1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 6)

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. Poland and the Soviet Union finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner Soviet Union qualified for the sixth FIFA World Cup held in Sweden.

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.	Soviet Union	4	3	0	1	16	3	+13	6		X	3:0	2:1		2	2	0	0	5	1	4	2	1	0	1	11	2	2
2.	Poland	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	6		2:1	X	4:0		2	2	0	0	6	1	4	2	1	0	1	3	4	2
3.	Finland	4	0	0	4	2	19	-17	0		0:10	1:3	X		2	0	0	2	1	13	0	2	0	0	2	1	6	0

Team stats

 Soviet Union

Head coach: Gavriil Kachalin

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on						Club
GK	Vladimir Belyayev	September 15, 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	FC Dynamo Moscow
FW	Genrich Fedosov	December 6, 1932	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	FC Dynamo Moscow
FW	Viktor Fomin	January 13, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	FC Dynamo Kyiv
FW	Anatoli Ilyin	June 27, 1931	3	3	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	-	FC Spartak Moscow
FW	Anatoli Isayev	July 14, 1932	3	2	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	FC Spartak Moscow
FW	Valentin Ivanov	November 19, 1934	3	1	270	0	0	90	-	-	90	90	FC Torpedo Moscow
DF	Vladimir Kesarev	February 26, 1930	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	FC Dynamo Moscow
FW	Yury Kovalyov	February 6, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	FC Lokomotiv Moscow
DF	Konstantin Krizhevsky	February 20, 1926	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	FC Dynamo Moscow
DF	Boris Kuznetsov	July 14, 1928	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	FC Dynamo Moscow
GK	Oleg Makarov	July 26, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	FC Dynamo Kyiv
DF	Anatoli Maslyonkin	June 29, 1930	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	FC Spartak Moscow
MF	Igor Netto	January 9, 1930	5	2	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	FC Spartak Moscow
DF	Mikhail Ogonkov	June 24, 1932	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	FC Spartak Moscow
MF	Aleksei Paramonov	February 21, 1925	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	FC Spartak Moscow
FW	Nikita Simonyan	October 12, 1926	4	4	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	FC Spartak Moscow
FW	Eduard Streltsov	July 21, 1937	5	3	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	FC Torpedo Moscow
FW	Boris Tatushin	March 31, 1933	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	FC Spartak Moscow
MF	Yuri Voinov	November 29, 1931	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	FC Dynamo Kyiv
GK	Lev Yashin	October 22, 1929	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	-	90	90	FC Spartak Moscow

 Poland

Head coach: Henryk Reyman

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on						Club
FW	Krzysztof Baszkiewicz	February 17, 1933	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	B	-	90	Gwardia Warszawa
FW	Lucjan Brychczy	June 13, 1934	3	2	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	Legia Warszawa
FW	Gerard Cieślik	April 29, 1927	3	2	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	Ruch Chorzów
FW	Czesław Ciupa	August 2, 1935	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	Legia Warszawa
DF	Stefan Florenski	December 17, 1933	3	0	270	0	0	B	-	90	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
MF	Ginter Gawlik	December 5, 1930	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	B	Górnik Zabrze
GK	Henryk Gronowski	1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	B	90	B	Lechia Gdańsk
DF	Henryk Grzybowski	July 17, 1934	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-	-	90	Legia Warszawa
FW	Edward Jankowski	January 9, 1930	4	4	360	0	0	B	90	90	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
FW	Henryk Kempny	January 24, 1934	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	Legia Warszawa
MF	Roman Korynt	October 12, 1929	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	Lechia Gdańsk
FW	Roman Lentner	December 15, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	B	Górnik Zabrze
DF	Bolesław Lewandowski	1935	1	0	90	0	0	90	B	-	-	-	Gwardia Warszawa
GK	Józef Machnik	August 29, 1931	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	Górnik Zabrze
FW	Horst Mahseli	June 20, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	Legia Warszawa
FW	Helmut Nowak	January 20, 1938	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	Szombierki Bytom
FW	Ernest Pol	November 3, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	B	90	-	-	B	Górnik Zabrze
GK	Tomasz Stefaniszyn	March 16, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	B	-	B	90	Gwardia Warszawa
MF	Marceli Strzykalski	February 19, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	B	-	B	90	B	Legia Warszawa
DF	Zbigniew Szarzyński	December 7, 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	Gwardia Warszawa
FW	Henryk Szczepański	October 7, 1933	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	-	ŁKS Łódź
FW	Henryk Szymborski	January 18, 1931	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	-	ŁKS Łódź
GK	Edward Szymkowiak	February 13, 1932	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	Polonia Bytom
DF	Jerzy Woźniak	December 27, 1932	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	Legia Warszawa
MF/FW	Edmund Zientara	January 25, 1929	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	Legia Warszawa

 Finland

Head coach: Kurt Weinreich

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
DF	Matti Haahti	June 8, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Ilves-Kissat
MF	Kauko Hakkarainen	December 30, 1932	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	KuPS
DF	Erkki Harell	March 12, 1930	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	/2[1] RU-38 Pori
MF	Olli Heinonen	January 7, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Ilves-Kissat
MF	Martti Järvinen	September 21, 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Helsingin Palloseura
GK	Matti Jokinen	November 8, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Drott Pietarsaari
MF	Hannu Kankkonen	January 26, 1934	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	/2[1] HIFK
GK	Matti Kannas	September 25, 1928	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	HJK Helsinki
MF	Markku Kumpulampi	May 21, 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	FC Haka
FW	Olavi Lahtinen	January 5, 1929	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	HJK Helsinki
DF	Alpo Lintamo	March 19, 1933	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	HPS Helsinki
FW	Stig-Göran Myntti	August 6, 1925	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	/2[1] Vasa IFK
MF	Unto Nevalainen	June 13, 1935	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	/2[1] HIFK
MF	Kai Pahlman	July 8, 1935	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	HPS Helsinki
FW	Juhani Peltonen	June 16, 1936	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	FC Haka
DF	Aimo Pulkkinen	June 14, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	FC Haka
DF	Aimo Sommarberg	August 11, 1931	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	KPV
MF	Sven-Erik Sundberg	November 9, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	KIF Helsinki
MF	Mauri Vanhanen	June 1, 1931	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	KTP Kotka
MF	Ossi Vilppunen	March 10, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	FC Lahti

External links

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