1938 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 6/Group 7)

Main article: 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification
See also: 1938 FIFA World Cup

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Group 6

Hungary as the strongest team of this group was seeded. Greece and Eretz Yisrael would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. Hungary would play against the winner at home. The winner would qualify for the third FIFA World Cup held in France.

Matches

Eretz Yisrael vs Greece

Eretz Yisrael 1 — 3
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Greece
Manager: Egon Pollak

Team:
01 - GK - Julius Klein
02 - DF - Avraham Beit haLevi
03 - DF - Avraham Reznik (capt.)
04 - MF - Yosef Libermann
05 - MF - Yohanan Sukenik
06 - MF - Menahem Mirmovich
07 - FW - Mila Ginzburg
08 - FW - Shuka Brashedski
09 - FW - Peri Neufeld
10 - FW - Gaul Machlis
11 - FW - Avraham Nudelmann

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
1-2 Peri Neufeld (36')

Half-time:
1-2

Competition:
World Cup qualifier 1938
(Group 5)

Date:
Saturday
22 January 1938

Kick off:
3.30 p.m.

Venue:
Maccabiah Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance:
5000

Referee:
Mohamed Youssef  EGY

Assistants:
?

Match rules:
90 minutes
substitutes ?

 Manager: Kostas Negrepontis

Team:
01 - GK - Spyros Sklavounos
02 - DF - Georgios Gasparis
03 - DF - Georgios Papadopoulos
04 - MF - Anastassios Kritikos
05 - MF - Antonis Kasimatis sub 46'
06 - MF - Konstantinos Gikas
07 - FW - Antonis Migiakis (capt.)
08 - FW - Dimitris Baltatsis
09 - FW - Kleanthis Vikelidis
10 - FW - Kleanthis Maropoulos
11 - FW - Theologis Symeonidis

Substitutes:
12 - MF - Spyros Kontoulis on 46'

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
0-1 Kleanthis Vikelidis (15')
0-2 Kleanthis Vikelidis (30')
1-3 Antonis Migiakis (73')

Greece vs Eretz Yisrael

Greece 1 — 0
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Eretz Yisrael
Manager: Kostas Negrepontis

Team:
01 - GK - Spyros Sklavounos sub 15'
02 - DF - Georgios Gasparis
03 - DF - Georgios Papadopoulos
04 - MF - Anastassios Kritikos
05 - MF - Spyros Kontoulis
06 - MF - Konstantinos Gikas
07 - FW - Antonis Migiakis (capt.)
08 - FW - Spyros Depountis
09 - FW - Kleanthis Vikelidis
10 - FW - Kleanthis Maropoulos
11 - FW - Vassilis Manetas

Substitutes:
12 - GK - Nikolaos Sotiriadis on 15'

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
1-0 Kleanthis Vikelidis (86', pen.)

Half-time:
0-0

Competition:
World Cup qualifier 1938
(Group 5)

Date:
Sunday
20 February 1938

Kick off:
3 p.m.

Venue:
Leoforos Alexandras, Athens

Attendance:
12000

Referee:
Mika Popović  YUG

Assistants:
?

Match rules:
90 minutes
substitutes ?

 Manager: Egon Pollak

Team:
01 - GK - Israel Elsner
02 - DF - Avraham Beit haLevi
03 - DF - Avraham Reznik (capt.)
06 - MF - Yosef Libermann
05 - MF - Gdalyahu Fuchs
04 - MF - Menahem Mirmovich
08 - FW - Yona Stern
10 - FW - Jerry Beit haLevi
09 - FW - Peri Neufeld
07 - FW - Gaul Machlis
11 - FW - Natan Pentz

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
-

Hungary vs Greece

Hungary 11 — 1
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Greece
Manager: Károly Dietz

Team:
01 - GK - József Háda
02 - DF - Lajos Korányi
03 - DF - Sándor Bíró
04 - MF - Gyula Lázár
05 - MF - György Szűcs
06 - MF - István Balogh
07 - FW - Ferenc Sas
08 - FW - Jenő Vincze
09 - FW - József Nemes
10 - FW - Gyula Zsengellér
11 - FW - Pál Titkos

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
1-0 Gyula Zsengellér (15')
2-0 Pál Titkos (18')
3-0 Gyula Zsengellér (23', pen.)
4-0 Gyula Zsengellér (25')
5-0 Jenő Vincze (30')
6-0 József Nemes (37')
7-0 József Nemes (41')
8-0 József Nemes (51')
9-0 Gyula Zsengellér (67')
10-0 Pál Titkos (82')
11-0 Gyula Zsengellér (85')

Half-time:
7-0

Competition:
World Cup qualifier 1938
(Group 5)

Date:
Friday
25 March 1938

Kick off:
3 p.m.

Venue:
Hungária Stadion, Budapest

Attendance:
14000

Referee:
Denis Xifando  ROM

Assistants:
?

Match rules:
90 minutes
substitutes ?

