This group originally included Syria as well as Spain and the Republic of Ireland. However Syria withdrew in support of the African teams who withdrew in protest at the allocation of spots. The Republic of Ireland and Spain subsequently played against each other on a home-and-away basis. When both teams won their home match, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. This match was initially to be played in London, a city with a large Irish immigrant population, but the Royal Spanish Football Federation and the Football Association of Ireland later came to an agreement and moved the match to Paris. Spain won the play-off and qualified for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Final table

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1=	Spain	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	2
1=	Republic of Ireland	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	2
—	Syria	Withdrew

Matches

5 May 1965

Republic of Ireland	1–0	Spain
Iribar 61' (o.g.)	Report

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Attendance: 40,772

Referee: Callaghan (Wales)

27 October 1965

Spain	4–1	Republic of Ireland
Pereda 40', 43', 58' Lapetra 63'	Report	McEvoy 26'

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain

Attendance: 29,452

Referee: Freitas (Portugal)

Syria withdrew to support the African teams who had withdrawn in protest at the allocation of spots.

Play-off

Republic of Ireland and Spain finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. This match was initially to be played in London, a city with a large Irish immigrant population, but the Spanish and Irish football associations later came to an agreement and moved the match to Paris.^[1]

10 November 1965

Spain	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Ufarte 80'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Attendance: 35,731

Referee: Schwinte (France)

Spain qualified.

Team stats

 Spain

Head coach: José Villalonga

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on				Club
MF	Adelardo	26 September 1939	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	Atlético Madrid
GK	Antonio Betancort	13 March 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	Barcelona
MF	Jesús Glaría	2 January 1942	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Atlético Madrid
FW	Vicente Guillot	15 July 1941	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	Valencia
GK	José Ángel Iribar	1 March 1943	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	Athletic Bilbao
FW	Carlos Lapetra	29 November 1938	3	1	270	0	0	90	90	90	Real Zaragoza
FW	Marcelino	29 April 1940	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Real Zaragoza
DF	Ferran Olivella	22 June 1936	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Barcelona
FW	Chus Pereda	23 June 1938	2	3	180	0	0	-	90	90	Barcelona
DF	Severino Reija	25 November 1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Real Zaragoza
DF	Feliciano Rivilla	21 August 1936	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Atlético Madrid
FW	Luis Suárez	2 May 1935	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	Internazionale
FW	José Ufarte	17 May 1941	3	1	270	0	0	90	90	90	Atlético Madrid
MF	Ignacio Zoco	31 July 1939	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Real Madrid

 Republic of Ireland

Head coach: Johnny Carey

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on				Club
FW	Eric Barber	18 January 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	Shelbourne
DF	Shay Brennan	6 May 1937	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	90	Manchester United
DF	Noel Cantwell	28 February 1932	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Manchester United
GK	Pat Dunne	9 February 1943	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Manchester United
DF	Tony Dunne	24 July 1941	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Manchester United
MF	Eamon Dunphy	3 August 1945	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	/3[2] York City
DF	Theo Foley	2 March 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	Northampton Town
MF	Johnny Giles	6 November 1940	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Leeds United
FW	Joe Haverty	17 February 1936	3	0	270	0	0	90			/3[2] Bristol Rovers
									90	90	Shelbourne
FW	Jackie Hennessy	5 October 1940	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	Shelbourne
DF	Charlie Hurley	4 October 1936	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	Sunderland
FW	Andy McEvoy	15 July 1938	3	1	270	0	0	90	90	90	Blackburn Rovers
MF	Mick McGrath	7 April 1936	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	Blackburn Rovers
DF	Mick Meagan	29 May 1934	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	/2[2] Huddersfield Town
FW	Frank O'Neill	13 April 1940	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	Shamrock Rovers

References

External links

• FIFA.com
• 1966 World Cup Qualification RSSSF
• Allworldcup