World Cup Stories: Sweden 1958

For the first time, the World Cup would be played without its founder, Jules Rimet, who had died in Paris in 1956, further infusing world football with mourning for the loss of Rodolphe W. Seeldrayers and Henry Delaunay at the end of 1955.

 

For this edition, a deadline of March 31, 1956, was given for the various federations to send their entries, which this time exceeded fifty. Notable among these entries was the Soviet Union, participating for the first time since its affiliation with FIFA in 1946, and Argentina, which had been absent since 1934. The preliminary phase draw was held on April 27, 1957, in Zurich, Switzerland. The main peculiarity of the draw was that, for the first time, the four British federations were not included in the same group.

 

The knockout stage produced a number of surprises, including the eliminations of Spain, Uruguay, and Italy. The Spanish side, who dominated European club competitions, had a strong squad featuring players such as Gento, Luis Suárez, Di Stéfano, and Kubala. They had a disastrous first round of qualifying, drawing with Switzerland in Madrid and losing to Scotland in Glasgow. It was the draw against the Swiss that ultimately eliminated them from the tournament, as the Scots had defeated the Swiss both times they met.

 

The Uruguayans were eliminated by Paraguay, who defeated them 5-0 in Asunción. Although they defeated the Guaraníes in the return match in Montevideo, a 1-1 draw with Colombia on Matchday 1 eliminated them. The elimination of Italy, another strong club side that also had Schiaffino and Ghiggia, was rather curious. The Azzurri had traveled to Belfast to play the match against Northern Ireland, but because the match referee, Hungarian Zsolt, was stranded at London airport due to fog, the Italians refused to allow the match, which was scheduled to be officiated by a local referee, to count toward qualification. Both federations agreed that the match would be solely a friendly, a definition they fell far short of, as the game was characterized by serious fouls and became known as the "Battle of Belfast." The Northern Irish crowd, who had come to the match conditioned by accusations in the Irish press that the Italians were using stimulants, turned on the Azzurri from the outset upon learning of the nature of the match. At the end of the match, the crowd invaded the pitch, and matters were not made worse by the swift action of Northern Ireland captain Danny Blanchflower, who ordered his teammates to escort the Italians to the locker room. The match ended in a 2-2 draw, which would have given Italy qualification. A month later, the official match, coached by Zsolt, was held. The Italians lost 2-1, allowing Northern Ireland to qualify for the World Cup. The Northern Irish team's preparation was divided into three stages: a squad call-up to Belfast and 15 days of training for players playing in the local league, followed by a trip to London, where manager Peter Doherty joined the players before departing for Sweden, where the players playing abroad met up, holding their training camp in Tylösand.

 

Austria and France gave their group rivals no chance, conceding only a draw, the same one after they had already qualified.

Unfortunately for England, shortly after qualifying, Manchester United, a team that dominated the English league and was making a strong run in the European Cup and the home of the national team, suffered a plane crash. The plane returning from a match against Yugoslavia's Crvena Zvezda crashed in Munich as it attempted to take off in a snowstorm. Twenty-three people died, including eight players, including Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor, and Duncan Edwards, the latter one of English football's most promising young players. The accident also affected other national teams, such as Northern Ireland, which lost Jackie Blanchflower, Danny's brother, who never recovered from his injuries. Their first-choice goalkeeper, Harry Gregg, slept little due to nightmares caused by the accident.

 

The Soviet Union, for its part, had decided to participate, this time encouraged by its triumph in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Tournament and the performances of its main clubs, Spartak and Dynamo Moscow. The Soviets, who were overwhelming favorites to win their group, only earned their ticket to Sweden after a playoff match against the Poles, with whom they had finished level on points. Once England had qualified, the Soviets traveled to China in February 1958, where they played several warm-up matches against local clubs. In May, they regrouped to play the final friendlies before arriving in Stockholm on June 1.

 

Hungary was far from the marvelous team of four years before. In October 1956, Soviet troops marched on Budapest. The best players who were touring with their clubs at the time did not return to the country; only Grosics, Bozsik, and Hidegkuti remained with the team. Even so, they were still able to qualify despite losing 2-1 to modest Norway in Oslo. Israel, for its part, had qualified from the Asian and African group without playing a single match because all its opponents decided not to play them for political reasons. But FIFA, citing tournament regulations, which stated that no country could qualify without playing a match, solved the problem by drawing lots among the second-place finishers in the European zone. The fate of Wales fell to them, and they took advantage of this new opportunity and defeated the Israelis to secure their qualification.

 

In South America, in addition to Uruguay's elimination, Brazil qualified after facing stiff resistance from Peru in both matches they played. Meanwhile, the 1955 and 1957 Copa América champions, Argentina, won their group, losing only one match against Bolivia at altitude in La Paz.

Once the Paraguayans qualified, they worked hard to organize everything related to the team's preparation. They traveled to Minas Gerais to play a couple of friendly matches against Brazil. Before that, the Paraguayans had lost two of their key players, the Jara Saguier brothers, who had decided not to participate in solidarity with their Cerro Porteño teammates, who were on strike.

In the North American group, Mexico once again won the North and Central American group after defeating Canada and the United States in the first round and subsequently defeating Costa Rica in the decisive matches. They arrived in Stockholm on May 30 and stayed at the Bromma Hotel, having previously completed a preparation tour of Canada and Portugal.

 

The draw for the 16 qualifiers took place in Stockholm on February 8, 1958, and FIFA organized the seeded teams by family. The Latin American group consisted of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Mexico; the British group consisted of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland; the Eastern European group comprised the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia; and finally, the Western European group comprised West Germany, France, Austria, and Sweden.

 

In the tournament, Brazil, with its attacking style of football, won its first title in its history by defeating Sweden in the final. The emergence of a 17-year-old boy known as Pelé left the world speechless. Sweden's success at the World Cup was mainly due to the fact that they finally accepted professional players who played abroad and were called up to bolster the team, enough to reach the final. France was rewarded by finishing third, defeating Germany in a match in which Fontaine scored four goals, setting a record for a World Cup top scorer with thirteen goals in a single edition. The biggest disappointment was undoubtedly Argentina, whose players' association had prohibited the National Federation from calling up players who had joined foreign clubs. Furthermore, in Europe, Roberto Zárate was injured and replaced by the veteran Ángel Labruna. Confident after their successes in South America, they arrived ill-prepared and dedicated their time in Sweden more to women than to football. The Gauchos managed just one victory, against Northern Ireland, and lost the other two to Germany and Czechoslovakia, the latter with an embarrassing 6-1 defeat. This defeat was not well received by the Argentine fans, who greeted the team upon their return to the country with a shower of rotten fruit.

The sixth edition of the World Cup was awarded to Sweden at the 1950 Rio de Janeiro Congress and confirmed during the 1954 tournament, despite protests from South American delegates who demanded that the alternation of tournaments between Europe and Latin America be respected. Sweden's healthy economic situation was undoubtedly the determining factor in FIFA's decision, which sought to give the tournament a definitive start.

FUN FACTS AND OTHER INTERESTING FACTS

 

- For this World Cup, a brown, almost orange, ball was used, with the characteristic T-shaped segments.

 - When presenting the team's roster, the Brazilian authorities limited themselves to sending only the list with the players' names and did not assign numbers to any of them. This task fell to FIFA, which randomly assigned a number to each player, with number 10 going to Pelé. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to wear that number before the World Cup, as he was only a substitute.

 - Nilton Santos, left-back for Brazil and Botafogo, recommended to the club's directors that they sign Garrincha after Mané's first training session with the club. Santos would say, "He gave me the slip. I asked to be signed and put in the starting lineup. I never wanted to face him again."

 - Regarding Garrincha, Just Fontaine would later say, "We knew Garrincha, he was terrifying, and we—Robert Jonquet in particular—had studied his dribbles, or rather, his classic dribble: a feint or double feint, starting inside, exploding, and rocketing out to the outside. Unstoppable... but Jonquet was prepared and would wait for him on the outside. Three times Garrincha faced Jonquet in the first 15 minutes... three times Garrincha passed inside."

 - Garrincha had bought a radio, and upon his return to training camp, Mario Américo, the team's masseur, taking advantage of Mané's lack of education, told him: "That device won't work in Brazil; it only speaks Swedish, and everyone will laugh at you." The striker asked him what he could do, to which Américo replied: "Easy, you sell it to me... I don't care if they laugh at me, I'm not as important as you." Garrincha, convinced he was getting a good deal, made a deal with the masseur, selling him the radio for less than half of what he had paid for it, on the condition that Américo not tell anyone about what had happened.

- After missing a clear goal against England, Brazilian striker Altafini had a nervous breakdown and began to cry and scream. Bellini, the team captain, tired of the player's immaturity, slapped him, which brought the player back to his senses.

 - English referee Arthur Ellis played a key role in the Czechs' elimination from this World Cup, validating a goal by German Rahn, who never crossed the goal line during the match between the two teams, resulting in a 2-2 draw. This forced the Czechoslovakians to play a playoff against Northern Ireland, and the Northern Irish eliminated them.

 - Brazil faced France in the semifinals of the tournament. The French were the top-scoring team but were unable to contain the Brazilians, who ultimately thrashed them. Griffiths, the referee of the match, said of the match: "I was delighted with what I saw. I'll never forget Didí, Garrincha, or Pelé. They weren't human."

- Upon their return to their homeland, the Argentine team was greeted with insults, criticism, and projectiles. Regarding this event, Carrizo, the goalkeeper who endured six goals from the Czechoslovakians, recalled being shouted at: "Sellout and traitor." The plane carrying the national team had to land on a farm in Monte Grande to avoid the fury of the fans waiting at Ezeiza Airport falling upon them.

- This World Cup saw the first goalless draw in World Cup history.

 - It was the only World Cup in which all four British associations participated.

 - After qualifying for the World Cup, Northern Ireland was on the verge of withdrawing when it discovered it would have to play matches on Sundays. In this predominantly Protestant nation, physical activity is completely prohibited on Sundays. But finally, on March 13, at a meeting between representatives of the Irish Football Association and various churches, an exception was agreed upon that would allow players to play on Sundays during the World Cup.

- After the Manchester United crash, goalkeeper Harry Gregg felt unable to fly again and so he traveled to Sweden by train.

- The brothers who participated in this World Cup were Yugoslavians Milos Milutinovic and Milorad Milutinovic, Welshmen Ivor Allchurch and Len Allchurch, Mel Charles and John Charles, Paraguayans Eliseo Insfran and Eligio Insfran, Juan Lezcano and Claudio Lezcano and Austrians Paul Kozlicek and Ernest Kozlicek.

- Among the players who were sidelined due to injury before the World Cup were Mexican Héctor Hernández (Gold), Argentine Roberto Zárate (River Plate), Rogelio Bedoya (Libertad) for Paraguay, Swedes Torbjörn Jonsson (IFK) and Jan Ekström (Malmo), Scots Tommy Ewing (Partick Thistle), and Frenchman René Bliard (Stade Reims).

 - Among the players who participated in the World Cup representing a country other than their birth were the following:

Austria: Walter Schleger, born in Czechoslovakia

France: Just Fontaine (Morocco)

Scotland: John Hewie (South Africa)

Mexico: Jorge Romo (Cuba) and Carlos Blanco (Spain).

 

SWEDEN 1958 GAME BY GAME

 

For the tournament, a group system was organized for the first round, from which the best first-place teams from each group (4 in total) would be selected. In the event of a tie in points, the teams would have to play a playoff match without considering goal difference.

Group Stage

08/06/1958
Råsunda Stadium, Solna

SWEDEN 3–0 MEXICO (1:0)

Goals: Simonsson 17’, Liedholm 58’ pen, Simonsson 64’

SWE: 1-K. Svensson, 2-Bergmark, 3-Axbom, 4-Liedholm, 14-Gustavsson, 6-Parling, 7-Hamrin, 20-Mellberg, 9-Simonsson, 8-Gren, 11-Skoglund

MEX: 1-Carbajal©, 2-Del Muro, 4-Villegas, 5-Portugal, 3-Romo, 6-Flores, 7-Hernández, 8-Reyes, 9-Calderón, 10-Gutiérrez, 11-Sesma

Referee: Nikolaj Latyshev (URS) A1: Jack Mowat (SCO) A2: Arne Eriksson (FIN)

 

08/06/1958
Malmö Stadion, Malmö

ARGENTINA 1–4 WEST GERMANY (1:2)

Goals: Corbatta 3’, Rahn 33’, Seeler 42’, Rahn 79’

ARG: 1-Carrizo, 4-Lombardo, 3-Vairo, 5-Rossi, 2-Dellacha©, 6-Varacka, 7-Corbatta, 8-Prado, 9-Menéndez, 10-Rojas, 22-Cruz

FRG: 1-Herkenrath, 7-Stollenwerk, 3-Juskowiak, 4-Eckel, 2-Erhardt, 6-Szymaniak, 8-Rahn, 9-Walter, 12-Seeler, 10-Schmidt, 11-Schäfer©

Referee: Reginald Leafe (ENG) A1: Leo Helge (DEN) A2: Sten Ahlner (SWE)

Note: Argentina wore IFK Malmö’s kit due to a uniform clash.

 

08/06/1958
Örjans Vall, Halmstad

NORTHERN IRELAND 1–0 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1:0)

Goal: Cush 20’

NIR: 1-Gregg, 5-Keith, 3-McMichael, 4-Blanchflower©, 2-Cunningham, 6-Peacock, 7-Bingham, 8-Cush, 16-Dougan, 10-McIlroy, 11-McParland

TCH: 19-Dolejši, 2-Mráz, 4-Novák©, 6-Pluskal, 3-Čadek, 5-Masopust, 13-Hovorka, 8-Dvořák, 10-Borovička, 15-Hertl, 11-Kraus

Referee: Fritz Seipelt (AUT) A1: Arthur Ellis (ENG) A2: Joaquim Fernandes (POR)

 

08/06/1958
Idrottsparken, Norrköping

PARAGUAY 3–7 FRANCE (2:2)

Goals: Amarilla 20’, Fontaine 24’, Fontaine 30’, Amarilla 44’ pen, Romero 50’, Piantoni 52’, Wisnieski 61’, Fontaine 67’, Kopa 70’, Vincent 83’

PAR: 1-Mayeregger, 2-Arévalo, 17-Miranda, 4-Achucarro, 16-Lezcano, 5-Villalba, 7-Agüero©, 8-Parodi, 9-Romero, 21-Re, 11-Amarilla

FRA: 3-Remetter, 4-Kaelbel, 5-Lerond, 13-Penverne, 10-Jonquet©, 12-Marcel, 22-Wisnieski, 17-Fontaine, 18-Kopa, 20-Piantoni, 21-Vincent

Referee: Juan Gardeazabal (ESP) A1: Benjamin Griffiths (WAL) A2: Juan Brozzi (ARG)

 

08/06/1958
Arosvallen, Västerås

YUGOSLAVIA 1–1 SCOTLAND (1:0)

Goals: Petaković 6’, Murray 49’

YUG: 1-Beara, 3-Šijaković, 4-Crnković, 8-Krstić, 6-Zebec©, 9-Boskov, 12-Petaković, 13-Veselinović, 7-Milos Milutinović, 15-Šekularac, 17-Rajkov

SCO: 1-Younger©, 4-Caldow, 5-Hewie, 8-Turnbull, 9-Evans, 12-Cowie, 14-Leggat, 16-Murray, 17-Mudie, 19-Collins, 21-Imlach

Referee: Paul Wyssling (SUI) A1: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA) A2: Martin Macko (TCH)

 

08/06/1958
Jernvallen, Sandviken

HUNGARY 1–1 WALES (1:1)

Goals: Bozsik 5’, W. Charles 27’

HUN: 1-Grosics, 2-Matrái, 4-Sárosi, 5-Bozsik, 3-Sipos, 6-Berendi, 11-Sándor, 9-Hidegkuti©, 8-Tichy, 10-Bundzsák, 21-Fenyvesi

WAL: 1-Kelsey, 2-Williams, 3-Hopkins, 4-Sullivan, 5-M. Charles, 6-Bowen©, 19-Webster, 7-Medwin, 9-W. Charles, 21-Allchurch, 11-C. Jones

Referee: José Codesal (URU) A1: Leo Lemesic (YUG) A2: Lucien Van Nuffel (BEL)

08/06/1958

Ullevi, Gothenburg

ENGLAND 2–2 SOVIET UNION (0:1)

Goals: Simonyan 13’, A. Ivanov 55’, Kevan 66’, Finney 85’ pen

ENG: 1-McDonald, 2-Howe, 3-Banks, 4-Clamp, 5-Wright©, 6-Slater, 7-Douglas, 8-Robson, 9-Kevan, 10-Haynes, 11-Finney

URS: 1-Yashin, 2-Kesarev, 4-Kuznetsov, 5-Voinov, 3-Krizhevsky, 16-Tsarev, 17-A. Ivanov, 8-V. Ivanov, 9-Simonyan©, 10-Salnikov, 11-Ilyin

Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN) A1: Birger Nilsen (NOR) A2: Carl Jorgensen (DEN)

08/06/1958
Rimnersvallen, Uddevalla

BRAZIL 3–0 AUSTRIA (1:0)

Goals: Altafini 39’, Nilton 49’, Altafini 89’

BRA: 3-Gilmar, 14-De Sordi, 12-Nilton, 5-Dino, 2-Bellini©, 15-Orlando, 17-Joel, 6-Didi, 18-Altafini, 21-Dida, 7-Zagallo

AUT: 1-Szanwald, 2-Halla, 4-Swoboda, 5-Hanappi©, 3-Happel, 6-Koller, 7-Horak, 11-Senekowitsch, 9-Buzek, 10-Körner, 13-Schleger

Referee: Maurice Guigue (FRA) A1: Albert Dusch (FRG) A2: Jan Bronkhorst (NED)

11/06/1958
Olympiastadion, Helsingborg.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2–2 WEST GERMANY (2:0)

Goals: Dvořák 24’ pen, Zikán 43’, Dolejši 59’ og, Rahn 70’.

