| Federation
founded: 1876 |
| FIFA
member since: 1910 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
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| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Did not qualify |
| 1954 - Did not qualify |
| 1958 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not qualify |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Did not qualify |
| 1986 - Did not qualify |
| 1990 - Did not qualify |
| 1994 - Did not qualify |
| 1998 - Did not qualify |
| 2002 - Did not qualify |
| 2006 - Did not qualify |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
5
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| Won |
1
|
| Drawn |
3
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| Lost |
1
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| Goals for |
4
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| Goals against |
4
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| Points |
6
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Wales
are 48th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
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Biggest
victory:
2-1 vs Hungary
in 1958.
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Biggest
defeat:
0-1 vs Brazil
in 1958.
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Overall
topscorer:
Ivor Allchurch,
2 goals
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Most
appearances:
Jack Kelsey,
Stuart Williams, Dave Bowen, Melvin Hopkins, Melvyn Charles, Ivor Allchurch
and Clifford Jones, 5 matches
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Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
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GREATEST
PLAYERS
|
 John
Charles |
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1930 to 1938
WALES did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1950
(WCQ Group 1)
15.Oct 49 WALES 1-4 England
09.Nov 49 Scotland 2-0 WALES
08.Mar 50 WALES 0-0 Northern Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 3 3 0 0 14- 3 6
2.Scotland 3 2 0 1 10- 3 4
3.WALES 3 0 1 2 1- 6 1
4.Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 4-17 1
WALES failed to qualify for Brazil 1950.
1954
(WCQ Group 3)
10.Oct 53 WALES 1-4 England
04.Nov 53 Scotland 3-3 WALES
31.Mar 54 WALES 1-2 Northern Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 3 3 0 0 11- 4 6
2.Scotland 3 1 1 1 8- 8 3
3.Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
4.WALES 3 0 1 2 5- 9 1
WALES failed to qualify for Switzerland 1954.
1958
(UEFA Group 4)
01.May 57 WALES 1-0 Czechoslovakia
19.May 57 East Germany 2-1 WALES
26.May 57 Czechoslovakia 2-0 WALES
25.Sep 57 WALES 4-1 East Germany
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Czechoslovakia 4 3 0 1 9- 3 6
2.WALES 4 2 0 2 6- 5 4
3.East Germany 4 1 0 3 5-12 2
Due to loads of withdrawals and disagreements in
the Asia/Africa pool, Israel sneaked through every
round without playing a match, but FIFA ruled that
no team could qualify for the World Cup without
playing so a special play-off was arranged against
a runner-up in Europe. WALES was drawn to meet
Israel with one place in the World Cup at stake.
15.Jan 58 Israel 0-2 WALES
05.Feb 58 WALES 2-0 Israel
WALES qualified for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 9)
19.Apr 61 WALES 1-2 Spain
18.May 61 Spain 1-1 WALES
WALES failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 7)
21.Oct 64 Denmark 1-0 WALES
09.Dec 64 Greece 2-0 WALES
17.Mar 65 WALES 4-1 Greece
30.May 65 Soviet Union 2-1 WALES
27.Oct 65 WALES 2-1 Soviet Union
01.Dec 65 WALES 4-2 Denmark
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 6 5 0 1 19- 6 10
2.WALES 6 3 0 3 11- 9 6
3.Greece 6 2 1 3 10-14 5
4.Denmark 6 1 1 4 7-18 3
WALES failed to qualify for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 3)
23.Oct 68 WALES 0-1 Italy
16.Apr 69 East Germany 2-1 WALES
22.Oct 69 WALES 1-3 East Germany
04.Nov 69 Italy 4-1 WALES
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 4 3 1 0 10- 3 7
2.East Germany 4 2 1 1 7- 7 5
3.WALES 4 0 0 4 3-10 0
WALES failed to qualify for Mexico 1070.
