1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

The four teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner Portugal qualified for the 1966 FIFA World Cup held in England.

Matches edit

Portugal  5–1  Turkey
Coluna   16'
Eusébio   21', 63', 77'
Graça   52'
Report Fevzi   33'
Attendance: 33,237
Referee: Gardeazábal (Spain)

Turkey  0–1  Portugal
Report Eusébio   59'
Attendance: 27,625
Referee: Dachan (Syria)

Czechoslovakia  0–1  Portugal
Report Eusébio   20'
Attendance: 56,975
Referee: Stavrev (Bulgaria)

Romania  3–0  Turkey
Georgescu   1'
Mateianu   72' (pen.)
Creiniceanu   75'
Report
Attendance: 31,219
Referee: Schiller (Austria)

Romania  1–0  Czechoslovakia
Mateianu   34' Report
Attendance: 44,615
Referee: Köpcke (East Germany)

Portugal  2–1  Romania
Eusébio   14', 39' Report Avram   71'
Attendance: 45,646
Referee: Kitabdjian (France)

Czechoslovakia  3–1  Romania
Knebort   3', 66'
Jokl   90'
Report Coe   23'
Attendance: 7,324
Referee: Storoniak (Poland)

Turkey  0–6  Czechoslovakia
Report Jokl   22', 70'
Knebort   41', 54'
Kvašňák   45'
Kabát   61'
Attendance: 12,757
Referee: Righi (Italy)

Turkey  2–1  Romania
Fevzi   13'
Nedim   48'
Report Georgescu   55'
Attendance: 27,364
Referee: Pregja (Albania)

Portugal  0–0  Czechoslovakia
Report
Attendance: 31,432
Referee: Horn (Netherlands)

Czechoslovakia  3–1  Turkey
Mráz   3', 15'
Horváth   69'
Report Ayhan   8'
Attendance: 3,133
Referee: Aranyosi (Hungary)

Romania  2–0  Portugal
Pârcălab   1'
Badea   43'
Report
Attendance: 27,532
Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)

Portugal qualified.

Final Table edit

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.   Portugal 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 9 X 0:0 2:1 5:1 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 3 2 0 1 2 2 4
2.   Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 12 4 +8 7 0:1 X 3:1 3:1 3 2 0 1 6 3 4 3 1 1 1 6 1 3
3.   Romania 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 6 2:0 1:0 X 3:0 3 3 0 0 6 0 6 3 0 0 3 3 7 0
4.   Turkey 6 1 0 5 4 19 -15 2 0:1 0:6 2:1 X 3 1 0 2 2 8 2 3 0 0 3 2 11 0

Team stats edit

  Portugal edit

Head coach:   Manuel da Luz Afonso

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on             Club
DF Miguel Arcanjo 13 May 1932 1 0 90 0 0 90   F.C. Porto
MF José Augusto 13 April 1937 6 0 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   S.L. Benfica
GK Joaquim Carvalho 18 April 1937 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Sporting Clube de Portugal
FW Cavém 21 November 1932 1 0 90 0 0 90   S.L. Benfica
MF Mário Coluna 6 August 1935 6 1 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   S.L. Benfica
FW Eusébio 25 January 1942 6 7 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   S.L. Benfica
MF Ferreira Pinto 7 November 1939 2 0 180 0 0 90   GD CUF
90   S.L. Benfica
DF Alberto Festa 21 July 1939 5 0 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   F.C. Porto
DF Germano 23 December 1932 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   S.L. Benfica
DF Pedro Gomes 16 October 1941 1 0 90 0 0 90   Sporting Clube de Portugal
MF Jaime Graça 10 January 1942 2 1 180 0 0 90 90   Vitória F.C.
DF Hilário 19 March 1939 5 0 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   Sporting Clube de Portugal
DF José Carlos 22 September 1941 6 0 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   Sporting Clube de Portugal
MF Fernando Mendes 15 July 1937 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Sporting Clube de Portugal
GK Costa Pereira 22 December 1929 1 0 90 0 0 90   S.L. Benfica
GK José Pereira 15 September 1931 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90   Belenenses
DF Raúl 22 September 1937 1 0 90 0 0 90   S.L. Benfica
MF António Simões 14 December 1943 6 0 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   S.L. Benfica
FW José Torres 8 September 1938 6 0 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   S.L. Benfica

