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West Germany 2-1 Soviet Union - July 25, 1966 / World Cup 1966

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World Cup 1966 - Semi-finals

Goodison Park - Liverpool - England

July 25, 1966

43 921

West Germany

Germany

2 - 1

Soviet Union

Assist by Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (right foot) Helmut Haller

43'

Assist by Helmut Haller (left foot) Franz Beckenbauer

67'

88'

Valeriy Porkuyan (right foot)

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43' - Goal Helmut Haller43

44' - Red card Igor Chislenko

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67' - Goal Franz Beckenbauer67

88' - Goal Valeriy Porkuyan

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Germany

2 - 1

Soviet Union

West Germany Soviet Union

Team line-ups

West Germany

Tilkowski

Hans Tilkowski

Germany

B.date12/07/1935

Age31 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Beckenbauer67

Franz Beckenbauer

Germany

B.date11/09/1945

Age20 years

H1m81

positionSweeper

Schnellinger

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

Germany

B.date31/03/1939

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Weber

Wolfgang Weber

Germany

B.date26/06/1944

Age22 years

H1m77

positionDefender

Schulz

Willi Schulz

Germany

B.date04/10/1938

Age27 years

H1m81

positionDefender

Lutz

Friedel Lutz

Germany

B.date21/01/1939

Age27 years

positionDefender

Overath

Wolfgang Overath

Germany

B.date29/09/1943

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft Midfielder

Seeler

Uwe Seeler

Germany

B.date05/11/1936

Age29 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Held

Siegfried Held

Germany

B.date07/08/1942

Age23 years

H1m80

positionForward

Haller43

Helmut Haller

Germany

B.date21/07/1939

Age27 years

H1m76

positionForward

Emmerich

Lothar Emmerich

Germany

B.date29/11/1941

Age24 years

H1m84

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Hans Tilkowski		31	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franz Beckenbauer	67	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wolfgang Weber		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willi Schulz		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Friedel Lutz		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wolfgang Overath		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Uwe Seeler		29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Siegfried Held		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Helmut Haller	43	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lothar Emmerich		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Soviet Union

Yashin

Lev Yashin

Russia

B.date22/10/1929

Age36 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

Ponomarev

Vladimir Ponomarev

Russia

B.date18/02/1940

Age26 years

H1m84

positionDefender

Danilov

Vasili Danilov

Russia

B.date13/05/1941

Age25 years

positionDefender

Shesternev

Albert Shesternev

Russia

B.date20/06/1941

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Voronin

Valeriy Voronin

Russia

B.date17/07/1939

Age27 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

Szabo

Jozsef Szabo

Ukraine

B.date29/02/1940

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Porkuyan88

Valeriy Porkuyan

Ukraine

B.date04/10/1944

Age21 years

positionForward

Banishevskiy

Anatoliy Banishevskiy

Azerbaijan

B.date23/02/1946

Age20 years

H1m74

positionForward

Khusainov

Galimzyan Khusainov

Russia

B.date27/07/1937

Age28 years

H1m64

positionForward

Malofeev

Eduard Malofeev

Belarus

B.date02/06/1942

Age24 years

H1m75

positionForward

Chislenko44

Igor Chislenko

Russia

B.date04/01/1939

Age27 years

H1m71

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lev Yashin		36	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vladimir Ponomarev		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vasili Danilov		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Albert Shesternev		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valeriy Voronin		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jozsef Szabo		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Valeriy Porkuyan	88	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Anatoliy Banishevskiy		20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Galimzyan Khusainov		28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eduard Malofeev		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Igor Chislenko	44	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Friedel Lutz

Horst-Dieter Höttges

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Helmut Schön

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Schön vs Soviet Union

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on July 25, 1966

Schön vs Morozov

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on July 25, 1966

Manager

Age

Match num

Nikolay Morozov

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Morozov vs West Germany

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 25, 1966

Morozov vs Schön

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 25, 1966

Referee

Concetto Lo Bello

3 victories	2 draws	2 losses	West Germany7 matches	General total	Soviet Union2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	West Germany1 match	Season total	Soviet Union1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 14, 1973					Latest figure on July 25, 1966

