1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification.

The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified. The Soviet Union and Iceland took part for the first time.

UEFA Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv
1	England	7	4	3	1	0	15	5	3.00
2	Republic of Ireland	5	4	2	1	1	6	7	0.86
3	Denmark	0	4	0	0	4	4	13	0.31

Republic of Ireland  v  Denmark

3 October 1956	Republic of Ireland	2 – 1	Denmark	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Curtis  27' Gavin  45' (pen.)	Report	Aa. Jensen  85'	Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 32,600 Referee: Bond (England)

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England  v  Denmark

5 December 1956	England	5 – 2	Denmark	Wolverhampton, England
	Taylor  2', 22', 53' Edwards  66', 77'	Report	O. Nielsen  27', 32'	Attendance: 54,083 Referee: Guigue (France)

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England  v  Republic of Ireland

8 May 1957	England	5 – 1	Republic of Ireland	London, England
	Taylor  10', 19', 40' Atyeo  38', 90'	Report	Curtis  56'	Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Phillips (Scotland)

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Denmark  v  England

15 May 1957	Denmark	1 – 4	England	Copenhagen, Denmark
	J. Jensen  27'	Report	Haynes  28' Taylor  71', 86' Atyeo  75'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

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Republic of Ireland  v  England

19 May 1957	Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	England	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Ringstead  3'	Report	Atyeo  90'	Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Philips (Scotland)

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Denmark  v  Republic of Ireland

2 October 1957	Denmark	0 – 2	Republic of Ireland	Copenhagen, Denmark
		Report	Cummins  53' Curtis  61'	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Schulz (East Germany)

England qualified.

UEFA Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv
1	France	7	4	3	1	0	19	4	4.75
2	Belgium	5	4	2	1	1	16	11	1.45
3	Iceland	0	4	0	0	4	6	26	0.23

France  v  Belgium

11 November 1956	France	6 – 3	Belgium	Paris, France
	Cisowski  13', 15', 44', 72', 88' Vincent  18'	Report	Houf  16' Willems  61', 67'	Attendance: 46,049 Referee: Clough (England)

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France  v  Iceland

2 June 1957	France	8 – 0	Iceland	Nantes, France
	C. Oliver  6', 11' Vincent  29', 83' Dereuddre  36' Piantoni  45', 81' Brahimi  49'	Report		Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Ellis (England)

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Belgium  v  Iceland

5 June 1957	Belgium	8 – 3	Iceland	Brussels, Belgium
	Orlans  4', 57' Piters  11' Vandenberg  12' Mees  22', 26' Coppens  42', 44' (pen.)	Report	Þórðarson  33', 77' R. Jónsson  81'	Attendance: 6,792 Referee: Blitgen (Luxembourg)

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Iceland  v  France

1 September 1957	Iceland	1 – 5	France	Reykjavík, Iceland
	Þ. Jónsson  64'	Report	Cisowski  29', 32' Ujlaki  48', 66' Wisnieski  53'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Davidson (Scotland)

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Iceland  v  Belgium

4 September 1957	Iceland	2 – 5	Belgium	Reykjavík, Iceland
	R. Jónsson  1' Þ. Jónsson  65'	Report	Van Herpe  9' Willems  40' Vandenberg  64', 81', 89'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Davidson (Scotland)

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Belgium  v  France

27 October 1957	Belgium	0 – 0	France	Brussels, Belgium
		Report		Attendance: 56,497 Referee: Helge (Denmark)

France qualified.

UEFA Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv
1	Hungary	6	4	3	0	1	12	4	3.00
2	Bulgaria	4	4	2	0	2	11	7	1.57
3	Norway	2	4	1	0	3	3	15	0.20

Norway  v  Bulgaria

22 May 1957	Norway	1 – 2	Bulgaria	Oslo, Norway
	Hennum  47'	Report	G. Dimitrov  38', 75'	Stadium: Ullevaal Attendance: 27,542 Referee: Lindberg (Sweden)

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Norway  v  Hungary

12 June 1957	Norway	2 – 1	Hungary	Oslo, Norway
	Hennum  10' K. Kristiansen  78'	Report	Tichy  43'	Attendance: 25,724 Referee: Helge (Denmark)

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Hungary  v  Bulgaria

23 June 1957	Hungary	4 – 1	Bulgaria	Budapest, Hungary
	Machos  5', 14', 30' Bozsik  52'	Report	Kolev  69'	Stadium: Nepstaditon Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Guigue (France)

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Bulgaria  v  Hungary

15 September 1957	Bulgaria	1 – 2	Hungary	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Diev  43'	Report	Hidegkuti  2', 34'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Bernardi (Italy)

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Bulgaria  v  Norway

3 November 1957	Bulgaria	7 – 0	Norway	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Iliev  6', 60', 74' Panayotov  29', 32' Yanev  59' Debarski  77'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Macko (Czechoslovakia)

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Hungary  v  Norway

10 November 1957	Hungary	5 – 0	Norway	Budapest, Hungary
	Sándor  12' Csordás  20', 71' Machos  69' Falch  74' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 91,000 Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

Hungary qualified.

UEFA Group 4

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv
1	Czechoslovakia	6	4	3	0	1	9	3	3.00
2	Wales	4	4	2	0	2	6	5	1.20
3	East Germany	2	4	1	0	3	5	12	0.42

Wales  v  Czechoslovakia

1 May 1957	Wales	1 – 0	Czechoslovakia	Cardiff, Wales
	Vernon  75'	Report		Referee: Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

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East Germany  v  Wales

19 May 1957	East Germany	2 – 1	Wales	Leipzig, East Germany
	Wirth  21' Tröger  61'	Report	M. Charles  6'	Referee: Latyshev (Soviet Union)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Wales

26 May 1957	Czechoslovakia	2 – 0	Wales	Prague, Czechoslovakia
	Daniel  21' (o.g.) Kraus  65'	Report		Referee: Wyssling ()

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Czechoslovakia  v  East Germany

16 June 1957	Czechoslovakia	3 – 1	East Germany	Brno, Czechoslovakia
	Kraus  60' Bubník  81' Molnár  89'	Report	Wirth  18'	Referee: Jörgensen (Denmark)

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Wales  v  East Germany

25 September 1957	Wales	4 – 1	East Germany	Cardiff, Wales
	Palmer  38', 44', 73' Jones  42'	Report	Kaiser  57'	Referee: Leafe (England)

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East Germany  v  Czechoslovakia

27 October 1957	East Germany	1 – 4	Czechoslovakia	Leipzig, East Germany
	H. Müller  35'	Report	Kraus  4', 88' Moravčík  23' Novák  43'	Referee: Schwinte (France)

Czechoslovakia qualified. Wales received another chance to qualify after being drawn to play against Israel in a special play-off; see CAF / AFC Final Round and Play-off.

UEFA Group 5

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv
1	Austria	7	4	3	1	0	14	3	4.67
2	Netherlands	5	4	2	1	1	12	7	1.71
3	Luxembourg	0	4	0	0	4	3	19	0.16

Austria  v  Luxembourg

30 September 1956	Austria	7 – 0	Luxembourg	Vienna, Austria
	Hanappi  18', 25' Walzhofer  51' Wagner  62', 77' Kozlicek  71' Haummer  79'	Report		Referee: Liverani (Italy)

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Netherlands  v  Luxembourg

20 March 1957	Netherlands	4 – 1	Luxembourg	Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Van der Gijp  27', 30' Dillen  72' Brusselers  80'	Report	Halsdorf  34'	Referee: Treichel (West Germany)

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Austria  v  Netherlands

26 May 1957	Austria	3 – 2	Netherlands	Vienna, Austria
	Koller  47' Buzek  80' Stotz  89' (pen.)	Report	Van Melis  30', 32'	Referee: Schmetzer (West Germany)

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Netherlands  v  Luxembourg

11 September 1957	Netherlands	5 – 2	Luxembourg	Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Lenstra  15', 28' Wilkes  26' Van Melis  35' Rijvers  54'	Report	Fiedler  5' Letsch  58'	Referee: Murdoch (England)

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Netherlands  v  Austria

25 September 1957	Netherlands	1 – 1	Austria	Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Lenstra  63'	Report	Hanappi  29'	Referee: Ellis (England)

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Luxembourg  v  Austria

29 September 1957	Luxembourg	0 – 3	Austria	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
		Report	Dienst  19' Buzek  47' Senekowitsch  66'	Referee: Versyp (Belgium)

Austria qualified.

UEFA Group 6

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv
1=	Soviet Union	6	4	3	0	1	16	3	5.33
1=	Poland	6	4	3	0	1	9	5	1.80
3	Finland	0	4	0	0	4	2	19	0.11

Soviet Union  v  Poland

23 June 1957	Soviet Union	3 – 0	Poland	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Tatushin  9' Simonyan  55' Ilyin  77'	Report		Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Clough (England)

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Finland  v  Poland

5 July 1957	Finland	1 – 3	Poland	Helsinki, Finland
	Vanhanen  72'	Report	Jankowski  19', 56', 65'	Referee: Nilsen (Norway)

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Soviet Union  v  Finland

27 July 1957	Soviet Union	2 – 1	Finland	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Voinov  23' Netto  62'	Report	Lahtinen  42'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mayer (Austria)

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Finland  v  Soviet Union

15 August 1957	Finland	0 – 10	Soviet Union	Helsinki, Finland
		Report	Netto  6' Simonyan  9', 13', 31' Isayev  12', 20' Streltsov  29', 49' Ilyin  60', 87'	Referee: A. Asmussen (Denmark)

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Poland  v  Soviet Union

20 October 1957	Poland	2 – 1	Soviet Union	Chorzów, Poland
	Cieślik  43', 50'	Report	Ivanov  80'	Referee: Clough (England)

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Poland  v  Finland

3 November 1957	Poland	4 – 0	Finland	Warsaw, Poland
	Gawlik  2' Brychczy  4', 48' Jankowski  60'	Report		Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

Poland and USSR finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Soviet Union  v  Poland

24 November 1957	Soviet Union	2 – 0	Poland	Leipzig, East Germany
	Streltsov  31' Fedosov  75'	Report		Referee: Clough (England)

USSR qualified.

UEFA Group 7

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv
1	Yugoslavia	6	4	2	2	0	7	2	3.50
2	Romania	5	4	2	1	1	6	4	1.50
3	Greece	1	4	0	1	3	2	9	0.22

Greece  v  Yugoslavia

5 May 1957	Greece	0 – 0	Yugoslavia	Athens, Greece
		Report		Referee: Devillers (France)

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Greece  v  Romania

16 June 1957	Greece	1 – 2	Romania	Athens, Greece
	Panakis  29'	Report	A. Ene  15' Ozon  78'	Referee: Harzic (France)

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Romania  v  Yugoslavia

29 September 1957	Romania	1 – 1	Yugoslavia	Bucharest, Romania
	A. Ene  78'	Report	Mujić  79'	Referee: Grill (Austria)

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Romania  v  Greece

3 November 1957	Romania	3 – 0	Greece	Bucharest, Romania
	Petschovsky  51' (pen.) Tătaru  64' Cacoveanu  67'	Report		Referee: Schwinte (France)

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Yugoslavia  v  Greece

10 November 1957	Yugoslavia	4 – 1	Greece	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
	Mujić  6', 61' Krstić  9' Petaković  67'	Report	Nestoridis  28'	Referee: Jonni (Italy)

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Yugoslavia  v  Romania

17 November 1957	Yugoslavia	2 – 0	Romania	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
	Milutinović  52', 58'	Report		Referee: Seipelt (Austria)

Yugoslavia qualified.

UEFA Group 8

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv
1	Northern Ireland	5	4	2	1	1	6	3	2.00
2	Italy	4	4	2	0	2	5	5	1.00
3	Portugal	3	4	1	1	2	4	7	0.57

Portugal  v  Northern Ireland

16 January 1957	Portugal	1 – 1	Northern Ireland	Lisbon, Portugal
	Vasques  24'	Report	Bingham  6'	Referee: Lequesne (France)

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Italy  v  Northern Ireland

25 April 1957	Italy	1 – 0	Northern Ireland	Rome, Italy
	Cervato  3'	Report		Referee: Guigue (France)

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Northern Ireland  v  Portugal

1 May 1957	Northern Ireland	3 – 0	Portugal	Belfast, Northern Ireland
	Casey  22' Simpson  60' McIlroy  70' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Phillips (Scotland)

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Portugal  v  Italy

26 May 1957	Portugal	3 – 0	Italy	Lisbon, Portugal
	Vasques  41' Teixeira  81' Matateu  87'	Report		Referee: Treichel (West Germany)

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Italy  v  Portugal

22 December 1957	Italy	3 – 0	Portugal	Milan, Italy
	Gratton  36', 72' Pivatelli  84'	Report		Referee: Damiani (Yugoslavia)

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Northern Ireland  v  Italy

15 January 1958	Northern Ireland	2 – 1	Italy	Belfast, Northern Ireland
	McIlroy  13' Cush  28'	Report	Da Costa  56'	Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)

The 15 January 1958 fixture of Italy at Northern Ireland was originally scheduled for 4 December 1957 but heavy fog in London prevented the referee (Istvan Zsolt, manager of the Budapest Opera House) from arriving for the match in time. The fixture was postponed but the match continued as a friendly, and ended in a 2-2 draw and a riot as the crowd (infuriated by the postponement and quite rough play from some Italian players) invaded the pitch. The 'friendly' match was dubbed the 'Battle of Belfast'.[1] Danny Blanchflower, Northern Ireland captain at the time, helped save the situation by ordering his players to escort their Italian counterparts off the field while the police dealt with the crowd.[2]

Northern Ireland qualified.

This was the only time that Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup until their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

UEFA Group 9

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv
1	Scotland	6	4	3	0	1	10	9	1.11
2	Spain	5	4	2	1	1	12	8	1.50
3	Switzerland	1	4	0	1	3	6	11	0.55

Spain  v   Switzerland

10 March 1957	Spain	2 – 2	Switzerland	Madrid, Spain
	Suárez  30' González  48'	Report	Hügi  6', 67'	Referee: Erich (West Germany)

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Scotland  v  Spain

8 May 1957	Scotland	4 – 2	Spain	Glasgow, Scotland
	Mudie  22', 70', 79' Hewie  41' (pen.)	Report	Suárez  19' Kubala  28'	Referee: Dusch (West Germany)

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Switzerland   v  Scotland

19 May 1957	Switzerland	1 – 2	Scotland	Basel, Switzerland
	R. Vonlanthen  13'	Report	Mudie  33' Ring  71'	Referee: Seipelt (Austria)

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Spain  v  Scotland

26 May 1957	Spain	4 – 1	Scotland	Madrid, Spain
	Mateos  11' Kubala  33' Basora  60', 87'	Report	Smith  79'	Referee: Leafe (England)

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Scotland  v   Switzerland

6 November 1957	Scotland	3 – 2	Switzerland	Glasgow, Scotland
	Robertson  29' Mudie  52' Scott  70'	Report	Riva  35' R. Vonlanthen  79'	Referee: Leafe (England)

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Switzerland   v  Spain

24 November 1957	Switzerland	1 – 4	Spain	Lausanne, Switzerland
	Ballaman  61'	Report	Kubala  19', 72' Di Stéfano  24', 55'	Referee: Alsteen (Belgium)

Scotland qualified.

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF/AFC–UEFA play-off)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	4	Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup		—	2–0
2	Israel	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0			0–2	—

Source: FIFA

Goalscorers

8 goals

Tommy Taylor

7 goals

Thadée Cisowski

5 goals

Jackie Mudie

4 goals

Paul Vandenberg Tadeusz Kraus John Atyeo

Ferenc Machos Edward Jankowski Nikita Simonyan

Ladislao Kubala

3 goals

Gerhard Hanappi Maurice Willems Hristo Iliev Jean Vincent

Dermot Curtis Abe Lenstra Noud van Melis Jimmy McIlroy

Anatoli Ilyin Eduard Streltsov Des Palmer Muhamed Mujić

2 goals

Hans Buzek Theodor Wagner Henri Coppens Victor Mees Richard Orlans Georgi Dimitrov Panayot Panayotov Ove Bech Nielsen Günther Wirth Duncan Edwards Célestin Oliver Roger Piantoni

Joseph Ujlaki Lajos Csordás Nándor Hidegkuti Ríkharður Jónsson Þórður Jónsson Þórður Þórðarson Guido Gratton Cor van der Gijp Harald Hennum Lucjan Brychczy Gerard Cieślik Manuel Vasques

Alexandru Ene Anatoli Isayev Igor Netto Estanislao Basora Alfredo di Stéfano Luis Suárez Miramontes Josef Hügi Roger Vonlanthen Ivor Allchurch Cliff Jones Miloš Milutinović

1 goal

Robert Dienst Walter Haummer Karl Koller Ernst Kozlicek Helmut Senekowitsch Karl Stotz Otto Walzhofer André van Herpe Denis Houf André Piters Spiro Debarski Todor Diev Ivan Petkov Kolev Krum Yanev Vlastimil Bubník Pavol Molnár Anton Moravčík Ladislav Novák Aage Rou Jensen John Jensen Manfred Kaiser Helmut Müller Willy Tröger Johnny Haynes Olavi Lahtinen Mauri Vanhanen

Said Brahimi René Dereuddre Maryan Wisnieski Kostas Nestoridis Vaggelis Panakis József Bozsik Károly Sándor Lajos Tichy George Cummins Johnny Gavin Alf Ringstead Sergio Cervato Dino da Costa Gino Pivatelli Jean-Pierre Fiedler Johnny Halsdorf Léon Letsch Toon Brusselers Coen Dillen Kees Rijvers Servaas Wilkes Billy Bingham Tommy Casey Wilbur Cush Billy Simpson Kjell Kristiansen

Ginter Gawlik Matateu António Dias Teixeira Cornel Cacoveanu Titus Ozon Iosif Petschovsky Nicolae Tǎtaru John Hewie Tommy Ring Archie Robertson Alex Scott Gordon Smith Genrich Fedosov Valentin Kozmich Ivanov Boris Tatushin Yuri Voinov Miguel González Enrique Mateos Robert Ballaman Ferdinando Riva Dave Bowen Mel Charles Roy Vernon Dobrosav Krstić Aleksandar Petaković

1 own goal

Edgar Falch (playing against Hungary) Ray Daniel (playing against Czechoslovakia)

See also

• 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

1. "Down Memory Lane: Battle of Belfast was far from a golden moment - International, Football". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
2. "FIFA Fact Sheet: History of the FIFA World Cup (TM) Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-09.

External links

• RSSSF.com