| 9 Groups - 9+1 Berths. 5 groups with 4 teams and 4 groups with 3 teams. | | 31 UEFA members took part. Malta and Iceland did not play. Israel and Syria were included in Europe zone. | | Bulgaria beat Belgium and Spain beat Ireland after play-off. | | From 1962 France and Portugal replaced Yugoslavia and Spain. | | |
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| Group 10 | England - host | | Group 1 | Bulgaria, Belgium, Israel | | Group 2 | West Germany, Sweden, Cyprus | | Group 3 | France, Norway, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg | | Group 4 | Portugal, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Turkey |
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| Group 5 | Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Netherlands, Albania | | Group 6 | Hungary, East Germany, Austria | | Group 7 | Soviet Union, Wales, Greece, Denmark | | Group 8 | Italy, Scotland, Poland, Finland | | Group 9 | Spain, Ireland, Syria>/s> |
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| Group 1 | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. |  Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9: | 6 | +3 | | 2. |  Belgium | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11: | 3 | +8 | | 3. |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1: | 12 | -11 |
| Team | Bulg | Belg | Isra | | Bulgaria | --- | 3:0, 2:1 | 4:0 | | Belgium | 5:0 | --- | 1:0 |  Israel | 1:2 | 0:5 | --- |
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| 1st place decided by Play-Off! | | Bulgaria qualified to World 1966 and was eliminated in Groups Round. | | Key match: 29.12.65 Bulgaria 2-1 Belgium. |
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| date | team 1 ___________ | score | team 2 ___________ | HT | att. | | Sun 09.05.65 | Belgium | 1-0 | Israel | 1-0 | 21,699 |  1-0 Jurion 24'pen. Heysel Stadium, Brussels. Referee: Einar Poulsen, Denmark. | | Sun 13.06.65 | Bulgaria | 4-0 | Israel | 2-0 | 18,770 | | 1-0 Kotkov 16' 2-0 Kotkov 39' 3-0 Asparukhov 67' 4-0 Kitov 69' Slavia Stadium, Sofia. Referee: Faruk Talu, Turkey. | | Sun 26.09.65 | Bulgaria | 3-0 | Belgium | 2-0 | 25,380 | | 1-0 Kotkov 30' 2-0 Asparukhov 33' 3-0 Kotkov 61' Slavia Stadium, Sofia. Referee: Konstantin Zecevic, Yugoslavia. | | Wed 27.10.65 | Belgium | 5-0 | Bulgaria | 1-0 | 13,780 | | 1-0 van Himst 18' 2-0 van Himst 55' 3-0 Thio 75' 4-0 Thio 82' 5-0 Stockman 88' Constant van den Stock Stadium, Brussels. Referee: Marcel Albert Bois, France. | | Wed 10.11.65 | Israel | 0-5 | Belgium | 0-3 | 48,355 | | 0-1 van Himst 24' 0-2 Thio 31' 0-3 van Himst 48' 0-4 Puis 48' 0-5 van Himst 69' Ramat Gan Stadium. Referee: Antonio Sbardella, Italy. | | Sun 21.11.65 | Israel | 1-2 | Bulgaria | 0-1 | 28,213 | | 0-1 Kolev 31' 1-1 Talbi 48' 1-2 Asparukhov 81' Ramat Gan Stdium. Referee: Eduard Babauczek, Austria. | | Play-Off | | Wed 29.12.65 | Bulgaria | 2-1 | Belgium | 2-0 | 11,659 | | 0-1 Asparukhov 19' 0-2 Asparukhov 20' 2-1 Gaganelov (Vutsov) 75'OG Stadio Komunale, Florence, Italy. Referee: Antonio Sbardella, Italy. | | Bulgaria: G. Naydenov, Al. Shalamanov, Iv. Vutsov, B. Gaganelov, D. Zhechev, P. Zhekov, St. Abadzhiev, G. Asparuhov, D. Yakimov, Iv. Kolev. |
