1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 4)

Qualification for the 1958 FIFA World Cup
UEFA
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
CONMEBOL
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Czechoslovakia qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden.

Wales got another chance to qualify after being drawn to play against Israel in a special play-off.

Table

Final table															Home							Away
Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts						Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Czechoslovakia	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	6		X	2:0	3:1		2	2	0	0	5	1	4	2	1	0	1	4	2	2
2.	Wales	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	4		1:0	X	4:1		2	2	0	0	5	1	4	2	0	0	2	1	4	0
3.	East Germany	4	1	0	3	5	12	-7	2		1:4	2:1	X		2	1	0	1	3	5	2	2	0	0	2	2	7	0

Team stats

 Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Antonín Rýgr

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
FW	Jaroslav Borovička	January 26, 1931	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Dukla Prague
FW	Vlastimil Bubník	March 18, 1931	3	1	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	Rudá Hvězda Brno
DF	Jiří Čadek	December 7, 1935	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Dukla Prague
GK	Břetislav Dolejší	September 26, 1928	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	90	Slavia Prague
FW	Kazimír Gajdoš	March 28, 1934	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-
DF	Jan Hertl	January 23, 1929	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	Dukla Prague
DF	Jiří Hledík	April 19, 1929	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	-	90	Sparta Prague
FW	Tadeusz Kraus	October 22, 1932	4	4	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Sparta Prague
MF	Josef Masopust	February 9, 1931	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Dukla Prague
FW	Pavol Molnár	February 13, 1936	2	1	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	Cervena Hvezda Bratislava
FW	Anton Moravčík	June 3, 1931	2	1	180	0	0	-	90	-	90	Slovan Bratislava
DF	Ladislav Novák	December 5, 1931	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Dukla Prague
FW	Arnošt Pazdera	September 16, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Sparta Prague
FW	Jiří Pešek	June 4, 1927	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Slavia Prague
DF/MF	Svatopluk Pluskal	October 28, 1930	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Dukla Prague
MF	Zdeněk Procházka	January 12, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Sparta Prague
GK	Imrich Stacho	November 4, 1931	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	Spartak Trnava
FW	Emil Svoboda	August 16, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Sparta Prague
DF	Jiří Tichý	December 6, 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Cervena Hvezda Bratislava

 Wales

Head coach: Jimmy Murphy

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
FW	Ivor Allchurch	October 16, 1929	3	1	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	/2[1] Swansea Town
FW	Len Allchurch	September 12, 1933	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	/2[1] Swansea Town
MF	Dave Bowen	June 7, 1928	5	1	450	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	90	Arsenal
FW	John Charles	December 27, 1931	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	Leeds United
MF	Mel Charles	March 14, 1935	6	1	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	/2[1] Swansea Town
DF	Ray Daniel	November 2, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	-	Sunderland
FW	Reg Davies	May 27, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	Newcastle United
DF	Trevor Edwards	January 24, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	-	Charlton Athletic
DF	Alan Harrington	November 17, 1933	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	/2[2] Cardiff City
FW	Bill Harris	October 31, 1928	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	-	/2[1] Middlesbrough
FW	Ron Hewitt	June 21, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	/2[2] Cardiff City
DF	Mel Hopkins	November 7, 1934	6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Tottenham Hotspur
FW	Cliff Jones	February 7, 1935	6	2	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	/2[1] Swansea Town
GK	Jack Kelsey	November 19, 1929	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	Arsenal
MF	Terry Medwin	September 25, 1932	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	Tottenham Hotspur
FW	Des Palmer		2	3	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	/2[1] Swansea Town
DF	Alf Sherwood	November 13, 1923	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	/3[1] Newport County
DF	Ron Stitfall	December 14, 1925	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Cardiff City
FW	Derek Tapscott	June 30, 1932	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	Arsenal
GK	Graham Vearncombe	March 28, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	/2[2] Cardiff City
FW	Roy Vernon	April 14, 1937	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	/2[1] Blackburn Rovers
FW	Colin Webster	July 17, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Manchester United
DF	Stuart Williams	July 9, 1930	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	West Bromwich Albion

East Germany

Head coach: János Gyarmati

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
GK	Günter Busch	February 15, 1930	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	BSG Chemie Leipzig
DF	Georg Buschner	December 26, 1925	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	SC Motor Jena
MF	Willy Holzmüller	March 3, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt
GK	Rolf Jahn	October 8, 1927	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	SC Turbine Erfurt
MF	Manfred Kaiser	January 7, 1929	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
FW	Lothar Meyer	August 1, 1934	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	ASK Vorwärts Berlin
DF	Bringfried Müller	January 28, 1931	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
FW	Helmut Müller	March 17, 1937	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	SC Motor Jena
MF	Herbert Schoen	May 18, 1929	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	/2[1] SC Dynamo Berlin
MF	Günter Schröter	May 3, 1927	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	/2[1] SC Dynamo Berlin
GK	Karl-Heinz Spickenagel	January 17, 1932	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	ASK Vorwärts Berlin
FW	Willy Tröger	October 2, 1928	3	1	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
FW	Günther Wirth	January 9, 1933	4	2	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	ASK Vorwärts Berlin
MF	Karl Wolf	May 27, 1924	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
MF	Siegfried Wolf	January 5, 1926	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
DF	Kurt Zapf	August 26, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	SC Empor Rostock

1. The number indicates the league the team played in that year.
2. The number indicates the league the team played in that year, Cardiff were relegated to the division two after the first three qualification matches.

External links

• FIFA official page
• RSSSF - 1958 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup