1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The European (UEFA) zone of qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup saw 29 teams competing for eight places at the finals. UEFA members England qualified automatically as the defending champions. The qualification process started on 19 May 1968 and ended on 7 December 1969.

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Intro articles: 5

1 Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia and is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. Although some of this border is over land, Europe is generally accorded the status of a full continent because of its great physical size and the weight of history and tradition.More

2 UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations is the administrative body for association football, futsal and beach soccer in Europe, although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia. It is one of six continental confederations of world football's governing body FIFA. UEFA consists of 55 national association members.More

3 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification

A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts Mexico and defending champions England qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.More

4 1970 FIFA World Cup

The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to 21 June in Mexico, it was the first World Cup tournament staged in North America, and the first held outside Europe and South America. Teams representing 75 nations from all six populated continents entered the competition, and its qualification rounds began in May 1968. Fourteen teams qualified from this process to join host nation Mexico and defending champions England in the 16-team final tournament. El Salvador, Israel and Morocco made their debut appearances at the final stage.More

5 England national football team

The England national football team represents England in men's international football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by The Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football's governing body FIFA. Also known as The Three Lions, England competes in the three major international tournaments contested by European nations; the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. England is one of only eight nations to have been crowned world champions, having won the 1966 edition of the World Cup.More

Format

FIFA rejected the entry of Albania. The remaining 29 teams were drawn into eight groups, five groups of four teams and three of three teams. All eight group-winners qualified automatically.

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Albania national football team

The Albania national football team represents Albania in men's international football competitions and governed by the Albanian Football Association, the governing body for football in Albania. It competes in the three major international tournaments; the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship and UEFA Nations League. Albania was the winner of the 1946 Balkan Cup and the 2000 Malta Rothmans International Tournament. At Euro 2016, Albania made its debut at a major men's football tournament after 50 years.More

Groups

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Romania	8	6	3	2	1	7	6	+1
2	Greece	7	6	2	3	1	13	9	+4
3	Switzerland	5	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3
4	Portugal	4	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	Hungary	9	6	4	1	1	16	7	+9
1=	Czechoslovakia	9	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6
3	Denmark	5	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4
4	Republic of Ireland	1	6	0	1	5	3	14	−11

Czechoslovakia and Hungary finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Czechoslovakia won the play-off to qualify for the World Cup.

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Italy	7	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7
2	East Germany	5	4	2	1	1	7	7	0
3	Wales	0	4	0	0	4	3	10	−7

Group 4

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Soviet Union	7	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7
2	Northern Ireland	5	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4
3	Turkey	0	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11

Group 5

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Sweden	6	4	3	1	12	5	+7
2	France	4	4	2	2	6	4	+2
3	Norway	2	4	1	3	4	13	−9

Group 6

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Belgium	9	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6
2	Yugoslavia	7	6	3	1	2	19	7	+12
3	Spain	6	6	2	2	2	10	6	+4
4	Finland	2	6	1	0	5	6	28	−22

Group 7

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	West Germany	11	6	5	1	0	20	3	+17
2	Scotland	7	6	3	1	2	18	7	+11
3	Austria	6	6	3	0	3	12	7	+5
4	Cyprus	0	6	0	0	6	2	35	−33

Group 8

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Bulgaria	9	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5
2	Poland	8	6	4	0	2	19	8	+11
3	Netherlands	7	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4
4	Luxembourg	0	6	0	0	6	4	24	−20

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Groups articles: 27

1 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised East Germany, Italy and Wales.More

2 Italy national football team

The Italy national football team has officially represented Italy in international football since their first match in 1910. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA—the latter of which was co-founded by the Italian team's supervising body, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Italy's home matches are played at various stadiums throughout Italy, and their primary training ground, Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, is located at the FIGC technical headquarters in Coverciano, Florence.More

3 East Germany national football team

The East Germany national football team, recognized as Germany DR by FIFA, was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.More

4 Wales national football team

The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales (FAW), the governing body for football in Wales and the third-oldest national football association in the world, founded in 1876.More

5 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Northern Ireland, Soviet Union and Turkey.More

6 Soviet Union national football team

The Soviet Union national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union.More

7 Northern Ireland national football team

The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. From 1882 to 1920, all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association (IFA). In 1921, the jurisdiction of the IFA was reduced to Northern Ireland following the secession of clubs in the soon-to-be Irish Free State, although its team remained the national team for all of Ireland until 1950, and used the name Ireland until the 1970s. The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) organises the separate Republic of Ireland national football team.More

8 Turkey national football team

The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in men's international football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey, which was founded in 1923 and member of FIFA since 1923 and, UEFA since 1962.More

9 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised France, Norway and Sweden.More

10 Sweden national football team

The Sweden national football team represents Sweden in men's international football and it is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body of football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Friends Arena in Solna and the team is coached by Janne Andersson. From 1945 to late 1950s, they were considered one of the greatest teams in Europe.More

11 France national football team

The France national football team represents France in men's international football and is controlled by the French Football Federation, also known as FFF, or in French: Fédération française de football. The team's colours are blue, white and red, and the coq gaulois its symbol. France are colloquially known as Les Bleus. They are the reigning world champions, having won the most recent World Cup final in 2018.More

12 Norway national football team

The Norway national football team represents Norway in men's international football and is controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Ståle Solbakken. In February 2019, they were ranked by FIFA at No. 48., Norway has participated three times in the FIFA World Cup, and once in the UEFA European Championship (2000).More

13 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belgium, Finland, Spain and Yugoslavia.More

14 Belgium national football team

The Belgian national football team officially represents Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA—both of which were co-founded by the Belgian team's supervising body, the Royal Belgian Football Association. Periods of regular Belgian representation at the highest international level, from 1920 to 1938, from 1982 to 2002 and again from 2014 onwards, have alternated with mostly unsuccessful qualification rounds. Most of Belgium's home matches are played at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.More

15 Yugoslavia national football team

The Yugoslavia national football team represented Yugoslavia in international association football.More

16 Spain national football team

The Spain national football team represents Spain in international men's football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for Football in Spain.More

17 Finland national football team

The Finland national football team represents Finland in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland. The team has been a member of FIFA since 1904 and a UEFA member since 1957.More

18 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 7 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Austria, Cyprus, Scotland and West Germany.More

19 Germany national football team

The Germany national football team represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is governed by the German Football Association, founded in 1900. Between 1949 and 1990, separate German national teams were recognised by FIFA due to Allied occupation and division: the DFB's team representing the Federal Republic of Germany, the Saarland team representing the Saar Protectorate (1950–1956) and the East German team representing the German Democratic Republic (1952–1990). The latter two were absorbed along with their records; the present team represents the reunified Federal Republic. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" following reunification in 1990.More

20 Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in men's international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. It competes in the three major professional tournaments, the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Scotland, as a country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the International Olympic Committee and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games. The majority of Scotland's home matches are played at the national stadium, Hampden Park.More

21 Austria national football team

The Austria national football team represents Austria in men's international football competition and it is controlled by the Austrian Football Association . Austria has qualified for seven FIFA World Cups, most recently in 1998. The country played in the UEFA European Championship for the first time in 2008, when it co-hosted the event with Switzerland, and most recently qualified in 2016.More

22 Cyprus national football team

The Cyprus national football team represents Cyprus in international football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyprus. Cyprus' home ground is the GSP Stadium in Nicosia and the current coach is Johan Walem.More

23 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Poland.More

24 Bulgaria national football team

The Bulgaria national football team represents Bulgaria in men's international football and is administered by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home venue is the Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia, and is currently managed by Georgi Dermendzhiev.More

25 Poland national football team

The Poland national football team has represented Poland in men's international football competitions since their first match in 1921. The team is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland.More

26 Netherlands national football team

The Netherlands national football team has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The national team is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a part of UEFA, and under the jurisdiction of FIFA the governing body for football in the Netherlands. They are widely considered one of the best teams in world football. Most of the Netherlands' home matches are played at the Johan Cruyff Arena and the Stadion Feijenoord.More

27 Luxembourg national football team

The Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team plays most of its home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg City.More

Goalscorers

9 goals

Gerd Müller

7 goals

6 goals

Ove Kindvall

5 goals

Erich Hof

Odilon Polleunis

Jozef Adamec

4 goals

Dragan Džajić

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Johann Eigenstiller (playing against West Germany)

José Augusto Torres (playing against Greece)

Bruno Michaud (playing against Romania)

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Goalscorers articles: 174

1 Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it. Italy is located in south-central Europe, and is considered part of western Europe. A unitary parliamentary republic with Rome as its capital, the country covers a total area of 301,340 km² (116,350 sq mi) and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial enclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in Tunisian waters (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union.More

2 Luigi Riva

Luigi Riva is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.More

3 Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of nearly 38.5 million people, Poland is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.More

4 Włodzimierz Lubański

Włodzimierz 'Włodek' Leonard Lubański is a former Polish football striker, the second all-time highest goal scorer for the Polish national team. For his national team, Lubański amassed 75 caps between 1963 and 1980, scoring 48 goals and being the second highest goalscorer in Poland's football history behind Robert Lewandowski.More

5 Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of 30,689 km² (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of 376 per square kilometre (970/sq mi). The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven.More

6 Johan Devrindt

Johannes "Johan" Devrindt is a retired Belgian football player.More

7 Hungary

Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin, it borders Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world, and among the few non-Indo-European languages to be widely spoken in Europe. Hungary's capital and largest city is Budapest; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, and Győr.More

8 Ferenc Bene

Ferenc Bene was a Hungarian football player of Újpesti Dózsa, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. A striker, he was the top scorer of the tournament.More

9 Kazimierz Deyna

Kazimierz Deyna was a Polish footballer, who played as an offensive midfielder in the playmaker role and was one of the most highly regarded players of his generation, due to his excellent vision.More

10 Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a 96-mile (154 km) border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and the Irish Sea to the south. In addition, Scotland includes more than 790 islands; principally within the Northern Isles and the Hebrides archipelagos.More

11 Colin Stein

Colin Anderson Stein is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Hibernian, Rangers, Coventry City and Kilmarnock. Stein was part of the Rangers team that won the 1971–72 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and he scored one of the goals in a 3–2 victory against Dinamo Moscow in the final. Stein also represented Scotland and the Scottish League XI. He scored nine goals in 21 appearances for Scotland, including four goals in a 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Cyprus.More

12 Sweden

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund Strait. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. The capital city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.4 million of which 2.6 million have a foreign background. Persons with foreign backgrounds are defined as persons who are foreign born, or born in Sweden with foreign born parents. It has a low population density of 25 inhabitants per square kilometre (65/sq mi), with 1 437 persons per km² in localities. 87% of Swedes live in urban areas, which cover 1.5% of the entire land area. The highest concentration is in the central and southern half of the country.More

13 Ove Kindvall

Bengt Ove Kindvall is a former Swedish footballer (forward).More

14 Austria

Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked East Alpine country in the southern part of Central Europe. It is composed of nine federated states (Bundesländer), one of which is Vienna, Austria's capital and its largest city. It is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Austria occupies an area of 83,879 km² (32,386 sq mi) and has a population of nearly 9 million people. While German is the country's official language, many Austrians communicate informally in a variety of Bavarian dialects.More

15 Erich Hof

Erich Hof was an Austrian footballer and coach who played as a forward.More

16 Odilon Polleunis

Odilon Polleunis, nicknamed Lon, was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the national team between 1968 and 1975, starting in a 1–2 friendly win against the Netherlands on 7 April 1968. Polleunis scoring on his debut and the first of his 7 goals in his first 5 Internationals, including a hat-trick against Finland and two against Yugoslavia in World Cup qualifiers in October 1968. At the Mexico World Cup in 1970 Polleunis came on as sub in Belgium's win against El Salvador and started against Mexico in the third game replacing Raoul Lambert. In the mid-1970s, "Lon" moved to RWDM.More

17 Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia, was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.More

18 Jozef Adamec

Jozef Adamec was a Slovak football forward and manager.More

19 Helmut Redl

Helmut Redl is a retired Austrian football forward who played for Austria. He also played for 1. Simmeringer SC, Wacker Innsbruck, SV Wattens, SK Rapid Wien and Alpine Donawitz.More

20 Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's sixteenth-largest country.More

21 Georgi Asparuhov

Georgi Asparuhov Rangelov, nicknamed Gundi, was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a striker.More

22 Hristo Bonev

Hristo Atanasov Bonev, also known as Zuma, is a former Bulgarian footballer. He last managed PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG. One of the greatest Bulgarian footballers, Bonev was renowned for his vision and technique.More

23 Andrzej Jarosik

Andrzej Władysław Jarosik is a former Polish footballer who played as a forward.More

24 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from its foundation in the aftermath of World War II until its dissolution in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. Covering an area of 255,804 km², the SFRY was bordered by the Adriatic Sea and Italy to the west, Austria and Hungary to the north, Bulgaria and Romania to the east, and Albania and Greece to the south. The nation was a socialist state and a federation governed by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and made up of six socialist republics – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia – with Belgrade as its capital. In addition, it included two autonomous provinces within Serbia: Kosovo and Vojvodina. The SFRY's origin is traced to 26 November 1942, when the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia was formed during World War II.More

25 Dragan Džajić

Dragan Džajić is a Serbian former footballer who is widely considered to be one of the best footballers to emerge from former Yugoslavia. Džajić has been known for his "great crosses and passes, unstoppable dribbling with great pace, natural technique and some of the best left footed free kicks ever seen". Džajić is viewed by some football experts as perhaps one of the most underrated players in European football, partly because he played in Yugoslavia. In December 2011, Džajić was named in being part of "the greatest European Championship XI of all time" by Goal.com.More

26 Karol Jokl

Karol Jokl was a Slovak football player and manager. He played for ŠK Slovan Bratislava and Czechoslovakia.More

27 Denmark

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. Denmark proper, which is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark is constitutionally a unitary state comprising Denmark proper and the two autonomous territories in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark has a total area of 42,943 km² (16,580 sq mi) as of 2020, and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km² (853,509 sq mi). Denmark proper has a population of 5.83 million.More

28 Ole Sørensen (footballer)

Ole Sørensen was a former Danish football player. He played 25 matches and scored 7 goals for the Danish national football team between 1961 and 1969, and represented his country at the 1964 European Championship. On the club level, he played for the Copenhagen club KB in Denmark, FC Köln in Germany and PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands.More

29 Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country located in Northern Europe. Finland shares land borders with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north and is defined by the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south that are part of the Baltic Sea.More

30 Arto Tolsa

Arto Vilho Tolsa was a Finnish footballer.More

31 France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country, primarily located in Western Europe, consisting of metropolitan France and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland, Monaco and Italy to the east, Andorra and Spain to the south, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname and Brazil in the Americas. The country's eighteen integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 km² (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.15 million. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice. France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones of any country, with a total of twelve.More

32 Hervé Revelli

Hervé Revelli is a French former footballer who played as a forward. He is well–known for having won the French Championship a joint–record seven times, along with only his Saint-Étienne teammate Jean-Michel Larqué, as well as Thiago Silva and Marco Verratti of Paris Saint–Germain, and Grégory Coupet, Juninho, and Sidney Govou of Lyon.More

33 Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic and also known as Hellas, is a country located in Southeast Europe. Its population is approximately 10.7 million as of 2018; Athens is its largest and capital city, followed by Thessaloniki. Situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, the Cretan Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring many islands, of which 227 are inhabited. Eighty percent of Greece is mountainous, with Mount Olympus being the highest peak at 2,918 metres (9,573 ft). The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions: Macedonia, Central Greece, the Peloponnese, Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands, Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands.More

34 Vasilis Botinos

Vasilis Botinos is a Greek former footballer who played for Olympiacos, as well as the Greek national side.More

35 Giorgos Sideris

Giorgos Sideris is a Greek retired football striker and is considered one of the greatest forwards in Olympiacos and Greek football history. An inside-right forward that no-one or nothing could stand in his way. Very quick with the ball on his feet and a player that had the instinct and charisma to score.More