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| Group 2 | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. |  West Germany | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14: | 2 | +12 | | 2. | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10: | 3 | +7 | | 3. | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0: | 19 | -19 |
| Team | WeGe | Swed | Cypr | | West Germany | --- | 1:1 | 5:0 |  Sweden | 1:2 | --- | 5:0 |  Cyprus | 0:6 | 0:3 | --- |
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| West Germany qualified to World 1966 and lost the Final. | | Key match: 25.09.65 Sweden 1-2 West Germany. |
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| date | team 1 __________ | score | team 2 ___________ | HT | att. | | Wed 04.11.64 | West Germany | 1-1 | Sweden | 1-0 | | 1-0 Brunnenmeier 24' 1-1 Hamrin 86' West Berlin. Referee: Dienst, Switzerland. | | Sat 24.04.65 | West Germany | 5-0 | Cyprus | 3-0 | | 1-0 Sieloff 16' 2-0 Overath 22' 3-0 Sieloff 35' 4-0 Strehl 69' 5-0 Overath 85' Karlsruhe. Referee: Mootz, Luxembourg. | | Wed 05.05.65 | Sweden | 3-0 | Cyprus | 1-0 | | 1-0 Simonsson 25' 2-0 Jonsson 55' 3-0 Simonsson 73' Norrkoping. Referee: Petursson, Iceland. | | Sun 26.09.65 | Sweden | 1-2 | West Germany | 1-1 | | 1-0 Jonsson 44' 1-1 Kramer 45' 1-2 Seeler 54' Stockholm. Referee: Dagnall, England. | | Sun 07.11.65 | Cyprus | 0-5 | Sweden | 0-4 | | 0-1 Granstroem 24' 0-2 Granstroem 25' 0-3 Kindvall 37' 0-4 Bo-Goran Larsson 40' Famagusta. Referee: Zsengeller, Hungary. | | Sun 14.11.65 | Cyprus | 0-6 | West Germany | 0-2 | | 0-1 Heiss 30' 0-2 Kramer 32' 0-3 Szymaniak 57' 0-4 Brunnenmeier 82' 0-5 Panayiotou 87'OG 0-6 Brunnenmeier 88' Nicosia. Referee: Francescon, Italy. |
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| Group 3 | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. France | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9: | 2 | +7 | | 2. Norway | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10: | 5 | +5 | | 3. Yugoslavia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10: | 8 | +2 | | 4. Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6: | 20 | -14 |
| Team | Fran | Norw | Yugo | Luxe | | France | --- | 1:0 | 1:0 | 4:1 | | Norway | 0:1 | --- | 3:0 | 2:0 | | Yugoslavia | 1:0 | 1:1 | --- | 5:2 | | Luxembourg | 0:2 | 2:4 | 1:3 | --- |
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| France qualified to World 1966 and was eliminated in Groups Round. | | Key match: 09.10.65 France 1-0 Yugoslavia. |
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| date | team 1 __________ | score | team 2 ___________ | HT | att. | | Sun 20.09.64 |  Yugoslavia | 3-1 |  Luxembourg | 2-0 | | 1-0 Kovacevic 15' 2-0 Jerkovic 25' 2-1 Schmit 71' 3-1 Galic 86' Beograd. Referee: Tdouvaras, Greece. | | Sun 04.10.64 | Luxembourg | 0-2 |  France | 0-1 | | 0-1 Guy 17' 0-2 Artelesa 80' Luxembourg. Referee: Loraux, Belgium. | | Sun 08.11.64 | Luxembourg | 0-2 |  Norway | 0-1 | | 0-1 E. Johansen 28' 0-2 Berg 72' Luxembourg. Referee: Roweu, Wales. | | Wed 11.11.64 | France | 1-0 | Norway | 1-0 | | 1-0 Rombert 17' Paris. Referee: Adair, Northern Ireland. | | Sun 18.04.65 | Yugoslavia | 1-0 | France | 0-0 | | 1-0 Galic 59' Beograd. Referee: Wiachojanis, Austria. | | Thu 27.05.65 | Norway | 4-2 | Luxembourg | 1-2 | | 0-1 Brenner 10'pen. 1-1 Pedersen 16' 1-2 Dublin 26' 2-2 E. Johansen 61' 3-2 Sjoberg 66' 4-2 Kristoffersen 77' Trondheim. Referee: Hirviniemi, Finland. | | Wed 16.06.65 | Norway | 3-0 | Yugoslavia | 1-0 | | 1-0 Seemann 9' 2-0 Nilsen 60' 3-0 Berg 87' Oslo. Referee: Lowry, Wales. | | Wed 15.09.65 | Norway | 0-1 | France | 0-1 | | 0-1 Combin 22' Oslo. Referee: Philips, Scotland. | | Sun 19.09.65 | Luxembourg | 2-5 | Yugoslavia | 1-4 | | 0-1 Galic 3' 0-2 Galic 11' 0-3 Fjajic 37' 1-3 Pilot 39' 1-4 Musovic 47' 2-4 Pilot 50' 2-5 Dzajic 58' Luxembourg. Referee: Vales, Czechoslovakia. | | Sat 09.10.65 | France | 1-0 | Yugoslavia | 0-0 | | 1-0 Gondet 73' Paris. Referee: Hansen, Denmark. | | Sat 06.11.65 | France | 4-1 | Luxembourg | 4-0 | | 1-0 Gondet 6' 2-0 Combin 11' 3-0 Gondet 27' 4-0 Combin 38' 4-1 Pilot 53' Marseille. Referee: Zariquiequi Izco, Spain. | | Sun 07.11.65 | Yugoslavia | 1-1 | Norway | 1-1 | | 1-1 Vasovic 23' 0-1 Stavrum 8' Beograd. Referee: Ashkenazi, Israel. |
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| Group 4 | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Portugal | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9: | 4 | +5 | | 2. Czechoslovakia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12: | 4 | +8 | | 3. Romania | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9: | 7 | +2 | | 4. Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4: | 19 | -15 |
| Team | Port | Czec | Roma | Turk | | Portugal | --- | 0:0 | 2:1 | 5:1 | | Czechoslovakia | 0:1 | --- | 3:1 | 6:0 | | Romania | 2:0 | 1:0 | --- | 3:0 | | Turkey | 0:1 | 1:3 | 2:1 | --- |
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| Portugal qualified to World 1966 and won Third place match. | | Key match: 31.10.65 Portugal 0-0 Czechoslovakia |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Sun 24.01.65 |  Portugal | 5-1 |  Turkey | 2-1 | 33,237 | | Lisboa. Referee: | | Mon 19.04.65 | Turkey | 0-1 | Portugal | 0-0 | 27,625 | | Ankara. Referee: | | Sun 25.04.65 |  Czechoslovakia | 0-1 | Portugal | 0-1 | 59,975 | | Bratislava. Referee: | | Sun 02.05.65 |  Romania | 3-0 | Turkey | 1-0 | 31,219 | | Bucuresti. Referee: | | Sun 30.05.65 | Romania | 1-0 | Czechoslovakia | 1-0 | 44,615 | | Bucuresti. Referee: | | Sun 13.06.65 | Portugal | 2-1 | Romania | 2-0 | 45,646 | | Lisboa. Referee: | | Sun 19.09.65 | Czechoslovakia | 3-1 | Romania | 1-1 | 7,324 | | Prague. Referee: | | Sat 09.10.65 | Turkey | 0-6 | Czechoslovakia | 0-3 | 12,757 | | Istanbul. Referee: | | Sat 23.10.65 | Turkey | 2-1 | Romania | 1-0 | 27,364 | | Ankara. Referee: | | Sun 31.10.65 | Portugal | 0-0 | Czechoslovakia | 0-0 | 31,432 | | Porto. Referee: | | Sun 21.11.65 | Czechoslovakia | 3-1 | Turkey | 2-1 | 3,133 | | Brno. Referee: | | Sun 21.11.65 | Romania | 2-0 | Portugal | 2-0 | 27,532 | | Bucuresti. Referee: |
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| Group 5 | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Switzerland | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7: | 3 | +4 | | 2. Northern Ireland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9: | 5 | +4 | | 3. Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6: | 4 | +2 | | 4. Albania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2: | 12 | -10 |