TCH: 19-Dolejši, 2-Mráz, 4-Novák©, 6-Pluskál, 16-Popluhar, 5-Masopust, 13-Hovorka, 8-Dvořák, 9-Molnár, 14-Feureisl, 12-Zikán.

FRG: 1-Herkenrath, 6-Stollenwerk, 3-Juskowiak, 17-Schnellinger, 2-Erhardt, 6-Szymaniak, 8-Rahn, 9-Walter, 12-Seeler, 13-Klodt, 11-Schäfer©.

Referee: Arthur Ellis (ENG) A1: Reginald Leafe (ENG) A2: Fritz Seipelt (AUT)

11/06/1958
Örjans Vall, Halmstad.

ARGENTINA 3–1 NORTHERN IRELAND (1:1)

Goals: McParland 4’, Corbatta 37’ pen, Menéndez 66’, Avio 80’.

ARG: 1-Carrizo, 4-Lombardo, 3-Vairo, 5-Rossi, 2-Dellacha©, 6-Varacka, 7-Corbatta, 19-Avio, 9-Menéndez, 11-Labruna, 18-Boggio.

NIR: 1-Gregg, 5-Keith, 3-McMichael, 4-Blanchflower©, 2-Cunningham, 6-Peacock, 7-Bingham, 8-Cush, 17-Coyle, 10-McIlroy, 11-McParland.

Referee: Sten Ahlner (SWE) A1: Joaquim Fernandes (POR) A2: Leo Helge (DEN)

11/06/1958
Idrottsparken, Norrköping.

SCOTLAND 2–3 PARAGUAY (1:2)

Goals: Agüero 3’, Mudie 32’, Re 44’, Parodi 74’, Collins 76’.

SCO: 1-Younger©, 4-Caldow, 3-Parker, 8-Turnbull, 9-Evans, 12-Cowie, 14-Leggat, 20-Robertson, 17-Mudie, 19-Collins, 22-Fernie.

PAR: 12-Aguilar, 2-Arévalo, 6-Echague, 4-Achucarro, 3-Lezcano, 5-Villalba, 7-Agüero©, 8-Parodi, 9-Romero, 21-Re, 11-Amarilla.

Referee: Vicenzo Orlandini (ITA) A1: Juan Gardeázabal (ESP) A2: Bengt Andren (SWE)

11/06/1958
Arosvallen, Västerås.

YUGOSLAVIA 3–2 FRANCE (1:1)

Goals: Fontaine 4’, Petaković 16’, Veselinović 63’, Fontaine 85’, Veselinović 88’.

YUG: 1-Beara, 5-Tomić, 4-Crnković, 8-Krstić, 6-Zebec©, 9-Boskov, 12-Petaković, 13-Veselinović, 7-Milos Milutinović, 15-Šekularac, 17-Rajkov.

FRA: 3-Remetter, 4-Kaelbel, 5-Lerond, 13-Penverne, 10-Jonquet, 6-Marche©, 22-Wisnieski, 17-Fontaine, 18-Kopa, 20-Piantoni, 21-Vincent.

Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (WAL) A1: Paul Wyssling (SUI) A2: Georg Dragvoll (NOR)

11/06/1958
Råsunda Stadium, Solna.

MEXICO 1–1 WALES (0:1)

Goals: Allchurch 32’, Belmonte 89’.

MEX: 1-Carbajal©, 2-Del Muro, 17-Cárdenas, 19-Belmonte, 3-Romo, 6-Flores, 22-González, 8-Reyes, 20-Blanco, 14-Gutiérrez, 11-Sesma.

WAL: 1-Kelsey, 2-Williams, 3-Hopkins, 15-Baker, 5-M. Charles, 6-Bowen©, 19-Webster, 7-Medwin, 9-W. Charles, 10-Allchurch, 11-C. Jones.

Referee: Leo Lemesic (YUG) A1: Nikolaj Latyshev (URS) A2: Jose Codesal (URU)

Romo (MEX) left the match in the 89th minute.

11/06/1958
Ullevi, Gothenburg.

BRAZIL 0–0 ENGLAND

BRA: 3-Gilmar, 14-De Sordi, 12-Nilton, 5-Dino, 2-Bellini©, 15-Orlando, 17-Joel, 6-Didi, 18-Altafini, 20-Váva, 7-Zagallo.

ENG: 1-McDonald, 2-Howe, 3-Banks, 4-Clamp, 5-Wright©, 6-Slater, 7-Douglas, 8-Robson, 9-Kevan, 10-Haynes, 21-A'Court.

Referee: Albert Dusch (FRG) A1: Bertil Loeoew (SWE) A2: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)

11/06/1958

Ryavallen, Borås.

AUSTRIA 0–2 SOVIET UNION (0:1)

Goals: Ilyin 13’, V. Ivanov 56’.

AUT: 12-Schmied, 17-E. Kozlicek, 4-Swoboda, 5-Hanappi©, 16-Stotz, 6-Koller, 7-Horak, 8-P. Kozlicek, 9-Buzek, 10-Körner, 11-Senekowitsch.

URS: 1-Yashin, 2-Kesarev, 4-Kuznetsov, 5-Voinov, 3-Krizhevsky, 16-Tsarev, 8-V. Ivanov, 17-A. Ivanov, 9-Simonyan©, 10-Salnikov, 11-Ilyin.

Referee: Carl Jorgensen (DEN) A1: Birger Nilsen (NOR) A2: Gosta Ackeborn (SWE)

Buzek missed a penalty saved by Yashin in the 55th minute.

12/06/1958
Råsunda Stadium, Solna.

SWEDEN 2–1 HUNGARY (1:0)

Goals: Hamrin 34’, Hamrin 55’, Tichy 77’.

SWE: 1-K. Svensson, 2-Bergmark, 3-Axbom, 4-Liedholm©, 14-Gustavsson, 6-Parling, 7-Hamrin, 20-Mellberg, 9-Simonsson, 8-Gren, 11-Skoglund.

HUN: 1-Grosics, 2-Matrái, 4-Sárosi, 5-Bozsik©, 3-Sipos, 6-Berendi, 11-Sándor, 14-Szojka, 8-Tichy, 10-Bundzsák, 21-Fenyvesi.

Referee: Jack Mowat (SCO) A1: Lucien Van Nuffel (BEL) A2: Georg Dragvoll (NOR)

Liedholm (SWE) missed a penalty shooting wide in the 69th minute.

15/06/1958
Råsunda Stadium, Solna.

SWEDEN 0–0 WALES

SWE: 1-K. Svensson, 2-Bergmark, 3-Axbom, 15-Börjesson, 14-Gustavsson©, 6-Parling, 21-Berndtsson, 10-Selmonsson, 19-Källgren, 18-Löfgren, 11-Skoglund.

WAL: 1-Kelsey, 2-Williams, 3-Hopkins, 4-Sullivan, 5-M. Charles, 6-Bowen©, 18-Vernon, 8-Hewitt, 9-W. Charles, 10-Allchurch, 11-C. Jones.

Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (BEL) A1: Leo Lemesic (YUG) A2: Nikolaj Latyshev (URS)

 

15/06/1958
Malmö Stadion, Malmö.

WEST GERMANY 2–2 NORTHERN IRELAND (1:1)

Goals: McParland 19’, Rahn 20’, McParland 60’, Seeler 79’.

FRG: 1-Herkenrath, 7-Stollenwerk, 3-Juskowiak, 4-Eckel, 2-Erhardt, 6-Szymaniak, 8-Rahn, 9-Walter, 12-Seeler, 13-Klodt, 11-Schäfer©.

NIR: 1-Gregg, 5-Keith, 3-McMichael, 4-Blanchflower©, 2-Cunningham, 6-Peacock, 7-Bingham, 8-Cush, 13-Casey, 10-McIlroy, 11-McParland.

Referee: Joaquim Fernandes (POR) A1: Sten Ahlner (SWE) A2: Leo Helge (DEN)

 

15/06/1958
Olympiastadion, Helsingborg.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 6–1 ARGENTINA (3:0)

Goals: Dvořák 8’, Zikán 17’, Zikán 40’, Corbatta 65’ pen, Feureisl 69’, Hovorka 82’, Hovorka 89’.

TCH: 19-Dolejši, 2-Mráz, 4-Novák©, 16-Popluhár, 5-Masopust, 13-Hovorka, 8-Dvořák, 10-Borovička, 9-Molnár, 14-Feureisl, 12-Zikán.

ARG: 1-Carrizo, 4-Lombardo, 3-Vairo, 5-Rossi, 2-Dellacha©, 6-Varacka, 7-Corbatta, 19-Avio, 9-Menéndez, 11-Labruna, 22-Cruz.

Referee: Arthur Ellis (ENG) A1: Reginald Leafe (ENG) A2: Fritz Seipelt (AUT)

                                    

15/06/1958
Eyravallen, Örebro.

FRANCE 2–1 SCOTLAND (2:0)

Goals: Kopa 22’, Fontaine 45’, Baird 66’.

FRA: 1-Abbes, 4-Kaelbel, 5-Lerond, 13-Penverne, 10-Jocquet©, 12-Marcel, 22-Wisnieski, 17-Fontaine, 18-Kopa, 20-Piantoni, 21-Vincent.

SCO: 2-Brown, 4-Caldow, 5-Hewie, 8-Turnbull, 9-Evans©, 11-Mackay, 21-Imlach, 16-Murray, 17-Mudie, 19-Collins, 13-Baird.

Referee: Juan Brozzi (ARG) A1: Vicenzo Orlandini (ITA) A2: Paul Wyssling (SUI)

Hewie missed a penalty hitting the post in the 28th minute.

 

15/06/1958
Tunavallen, Eskilstuna.

YUGOSLAVIA 3–3 PARAGUAY (2:1)

Goals: Ognjanović 12’, Parodi 21’, Veselinovic 29’, Agüero 49’, Rajkov 74’, Romero 80’.

YUG: 1-Beara, 5-Tomić, 4-Crnković, 8-Krstić, 6-Zebec©, 9-Boskov, 12-Petaković, 13-Veselinović, 19-Ognjanović, 15-Šekularac, 17-Rajkov.

PAR: 12-Aguilar, 2-Arévalo, 6-Echague, 4-Achucarro, 16-Lezcano, 5-Villalba, 7-Agüero©, 8-Parodi, 9-Romero, 21-Re, 11-Amarilla.

Referee: Martin Macko (TCH) A1: Benjamin Griffiths (WAL) A2: Juan Gardeázabal (ESP)

 

15/06/1958
Jernvallen, Sandviken.

HUNGARY 4–0 MEXICO (1:0)

Goals: Tichy 19’, Tichy 46’, Sandor 54’, Bencsics 69’.

HUN: 22-Ilku, 2-Matrái, 4-Sárosi, 15-Kotasz, 3-Sipos, 7-Budai, 9-Hidegkuti©, 14-Szojka, 8-Tichy, 20-Bencsics, 11-Sándor.

MEX: 1-Carbajal©, 2-Del Muro, 17-Cárdenas, 19-Belmonte, 15-Sepúlveda, 6-Flores, 22-González, 8-Reyes, 20-Blanco, 10-Gutiérrez, 11-Sesma.

Referee: Arne Eriksson (SWE) A1: José Codesal (URU) A2: Jact Mowat (SCO)

Sepúlveda (MEX) left the match in the 19th minute.

 

15/06/1958
Ullevi, Gothenburg.

SOVIET UNION 0–2 BRAZIL (0:1)

Goals: Vavá 3’, Vavá 77’.

URS: 1-Yashin, 2-Kesarev, 4-Kuznetsov, 5-Voinov, 3-Krizhevsky, 16-Tsarev, 17-A. Ivanov, 8-V. Ivanov, 9-Simonyan, 6-Netto©, 11-Ilyin.

BRA: 3-Gilmar, 14-De Sordi, 12-Nilton, 19-Zito, 2-Bellini©, 15-Orlando, 11-Garrincha, 6-Didi, 10-Pelé, 20-Vavá, 7-Zagallo.

Referee: Maurice Guigue (FRA) A1: Birger Nilsen (NOR) A2: Carl Jorgensen (DEN)

15/06/1958
Ryavallen, Borås.

ENGLAND 2–2 AUSTRIA (0:1)

Goals: Koller 15’, Haynes 56’, Körner 71’, Kevan 74’.

ENG: 1-McDonald, 2-Howe, 3-Banks, 4-Clamp, 5-Wright©, 6-Slater, 7-Douglas, 8-Robson, 9-Kevan, 10-Haynes, 21-A'Court.

AUT: 1-Szanwald, 15-Kollmann, 4-Swoboda, 5-Hanappi©, 3-Happel, 6-Koller, 17-E. Kozlicek, 11-Senekowitsch, 9-Buzek, 10-Körner, 8-P. Kozlicek.

Referee: Jan Bronkhorst (NED) A1: Albert Dusch (FRG) A2: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)

 

Play-off
17/06/1958 Malmö Stadion, Malmö.

NORTHERN IRELAND 2–1 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1:1) (1:1) AET

Goals: Zikán 19’, McParland 44’, McParland 99’.

NIR: 12-Uprichard, 5-Keith, 3-McMichael, 4-Blanchflower©, 2-Cunningham, 6-Peacock, 7-Bingham, 8-Cush, 14-Scott, 10-McIlroy, 11-McParland.

TCH: 19-Dolejši, 2-Mráz, 4-Novák©, 17-Bubernik, 16-Popluhár, 5-Masopust, 12-Zikán, 8-Dvořák, 10-Borovička, 14-Feureisl, 9-Molnár.

Sent off: Bubernik (TCH) 102’.

Referee: Maurice Guigue (FRA) A1: Joaquim Fernandes (POR) A2: Sten Ahlner (SWE)

 

17/06/1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna.

HUNGARY 1–2 WALES (1:1)

Goals: Tichy 33’, Allchurch 55’, Medwin 76’.

HUN: 1-Grosics, 2-Matrái, 4-Sárosi, 5-Bozsik©, 3-Sipos, 20-Bencsics, 15-Kotasz, 7-Budai, 8-Tichy, 10-Bundzsák, 21-Fenyvesi.

WAL: 1-Kelsey, 2-Williams, 3-Hopkins, 4-Sullivan, 5-M. Charles, 6-Bowen©, 7-Medwin, 8-Hewitt, 9-W. Charles, 10-Allchurch, 11-C. Jones.

Sent off: Sipos (HUN) 79’.

Referee: Nikolaj Latyshev (URS) A1: José Codesal (URU) A2: Arne Eriksson (FIN)

 

17/06/1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg.

SOVIET UNION 1–0 ENGLAND (0:0)

Goal: Ilyin 68’.

URS: 1-Yashin, 2-Kesarev, 4-Kuznetsov, 5-Voinov, 3-Krizhevzky, 16-Tsarev, 7-Apukhtin, 8-V. Ivanov, 9-Simonyan©, 20-Falin, 11-Ilyin.

ENG: 1-McDonald, 2-Howe, 3-Banks, 15-Clayton, 5-Wright©, 6-Slater, 17-Brabrook, 18-Broadbent, 9-Kevan, 10-Haynes, 21-A'Court.

Referee: Albert Dusch (FRG) A1: Jan Bronkhorst (NED) A2: Fritz Seipelt (AUT)

 

After the group stage, the top two teams in each group (eight in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. A third-place match was also played between the two losing teams from the semifinals. In the event of a tie, a 30-minute overtime period would be played.

Quarter-finals
19/06/1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna.

SWEDEN 2–0 SOVIET UNION (0:0)

Goals: Hamrin 49’, Simonsson 88’.

SWE: 1-K. Svensson, 2-Bergmark, 3-Axbom, 15-Börjesson, 14-Gustavsson, 6-Parling, 7-Hamrin, 8-Gren, 4-Liedholm©, 9-Simonsson, 11-Skoglund.

URS: 1-Yashin, 2-Kesarev, 4-Kuznetsov, 5-Voinov, 3-Krizhevzky, 16-Tsarev, 17-A. Ivanov, 8-V. Ivanov, 9-Simonyan©, 10-Salnikov, 11-Ilyin.

Referee: Reginald Leafe (ENG) A1: Juan Brozzi (ARG) A2: Georg Dragvoll (NOR)

 

19/06/1958 Malmö Stadion, Malmö.

YUGOSLAVIA 0–1 WEST GERMANY (0:1)

Goal: Rahn 12’.

YUG: 2-Krivokuca, 3-Sijaković, 4-Crnković, 8-Krstić, 6-Zebec©, 9-Boskov, 12-Petaković, 19-Ognjanović, 14-Milutinović, 13-Veselinović, 17-Rajkov.

FRG: 1-Herkenrath, 7-Stollenwerk, 3-Juskowiak, 4-Eckel, 2-Erhardt, 6-Szymaniak, 8-Rahn, 9-Walter, 12-Seeler, 10-Schmidt, 11-Schäfer©.

Referee: Paul Wyssling (SUI) A1: Joaquim Fernandes (POR) A2: Leo Helge (DEN)

 

19/06/1958 Idrottsparken, Norrköping.

FRANCE 4–0 NORTHERN IRELAND (1:0)

Goals: Wisnieski 43’, Fontaine 55’, Fontaine 63’, Piantoni 70’.

FRA: 1-Abbes, 4-Kaelbel, 5-Lerond, 13-Penverne, 10-Jonquet©, 12-Marcel, 22-Wisnieski, 17-Fontaine, 18-Kopa, 20-Piantoni, 21-Vincent.

NIR: 1-Gregg, 5-Keith, 3-McMichael, 4-Blanchflower©, 2-Cunningham, 8-Cush, 7-Bingham, 13-Casey, 14-Scott, 10-McIlroy, 11-McParland.

Referee: Juan Gardeázabal (ESP) A1: Nikolaj Latyshev (URS) A2: Birger Nilsen (NOR)

 

19/06/1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg.

WALES 0–1 BRAZIL (0:0)

Goal: Pelé 66’.

WAL: 1-Kelsey, 2-Williams, 3-Hopkins, 4-Sullivan, 5-M. Charles, 6-Bowen©, 7-Medwin, 8-Hewitt, 19-Webster, 10-Allchurch, 11-C. Jones.

BRA: 3-Gilmar, 14-De Sordi, 12-Nilton, 19-Zito, 2-Bellini©, 15-Orlando, 11-Garrincha, 6-Didi, 18-Altafini, 10-Pelé, 7-Zagallo.

Referee: Fritz Seipelt (AUT) A1: Maurice Guigue (FRA) A2: Albert Dusch (FRG)

Semi-finals
24/06/1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg.

SWEDEN 3–1 WEST GERMANY (1:1)

Goals: Schäfer 24’, Skoglund 32’, Green 81’, Hamrin 88’.

SWE: 1-K. Svensson, 3-Axbom, 2-Bergmark, 14-Gustavsson, 15-Börjesson, 6-Parling, 7-Hamrin, 8-Gren, 9-Simonsson, 4-Liedholm©, 11-Skoglund.

FRG: 1-Herkenrath, 7-Stollenwerk, 3-Juskowiak, 4-Eckel, 2-Erhardt, 6-Szymaniak, 8-Rahn, 9-Walter, 12-Seeler, 14-Cieslarczyk, 11-Schäfer©.

Sent off: Juskowiak (FRG) 59’.

Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN) A1: Fritz Seipelt (AUT) A2: Arthur Ellis (ENG)

 

24/06/1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna.

FRANCE 2–5 BRAZIL (1:2)

Goals: Vavá 2’, Fontaine 9’, Didí 39’, Pelé 52’, Pelé 64’, Pelé 75’, Piantoni 83’.

FRA: 1-Abbes, 4-Kaelbel, 5-Lerond, 13-Penverne, 10-Jonquet©, 12-Marcel, 22-Wisnieski, 17-Fontaine, 18-Kopa, 20-Piantoni, 21-Vincent.

BRA: 3-Gilmar, 14-De Sordi, 12-Nilton, 19-Zito, 2-Bellini©, 15-Orlando, 11-Garrincha, 6-Didí, 20-Vavá, 10-Pelé, 7-Zagallo.

Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (WAL) A1: Paul Wyssling (SUI) A2: Reginald Leafe (ENG)

Vavá left the game at 77’.

 

Third Place Match
28/06/1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg.

FRANCE 6–3 WEST GERMANY (3:1)

Goals: Fontaine 16’, Cieslarczyk 18’, Kopa 27’ pen, Fontaine 36’, Douis 50’, Rahn 52’, Fontaine 78’, Schäfer 84’, Fontaine 89’.

FRA: 1-Abbes, 4-Kaelbel, 5-Lerond, 13-Penverne©, 11-Lafont, 12-Marcel, 22-Wisnieski, 17-Fontaine, 18-Kopa, 16-Douis, 21-Vincent.

FRG: 22-Kwiatkowski, 7-Stollenwerk, 5-Wewers, 2-Erhardt, 17-Schnellinger, 6-Szymaniak, 8-Rahn, 16-Strum, 11-Schäfer©, 15-Kelbassa, 14-Cieslarczyk.

Referee: Juan Brozzi (ARG) A1: Arthur Ellis (ENG) A2: Bengt Andren (SWE)

 

Final
29/06/1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna.

SWEDEN 2–5 BRAZIL (1:2)

Goals: Liedholm 3’, Vavá 9’, Vavá 32’, Pelé 55’, Zagallo 68’, Simonsson 80’, Pelé 90’.

SWE: 1-K. Svensson, 2-Bergmark, 3-Axbom, 15-Börjesson, 14-Gustavsson, 6-Parling, 7-Hamrin, 8-Gren, 9-Simonsson, 4-Liedholm©, 11-Skoglund.

BRA: 3-Gilmar, 4-Dos Santos, 12-Nilton, 19-Zito, 2-Bellini©, 15-Orlando, 11-Garrincha, 6-Didi, 20-Vavá, 10-Pelé, 7-Zagallo.

Referee: Maurice Guigue (FRA) A1: Albert Dusch (FRG) A2: Juan Gardeázabal (ESP)

 

Squads

As with the previous World Cup, each national team had to submit a list of 40 players a month before the registration deadline, from which the final 22 were selected. Once registration closed, no changes could be made to the rosters. For this World Cup, the only amateur teams were Germany and Sweden, along with the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia, although the latter were questionable. The only countries that did not yet have a unified national league were Germany and Brazil. The number of players playing in foreign leagues also increased, and there were a significant number of players from second and even third division teams.

 

Austria

         

No.	Full name	Date of birth	Position	Club
1	SZANWALD Rudolf	06/07/1931	GK	Wiener Sportklub
2	HALLA Paul	10/04/1931	DF	Rapid Wien
3	HAPPEL Ernst Franz Hermann	29/11/1925	DF	Rapid Wien
4	SWOBODA Franz	15/02/1933	DF	Austria Wien
5	HANAPPI Gerhard	16/02/1929	DF	Rapid Wien
6	KOLLER Karl	09/02/1929	MF	First Vienna
7	HORAK Walter	01/06/1931	FW	Wiener Sportklub
8	KOZLICEK Paul	22/07/1937	FW	Wacker Wien
9	BUZEK Johann	22/05/1938	FW	First Vienna
10	KORNER Alfred	14/02/1926	FW	Rapid Wien
11	SENEKOWITSCH Helmut	22/10/1933	FW	Sturm Graz
12	SCHMIED Kurt	14/06/1926	GK	First Vienna
13	SCHLEGER Walter	19/09/1929	FW	Austria Wien
14	HAMMERL Josef	22/01/1931	FW	Wiener Sportklub
15	KOLLMANN Walter	17/06/1932	DF	Wacker Wien
16	STOTZ Karl	27/03/1927	MF	Austria Wien
17	KOZLICEK Ernst	27/01/1931	MF	Wacker Wien
18	BARSCHANDT Leopold	12/08/1925	DF	Wiener Sportklub
19	DIENST Robert	01/03/1928	FW	Rapid Wien
20	NINAUS Herbert	31/03/1937	FW	Grazer AK
21	PUSCHNIK Ignaz	05/02/1934	MF	Kapfenberger SV
22	ENGELMEIER Bruno	05/09/1927	GK	First Vienna

ARGAUER Josef                      Coach

MOLZER Josef                         Manager

Argentina

No.	FULL NAME	DATE OF BIRTH	POS	CLUB
1	CARRIZO Amadeo Raúl	12/06/1926	GK	River Plate
2	DELLACHA Pedro Rodolfo	09/07/1926	MF	Racing Club
3	VAIRO Federico	23/02/1930	DF	River Plate
4	LOMBARDO Juan Francisco	27/08/1925	DF	Boca Juniors
5	ROSSI Néstor Raúl	10/05/1925	DF	River Plate
6	VARACKA José	27/05/1932	MF	Independiente
7	CORBATTA Omar Orestes	11/03/1936	FW	Racing Club
8	PRADO Eliseo	17/09/1929	MF	River Plate
9	MENÉNDEZ Norberto	14/12/1936	FW	River Plate
10	ROJAS Alfredo Hugo	20/02/1937	FW	Lanús
11	LABRUNA Ángel Amadeo	28/09/1918	FW	River Plate
12	MUSSIMESSI Julio Elías	09/07/1923	GK	Boca Juniors
13	PÉREZ Alfredo Ricardo	10/04/1929	DF	River Plate
14	EDWARDS Federico Roberto	27/01/1931	DF	Boca Juniors
15	ACEVEDO David	06/10/1931	DF	Independiente
16	MOURIÑO Eliseo Víctor	03/06/1927	MF	Boca Juniors
17	RAMOS José Manuel	26/08/1935	DF	Lanús
18	BOGGIO Norberto Constante	11/08/1931	FW	San Lorenzo
19	AVIO Ludovico Héctor	06/10/1931	MF	Vélez Sarsfield
20	INFANTE Ricardo Roberto	21/06/1924	FW	Estudiantes de La Plata
21	SANFILIPPO José Francisco	04/04/1935	FW	San Lorenzo
22	CRUZ Osvaldo Héctor	29/05/1931	FW	Independiente