36 Antal Dunai

Antal Dunai, also known as Dunai II is a former Hungarian footballer with Yugoslav origins. He became a first division player at Pécsi Dózsa, but he spent the majority of his career at Újpesti Dózsa from 1965 to 1977, when he moved to Debreceni VSC. He played 31 games and scored 9 goals for the Hungary national football team. He is most famous for his participation in the gold medal winning Hungarian team on the 1968, and silver medal winning national team on the 1972 Olympics.More

37 Norway

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose mainland territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen as well as the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land.More

38 Ola Dybwad-Olsen

Ola Dybwad-Olsen is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a striker for Lyn, Stabæk and Norway. During his fourteen-year career at Lyn he came to be regarded as one of the greatest players in the club's history. He holds several club records.More

39 Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe, being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments. The official and national language is Portuguese.More

40 Eusébio

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira GCIH GCM was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. Eusébio is considered by many as one of the greatest footballers of all time. During his professional career, he scored 733 goals in 745 matches. Nicknamed the Black Panther, the Black Pearl, or o Rei, he was famous for his speed, technique, athleticism and his ferocious right-footed shot, making him a prolific goalscorer. He is considered S.L. Benfica's greatest ever player, Portugal national team's greatest, and one of the first world-class African-born players.More

41 Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It shares land borders with Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, and Moldova to the east and has its opening to the Black Sea. It has a predominantly temperate-continental climate. With a total area of 238,397 square kilometres, Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the seventh-most populous member state of the European Union, having approximately 19.3 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest. Other major urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați.More

42 Florea Dumitrache

Florea Dumitrache was a Romanian football forward. He was considered one of the best forwards in Europe at the time and was well known for his technique and aerial ability.More

43 Alan Gilzean

Alan John Gilzean was a Scottish professional football player, active from 1955 to 1975. Gilzean played most prominently for Dundee and Tottenham Hotspur, and also appeared in 22 international games for Scotland. He helped Dundee win the Scottish league championship in 1961–62 and Tottenham win the FA Cup in 1967, two League Cups and the 1971–72 UEFA Cup. He died on 8 July 2018 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.More

44 Spain

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagos: the Canary Islands off the coast of North Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean respectively.More

45 José Eulogio Gárate

José Eulogio Gárate Ormaechea is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker for SD Eibar, SD Indautxu, Atlético Madrid, and the Spain national team.More

46 West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany, retrospectively designated the Bonn Republic, in the period between its formation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990. During this Cold War period, the western portion of Germany was part of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from eleven states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Its provisional capital was the city of Bonn.More

47 Wolfgang Overath

Wolfgang Overath is a former West German footballer. A true one-club man, Overath spent his entire professional career at 1. FC Köln. He represented his country three times in World Cup finals, culminating in 1974 with the 2–1 victory over the Netherlands on home soil. Primarily an attacking midfielder, Overath was known for his passing ability, technique and outstanding left foot.More

48 Vahidin Musemić

Vahidin Musemić is a former Bosnian footballer.More

49 Slaven Zambata

Slaven Zambata was a Croatian professional football player best known for his time at Dinamo Zagreb in the 1960s, for whom he appeared in 171 Yugoslav First League matches. He was also a Yugoslav international, scoring 21 goals in 31 matches for the national side.More

50 Wilfried Puis

Wilfried Puis was a Belgian football player.More

51 Dinko Dermendzhiev

Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev was a Bulgarian footballer and later manager. Among football fans he is also popular with the nickname Chico.More

52 Vladimír Hagara

Vladimír Hagara was a former Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 25 matches and scored four goals.More

53 Ladislav Kuna

Ladislav Kuna was a Slovak football player and manager, who played as a central midfielder.More

54 Andrej Kvašňák

Andrej Kvašňák was a Slovak football player. Born in Košice, he played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 47 matches and scored 13 goals. He is usually considered one of the best Czechoslovak footballers.More

55 East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic, is a former country that existed from 1949 to 1990, the period when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state in English usage, it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state". It consisted of territory that was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the end of World War II—the Soviet occupation zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the Oder–Neisse line. The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it and West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the GDR.More

56 Wolfram Löwe

Wolfram Löwe is a former German footballer.More

57 Eberhard Vogel

Eberhard "Ebse" Vogel is a former German footballer.More

58 Tommy Lindholm

Tommy Lindholm is a Finnish former footballer. He was the head coach of the Finland national football team from 1993 to 1994. He also coached TPS and HJK (1996).More

59 Jean-Claude Bras

Jean-Claude Bras is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.More

60 Giorgos Dedes

Giorgos Dedes is a Greek former footballer of Asia Minor descent who played as a forward. His main characteristics were his speed, his technique and his shooting. He competed in 430 games in total on the Greek Championship for Panionios and AEK Athens, scoring 181 goals. He was the top scorer of the league in 1970–71 and 1975–1976. In 1971, he was awarded the bronze boot after becoming the third best scorer in Europe.More

61 Lajos Kocsis

Lajos Kocsis was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Budapest Honvéd FC.More

62 Republic of Ireland

Ireland, also known as the Republic of Ireland, is a country in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, which is located on the eastern side of the island. Around 40% of the country's population of 4.9 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the Oireachtas, consists of a lower house, Dáil Éireann, an upper house, Seanad Éireann, and an elected President who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the Taoiseach, who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President; the Taoiseach in turn appoints other government ministers.More

63 Don Givens

Daniel Joseph "Don" Givens is an Irish former footballer and coach. A forward, Givens played club football for Manchester United, Luton Town, Queens Park Rangers, Birmingham City, AFC Bournemouth, Sheffield United and Neuchâtel Xamax, and was capped 56 times for the Republic of Ireland. His 19 senior international goals was a national record for several years. He went on to coach at Xamax and Arsenal, and spent ten years as manager of the Republic of Ireland U21 team.More