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Key figures

It's the first time Franz Beckenbauer scores 1 goal vs Soviet Union in his professional career

Soviet Union keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw surterrainneutre in World Cup running (since 06/06/1962). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 31/05/1962 (4 matches)

End of streak for Soviet Union after 4 consecutive wins in World Cup (since 12/07/1966). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 30 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VWest Germany 2-1 Switzerland03/06/1962

LYugoslavia 1-0 West Germany10/06/1962

VWest Germany 5-0 Switzerland12/07/1966

DArgentina 0-0 West Germany16/07/1966

VWest Germany 2-1 Spain20/07/1966

VWest Germany 4-0 Uruguay23/07/1966

Overall

VWest Germany 1-0 Romania01/06/1966

VWest Germany 2-0 Yugoslavia23/06/1966

VWest Germany 5-0 Switzerland12/07/1966

DArgentina 0-0 West Germany16/07/1966

VWest Germany 2-1 Spain20/07/1966

VWest Germany 4-0 Uruguay23/07/1966

Current form

Neutral ground

LSoviet Union 0-3 Brazil04/07/1965

DSoviet Union 3-3 France05/06/1966

VSoviet Union 3-0 North Korea12/07/1966

VSoviet Union 1-0 Italy16/07/1966

VSoviet Union 2-1 Chile20/07/1966

VSoviet Union 2-1 Hungary23/07/1966

Overall

VBelgium 0-1 Soviet Union22/05/1966

DSoviet Union 3-3 France05/06/1966

VSoviet Union 3-0 North Korea12/07/1966

VSoviet Union 1-0 Italy16/07/1966

VSoviet Union 2-1 Chile20/07/1966

VSoviet Union 2-1 Hungary23/07/1966

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	4	4
Unbeaten streak	5	13
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	5	16
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Helmut Haller	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Valeriy Porkuyan
Helmut Haller	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Valeriy Porkuyan
Helmut Haller	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Helmut Haller	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Siegfried Held	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Jozsef Szabo
Siegfried Held	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Jozsef Szabo
Uwe Seeler	2 goals, 3 assists during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Valeriy Porkuyan

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	September 15, 1956
Neutral ground	3 - 2	August 21, 1955

Latest head to head

September 15, 1956 - Rencontres amicales 1956

West Germany

1 - 2

Soviet Union logo Soviet Union

August 21, 1955 - Rencontres amicales 1955

Soviet Union

3 - 2

West Germany logo West Germany

Best historical scorers against Soviet Union

Fritz Walter	1 goal	1955 - 1955
Willi Schröder	1 goal	1956 - 1956
Hans Schäfer	1 goal	1955 - 1955

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Germany

Anatoliy Iliin	1 goal	1955 - 1955
Eduard Streltsov	1 goal	1956 - 1956
Anatoliy Maslenkin	1 goal	1955 - 1955
Nikolai Parshin	1 goal	1955 - 1955
Valentin Ivanov	1 goal	1956 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Soviet Union

Horst Eckel	2 matches	1955 - 1956
Fritz Herkenrath	2 matches	1955 - 1956
Fritz Walter	2 matches	1955 - 1956
Erich Juskowiak	2 matches	1955 - 1956
Josip Posipal	2 matches	1955 - 1956
Willi Schröder	2 matches	1955 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Germany

Sergey Salnikov	2 matches	1955 - 1956
Boris Tatushin	2 matches	1955 - 1956
Lev Yashin	2 matches	1955 - 1956
Igor Netto	2 matches	1955 - 1956
Anatoliy Iliin	2 matches	1955 - 1956
Mikhail Ogonkov	2 matches	1955 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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West Germany 2-1 Soviet Union - July 25, 1966 / World Cup 1966

West Germany

2 - 1

Soviet Union

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Schön vs Soviet Union

Schön vs Morozov

Manager

Morozov vs West Germany

Morozov vs Schön

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Soviet Union

Best historical scorers against West Germany

Players with most games played vs Soviet Union

Players with most games played vs West Germany

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