   England

No.	Full name	Date of birth	Position	Club
1	McDONALD Colin Agnew	15/10/1930	GK	Burnley
2	HOWE Donald	12/10/1935	DF	West Bromwich Albion
3	BANKS Thomas	10/11/1929	DF	Bolton Wanderers
4	CLAMP Harold Edwin	14/09/1934	DF	Wolverhampton Wanderers
5	WRIGHT William Ambrose	06/02/1924	DF	Wolverhampton Wanderers
6	SLATER William John	29/04/1927	MF	Wolverhampton Wanderers
7	DOUGLAS Bryan	27/05/1934	FW	Blackburn Rovers
8	ROBSON Robert William	18/02/1933	FW	West Bromwich Albion
9	KEVAN Derek Tennyson	06/03/1935	FW	West Bromwich Albion
10	HAYNES John Norman	17/10/1934	MF	Fulham
11	FINNEY Thomas	05/04/1922	FW	Preston North End
12	HOPKINSON Edward	29/10/1935	GK	Bolton Wanderers
13	HODGKINSON Alan	16/08/1936	GK	Sheffield United
14	SILLETT Peter Richard Tudor	01/02/1933	DF	Chelsea
15	CLAYTON Ronald	05/08/1934	DF	Blackburn Rovers
16	NORMAN Maurice	08/05/1934	DF	Tottenham Hotspur
17	BRABROOK Peter	08/11/1937	FW	Chelsea
18	BROADBENT Peter Frank	15/05/1933	FW	Wolverhampton Wanderers
19	SMITH Robert Alfred	22/02/1933	FW	Tottenham Hotspur
20	CHARLTON Robert	11/10/1937	FW	Manchester United
21	A'COURT Alan	30/09/1934	FW	Liverpool
22	SETTERS Maurice Edgar	16/12/1936	FW	West Bromwich Albion

WINTERBOTTOM Walter      Coach

NICHOLSON Bill                    Assistant

SHEPHERDSON Harold         Manager

MEARS Joe                              Manager

France

No.	Full name	Date of birth	Position	Club
1	ABBÉS Claude Jean Jules César	24/05/1927	GK	St. Étienne
2	COLONNA Dominique	04/09/1928	GK	Stade Reims
3	REMETTER François	08/08/1928	GK	Girondins Bordeaux
4	KAELBEL Raymond Yvan	31/01/1932	DF	AS Monaco
5	LEROND André Emile Georges	06/12/1930	DF	Lyon
6	MARCHÉ Roger Gaston Louis	05/03/1924	DF	RC Paris
7	MOUYNET Robert	25/03/1930	DF	Lyon
8	CHIARELLI Bernard	24/02/1934	MF	Valenciennes
9	HNATOV Casimir	09/11/1929	MF	Angers SCO
10	JONQUET Robert Henri	03/05/1925	DF	Stade Reims
11	LAFONT Maurice	13/09/1927	MF	Nîmes
12	MARCEL Jean-Jacques Lucien Elie	13/06/1931	MF	Olympique de Marseille
13	PENVERNE Armand Pierre Adolphe	26/11/1926	DF	Stade Reims
14	BELLOT Raymond Pierre	09/06/1929	FW	AS Monaco
15	BRUEY Louis Stephane	11/12/1932	FW	Angers SCO
16	DOUIS Yvon René Louis	16/05/1935	FW	Lille
17	FONTAINE Just Louis	18/10/1933	FW	Stade Reims
18	KOPA Raymond	13/10/1931	FW	Real Madrid (ESP)
19	OLIVER Célestin	12/07/1930	MF	Sedan
20	PIANTONI Roger Mario	26/12/1931	FW	Stade Reims
21	VINCENT Jean Charles Henri	29/11/1930	FW	Stade Reims
22	WISNIESKI Maryan	01/02/1937	FW	RC Lens

BATTEAUX Albert André            Coach

SNELLA Jean                                Assistant

NICOLAS Paul                              Manager

THEPOR Alexis                             Manager

No.	Full name	Date of birth	Position	Club
1	HERKENRATH Friedrich	09/09/1928	GK	Rot-Weiss Essen
2	ERHARDT Herbert	06/07/1930	DF	SpVgg Fürth
3	JUSKOWIAK Erich	07/09/1926	DF	Fortuna Düsseldorf
4	ECKEL Horst	08/02/1932	MF	1. FC Kaiserslautern
5	WEWERS Heinz	27/07/1927	DF	Rot-Weiss Essen
6	SZYMANIAK Horst	29/08/1934	MF	Wuppertaler SV
7	STOLLENWERK Georg	19/12/1930	DF	1. FC Köln
8	RAHN Helmut	16/08/1929	FW	Rot-Weiss Essen
9	WALTER Friedrich	31/10/1920	MF	1. FC Kaiserslautern
10	SCHMIDT Alfred	05/09/1935	FW	Borussia Dortmund
11	SCHÄFER Hans	19/10/1927	FW	1. FC Köln
12	SEELER Uwe	05/11/1936	FW	Hamburger SV
13	KLODT Bernhard	26/10/1926	FW	Schalke 04
14	CIESLARCZYK Hans	03/05/1937	FW	SV Sodingen
15	KELBASSA Alfred	21/04/1925	FW	Borussia Dortmund
16	STURM Hans	03/09/1935	FW	1. FC Köln
17	SCHNELLINGER Karl-Heinz	31/03/1939	DF	SG Düren
18	HOFFMANN Rudolf V.	11/01/1935	MF	VfB Stuttgart*
19	PETERS Wolfgang	08/01/1929	MF	Borussia Dortmund
20	NUBER Hermann	10/10/1935	DF	Kickers Offenbach
21	SAWITZKI Günter	22/11/1932	GK	VfB Stuttgart*
22	KWIATKOWSKI Heinrich	16/07/1926	GK	Borussia Dortmund

HERBERGER Josef                      Coach

SCHON Helmut                             Assistant

GAWLICZEK Georg                     Assistant

* Although registered players, they did not travel.

 Kaiserslautern, Koln, Hamburger, Schalke,teams that participated in the national championship

Hungary

No.	Full name	Date of birth	Position	Club
1	GROSICS Gyula	04/02/1926	GK	Tatabányi Bányász
2	MÁTRAI Sandor	20/11/1932	DF	Ferencváros
3	SIPOS Ferenc	13/12/1932	DF	MTK
4	SÁROSI László	27/02/1932	DF	Vasas SC
5	BOZSIK József	28/11/1925	MF	Honvéd Budapest
6	BERENDI Pál	30/11/1932	MF	Vasas SC
7	BUDAI László	19/07/1928	FW	Honvéd Budapest
8	TICHY Lajos	21/03/1935	MF	Honvéd Budapest
9	HIDEGKUTI Nándor	03/03/1922	FW	MTK
10	BUNDZSÁK Dezső	03/05/1928	FW	Vasas SC
11	SÁNDOR Károly	29/11/1928	FW	MTK
12	KÁRPÁTY Béla	30/11/1929	DF	Vasas SC
13	SZIGETI Oszkár	10/09/1933	DF	Diósgyőr Vasas
14	SZOJKA Ferenc	07/04/1931	FW	Salgótarjáni Bányász
15	KOTÁSZ Antal	09/09/1929	MF	Honvéd Budapest
16	LAHOS László	17/01/1935	FW	Tatabányi Bányász
17	VASAS Mihály	14/09/1933	FW	Salgótarján Bányász
18	MONOSTORI Tivadar	24/03/1936	FW	Dorogi Bányász
19	FRIEDMANSZKY Zoltán	22/10/1934	FW	Ferencváros
20	BENCSICS József	06/08/1933	FW	Újpest Dózsa
21	FENYVESI Mátyás	20/09/1933	FW	Ferencváros
22	ILKU István	06/03/1933	GK	Dorogi Bányász

  BARÓTI Lajos           Coach

  SOOS Karoly              Assistant

Mexico

No.	Full name	Date of birth	Position	Club
1	CARBAJAL Antonio	07/06/1929	GK	León
2	DEL MURO Jesús	30/11/1937	DF	Atlas
3	ROMO Jorge	20/04/1923	DF	Toluca
4	VILLEGAS José Gerardo	20/07/1934	DF	Guadalajara
5	PORTUGAL Alfonso	21/01/1934	MF	Necaxa
6	FLORES Francisco	12/02/1926	MF	Guadalajara
7	HERNÁNDEZ Alfredo Rafael	18/06/1935	MF	León
8	REYES Salvador	20/09/1936	FW	Guadalajara
9	CALDERÓN Carlos	02/10/1934	FW	Atlante
10	GUTIÉRREZ Crescencio	26/10/1933	FW	Guadalajara
11	SESMA Enrique	22/05/1927	FW	Toluca
12	CAMACHO Manuel	06/04/1929	GK	Toluca
13	GÓMEZ Jaime David	29/12/1929	GK	Guadalajara
14	GUTIÉRREZ Miguel	07/05/1931	DF	León
15	SEPÚLVEDA Guillermo	28/02/1934	DF	Guadalajara
16	ROCA José Antonio	24/05/1928	DF	Zacatepec
17	CÁRDENAS Raúl	30/10/1928	MF	Zacatepec
18	SALAZAR Jaime	06/02/1931	MF	Necaxa
19	BELMONTE Jaime	08/10/1934	FW	Cuautla
20	BLANCO Carlos	05/03/1928	MF	Toluca
21	LÓPEZ Antonio Ligorio	18/08/1928	FW	Irapuato
22	GONZÁLEZ Carlos	12/04/1935	FW	Atlas

