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

Portugal  v  Turkey

24 January 1965

Portugal	5–1	Turkey
Coluna  16' Eusébio  21', 63', 77' Graça  52'	Report	Fevzi  33'

Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal Attendance: 33,237 Referee: Gardeazábal (Spain)

Turkey  v  Portugal

19 April 1965

Turkey	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Eusébio  59'

19 Mayıs Stadı, Ankara, Turkey Attendance: 27,625 Referee: Dachan (Syria)

Czechoslovakia  v  Portugal

25 April 1965

Czechoslovakia	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Eusébio  20'

Tehelné Pole (Slovan), Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Attendance: 56,975 Referee: Stavrev (Bulgaria)

Romania  v  Turkey

2 May 1965

Romania	3–0	Turkey
Georgescu  1' Mateianu  72' (pen.) Creiniceanu  75'	Report

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest, Romania Attendance: 31,219 Referee: Schiller (Austria)

Romania  v  Czechoslovakia

30 May 1965

Romania	1–0	Czechoslovakia
Mateianu  34'	Report

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest, Romania Attendance: 44,615 Referee: Köpcke (East Germany)

Portugal  v  Romania

14 June 1965

Portugal	2–1	Romania
Eusébio  14', 39'	Report	Avram  71'

Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal Attendance: 45,646 Referee: Kitabdjian (France)

Czechoslovakia  v  Romania

19 September 1965

Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania
Knebort  3', 66' Jokl  90'	Report	Coe  23'

Stadión dr. Vacka "Eden" (Slavia), Prague, Czechoslovakia Attendance: 7,324 Referee: Storoniak (Poland)

Turkey  v  Czechoslovakia

9 October 1965

Turkey	0–6	Czechoslovakia
	Report	Jokl  22', 70' Knebort  41', 54' Kvašňák  45' Kabát  61'

Ali Sami Yen Stadı, Istanbul, Turkey Attendance: 12,757 Referee: Righi (Italy)

Turkey  v  Romania

23 October 1965

Turkey	2–1	Romania
Fevzi  13' Nedim  48'	Report	Georgescu  55'

19 Mayıs Stadı, Ankara, Turkey Attendance: 27,364 Referee: Pregja (Albania)

Portugal  v  Czechoslovakia

31 October 1965

Portugal	0–0	Czechoslovakia
	Report

Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal Attendance: 31,432 Referee: Horn (Netherlands)

Czechoslovakia  v  Turkey

21 November 1965

Czechoslovakia	3–1	Turkey
Mráz  3', 15' Horváth  69'	Report	Ayhan  8'

Za Lužánkami, Brno, Czechoslovakia Attendance: 3,133 Referee: Aranyosi (Hungary)

Romania  v  Portugal

21 November 1965

Romania	2–0	Portugal
Pârcălab  1' Badea  43'	Report

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest, Romania Attendance: 27,532 Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)

Portugal qualified.

Final Table

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

 Portugal

Head coach: Manuel da Luz Afonso

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

 Czechoslovakia

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

 Romania

Head coach: Ilie Oană

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

 Turkey

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	November 10, 1938	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	Fenerbahçe S.K.
GK	Özcan Arkoç	October 2, 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	January 30, 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	January 28, 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	September 27, 1936	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	Fenerbahçe S.K.
FW	Uğur Köken	November 28, 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	February 2, 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	June 26, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	-	Galatasaray S.K.
FW	Fevzi Zemzem	June 27, 1941	3	2	270	0	0	90	-	-	90	90	-	Göztepe A.Ş.

External links

• FIFA official page
• RSSSF - 1966 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup