1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 6)

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

Matches

25 April 1965

Austria	1–1	East Germany
Hof  46'	Report	Nöldner  74'

Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria

Attendance: 57,312

Referee: Mihailescu (Romania)

23 May 1965

East Germany	1–1	Hungary
Vogel  17'	Report	Bene  28'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany

Attendance: 98,765

Referee: Johansson (Sweden)

13 June 1965

Austria	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Fenyvesi  44'

Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria

Attendance: 70,067

Referee: Schwinte (France)

5 September 1965

Hungary	3–0	Austria
Farkas  4' Fenyvesi  35' Mészöly  70' (pen.)	Report

Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary

Attendance: 71,950

Referee: Gorączniak (Poland)

9 October 1965

Hungary	3–2	East Germany
Rákosi  41' Novák  53' Farkas  80'	Report	P. Ducke  31', 71'

Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary

Attendance: 73,153

Referee: Andziulis (Soviet Union)

31 October 1965

East Germany	1–0	Austria
Nöldner  1'	Report

Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany

Attendance: 86,584

Referee: Carswell (Republic of Ireland)

Hungary qualified. This is the first time Austria failed to qualify. The previous absences of the Austrian team at World Cup were all due to withdrawals (1938, 1950, and 1962).

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.	Hungary	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	7		X	3:2	3:0		2	2	0	0	6	2	4	2	1	1	0	2	1	3
2.	East Germany	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4		1:1	X	1:0		2	1	1	0	2	1	3	2	0	1	1	3	4	1
3.	Austria	4	0	1	3	1	6	-5	1		0:1	1:1	X		2	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	0

Team stats

 Hungary

Head coach: Lajos Baróti

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
FW	Flórián Albert	September 15, 1941	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Ferencvárosi TC
FW	Ferenc Bene	December 17, 1944	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Újpesti Dózsa
FW	János Farkas	March 27, 1942	4	2	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Budapesti Vasas
FW	Máté Fenyvesi	September 20, 1933	3	2	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	Ferencvárosi TC
MF	Ferenc Fister	February 23, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Budapesti Vasas
GK	József Gelei	June 29, 1938	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Tatabányai Bányász
DF	Kálmán Ihász	March 6, 1941	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Budapesti Vasas
MF	Imre Mathesz	March 25, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Budapesti Vasas
DF	Sándor Mátrai	November 20, 1932	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Ferencvárosi TC
DF	Kálmán Mészöly	July 16, 1941	2	1	180	0	0	90	-	90	-	Budapesti Vasas
FW	Antal Nagy	May 16, 1944	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Budapest Honvéd FC
MF	István Nagy	April 14, 1939	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	MTK Budapest
DF	Dezső Novák	February 3, 1939	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Ferencvárosi TC
MF	Gyula Rákosi	October 9, 1938	3	1	270	0	0	90	90	-	90	Ferencvárosi TC
MF	Ferenc Sipos	December 13, 1932	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Budapest Honvéd FC
DF	Gusztáv Szepesi	July 17, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	Tatabányai Bányász

 East Germany

Head coach: Károly Soós

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
FW	Peter Ducke	October 14, 1941	3	2	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	SC Moter Jena
MF	Roland Ducke	November 19, 1934	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	SC Moter Jena
FW	Dieter Erler	May 28, 1939	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
DF	Otto Fräßdorf	February 5, 1942	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	FC Vorwärts Berlin
FW	Henning Frenzel	May 3, 1942	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	Lokomotive Leipzig
DF	Manfred Geisler	March 3, 1941	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Lokomotive Leipzig
MF	Gerhard Körner	September 20, 1941	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-	90	FC Vorwärts Berlin
DF	Waldemar Mühlbächer	September 25, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	SC Dynamo Berlin
MF	Jürgen Nöldner	February 22, 1941	4	2	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	FC Vorwärts Berlin
MF	Herbert Pankau	October 4, 1941	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Empor Rostock
FW	Hermann Stöcker	January 6, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	SC Aufbau Magdeburg
FW	Eberhard Vogel	April 8, 1943	2	1	180	0	0	-	90	-	90	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
DF	Manfred Walter	July 31, 1937	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	BSG Chemie Leipzig
GK	Horst Weigang	September 30, 1940	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Lokomotive Leipzig

 Austria

Head coach: Eduard Frühwirth

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
FW	Heinz Binder	January 29, 1943	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	FK Austria Wien
FW	Hans Buzek	May 22, 1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-	90	FK Austria Wien
DF	Rudolf Cejka	March 16, 1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	First Vienna FC
MF	Alfons Dirnberger	September 4, 1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	FK Austria Wien
FW	Ernst Fiala	February 23, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	FK Austria Wien
FW	Rudi Flögel	December 13, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	SK Rapid Wien
GK	Gernot Fraydl	December 10, 1939	2	0	180	0	0	90	-			FK Austria Wien
										-	90	FC Wacker Innsbruck
FW	Toni Fritsch	July 10, 1945	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	SK Rapid Wien
DF	Walter Glechner	February 12, 1939	1	0	13	1	0	13	-	-	-	SK Rapid Wien
FW	Leopold Grausam	June 29, 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	SK Rapid Wien
DF	Paul Halla	April 10, 1931	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	SK Rapid Wien
FW	Franz Hasil	July 28, 1944	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	SK Rapid Wien
FW	Horst Hirnschrodt	December 5, 1940	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	FK Austria Wien
FW	Erich Hof	August 3, 1936	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Wiener Sportclub
FW	Helmut Köglberger	January 12, 1946	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	LASK
MF	Karl Koller	February 8, 1929	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	First Vienna FC
MF	Friedrich Kremser	September 10, 1942	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	First Vienna FC
DF	Toni Linhart	July 24, 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Wiener Sportclub
DF	Walter Ludescher	October 5, 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	FC Wacker Innsbruck
FW	Adolf Macek	December 16, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Austria Salzburg
FW	Horst Nemec	January 25, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	FK Austria Wien
FW	Walter Seitl	March 15, 1941	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	SK Rapid Wien
DF	Gerhard Sturmberger	May 1, 1940	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	LASK
GK	Rudolf Szanwald	July 6, 1931	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	Wiener Sportclub
MF	Ewald Ullmann	May 5, 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	SK Rapid Wien
DF	Franz Vieböck	October 15, 1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	LASK

External links

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