24 January 1965

Portugal	5–1	Turkey
Coluna  16' Eusébio  21', 63', 77' Graça  52'	Report	Fevzi  33'

Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal

Attendance: 33,237

Referee: Gardeazábal (Spain)

19 April 1965

Turkey	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Eusébio  59'

19 Mayıs Stadı, Ankara, Turkey

Attendance: 27,625

Referee: Dachan (Syria)

25 April 1965

Czechoslovakia	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Eusébio  20'

Tehelné Pole (Slovan), Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

Attendance: 56,975

Referee: Stavrev (Bulgaria)

2 May 1965

Romania	3–0	Turkey
Georgescu  1' Mateianu  72' (pen.) Creiniceanu  75'	Report

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest, Romania

Attendance: 31,219

Referee: Schiller (Austria)

30 May 1965

Romania	1–0	Czechoslovakia
Mateianu  34'	Report

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest, Romania

Attendance: 44,615

Referee: Köpcke (East Germany)

14 June 1965

Portugal	2–1	Romania
Eusébio  14', 39'	Report	Avram  71'

Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal

Attendance: 45,646

Referee: Kitabdjian (France)

19 September 1965

Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania
Knebort  3', 66' Jokl  90'	Report	Coe  23'

Stadión dr. Vacka "Eden" (Slavia), Prague, Czechoslovakia

Attendance: 7,324

Referee: Storoniak (Poland)

9 October 1965

Turkey	0–6	Czechoslovakia
	Report	Jokl  22', 70' Knebort  41', 54' Kvašňák  45' Kabát  61'

Ali Sami Yen Stadı, Istanbul, Turkey

Attendance: 12,757

Referee: Righi (Italy)

23 October 1965

Turkey	2–1	Romania
Fevzi  13' Nedim  48'	Report	Georgescu  55'

19 Mayıs Stadı, Ankara, Turkey

Attendance: 27,364

Referee: Pregja (Albania)

31 October 1965

Portugal	0–0	Czechoslovakia
	Report

Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal

Attendance: 31,432

Referee: Horn (Netherlands)

21 November 1965

Czechoslovakia	3–1	Turkey
Mráz  3', 15' Horváth  69'	Report	Ayhan  8'

Za Lužánkami, Brno, Czechoslovakia

Attendance: 3,133

Referee: Aranyosi (Hungary)

21 November 1965

Romania	2–0	Portugal
Pârcălab  1' Badea  43'	Report

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest, Romania

Attendance: 27,532

Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)

Portugal 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.	Portugal	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	9		X	0:0	2:1	5:1		3	2	1	0	7	2	5	3	2	0	1	2	2	4
2.	Czechoslovakia	6	3	1	2	12	4	+8	7		0:1	X	3:1	3:1		3	2	0	1	6	3	4	3	1	1	1	6	1	3
3.	Romania	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	6		2:0	1:0	X	3:0		3	3	0	0	6	0	6	3	0	0	3	3	7	0
4.	Turkey	6	1	0	5	4	19	-15	2		0:1	0:6	2:1	X		3	1	0	2	2	8	2	3	0	0	3	2	11	0

