1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying first round

The 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying first round (officially referred to as the 1964 European Nations' Cup round of 16) were the second round of qualifying competition for 1964 European Nations' Cup. They were contested by the thirteen preliminary round winners of the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying tournament, along with Austria, Luxembourg, and the Soviet Union, who had received a bye. The winners of each of eight home and away ties entered the qualifying second round. The matches were played in 1963.

Qualification

Each tie winner progressed to the round of 16. The round of 16 was played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the round of 16 would go through to the quarter-finals.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spain	2–1	Northern Ireland	1–1	1–0
Yugoslavia	2–3	Sweden	0–0	2–3
Denmark	4–1	Albania	4–0	0–1
Netherlands	2–3	Luxembourg	1–1	1–2
Austria	2–3	Republic of Ireland	0–0	2–3
Bulgaria	2–3	France	1–0	1–3
Soviet Union	3–1	Italy	2–0	1–1
East Germany	4–5	Hungary	1–2	3–3

Matches

The eight matches took place over two legs, taking place in 1963. All times are CET (UTC+1).

Spain  v  Northern Ireland

30 May 1963 First leg

Spain	1–1	Northern Ireland
Amancio  60'	Report	W. Irvine  76'

Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao Attendance: 27,960 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Northern Ireland  v  Spain

30 October 1963 Second leg

Northern Ireland	0–1	Spain
	Report	Gento  66'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 45,809 Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Spain won 2–1 on aggregate.

Yugoslavia  v  Sweden

19 June 1963 First leg

Yugoslavia	0–0	Sweden
	Report

Stadion JNA, Belgrade Attendance: 45,098 Referee: Karl Kainer (Austria)

Sweden  v  Yugoslavia

18 September 1963 Second leg

Sweden	3–2	Yugoslavia
Persson  30', 60' Bild  72'	Report	Zambata  21' Galić  64'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 20,774 Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Sweden won 3–2 on aggregate.

Denmark  v  Albania

29 June 1963 First leg

Denmark	4–0	Albania
Petersen  18' (pen.) O. Madsen  25' Clausen  36' Enoksen  49'	Report

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 26,640 Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

Albania  v  Denmark

30 October 1963 Second leg

Albania	1–0	Denmark
Pano  3'	Report

Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 27,765 Referee: Joseph M. Cassar Naudi (Malta)

Denmark won 4–1 on aggregate.

Netherlands  v  Luxembourg

11 September 1963 20:00 First leg

Netherlands	1–1	Luxembourg
Nuninga  5'	Report	May  33'

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 36,523 Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)

Luxembourg  v  Netherlands

30 October 1963 20:15 Second leg

Luxembourg	2–1	Netherlands
Dimmer  20', 67'	Report	Kruiver  35'

Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 42,385 Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Luxembourg won 3–2 on aggregate.

Austria  v  Republic of Ireland

25 September 1963 19:30 First leg

Austria	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	Report

Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 26,741 Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

Republic of Ireland  v  Austria

13 October 1963 14:30 Second leg

Republic of Ireland	3–2	Austria
Cantwell  45', 89' (pen.) Fogarty  66'	Report	Koleznik  38' Flögel  85'

Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 39,963 Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)

Republic of Ireland won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bulgaria  v  France

29 September 1963 First leg

Bulgaria	1–0	France
Diev  24'	Report

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 25,947 Referee: Faruk Talu (Turkey)

France  v  Bulgaria

26 October 1963 Second leg

France	3–1	Bulgaria
Goujon  44', 81' Herbin  78'	Report	Yakimov  75'

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 32,233 Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

France won 3–2 on aggregate.

Soviet Union  v  Italy

13 October 1963 19:00 First leg

Soviet Union	2–0	Italy
Ponedelnik  22' Chislenko  42'	Report

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 102,358 Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)

Italy  v  Soviet Union

10 November 1963 14:30 Second leg

Italy	1–1	Soviet Union
Rivera  89'	Report	Gusarov  33'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 69,567 Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

Soviet Union won 3–1 on aggregate.

East Germany  v  Hungary

19 October 1963 14:30 First leg

East Germany	1–2	Hungary
Nöldner  51'	Report	Bene  18' Rákosi  88'

Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin Attendance: 33,383 Referee: Pyotr Belov (USSR)

Hungary  v  East Germany

3 November 1963 14:00 Second leg

Hungary	3–3	East Germany
Bene  7' Sándor  17' Solymosi  51' (pen.)	Report	Heine  12' R. Ducke  26' Erler  81'

Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 35,382 Referee: Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)

Hungary won 5–4 on aggregate.

References

• "1964 European Nations' Cup". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
• "1964 European Nations' Cup". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
• Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8. 

External links

• 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying first round