64 Sandro Mazzola

Alessandro "Sandro" Mazzola is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a forward or attacking midfielder for Internazionale and the Italy national team. He currently works as a football analyst and commentator on the Italian national television station RAI.More

65 Luxembourg

Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital, Luxembourg City, is one of the four official capitals of the European Union and the seat of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority in the EU. Its culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its neighbours, making it a mixture of French and German cultures. It has three official languages: French, German, and the national language of Luxembourgish. The repeated invasions by Germany, especially in World War II, resulted in the country's strong will for mediation between France and Germany and, among other things, led to the foundation of the European Union.More

66 Johny Léonard

Johny Léonard was a Luxembourgish footballer who played as a striker.More

67 Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country primarily located in Western Europe and partly in the Caribbean, forming the largest constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In Europe, it consists of 12 provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom. In the Caribbean, it consists of three special municipalities: the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The country's official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland, and English and Papiamentu as secondary official languages in the Caribbean Netherlands. Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish are recognised regional languages, while Sinte Romani and Yiddish are recognised non-territorial languages.More

68 Theo Pahlplatz

Theo Pahlplatz is a Dutch retired footballer. He spent most of his career with FC Twente after a spell with hometown club Quick'20. He is part of the team that won the KNVB Cup in the 1976-77 season, and also played European football in the UEFA Cup.More

69 Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is variously described as a country, province, or region, which is part of the United Kingdom. Located in the northeast of the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. In 2011, its population was 1,810,863, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the UK's population. Established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Assembly holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the British government. Northern Ireland co-operates with the Republic of Ireland in several areas, and the Agreement granted the Republic the ability to "put forward views and proposals" with "determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments".More

70 Terry Harkin

John Terence Harkin is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played as a centre forward. He scored 125 goals in 260 league games in nine seasons in the Football League. He also scored 66 goals in 142 games in the League of Ireland, and scored five goals in 11 North American Soccer League games.More

71 Jacinto Santos

Jacinto José Martins Godinho Santos is a former Portuguese footballer who played as defender.More

72 Bobby Murdoch

Robert White Murdoch was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Celtic, Middlesbrough and Scotland. Murdoch was one of the Lisbon Lions, the Celtic team who won the European Cup in 1967. He later managed Middlesbrough.More

73 Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. Nominally a union of multiple national Soviet republics, it was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party, with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian SFSR. Other major urban centers were Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Tashkent, Alma-Ata and Novosibirsk. It was the largest country in the world by surface area, spanning over 10,000 kilometers (6,200 mi) east to west across 11 time zones and over 7,200 kilometers (4,500 mi) north to south. Its territory included much of Eastern Europe, parts of Northern Europe and Western Asia, and all of Northern and Central Asia. Its five climate zones were tundra, taiga, steppes, desert, and mountains. Its diverse population was collectively known as Soviet people.More

74 Kakhi Asatiani

Kakhi Asatiani was a Georgian association football player and manager.More

75 Vladimir Muntyan

Volodymyr Fedorovych Muntyan, is a Soviet and Ukrainian midfielder of the 1960s and 1970s. Muntyan is considered to be one of the best and most talented players to ever represent Dynamo Kyiv and Soviet Union. He is also the only player apart from Oleg Blokhin who has won 7 Soviet championships. His brother Viktor Muntyan is also a former professional football player.More

76 Givi Nodia

Givi Georgiyevich Nodia was a Soviet Georgian association football player.More

77 Amancio Amaro

Amancio Amaro Varela,, commonly known simply as Amancio, is a Spanish former football player. Nicknamed El Brujo he played outside right for Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid, and the Spain national team.More

78 Bo Larsson

Bo "Bosse" Göran Larsson is a former Swedish football midfielder/striker.More

79 Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated at the confluence of Western, Central, and Southern Europe. It is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. Switzerland is a landlocked country bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. It is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps, and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km² (15,940 sq mi), and land area of 39,997 km² (15,443 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities and economic centres are located, among them Zürich, Geneva and Basel. These cities are home to several offices of international organisations such as the headquarters of FIFA, the UN's second-largest Office, and the main building of the Bank for International Settlements. The main international airports of Switzerland are also located in these cities.More

80 Fritz Künzli

Friedrich "Fritz" Künzli was a Swiss football player. From 1961 to 1979 he played in 313 matches in the Nationalliga A scoring a record 201 goals. In 1978, he played part of one season in the North American Soccer League.More

81 Georges Vuilleumier

Georges Vuilleumier was a Swiss football striker.More

82 Helmut Haller

Helmut Haller was a German footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he represented West Germany at three World Cups. At club level, he played in both Germany and Italy, and won Italian league titles with Bologna and Juventus.More

83 Josip Bukal

Josip "Mane" Bukal was a Bosnian professional football player and later on football manager. During his playing days, he played as a striker.More

84 Metodije Spasovski

Metodije Spasovski is a former Macedonian football player. He capped three times for the Yugoslav national team.More

85 Wilhelm Kreuz

Wilhelm Kreuz, nicknamed "Willy" or "Willi", is a former Austrian footballer.More

86 Helmut Siber

Helmut Siber is an Austrian international footballer and coach.More

87 August Starek

August Starek is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager. He is also known as "Gustl Starek" and "der Schwarze Gustl".More

