1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying preliminary round

The 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying preliminary round was the first round of the qualifying competition for the 1964 European Nations' Cup. It was contested by 26 of the 29 teams that entered, with Austria, Luxembourg and the Soviet Union receiving a bye to the following round. The winners of each of thirteen home-and-away ties progressed to the round of 16. The matches were played in 1962 and 1963.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Replay
Norway	1–3	Sweden	0–2	1–1
Greece	w.o.[note 1]	Albania	Canc.	Canc.
Denmark	9–2	Malta	6–1	3–1
Republic of Ireland	5–3	Iceland	4–2	1–1
England	3–6	France	1–1	2–5
Poland	0–4	Northern Ireland	0–2	0–2
Spain	7–3	Romania	6–0	1–3
Yugoslavia	4–2	Belgium	3–2	1–0
Bulgaria	5–4	Portugal	3–1	1–3	1–0
Hungary	4–2	Wales	3–1	1–1
Netherlands	4–2	Switzerland	3–1	1–1
East Germany	3–2	Czechoslovakia	2–1	1–1
Italy	7–0	Turkey	6–0	1–0

Matches

The thirteen matches took place over two legs, taking place in 1962 and 1963.

Norway	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Martinsson 10', 40'

21 June 1962

19:15 UTC+1

Ullevål, Oslo

Attendance: 28,249

Referee: Gilbert Bowman (Scotland)

Sweden	1–1	Norway
Eriksson 49'	Report	Krogh 60'

4 November 1962

13:00 UTC+1

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 8,726

Referee: Werner Bergmann (East Germany)

Sweden won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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Greece	Cancelled[note 1]	Albania
	Report

21 June 1962

Albania	Cancelled[note 1]	Greece
	Report

31 March 1963

Greece withdrew. Albania had a walkover and advanced to the round of 16.

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Denmark	6–1	Malta
O. Madsen 9', 14', 49' Clausen 22' Enoksen 71' Bertelsen 80'	Report	Theobald 57'

28 June 1962

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 10,622

Referee: Pieter Roomer (Netherlands)

Malta	1–3	Denmark
Urpani 39'	Report	O. Madsen 14' Christiansen 42' Bertelsen 47'

8 December 1962

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 6,987

Referee: Raoul Righi (Italy)

Denmark won 9–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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Republic of Ireland	4–2	Iceland
Tuohy 11' Fogarty 41' Cantwell 65', 76'	Report	R. Jónsson 37', 86'

12 August 1962

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 19,848

Referee: Robert Ernest Smith (Wales)

Iceland	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Árnason 59'	Report	Tuohy 38'

2 September 1962

16:30 UTC

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 9,014

Referee: Birger Nielsen (Norway)

Republic of Ireland won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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England	1–1	France
Flowers 57' (pen.)	Report	Goujon 8'

3 October 1962

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Attendance: 35,380

Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

France	5–2	England
Wisnieski 3', 75' Douis 32' Cossou 43', 82'	Report	Smith 57' Tambling 74'

27 February 1963

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 23,986

Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)

France won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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Poland	0–2	Northern Ireland
	Report	Dougan 17' Humphries 54'

10 October 1962

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów

Attendance: 31,496

Referee: Bertil Wilhelm Lööw (Sweden)

Northern Ireland	2–0	Poland
Crossan 8' Bingham 63'	Report

28 November 1962

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 28,833

Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

Northern Ireland won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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Spain	6–0	Romania
Guillot 7', 27', 70' Veloso 9' Collar 17' I. Nunweiller 81' (o.g.)	Report

1 November 1962

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 51,608

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

Romania	3–1	Spain
Tătaru 2' Manolache 8' Constantin 61'	Report	Veloso 70'

25 November 1962

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 72,762

Referee: Georgios Pelomis (Greece)

Spain won 7–3 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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Yugoslavia	3–2	Belgium
Skoblar 12', 32' (pen.) Vasović 89'	Report	Stockman 26' Jurion 58'

4 November 1962

14:15 UTC+1

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 25,430

Referee: Alois Obtulovic (Czechoslovakia)

Belgium	0–1	Yugoslavia
	Report	Galić 21'

31 March 1963

16:00 UTC+1

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 24,583

Referee: Vicente Antonio Caballero (Spain)

Yugoslavia won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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Bulgaria	3–1	Portugal
Asparuhov 65', 76' Diev 84'	Report	Eusébio 49'

7 November 1962

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 31,318

Referee: Semih Zoroglu (Turkey)

Portugal	3–1	Bulgaria
Hernâni 4', 26' Coluna 53'	Report	Iliev 83'

16 December 1962

Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon

Attendance: 25,836

Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)

4–4 on aggregate. A replay was played on a neutral ground to determine the winner.

