1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
# 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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

## Matches

West Germany qualified.

## Final Table

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| 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. | West Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 7 | X | 1:1 | 5:0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| 2. | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 | 1:2 | X | 3:0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 3. | Cyprus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | -19 | 0 | 0:6 | 0:5 | X | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |

## Team stats

### West Germany

Head coach: Helmut Schön

| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | Club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | Franz Beckenbauer | 11 September 1945 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | FC Bayern Munich |
| FW | Rudolf Brunnenmeier | 11 February 1941 | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | TSV 1860 Munich |
| FW | Charly Dörfel | 18 September 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Hamburger SV |
| MF | Willi Giesemann | 2 September 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Hamburger SV |
| MF | Peter Grosser | 28 September 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | TSV 1860 Munich |
| MF | Helmut Haller | 21 July 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Bologna F.C. 1909 |
| FW | Alfred Heiß | 5 December 1940 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | TSV 1860 Munich |
| FW | Heinz Hornig | 28 September 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | 90 | 1. FC Köln |
| DF | Horst-Dieter Höttges | 10 September 1943 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | SV Werder Bremen |
| FW | Timo Konietzka | 2 August 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | Borussia Dortmund |
| FW | Werner Krämer | 23 January 1940 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | Meidericher SV |
| MF | Max Lorenz | 19 August 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | SV Werder Bremen |
| GK | Manfred Manglitz | 8 March 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | Meidericher SV |
| MF | Günter Netzer | 14 September 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| DF | Hans Nowak | 9 August 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | FC Schalke 04 |
| MF | Wolfgang Overath | 29 September 1943 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | 1. FC Köln |
| DF | Bernd Patzke | 14 March 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | TSV 1860 Munich |
| DF | Sepp Piontek | 5 March 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | SV Werder Bremen |
| DF | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | 31 March 1939 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | | | A.S. Roma |
| DF | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | 31 March 1939 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | | | 90 | - | A.C. Milan |
| DF | Willi Schulz | 4 October 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | | | FC Schalke 04 |
| DF | Willi Schulz | 4 October 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | | | 90 | - | Hamburger SV |
| FW | Uwe Seeler | 5 November 1936 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | - | Hamburger SV |
| DF | Klaus-Dieter Sieloff | 27 February 1942 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | VfB Stuttgart |
| FW | Heinz Strehl | 20 July 1938 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| MF | Horst Szymaniak | 29 August 1934 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | | | A.S. Varese 1910 |
| MF | Horst Szymaniak | 29 August 1934 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | | | 90 | 90 | Tasmania 1900 Berlin |
| GK | Hans Tilkowski | 12 July 1935 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | Borussia Dortmund |
| FW | Lothar Ulsaß | 9 September 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| DF | Wolfgang Weber | 26 June 1944 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | 1. FC Köln |

### Sweden

Head coach: Lennart Nyman

| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | Club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FW | Kurt Andersson | 24 April 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | A.S. Varese 1910 |
| GK | Arne Arvidsson | 19 January 1929 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Djurgårdens IF |
| FW | Lennart Backman | 7 February 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | AIK Fotboll |
| DF | Orvar Bergmark | 16 November 1930 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Örebro SK |
| FW | Harry Bild | 18 December 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Feyenoord |
| FW | Ove Grahn | 9 May 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | IF Elfsborg |
| FW | Lars Granström | 8 December 1942 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Malmö FF |
| FW | Kurt Hamrin | 19 November 1934 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | - | AC Fiorentina |
| MF | Lennart Hemming | 13 May 1932 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | AIK Fotboll |
| MF | Åke Johansson | 19 March 1928 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | IFK Norrköping |
| FW | Torbjörn Jonsson | 6 May 1936 | 3 | 2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | /1- A.C. Mantova |
| DF | Jan Karlsson | 4 December 1940 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | /2 Bromölla IF |
| MF | Ove Kindvall | 16 May 1943 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | IFK Norrköping |
| FW | Bo Larsson | 5 May 1944 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | 90 | Malmö FF |
| GK | Sven-Gunnar Larsson | 10 May 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Örebro SK |
| MF | Bengt Lindskog | 25 February 1933 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | /2 IFK Malmö |
| FW | Roger Magnusson | 20 March 1945 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | /2 Åtvidabergs FF |
| FW | Örjan Martinsson | 1 November 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | IFK Norrköping |
| DF | Hans Mild | 31 July 1934 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | Djurgårdens IF |
| MF | Örjan Persson | 27 August 1942 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Dundee United F.C. |
| DF | Hans Rosander | 5 January 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | IFK Norrköping |
| FW | Agne Simonsson | 19 October 1935 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Örgryte IS |
| DF | Lennart Wing | 7 August 1935 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | | | | Örgryte IS |
| DF | Lennart Wing | 7 August 1935 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | | 90 | 90 | 90 | Dundee United F.C. |

* ↑ After two qualification matches A.C. Mantova was relegated to league two.
* 1 2 3 The number indicates the league the team played in that year.

### Cyprus

Head coach: Argyrios Gavalas

| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | Club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | Andros Antoniadis | | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | APOEL F.C. |
| GK | Nicos Eleftheriadis | 31 August 1937 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Omonia Nicosia |
| DF | Panikos Iakovou | | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Anorthosis |
| MF | Drosos Kalotheou | | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | Omonia Nicosia |
| MF | Nikakis Kantzilieris | 1943 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | APOEL F.C. |
| DF | Costas Kattos | | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Omonia Nicosia |
| DF | Antonis Kkaras | | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Anorthosis |
| MF | Panicos Krystallis | 1 July 1938 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Apollon Limassol |
| MF | Marios Orfanidis | 16 March 1940 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | Nea Salamina |
| DF | Costas Panayiotou | | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Omonia Nicosia |
| FW | Pamboulis Papadopoulos | | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | AEL Limassol |
| FW | Panicos Papadopoulos | | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | AEL Limassol |
| DF | Panayiotis Pieris | | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Anorthosis |
| FW | Andreas Stylianou | 23 January 1942 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | APOEL F.C. |
