1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 8)

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

Matches

Italy  v  Finland

4 November 1964

Italy	6–1	Finland
Facchetti  1' Holmqvist  8' (o.g.) Rivera  16' Bulgarelli  49' Mazzola  54', 83'	Report	Peltonen  88'

Genoa, Italy Referee: Rodrigues (Portugal)

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Poland  v  Italy

18 April 1965

Poland	0–0	Italy
	Report

Warsaw, Poland Referee: Roomer (Netherlands)

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Poland  v  Scotland

23 May 1965

Poland	1–1	Scotland
Lentner  52'	Report	Law  76'

Warsaw, Poland Referee: Alimov (Soviet Union)

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Finland  v  Scotland

27 May 1965

Finland	1–2	Scotland
Hyvärinen	Report	Greig Wilson

Helsinki, Finland Referee: Vetter (East Germany)

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Finland  v  Italy

23 June 1965

Finland	0–2	Italy
	Report	Mazzola  33', 78'

Helsinki, Finland Referee: Bachramov (Soviet Union)

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Finland  v  Poland

26 September 1965

Finland	2–0	Poland
Nuoranen Peltonen	Report

Helsinki, Finland Referee: Grandlund (Norway)

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Scotland  v  Poland

13 October 1965

Scotland	1–2	Poland
McNeill  13'	Report	Pol  85' Sadek  86'

Glasgow, Scotland Referee: Carlsson (Sweden)

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Poland  v  Finland

24 October 1965

Poland	7–0	Finland
Lubański  19', 21', 24', 41' Pol  29' Sadek  35', 79'	Report

Szczecin, Poland Referee: Obtulović (Czechoslovakia)

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Italy  v  Poland

1 November 1965

Italy	6–1	Poland
Mazzola  5' Barison  25', 65', 87' Rivera  71' Mora  79'	Report	Lubański  84'

Rome, Italy Referee: Klein (Israel)

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Scotland  v  Italy

9 November 1965

Scotland	1–0	Italy
Greig  88'	Report

Glasgow, Scotland Referee: Kreitlein (West Germany)

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Italy  v  Scotland

7 December 1965

Italy	3–0	Scotland
Pascutti  38' Facchetti  73' Mora  89'	Report

Naples, Italy Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)

Italy 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.	Italy	6	4	1	1	17	3	+14	9		X	3:0	6:1	6:1		3	3	0	0	15	2	6	3	1	1	1	2	1	3
2.	Scotland	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	7		1:0	X	1:2	3:1		3	2	0	1	5	3	4	3	1	1	1	3	5	3
3.	Poland	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	6		0:0	1:1	X	7:0		3	1	2	0	8	1	4	3	1	0	2	3	9	2
4.	Finland	6	1	0	5	5	20	-15	2		0:2	1:2	2:0	X		3	1	0	2	3	4	2	3	0	0	3	2	16	0

Team stats

 Italy

Head coach: Edmondo Fabbri

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
GK	Enrico Albertosi	November 2, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	ACF Fiorentina
MF	Paolo Barison	June 23, 1936	2	3	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	-	A.S. Roma
MF	Giacomo Bulgarelli	October 24, 1940	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Bologna F.C. 1909
DF	Tarcisio Burgnich	April 25, 1939	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	90	Inter Milano
MF	Mario Corso	August 25, 1941	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	Inter Milano
DF	Giacinto Facchetti	July 18, 1942	6	2	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Inter Milano
MF	Romano Fogli	January 21, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	Bologna F.C. 1909
DF	Aristide Guarneri	March 7, 1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-	-	90	-	Inter Milano
MF	Giovanni Lodetti	August 10, 1942	5	0	450	0	0	90	-	90	90	90	90	A.C. Milan
FW	Sandro Mazzola	November 8, 1942	6	5	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Inter Milano
FW	Bruno Mora	March 29, 1937	4	2	360	0	0	90	-	90	90	-	90	A.C. Milan
GK	William Negri	July 30, 1935	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	-	Bologna F.C. 1909
DF	Alberto Orlando	September 27, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	ACF Fiorentina
FW	Ezio Pascutti	June 1, 1937	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	90	Bologna F.C. 1909
DF	Armando Picchi	June 20, 1935	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	Inter Milano
DF	Fabrizio Poletti	July 13, 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	Torino F.C.
FW	Gianni Rivera	August 18, 1943	5	2	450	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	90	A.C. Milan
DF	Roberto Rosato	August 18, 1943	5	0	450	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	90	Torino F.C.
DF	Sandro Salvadore	November 29, 1939	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	Juventus F.C.
GK	Giuliano Sarti	October 2, 1933	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Inter Milano