Team stats

 Portugal

Head coach: Manuel da Luz Afonso

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
DF	Miguel Arcanjo	May 13, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	F.C. Porto
MF	José Augusto	April 13, 1937	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	S.L. Benfica
GK	Joaquim Carvalho	April 18, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Sporting Clube de Portugal
FW	Cavém	November 21, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	S.L. Benfica
MF	Mário Coluna	August 6, 1935	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	S.L. Benfica
FW	Eusébio	January 25, 1942	6	7	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	S.L. Benfica
MF	Ferreira Pinto	November 7, 1939	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90		GD CUF
													90	S.L. Benfica
DF	Alberto Festa	July 21, 1939	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	F.C. Porto
DF	Germano	December 23, 1932	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	-	90	90	S.L. Benfica
DF	Pedro Gomes	October 16, 1941	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Sporting Clube de Portugal
MF	Jaime Graça	January 10, 1942	2	1	180	0	0	90	-	-	90	-	-	Vitória F.C.
DF	Hilário	March 19, 1939	5	0	450	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	90	Sporting Clube de Portugal
DF	José Carlos	September 22, 1941	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Sporting Clube de Portugal
MF	Fernando Mendes	July 15, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	-	Sporting Clube de Portugal
GK	Costa Pereira	December 22, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	S.L. Benfica
GK	José Pereira	September 15, 1931	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	-	Belenenses
DF	Raúl	September 22, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	S.L. Benfica
MF	António Simões	December 14, 1943	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	S.L. Benfica
FW	José Torres	September 8, 1938	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	S.L. Benfica

 Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Václav Jira (first match); Jozef Marko (second to sixth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
DF	Jozef Bomba	March 30, 1939	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	-	Tatran Prešov
MF	Ján Geleta	September 13, 1943	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	Dukla Prague
DF	Alexander Horváth	December 28, 1938	4	1	360	0	0	-	90	-	90	90	90	Slovan Bratislava
MF	Ivan Hrdlička	November 20, 1943	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	Slovan Bratislava
FW	Karol Jokl	August 29, 1945	4	3	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	Slovan Bratislava
DF	Dušan Kabát	August 20, 1944	3	1	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	Spartak Trnava
FW	František Knebort	January 19, 1944	2	3	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	Dukla Prague
	Jaroslav Kravárik	December 5, 1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	Spartak Trnava
MF	Andrej Kvašňák	May 19, 1936	5	1	450	0	0	90	-	90	90	90	90	Sparta Prague
DF	Jan Lála	September 10, 1936	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Slavia Prague
FW	Václav Mašek	March 21, 1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	Sparta Prague
FW	Vojtech Masný	July 8, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	90	-	-	-	Jednota Trencin
MF	Josef Masopust	February 9, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	Dukla Prague
FW	Ivan Mráz	May 24, 1941	2	2	180	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	90	Sparta Prague
MF	Svatopluk Pluskal	October 28, 1930	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Dukla Prague
DF	Ján Popluhár	August 12, 1935	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Slovan Bratislava
FW	Tomáš Pospíchal	June 26, 1936	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	Sparta Prague
GK	Viliam Schrojf	August 2, 1931	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	Slovan Bratislava
	Bohumil Smolík	April 8, 1943	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	Slavia Prague
FW	Ján Strausz	November 16, 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	VSS Košice
	František Valošek	July 12, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	Baník Ostrava
GK	Alexander Vencel	February 8, 1944	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	Slovan Bratislava
MF	František Veselý	December 7, 1943	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	Slavia Prague
	Vladimír Weiss	September 21, 1939	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	90	-	-	-	Inter Bratislava

