Football World Cup 1966 / Portugal

This article covers the Portuguese national team at the 1966 World Cup .

qualification

Portugal played in group 4 together with vice world champions Czechoslovakia , Romania and Turkey .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Portugal	9: 4	9: 3
2	Czechoslovakia	12: 4	7: 5
3	Romania	9: 7	6: 6
4th	Turkey	4:19	2:10

Portugal	-	Turkey		5: 1 (2: 1)	Goals: Coluna (16th), Eusébio (21st), (63rd), (77th), Graça (52nd), Fevzi (33rd)
Turkey	-	Portugal		0: 1 (0: 0)	Goals: Eusébio (59.)
Czechoslovakia	-	Portugal		0: 1 (0: 1)	Goals: Eusébio (20th)
Portugal	-	Romania		2: 1 (2: 0)	Goals: Eusébio (14th), (39th) Avram (71st)
Portugal	-	Czechoslovakia		0-0
Romania	-	Portugal		2: 0 (2: 0)	Goals: Pârcălab (1st), Badea (43th)

Portuguese contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	Sp.	goal	red
goalkeeper
1	Américo Lopes	FC Porto	03/06/1933	0	0	0
2	Joaquim Carvalho	Sporting Lisbon	04/18/1937	1	0	0
3	José Pereira	Belenenses Lisbon	September 15, 1931	5	0	0
Defense
20th	Alexandre Baptista	Sporting Lisbon	02/17/1941	5	0	0
9	Hilario	Sporting Lisbon	03/19/1929	6th	0	0
5	Germano de Figueiredo	Benfica Lisbon	January 18, 1933	1	0	0
14th	Fernando Cruz	Benfica Lisbon	08/12/1940	0	0	0
22nd	Alberto Festa	FC Porto	07/21/1939	3	0	0
21st	José Carlos	Sporting Lisbon	09/22/1941	2	0	0
17th	João Morais	Sporting Lisbon	03/06/1935	3	0	0
midfield
10	Mario Coluna	Benfica Lisbon	08/06/1935	6th	0	0
16	Jaime Graça	Vitória Setúbal	01/30/1942	6th	0	0
4th	Vicente	Belenenses Lisbon	09/24/1935	4th	0	0
6th	Fernando Peres	Sporting Lisbon	01/08/1942	0	0	0
19th	Custódio Pinto	FC Porto	02/09/1942	0	0	0
attack
15th	Manuel Duarte	Leixões SC	05/20/1943	0	0	0
13	Eusebio	Benfica Lisbon	01/25/1942	6th	9	0
7th	Ernesto Figueiredo	Sporting Lisbon	07/06/1937	0	0	0
12	José Augusto	Benfica Lisbon	04/13/1937	6th	3	0
18th	José Torres	Benfica Lisbon	09/08/1938	6th	3	0
8th	João Lourenço	Sporting Lisbon	04/08/1942	0	0	0
11	António Simoes	Benfica Lisbon	December 14, 1943	6th	1	0
Trainer
	Otto Glória		01/09/1917

Portuguese team matches

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Portugal	9: 2	6-0
2	Hungary	7: 5	4: 2
3	Brazil	4: 6	2: 4
4th	Bulgaria	1: 9	0: 6

Preliminary round
Portugal	-	Hungary		3: 1 (1: 0)	Goals: José Augusto (1st), (67th), Torres (90th), Bene (60th)
Portugal	-	Bulgaria		3: 0 (2: 0)	Goals: Vutsov (17th own goal), Eusébio (38th), Torres (81st)
Portugal	-	Brazil		3: 1 (2: 0)	Goals: Simões (15th), Eusébio (27th) (85th), Gildo (70th)
Quarter finals
Portugal	-	North Korea		5: 3 (2: 3)	Goals: Eusébio (27th), (43rd), (56th), (59th), José Augusto (80th), Pak Seung-zin (1st), Li Dong-woon (22nd), Yang Seung -Kook (25.)
Semifinals
England	-	Portugal		2: 1 (1: 0)	Goals: B. Charlton Goal (30th), (80th), Eusébio (82nd)
3rd place match
Soviet Union	-	Portugal		1: 2 (1: 1)	Goals: Eusébio (12th), Torres (89th), Malofeev (43rd)

literature

• SZ WM library: England 1966 , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-86615-155-1
• Ernst Huberty , Willy B. Wange: World Championship 1966 , Lingen-Verlag, Cologne 1966
• Dr. Friedebert Becker : Soccer World Cup 1966 , Copress-Verlag, Munich 1966
• Bertelsmann Sports Editing / Sports Information Service: VIII. Soccer World Cup England 1966 , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh 1966