Soccer World Cup 1966 / Germany

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This article deals with the German national team when they took part in the 1966 World Cup .

qualification

Germany played against Sweden and Cyprus in qualifying . After the German team had played their first game at home against Sweden only 1-1, the qualification seemed in danger. Rudolf Brunnenmeier from TSV 1860 Munich had brought the German team into the lead, but Italy professional Kurt Hamrin (still known from the 1958 World Cup in Sweden) was able to equalize for Sweden shortly before the end. So the decision in the second leg should fall on September 26, 1965 in Stockholm . In this game, Franz Beckenbauer made his first international game from Bundesliga promoted Bayern Munich . The Swedes took the lead through Jonsson in the 44th minute, but Werner Krämer was able to equalize in return. Uwe Seeler scored the 2-1 winning goal for the German team in the 54th minute and thus made the preliminary decision for the qualification.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	BR Germany	14: 2	7: 1
2	Sweden	10: 3	5: 3
3	Cyprus	0:19	0: 8

November 4th 1964, West Berlin Olympiastadion Berlin	BR Germany	-	Sweden	1: 1 (1: 0)	Brunnenmeier 24., Hamrin 86.
April 24, 1965, Karlsruhe Wildpark Stadium	BR Germany	-	Cyprus	5: 0 (3: 0)	Overath 22., 85., Sieloff 16., 35., Strehl 69.
September 26, 1965, Stockholm Råsundastadion	Sweden	-	BR Germany	1: 2 (1: 1)	Jónsson 44., Krämer 45., Seeler 54.
November 14, 1965, Nicosia GSP Stadium	Cyprus	-	BR Germany	0: 6 (0: 2)	Hot 30th, Krämer 32nd, Szymaniak 57th, Brunnenmeier 82nd, 88th, own goal Panayotou 87.

Contingent

Number / name		society	birthday	Caps / Goals (a)	Sp.	goal	red
goalkeeper
21st	Günter Bernard	Werder Bremen	04/11/1939	04 ( 00)	0	0	0
22nd	Sepp Maier	FC Bayern Munich	02/28/1944	01 ( 00)	0	0	0
1	Hans Tilkowski	Borussia Dortmund	07/12/1935	38 ( 00)	6th	0	0
Defense
2	Horst-Dieter Höttges	Werder Bremen	09/10/1943	13 ( 00)	5	0	0
14th	Friedel Lutz	Eintracht Frankfurt	01/21/1939	11 ( 00)	1	0	0
15th	Bernd Patzke	TSV 1860 Munich	March 14, 1943	02 ( 00)	0	0	0
17th	Wolfgang Paul	Borussia Dortmund	January 25, 1940	00 ( 00)	0	0	0
3	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	AC Milan	March 31, 1939	31 ( 00)	6th	0	0
5	Willi Schulz	Hamburger SV	04/10/1938	31 ( 00)	6th	0	0
18th	Klaus-Dieter Sieloff	VfB Stuttgart	02/27/1942	08 ( 04)	0	0	0
6th	Wolfgang Weber	1. FC Cologne	06/26/1944	12 ( 00)	6th	1	0
midfield
4th	Franz Beckenbauer	FC Bayern Munich	09/11/1945	08 ( 03)	6th	4th	0
7th	Albert Brülls	Brescia Calcio	03/26/1937	23 ( 09)	2	0	0
8th	Helmut Haller	Bologna FC	07/21/1939	22 ( 05)	5	6th	0
16	Max Lorenz	Werder Bremen	08/19/1939	07 ( 00)	0	0	0
12	Wolfgang Overath	1. FC Cologne	09/29/1943	16 ( 06)	6th	0	0
attack
11	Lothar Emmerich	Borussia Dortmund	11/29/1941	01 ( 01)	4th	1	0
20th	Jürgen Grabowski	Eintracht Frankfurt	07/07/1944	03 ( 00)	0	0	0
10	Sigfried Held	Borussia Dortmund	08/07/1942	04 ( 00)	6th	1	0
13	Heinz Hornig	1. FC Cologne	09/28/1937	07 ( 00)	0	0	0
19th	Werner Krämer	Meidericher SV	01/23/1940	11 ( 03)	1	0	0
9	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV	05/11/1936	48 (34)	6th	2	0
Trainer
	Helmut Schön (national coach )		September 15, 1915

^(a) A international matches (international goals in brackets) before the start of the tournament

Games of Germany

Sheffield (VR + VF) Birmingham (VR) Liverpool (HF) London (F) Ashbourne

Venues (blue) and district (red)

Preliminary round (group B)