| Team | Swit | NoIr | Neth | Alba | | Switzerland | --- | 2:1 | 2:1 | 2:0 | | Northern Ireland | 1:0 | --- | 2:1 | 4:1 | | Netherlands | 0:0 | 0:0 | --- | 2:0 | | Albania | 0:1 | 1:1 | 0:2 | --- |
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| Switzerland qualified to World 1966 and was eliminated in Groups Round. | | Key matches: 14.11.65 Switzerland 2-1 Netherlands and 24.11.65 Albania 1-1 Northern Ireland |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Sun 24.05.64 | Rotterdam |  Netherlands | 2-0 |  Albania | 0-0 | | Wed 14.10.64 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 1-0 |  Switzerland | 0-0 | | Sun 25.10.64 | Tirana | Albania | 0-2 | Netherlands | 0-1 | | Sat 14.11.64 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 2-1 | Northern Ireland | 2-1 | | Wed 17.03.65 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 2-1 | Netherlands | 1-1 | | Wed 07.04.65 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 0-0 | Northern Ireland | 0-0 | | Sun 11.04.65 | Tirana | Albania | 0-2 | Switzerland | 0-1 | | Sun 02.05.65 | Geneve | Switzerland | 1-0 | Albania | 1-0 | | Fri 07.05.65 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 4-1 | Albania | 2-1 | | Sun 17.10.65 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 0-0 | Switzerland | 0-0 | | Sun 14.11.65 | Berne | Switzerland | 2-1 | Netherlands | 1-0 | | Wed 24.11.65 | Tirana | Albania | 1-1 | Northern Ireland | 0-0 |
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| Group 6 | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Hungary | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8: | 3 | +5 | | 2. East Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5: | 5 | 0 | | 3. Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1: | 6 | -5 |
| Team | Hung | East | Aust | | Hungary | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 | | East Germany | 1:1 | --- | 1:0 | | Austria | 0:1 | 1:1 | --- |
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| Hungary qualified to World 1966 and was eliminated in Quarter-Finals (1/4). | | Key match: 09.10.65 Hungary 3-2 East Germany |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Sun 25.04.65 | Wien |  Austria | 1-1 |  East Germany | 0-0 | | Sun 23.05.65 | Leipzig | East Germany | 1-1 |  Hungary | | | Sun 13.06.65 | Wien | Austria | 0-1 | Hungary | 0-1 | | Sun 05.09.65 | Budapest | Hungary | 3-0 | Austria | 2-0 | | Sat 09.10.65 | Budapest | Hungary | 3-2 | East Germany | 1-1 | | Sun 31.10.65 | Leipzig | East Germany | 1-0 | Austria | |
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| Group 7 | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Soviet Union | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19: | 6 | +13 | | 2. Wales | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11: | 9 | +2 | | 3. Greece | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10: | 14 | -4 | | 4. Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7: | 18 | -11 |
| Team | Sovi | Wale | Gree | Denm | | Soviet Union | --- | 2:1 | 4:1 | 6:0 | | Wales | 2:1 | --- | 4:1 | 4:2 | | Greece | 1:3 | 2:0 | --- | 4:2 | | Denmark | 1:3 | 1:0 | 1:1 | --- |
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| Soviet Union qualified to World 1966 and lost Third place match. | | Key match: 30.05.65 Soviet Union 2-1 Wales |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Wed 21.10.64 | Kopenhagen |  Denmark | 1-0 |  Wales | 0-0 | | Sun 29.11.64 | Athens |  Greece | 4-2 | Denmark | 1-0 | | Wed 09.12.64 | Athens | Greece | 2-0 | Wales | 1-0 | | Wed 17.03.65 | Cardif | Wales | 4-1 | Greece | 1-1 | | Sun 23.05.65 | Moskva |  Soviet Union | 3-1 | Greece | 1-0 | | Sun 30.05.65 | Moskva | Soviet Union | 2-1 | Wales | 2-0 | | Sun 27.06.65 | Moskva | Soviet Union | 6-0 | Denmark | 1-0 | | Sun 03.10.65 | Athens | Greece | 1-4 | Soviet Union | 1-2 | | Sun 17.10.65 | Kopenhagen | Denmark | 1-3 | Soviet Union | 0-0 | | Wed 27.10.65 | Kopenhagen | Denmark | 1-1 | Greece | 1-1 | | Wed 27.10.65 | Cardif | Wales | 2-1 | Soviet Union | 1-1 | | Wed 01.12.65 | Wrexham | Wales | 4-2 | Denmark | 3-1 |
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| Group 8 | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Italy | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17: | 3 | +14 | | 2. Scotland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8: | 8 | 0 | | 3. Poland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11: | 10 | +1 | | 4. Finland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5: | 20 | -15 |
| Team | Ital | Scot | Pola | Finl | | Italy | --- | 3:0 | 6:1 | 6:1 | | Scotland | 1:0 | --- | 1:1 | 3:1 | | Poland | 0:0 | 2:1 | --- | 7:0 | | Finland | 0:2 | 1:2 | 2:0 | --- |
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| Italy qualified to World 1966 and was eliminated in Groups Round. | | Key match: 07.12.65 Italy 3-0 Scotland |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Wed 21.10.64 | Glasgow |  Scotland | 3-1 |  Finland | 3-0 | | Wed 04.11.64 | Genoa |  Italy | 6-1 | Finland | 3-0 | | Sun 18.04.65 | Warsaw |  Poland | 0-0 | Italy | 0-0 | | Sun 23.05.65 | Chorzow | Poland | 1-1 | Scotland | 0-0 | | Thu 27.05.65 | Helsinki | Finland | 1-2 | Scotland | 1-1 | | Wed 23.06.65 | Helsinki | Finland | 0-2 | Italy | 0-1 | | Wed 29.09.65 | Helsinki | Finland | 2-0 | Poland | 2-0 | | Wed 13.10.65 | Glasgow | Scotland | 1-2 | Poland | 1-0 | | Sun 24.10.65 | Szczecin | Poland | 7-0 | Finland | 6-0 | | Mon 01.11.65 | Roma | Italy | 6-1 | Poland | 2-0 | | Tue 09.11.65 | Glasgow | Scotland | 1-0 | Italy | 0-0 | | Tue 07.12.65 | Napoli | Italy | 3-0 | Scotland | 1-0 |
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| Group I | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4: | 2 | +2 | | 2. Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2: | 4 | -2 | | -. Syria | withdrew |
| Team | Spai | Irel | Syri | | Spain | --- | 4:1 | | | Ireland | 1:0 | --- | | | Syria | | | --- |
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| Bulgaria qualified to World 1966 and was eliminated in Groups Round. | | Key match: 10.11.65 Spain 1-0 Ireland |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | Syria withdrew on 08.10.1964 | | Wed 05.05.65 | Dublin |  Ireland | 1-0 |  Spain | 0-0 | | Wed 27.10.65 | Sevilla | Spain | 4-1 | Ireland | 2-1 | | Play-Off | | Wed 10.11.65 | Paris(FRA) | Spain | 1-0 | Ireland | 0-0 |
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