1966 FIFA World Cup

1966 FIFA World Cup


1966 FIFA World Cup - England
World Cup 1966

Teams 16 (from 74 entrants)

Host England

Champions England (1st title)

Matches played 32
Goals scored 89 (average 2.781 per match)
Attendance 1,635,000 (average 51,094 per match)
Top scorer(s) Eusébio
9 goals



Qualifying countries
1966 was a year of triumph for the host nation, England, which won the final beating West Germany 4-2. The tournament's leading goalscorer was Eusébio of Portugal with nine goals. The event was awarded by FIFA in 1960 to England to celebrate the centenary of the codification of football in England, beating the West German candidacy.
Background
The format of the 1966 competition remained as in 1962: 16 qualifying teams were divided into four groups of four. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
The 1966 World Cup had a rather unusual hero off the field, a dog called Pickles. In the build up to the tournament the Jules Rimet trophy was stolen from an exhibition display. A nation wide hunt for the icon ensued. It was later discovered wrapped in some newspaper as the dog sniffed under some bushes in London. Pickles met an untimely end the following year when he was accidentally strangled by his own leash. The FA commissioned a replica cup in case the original cup was not found in time. This replica is held at the English National Football Museum, where it is on display.
It was the first World Cup to choose a mascot and an official logo for marketing purposes: The mascot was a lion called World Cup Willie. His image appeared in the official poster (right).
Despite achieving record attendances for the time, 1966 was a World Cup with few goals as the teams began to play much more tactically and defensively. This was exemplified by Alf Ramsey's England as they finished top of Group 1 with only four goals to their credit, but having none scored against them. Uruguay were the other team to qualify from that group at the expense of both Mexico and France. All the group's matches were played at Wembley apart from the match between Uruguay and France which took place at White City.
In Group 2, West Germany and Argentina qualified with ease as they both finished the group with 5 points, Spain managed 2, while Switzerland left the competition after losing all three group matches.
In the northwest of England, the Old Trafford and Goodison Park stadia played host to Group 3 which saw the World Cup holders, Brazil, finish in third place behind Portugal and Hungary and so be eliminated along with Bulgaria. Brazil was defeated by Hungary and Portugal. In both matches, key Brazilian players were hunted down violently and injured by the opposing teams. And in both matches, there was an English referee in charge (Ken Dagnall and George McCabe). No players from the opposing teams were sent off in either match.
Group 4, however, provided the biggest upset when North Korea beat Italy 1-0, and finished above them, earning themselves qualification along with the USSR. Chile finished bottom of the group.
The quarter-finals provided a surprisingly easy victory for West Germany as they cruised past Uruguay 4-0. The referee was Jim Finney, from England, who sent off two players from Uruguay: Troche and Silva. It appeared as though the surprise package North Korea might do the same to Portugal when after 22 minutes they were in the lead 3-0. It fell to one of the greatest stars of the tournament, Eusébio, to change that. He scored four goals in the game and with Augusto adding a fifth in the 78th minute, one of the most incredible comebacks was complete.
Meanwhile in the other two games, Bene's late goal for Hungary against the USSR, who were led by Lev Yashin's stellar goalkeeping, proved little more than a consolation as they crashed out 2-1, and the only goal between Argentina and England came courtesy of England's Geoff Hurst. During that controversial game (for more details see Argentina and England football rivalry), Argentina's Antonio Rattin became the first player to be sent off in a senior international football match at Wembley. The German referee, Rudolf Kretlein, gave Rattin his marching orders for dissent and the 'look on his face', even though he understood no Spanish. Rattin at first refused to leave the field and eventually had to be escorted by several policemen.
At this point, all semifinalists were from Europe. Both semi-finals finished 2-1: Franz Beckenbauer providing the winning goal for West Germany as they beat the USSR, while Bobby Charlton scored both goals in England's triumph against Portugal. Portugal went on to beat the USSR 2-1 to take third place.

1966 World Cup Final
London's Wembley Stadium provided the venue for the Final, and 97,000 people crammed inside to watch.
After 12 minutes 32 seconds Helmut Haller had put West Germany ahead, but the score was levelled by Geoff Hurst four minutes later. Martin Peters put England in the lead in the 78th minute; England looked set to claim the title when the referee awarded a free kick to West Germany with one minute left. The ball was launched goalward and Wolfgang Weber managed to poke it across the line, with England appealing in vain for handball as the ball came through the crowded penalty area.
With the score level at 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, the game went to extra time. In the 98th minute Hurst found himself on the score sheet again; his shot hit the crossbar, bounced down onto the goal line then back into the field of play and was controversially deemed to have crossed the line by the linesman and referee. Whether the ball crossed the goal line or not has been a matter of discussion for decades, and the controversial call has become part of World Cup history. Recent digitally-enhanced footage clearly illustrates that Geoff Hurst's second goal did not cross the line [1]. In the last minute it was Hurst again, who dribbled easily through the German half to net his third goal, just as the gathered crowd invaded the pitch to celebrate with the team, thus cementing the victory for England. This made Geoff Hurst the only player ever to have scored three times in a World Cup Final.
BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme's description of the match's closing moments has gone down in history: "Some of the crowd are on the pitch. They think it's all over." (Hurst scores) "It is now!". Allowing the fourth goal to stand, although it was scored as a pitch invasion was in progress, was, like the award of the third goal, an example of home advantage. The laws of the game clearly state that in such circumstances, the game has to be stopped because of outside interference of any kind [2].
England received the recovered Jules Rimet trophy from the Queen and were crowned World Cup winners.

Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 1966 FIFA World Cup squads

First round

Group 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
England
5 3 2 1 0 4 0
Uruguay
4 3 1 2 0 2 1
Mexico
2 3 0 2 1 1 3
France
1 3 0 1 2 2 5
July 11, 1966

England
0–0 Uruguay
London, Wembley Stadium
Ref: Zsolt (Hungary)
Attendance: 87,000

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July 13, 1966

France
1–1 Mexico
London, Wembley Stadium
Ref: Ashkenazi (Israel)
Attendance: 69,000
Hausser 62'
Borja 40'

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July 15, 1966

Uruguay
2–1 France
London, White City Stadium
Ref: Galba (Czechoslovakia)
Attendance: 40,000
Rocha 27'
Cortes 32'
De Bourgoing 15' pen

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July 16, 1966

England
2–0 Mexico
London, Wembley Stadium
Ref: Lo Bello (Italy)
Attendance: 92,000
R. Charlton 38'
Hunt 75'

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July 19, 1966

Mexico
0–0 Uruguay
London, Wembley Stadium
Ref: Lööw (Sweden)
Attendance: 61,000

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July 20, 1966

England
2–0 France
London, Wembley Stadium
Ref: Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance: 98,000
Hunt 25', 63'


Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
West Germany
5 3 2 1 0 7 1
Argentina
5 3 2 1 0 4 1
Spain
2 3 1 0 2 4 5
Switzerland
0 3 0 0 3 1 9
July 12, 1966

West Germany
5–0 Switzerland
Sheffield, Hillsborough Stadium
Ref: Phillips (Scotland)
Attendance: 36,000
Held 16',
Haller 20', 78' pen
Beckenbauer 40', 52'

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July 13, 1966

Argentina
2–1 Spain
Birmingham, Villa Park
Ref: Rumenchev (Bulgaria)
Attendance: 48,000
Artime 65', 79'
Pirri 72'

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July 15, 1966

Spain
2–1 Switzerland
Sheffield, Hillsborough Stadium
Ref: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR)
Attendance: 32,000
Sanchís 58'
Amancio 75'
Quentin 29'

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July 16, 1966

Argentina
0–0 West Germany
Birmingham, Villa Park
Ref: Zečević (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 51,000

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July 19, 1966

Argentina
2–0 Switzerland
Sheffield, Hillsborough Stadium
Ref: Campos (Portugal)
Attendance: 31,000
Artime 52',
Onega 81'

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July 20, 1966

West Germany
2–1 Spain
Birmingham, Villa Park
Ref: Marques (Brazil)
Attendance: 51,000
Emmerich 39'
Seeler 63'
Fusté 24'

West Germany were placed first due to superior goal average.

Group 3
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Portugal
6 3 3 0 0 9 2
Hungary
4 3 2 0 1 7 5
Brazil
2 3 1 0 2 4 6
Bulgaria
0 3 0 0 3 1 8
July 12, 1966

Brazil
2–0 Bulgaria
Liverpool, Goodison Park
Ref: Tschenscher (West Germany)
Attendance: 48,000
Pelé 14',
Garrincha 63'

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July 13, 1966

Portugal
3–1 Hungary
Manchester, Old Trafford
Ref: Callaghan (Wales)
Attendance: 37,000
Augusto 2', 65',
Torres 89'
Bene 59'

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July 15, 1966

Hungary
3–1 Brazil
Liverpool, Goodison Park
Ref: Dagnall (England)
Attendance: 52,000
Bene 2',
Farkas 64'
Mészöly 72' pen
Tostão 14'

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July 16, 1966

Portugal
3–0 Bulgaria
Manchester, Old Trafford
Ref: Codesal (Uruguay)
Attendance: 26,000
Vutsov 3' (og)
Eusébio 38'
Torres 82'

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July 19, 1966

Portugal
3–1 Brazil
Liverpool, Goodison Park
Ref: McCabe (England)
Attendance: 62,000
Simöes 15',
Eusébio 36', 85'
Rildo 73'

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July 20, 1966

Hungary
3–1 Bulgaria
Manchester, Old Trafford
Ref: Goicoechea (Argentina)
Attendance: 22,000
Davidov 42' (og)
Mészöly 45'
Bene 54'
Asparuhov 14'