88 Léon Semmeling

Léon Joseph Semmeling is a retired Belgian footballer.More

89 Dimitar Penev

Dimitar Dushkov Penev is a Bulgarian football coach and former player and central defender of CSKA Sofia. He played 90 games for Bulgaria national football team and scored 2 goals. He is regarded as one of his country's best ever defenders, winning Bulgarian footballer of the year in 1967 and 1971, he also participated in 3 world cups for his country in 1966, 1970 and 1974. He is currently the Honorary President of CSKA Sofia and semi-pro side Nottingham United FC.More

90 Dimitar Yakimov

Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov, is a retired Bulgarian footballer. He was an attacking midfielder and a forward. His league club was CSKA Sofia.More

91 Cyprus

Cyprus, officially called the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, and is located north of Egypt; northwest of Lebanon, Palestine, and Israel; west of Syria; southeast of Greece; and south of Turkey.More

92 Dušan Kabát

Dušan Kabát is a former Czechoslovakia international football player.More

93 František Veselý

František Veselý was a Czech football player. He played on the right wing and was known for his technique. He spent his best football years playing for SK Slavia Prague.More

94 Bent Jensen (footballer)

Bent Jensen is a Danish former football player.More

95 Ulrik le Fevre

Ulrik le Fevre is a Danish former professional football player and manager, and current FIFA-licensed player agent. He was a left winger, who had a fierce shot. He played for Danish club Vejle Boldklub, German club Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Brugge in Belgium, and won the national championship with all three clubs. He played 37 matches and scored seven goals for the Denmark national football team.More

96 Ole Madsen

Ole Eduard Fischer Madsen, simply known as Ole Madsen, was a Danish international footballer, who scored 42 goals in 50 matches for the Danish national team and competed at the 1964 European Nations' Cup. He is best remembered for scoring on a heel kick against Sweden in 1965. He played 11 seasons for Danish lower-league clubs, before signing a professional contract for Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam, winning the 1966 KNVB Cup with the team.More

97 Henning Frenzel

Henning Frenzel is a German former footballer. Frenzel was active in East Germany, and spent his entire career with Lokomotive Leipzig, where he totalled 420 appearances and 152 goals, respectively the third and fourth best in the DDR-Oberliga. He won 42 caps for East Germany, scoring 19 goals, and was part of the bronze medal-winning side at the 1964 Olympics. After retiring in 1978 he worked as a youth coach. In 2004, at the age of 62, he made a comeback for the now re-established Lokomotive Leipzig, in a Kreisliga-3 match against SV Paunsdorf.More

98 Hans-Jürgen Kreische

Hans-Jürgen "Hansi" Kreische is a former East German footballer.More

99 Peter Rock (footballer)

Peter Rock is a German former football player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Rudolstadt. The Motor / CZ Jena player won 10 caps for East Germany between 1967 and 1971. For his club he played 254 matches in the East German top-flight.More

100 Jean Djorkaeff

Jean Djorkaeff is a French former football player and manager who played as a defender.More

101 Mimis Domazos

Dimitris "Mimis" Domazos is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. His nickname was "The General".More

102 Giorgos Koudas

Giorgos Koudas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent his entire career in PAOK. Due to his fierce competitiveness and his Macedonian heritage, his nickname was Alexander the Great.More

103 Mimis Papaioannou

Dimitrios "Mimis" Papaioannou is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward, mostly for AEK Athens. Papaioannou was a symbol of morality and faith for AEK Athens and the Greek football. He played for the same team for the most of his career and was never shown a single red card while being spotted only three times with a yellow, showing a wonderful prudence and integrity of character. Papaioannou was considered to be the best Greek footballer of his generation and one of the best Greek footballers of all time, being awarded as the best Greek footballer of the 20th Century by IFFHS.More

104 Flórián Albert

Flórián Albert was a Hungarian professional football player, manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. Nicknamed "The Emperor", he played as a forward, and has been described as one of the most elegant footballers of all time.More

105 János Farkas

János Farkas was a Hungarian footballer.More

106 László Fazekas

László Fazekas is a Hungarian former football player who played the third most international games for the Hungarian national team. Fazekas played in the 1978 and the 1982 World Cup. In the latter tournament, he scored two long shots in the 10–1 win over El Salvador at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero stadium. He also competed for Hungary at the 1968 Summer Olympics.He spent his entire career in Hungary with Újpesti Dózsa, having won a total of 9 championships, before moving to Belgium, where he became a popular character, as well, having played for Royal Antwerp before finishing his active career at St.Truidense. He decided to stay in Belgium after the end of his active career, where he still lives today, and remained in football as manager of several teams, including Royal Antwerp.More

107 Lajos Puskás

Lajos Puskás is a Hungarian football forward who played for Hungary in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Vasas SC.More

108 Lajos Szűcs (footballer, born 1943)

Lajos Szűcs was a Hungarian football defender, who played for Dorog, Ferencváros, Budapest Honvéd FC and Vasas Izzó. He was Hungarian footballer of the year in 1968 and 1971.More

109 Eamonn Rogers

Eamonn Rogers is an Irish former footballer, who played for Blackburn Rovers F.C in the English Football League as a Midfielder, defender and forward.More

110 Angelo Domenghini

Angelo Domenghini is an Italian football manager, and former footballer, who played as a forward, often as a right winger, or even as a striker. Despite his creative role, he also had a notable eye for goal, as well as excellent technical ability, which, along with his acceleration and agility, allowed to beat players with the ball, in particular during one on one situations. He represented Italy in their victorious UEFA Euro 1968 campaign, as well as at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where they finished in second place, playing in the finals of both tournaments.More

