1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

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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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	4	3	0	1	16	3	5.333	6	Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup		—	3–0	2–1
2	Poland	4	3	0	1	9	5	1.800	6			2–1	—	4–0
3	Finland	4	0	0	4	2	19	0.105	0			0–10	1–3	—

Matches[]

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Poland and USSR finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Team stats[]

 Soviet Union[]

Head coach: Gavriil Kachalin

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on						Club
GK	Vladimir Belyayev	15 September 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	FC Dynamo Moscow
FW	Genrich Fedosov	6 December 1932	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	FC Dynamo Moscow
FW	Viktor Fomin	13 January 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	FC Dynamo Kyiv
FW	Anatoli Ilyin	27 June 1931	3	3	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	-	FC Spartak Moscow
FW	Anatoli Isayev	14 July 1932	3	2	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	FC Spartak Moscow
FW	Valentin Ivanov	19 November 1934	3	1	270	0	0	90	-	-	90	90	FC Torpedo Moscow
DF	Vladimir Kesarev	26 February 1930	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	FC Dynamo Moscow
FW	Yury Kovalyov	6 February 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	FC Lokomotiv Moscow
DF	Konstantin Krizhevsky	20 February 1926	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	FC Dynamo Moscow
DF	Boris Kuznetsov	14 July 1928	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	FC Dynamo Moscow
GK	Oleg Makarov	26 July 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	FC Dynamo Kyiv
DF	Anatoli Maslyonkin	29 June 1930	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	FC Spartak Moscow
MF	Igor Netto	9 January 1930	5	2	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	FC Spartak Moscow
DF	Mikhail Ogonkov	24 June 1932	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	FC Spartak Moscow
MF	Aleksei Paramonov	21 February 1925	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	FC Spartak Moscow
FW	Nikita Simonyan	12 October 1926	4	4	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	FC Spartak Moscow
FW	Eduard Streltsov	21 July 1937	5	3	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	FC Torpedo Moscow
FW	Boris Tatushin	31 March 1933	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	FC Spartak Moscow
MF	Yuri Voinov	29 November 1931	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	FC Dynamo Kyiv
GK	Lev Yashin	22 October 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	17 February 1933	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	B	-	90	Gwardia Warszawa
FW	Lucjan Brychczy	13 June 1934	3	2	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	Legia Warszawa
FW	Gerard Cieślik	29 April 1927	3	2	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	Ruch Chorzów
FW	Czesław Ciupa	2 August 1935	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	Legia Warszawa
DF	Stefan Florenski	17 December 1933	3	0	270	0	0	B	-	90	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
MF	Ginter Gawlik	5 December 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	17 July 1934	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	-	-	90	Legia Warszawa
FW	Edward Jankowski	9 January 1930	4	4	360	0	0	B	90	90	90	90	Górnik Zabrze
FW	Henryk Kempny	24 January 1934	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	Legia Warszawa
MF	Roman Korynt	12 October 1929	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	Lechia Gdańsk
FW	Roman Lentner	15 December 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	29 August 1931	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	Górnik Zabrze
FW	Horst Mahseli	20 June 1934	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	Legia Warszawa
FW	Helmut Nowak	20 January 1938	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	Szombierki Bytom
FW	Ernest Pol	3 November 1932	1	0	90	0	0	B	90	-	-	B	Górnik Zabrze
GK	Tomasz Stefaniszyn	16 March 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	B	-	B	90	Gwardia Warszawa
MF	Marceli Strzykalski	19 February 1931	1	0	90	0	0	B	-	B	90	B	Legia Warszawa
DF	Zbigniew Szarzyński	7 December 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	Gwardia Warszawa
FW	Henryk Szczepański	7 October 1933	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	-	ŁKS Łódź
FW	Henryk Szymborski	18 January 1931	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	-	ŁKS Łódź
GK	Edward Szymkowiak	13 February 1932	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	Polonia Bytom
DF	Jerzy Woźniak	27 December 1932	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	Legia Warszawa
MF/FW	Edmund Zientara	25 January 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	8 June 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Ilves-Kissat
MF	Kauko Hakkarainen	30 December 1932	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	KuPS
DF	Erkki Harell	12 March 1930	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	/2[1] RU-38 Pori
MF	Olli Heinonen	7 January 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Ilves-Kissat
MF	Martti Järvinen	21 September 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Helsingin Palloseura
GK	Matti Jokinen	8 November 1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Drott Pietarsaari
MF	Hannu Kankkonen	26 January 1934	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	/2[1] HIFK
GK	Matti Kannas	25 September 1928	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	HJK Helsinki
MF	Markku Kumpulampi	21 May 1939	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	FC Haka
FW	Olavi Lahtinen	5 January 1929	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	HJK Helsinki
DF	Alpo Lintamo	19 March 1933	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	HPS Helsinki
FW	Stig-Göran Myntti	6 August 1925	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	/2[1] Vasa IFK
MF	Unto Nevalainen	13 June 1935	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	/2[1] HIFK
MF	Kai Pahlman	8 July 1935	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	HPS Helsinki
FW	Juhani Peltonen	16 June 1936	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	FC Haka
DF	Aimo Pulkkinen	14 June 1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	FC Haka
DF	Aimo Sommarberg	11 August 1931	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	KPV
MF	Sven-Erik Sundberg	9 November 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	KIF Helsinki
MF	Mauri Vanhanen	1 June 1931	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	KTP Kotka
MF	Ossi Vilppunen	10 March 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	FC Lahti

External links[]

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