LÓPEZ HERRÁNZ Antonio          Coach

TRELLES Ignacio                           Assistant

ESTRADA Moises                          Head of Delegation

CERVANTES Carlos                       Doctor

ARTERO Manuel                            Equipment Manager

Northern Ireland

No.	Full name	Date of birth	Position	Club
1	GREGG Henry	25/10/1932	GK	Manchester United (ENG)
2	CUNNINGHAM William Edward	20/02/1930	DF	Leicester City (ENG)
3	McMICHAEL Alfred	01/10/1927	DF	Newcastle United (ENG)
4	BLANCHFLOWER Robert Dennis	10/02/1926	MF	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
5	KEITH Richard Matheson	15/05/1933	DF	Newcastle United (ENG)
6	PEACOCK John Robert	18/12/1937	MF	Celtic (SCO)
7	BINGHAM William Laurence	05/08/1931	FW	Sunderland (ENG)
8	CUSH Wilbur William	10/06/1928	MF	Leeds United (ENG)
9	SIMPSON William Joseph	12/12/1929	FW	Glasgow Rangers (SCO)
10	McILROY James	25/10/1931	FW	Burnley (ENG)
11	McPARLAND Peter James	25/04/1934	FW	Aston Villa (ENG)
12	UPRICHARD William Norman McCourt	20/04/1928	GK	Portsmouth (ENG)
13	CASEY Thomas	11/03/1930	MF	Newcastle United (ENG)
14	SCOTT John	22/12/1933	FW	Grimsby Town (ENG)
15	McCRORY Samuel McKee	11/10/1924	FW	Southend United (ENG)
16	DOUGAN Alexander Derek	20/01/1938	FW	Portsmouth (ENG)
17	COYLE Francis Fay	01/04/1924	FW	Nottingham Forest (ENG)
18	REA Robert	28/11/1934	GK	Glenavon*
19	GRAHAM William George Leonard	17/10/1925	DF	Doncaster Rovers (ENG)*
20	CHAPMAN Samuel Edward Campbell	16/02/1938	MF	Portsmouth (ENG)*
21	HAMILL Thomas J.	27/10/1935	DF	Linfield*
22	TRAINOR Robin	25/04/1934	FW	Coleraine*

DOHERTY Peter Dermot           Coach

MORGAN Gerry                         Assistant

SCARLETT George                    Doctor             

* Although registered players, they did not travel.

Grimsby, Doncaste second division team, Southend third division team.

Paraguay

No.	Full name	Date of birth	Position	Club
1	MAYEREGGER Ramón	05/03/1936	GK	Nacional
2	ARÉVALO Edelmiro	07/01/1929	DF	Olimpia
3	LEZCANO Juan Vicente	05/04/1937	MF	Olimpia
4	ACHUCARRO Ignacio	31/07/1936	DF	Olimpia
5	VILLALBA Salvador	29/08/1924	MF	Sportivo Luqueño
6	ECHAGUE Eligio Silvestre	31/12/1931	DF	Olimpia
7	AGÜERO Juan Bautista	24/06/1935	FW	Olimpia
8	PARODI José del Rosario	30/08/1932	FW	Sportivo Luqueño
9	ROMERO Jorge Lino	23/09/1937	FW	Sol de América
10	AGUILERA Oscar Antonio	11/03/1935	FW	Olimpia
11	AMARILLA Florencio	03/01/1935	FW	Nacional
12	AGUILAR Samuel	16/03/1933	GK	Libertad
13	GINI Luis Arnulfo	31/10/1935	DF	Sol de América
14	SEGOVIA Darío	18/03/1932	DF	Sol de América
15	SILVA Luis Santos	—	MF	Cerro Porteño
16	LAZCANO Claudio	05/04/1937	FW	Olimpia
17	MIRANDA Agustín	1930	DF	Cerro Porteño
18	PEÑAYO Benigni Gilberto	03/04/1933	FW	Sol de América
19	INSFRÁN Eliseo Niño	27/10/1935	FW	Guaraní
20	AVEIRO José Raúl	18/07/1936	FW	Sportivo Luqueño
21	RÉ Cayetano	07/02/1938	FW	Cerro Porteño
22	INSFRÁN Eligio	06/11/1926	FW	Cerro Porteño

GONZÁLEZ Aurelio Ramón          Coach

FERREIRA Julio Cesar                   Assistant

GALVAN Ernesto                            Head of Delegation

MOLINA Anisio                              Treasurer

QUEIROZ Duiros                            Doctor

GIAGNI Manuel                                 Doctor

Scotland

No.	Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
1	YOUNGER Thomas	10/04/1930	GK	Liverpool (ENG)
2	BROWN William Dallas Fyfe	08/10/1931	GK	Dundee
3	PARKER Alexander Hershaw	02/08/1935	DF	Falkirk
4	CALDOW Eric	14/05/1934	DF	Glasgow Rangers
5	HEWIE John Davidson	12/12/1928	DF	Charlton Athletic (ENG)
6	HADDOCK Harry	28/07/1925	DF	Clyde
7	McCOLL John Miller	07/06/1927	DF	Glasgow Rangers
8	TURNBULL Edward Hunter	12/04/1923	MF	Hibernian
9	EVANS Robert	16/07/1927	DF	Celtic
10	DOCHERTY Thomas Henderson	24/04/1928	DF	Preston North End (ENG)
11	MACKAY David Craig	14/11/1934	MF	Heart of Midlothian
12	COWIE Douglas	01/05/1926	MF	Dundee
13	BAIRD Stuart Samuel	13/05/1930	FW	Glasgow Rangers
14	LEGGAT Graham	20/06/1934	FW	Aberdeen
15	SCOTT Alexander Silcock	22/11/1936	FW	Glasgow Rangers
16	MURRAY James	04/02/1933	FW	Heart of Midlothian
17	MUDIE John Knight	10/04/1930	FW	Blackpool (ENG)
18	COYLE John C.	28/09/1932	FW	Clyde
19	COLLINS Robert Young	16/02/1931	FW	Celtic
20	ROBERTSON Archibald Clark	15/09/1929	FW	Clyde
21	IMLACH James John Stewart	06/01/1932	FW	Nottingham Forest (ENG)
22	FERNIE William	22/11/1928	FW	Celtic

WALKER Dawson       Coach

DOHERTY Tommy     Delegate

WATERS W.                Delegate

Czechoslovakia

No.	Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
1	STACHO Imrich	04/11/1931	GK	Spartak Trnava
2	MRÁZ Gustav	11/09/1934	DF	Cervena Hvezda
3	ČADEK Jiri	07/12/1935	MF	Dukla Praha
4	NOVÁK Ladislav	05/12/1931	DF	Dukla Praha
5	MASOPUST Josef	09/02/1931	MF	Dukla Praha
6	PLUSKAL Svatopluk	28/10/1930	MF	Dukla Praha
7	GAJDOŠ Kazimir	28/03/1934	FW	Cervena Hvezda
8	DVOŘÁK Milan	19/11/1934	FW	Dukla Praha
9	MOLNÁR Pavol	13/02/1936	FW	Cervena Hvezda
10	BOROVIČKA Jaroslav	26/01/1931	FW	Dukla Praha
11	KRAUS Tadeas	22/10/1932	FW	Sparta Praha Sokolovo
12	ZIKÁN Zdenek	10/11/1937	FW	Dukla Pardubice
13	HOVORKA Vaclav	19/09/1931	FW	Dynamo Praha
14	FEUREISL Jiri	03/10/1931	FW	Slavia Karlovy Vary
15	HERTL Jan	23/01/1929	MF	Sparta Praha Sokolovo
16	POPLUHÁR Jan	12/09/1935	DF	Slovan Bratislava
17	BUBERNÍK Titus	12/10/1933	DF	Cervena Hvezda
18	SCHERER Adolf	05/05/1938	MF	Cervena Hvezda*
19	DOLEJŠÍ Bretislav	29/09/1928	GK	Dynamo Praha
20	MORAVČIK Anton	03/06/1931	MF	Slovan Bratislava*
21	ŠAFRÁNEK Frantisek	02/01/1931	DF	Dukla Praha*
22	SCHROJF Viliam	02/08/1931	GK	Slovan Bratislava*

 KOLSKÝ Karel             Coach

* Although registered players, they did not travel.

   Slavia Karlovy Vary, second division team.

Sweden

No.	Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
1	SVENSSON Kalle-Oscar	11/11/1925	GK	Helsingborgs IF
2	BERGMARK Orvar Ernest	16/11/1930	DF	Örebro SK
3	AXBOM Sven	15/10/1926	DF	IFK Norrköping
4	LIEDHOLM Nils Erik	08/10/1922	FW	AC Milan (ITA)
5	JOHANSSON Åke	19/03/1928	DF	IFK Norrköping
6	PARLING Sigvard Emanuel	26/03/1930	MF	Djurgårdens IF
7	HAMRIN Kurt Ronald	19/11/1934	FW	Padova (ITA)
8	GREN Johan Gunnar	31/10/1920	FW	Örgryte IS
9	SIMONSSON Tore Klas Agne	19/10/1935	FW	Örgryte IS
10	SELMOSSON Arne Bengt	19/10/1935	FW	SS Lazio (ITA)
11	SKOGLUND Lennart Karl	24/02/1929	FW	Inter Milan (ITA)
12	SVENSSON Tore Allan	06/12/1927	GK	Malmö FF
13	ÖBERG Pravitz Hartwig Edmund	16/11/1930	DF	Malmö FF
14	GUSTAVSSON Bengt Olov Emanuel	13/01/1928	DF	Atalanta (ITA)
15	BÖRJESSON Reino	04/02/1929	MF	Norrby IF
16	HARALDSSON Ingemar	03/02/1928	GK	Elfsborg IF
17	HAKANSSON Olle Artur	22/02/1927	MF	IFK Norrköping
18	LOFGREN Karl Gösta Herbert	29/08/1923	FW	Motala
19	KÄLLGREN Henry	13/03/1931	FW	IFK Norrköping
20	MELLBERG Bror Lars Astley	09/12/1923	FW	AIK
21	BERNDTSSON Bengt Ryno	26/01/1933	FW	IFK Göteborg
22	OLSSON Sven Ove	19/08/1938	FW	IFK Göteborg

RAYNOR George Sidney (ENG)    Coach

LINDBERG Torsten Gustaf Adolf   Assistant

PERSSON Eric                               Delegate

HALLDEN Nalle                            Delegate

JONASSON Einar                          Delegate

Örgryte, Orebro, Norrby,Elfsborg,second division team.

 

Soviet Union

No.	Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
1	YASHIN Lev Ivanovic	22/10/1929	GK	Dinamo Moscow
2	KESAREV Vladimir Petrovich	26/02/1930	DF	Dinamo Moscow
3	KRIZHEVZKY Konstantin Stanislavovich	20/02/1926	DF	Dinamo Moscow
4	KUZNETSOV Boris Dmitrievich	14/07/1928	DF	Dinamo Moscow
5	VOINOV Yuriy Nikolayevich	29/11/1931	DF	Dinamo Kiev
6	NETTO Igor Alexandrovich	09/01/1930	MF	Spartak Moscow
7	APUKHTIN German Nikolajević	12/06/1936	FW	CSK
8	IVANOV Valentin Kozmich	19/11/1934	FW	Torpedo Moscow
9	SIMONYAN Nikita Pavlovic	12/10/1926	FW	Spartak Moscow
10	SALNIKOV Sergej Sergeyevich	13/09/1925	FW	Spartak Moscow
11	ILYIN Anatoli Mikhaïlovitch	27/06/1931	FW	Spartak Moscow
12	MASLACHENKO Vladimir Nikitović	05/03/1936	GK	Lokomotiv Moscow
13	BELIAEV Vladimir Georgiyevich	15/09/1933	GK	Dinamo Moscow
14	OSTROVSKIY Leonid Alfonsovich	17/01/1936	DF	Torpedo Moscow
15	MASLENKIN Anatoli Evstigneevich	29/06/1930	DF	Spartak Moscow
16	TSAREV Viktor Grigoryevich	02/06/1931	MF	Dinamo Moscow
17	IVANOV Aleksandr Ivanovich	14/03/1928	FW	Zenit Leningrad
18	BUBUKIN Valentin Bosirovich	23/04/1933	FW	Lokomotiv Moscow
19	GUSAROV Gennadiy Aleksandrovich	11/03/1937	FW	Torpedo Moscow
20	FALIN Yuriy Pavlovic	02/04/1937	FW	Torpedo Moscow
21	FEDOSOV Genrikh Aleksandrovich	06/12/1932	FW	Dinamo Moscow
22	EROKHIN Vladimir Nikitovich	10/04/1930	DF	Dinamo Kiev

KACHALIN Graviil Dmitriyevich       Coach

YAKUSHIN Mikhail Iosifovich           Assistant

Wales

No.	Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
1	KELSEY Alfred John	19/11/1929	GK	Arsenal (ENG)
2	WILLIAMS Stuart Grenville	09/07/1930	DF	West Bromwich Albion (ENG)
3	HOPKINS Melvyn D.	07/11/1934	DF	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
4	SULLIVAN Derek	10/08/1930	MF	Cardiff City
5	CHARLES Melvyn	14/05/1935	MF	Swansea Town
6	BOWEN David Lloyd	07/06/1928	MF	Arsenal (ENG)
7	MEDWIN Terence	25/09/1932	FW	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
8	HEWITT Ronald	21/06/1928	FW	Cardiff City
9	CHARLES William John	27/12/1931	FW	Juventus (ITA)
10	ALLCHURCH Ivor John	16/10/1929	MF	Swansea Town
11	JONES Clifford William	07/02/1935	FW	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
12	JONES Kenneth	02/01/1936	GK	Cardiff City
13	VEARNCOMBE Graham	28/03/1934	GK	Cardiff City*
14	EDWARDS Leonard Trevor	24/01/1937	DF	Charlton Athletic (ENG)
15	BAKER Colin Walter	18/12/1934	MF	Cardiff City
16	CROWE Victor Herbert	31/01/1932	MF	Aston Villa (ENG)
17	LEEK Kenneth	26/07/1935	FW	Northampton Town (ENG)
18	VERNON Thomas Royston	14/04/1937	FW	Blackburn Rovers (ENG)
19	WEBSTER Colin	17/07/1932	FW	Manchestere United (ENG)
20	ELSWORTHY John Thomas	26/07/1931	MF	Ipswich Town (ENG)*
21	ALLCHURCH Leonard	12/09/1933	MF	Swansea Town*
22	BAKER Thomas George	06/04/1936	FW	Plymouth Argyle (ENG)*

MURPHY James Patrick    Coach

JONES J.                            Assistant

* Although registered players, they did not travel.

Cardiff, Charlton, Blackburn, Ipswich, Swanseam, second division team.

Northampton, Playmouth, third division team

 

Yugoslavia

No.	Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
1	BEARA Vladimir	02/11/1928	GK	Crvena Zvezda
2	KRIVOKUĆA Srboljub	14/03/1928	GK	Vojvodina Novi Sad
3	ŠIJAKOVIĆ Vasilije	02/08/1929	DF	OFK Beograd
4	CRNKOVIC Tomislav	17/06/1929	DF	Dinamo Zagreb
5	TOMIĆ Novak	07/01/1936	DF	Crvena Zvezda
6	ZEBEC Branislav	17/05/1929	MF	Partizan Beograd
7	MILUTINOVIC Milos Obrad	01/03/1933	MF	Partizan Beograd
8	KRSTIĆ Dobrosav	05/02/1934	MF	Vojvodina Novi Sad
9	BOSKOV Vujadin	16/05/1931	MF	Vojvodina Novi Sad
10	ŠANTEK Ivan	23/04/1932	MF	Dinamo Zagreb
11	POPOVIĆ Vladimir	17/03/1935	MF	Crvena Zvezda
12	PETAKOVIĆ Aleksandar	06/02/1930	FW	Radnički Beograd
13	VESELINOVIC Todor	22/10/1930	FW	Vojvodina Novi Sad
14	MILUTINOVIĆ Milorad Obrad	05/02/1933	FW	Partizan Beograd
15	ŠEKULARAC Dragoslav	08/11/1937	FW	Crvena Zvezda
16	PASIĆ Ilijas	10/05/1934	FW	Željezničar
17	RAJKOV Zdravko	05/12/1927	FW	Vojvodina Novi Sad
18	LIPOŠINOVIĆ Luka	12/05/1932	FW	Dinamo Zagreb
19	OGNJANOVIĆ Radivoj	01/07/1933	FW	Radnički Beograd
20	IROVIĆ Gordan	07/02/1934	GK	Dinamo Zagreb*
21	RADOVIĆ Nikola	20/10/1932	FW	Hajduk Split*
22	JERKOVIĆ Drazan	06/08/1936	FW	Dinamo Zagreb*

TIRNANIC Aleksandar          Coach

* Although registered players, they did not travel.