 Scotland

Head coach: Ian McColl (first match); Jock Stein (second to sixth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
MF	Jim Baxter	September 29, 1939	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	-			Rangers F.C.
												90	-	Sunderland A.F.C.
GK	Adam Blacklaw	September 2, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Burnley F.C.
MF	Billy Bremner	December 9, 1942	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	Leeds United A.F.C.
GK	Bill Brown	October 8, 1931	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	-	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
FW	Stevie Chalmers	December 26, 1936	1	1	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Celtic F.C.
MF	Bobby Collins	February 16, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	Leeds United A.F.C.
MF	Charlie Cooke	October 14, 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Dundee F.C.
MF	Pat Crerand	February 19, 1939	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	-	Manchester United F.C.
FW	Jim Forrest	September 22, 1944	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Rangers F.C.
GK	Campbell Forsyth	May 5, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Kilmarnock F.C.
MF	Dave Gibson	September 23, 1938	1	1	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Leicester City F.C.
FW	Alan Gilzean	October 23, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	-	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
DF	John Greig	September 11, 1942	6	2	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Rangers F.C.
DF	Alex Hamilton	May 5, 1936	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	Dundee F.C.
FW	Willie Hamilton	February 16, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	Hibernian F.C.
MF	Willie Henderson	January 24, 1944	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	-	Rangers F.C.
FW	John Hughes	April 3, 1943	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	-	-	90	90	Celtic F.C.
FW	Willie Johnston	December 19, 1946	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	Rangers F.C.
MF	Jimmy Johnstone	September 30, 1944	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Celtic F.C.
DF	Jim Kennedy	January 31, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Celtic F.C.
FW	Denis Law	February 24, 1940	4	2	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	Manchester United F.C.
FW	Neil Martin	October 20, 1940	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	-			Hibernian F.C.
												90	-	Sunderland A.F.C.
DF	Eddie McCreadie	April 15, 1940	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	90	Chelsea F.C.
DF	Jackie McGrory	November 15, 1941	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Kilmarnock F.C.
DF	Ronnie McKinnon	August 20, 1940	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Rangers F.C.
DF	Billy McNeill	March 2, 1940	3	1	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	-	Celtic F.C.
MF	Bobby Murdoch	August 17, 1944	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Celtic F.C.
DF	Davie Provan	March 11, 1941	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Rangers F.C.
FW	Alex Scott	November 22, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Everton F.C.
FW	Davie Wilson	January 10, 1939	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	Rangers F.C.
DF	Ron Yeats	November 15, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Liverpool F.C.