  Czechoslovakia edit

Head coach:   Václav Jira (first match);   Jozef Marko (second to sixth match)

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on             Club
DF Jozef Bomba 30 March 1939 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Tatran Prešov
MF Ján Geleta 13 September 1943 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Dukla Prague
DF Alexander Horváth 28 December 1938 4 1 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Slovan Bratislava
MF Ivan Hrdlička 20 November 1943 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Slovan Bratislava
FW Karol Jokl 29 August 1945 4 3 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Slovan Bratislava
DF Dušan Kabát 20 August 1944 3 1 270 0 0 90 90 90   Spartak Trnava
FW František Knebort 19 January 1944 2 3 180 0 0 90 90   Dukla Prague
MF Jaroslav Kravárik 5 December 1941 1 0 90 0 0 90   Spartak Trnava
MF Andrej Kvašňák 19 May 1936 5 1 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   Sparta Prague
DF Jan Lála 10 September 1936 6 0 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   Slavia Prague
FW Václav Mašek 21 March 1941 1 0 90 0 0 90   Sparta Prague
FW Vojtech Masný 8 July 1938 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Jednota Trencin
MF Josef Masopust 9 February 1931 1 0 90 0 0 90   Dukla Prague
FW Ivan Mráz 24 May 1941 2 2 180 0 0 90 90   Sparta Prague
MF Svatopluk Pluskal 28 October 1930 1 0 90 0 0 90   Dukla Prague
DF Ján Popluhár 12 August 1935 6 0 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   Slovan Bratislava
FW Tomáš Pospíchal 26 June 1936 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Sparta Prague
GK Viliam Schrojf 2 August 1931 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Slovan Bratislava
DF Bohumil Smolík 8 April 1943 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90   Slavia Prague
FW Ján Strausz 16 November 1942 1 0 90 0 0 90   VSS Košice
FW František Valošek 12 July 1937 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Baník Ostrava
GK Alexander Vencel 8 February 1944 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Slovan Bratislava
MF František Veselý 7 December 1943 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Slavia Prague
DF Vladimír Weiss 21 September 1939 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Inter Bratislava

  Romania edit

Head coach:   Ilie Oană

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on             Club
MF Vasile Alexandru 18 July 1935 1 0 90 0 0 90   U Cluj
GK Marin Andrei 22 October 1940 1 0 90 0 0 90   FC Rapid București
FW Sorin Avram 29 March 1943 4 1 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   FC Steaua București
FW Alexandru Badea 8 March 1938 1 1 90 0 0 90   FC Petrolul Ploieşti
FW Teofil Codreanu 1 February 1941 1 0 90 0 0 90   FC Rapid București
DF Dan Coe 8 September 1941 6 1 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   FC Rapid București
MF Carol Creiniceanu 1 February 1939 1 1 90 0 0 90   FC Steaua București
FW Mircea Dridea 7 April 1937 1 0 90 0 0 90   FC Petrolul Ploieşti
FW Emil Dumitriu 5 November 1942 1 0 90 0 0 90   FC Rapid București
FW Nicolae Georgescu 1 January 1936 3 2 270 0 0 90 90 90   FC Rapid București
MF Vasile Gergely 28 October 1941 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   FC Dinamo București
DF Ilie Greavu 19 July 1937 6 0 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   FC Rapid București
GK Carol Haidu 3 June 1942 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90   FC Steaua București
DF Bujor Hălmăgeanu 14 February 1941 4 0 360 0 0 90 90   FC Petrolul Ploieşti
90 90   FC Steaua București
MF Constantin Iancu 26 August 1940 1 0 90 0 0 90   FC Progresul București
FW Ion Ionescu 5 April 1938 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90   FC Rapid București
GK Mihai Ionescu 19 November 1936 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   FC Petrolul Ploieşti
FW Iosif Lereter 23 July 1933 1 0 90 0 0 90   Ştiinţa Timişoara
MF Viorel Mateianu 1 June 1938 3 2 270 0 0 90 90 90   FC Progresul București
DF Ion Motroc 12 February 1937 1 0 90 0 0 90   FC Rapid București
DF Ion Nunweiller 9 January 1936 1 0 90 0 0 90   FC Dinamo București
FW Ion Pârcălab 5 November 1941 6 1 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   FC Dinamo București
DF Cornel Popa 17 March 1935 6 0 540 0 0 90 90 90 90 90 90   FC Dinamo București
MF Dumitru Popescu 17 March 1942 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   FC Progresul București
FW Mircea Sasu 5 October 1939 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90   Minerul Baia Mare