111 Josy Kirchens

Joseph "Josy" Kirchens is a Luxembourgian former footballer and manager. A forward, he played his entire club career for Aris Bonnevoie and was capped 16 times for the Luxembourg national football team. Kirchens managed Avenir Beggen for the 1976–1977 season and the Luxembourg national football team for four games in 1985.More

112 Paul Philipp

Paul Philipp(ohjo) is a former Luxembourgian football player and manager.More

113 Johan Cruyff

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff OON was a Dutch professional football player and coach. As a player, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973, and 1974. Cruyff was a proponent of the football philosophy known as Total Football explored by Rinus Michels, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most prolific players in the history of the sport. He is also regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time.More

114 Dick van Dijk

Dirk Wouter Johannes "Dick" van Dijk was a Dutch professional footballer who played for FC Twente and Ajax Amsterdam. He was a member of Ajax's European Cup victory in 1971. He earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team.More

115 Willem van Hanegem

Willem "Wim" van Hanegem is a Dutch former football midfielder and coach born in Breskens, Zeeland. In a playing career spanning over 20 years he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as well as a European Cup and a UEFA trophy, all with Feyenoord. He was also a finalist in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. As a manager, he won the league and cup with Feyenoord and spent a period as the Dutch national team's assistant coach. His most recent job as manager was for FC Utrecht, from 2007 to 2008.More

116 Wim Jansen

Wilhelmus Marinus Anthonius Jansen is a Dutch former footballer and manager. Jansen won 65 international caps with the Netherlands national football team and played in the Dutch teams that reached the 1974 and 1978 World Cup Finals.More

117 Henk Wery

Henk Wery is a former Dutch footballer who played for Feyenoord and was part of their European Cup victory in 1970. He earned 12 caps and scored 3 goals for the Netherlands national football team.More

118 George Best

George Best was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A highly skillful dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the best players in the history of the sport. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders.More

119 Derek Dougan

Alexander Derek Dougan was a Northern Ireland international footballer, football manager, football chairman, pundit, and writer. He was also known by his nickname, "The Doog". He was capped by Northern Ireland at schoolboy, youth, Amateur, and 'B' team level, before he won 43 caps in a 15-year career for the senior team from 1958 to 1973, scoring eight international goals and featuring in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played in the Shamrock Rovers XI v Brazil exhibition match in July 1973, which he also helped to organise.More

120 Eric McMordie

Eric McMordie is a former professional footballer. McMordie was an attacking midfielder or inside forward whose career lasted from 1965 to 1978. He played for Middlesbrough, York City and Hartlepool United making a total of 339 league appearance, scoring 32 goals. He also represented the Northern Ireland national football team on 21 occasions.More

121 Jimmy Nicholson

James Joseph Nicholson is a Northern Irish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played most of his career at Huddersfield Town and earned more than 40 caps for the Northern Ireland national team.More

122 Odd Iversen

Odd "Ivers" Iversen was a Norwegian footballer who played as a striker; he is notable for his former record of 158 goals in Norwegian top tier football, as well as his still-standing record of 30 goals in a single season.More

123 Bronisław Bula

Bronisław Bula is a Polish former footballer.More

124 Jerzy Wilim

Jerzy Antoni Wilim was a Polish footballer (striker) connected most of time with Szombierki Bytom. He played also for Górnik Zabrze and Stade Rennes. Wilim played 8 times in Poland national football team from 1963 to 1969.More

125 José Augusto (footballer)

José Augusto Pinto de Almeida, known as José Augusto, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right winger, and a coach.More

126 Jacinto João

Jacinto João, also known as J. J. was one of the greatest Portuguese football players of his time. He played as a left winger.More

127 Fernando Peres

Fernando Peres da Silva, known as Peres, was a Portuguese professional football left winger and manager.More

128 Emerich Dembrovschi

Emeric Dembroschi is a retired Romanian football striker. He played nearly 400 matches in Romanian Divizia A and also 27 for Romania. He played at the 1970 World Cup in the match against Brazil, scoring one goal.More

129 Nicolae Dobrin

Nicolae Dobrin was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager.More

130 Flavius Domide

Flavius Virgil Domide is a retired Romanian football striker, who spent all his career at UTA Arad. He earned 18 caps for the Romanian national team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.More

131 Billy Bremner

William John Bremner was a Scottish professional footballer and manager known for his strength, skills and compact constitution. A midfielder, he played for Leeds United from 1959 to 1976, and captained the side during this time, which was the most successful period of the club's history.More

132 Tommy Gemmell

Thomas Gemmell was a Scottish football player and manager. Although right-footed, he excelled as a left-sided fullback and had powerful shooting ability. Gemmell is best known as one of the Celtic side who won the 1966–67 European Cup; he scored the first Celtic goal in the final. Gemmell played 18 times for Scotland, and also played for Nottingham Forest, Miami Toros and Dundee. After retiring as a player in 1977, Gemmell managed Dundee and Albion Rovers.More

133 Eddie Gray (footballer, born 1948)

Edwin "Eddie" Gray is a Scottish former football player and coach. Gray was a cultured winger, who was an integral member of the legendary Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s, later twice becoming the club's manager.More

134 Willie Henderson

William Henderson is a Scottish retired footballer. He played most of his career for Rangers, and spent the latter part of his career with Sheffield Wednesday, in Hong Kong with Hong Kong Rangers and with Airdrieonians. He also featured at international level for Scotland.More

135 Jimmy Johnstone

James Connelly Johnstone, nicknamed "Jinky", was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right. Johnstone played for Celtic for 13 years, and was voted their best ever player by the club's fans in 2002. He scored 129 goals for Celtic in 515 appearances.More

136 Denis Law

Denis Law is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of £55,000, which set a new British record. Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer involving a British player. Although he played well in Italy, he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962, setting another British record transfer fee of £115,000.More

137 Billy McNeill

William McNeill was a Scottish football player and manager. He had a long association with Celtic, spanning more than sixty years as a player, manager and club ambassador. McNeill captained Celtic's 'Lisbon Lions' to their European Cup victory in 1967 and later spent two spells as the club's manager. As a player and manager, he won 31 major trophies with Celtic.More

138 Anatoliy Byshovets

Anatoliy Fedorovich Byshovets is a Russian football manager of Ukrainian origin and former Soviet international striker. He played his entire professional career with club side Dynamo Kyiv. He won Olympic gold as a coach with the Soviet team at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was also a manager of the USSR, Russia, and South Korea national teams. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he managed the South Korean U-23 team. He is one of the most successful modern Russian coaches.More

139 Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi

Vitaliy Hryhorovych Khmelnytskyi was a Ukrainian associated football player and coach.More

140 Juan Manuel Asensi

Juan Manuel Asensi Ripoll is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.More

141 Pirri

José Martínez Sánchez, nicknamed Pirri, is a Spanish former footballer. A central midfielder in the early part of his career, he finished up as a sweeper.More

142 Quino Sierra

Joaquín "Quino" Sierra Vallejo is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward and made seven appearances for the Spain national team.More

143 Manuel Velázquez

Manuel Velázquez Villaverde was a Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder.More

144 Leif Eriksson (footballer)

Leif Anders Eriksson is a retired Swedish footballer and bandy player.More

145 Ove Grahn

Jan-Olof "Ove" Grahn was a Swedish professional footballer.More

146 Roland Grip

Bruno Roland Grip is a former Swedish footballer.More

147 Örjan Persson

Per Örjan Persson is a former Swedish football player probably most famous for playing for Scottish clubs Dundee United and later Rangers in the 1960s. He also represented Sweden at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and the European Championship in 1964.More

148 René-Pierre Quentin

René-Pierre Quentin is a former Swiss football player.More

149 Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered on its northwest by Greece and Bulgaria; north by the Black Sea; northeast by Georgia; east by Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran; southeast by Iraq; south by Syria and the Mediterranean Sea; and west by the Aegean Sea. Approximately 70 to 80 percent of the country's citizens are ethnic Turks. Istanbul, which straddles Europe and Asia, is the country's largest city, while Ankara is the capital.More

150 Ender Konca

Ender Konca is a former footballer who played for Kasımpaşa, İstanbulspor, Eskişehirspor, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahçe and Turkey.More

151 Ogün Altıparmak

Ogün Altıparmak is a former Turkish national football player who played for Fenerbahçe S.K..More

152 Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of 20,779 km² (8,023 sq mi). Wales has over 1,680 miles (2,700 km) of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon, its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate.More

153 Mike England

Harold Michael England, MBE is a Welsh former footballer and manager.More

154 David Powell (footballer, born 1944)

David Powell is a Welsh former footballer who played as a defender. Born in Dolgarrog, Wales he played for Wrexham, Sheffield United and Cardiff City before being forced to retire through injury. He also represented Wales at full international level, winning eleven caps.More

155 John Toshack

John Benjamin Toshack MBE is a Welsh former professional football player and manager.More

156 Klaus Fichtel

Klaus Fichtel is a German former international footballer who played as a defender.More

157 Sigfried Held

Sigfried "Siggi" Held is a German former football player and current coach. He played as an attacking midfielder or forward.More

158 Horst-Dieter Höttges

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159 Reinhard Libuda

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160 Max Lorenz (footballer)

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161 Rudolf Belin

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162 Ivica Osim

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163 Miroslav Pavlović

Miroslav Pavlović was a Serbian football player. While playing in the United States, he was known as Miro Pavlovic.More

164 Denijal Pirić

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165 Edin Sprečo

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166 Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km² (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, the second largest in South America after Brazil, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation by area. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.More

167 Alberto Rendo

Alberto Rendo is an Argentine former footballer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.More

168 Aníbal Tarabini

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169 Johann Eigenstiller

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170 Germany national football team

The Germany national football team represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is governed by the German Football Association, founded in 1900. Between 1949 and 1990, separate German national teams were recognised by FIFA due to Allied occupation and division: the DFB's team representing the Federal Republic of Germany, the Saarland team representing the Saar Protectorate (1950–1956) and the East German team representing the German Democratic Republic (1952–1990). The latter two were absorbed along with their records; the present team represents the reunified Federal Republic. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" following reunification in 1990.More

171 José Torres (footballer, born 1938)

José Augusto Costa Sénica Torres OM was a Portuguese football centre forward and coach.More

172 Greece national football team

The Greece national football team represents Greece in men's international football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece play most of their home matches in or near Athens, either in Athens at the Olympic Stadium in the Maroussi section of the city or in the port city of Piraeus at the Karaiskakis Stadium just outside Athens. Greece is one of only ten national teams to have been crowned UEFA European Champions.More

173 Bruno Michaud

Bruno Michaud was a Swiss footballer and manager who played as a defender mainly for FC Basel and the Swiss national football team.More

174 Romania national football team

The Romania national football team represents Romania in international men's football competition, and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation. They are colloquially known as Tricolorii.More

References

External links

European Zone at FIFA.com