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

Group 6

Hungary as the strongest team of this group was seeded. Greece and Palestine (British Mandate) 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

Palestine (British Mandate) vs Greece

Mandatory Palestine Palestine (British Mandate) 1 — 3
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Greece Greece
Manager: Austria 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: Greece 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 Palestine (British Mandate)

Greece Greece 1 — 0
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Mandatory Palestine Palestine (British Mandate)
Manager: Greece 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: Austria 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 Panz

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes:
?

Scorers:
-

Hungary vs Greece

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

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

 Greece

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

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

 Palestine, British Mandate

Head coach: Austria Egon Pollak

Pos. Player DoB Games
played		 Goals Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Greece Greece Club
DF Avraham Beit haLevi 1915 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Tel Aviv
FW Jerry Beit haLevi November 14, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Shuka Brashedski 1914 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Haifa
GK Israel Elsner 1909 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
MF Gdalyahu Fuchs 1911 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Haifa
FW Mila Ginzburg 1918 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
GK Julius Klein 1907 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Haifa
MF Yosef Libermann 1909 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Gaul Machlis 1918 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
MF Menahem Mirmovich 1919 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Peri Neufeld 1913 2 1 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Avraham Nudelmann 1910 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Tel Aviv
FW Natan Pentz 1917 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
DF Avraham Reznik 1909 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Yona Stern 1908 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Haifa
MF Yohanan Sukenik 1910 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Mandatory Palestine 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 Bulgaria 1 — 1
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Manager: Bulgaria 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: Czechoslovakia 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 Czechoslovakia 6 — 0
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Bulgaria Bulgaria
Manager: Czechoslovakia 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: Bulgaria 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: Czechoslovakia Josef Tesař (first match), Czechoslovakia Václav Meissner (second match)

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

 Bulgaria

Head coach: Bulgaria Stanislav Toms

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

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