A total of 75 teams entered the

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qualification Qualification is either the process of qualifying for an achievement, or a credential attesting to that achievement, and may refer to: * Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...

rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts

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and defending champions

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qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. For the first time, the winners of both the African zone and the Asian and Oceanian zone were guaranteed a direct place in the final tournament. The 16 spots available in the 1970 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows: * Europe (

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): ''9 places'', 1 of them went to automatic qualifier

, while the other 8 places were contested by 29 teams. * South America (

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

): ''3 places'', contested by 10 teams. *

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, Central America and Caribbean (

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): ''2 places'', 1 of them went to automatic qualifier

, while the other 1 place was contested by 13 teams. * Africa ( CAF): ''1 place'', contested by 13 teams. (13 teams applied, but FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire, leaving 11 teams. A 14th team from Africa, Rhodesia, entered through a non-CAF qualifying system.) * Asia and Oceania ( AFC/ OFC): ''1 place'', contested by 7 teams (including

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). A total of 68 teams played in at least one qualifying match. A total of 172 qualifying matches were played, and 542 goals were scored (an average of 3.15 per match). Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. Key: *Teams highlighted in green qualified for the

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. *Teams highlighted in red in the same table finished level on points and advanced to a play-off on neutral ground.

Qualified teams

Qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup

Confederation qualification

AFC and OFC

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withdrew because they refused to play with

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. There would be three rounds of play: *First Round:

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and

received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 3 teams, Australia, Japan and South Korea, played against each other twice in South Korea. The group winner would advance to the Second Round. *Second Round: The 4 teams were divided into 2 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.

First round

Second round

Final round

CAF

FIFA rejected the entries of

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

and

Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

. There would be three rounds of play: *First Round: Ghana received a bye and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners (determined by

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) would advance to the Second Round. *Second Round: The 6 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

First round

Second round

Final round

Morocco qualified.

CONCACAF

FIFA rejected the entry of

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. There would be three rounds of play: *First Round: The remaining 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Semifinal Round. *Semifinal Round: The 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.

First round

=Group 1

=Group 2

=Group 3

=Group 4

Second round

=Group 1

=Group 2

Third round

CONMEBOL

The 10 teams were divided into 3 groups; two groups with 3 teams and one group with 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

UEFA

''(30 teams competing for 8 berths)'' FIFA rejected the entry of

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. The remaining 29 teams were divided into 8 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (three groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

Goalscorers

;10 goals *

Tostão Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade (born 25 January 1947), generally known as Tostão, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward or attacking midfielder. Tostão was an intelligent, hardworking and prolific left-footed f ...

;9 goals *

Gerd Müller Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (; 3 November 1945 – 15 August 2021) was a German professional footballer. A striker renowned for his clinical finishing, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalsco ...

;7 goals * Juan Ramón Martínez *

Gigi Riva Luigi "Gigi" Riva (; born 7 November 1944) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. Considered to be one of the best players of his generation, as well as one of the greatest strikers of all time, Riva enjoye ...

Włodzimierz Lubański Włodzimierz 'Włodek' Leonard Lubański (Polish pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1947 in Gliwice-Sośnica) is a former Polish football striker, the second all-time highest goal scorer for the Polish national team. For his national team, ...

;6 goals *

Johan Devrindt Johannes "Johan" Devrindt (born 14 April 1945) is a retired Belgian football player. Club career He played for Anderlecht, Dutch outfit PSV Eindhoven, Club Brugge, Lokeren, Winterslag and La Louviere before hanging up his boots after suffering ...

* Pelé *

Ferenc Bene Ferenc Bene (17 December 1944 – 27 February 2006) was a Hungarian Association football, football player of Újpest FC, Újpesti Dózsa, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. A Forwar ...

Kazimierz Deyna Kazimierz Deyna (; 23 October 1947 – 1 September 1989) was a Polish professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder in the playmaker role and was one of the most highly regarded players of his generation, due to his excellent vis ...

Colin Stein Colin Anderson Stein (born 10 May 1947) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Hibernian, Rangers (two spells), Coventry City and Kilmarnock. Stein was part of the Rangers team that won the 1971–72 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and he ...

Ove Kindvall Bengt Ove Kindvall (born 16 May 1943) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in 1966 and became professional. The same year, he w ...

;5 goals *

Erich Hof Erich Hof (3 August 1936 – 25 January 1995) was an Austrian footballer and coach who played as a forward. Career Born in the Brigittenau district of Vienna, Hof began playing football as a striker with FC Hochstädt. In 1952, he joined Wiener ...

Odilon Polleunis Odilon Polleunis (1 May 1943 – 20 September 2023), nicknamed Lon, was a Belgian footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the Belgium national team between 1968 and ...

Jozef Adamec Jozef Adamec (26 February 1942 – 24 December 2018) was a Slovak football forward and manager. Adamec won seven Czechoslovak First League titles in his club career, winning two with Dukla Prague during his military service, followed by five ...

;4 goals *

Tom McColl Thomas Gunn McColl (born 19 September 1945) is a former association football player who played as a forward. Born in Scotland, he represented Australia national team at international level. Club career Born in Glasgow, Scotland, McColl played h ...

* Helmut Redl *

Georgi Asparuhov Georgi Asparuhov Rangelov ( bg, Георги Аспарухов Рангелов; 4 May 1943 – 30 June 1971), nicknamed Gundi, was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a striker. A prolific forward of his generation, Asparuhov was renowned ...

Hristo Bonev Hristo Atanasov Bonev ( bg, Христо Aтанасов Бонев; born 3 February 1947), also known as Zuma ( bg, Зума), is a Bulgarian footballer manager and former player who last managed Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG. One o ...

Guy Saint-Vil Guy Saint-Vil (born 21 October 1942) is a Haitian football forward who played for Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Racing CH. In the United States, he played for the Baltimore Bays in their inaugural year in 1967 for the NPS ...

* Garba Okoye * Andrzej Jarosik *

Warren Archibald Warren "Laga" Archibald (born 1949) is a Trinidadian former soccer forward who spent one season in the United Soccer Association and nine in the North American Soccer League, earning 1973 MVP honours. He also played professionally in Mexico an ...

Dragan Džajić Dragan Džajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Џајић; born 30 May 1946) is a Yugoslav former footballer from Serbia. Džajić is widely considered to be one of the best footballers to emerge from the former Yugoslavia, and one of the greatest l ...

;3 goals *

Jairzinho Jair Ventura Filho (born 25 December 1944), better known as Jairzinho (), is a Brazilian former footballer. A quick, skillful, and powerful right winger known for his finishing ability and eye for goal, he was a key member and top scorer of th ...

Karol Jokl Karol Jokl (29 August 1945 – 28 October 1996) was a Slovak football player and manager. He played for ŠK Slovan Bratislava and Czechoslovakia. Between 1963 and 1975 he played in the Czechoslovak First League for ŠK Slovan Bratislava, scorin ...

* Ole Sørensen * Arto Tolsa *

Hervé Revelli Hervé Revelli (born 5 May 1946) 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. Career Revelli scored 31 Ligue 1 goals during the calendar year of ...

* Vasilis Botinos *

Giorgos Sideris Giorgos Sideris ( el, Γιώργος Σιδέρης, born 5 April 1938-) is a Greek former Association football, footballer, who played as striker (association football), striker. Club career Sideris began his youth career at Atromitos Piraeus ...

* Guy François * Joseph Obas *

Antal Dunai Antal Dunai, also known as Dunai II (né ''Dujmov'', 21 March 1943) is a Hungarian former 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 ...

Mordechai Spiegler Mordechai "Motaleh" Shpigler ( he, מרדכי "מוטל'ה" שפיגלר; born 19 August 1944) is a retired Israeli footballer, and manager. Shpigler is placed second in Israel's all time goalscoring list, with 32 goals in 83 caps. Early life ...

Houmane Jarir Mohammed Houmane Jarir (30 November 1944 – 19 May 2018) was a Moroccan people, Moroccan Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He represented the Morocco national football team, Moroccan nation ...

Ola Dybwad-Olsen Ola Dybwad-Olsen (born 4 August 1946) 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 ...

Eusébio Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...

Florea Dumitrache Florea Dumitrache (22 May 1948 – 26 April 2007) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a striker. Dumitrache spent most of his senior career at Dinamo București, appearing in over 200 league matches and winning three national t ...

Alan Gilzean Alan John Gilzean (; 22 October 1938 – 8 July 2018) was a Scottish professional footballer, active from 1955 to 1975. A striker, Gilzean played most prominently for Dundee and Tottenham Hotspur, and also appeared in 22 international games for ...

José Eulogio Gárate José Eulogio Gárate Ormaechea (born 20 September 1944) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for SD Eibar, SD Indautxu and Atlético Madrid. Born in Argentina, he represented the Spain national team at international l ...

* Peter Millar *

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Wolfgang Overath Wolfgang Overath (born 29 September 1943) 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 wit ...

Vahidin Musemić Vahidin Musemić (born 29 October 1946 in Janja near Bijeljina, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a former Bosnian footballer. Club career During his brilliant career with FK Sarajevo he became one of the team's legends, but he truly ...

Slaven Zambata Slaven Zambata (24 September 1940 – 29 October 2020) 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 interna ...

Emment Kapengwe Emment Kapengwe (27 April 1943 – 17 September 1988) was one of Zambia's leading footballers in the '60s and he represented the country at independence in October 1964. He was Kitwe United's key player and among the first Zambians to play pro ...

;2 goals *

Rafael Albrecht José Rafael Albrecht (23 August 1941 – 3 May 2021) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Argentina at the 1962 and 1966 World Cups. Career Albrecht was born in Tucumán. He started his career w ...

Ray Baartz Raymond Henry "Ray" Baartz (born 6 March 1947) is an Australian former soccer player. He represented Australia 48 times, scoring 18 goals, making him the 8th highest goal scorer of all time. Baartz was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and sp ...

Johnny Watkiss John Watkiss (born 28 March 1941 in Willenhall, England) is a former football (soccer) defender.Wilfried Puis * Raúl Alvarez * Eduardo Antunes Coimbra *

Dinko Dermendzhiev Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev ( bg, Динко Цветков Дерменджиев; 2 June 1941 – 1 May 2019), nicknamed Chico was a Bulgarian footballer and coach. Club career Dinko Dermendzhiev began his youth career in Maritsa Plovdiv. Initi ...