 Manager: John Buckett

Team:
01 - GK - Spyros Sklavounos
02 - DF - Nikos Tsaganias
03 - DF - Georgios Papadopoulos
04 - MF - Kimonas Deligiannis
05 - MF - Spyros Kontoulis
06 - MF - Konstantinos Gikas
07 - FW - Antonis Migiakis (capt.)
08 - FW - Kleanthis Maropoulos
09 - FW - Kleanthis Vikelidis
10 - FW - Lefteris Makris
11 - FW - Kostas Christodoulou

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
11-1 Lefteris Makris (90')

Team stats

 Hungary

Head coach: Károly Dietz

Pos. Player DoB Games
played		 Goals Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Club
MF István Balogh September 21, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 90 Újpest FC
DF Sándor Bíró August 19, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungária FC
GK József Háda March 2, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 Ferencvárosi FC
DF Lajos Korányi May 15, 1907 1 0 90 0 0 90 Ferencvárosi FC
MF Gyula Lázár January 24, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 Ferencvárosi FC
FW József Nemes 1914 1 3 90 0 0 90 Kispesti FC
FW Ferenc Sas 1915 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungária FC
MF György Szűcs April 23, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 90 Újpest FC
FW Pál Titkos January 8, 1908 1 2 90 0 0 90 Hungária FC
FW Jenő Vincze November 20, 1908 1 1 90 0 0 90 Újpest FC
FW Gyula Zsengellér December 27, 1915 1 5 90 0 0 90 Újpest FC

 Greece

Head coach: Kostas Negrepontis (first and second match); John Buckett (third match)

Pos. Player DoB Games
played		 Goals Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Club
FW Dimitris Baltatsis 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - Panathinaikos FC
FW Kostas Christodoulou 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 Panathinaikos FC
MF Kimonas Deligiannis 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 Apollon Smyrnis
FW Spyros Depountis 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - Olympiacos FC
DF Georgios Gasparis 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - AEK Athens FC
MF Konstantinos Gikas 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 Apollon Smyrnis
MF Antonis Kasimatis 1 0 45 1 0 45 - - Olympiacos FC
MF Spyros Kontoulis 3 0 225 0 1 45 90 90 AEK Athens FC
MF Anastassios Kritikos 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - Panathinaikos FC
FW Lefteris Makris 1 1 90 0 0 - - 90 Asteras Zografou
FW Vassilis Manetas 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - AEK Athens FC
FW Kleanthis Maropoulos 1919 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 AEK Athens FC
FW Antonis Migiakis 1911 3 2 270 0 0 90 90 90 Panathinaikos FC
DF Georgios Papadopoulos 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 AEK Athens FC
GK Spyros Sklavounos 1912 3 0 195 1 0 90 15 90 Panathinaikos FC
GK Nikolaos Sotiriadis 1 0 75 0 1 - 75 - PAOK FC
FW Theologis Symeonidis 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - Olympiacos FC
DF Nikos Tsaganias 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 Iraklis F.C.
FW Kleanthis Vikelidis 1916 3 3 270 0 0 90 90 90 Aris Thessaloniki F.C.

 Eretz Yisrael

Head coach: Egon Pollak

Pos. Player DoB Games
played		 Goals Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Club
DF Avraham Beit haLevi 1915 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Hapoel Tel Aviv
FW Jerry Beit haLevi November 14, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Shuka Brashedski 1914 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Hapoel Haifa
GK Israel Elsner 1909 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv
MF Gdalyahu Fuchs 1911 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Hapoel Haifa
FW Mila Ginzburg 1918 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Maccabi Tel Aviv
GK Julius Klein 1907 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Hapoel Haifa
MF Yosef Libermann 1909 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Gaul Machlis 1918 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv
MF Menahem Mirmovich 1919 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Peri Neufeld 1913 2 1 180 0 0 90 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Avraham Nudelmann 1910 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Hapoel Tel Aviv
FW Natan Pentz 1917 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv
DF Avraham Reznik 1909 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Yona Stern 1908 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Hapoel Haifa
MF Yohanan Sukenik 1910 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Hapoel Tel Aviv

Group 7

The two teams in this group would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify for the third FIFA World Cup held in France.

Matches

Bulgaria vs Czechoslovakia

Bulgaria 1 — 1
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Czechoslovakia
Manager: Stanislav Toms

Team:
01 - GK - Konstantin Maznikov
02 - DF - Anastas Kovachev
03 - DF - Georgi Balkchiev
04 - MF - Ljubomir Petrov
05 - MF - Panayot Stefanov
06 - MF - Borislav Gabrovski
07 - FW - Nikola Nikolov
08 - FW - Ljubomir Angelov (capt.)
09 - FW - Krum Milev
10 - FW - Georgi Pachedzhiev
11 - FW - Borislav Kamenski

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
1-1 Georgi Pachedzhiev (89', pen.)

Half-time:
0-1

Competition:
World Cup qualifier 1938
(Group 6)

Date:
Sunday
7 November 1937

Kick off:
?

Venue:
Junak Stadium, Sofia

Attendance:
15000

Referee:
Rinaldo Barlassina  ITA

Assistants:
?

Match rules:
90 minutes
substitutes ?

 Manager: Josef Tesař

Team:
01 - GK - Vojtěch Věchet
02 - DF - Jaroslav Burgr (capt.)
03 - DF - Josef Čtyřoký
04 - MF - Josef Košťálek
05 - MF - Jaroslav Bouček
06 - MF - Karel Kolský
07 - FW - Jan Říha
08 - FW - František Kloz
09 - FW - Jiří Sobotka
10 - FW - Vlastimil Kopecký
11 - FW - Oldřich Rulc

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
0-1 Jan Říha (44')

Czechoslovakia vs Bulgaria

Czechoslovakia 6 — 0
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Bulgaria
Manager: Václav Meissner

Team:
01 - GK - František Plánička (capt.)
02 - DF - Jaroslav Burgr
03 - DF - Ferdinand Daučík
04 - MF - Josef Košťálek
05 - MF - Arnošt Kreuz
06 - MF - Karel Kolský
07 - FW - Jan Říha
08 - FW - Josef Ludl
09 - FW - Ladislav Šimůnek
10 - FW - Oldřich Nejedlý
11 - FW - Ĺudovít Rado

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
1-0 Ladislav Šimůnek (21')
2-0 Oldřich Nejedlý (57')
3-0 Josef Ludl (73')
4-0 Oldřich Nejedlý (77')
5-0 Ladislav Šimůnek (79')
6-0 Ladislav Šimůnek (89')

Half-time:
1-0

Competition:
World Cup qualifier 1938
(Group 6)

Date:
Sunday
24 April 1938

Kick off:
?

Venue:
Sparta Stadion, Prague

Attendance:
28000

Referee:
Pál von Herczka  HUN

Assistants:
?

Match rules:
90 minutes
substitutes ?

 Manager: Stanislav Toms

Team:
01 - GK - Konstantin Maznikov
02 - DF - Nikola Nikolov
03 - DF - Georgi Balkchiev
04 - MF - Ljubomir Petrov
05 - MF - Panayot Stefanov
06 - MF - Borislav Gabrovski (capt.)
07 - FW - Ljubomir Angelov
08 - FW - Mihail Lozanov
09 - FW - Stefan Kalchev
10 - FW - Georgi Pachedzhiev
11 - FW - Vuchko Yordanov

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
-

NOTE: Ĺudovít Rado missed a penalty.

Team stats

 Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Josef Tesař (first match), Václav Meissner (second match)

Pos. Player DoB Games
played		 Goals Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Club
MF Jaroslav Bouček November 13, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Sparta Prague
DF Jaroslav Burgr March 7, 1906 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Sparta Prague
DF Josef Čtyřoký September 30, 1906 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Sparta Prague
DF Ferdinand Daučík May 30, 1910 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 SK Slavia Prague
FW František Kloz May 19, 1905 1 0 90 0 0 90 - SK Kladno
MF Karel Kolský September 21, 1914 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Sparta Prague
FW Vlastimil Kopecký October 14, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 90 - SK Slavia Prague
MF Josef Košťálek August 31, 1909 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Sparta Prague
MF Arnošt Kreuz March 14, 1910 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 SK Pardubice
FW Josef Ludl June 3, 1916 1 1 90 0 0 - 90 FK Viktoria Žižkov
FW Oldřich Nejedlý December 25, 1909 1 2 90 0 0 - 90 Sparta Prague
GK František Plánička June 2, 1904 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 SK Slavia Prague
FW Ĺudovít Rado July 27, 1914 1 0 90 0 0 - 90
FW Jan Říha November 11, 1915 2 1 180 0 0 90 90 Sparta Prague
FW Oldřich Rulc March 28, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 - SK Židenice
FW Ladislav Šimůnek October 4, 1916 1 3 900 0 0 - 90 SK Slavia Prague
FW Jiří Sobotka June 6, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 - SK Slavia Prague
GK Vojtěch Věchet June 2, 1904 1 0 90 0 0 90 -

 Bulgaria

Head coach: Stanislav Toms

Pos. Player DoB Games
played		 Goals Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Club
FW Ljubomir Angelov October 4, 1912 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 AC-23
DF Georgi Balkchiev 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 AC-23
MF Borislav Gabrovski January 30, 1910 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 PFC Levski Sofia
FW Stefan Kalchev 1915 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Ticha Varna
FW Borislav Kamenski 1 0 90 0 0 90 - FK 13
DF Anastas Kovachev 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 - PFC Slavia Sofia
FW Mihail Lozanov 1 0 90 0 0 - 90
GK Konstantin Maznikov 1904 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 PFC Levski Sofia
FW Krum Milev June 11, 1915 1 0 90 0 0 90 - PFC Slavia Sofia
FW Nikola Nikolov January 25, 1908 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 PFC Levski Sofia
FW Georgi Pachedzhiev March 1, 1916 2 1 180 0 0 90 90 AC-23
MF Ljubomir Petrov 2 0 180 0 0 90 90
MF Panayot Stefanov 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 PFC Slavia Sofia
FW Vuchko Yordanov 1915 1 0 90 0 0 - 90

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