1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

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

Matches

21 October 1964

Scotland	3–1	Finland
Law 2' Chalmers 38' Gibson 42'	Report	Peltonen 70'

Glasgow, Scotland

Referee: Hannet (Belgium)

4 November 1964

Italy	6–1	Finland
Facchetti 1' Holmqvist 8' (o.g.) Rivera 16' Bulgarelli 49' Mazzola 54', 83'	Report	Peltonen 88'

Genoa, Italy

Referee: Rodrigues (Portugal)

18 April 1965

Poland	0–0	Italy
	Report

Warsaw, Poland

Referee: Roomer (Netherlands)

23 May 1965

Poland	1–1	Scotland
Lentner 52'	Report	Law 76'

Warsaw, Poland

Referee: Alimov (Soviet Union)

27 May 1965

Finland	1–2	Scotland
Hyvärinen 5'	Report	Wilson 37' Greig 50'

Helsinki, Finland

Referee: Vetter (East Germany)

23 June 1965

Finland	0–2	Italy
	Report	Mazzola 33', 78'

Helsinki, Finland

Referee: Bachramov (Soviet Union)

26 September 1965

Finland	2–0	Poland
Peltonen 1' Nuoranen 27'	Report

Helsinki, Finland

Referee: Grandlund (Norway)

13 October 1965

Scotland	1–2	Poland
McNeill 13'	Report	Pol 85' Sadek 86'

Glasgow, Scotland

Referee: Carlsson (Sweden)

24 October 1965

Poland	7–0	Finland
Lubański 19', 21', 24', 41' Pol 29' Sadek 35', 79'	Report

Szczecin, Poland

Referee: Obtulović (Czechoslovakia)

1 November 1965

Italy	6–1	Poland
Mazzola 5' Barison 25', 65', 87' Rivera 71' Mora 79'	Report	Lubański 84'

Rome, Italy

Referee: Klein (Israel)

9 November 1965

Scotland	1–0	Italy
Greig 88'	Report

Glasgow, Scotland

Referee: Kreitlein (West Germany)

7 December 1965

Italy	3–0	Scotland
Pascutti 38' Facchetti 73' Mora 89'	Report

Naples, Italy

Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)

Italy qualified.

Final Table

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.	Italy	6	4	1	1	17	3	+14	9	X	3:0	6:1	6:1	3	3	0	0	15	2	6	3	1	1	1	2	1	3
2.	Scotland	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	7	1:0	X	1:2	3:1	3	2	0	1	5	3	4	3	1	1	1	3	5	3
3.	Poland	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	6	0:0	1:1	X	7:0	3	1	2	0	8	1	4	3	1	0	2	3	9	2
4.	Finland	6	1	0	5	5	20	-15	2	0:2	1:2	2:0	X	3	1	0	2	3	4	2	3	0	0	3	2	16	0

Team stats

Italy

Head coach: Edmondo Fabbri

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played							Club
GK	Enrico Albertosi	November 2, 1939	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	90	ACF Fiorentina
MF	Paolo Barison	June 23, 1936	2	3	180	-	-	-	90	90	-	A.S. Roma
MF	Giacomo Bulgarelli	October 24, 1940	6	1	540	90	90	90	90	90	90	Bologna F.C. 1909
DF	Tarcisio Burgnich	April 25, 1939	5	0	450	90	90	-	90	90	90	Inter Milano
MF	Mario Corso	August 25, 1941	2	0	180	90	90	-	-	-	-	Inter Milano
DF	Giacinto Facchetti	July 18, 1942	6	2	540	90	90	90	90	90	90	Inter Milano
MF	Romano Fogli	January 21, 1938	1	0	90	-	-	90	-	-	-	Bologna F.C. 1909
DF	Aristide Guarneri	March 7, 1938	3	0	270	90	90	-	-	90	-	Inter Milano
MF	Giovanni Lodetti	August 10, 1942	5	0	450	90	-	90	90	90	90	A.C. Milan
FW	Sandro Mazzola	November 8, 1942	6	5	540	90	90	90	90	90	90	Inter Milano
FW	Bruno Mora	March 29, 1937	4	2	360	90	-	90	90	-	90	A.C. Milan
GK	William Negri	July 30, 1935	4	0	360	-	90	90	90	90	-	Bologna F.C. 1909
DF	Alberto Orlando	September 27, 1938	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	-	-	ACF Fiorentina
FW	Ezio Pascutti	June 1, 1937	2	1	180	-	-	90	-	-	90	Bologna F.C. 1909
DF	Armando Picchi	June 20, 1935	2	0	180	90	90	-	-	-	-	Inter Milano
DF	Fabrizio Poletti	July 13, 1943	1	0	90	-	-	90	-	-	-	Torino F.C.
FW	Gianni Rivera	August 18, 1943	5	2	450	90	90	-	90	90	90	A.C. Milan
DF	Roberto Rosato	August 18, 1943	5	0	450	-	90	90	90	90	90	Torino F.C.
DF	Sandro Salvadore	November 29, 1939	4	0	360	-	-	90	90	90	90	Juventus F.C.
GK	Giuliano Sarti	October 2, 1933	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	Inter Milano