* Ralph McPate * Nick Papadakis * Tibor Vigh * Adolfo Olivares * Francisco Valdéz * Jaime González * Hermenegildo Segrera * Eduardo Chavarria * Vladimír Hagara *

Ladislav Kuna Ladislav Kuna (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2012) was a Slovak football player and manager, who played as a central midfielder. He played 424 matches and scored 86 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, all for Spartak Trnava. His number of app ...

Andrej Kvašňák Andrej Kvašňák (19 May 1936 – 18 April 2007) 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 ...

* Wolfram Löwe * Eberhard Vogel *

Elmer Acevedo Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar (27 January 1949 – 30 August 2017) was a footballer from El Salvador. Club career Born in La Libertad Department, he moved to study in Santa Ana and joined the youth team of local club FAS, aged 16. After si ...

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Juan Francisco Barraza Juan Francisco Barraza Flores (March 12, 1935 – December 17, 1997) was a Salvadoran football player and manager. He is widely regarded one of the best Salvadoran footballers of all time. Career Born in the district of San Miguel as the ...

* Joel Estrada * José Quintanilla * Zerga Geremew * Asmeron Germa * Tommy Lindholm * Jean-Claude Bras * Giorgos Dedes * Hugues Guillaume *

Rigoberto Gómez Rigoberto Gómez Laínez (born January 9, 1977) is a retired Honduran football midfielder who last played for Comunicaciones of the Guatemala's top division. Club career The rather short Gómez started playing for Comunicaciones in 1996 and ...

* Donaldo Rosales *

Lajos Kocsis Lajos Kocsis (18 June 1947 in Szeged – 9 October 2000 in Budapest) was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Bp. Honvéd SE. He was an Olympic champion in 1968. Club career Kocsis started his career in his native town of Szeged, ...

Don Givens Daniel Joseph "Don" Givens (born 9 August 1949) 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 ...

Yehoshua Feigenbaum Yehoshua "Shiye" Feigenbaum ( he, יהושע "שייע" פייגנבוים, born 5 December 1947) is a former Israeli football player. As a striker, he holds many records with Israel national football team. Honours As a Player *Israeli Premier ...

Giora Spiegel Giora Spiegel ( he, גיורא שפיגל), (born July 27, 1947) is an Israeli former footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli international career, spanning 14 years and 357 days. Biography Born in P ...

Sandro Mazzola Alessandro "Sandro" Mazzola (; born 8 November 1942) 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 co ...

Teruki Miyamoto was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. Club career Miyamoto was born in Hiroshima on December 26, 1940. After graduating from high school, he joined Yawata Steel (later ''Nippon Steel'') in 1959. The c ...

* Johny Léonard * Mohammed El Filali *

Theo Pahlplatz Theo Pahlplatz (born 3 April 1947 in Oldenzaal) is a Dutch retired footballer. He spent most of his career with FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internation ...

Mohammed Lawal Mohammed Alabi Lawal (24 January 1946 – 15 November 2006) was a Nigerian naval officer who was military governor of Ogun State between December 1987 and August 1990 during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was one of ...

* Olumuyiwa Oshode * Terry Harkin *

Saturnino Arrúa Saturnino 'Nino' Arrúa Molinas (born 7 April 1949) is a Paraguayan retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and a current coach. Considered one of the greatest footballers to ever come out of his nation, his 22-year professio ...

Oswaldo Ramírez Oswaldo Felipe Ramírez Salcedo (born March 28, 1947, in Lima, Callao) is a retired Peruvian football striker. He is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the Copa Libertadores and on the Peru national football team, which won t ...

Jacinto Santos Jacinto José Martins Godinho Santos (born 28 January 1941) is a former Portuguese Association football, footballer who played as Defender (association football), defender. Football career Santos gained 5 Cap (sport), caps and scored 2 goals ...

Bobby Chalmers Robert Barry Lionel "Bobby" Chalmers (19 February 1941- October 2022) is a former association football forward who played professionally for the Rhodesia national team and various clubs in South Africa, where he scored 303 goals in all compet ...

Bobby Murdoch Robert White Murdoch (17 August 1944 – 15 May 2001) 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 ...

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Kakhi Asatiani Kakhi Asatiani ( ka, კახი ასათიანი, 1 January 1947 – 20 November 2002) was a Georgian association football player and manager. Career During his career he played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi (1965–1975), Asatiani earned 16 ...

* Volodymyr Muntyan *

Givi Nodia Givi Georgiyevich Nodia ( ka, გივი ნოდია; russian: Гиви Георгиевич Нодия; 2 January 1948 – 7 April 2005) was a Soviet Georgian association football player. Honours * Soviet Top League bronze: 1967, 1969, 1 ...

Amancio Amaro Amancio Amaro Varela, (born 16 October 1939), commonly known simply as Amancio, is a Spanish former football player. Nicknamed ''El Brujo'' (The Magician) he played outside right for Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid, and the Spain nationa ...

Nasr El-Din Abbas Nasr Eddin Abbas ( ar, نصر الدين عباس; born 13 August 1944), known by his nickname Jaksa ( ar, جكسة), is a Sudanese former footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club. He participated in the Africa Cup of Nations 1963 and 1970 and ...