 Romania

Head coach: Ilie Oană

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
MF	Vasile Alexandru	July 18, 1935	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	U Cluj
GK	Marin Andrei	October 22, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	FC Rapid Bucureşti
FW	Sorin Avram	March 29, 1943	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	90	FC Steaua Bucureşti
FW	Alexandru Badea	March 8, 1938	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	FC Petrolul Ploieşti
FW	Teofil Codreanu	February 1, 1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	FC Rapid Bucureşti
DF	Dan Coe	September 8, 1941	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	FC Rapid Bucureşti
MF	Carol Creiniceanu	February 1, 1939	1	1	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	FC Steaua Bucureşti
FW	Mircea Dridea	April 7, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	FC Petrolul Ploieşti
FW	Emil Dumitriu	November 5, 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	FC Rapid Bucureşti
FW	Nicolae Georgescu	January 1, 1936	3	2	270	0	0	90	90	-	-	90	-	FC Rapid Bucureşti
MF	Vasile Gergely	October 28, 1941	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	-	90	-	90	FC Dinamo Bucureşti
DF	Ilie Greavu	July 19, 1937	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	FC Rapid Bucureşti
GK	Carol Haidu	June 3, 1942	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	FC Steaua Bucureşti
DF	Bujor Hălmăgeanu	February 14, 1941	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	-				FC Petrolul Ploieşti
											90	-	90	FC Steaua Bucureşti
MF	Constantin Iancu	August 26, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	FC Progresul Bucureşti
FW	Ion Ionescu	April 5, 1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	-	90	90	-	FC Rapid Bucureşti
GK	Mihai Ionescu	November 19, 1936	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	90	FC Petrolul Ploieşti
FW	Iosif Lereter	July 23, 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	Ştiinţa Timişoara
MF	Viorel Mateianu	June 1, 1938	3	2	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	FC Progresul Bucureşti
DF	Ion Motroc	February 12, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	FC Rapid Bucureşti
DF	Ion Nunweiller	January 9, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	FC Dinamo Bucureşti
FW	Ion Pârcălab	November 5, 1941	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	FC Dinamo Bucureşti
DF	Corneliu Popa	March 17, 1935	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	FC Dinamo Bucureşti
MF	Dumitru Popescu	March 17, 1942	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	90	FC Progresul Bucureşti
FW	Mircea Sasu	October 5, 1939	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	-	Minerul Baia Mare

 Turkey

Head coach: Sandro Puppo

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
GK	Nihat Akbay		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	Beykoz 1908 S.K.D.
DF	Ercan Aktuna	1940	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	İstanbulspor A.Ş.
FW	Ogün Altıparmak	November 10, 1938	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	Fenerbahçe S.K.
GK	Özcan Arkoç	October 2, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	FK Austria Wien
GK	Ali Artuner	1944	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Göztepe A.Ş.
MF	Can Bartu	January 30, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	S.S. Lazio
MF	Tuncay Becedek		2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	İzmirspor
	Şükrü Birand		4	0	360	0	0	90	-	90	-	90	90	Fenerbahçe S.K.
MF	Yavuz Çoker		1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Beşiktaş J.K.
FW	Nedim Doğan		2	1	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Fenerbahçe S.K.
MF	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu		3	1	270	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	90	Galatasaray S.K.
MF	Naci Erdem	January 28, 1931	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	-	Galatasaray S.K.
MF	Yılmaz Gökdel		4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	Galatasaray S.K.
MF	Nevzat Güzelırmak	1942	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	Göztepe A.Ş.
MF	Şeref Has	September 27, 1936	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	Fenerbahçe S.K.
FW	Uğur Köken	November 28, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	Galatasaray S.K.
DF	Özcan Köksoy		1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	Fenerbahçe S.K.
DF	İsmail Kurt		2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	90	-	-	Fenerbahçe S.K.
DF	Sabahattin Kuruoğlu		3	0	270	0	0	90	-	-	-	90	90	Göztepe A.Ş.
FW	Yaşar Mumcuoğlu	1942	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	-			PTT Ankara
												90	-	Fenerbahçe S.K.
FW	Metin Oktay	February 2, 1936	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	Galatasaray S.K.
DF	Numan Okumuş		2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	-	Altay S.K.
DF	Süreyya Özkefe		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	Beşiktaş J.K.
DF	Fehmi Sağınoğlu		3	0	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	Beşiktaş J.K.
MF	Ahmet Şahin		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Beşiktaş J.K.
	Yılmaz Şen		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	İstanbulspor A.Ş.
MF	Onursal Uraz		2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Hacettepe Spor Kulübü
GK	Varol Ürkmez		2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	90	-	-	Altay S.K.
GK	Yılmaz Urul		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	İstanbulspor A.Ş.
FW	Aydın Yelken		1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Fenerbahçe S.K.
MF	Mustafa Yürür	June 26, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	-	Galatasaray S.K.
FW	Fevzi Zemzem	June 27, 1941	3	2	270	0	0	90	-	-	90	90	-	Göztepe A.Ş.

External links

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