1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 5)

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

Matches

Netherlands  v  Albania

24 May 1964

Netherlands	2–0	Albania
Muller Schrijvers	Report

Rotterdam, Netherlands Referee: Meighan (Republic of Ireland)

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Northern Ireland  v   Switzerland

14 October 1964

Northern Ireland	1–0	Switzerland
Crossan	Report

Belfast, Northern Ireland Referee: Burguet (Belgium)

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Albania  v  Netherlands

25 October 1964

Albania	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Geurtsen Van Nee

Tirana, Albania Referee: Dinow (Bulgaria)

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Switzerland   v  Northern Ireland

14 November 1964

Switzerland	2–1	Northern Ireland
Quentin  29' Kuhn  34'	Report	Best  31'

Lausanne, Switzerland Referee: Schiller (Austria)

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Northern Ireland  v  Netherlands

17 March 1965

Northern Ireland	2–1	Netherlands
T Neill Crossan	Report

Belfast, Northern Ireland Referee: Sörensen (Denmark)

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Netherlands  v  Northern Ireland

7 April 1965

Netherlands	0–0	Northern Ireland
	Report

Rotterdam, Netherlands Referee: Clements (England)

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Albania  v   Switzerland

11 April 1965

Albania	0–2	Switzerland
	Report	Quentin  21' Kuhn  88'

Tirana, Albania Referee: Sbardella (Italy)

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Switzerland   v  Albania

2 May 1965

Switzerland	1–0	Albania
Kuhn	Report

Geneva, Switzerland Referee: Bueno Perales (Spain)

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Northern Ireland  v  Albania

7 May 1965

Northern Ireland	4–1	Albania
Crossan Best	Report	Jashari

Belfast, Northern Ireland Referee: Mootz (Luxembourg)

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Netherlands  v   Switzerland

17 October 1965

Netherlands	0–0	Switzerland
	Report

Amsterdam, Netherlands Referee: Boström (Sweden)

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Switzerland   v  Netherlands

14 November 1965

Switzerland	2–1	Netherlands
Allemann Hosp	Report	Laseroms

Bern, Switzerland Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)

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Albania  v  Northern Ireland

24 November 1965

Albania	1–1	Northern Ireland
Haxhiu	Report	Irvine

Tirana, Albania Referee: Sotir (Romania)

Switzerland 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.	Switzerland	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	9		X	2:1	2:1	1:0		3	3	0	0	5	2	6	3	1	1	1	2	1	3
2.	Northern Ireland	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	8		1:0	X	2:1	4:1		3	3	0	0	7	2	6	3	0	2	1	2	3	2
3.	Netherlands	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	6		0:0	0:0	X	2:0		3	1	2	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	2	4	4	2
4.	Albania	6	0	1	5	2	12	-10	1		0:2	1:1	0:2	X		3	0	1	2	1	5	1	3	0	0	3	1	7	0

Team stats

  Switzerland

Head coach: Alfredo Foni

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
FW	Anton Allemann	January 6, 1936	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	1. FC Nuremberg
MF	Kurt Armbruster	September 16, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	FC Lausanne-Sport
MF	Heinz Bäni	November 18, 1936	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	FC Zürich
FW	André Daina	July 8, 1940	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	Servette FC
MF	Richard Dürr	December 1, 1938	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	-	FC Lausanne-Sport
GK	Karl Elsener	August 13, 1934	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90			FC Lausanne-Sport
												90	90	FC Grenchen
DF	Hansruedi Führer	December 24, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	BSC Young Boys
DF	André Grobéty	June 22, 1933	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	FC Lausanne-Sport
FW	Kurt Grünig	March 13, 1944	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	BSC Young Boys
FW	Robert Hosp	December 13, 1939	4	1	360	0	0	-	90	90	-	90	90	FC Lausanne-Sport
MF	Köbi Kuhn	October 12, 1943	6	3	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	FC Zürich
DF	Werner Leimgruber	September 2, 1934	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	FC Zürich
DF	Raymond Maffiolo	March 6, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	Servette FC
FW	Karl Odermatt	December 17, 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	FC Basel
FW	Philippe Pottier	July 9, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Stade Français FC
FW	René-Pierre Quentin	August 5, 1943	4	2	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	-	FC Sion
FW	Jean-Claude Schindelholz	October 11, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Servette FC
DF	Heinz Schneiter	April 12, 1935	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	BSC Young Boys
DF	Xavier Stierli	October 29, 1940	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	FC Zürich
DF	Ely Tacchella	May 25, 1936	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	FC Lausanne-Sport
FW	Georges Vuilleumier	September 21, 1944	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
FW	Rolf Wüthrich	September 4, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	1. FC Nuremberg

 Northern Ireland

Head coach: Bertie Peacock

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
FW	George Best	May 22, 1946	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Manchester United F.C.
FW	Bobby Braithwaite	February 2, 1937	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-	90	-	-	/2[1] Middlesbrough F.C.
GK	Ronnie Briggs	March 29, 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	/2[1] Swansea Town
DF	Albert Campbell	January 4, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	Crusaders F.C.
MF	Dave Clements	September 15, 1945	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	/2[1] Coventry City F.C.
FW	Jobby Crossan	November 29, 1938	6	5	540	0	0	90	90					Sunderland A.F.C.
										90	90	90	90	/2[1] Manchester City F.C.
FW	Derek Dougan	January 20, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Leicester City F.C.
DF	Alex Elder	April 25, 1941	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Burnley F.C.
MF	Martin Harvey	September 19, 1941	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Sunderland A.F.C.
FW	Billy Humphries	June 8, 1936	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	-	90	-	/2[1] Swansea Town
FW	Bobby Irvine	June 18, 1942	5	1	450	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	90	Stoke City F.C.
GK	Pat Jennings	June 12, 1945	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	90	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
DF	Eddie Magill	May 17, 1939	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	-	90	90		Arsenal F.C.
													90	/3[1] Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
DF	Billy McCullough	July 27, 1935	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Arsenal F.C.
FW	Jimmy McIlroy	October 25, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Stoke City F.C.
FW	Jim McLaughlin	December 22, 1940	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	/2[1] Swansea Town
DF	Terry Neill	May 8, 1942	5	2	450	0	0	90	-	90	90	90	90	Arsenal F.C.
MF	Jimmy Nicholson	February 27, 1943	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	/2[1] Huddersfield Town
DF	John Parke	August 6, 1937	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	-	Sunderland A.F.C.
FW	Sammy Wilson	c. 1937	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Falkirk F.C.