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Group 4
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
USSR
6 3 3 0 0 6 1
Korea DPR
3 3 1 1 1 2 4
Italy
2 3 1 0 2 2 2
Chile
1 3 0 1 2 2 5
July 12, 1966

USSR
3–0 Korea DPR
Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park
Ref: Gardeazábal (Spain)
Attendance: 22,000
Malofeev 31', 88'
Banishevskiy 33'

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July 13, 1966

Italy
2–0 Chile
Sunderland, Roker Park
Ref: Dienst (Switzerland)
Attendance: 30,000
Mazzola 9'
Barison 86'

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July 15, 1966

Chile
1–1 Korea DPR
Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park
Ref: Kandil (Egypt)
Attendance: 16,000
Marcos 26' pen
Pak Seung-Zin 88'

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July 16, 1966

USSR
1–0 Italy
Sunderland, Roker Park
Ref: Kreitlein (West Germany)
Attendance: 27,800
Chislenko 57'

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July 19, 1966

Korea DPR
1–0 Italy
Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park
Ref: Schwinte (France)
Attendance: 18,000
Pak Doo-Ik 41'

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July 20, 1966

USSR
2–1 Chile
Sunderland, Roker Park
Ref: Adair (Northern Ireland)
Attendance: 22,000
Porkuyan 29', 85'
Marcos 32'


Knockout stage
Quarter finals Semi finals Final

23 July – Sheffield


West Germany
4
25 July – Liverpool

Uruguay
0
West Germany
2
23 July - Sunderland

USSR
1
USSR
2
30 July – London

Hungary
1
West Germany
2
23 July - Liverpool

England (aet)
4
Portugal
5
26 July - London

Korea DPR
3
Portugal
1 Third place
23 July - London

England
2
England
1 Portugal
2

Argentina
0 USSR
1

28 July - London



Quarter-finals
July 23, 1966

Portugal
5–3 Korea DPR
Liverpool, Goodison Park
Ref: Ashkenazi (Israel)
Attendance: 40,000
Eusébio 27', 42' pen, 57', 59' pen
Augusto 79'
Pak Seung-Zin 1'
Lee Dong-Woon 22'
Yang Sung-Kook 24'

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July 23, 1966

West Germany
4–0 Uruguay
Sheffield, Hillsborough Stadium
Ref: Finney (England)
Attendance: 34,000
Haller 10', 84'
Beckenbauer 70'
Seeler 75'

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July 23, 1966

USSR
2–1 Hungary
Sunderland, Roker Park
Ref: Gardeazábal (Spain)
Attendance: 22,100
Chislenko 5'
Porkuyan 49'
Bene 58'

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July 23, 1966

England
1–0 Argentina
London, Wembley Stadium
Ref: Kreitlein (West Germany)
Attendance: 90,000
Hurst 79'


Semi-finals
July 25, 1966

West Germany
2–1 USSR
Liverpool, Goodison Park
Ref: Lo Bello (Italy)
Attendance: 38,300
Haller 42'
Beckenbauer 68'
Porkuyan 88'

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July 26, 1966

England
2–1 Portugal
London, Wembley Stadium
Ref: Schwinte (France)
Attendance: 95,000
R. Charlton 30', 79'
Eusébio 82' pen


Third place match
July 28, 1966

Portugal
2–1 USSR
London, Wembley Stadium
Ref: Dagnall (England)
Attendance: 88,000
Eusébio 12' pen
Torres 88'
Malofeev 43'


Final
July 30, 1966

England
4–2 (AET) West Germany
London, Wembley Stadium
Ref: Dienst (Switzerland)
Attendance: 94,000
Hurst 18', 101', 120'
Peters 78'
Haller 12'
Weber 90'

Awards
1966 World Cup Winners:

England
First title

Scorers
9 goals
• Eusébio

6 goals
• Helmut Haller

4 goals
• Ferenc Bene
• Franz Beckenbauer
• Valery Porkujan
• Geoff Hurst

3 goals
• Roger Hunt
• Bobby Charlton
• Luis Artime
• Augusto
• Torres
• Eduard Malofeev
2 goals
• Kalman Meszoly
• Igor Chislenko
• Ruben Marcos
• Pak Seung-Zin
• Uwe Seeler

1 goal
• Enrique Borja
• Gérard Hausser
• Hector de Bourgoing
• Pedro Rocha
• Julio Cortez
• Siegfried Held
• Lothar Emmerich
• Wolfgang Weber
• Pirri
• Manuel Sanchis
• Amancio Amaro
• Josep Fusté
• René-Pierre Quentin
• Ermindo Onega
• Pelé
• Garrincha
• Tostão
• Rildo
• Simöes
• Janos Farkas
• Georgi Asparukhov
• Anatoliy Banishevskiy
• Sandro Mazzola
• Paolo Barison
• Pak Doo-Ik
• Lee Dong-Woon
• Yang Sung-Kook
• Martin Peters

Own goals
• Ivan Vutsov (for Portugal)
• Ivan Davidov (for Hungary)

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