Due to the withdrawal of Syria the two teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. When both teams won their home match, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner (Spain) qualified for the eighth FIFA World Cup held in England.
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Head coach: José Villalonga
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Adelardo | September 26, 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | Atlético Madrid |
| GK | Antonio Betancort | March 13, 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | FC Barcelona |
| MF | Jesús Glaría | January 2, 1942 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Atlético Madrid |
| FW | Vicente Guillot | July 15, 1941 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | Valencia CF |
| GK | José Ángel Iribar | March 1, 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | Athletic Bilbao |
| FW | Carlos Lapetra | November 29, 1938 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Real Zaragoza |
| FW | Marcelino | April 29, 1940 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Real Zaragoza |
| DF | Ferran Olivella | June 22, 1936 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FC Barcelona |
| FW | Jesús María Pereda | June 23, 1938 | 2 | 3 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | FC Barcelona |
| DF | Severino Reija | November 25, 1938 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Real Zaragoza |
| DF | Feliciano Rivilla | August 21, 1936 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Atlético Madrid |
| FW | Luis Suárez | May 2, 1935 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | F.C. Internazionale Milano |
| FW | José Ufarte | May 17, 1941 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Atlético Madrid |
| MF | Ignacio Zoco | July 31, 1939 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Real Madrid |
Head coach: Johnny Carey
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Eric Barber | January 18, 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | Shelbourne F.C. |
| DF | Shay Brennan | May 6, 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | Manchester United F.C. |
| DF | Noel Cantwell | February 28, 1932 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Manchester United F.C. |
| GK | Pat Dunne | February 9, 1943 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Manchester United F.C. |
| DF | Tony Dunne | July 24, 1941 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Manchester United F.C. |
| MF | Eamon Dunphy | August 3, 1945 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | /3[1] York City F.C. |
| DF | Theo Foley | March 2, 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | Northampton Town F.C. |
| MF | Johnny Giles | November 6, 1940 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Leeds United A.F.C. |
| FW | Joe Haverty | February 17, 1936 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | /3[1] Bristol Rovers F.C. | ||
| 90 | 90 | Shelbourne F.C. | |||||||||
| FW | Jackie Hennessy | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | Shelbourne F.C. | |
| DF | Charlie Hurley | October 4, 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | Sunderland A.F.C. |
| FW | Andy McEvoy | July 15, 1938 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Blackburn Rovers F.C. |
| MF | Mick McGrath | April 7, 1936 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | Blackburn Rovers F.C. |
| DF | Mick Meagan | May 29, 1934 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | /2[1] Huddersfield Town F.C. |
| FW | Frank O'Neill | April 13, 1940 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Shamrock Rovers F.C. |
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