Scotland

Head coach: Ian McColl (first match); Jock Stein (second to sixth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played							Club
MF	Jim Baxter	September 29, 1939	2	0	180	90	-	-	-			Rangers F.C.
MF	Jim Baxter	September 29, 1939	2	0	180					90	-	Sunderland A.F.C.
GK	Adam Blacklaw	September 2, 1937	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	90	Burnley F.C.
MF	Billy Bremner	December 9, 1942	3	0	270	-	-	-	90	90	90	Leeds United A.F.C.
GK	Bill Brown	October 8, 1931	4	0	360	-	90	90	90	90	-	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
FW	Stevie Chalmers	December 26, 1936	1	1	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	Celtic F.C.
MF	Bobby Collins	February 16, 1931	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	-	-	Leeds United A.F.C.
MF	Charlie Cooke	October 14, 1942	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	90	Dundee F.C.
MF	Pat Crerand	February 19, 1939	3	0	270	-	90	90	90	-	-	Manchester United F.C.
FW	Jim Forrest	September 22, 1944	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	90	Rangers F.C.
GK	Campbell Forsyth	May 5, 1939	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	Kilmarnock F.C.
MF	Dave Gibson	September 23, 1938	1	1	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	Leicester City F.C.
FW	Alan Gilzean	October 23, 1938	2	0	180	-	-	-	90	90	-	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
DF	John Greig	September 11, 1942	6	2	540	90	90	90	90	90	90	Rangers F.C.
DF	Alex Hamilton	May 5, 1936	4	0	360	90	90	90	90	-	-	Dundee F.C.
FW	Willie Hamilton	February 16, 1938	1	0	90	-	-	90	-	-	-	Hibernian F.C.
MF	Willie Henderson	January 24, 1944	4	0	360	-	90	90	90	90	-	Rangers F.C.
FW	John Hughes	April 3, 1943	3	0	270	-	90	-	-	90	90	Celtic F.C.
FW	Willie Johnston	December 19, 1946	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	-	-	Rangers F.C.
MF	Jimmy Johnstone	September 30, 1944	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	Celtic F.C.
DF	Jim Kennedy	January 31, 1934	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	Celtic F.C.
FW	Denis Law	February 24, 1940	4	2	360	90	90	90	90	-	-	Manchester United F.C.
FW	Neil Martin	October 20, 1940	3	0	270	-	90	90	-			Hibernian F.C.
FW	Neil Martin	October 20, 1940	3	0	270					90	-	Sunderland A.F.C.
DF	Eddie McCreadie	April 15, 1940	4	0	360	-	90	90	90	-	90	Chelsea F.C.
DF	Jackie McGrory	November 15, 1941	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	Kilmarnock F.C.
DF	Ronnie McKinnon	August 20, 1940	2	0	180	-	-	-	-	90	90	Rangers F.C.
DF	Billy McNeill	March 2, 1940	3	1	270	-	90	90	90	-	-	Celtic F.C.
MF	Bobby Murdoch	August 17, 1944	2	0	180	-	-	-	-	90	90	Celtic F.C.
DF	Davie Provan	March 11, 1941	2	0	180	-	-	-	-	90	90	Rangers F.C.
FW	Alex Scott	November 22, 1937	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	Everton F.C.
FW	Davie Wilson	January 10, 1939	1	1	90	-	-	90	-	-	-	Rangers F.C.
DF	Ron Yeats	November 15, 1937	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	90	Liverpool F.C.