 Poland

Head coach: Wiesław Motoczyński, Ryszard Koncewicz, and Karol Krawczyk

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
DF	Zygmunt Anczok	March 14, 1946	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	B	90	90	90	Polonia Bytom
FW	Jan Banaś	March 29, 1943	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	Polonia Bytom
MF	Roman Bazan	August 19, 1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	B	B	B	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
MF	Bernard Blaut	January 3, 1940	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	Legia Warsaw
DF	Henryk Brejza	1938	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	B	B	B	Odra Opole
FW	Lucjan Brychczy	June 13, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	B	Legia Warsaw
FW	Eugeniusz Faber	April 6, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	B	-	B	90	B	-	Ruch Chorzów
DF	Stefan Florenski	December 17, 1933	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	Górnik Zabrze
MF	Jacek Gmoch	January 13, 1939	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Legia Warsaw
MF	Ryszard Grzegorczyk	September 20, 1939	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	Polonia Bytom
FW	Andrzej Jarosik	November 26, 1944	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
GK	Konrad Kornek	February 12, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	B	B	B	90	-	-	Odra Opole
FW	Janusz Kowalik	March 26, 1944	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	-	-	-	-	/2[1] Klub Sportowy Cracovia
FW	Roman Lentner	December 15, 1937	3	1	270	0	0	-	90	90	B	90	-	Górnik Zabrze
FW	Jan Liberda	November 26, 1936	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Polonia Bytom
FW	Włodzimierz Lubański	February 28, 1947	2	5	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
GK	Stanisław Majcher	October 27, 1936	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	B	-	Stal Rzeszów
FW	Antoni Nieroba	January 17, 1939	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	B	90	-	-	Ruch Chorzów
DF	Stanisław Oślizło	November 13, 1937	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
FW	Ernest Pol	November 3, 1932	6	2	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
FW	Jerzy Sadek	January 13, 1942	3	3	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	ŁKS Łódź
GK	Henryk Stroniarz	March 20, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Wisła Kraków
FW	Zbigniew Szarzyński	December 7, 1933	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	Gwardia Warszawa
MF	Henryk Szczepański	October 7, 1933	6	0	495	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	45	Odra Opole
GK	Marian Szeja	August 20, 1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	B	90	B	/2[1] Thorez Wałbrzych
MF	Zygfryd Szołtysik	October 24, 1942	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
GK	Edward Szymkowiak	February 13, 1932	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	Polonia Bytom
FW	Jerzy Wilim	August 14, 1941	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	Szombierki Bytom
MF	Janusz Żmijewski	March 4, 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Legia Warsaw

 Finland

Head coach: Olavi Laaksonen

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
GK	Martti Halme	April 5, 1943	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	FC Haka
MF	Olli Heinonen	January 7, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	FC Reipas Lahti
MF	Stig Holmqvist	February 13, 1936	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Upon Pallo
MF	Marrti Hyvärinen	November 6, 1939	3	1	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	FC Reipas Lahti
FW	Harri Järvi	August 20, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho
DF	Reijo Kanerva	January 29, 1944	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	ÅIFK Turku
DF	Timo Kautonen	March 12, 1945	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	FC Reipas Lahti
MF	Markku Kumpulampi	May 21, 1939	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	90	Upon Pallo
MF	Markku Lahti	April 18, 1945	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	90	FC Haka
MF	Arvo Lamberg	July 3, 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	GBK Kokkola
FW	Tommy Lindholm	February 3, 1947	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Turun Toverit
FW	Matti Mäkelä	January 14, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	Tampereen Palloilijat
MF	Asko Mäkilä	August 20, 1944	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	FC Haka
MF	Pertti Mäkipää	August 4, 1941	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Tampereen Palloilijat
GK	Lars Näsman	May 14, 1943	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	Upon Pallo
DF	Reima Nummila	November 16, 1942	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	/2[1] Turun Palloseura
FW	Semi Nuoranen	December 14, 1941	3	1	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	-	FC Reipas Lahti
FW	Kaj Österberg	December 8, 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	Helsingin Palloseura
MF	Kai Pahlman	July 8, 1935	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	/2[1] Helsingin Palloseura
FW	Juhani Peltonen	June 16, 1936	5	3	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	-	Hamburger SV
DF	Aarno Rinne	July 11, 1941	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	Ilves Tampere
FW	Rauno Ruotsalainen	February 4, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	Lappeenrannan Pallo
MF	Simo Syrjävaara	June 14, 1943	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	90	ÅIFK Turku
DF	Arto Tolsa	August 9, 1945	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	90	-	-	Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat
DF	Veijo Valtonen	January 5, 1936	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	FC Haka

Notes

1. The number indicates the league the team played in that year.

External links

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