# 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 32 teams were drawn into nine groups of three or four teams each; however, after the withdrawal of Syria, one group had just two teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

## Groups
### Group 1

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1= | Belgium | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 |
| 1= | Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Israel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |

### Group 2

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | West Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 7 |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |

### Group 3

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | France | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 |
| 2 | Norway | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 |

### Group 4

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 |
| 3 | Romania | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 | Turkey | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 2 |

### Group 5

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Switzerland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 |
| 2 | Northern Ireland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 | Albania | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 |

### Group 6

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | East Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Austria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |

### Group 7

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 10 |
| 2 | Wales | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | Greece | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 |
| 4 | Denmark | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 |

### Group 8

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 9 |
| 2 | Scotland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Poland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 |
| 4 | Finland | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 2 |

### Group 9

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1= | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
| 1= | Republic of Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| — | Syria | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |

## Goalscorers

7 goals
* Eusébio
6 goals
* Mimis Papaioannou
5 goals
* Paul Van Himst
* Georgi Asparuhov
* Sandro Mazzola
* Johnny Crossan
* Włodzimierz Lubański
* Anatoliy Banishevskiy
4 goals
* Nikola Kotkov
* František Knebort
* Roy Vernon
* Milan Galić
3 goals
* Johnny Thio
* Karol Jokl
* Juhani Peltonen
* Nestor Combin
* Philippe Gondet
* Giorgos Sideris
* Paolo Barison
* Louis Pilot
* Jerzy Sadek
* Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
* Slava Metreveli
* Chus Pereda
* Köbi Kuhn
* Ivor Allchurch
* Rudolf Brunnenmeier
2 goals
* Ivan Mráz
* Ole Fritsen
* Ole Madsen
* Peter Ducke
* Jürgen Nöldner
* János Farkas
* Máté Fenyvesi
* Giacinto Facchetti
* Bruno Mora
* Gianni Rivera
* Hennie van Nee
* George Best
* Harald Berg
* Erik Johansen
* Ernest Pol
* Nicolae Georgescu
* Viorel Mateianu
* John Greig
* Denis Law
* Vladimir Barkaya
* Lars Granström
* Bo Larsson
* Agne Simonsson
* Torbjörn Jonsson
* René-Pierre Quentin
* Fevzi Zemzem
* Werner Krämer
* Wolfgang Overath
* Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
* Dragan Džajić
1 goal
* Mexhit Haxhiu
* Robert Jashari
* Erich Hof
* Armand Jurion
* Wilfried Puis
* Jacques Stockman
* Stoyan Kitov
* Ivan Petkov Kolev
* Alexander Horváth
* Dušan Kabát
* Andrej Kvašňák
* Mogens Berg
* Kaj Poulsen
* Tommy Troelsen
* Eberhard Vogel
* Martti Hyvärinen
* Semi Nuoranen
* Marcel Artelesa
* André Guy
* Angel Rambert
* Andreas Papaemmanouil
* Ferenc Bene
* Kálmán Mészöly
* Dezső Novák
* Gyula Rákosi
* Andy McEvoy
* Rahamim Talbi
* Giacomo Bulgarelli
* Ezio Pascutti
* Ernest Brenner
* Edy Dublin
* Ady Schmit
* Frans Geurtsen
* Theo Laseroms
* Bennie Muller
* Daan Schrijvers
* Willie Irvine
* Terry Neill
* Per Kristoffersen
* Olav Nilsen
* Arne Pedersen
* Finn Seemann
* Kai Sjøberg
* Ole Stavrum
* Roman Lentner
* Mário Coluna
* Jaime Graça
* Sorin Avram
* Alexandru Badea
* Dan Coe
* Carol Creiniceanu
* Ion Pârcălab
* Stevie Chalmers
* Dave Gibson
* Billy McNeill
* Davie Wilson
* Boris Kazakov
* Galimzyan Khusainov
* Mikheil Meskhi
* Yozhef Sabo
* Valery Voronin
* Carlos Lapetra
* José Ufarte
* Kurt Hamrin
* Ove Kindvall
* Anton Allemann
* Robert Hosp
* Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu
* Nedim Doğan
* Ron Davies
* Wyn Davies
* Mike England
* Ronnie Rees
* Alfred Heiß
* Uwe Seeler
* Heinz Strehl
* Horst Szymaniak
* Dražan Jerković
* Vladica Kovačević
* Džemaludin Mušović
* Velibor Vasović
1 own goal
* Ivan Vutsov (playing against Belgium)
* Kostas Panayiotou (playing against West Germany)
* Stig Holmqvist (playing against Italy)
* José Ángel Iribar (playing against Ireland)
* Graham Williams (playing against the Soviet Union)

## Qualified teams

The following 9 countries qualified for the 1966 FIFA World Cup
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup |
| Bulgaria | Group 1 winners | 29 December 1965 | 1 (1962) |
| West Germany | Group 2 winners | 14 November 1965 | 4 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958) |
| France | Group 3 winners | 6 November 1965 | 5 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958) |
| Portugal | Group 4 winners | 21 November 1965 | 0 (debut) |
| Switzerland | Group 5 winners | 14 November 1965 | 5 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962) |
| Hungary | Group 6 winners | 9 October 1965 | 5 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962) |
| Soviet Union | Group 7 winners | 27 October 1965 | 3 (1958, 1962, 1966) |
| Italy | Group 8 winners | 5 December 1965 | 4 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962) |
| Spain | Group 9 winners | 10 November 1965 | 3 (1934, 1950, 1962) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
    $^2$Competed as Germany