1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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

Matches

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West Germany  1–1  Sweden
Brunnenmeier   24' Report Hamrin   86'
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)

West Germany  5–0  Cyprus
Sieloff   16' (pen.), 35'
Overath   22', 85'
Strehl   69'
Report
Attendance: 39,675
Referee: Mootz (Luxembourg)

Sweden  3–0  Cyprus
Simonsson   25', 73'
Jonsson   55'
Report
Norrköping, Sweden
Attendance: 15,796
Referee: Petursson (Iceland)

Sweden  1–2  West Germany
Jonsson   44' Report Krämer   45'
Seeler   54'
Stockholm, Sweden
Attendance: 52,943
Referee: Dagnall (England)

Cyprus  0–5  Sweden
Report Granström   24', 25'
Kindvall   37'
B. Larsson   40', 87'
Attendance: 2,716
Referee: Zsengeller (Hungary)

Cyprus  0–6  West Germany
Report Heiß   30'
Krämer   32'
Szymaniak   57'
Brunnenmeier   82', 88'
Panayiotou   87' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,412
Referee: Francescon (Italy)

West Germany 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.   West Germany 4 3 1 0 14 2 +12 7 X 1:1 5:0 2 1 1 0 6 1 3 2 2 0 0 8 1 4
2.   Sweden 4 2 1 1 10 3 +7 5 1:2 X 3:0 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 6 1 3
3.   Cyprus 4 0 0 4 0 19 -19 0 0:6 0:5 X 2 0 0 2 0 11 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 0

Team stats

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Head coach:   Helmut Schön

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on         Club
DF Franz Beckenbauer 11 September 1945 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90   FC Bayern Munich
FW Rudolf Brunnenmeier 11 February 1941 3 3 270 0 0 90 - 90 90   TSV 1860 Munich
FW Charly Dörfel 18 September 1939 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   Hamburger SV
MF Willi Giesemann 2 September 1937 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   Hamburger SV
MF Peter Grosser 28 September 1938 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 -   TSV 1860 Munich
MF Helmut Haller 21 July 1939 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   Bologna F.C. 1909
FW Alfred Heiß 5 December 1940 1 1 90 0 0 - - - 90   TSV 1860 Munich
FW Heinz Hornig 28 September 1937 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 - 90   1. FC Köln
DF Horst-Dieter Höttges 10 September 1943 3 0 270 0 0 - 90 90 90   SV Werder Bremen
FW Timo Konietzka 2 August 1938 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - -   Borussia Dortmund
FW Werner Krämer 23 January 1940 2 2 180 0 0 - - 90 90   Meidericher SV
MF Max Lorenz 19 August 1939 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - -   SV Werder Bremen
GK Manfred Manglitz 8 March 1940 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - -   Meidericher SV
MF Günter Netzer 14 September 1944 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   Borussia Mönchengladbach
DF Hans Nowak 9 August 1937 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   FC Schalke 04
MF Wolfgang Overath 29 September 1943 2 2 180 0 0 90 90 - -   1. FC Köln
DF Bernd Patzke 14 March 1943 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - -   TSV 1860 Munich
DF Sepp Piontek 5 March 1940 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   SV Werder Bremen
DF Karl-Heinz Schnellinger 31 March 1939 2 0 180 0 0 90 -   A.S. Roma
90 -   A.C. Milan
DF Willi Schulz 4 October 1938 2 0 180 0 0 - 90   FC Schalke 04
90 -   Hamburger SV
FW Uwe Seeler 5 November 1936 2 1 180 0 0 90 - 90 -   Hamburger SV
DF Klaus-Dieter Sieloff 27 February 1942 2 2 180 0 0 - 90 90 -   VfB Stuttgart
FW Heinz Strehl 20 July 1938 1 1 90 0 0 - 90 - -   1. FC Nürnberg
MF Horst Szymaniak 29 August 1934 3 1 270 0 0 90 -   A.S. Varese 1910
90 90   Tasmania 1900 Berlin
GK Hans Tilkowski 12 July 1935 3 0 270 0 0 90 - 90 90   Borussia Dortmund
FW Lothar Ulsaß 9 September 1940 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - -   Eintracht Braunschweig
DF Wolfgang Weber 26 June 1944 2 0 180 0 0 90 - - 90   1. FC Köln

Head coach:   Lennart Nyman

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on         Club
FW Kurt Andersson 24 April 1939 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   A.S. Varese 1910
GK Arne Arvidsson 19 January 1929 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 -   Djurgårdens IF
FW Lennart Backman 7 February 1934 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   AIK Fotboll
DF Orvar Bergmark 16 November 1930 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Örebro SK
FW Harry Bild 18 December 1936 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 -   Feyenoord
FW Ove Grahn 9 May 1943 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 -   IF Elfsborg
FW Lars Granström 8 December 1942 1 2 90 0 0 - - - 90   Malmö FF
FW Kurt Hamrin 19 November 1934 2 1 180 0 0 90 - 90 -   AC Fiorentina
MF Lennart Hemming 13 May 1932 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - -   AIK Fotboll
MF Åke Johansson 19 March 1928 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 -   IFK Norrköping
FW Torbjörn Jonsson 6 May 1936 3 2 270 0 0 90 90 90 -  /1-[1] A.C. Mantova
DF Jan Karlsson 4 December 1940 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90  /2[2] Bromölla IF
MF Ove Kindvall 16 May 1943 1 1 90 0 0 - - - 90   IFK Norrköping
FW Bo Larsson 5 May 1944 2 2 180 0 0 - 90 - 90   Malmö FF
GK Sven-Gunnar Larsson 10 May 1940 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   Örebro SK
MF Bengt Lindskog 25 February 1933 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 - 90  /2[2] IFK Malmö
FW Roger Magnusson 20 March 1945 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - -  /2[2] Åtvidabergs FF
FW Örjan Martinsson 1 November 1936 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   IFK Norrköping
DF Hans Mild 31 July 1934 3 0 270 0 0 90 - 90 90   Djurgårdens IF
MF Örjan Persson 27 August 1942 3 0 270 0 0 - 90 90 90   Dundee United F.C.
DF Hans Rosander 5 January 1937 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - -   IFK Norrköping
FW Agne Simonsson 19 October 1935 2 2 180 0 0 90 90 - -   Örgryte IS
DF Lennart Wing 7 August 1935 4 0 360 0 0 90   Örgryte IS
90 90 90   Dundee United F.C.
  1. ^ After two qualification matches A.C. Mantova was relegated to league two.
  2. ^ a b c The number indicates the league the team played in that year.

Head coach:   Argyrios Gavalas

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on         Club
DF Andros Antoniadis 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   APOEL F.C.
GK Nicos Eleftheriadis 31 August 1937 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Omonia Nicosia
DF Panikos Iakovou 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Anorthosis
MF Drosos Kalotheou 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90   Omonia Nicosia
MF Nikakis Kantzilieris 1943 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - -   APOEL F.C.
DF Costas Kattos 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   Omonia Nicosia
DF Antonis Kkaras 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Anorthosis
MF Panicos Krystallis 1 July 1938 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Apollon Limassol
MF Marios Orfanidis 16 March 1940 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90   Nea Salamina
DF Costas Panayiotou 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Omonia Nicosia
FW Pamboulis Papadopoulos 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   AEL Limassol
FW Panicos Papadopoulos 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - -   AEL Limassol
DF Panayiotis Pieris 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 -   Anorthosis
FW Andreas Stylianou 23 January 1942 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   APOEL F.C.
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