* Aboubakar Bakheit *

Ali Gagarin Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig known as Ali Gagarin (born 1 April 1949 in Omdurman) is a Sudanese former footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club. He participated in the Africa Cup of Nations 1970 and 1976. He earned his nickname of Ali Gagarin wh ...

* Abubakr Osman *

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Jules Lagadeau Jules Theodorus Lagadeau (born 31 July 1939 & deceased 27 August 2019), was a Surinamese football player and manager who has played for S.V. Transvaal in the Hoofdklasse and for the Suriname national team. Career Lagadeau was born 1939 in Pa ...

* Ruud Schoonhoven *

Roy Vanenburg Roy Vanenburg is a Surinamese football manager and former player, who was last manager of Hoofdklasse club S.V. Transvaal. He spent most of his professional playing career with S.V. Transvaal, winning six Hoofdklasse titles, and two CONCACAF Ch ...

Bo Larsson Bo-Göran "Bosse" Larsson (born 5 May 1944) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and striker. Best remembered for his time with Malmö FF, he also represented VfB Stuttgart and Trelleborgs FF during his caree ...

* Fritz Künzli *

Georges Vuilleumier Georges Vuilleumier (21 September 1944 – 29 July 1988) was a Swiss football striker. Career Born in Tramelan, Canton of Bern, Vuilleumier began his football career with FC La Chaux-de-Fonds where he won the Nationalliga A in 1964. He playe ...

* Ezzedine Chakroun *

Gerry Baker Gerard Austin "Gerry" Baker (11 April 1938 – 24 August 2013) was an American soccer player. From 1955 until 1970, he played 16 seasons in either the Scottish or English first division. He earned seven caps with the US national team in 196 ...

Helmut Haller Helmut Haller (; 21 July 1939 – 11 October 2012) 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 le ...

Josip Bukal Josip "Mane" Bukal (15 November 1945 – 30 August 2016) was a Bosnian professional football player and later on Manager (association football), football manager. During his playing days, he played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, str ...

Metodije Spasovski Metodije Spasovski (born 4 February 1946) is a former Macedonian football player. He capped three times for the Yugoslav national team. Club career Spasovski played a total of 647 games in all competitions for hometown club Vardar, scoring 212 ...

;1 goal * Boualem Amirouche *

Alberto Rendo Alberto Rendo (born 3 January 1940) is an Argentine former footballer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Career Born in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, Rendo played club football in the Argentine Primera División with Huracán and San Lo ...

* Aníbal Tarabini * Willie Rutherford *

Johnny Warren John Norman Warren, Order of the British Empire, MBE, Order of Australia, OAM (17 May 1943 – 6 November 2004) was an Australian association football, soccer player, coach, administrator, writer and broadcaster. He was known as ''Captain Soccer ...

Wilhelm Kreuz Wilhelm Kreuz (born 29 May 1949), nicknamed ''"Willy"'' or ''"Willi"'', is a former Austrian footballer. Club career During his club career he played for Admira Energie (1966–1972), Sparta Rotterdam (1972–1974), Feyenoord Rotterdam (1974� ...

* Helmut Siber *

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Léon Semmeling Léon Joseph Semmeling (Moelingen (Mouland), 4 January 1940) is a retired Belgian footballer. During his career he played for R. Standard de Liège. He earned 35 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA ...

Clyde Best Clyde Cyril Best, MBE (born 24 February 1951) is a Bermudian former football player. He was one of the first black players in First Division football in England, scoring 47 goals as a striker for West Ham United between 1968 and 1976. Early ...

Winston Trott Winston Trott (born 10 August 1944 in Bermuda) is a former Bermudian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He played one first-class match for Bermuda, against New Zealand in 1972, taking four wickets in New ...

Ramiro Blacut Ramiro Blacut Rodriguez (born 3 January 1944 in La Paz) is a Bolivian former international footballer. He was a member of the Bolivian team that won the 1963 South American Championship. Career During his career, he represented Club Bolívar an ...

Juan Américo Díaz Juan Américo Díaz (12 November 1944 – 29 May 2013) was a Bolivian footballer. He played in four matches for the Bolivia national football team in 1975. He was also part of Bolivia's squad for the 1975 Copa América The 1975 edition of ...

Rivelino Roberto Rivellino (also Rivelino, ; ; born 1 January 1946) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer. He was one of the stars of Brazil's 1970 FIFA World Cup winning team. Rivellino currently works as a pundit for Brazilian TV Cult ...

Dimitar Penev Dimitar Dushkov Penev ( bg, Димитър Душков Пенев, born 12 July 1945) 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 two goals. ...

* Dimitar Yakimov * David Ayo * Dieudonné Bassanguen * Norbert Owona * Norman Patterson *

Sergio Zanatta Sergio Zanatta (born 8 August 1946) is a Canadian former soccer player who earned three caps for the Canadian national side in 1968. He played club football for Vancouver Columbus and Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club ...

* Jorge Ramírez Gallego * Orlando Mesa * Javier Tamayo * Leonel Hernández * Edgar Núñez * Roy Sáenz * Walford Vaughns * Mario Vega * Panicos Efthimiadis * Nicos Kantzilieris * Dušan Kabát *

František Veselý František Veselý (7 December 1943, in Prague – 30 October 2009) 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. He played for Czechoslo ...