1974
(UEFA Group 5)
15.Nov 72 WALES 0-1 England
24.Jan 73 England 1-1 WALES
28.Mar 73 WALES 2-0 Poland
26.Sep 73 Poland 3-0 WALES
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Poland 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5
2.England 4 1 2 1 3- 4 4
3.WALES 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3
WALES failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 7)
17.Nov 76 Scotland 1-0 WALES
30.Mar 77 WALES 3-0 Czechoslovakia
12.Oct 77 WALES 0-2 Scotland
16.Nov 77 Czechoslovakia 1-0 WALES
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Scotland 4 3 0 1 6- 3 6
2.Czechoslovakia 4 2 0 2 4- 6 4
3.WALES 4 1 0 3 3- 4 2
WALES failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 3)
02.Jun 80 Iceland 0-4 WALES
15.Oct 80 WALES 4-0 Turkey
19.Nov 80 WALES 1-0 Czechoslovakia
25.Mar 81 Turkey 0-1 WALES
30.May 81 WALES 0-0 Soviet Union
09.Sep 81 Czechoslovakia 2-0 WALES
14.Oct 81 WALES 2-2 Iceland
18.Nov 81 Soviet Union 3-0 WALES
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 8 6 2 0 20- 2 14
2.Czechoslovakia 8 4 2 2 15- 6 10
3.WALES 8 4 2 2 12- 7 10
4.Iceland 8 2 2 4 10-21 6
5.Turkey 8 0 0 8 1-22 0
WALES failed to qualify for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 7)
12.Sep 84 Iceland 1-0 WALES
17.Oct 84 Spain 3-0 WALES
14.Nov 84 WALES 2-1 Iceland
27.Mar 85 Scotland 0-1 WALES
30.Apr 85 WALES 3-0 Spain
10.Sep 85 WALES 1-1 Scotland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Spain 6 4 0 2 9- 8 8
2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 8- 4 7
3.WALES 6 3 1 2 7- 6 7
4.Iceland 6 1 0 5 4-10 2
WALES failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 4)
14.Sep 88 Netherlands 1-0 WALES
19.Oct 88 WALES 2-2 Finland
31.May 89 WALES 0-0 West Germany
06.Sep 89 Finland 1-0 WALES
11.Oct 89 WALES 1-2 Netherlands
15.Nov 89 West Germany 2-1 WALES
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 6 4 2 0 8- 2 10
2.West Germany 6 3 3 0 13- 3 9
3.Finland 6 1 1 4 4-16 3
4.WALES 6 0 2 4 4- 8 2
WALES failed to qualify for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 4)
20.May 92 Romania 5-1 WALES
09.Sep 92 WALES 6-0 Faroe Islands
14.Oct 92 Cyprus 0-1 WALES
18.Nov 92 Belgium 2-0 WALES
31.Mar 93 WALES 2-0 Belgium
28.Apr 93 Czechoslovakia 1-1 WALES
06.Jun 93 Faroe Islands 0-3 WALES
08.Sep 93 WALES 2-2 Czechoslovakia
13.Oct 93 WALES 2-0 Cyprus
17.Nov 93 WALES 1-2 Romania
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Romania 10 7 1 2 29-12 15
2.Belgium 10 7 1 2 16- 5 15
3.Czechoslovakia 10 4 5 1 21- 9 13
4.WALES 10 5 2 3 19-12 12
5.Cyprus 10 2 1 7 8-18 5
6.Faroe Islands 10 0 0 10 1-38 0
WALES failed to qualify for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 7)
02.Jun 96 San Marino 0-5 WALES
31.Aug 96 WALES 6-0 San Marino
05.Oct 96 WALES 1-3 Netherlands
09.Nov 96 Netherlands 7-1 WALES
14.Dec 96 WALES 0-0 Turkey
29.Mar 97 WALES 1-2 Belgium
20.Aug 97 Turkey 6-4 WALES
11.Oct 97 Belgium 3-2 WALES
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 8 6 1 1 26- 4 19
2.Belgium 8 6 0 2 20-11 18
3.Turkey 8 4 2 2 21- 9 14
4.WALES 8 2 1 5 20-21 7
5.San Marino 8 0 0 8 0-42 0
WALES failed to qualify for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 5)
02.Sep 00 Belarus 2-1 WALES
07.Oct 00 WALES 1-1 Norway
11.Oct 00 Poland 0-0 WALES
24.Mar 01 Armenia 2-2 WALES
28.Mar 01 WALES 1-1 Ukraine
02.Jun 01 WALES 1-2 Poland
06.Jun 01 Ukraine 1-1 WALES
01.Sep 01 WALES 0-0 Armenia
05.Sep 01 Norway 3-2 WALES
06.Oct 01 WALES 1-0 Belarus
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Poland 10 6 3 1 21-11 21
2.Ukraine 10 4 5 1 13- 8 17
3.Belarus 10 4 3 3 12-11 15
4.Norway 10 2 4 4 12-14 10
5.WALES 10 1 6 3 10-12 9
6.Armenia 10 0 5 5 7-19 5
WALES failed to qualify for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 6)
04.Sep 04 Azerbaijan 1-1 WALES
08.Sep 04 WALES 2-2 Northern Ireland
09.Oct 04 England 2-0 WALES
13.Oct 04 WALES 2-3 Poland
26.Mar 05 WALES 0-2 Austria
30.Mar 05 Austria 1-0 WALES
03.Sep 05 WALES 0-1 England
07.Sep 05 Poland 1-0 WALES
08.Oct 05 Northern Ireland 2-3 WALES
12.Oct 05 WALES 2-0 Azerbaijan
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 10 8 1 1 17- 5 25
2.Poland 10 8 0 2 27- 9 24
3.Austria 10 4 3 3 15-12 15
4.Northern Ireland 10 2 3 5 10-18 9
5.WALES 10 2 2 6 10-15 8
6.Azerbaijan 10 0 3 7 1-21 3
WALES failed to qualify for Germany 2006.
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