Poland

Head coach: Wiesław Motoczyński, Ryszard Koncewicz, and Karol Krawczyk

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played							Club
DF	Zygmunt Anczok	March 14, 1946	3	0	270	-	-	B	90	90	90	Polonia Bytom
FW	Jan Banaś	March 29, 1943	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	-	-	Polonia Bytom
MF	Roman Bazan	August 19, 1938	3	0	270	90	90	90	B	B	B	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
MF	Bernard Blaut	January 3, 1940	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	Legia Warsaw
DF	Henryk Brejza	1938	0	0	0	-	B	-	B	B	B	Odra Opole
FW	Lucjan Brychczy	June 13, 1934	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	B	Legia Warsaw
FW	Eugeniusz Faber	April 6, 1939	1	0	90	B	-	B	90	B	-	Ruch Chorzów
DF	Stefan Florenski	December 17, 1933	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	Górnik Zabrze
MF	Jacek Gmoch	January 13, 1939	6	0	540	90	90	90	90	90	90	Legia Warsaw
MF	Ryszard Grzegorczyk	September 20, 1939	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	-	-	Polonia Bytom
FW	Andrzej Jarosik	November 26, 1944	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
GK	Konrad Kornek	February 12, 1937	1	0	90	B	B	B	90	-	-	Odra Opole
FW	Janusz Kowalik	March 26, 1944	0	0	0	B	B	-	-	-	-	/2[1] Klub Sportowy Cracovia
FW	Roman Lentner	December 15, 1937	3	1	270	-	90	90	B	90	-	Górnik Zabrze
FW	Jan Liberda	November 26, 1936	6	0	540	90	90	90	90	90	90	Polonia Bytom
FW	Włodzimierz Lubański	February 28, 1947	2	5	180	-	-	-	-	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
GK	Stanisław Majcher	October 27, 1936	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	B	-	Stal Rzeszów
FW	Antoni Nieroba	January 17, 1939	3	0	270	90	90	B	90	-	-	Ruch Chorzów
DF	Stanisław Oślizło	November 13, 1937	6	0	540	90	90	90	90	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
FW	Ernest Pol	November 3, 1932	6	2	540	90	90	90	90	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
FW	Jerzy Sadek	January 13, 1942	3	3	270	-	-	-	90	90	90	ŁKS Łódź
GK	Henryk Stroniarz	March 20, 1936	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	90	Wisła Kraków
FW	Zbigniew Szarzyński	December 7, 1933	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	Gwardia Warszawa
MF	Henryk Szczepański	October 7, 1933	6	0	495	90	90	90	90	90	45	Odra Opole
GK	Marian Szeja	August 20, 1941	1	0	90	-	-	-	B	90	B	/2[1] Thorez Wałbrzych
MF	Zygfryd Szołtysik	October 24, 1942	4	0	360	-	-	90	90	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
GK	Edward Szymkowiak	February 13, 1932	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	-	-	Polonia Bytom
FW	Jerzy Wilim	August 14, 1941	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	Szombierki Bytom
MF	Janusz Żmijewski	March 4, 1943	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	90	Legia Warsaw

Finland

Head coach: Olavi Laaksonen

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played							Club
GK	Martti Halme	April 5, 1943	2	0	180	90	90	-	-	-	-	FC Haka
MF	Olli Heinonen	January 7, 1937	2	0	180	-	-	90	90	-	-	FC Reipas Lahti
MF	Stig Holmqvist	February 13, 1936	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	-	-	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Upon Pallo
MF	Marrti Hyvärinen	November 6, 1939	3	1	270	90	90	90	-	-	-	FC Reipas Lahti
FW	Harri Järvi	August 20, 1939	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho
DF	Reijo Kanerva	January 29, 1944	3	0	270	-	-	-	90	90	90	ÅIFK Turku
DF	Timo Kautonen	March 12, 1945	6	0	540	90	90	90	90	90	90	FC Reipas Lahti
MF	Markku Kumpulampi	May 21, 1939	3	0	270	-	-	90	90	-	90	Upon Pallo
MF	Markku Lahti	April 18, 1945	3	0	270	-	90	-	-	-	90	FC Haka
MF	Arvo Lamberg	July 3, 1943	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	90	GBK Kokkola
FW	Tommy Lindholm	February 3, 1947	2	0	180	-	-	-	-	90	90	Turun Toverit
FW	Matti Mäkelä	January 14, 1939	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	90	-	Tampereen Palloilijat
MF	Asko Mäkilä	August 20, 1944	1	0	90	-	-	-	-	90	-	FC Haka
MF	Pertti Mäkipää	August 4, 1941	6	0	540	90	90	90	90	90	90	Tampereen Palloilijat
GK	Lars Näsman	May 14, 1943	4	0	360	-	-	90	90	90	90	Upon Pallo
DF	Reima Nummila	November 16, 1942	3	0	270	-	-	-	90	90	90	/2[1] Turun Palloseura
FW	Semi Nuoranen	December 14, 1941	3	1	270	-	-	90	90	90	-	FC Reipas Lahti
FW	Kaj Österberg	December 8, 1942	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	-	-	Helsingin Palloseura
MF	Kai Pahlman	July 8, 1935	3	0	270	-	-	-	90	90	90	/2[1] Helsingin Palloseura
FW	Juhani Peltonen	June 16, 1936	5	3	450	90	90	90	90	90	-	Hamburger SV
DF	Aarno Rinne	July 11, 1941	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	-	-	Ilves Tampere
FW	Rauno Ruotsalainen	February 4, 1938	1	0	90	-	-	90	-	-	-	Lappeenrannan Pallo
MF	Simo Syrjävaara	June 14, 1943	3	0	270	90	90	-	-	-	90	ÅIFK Turku
DF	Arto Tolsa	August 9, 1945	2	0	180	90	-	-	90	-	-	Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat
DF	Veijo Valtonen	January 5, 1936	2	0	180	90	90	-	-	-	-	FC Haka

Notes

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