  Turkey edit

Head coach:   Sandro Puppo

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on             Club
GK Nihat Akbay 1 0 90 0 0 90   Beykoz 1908 S.K.D.
DF Ercan Aktuna 1940 1 0 90 0 0 90   İstanbulspor A.Ş.
FW Ogün Altıparmak 10 November 1938 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90   Fenerbahçe S.K.
GK Özcan Arkoç 2 October 1939 1 0 90 0 0 90   FK Austria Wien
GK Ali Artuner 1944 1 0 90 0 0 90   Göztepe A.Ş.
MF Can Bartu 30 January 1936 1 0 90 0 0 90   S.S. Lazio
MF Tuncay Becedek 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   İzmirspor
Şükrü Birand 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Fenerbahçe S.K.
MF Yavuz Çoker 1 0 90 0 0 90   Beşiktaş J.K.
FW Nedim Doğan 2 1 180 0 0 90 90   Fenerbahçe S.K.
MF Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu 3 1 270 0 0 90 90 90   Galatasaray S.K.
MF Naci Erdem 28 January 1931 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90   Galatasaray S.K.
MF Yılmaz Gökdel 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Galatasaray S.K.
MF Nevzat Güzelırmak 1942 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Göztepe A.Ş.
MF Şeref Has 27 September 1936 5 0 450 0 0 90 90 90 90 90   Fenerbahçe S.K.
FW Uğur Köken 28 November 1937 1 0 90 0 0 90   Galatasaray S.K.
DF Özcan Köksoy 1 0 90 0 0 90   Fenerbahçe S.K.
DF İsmail Kurt 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Fenerbahçe S.K.
DF Sabahattin Kuruoğlu 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90   Göztepe A.Ş.
FW Yaşar Mumcuoğlu 1942 3 0 270 0 0 90 90   PTT Ankara
90   Fenerbahçe S.K.
FW Metin Oktay 2 February 1936 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90   Galatasaray S.K.
DF Numan Okumuş 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Altay S.K.
DF Süreyya Özkefe 1 0 90 0 0 90   Beşiktaş J.K.
DF Fehmi Sağınoğlu 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90   Beşiktaş J.K.
MF Ahmet Şahin 1 0 90 0 0 90   Beşiktaş J.K.
Yılmaz Şen 1 0 90 0 0 90   İstanbulspor A.Ş.
MF Onursal Uraz 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Hacettepe Spor Kulübü
GK Varol Ürkmez 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Altay S.K.
GK Yılmaz Urul 1 0 90 0 0 90   İstanbulspor A.Ş.
FW Aydın Yelken 1 0 90 0 0 90   Fenerbahçe S.K.
MF Mustafa Yürür 26 June 1938 2 0 180 0 0 90 90   Galatasaray S.K.
FW Fevzi Zemzem 27 June 1941 3 2 270 0 0 90 90 90   Göztepe A.Ş.

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