1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
# 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

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

## Matches

Hungary qualified. This is the first time Austria failed to qualify. The previous absences of the Austrian team at World Cup were all due to withdrawals (1938, 1950, and 1962).

## 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. | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | X | 3:2 | 3:0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. | East Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1:1 | X | 1:0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 3. | Austria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 0:1 | 1:1 | X | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

## Team stats

### Hungary

Head coach: Lajos Baróti

| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | Club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FW | Flórián Albert | 15 September 1941 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| FW | Ferenc Bene | 17 December 1944 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Újpesti Dózsa |
| FW | János Farkas | 27 March 1942 | 4 | 2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Budapesti Vasas |
| FW | Máté Fenyvesi | 20 September 1933 | 3 | 2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| MF | Ferenc Fister | 23 February 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Budapesti Vasas |
| GK | József Gelei | 29 June 1938 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Tatabányai Bányász |
| DF | Kálmán Ihász | 6 March 1941 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Budapesti Vasas |
| MF | Imre Mathesz | 25 March 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | Budapesti Vasas |
| DF | Sándor Mátrai | 20 November 1932 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| DF | Kálmán Mészöly | 16 July 1941 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | - | Budapesti Vasas |
| FW | Antal Nagy | 16 May 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Budapest Honvéd FC |
| MF | István Nagy | 14 April 1939 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | MTK Budapest |
| DF | Dezső Novák | 3 February 1939 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| MF | Gyula Rákosi | 9 October 1938 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| MF | Ferenc Sipos | 13 December 1932 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Budapest Honvéd FC |
| DF | Gusztáv Szepesi | 17 July 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | Tatabányai Bányász |

### East Germany

Head coach: Károly Soós

| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | Club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FW | Peter Ducke | 14 October 1941 | 3 | 2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | SC Moter Jena |
| MF | Roland Ducke | 19 November 1934 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | SC Moter Jena |
| FW | Dieter Erler | 28 May 1939 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| DF | Otto Fräßdorf | 5 February 1942 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| FW | Henning Frenzel | 3 May 1942 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | Lokomotive Leipzig |
| DF | Manfred Geisler | 3 March 1941 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Lokomotive Leipzig |
| MF | Gerhard Körner | 20 September 1941 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| DF | Waldemar Mühlbächer | 25 September 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | SC Dynamo Berlin |
| MF | Jürgen Nöldner | 22 February 1941 | 4 | 2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| MF | Herbert Pankau | 4 October 1941 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Empor Rostock |
| FW | Hermann Stöcker | 6 January 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | SC Aufbau Magdeburg |
| FW | Eberhard Vogel | 8 April 1943 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | 90 | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| DF | Manfred Walter | 31 July 1937 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BSG Chemie Leipzig |
| GK | Horst Weigang | 30 September 1940 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Lokomotive Leipzig |

### Austria

Head coach: Eduard Frühwirth

| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | Club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FW | Heinz Binder | 29 January 1943 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | FK Austria Wien |
| FW | Hans Buzek | 22 May 1938 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | FK Austria Wien |
| DF | Rudolf Cejka | 16 March 1941 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | First Vienna FC |
| MF | Alfons Dirnberger | 4 September 1941 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | FK Austria Wien |
| FW | Ernst Fiala | 23 February 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | FK Austria Wien |
| FW | Rudi Flögel | 13 December 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | SK Rapid Wien |
| GK | Gernot Fraydl | 10 December 1939 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | | | FK Austria Wien |
| GK | Gernot Fraydl | 10 December 1939 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | | | - | 90 | FC Wacker Innsbruck |
| FW | Toni Fritsch | 10 July 1945 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | SK Rapid Wien |
| DF | Walter Glechner | 12 February 1939 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 | - | - | - | SK Rapid Wien |
| FW | Leopold Grausam | 29 June 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | SK Rapid Wien |
| DF | Paul Halla | 10 April 1931 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | SK Rapid Wien |
| FW | Franz Hasil | 28 July 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | SK Rapid Wien |
| FW | Horst Hirnschrodt | 5 December 1940 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | FK Austria Wien |
| FW | Erich Hof | 3 August 1936 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Wiener Sportclub |
| FW | Helmut Köglberger | 12 January 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | LASK |
| MF | Karl Koller | 8 February 1929 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | First Vienna FC |
| MF | Friedrich Kremser | 10 September 1942 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | First Vienna FC |
| DF | Toni Linhart | 24 July 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Wiener Sportclub |
| DF | Walter Ludescher | 5 October 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | FC Wacker Innsbruck |
| FW | Adolf Macek | 16 December 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Austria Salzburg |
| FW | Horst Nemec | 25 January 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | FK Austria Wien |
| FW | Walter Seitl | 15 March 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | SK Rapid Wien |
| DF | Gerhard Sturmberger | 1 May 1940 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | LASK |
| GK | Rudolf Szanwald | 6 July 1931 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | Wiener Sportclub |
| MF | Ewald Ullmann | 5 May 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | SK Rapid Wien |
| DF | Franz Vieböck | 15 October 1938 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | LASK |