* Bent Jensen *

Ulrik Le Fevre Ulrik le Fevre (born 25 June 1946) 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 ...

Ole Madsen Ole Eduard Fischer Madsen (21 December 1934 – 26 March 2006 Camilla Dam ''Danmarks Radio'', 26 March 2006) was a Danish international footballer, who scored 42 goals in 50 matches for the Denmark national team and competed at the 1964 Europe ...

Henning Frenzel Henning Frenzel (born 3 May 1942 in Geithain) is a German former footballer. Frenzel was active in East Germany, and spent his entire career with Lokomotive Leipzig (in its various guises), where he totalled 420 appearances and 152 goals, resp ...

Hans-Jürgen Kreische Hans-Jürgen "Hansi" Kreische (born 19 July 1947) is a former East German footballer. Career Club career Kreische spent his entire career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, scoring 127 goals in 234 DDR-Oberliga games between 1964 and 19 ...

* Peter Rock * Félix Lasso * Tom Rodríguez *

Mauricio Ernesto González Mauricio may refer to: *Mauricio (given name) *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 1988), Brazilian footballer known by the mononym Maurício *Maurício (footballer) (Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, born 1988), Brazilian footballer *216428 M ...

Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez Mauricio may refer to: * Mauricio (given name) *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 1988), Brazilian footballer known by the mononym Maurício *Maurício (footballer) (Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, born 1988), Brazilian footballer *216428 ...

* Kebede Asfaw *

Emmanuel Feseha Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also Romanization of Hebrew, romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that ...

Mengistu Worku Mengistu Worku (Amharic: መንግስቱ ወርቁ; 1940 – 16 December 2010) was an Ethiopian footballer, recognised as one of the best Ethiopian footballers in history with Luciano Vassalo and Ydnekatchew Tessema. He is best known for his ...

* Turo Flink *

Jean Djorkaeff Jean Djorkaeff (born 27 October 1939) is a French former professional footballer and manager. As a player, he operated as a defender. Early life Djorkaeff was born in the French commune of Charvieu, located in the ''département'' of Isère. ...

* Abekah Ankrah *

Emmanuel Ola Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also Romanization of Hebrew, romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that ...

Mimis Domazos Dimitris "Mimis" Domazos ( el, Δημήτρης "Μίμης" Δομάζος, born 22 January 1942) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. His nickname was ''"The General"'' ''( el, "Ο Στρατηγός ...

* Kostas Elefterakis *

Giorgos Koudas Giorgos Koudas ( el, Γιώργος Κούδας; born 23 November 1946) 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 h ...

Mimis Papaioannou Dimitrios "Mimis" Papaioannou ( el, Δημήτριος "Μίμης" Παπαϊωάννου; born 23 August 1942) is a Greek former professional football player, who played as a forward, mostly for AEK Athens and a former manager. His nickname w ...

* Édgar González *

Nelson Melgar Armando Melgar Nelson (born 22 July 1945) is a Guatemalan footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of th ...

* David Stokes *

Claude Barthélemy Claude Barthélemy (9 May 1945 – 6 April 2020) was a Haitian footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker. He played for AS Capoise between 1961 and 1964, then joined Racing Club Haitien until 1967, and ...

* Jean-Claude Désir * Reynold Saint Surin *

Philippe Vorbe Philippe Vorbe (born September 14, 1947) is a former Haitian footballer who played as a midfielder for the Haiti national football team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. A legendary player in Haiti, he provided Emmanuel Sanon the pass t ...

* José Cardona * Rafael Dick * Reynaldo Mejia * Marco Antonio Mendoza *

José Urquia José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced ...

* Leonard Wells *

Flórián Albert Flórián Albert (15 September 1941 – 31 October 2011) 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 h ...

János Farkas János Farkas (27 March 1942 in Budapest – 29 September 1989 in Budapest) was a Hungarian footballer. During his club career he played for Vasas SC. He earned 33 caps and scored 20 goals for the Hungary national football team from 1961 ...

László Fazekas László Fazekas (born 15 October 1947) 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 sco ...

* Zoltán Halmosi *

Lajos Puskás Lajos Puskás (born 13 August 1944) is a Hungarian football forward who played for Hungary in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

* Lajos Szűcs * Eamonn Rogers *

Angelo Domenghini Angelo Domenghini (; born 25 August 1941) 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 e ...

* Lascelles Dunkley * Evan Welsh *

Yasuyuki Kuwahara was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Kuwahara was born in Hiroshima on December 22, 1942. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined his local club Toyo Industries in 1965. The club won league ch ...

Masashi Watanabe was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team. Club career Watanabe was born in Hiroshima on January 11, 1936. After graduating from high school, he joined Yawata Steel (la ...

Mahmoud Al-Jahani Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''. Siam Mahmud * Mahmood (singer) (born 1 ...

* Ahmed Ben Soed * Mohamed Koussa * Josy Kirchens *

Paul Philipp Paul Philipp (born 21 October 1950) is a former Luxembourgian football player and manager. He is the president of the Luxembourg Football Federation. Club career As a player, Philipp started his career at local club Avenir Beggen before movin ...

Hassan Akesbi Hassan Akesbi ( ar, حسن أقصبي; born 5 December 1934) is a Moroccan former footballer who played as a striker. Career In 2006, Akesbi was selected by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as one of the best 200 African football ...

* Driss Bamous *

Boujemaa Benkhrif Boujemaa Benkhrif ( ar, بوجمعة بنخريف; born 1947) is a Moroccan former footballer who played as a defender for the Morocco national team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.Ahmed Faras Ahmed Faras ( ar, أحمد فرس; born 7 December 1946) is a Moroccan former footballer who played as a striker for Chabab Mohammédia at club level and Morocco internationally. Faras was named African Footballer of the Year in 1975. In 200 ...

Cherkaoui Hafnaoui Cherkaoui (in Arabic شرقاوي or الشرقاوي) is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Ayman Cherkaoui, international jurist in Climate change law, Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact in Morocco * Sidi ...

* Moulay Khanousi *

Johan Cruyff Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (, internationally known as Johan Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. As a player, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974. Cruyff was a ...

Dick van Dijk Dirk Wouter Johannes "Dick" van Dijk (15 February 1946 – 8 July 1997) 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 N ...

Willem van Hanegem Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (; born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch former football player and coach who played as a midfielder. In a playing career spanning over 20 years, he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as well as a European Cu ...

Wim Jansen Wilhelmus Marinus Antonius Jansen (; 28 October 1946 – 25 January 2022) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. As a midfielder or defender, he spent most of his career at Feyenoord, winning honours including the European Cup ...

Sjaak Roggeveen Sjaak Roggeveen (born 5 October 1942) is a Dutch former international footballer who played for a number of clubs in his native Netherlands. He featured three times for the Netherlands national football team The Netherlands national football ...

Wietse Veenstra Wietse Veenstra (born 18 February 1946) is a Dutch footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are i ...

Henk Wery Henk Wery (born 10 June 1943) is a Dutch former 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 The Netherlands national ...

* Wouter Brokke * Antonio Martina * Elcio Martina * Joseph Aghoghovbia * Peter Anieke *

Sam Garba Sam Garba Okoye (22 December 1947 – 31 July 1978) was a Nigerian footballer who played as a forward for the Nigerian national football team after he made his debut in a match against Gabon on 30 August 1965. He also represented Nigeria at th ...

* Sebastian Broderick Imasuen * Sunday Ineh * Augustine Ofuokwu *

Samuel Opone Samuel Opone (13 June 1942 – November 2000) was a Nigerian association football, footballer. He competed in the Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics, men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References External links

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George Best George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A highly skilful dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the greatest p ...

* William Campbell *

Derek Dougan Alexander Derek Dougan (20 January 1938 – 24 June 2007) 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 ...

Eric McMordie Eric McMordie (full name Alexander S. McMordie; born 12 August 1946 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former professional footballer. McMordie was an attacking midfielder or inside forward whose career lasted from 1965 to 1978. He played for Mi ...

* Jimmy Nicholson *

Odd Iversen Odd "Ivers" Iversen (6 November 1945 – 29 December 2014) 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 ...

* Lorenzo Gimenez *

Aurelio Martínez Aurelio Martínez, professionally known as Aurelio, is a Honduran musician and politician. He is a singer, percussionist, and guitarist known for his Garifuna music and is considered a Cultural Ambassador of the Garifuna people. According to the ...

* Pablo Rojas * Alcides Sosa *

Roberto Challe Roberto Carlos Chale Olarte, "Roberto Chale" (born 24 November 1946) is a Peruvian former football player, recognized as one of Peru's most important midfielders. He was born in Lima. He is also known as ''Maestro'' (Master) or ''Niño Terrible ...

Luis Cruzado Luis Fernando Cruzado Sánchez (6 July 1941 – 14 February 2013) was a Peruvian footballer who played as a midfielder for Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , oth ...

Teófilo Cubillas Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (; born 8 March 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was selected as Peru's greatest ever player in an IFFHS poll, in which he was also included in the world's Top 50. H ...

Alberto Gallardo Félix Alberto Gallardo Mendoza (28 November 1940 – 19 January 2001) was a Peruvian football player and manager. Career During his club career, Gallardo played for Sporting Cristal, A.C. Milan, Cagliari Calcio and Sociedade Esportiva Pal ...

Pedro Pablo León Pedro Pablo León García (29 June 1943 – 9 May 2020), also known as Pedro "Perico" León, was a Peruvian footballer. Career León made 49 appearances for the Peru national football team between 1963 and 1973. He then started in the 1970 FIFA ...

* Bronisław Bula *

Jerzy Wilim Jerzy Antoni Wilim (14 August 1941 – 7 December 2014) was a Polish association football, footballer (Striker (association football), striker) connected most of time with Szombierki Bytom. He played also for Górnik Zabrze and Stade Rennes, Renn ...

José Augusto de Almeida José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

* Jacinto João * Fernando Peres *

Emerich Dembrovschi Emeric Dembroschi (born 6 October 1945) is a retired Romanian football striker. Club career Emerich Dembrovschi was born on 6 October 1945 in Câmpulung la Tisa, Romania and started to play football in the Romanian lower leagues at Foresta Si ...

Nicolae Dobrin Nicolae Dobrin (; 26 August 1947 – 26 October 2007) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager. Nicknamed ''Gâscanul'' ("The Gander") or ''Prințul din Trivale'' ("The Prince of Trivale"), he is considered o ...