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	BR Germany	7: 1	5: 1
2	Argentina	5: 2	5: 1
3	Spain	4: 5	2: 4
4th	Switzerland	1: 9	0: 6

Federal Republic of Germany - Switzerland 5: 0 (3: 0)

• Sheffield July 12, 1966, 7:30 p.m. ( Hillsborough Stadium )
•  BR Germany : Tilkowski - Höttges, Schulz, Weber, Schnellinger - Haller, Beckenbauer, Overath - Brülls, Seeler , Held
•  Switzerland : Elsener - Grobéty, Schneiter , Tacchella, Fuhrer - Bäni, Dürr, Odermatt - Hosp, Künzli, Schindelholz
• Goals : 1: 0 hero (15th), 2: 0 Haller (21st), 3: 0 and 4: 0 Beckenbauer (40th, 52nd), 5: 0 Haller (77th, FE)
• Referee : Phillips ( Scotland )
• Spectators : 36,127

Argentina - Germany 0-0

• July 16, 1966, 3:00 p.m. in Birmingham ( Villa Park )
•  Argentina : Roma - Ferreiro, Perfumo, Albrecht, Marzolini - Solari, Rattín , González - Onega, Artime, Más
•  BR Germany : Tilkowski - Höttges, Schulz, Weber, Schnellinger - Haller, Beckenbauer, Overath - Brülls, Seeler , Held
• Goals : none
• Referee : Zecevic ( Yugoslavia )
• Expulsion : José Albrecht (65th, foul play)
• Spectators : 46,587

Germany - Spain 2: 1 (1: 1)

• July 20, 1966, 7:30 p.m. in Birmingham ( Villa Park )
•  Germany : Tilkowski - Höttges, Schulz, Weber, Schnellinger - Krämer, Beckenbauer, Overath - Held, Seeler , Emmerich
•  Spain : Iribar - Sanchís, Gallego, Zoco , Reija - Glaría, Fusté - Amancio, Adelardo, Marcelino, Lapetra
• Goals : 0: 1 Fusté (23rd); 1: 1 Emmerich (39th), 2: 1 Seeler (83rd)
• Referee : Marques ( Brazil )
• Spectators : 45,187

Quarter finals

Germany - Uruguay 4: 0 (1: 0)

• 23 July 1966, 3:00 p.m., Sheffield ( Hillsborough Stadium )
•  Germany : Tilkowski - Höttges, Schulz, Weber, Schnellinger - Haller, Beckenbauer, Overath - Held, Seeler , Emmerich
•  Uruguay : Mazurkiewicz - Urbina, Troche , Manicera, Caetano - Salvá, Goncálves, Silva - Cortés, Rocha, Pérez
• Goals : 1-0 Haller (11th), 2-0 Beckenbauer (71st), 3-0 Seeler (76th), 4-0 Haller (84th)
• Referee : Finney ( England )
• Refunds : Horacio Troche (49th, assault), Héctor Silva (54th, foul play)
• Spectators : 33,751

Semifinals

Federal Republic of Germany - Soviet Union 2: 1 (1: 0)

• July 25, 1966, 7:30 p.m. in Liverpool ( Goodison Park )
•  Germany : Tilkowski - Lutz, Schulz, Weber, Schnellinger - Haller, Beckenbauer, Overath - Held, Seeler , Emmerich
•  Soviet Union : Yashin - Ponomarew, Schesterjew , Voronin, Danilow - Szabo, Chussainow - Chislenko, Banischewski, Malafejew, Porkujan
• Goals : 1-0 Haller (43rd), 2-0 Beckenbauer (68th); 2: 1 Porkujan (88.)
• Referee : Lo Bello ( Italy )
• Expulsion : Igor Tschislenko (44th, stepping down)
• Spectators : 43,921

final

England - Federal Republic of Germany 4: 2 a.d. (2: 2, 1: 1)

• July 30, 1966, 3:00 p.m. in London ( Wembley Stadium )
•  England : Banks - Cohen, J. Charlton, Moore , Wilson - Stiles. B. Charlton, Peters - Ball, Hurst, Hunt
•  Germany : Tilkowski - Höttges, Schulz, Weber, Schnellinger - Haller, Beckenbauer, Overath - Held, Seeler , Emmerich
• Goals : 0: 1 Haller (12th); 1: 1 Hurst (18th), 2: 1 Peters (78th); 2: 2 Weber (90th); 3: 2 Hurst (101.), 4: 2 Hurst (120.)
• Referee : Service ( Switzerland )
• Spectators : 96,924

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Web links

• dfb.de: "The 1966 World Cup in England - the most legendary wrong decision in history" ( Memento from August 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )