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1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

FieldValue
tourney_name1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
dates30 September 1956 - 5 February 1958
num_teams27
confederations1
matches54
goals228
attendance2784921
top_scorerTommy Taylor [8 goals]
prevseason[1954](1954-fifa-world-cup-qualification)
nextseason[1962](1962-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.

Format

Sweden, the hosts of the World Cup, and West Germany, the defending champions, qualified automatically for the final tournament. The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the group winners qualified. One runner-up was randomly drawn for the CAF/AFC-UEFA play-off. East Germany, Iceland and the Soviet Union and took part for the first time. Albania were the only UEFA member not to enter.

Summary

Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 6Group 7Group 8Group 9

Groups

Group 1

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Group 2

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Group 3

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Group 4

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Group 5

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Group 6

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Group 7

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Group 8

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Group 9

Main article: 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

Inter-confederation play-off

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

Qualified Teams

The following 12 countries qualified for the 1958 FIFA World Cup

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup[1](1)
3 ([1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup))
3 ([1934](1934-fifa-world-cup)**[2](2)**, [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup)**[2](2)**, **[1954](1954-fifa-world-cup)**)
2 ([1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup))
4 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), *[1938](1938-fifa-world-cup)*, [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup))
3 ([1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup))
3 ([1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup))
2 ([1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup))
0 (debut)
3 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup))
0 (debut)
1 ([1954](1954-fifa-world-cup))
0 (debut)

:1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. :2Competed as Germany

Goalscorers

;8 goals

  • ENG Tommy Taylor

;7 goals

  • FRA Thadée Cisowski

;5 goals

  • SCO Jackie Mudie

;4 goals

  • BEL Paul Vandenberg
  • TCH Tadeusz Kraus
  • ENG John Atyeo
  • HUN Ferenc Machos
  • POL Edward Jankowski
  • URS Nikita Simonyan
  • ESP Ladislao Kubala

;3 goals

  • AUT Gerhard Hanappi
  • BEL Maurice Willems
  • BUL Hristo Iliev
  • FRA Jean Vincent
  • IRL Dermot Curtis
  • NED Abe Lenstra
  • NED Noud van Melis
  • NIR Jimmy McIlroy
  • URS Anatoli Ilyin
  • URS Eduard Streltsov
  • WAL Des Palmer
  • YUG Muhamed Mujić

;2 goals

  • AUT Hans Buzek
  • AUT Theodor Wagner
  • BEL Henri Coppens
  • BEL Victor Mees
  • BEL Richard Orlans
  • BUL Georgi Dimitrov
  • BUL Panayot Panayotov
  • DEN Ove Bech Nielsen
  • GDR Günther Wirth
  • ENG Duncan Edwards
  • FRA Célestin Oliver
  • FRA Roger Piantoni
  • FRA Joseph Ujlaki
  • HUN Lajos Csordás
  • HUN Nándor Hidegkuti
  • ISL Ríkharður Jónsson
  • ISL Þórður Jónsson
  • ISL Þórður Þórðarson
  • ITA Guido Gratton
  • NED Cor van der Gijp
  • NOR Harald Hennum
  • POL Lucjan Brychczy
  • POL Gerard Cieślik
  • POR Manuel Vasques
  • ROU Alexandru Ene
  • URS Anatoli Isayev
  • URS Igor Netto
  • ESP Estanislao Basora
  • ESP Alfredo di Stéfano
  • ESP Luis Suárez Miramontes
  • SUI Josef Hügi
  • SUI Roger Vonlanthen
  • WAL Ivor Allchurch
  • WAL Cliff Jones
  • YUG Miloš Milutinović

;1 goal

  • AUT Robert Dienst
  • AUT Walter Haummer
  • AUT Karl Koller
  • AUT Ernst Kozlicek
  • AUT Helmut Senekowitsch
  • AUT Karl Stotz
  • AUT Otto Walzhofer
  • BEL André van Herpe
  • BEL Denis Houf
  • BEL André Piters
  • BUL Spiro Debarski
  • BUL Todor Diev
  • BUL Ivan Petkov Kolev
  • BUL Krum Yanev
  • TCH Vlastimil Bubník
  • TCH Pavol Molnár
  • TCH Anton Moravčík
  • TCH Ladislav Novák
  • DEN Aage Rou Jensen
  • DEN John Jensen
  • GDR Manfred Kaiser
  • GDR Helmut Müller
  • GDR Willy Tröger
  • ENG Johnny Haynes
  • FIN Olavi Lahtinen
  • FIN Mauri Vanhanen
  • FRA Said Brahimi
  • FRA René Dereuddre
  • FRA Maryan Wisnieski
  • GRE Kostas Nestoridis
  • GRE Vaggelis Panakis
  • HUN József Bozsik
  • HUN Károly Sándor
  • HUN Lajos Tichy
  • IRL George Cummins
  • IRL Johnny Gavin
  • IRL Alf Ringstead
  • ITA Sergio Cervato
  • ITA Dino da Costa
  • ITA Gino Pivatelli
  • LUX Jean-Pierre Fiedler
  • LUX Johnny Halsdorf
  • LUX Léon Letsch
  • NED Toon Brusselers
  • NED Coen Dillen
  • NED Kees Rijvers
  • NED Servaas Wilkes
  • NIR Billy Bingham
  • NIR Tommy Casey
  • NIR Wilbur Cush
  • NIR Billy Simpson
  • NOR Kjell Kristiansen
  • POL Ginter Gawlik
  • POR Matateu
  • POR António Dias Teixeira
  • ROU Cornel Cacoveanu
  • ROU Titus Ozon
  • ROU Iosif Petschovsky
  • ROU Nicolae Tătaru
  • SCO John Hewie
  • SCO Tommy Ring
  • SCO Archie Robertson
  • SCO Alex Scott
  • SCO Gordon Smith
  • URS Genrich Fedosov
  • URS Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
  • URS Boris Tatushin
  • URS Yuri Voinov
  • ESP Miguel González
  • ESP Enrique Mateos
  • SUI Robert Ballaman
  • SUI Ferdinando Riva
  • WAL Dave Bowen
  • WAL Mel Charles
  • WAL Roy Vernon
  • YUG Dobrosav Krstić
  • YUG Aleksandar Petaković

;1 own goal

  • NOR Edgar Falch (playing against Hungary)
  • WAL Ray Daniel (playing against Czechoslovakia)

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