Flavius Domide Flavius Virgil Domide (born 7 May 1946) is a Romanian former football striker. Club career Flavius Domide started playing football as a child on the streets of the Pânceava neighborhood of Arad where he was born and raised. He later went to p ...

* Billy Bremner *

Tommy Gemmell Thomas Gemmell (16 October 1943 – 2 March 2017) 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 w ...

* Eddie Gray *

Willie Henderson William Henderson (born 24 January 1944) 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 ...

Jimmy Johnstone James Connolly Johnstone (30 September 1944 – 13 March 2006) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right. Known as "Jinky" for his elusive dribbling style, Johnstone played for Celtic for 13 years, and was part of the 'Lisbon ...

Denis Law Denis Law (born 24 February 1940) 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 ...

Billy McNeill William McNeill (2 March 1940 – 22 April 2019) 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 Lio ...

* Emile Pierre Diéme * Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop *

Kim Ki-Bok Kim Ki-bok (born 1944) is a former South Korean football player and manager. He was first manager of Jeonbuk Buffalo and Daejeon Citizen FC Daejeon Hana Citizen Football Club (Korean 대전 하나 시티즌 축구단) is a South Korean profes ...

Lee Yi-Woo Lee Yi-woo (born 18 February 1941) is a South Korean former footballer who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 ...

Anatoliy Byshovets Anatoliy Fyodorovich Byshovets (russian: Анатолий Фёдорович Бышовец, uk, Анато́лій Фе́дорович Бишове́ць; born 23 April 1946) is a Soviet and Russian football manager of Ukrainian origin and for ...

Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi Vitaliy Hryhorovych Khmelnytskyi ( uk, Віталій Григорович Хмельницький; 12 June 1943 – 13 February 2019) was a Ukrainian football player and coach. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971 * Sov ...

Juan Manuel Asensi Juan Manuel Asensi Ripoll (born 23 September 1949) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Asensi began his career at local Elche CF – at the time in La Liga � ...

* Miguel Ángel Bustillo *

Pirri José Martínez Sánchez (born 11 March 1945), nicknamed Pirri, is a Spanish former footballer. A central midfielder in the early part of his career, he finished up as a sweeper. He spent the vast majority of his career with Real Madrid, appear ...

* Joaquín Sierra *

Manuel Velázquez Manuel Velázquez Villaverde (24 January 1943 – 15 January 2016) was a Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Madrid, Velázquez spent all of his 12 years in La Liga with Real Madrid. After three seasons ...

* Gadalla Kheir El-Sayed Ali * Osman El-Fadil * Omar Ali Hasab El-Rasoul * Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh * Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Fadil Jadallah * Awad Nasr Musa * Ahmed Bushara Wahba * Stuart Oosthuizen * Edwin Schal *

Leif Eriksson Leif Erikson, Leiv Eiriksson, or Leif Ericson, ; Modern Icelandic: ; Norwegian: ''Leiv Eiriksson'' also known as Leif the Lucky (), was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental North ...

Ove Grahn Jan-Olof "Ove" Grahn (9 May 1943 – 11 July 2007) was a Swedish professional football player who played as a striker. He represented IF Elfsborg, Grasshoppers, Lausanne Sports, and Örgryte IS during a career that spanned between 1960 and 197 ...

Roland Grip Bruno Roland Grip (born 1 January 1941) is a Swedish former footballer. Grip played as a defender in AIK and made his debut in Allsvenskan 1964, and played there until he changed club to IK Sirius in 1971. He played there until his retirement in ...

Örjan Persson Per Örjan Persson (27 August 1942) is a Swedish former football player. He played for Scottish clubs Dundee United and Rangers in the 1960s. He also represented Sweden at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and the European Championship qua ...

* René-Pierre Quentin *

Tahar Chaïbi Tahar Chaïbi (17 February 1946 – 29 April 2014) was a Tunisian footballer who played as a midfielder for Club Africain and the national team. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic project ...

* Abdesselem Cheman *

Ender Konca Ender Konca (born 22 October 1947) is a former footballer who played for Kasımpaşa, İstanbulspor, Eskişehirspor, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahçe and Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiy ...

Ogün Altıparmak Ogün Altıparmak (born November 10, 1938 in Adapazarı, Sakarya) is a former Turkish national football player who played for Fenerbahçe S.K. He started his career in 1955 at Karşıyaka S.K. and then transferred to Fenerbahçe SK in 1963 wi ...

* Dietrich Albrecht *

Siegfried Stritzl Siegfried Stritzl (April 12, 1944 – November 3, 2022) was an American soccer player who was the 1969 North American Soccer League Rookie of the Year. He also earned eleven caps, scoring two goals, with the U.S. national team between 1968 and ...

Atilio Ancheta Atilio Genaro Ancheta Weigel (born 19 July 1948) is a former footballer from Uruguay, who played for the national team at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He was a defender and spent most of his career with Grêmio Football Porto-Alegrense, appearing in ...

* Rúben Bareño *

Julio César Cortés Julio César "''El Pocho''" Cortés Lagos (born 29 March 1941) is an Uruguayan football coach and former midfielder who participated in three World Cups with the Uruguay national team. At the club level, Cortés was most successful during t ...

* Pedro Rocha * Oscar Zubía *

Luis Mendoza Benedetto Luis Alfredo Mendoza Benedetto (born 21 June 1945) is a Venezuelan former association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 15 matches for the Venezuela national football team, Venezuela national team from 1967 to 1979. He wa ...

Mike England Harold Michael England (born 2 December 1941) is a Welsh former footballer and manager. Playing career Playing as a central defender, England began his career at Blackburn Rovers in 1959, before moving to Tottenham Hotspur in July 1966, ultimat ...

* David Powell *

John Toshack John Benjamin Toshack (born 22 March 1949) is a Welsh former professional football player and manager. He began his playing career as a teenager with his hometown club Cardiff City, becoming the youngest player to make an appearance for the ...

Klaus Fichtel Klaus Fichtel (born 19 November 1944) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender for Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen. He made 23 appearances for the West Germany national team. Career Fichtel was born in Castrop-Rauxel, ...

Sigfried Held Sigfried "Siggi" Held (born 7 August 1942) is a German former football player and coach. He played as an attacking midfielder or forward. Born in Freudenthal, Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), Held's first football club was Kickers Offenbach. In ...

Horst-Dieter Höttges Horst-Dieter Höttges (born 10 September 1943) is a German former footballer who played as a defender. Having started his career with hometown club Borussia Mönchengladbach, he spent most of his career with Werder Bremen. At international lev ...

* Reinhard Libuda * Max Lorenz *

Rudolf Belin Rudolf Belin (born 4 November 1942) is a Croatian retired football manager and player. Club career Belin started his career with Dinamo Zagreb in 1960, where he won the Yugoslav Cup three times and the 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, beating the ...

* Ivica Osim *

Miroslav Pavlović Miroslav Pavlović ( sr-cyrl, Мирослав Павловић; 23 October 1942 – 19 January 2004) was a Serbian footballer. While playing in the United States, he was known as Miro Pavlovic. On the national level he played for Yugoslavia na ...

Denijal Pirić Denijal Pirić (; born 27 September 1946) is a Bosnian former football manager and player. Club career Born in the small mining town of Živinice, Pirić started playing football at local side Slaven. Former Slaven manager Vlatko Konjevod then l ...

* Edin Sprečo *

Godfrey Chitalu Godfrey Chitalu, nicknamed Ucar (22 October 1947 – 27 April 1993), was a Zambian footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as the greatest Zambian player of all time as he holds his national team's goalscoring record and wa ...

Sandy Kaposa Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters *Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Sandy (surname), a list of people *Sandy (singer), Brazilian singer and actress Sandy Leah Lima (born 1983) *(Sandy) A ...

* Dickson Makwaza ;1 own goal * David Zeman (playing against

) *

Johann Eigenstiller Johann Eigenstiller (born 17 June 1943) is a former Austrian association football, football Defender (association football), defender who played for Austria national football team, Austria. He also played for SK Vorwärts Steyr, FC Wacker Innsbru ...

(playing against

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

) *

Rudolph Smith Sir Thomas Rudolph Hampden Smith, 2nd Baronet, CBE, FRCS (24 January 1869 – 25 June 1958) was a British surgeon. Smith was the son of the eminent surgeon Sir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet, of Stratford Place, and his wife Ann Eliza (née Parb ...

(playing against the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

) * Ramiro Tobar (playing against

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

) *

Aritatsu Ogi is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Ogi was born in Hiroshima on December 10, 1942. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined his local club Toyo Industries in 1965. The club won the ch ...

(playing against

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

) * Valentín Mendoza (playing against

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

) *

Héctor Chumpitaz Héctor Eduardo Chumpitaz Gonzáles (; born April 12, 1943, in Cañete) is a former footballer from Peru. Voted one of the greatest defenders of all times, among the 30 best defenders in football history and included within the 100 best player ...

(playing against

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

) *

José Torres José ("Chegüi") Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican-born American professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the junior middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he d ...

(playing against

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

) * Phillemon Tegire (playing against

) *

Bruno Michaud Bruno Michaud (14 October 1935 — 1 November 1997) was a Swiss footballer and manager who played as a defender mainly for FC Basel and the Swiss national football team. Club career Michaud started his football in the youth teams of Basel. He w ...

(playing against

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

) *

Tyrone de la Bastide Tyrone de la Bastide (18 October 1938 – 23 March 2008) was a Trinidad and Tobago footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association fo ...

(playing against

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

) *

Selwyn Murren Selwyn may refer to: Institutions * Selwyn College, Auckland, is a multicultural, co-educational high school in Auckland, New Zealand * Selwyn College, Cambridge, one of the University of Cambridge colleges, UK * Selwyn College, Otago, hall of res ...

(playing against

)

Notes

*In the African zone,

was used to determine the winners of two-legged ties. However, different tie-breakers were used in the matches when the aggregate score was tied. *Morocco was the first African team to qualify since Egypt in the

1934 World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in ...

. *As a result of the hostile relationship between

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

and

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

, and rioting during the qualification matches between them, the short-lived

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broke out between the two countries. *Israel qualified for their only World Cup to date as an Asian team. However, soon after this, they were expelled from the

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, and now compete in the European zone as they are now a member of

References

External links

FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1970 World Cup Qualification

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World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

FIFA World Cup qualification