Bulgaria	1–0	Portugal
Asparuhov 87'	Report

23 January 1963

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 2,336

Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Bulgaria won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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Hungary	3–1	Wales
Albert 5' Tichy 34' Sándor 48'	Report	Medwin 19'

7 November 1962

14:00 UTC+1

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 30,412

Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)

Wales	1–1	Hungary
Jones 23' (pen.)	Report	Tichy 77' (pen.)

20 March 1963

19:15 UTC

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 30,413

Referee: John Spillane (Republic of Ireland)

Hungary won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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Netherlands	3–1	Switzerland
Van der Linden 11' Swart 74' Groot 76'	Report	Hertig 42'

11 November 1962

14:30 UTC+1

Olympisch stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 59,996

Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)

Switzerland	1–1	Netherlands
Allemann 37'	Report	Kruiver 6'

31 March 1963

15:00 UTC+1

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 31,794

Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)

Netherlands won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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East Germany	2–1	Czechoslovakia
Erler 60' Liebrecht 80' (pen.)	Report	Kučera 90'

21 November 1962

Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin

Attendance: 22,077

Referee: Serguei Alimov (Soviet Union)

Czechoslovakia	1–1	East Germany
Mašek 66'	Report	P. Ducke 85'

31 March 1963

Strahov Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 19,504

Referee: Károly Balla (Hungary)

East Germany won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

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Italy	6–0	Turkey
Rivera 15', 47' Orlando 22', 29', 35', 85'	Report

2 December 1962

14:30 UTC+1

Stadio Comunale, Bologna

Attendance: 26,553

Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)

Turkey	0–1	Italy
	Report	Sormani 86'

27 March 1963

13:30 UTC+1

Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 31,754

Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev (Bulgaria)

Italy won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16.

Goalscorers

There were 85 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match.

4 goals

• Ole Madsen
• Alberto Orlando

3 goals

• Georgi Asparuhov
• Vicente Guillot

2 goals

• Carl Bertelsen
• Lucien Cossou
• Maryan Wisnieski
• Lajos Tichy
• Ríkharður Jónsson
• Gianni Rivera
• Hernâni
• Noel Cantwell
• Liam Tuohy
• José Luis Veloso
• Örjan Martinsson
• Josip Skoblar

1 goal

• Armand Jurion
• Jacques Stockman
• Todor Diev
• Hristo Iliev
• Rudolf Kučera
• Václav Mašek
• Carl Emil Christiansen
• Eyvind Clausen
• Henning Enoksen
• Peter Ducke
• Dieter Erler
• Kurt Liebrecht
• Ron Flowers
• Bobby Smith
• Bobby Tambling
• Yvon Douis
• Yvon Goujon
• Flórián Albert
• Károly Sándor
• Garðar Árnason
• Angelo Sormani
• Eddie Theobald
• Joseph Urpani
• Henk Groot
• Piet Kruiver
• Sjaak Swart
• Tonny van der Linden
• Billy Bingham
• Johnny Crossan
• Derek Dougan
• Billy Humphries
• John Krogh
• Mário Coluna
• Eusébio
• Amby Fogarty
• Gheorghe Constantin
• Cicerone Manolache
• Nicolae Tătaru
• Enrique Collar
• Leif Eriksson
• Anton Allemann
• Charly Hertig
• Cliff Jones
• Terry Medwin
• Milan Galić
• Velibor Vasović

1 own goal

• Ion Nunweiller (against Spain)

Notes

1. Greece withdrew from the competition after they were drawn against Albania in the preliminary round, so Albania were awarded a walkover victory.

References

• "1964 European Nations' Cup". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
• "European Championship 1964 (Details)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
• Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.