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

 Netherlands

Head coach: Elek Schwartz (first match); Denis Neville (second to sixth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
FW	Gerard Bergholtz	August 29, 1939	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	Feyenoord
MF	Joop Burgers	April 25, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	B	DWS
FW	Mick Clavan	March 11, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	Holland Sport
GK	Pim Doesburg	October 28, 1943	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	B	B	Sparta Rotterdam
DF	Hans Eijkenbroek	January 1, 1940	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	Sparta Rotterdam
DF	Frits Flinkevleugel	November 3, 1939	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	DWS
MF	Piet Fransen	July 5, 1936	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	B			GVAV
												-	90	Feyenoord
FW	Frans Geurtsen	March 17, 1942	1	1	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	DWS
FW	Henk Groot	April 22, 1938	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	90	90			Feyenoord
												90	-	AFC Ajax
DF	Guus Haak	April 17, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	B	90	-	-	Feyenoord
DF	Giel Haenen	June 2, 1934	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	MVV
FW	Harry Heijnen	October 17, 1940	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	ADO Den Haag
DF	Rinus Israël	March 19, 1942	5	0	450	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	90	DWS
FW	Piet Keizer	July 14, 1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	AFC Ajax
DF	Peter Kemper	October 13, 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	B	-	-	-	PSV Eindhoven
FW	Pierre Kerkhoffs	March 26, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	FC Lausanne-Sport
DF	Hans Kraay	October 14, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Feyenoord
FW	Piet Kruiver	January 5, 1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	-	-	90	90	Feyenoord
GK	Piet Lagarde	December 9, 1939	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	Sportclub Enschede
DF	Theo Laseroms	March 8, 1940	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	B	90	B	90	Sparta Rotterdam
GK	Tonny van Leeuwen	March 21, 1943	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	GVAV
MF	Coen Moulijn	February 15, 1937	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	90	Feyenoord
MF	Bennie Muller	August 14, 1938	3	1	270	0	0	90	-	90	-	90	-	AFC Ajax
FW	Henry van Nee	August 13, 1939	2	2	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	-	AVC Heracles
FW	Klaas Nuninga	November 7, 1940	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	GVAV
GK	Eddy Pieters Graafland	January 5, 1934	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Feyenoord
	Alle Pijlman		0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	B	-
MF	Miel Pijs	August 22, 1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	PSV Eindhoven
FW	Co Prins	June 5, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	90			1. FC Kaiserslautern
												90	-	AFC Ajax
DF	Daan Schrijvers	September 18, 1941	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	90			DWS
												90	90	PSV Eindhoven
MF	Sjaak Swart	July 3, 1938	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	B	90	AFC Ajax
FW	Bert Theunissen		0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	BSC Young Boys
	Henk Tijm		0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	AFC Ajax
DF	Cor Veldhoen	April 6, 1939	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Feyenoord
FW	Lambert Verdonk	September 20, 1944	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	B	B	PSV Eindhoven
MF	Fons van Wissen	March 21, 1933	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	PSV Eindhoven

 Albania

Head coach: Zyber Konçi (first to fifth match); Loro Boriçi (sixth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
FW	Foto Andoni	1947	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	KF Partizani Tirana
FW	Pavllo Bukoviku	1940	2	0	180	0	0	90						KF Partizani Tirana
									-	-	-	90	-	17 Nëntori Tirana
MF	Mehdi Bushati	1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	KS Dinamo Tirana
MF	Iljaz Çeço	1946	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	KS Dinamo Tirana
DF	Fatbardh Deliallisi	1932	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	-	KF Partizani Tirana
FW	Fiqiri Duro	1939	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	-	KS Dinamo Tirana
DF	Fatmir Frashëri	1940	6	0	540	0	0	90						KF Partizani Tirana
									90	90	90	90	90	17 Nëntori Tirana
DF	Skënder Halili	1940	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	17 Nëntori Tirana
FW	Mexhit Haxhiu	1943	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	90	KF Partizani Tirana
GK	Mikel Janku	1942	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	KF Partizani Tirana
FW	Robert Jashari	1938	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	-	KF Partizani Tirana
DF	Gëzim Kasmi	1941	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	17 Nëntori Tirana
MF	Ali Mema	1943	6	0	540	0	0	90						FK Vllaznia
									90	90	90	90	90	17 Nëntori Tirana
FW	Panajot Pano	March 7, 1939	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	-	KF Partizani Tirana
DF	Miço Papadophulli		1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	KF Partizani Tirana
MF	Ramazan Rragami	1944	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	KF Partizani Tirana
FW	Bashkim Rudi	1943	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	KS Labinoti Elbasan
MF	Lin Shllaku	1938	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	KF Partizani Tirana
MF	Lorenç Vorfi	1940	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	-	KS Dinamo Tirana
MF	Niko Xhaçka	1944	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	17 Nëntori Tirana
FW	Medin Zhega	January 31, 1946	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	90	KS Dinamo Tirana

External links

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