1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Belgium and Bulgaria finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner (Bulgaria) qualified for the eighth FIFA World Cup held in England.

Matches

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Belgium  1–0  Israel
Jurion   24' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 21,699
Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)

Bulgaria  4–0  Israel
Kotkov   16', 39'
Asparuhov   67'
Kitov   69'
Report
Attendance: 18,770
Referee: Faruk Talu (Turkey)

Bulgaria  3–0  Belgium
Kotkov   30', 60'
Asparuhov   34'
Report
Attendance: 25,380
Referee: Konstantin Zečevič (Yugoslavia)

Belgium  5–0  Bulgaria
Van Himst   18', 55'
Thio   75', 80'
Stockman   89'
Report
Attendance: 13,780
Referee: Marcel Albert Bois (France)

Israel  0–5  Belgium
Report Van Himst   24', 33', 69'
Thio   31'
Puis   48'
Attendance: 48,355
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

Israel  1–2  Bulgaria
Talbi   48' Report Kolev   31'
Asparuhov   81'
Attendance: 28,213
Referee: Eduard Babauczek (Austria)


Belgium and Bulgaria finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Bulgaria  2–1  Belgium
Asparuhov   18', 19' Report Vutsov   75' (o.g.)
Attendance: 11,659
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

Bulgaria qualified.

Final Table

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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.   Belgium 4 3 0 1 11 3 +8 6 X 5:0 1:0 2 2 0 0 6 0 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2
2.   Bulgaria 4 3 0 1 9 6 +3 6 3:0 X 4:0 2 2 0 0 7 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 6 2
3.   Israel 4 0 0 4 1 12 -11 0 0:5 1:2 X 2 0 0 2 1 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 0

Team stats

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Head coach:   Constant Vanden Stock

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on           Club
DF Yves Baré 28 October 1938 4 0 360 0 0 90 B 90 90 90   RFC Liégeois
DF Jean Cornelis 2 August 1941 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - -   R.S.C. Anderlecht
GK Guy Delhasse 19 February 1933 1 0 90 0 0 B 90 - - -   RFC Liégeois
DF Robert Granjé 6 January 1944 0 0 0 0 0 B - - - -   Lierse S.K.
DF Pierre Hanon 29 December 1936 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - -   R.S.C. Anderlecht
DF Georges Heylens 8 August 1941 5 0 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF Armand Jurion 24 February 1937 5 1 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF Albert Michiels 14 March 1939 3 0 270 0 0 - - 90 90 90   R. Beerschot AC
GK Jean Nicolay 27 December 1937 3 0 270 0 0 90 B B 90 90   Standard Liège
DF Jean Plaskie 24 August 1941 5 0 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF Wilfried Puis 18 February 1943 5 1 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF Léon Semmeling 4 January 1940 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - -   Standard Liège
FW Jacques Stockman 8 October 1938 4 1 360 0 0 90 B 90 90 90   R.S.C. Anderlecht
DF Albert Sulon 3 April 1938 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - - -   RFC Liégeois
MF Gérard Sulon 3 April 1938 1 0 90 0 0 90 B - - -   RFC Liégeois
FW Johnny Thio 2 September 1944 3 3 270 0 0 - - 90 90 90   Club Brugge K.V.
GK Jean-Marie Trappeniers 13 January 1942 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 B B   R.S.C. Anderlecht
FW Paul Van Himst 2 October 1943 5 5 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF Paul Vandenberg 11 October 1936 1 0 90 0 0 B   Union Saint-Gilloise
90 - - -   Standard Liège
FW Frits Vandenboer 8 May 1934 0 0 0 0 0 - - B B B   K. Sint-Truidense V.V.
DF Laurent Verbiest 16 April 1939 3 0 270 0 0 - 90 90 B 90   R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF Jan Verheyen 9 July 1944 0 0 0 0 0 B - B B B   R. Beerschot AC
MF Frans Vermeyen 25 March 1943 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - - -   Lierse S.K.
DF Robert Weyn 21 March 1940 1 0 90 0 0 - - B 90 B   R. Beerschot AC

Head coach:   Rudolf Vytlačil

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on           Club
MF Stefan Abadzhiev 3 July 1934 1 0 90 0 0 - - - - 90   FD Levski Sofia
DF Vidin Apostolov 17 October 1941 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 - -   DNA Plovdiv
FW Georgi Asparuhov 4 May 1943 5 5 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   FD Levski Sofia
GK Stancho Bonchev 1 May 1942 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - - -   DFS Lokomotiv Plovdiv
FW Spiro Debarski 8 December 1933 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 90 - -   FD Lokomotiv Sofia
GK Ivan Deyanov 16 December 1937 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90 -   FD Lokomotiv Sofia
MF Todor Diev 28 September 1934 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 - -   Spartak Plovdiv
DF Ivan Dimitrov 14 May 1935 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 -   FD Lokomotiv Sofia
DF Boris Gaganelov 7 October 1941 5 0 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   CSKA Sofia
MF Stoyan Kitov 27 August 1938 2 0 180 0 0 90 - - 90 -   Spartak Sofia
FW Ivan Kolev 1 November 1930 2 1 180 0 0 - - - 90 90   CSKA Sofia
FW Aleksandar Kostov 5 March 1938 1 1 90 0 0 90 - - - -   FD Levski Sofia
FW Nikola Kotkov 9 December 1938 4 4 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 -   FD Lokomotiv Sofia
DF Dimitar Largov 10 September 1936 1 0 90 0 0 - - - - 90   FD Slavia Sofia
GK Georgi Naydenov 21 December 1931 1 0 90 0 0 - - - - 90   CSKA Sofia
DF Dimitar Penev 12 July 1945 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 -   CSKA Sofia
DF Aleksandar Shalamanov 4 September 1941 2 0 180 0 0 - - - 90 90   FD Slavia Sofia
MF Ivan Vasilev 18 January 1939 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 - -   FD Slavia Sofia
DF Ivan Vutsov 14 December 1939 1 0 90 0 0 - - - - 90   FD Levski Sofia
FW Dimitar Yakimov 12 August 1941 2 0 180 0 0 - - - 90 90   CSKA Sofia
MF Evgeni Yanchovski 5 September 1939 3 0 270 0 0 - 90 90 90 -   Beroe Stara Zagora
FW Dobromir Zhechev 12 November 1942 1 0 90 0 0 - - - - 90   Spartak Sofia
FW Petar Zhekov 10 October 1944 1 0 90 0 0 - - - - 90   Beroe Stara Zagora

Head coach:   Milovan Ćirić

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on         Club
MF Haim Bahar 9 April 1943 3 0 270 0 0 90 - 90 90   Hapoel Petah Tikva
DF Menahem Bello 26 December 1947 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - -   Maccabi Tel Aviv
MF Itzhak Englander 30 April 1946 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 -   Hapoel Haifa
FW Yehezkel Hazum 1947 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 -   Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
FW Boaz Kofman 23 May 1935 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 - 90   Hapoel Petah Tikva
DF Moshe Leon 1944 3 0 270 0 0 90 - 90 90   Maccabi Jaffa
GK Haim Levin 3 March 1937 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 -   Maccabi Tel Aviv
DF Amatsia Levkovich September 1938 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - -   Hapoel Tel Aviv
FW Yosef Mahalal 1939 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 -   Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
GK Yair Nosovski 29 June 1937 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   Hapoel Kfar Saba
MF Haim Nurieli 1943 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   Hapoel Tel Aviv
DF David Primo 5 May 1946 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Hapoel Tel Aviv
FW Moshe Romano 1946 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   Shimshon Tel Aviv
MF Shmuel Rosenthal 22 April 1947 3 0 270 0 0 - 90 90 90   Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.
MF Danny Shmulevich-Rom 29 November 1940 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Maccabi Haifa
MF Giora Spiegel 27 July 1947 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Mordechai Spiegler 19 August 1944 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 -   Maccabi Netanya
FW Nahum Stelmach 19 July 1936 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - -   Hapoel Petah Tikva
MF Rahamim Talbi 17 May 1943 3 1 270 0 0 - 90 90 90   Maccabi Tel Aviv
MF Reuven Young 15 May 1942 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 - 90   Hapoel Haifa
FW Gadi Zelniker 12 March 1944 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   Hakoah Ramat Gan
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