1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. France and the Bulgaria finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner (Bulgaria) qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup held in Chile.
Matches[]
25 September 1960 | Finland ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Helsinki, Finland |
Pahlman ![]() |
Report | Wisnieski ![]() Ujlaki ![]() |
Referee: Malka (West Germany) |
11 December 1960 | France ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Colombes, France |
Wisnieski ![]() Marcel ![]() Cossou ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 40,690 Referee: Bonetto (Italy) |
16 June 1961 | Finland ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Helsinki, Finland |
Report | Iliev ![]() Kolev ![]() |
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 11,977 Referee: Latyshev (Soviet Union) |
28 September 1961 | France ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | Paris, France |
Faivre ![]() Wisnieski ![]() Piantoni ![]() Schultz ![]() |
Report | Pahlman ![]() |
Referee: Dienst (Switzerland) |
29 October 1961 | Bulgaria ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Yakimov ![]() Diev ![]() Velichkov ![]() |
Report | Pietiläinen ![]() |
Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Baçar (Turkey) |
12 November 1961 | Bulgaria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Iliev ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Fend (Czechoslovakia) |
Bulgaria and France finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
16 December 1961 | Bulgaria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Milan, Italy |
Yakimov ![]() |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,740 Referee: Lo Bello (Italy) |
Bulgaria qualified for FIFA World Cup 1962 in Chile
Table[]
Final table | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ![]() |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
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1. | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | X | 3:0 | 5:1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2. | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | 1:0 | X | 3:1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
3. | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 0 | 1:2 | 0:2 | X | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Team stats[]
France[]
Head coach: Albert Batteux
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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MF | Pierre Barlaguet | 10 October 1931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | B | - | ![]() |
GK | Pierre Bernard | 27 June 1932 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | ![]() | |||
90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() | ||||||||||
MF | Henri Biancheri | 30 July 1932 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Guillaume Bieganski | 3 November 1932 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | B | ![]() |
DF | Richard Boucher | 1 March 1932 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
GK | Dominique Colonna | 4 September 1928 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | B | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Lucien Cossou | 29 January 1936 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
GK | 22 May 1933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | B | - | - | - | ![]() | |
FW | Fleury Di Nallo | 20 April 1943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Yvon Douis | 16 May 1935 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Jacques Faivre | 25 November 1932 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
MF | René Ferrier | 7 December 1936 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | B | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Just Fontaine | 18 August 1933 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Maxime Fulgenzi | 26 June 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | Roland Guillas | 23 September 1936 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | François Heutte | 21 February 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Raymond Kaelbel | 31 January 1932 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | B | - | ![]() |
FW | Casimir Koza | 27 January 1935 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | - | - | ![]() |
DF | André Lerond | 6 December 1930 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | François Ludo | 4 March 1930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Khennane Mahi | 21 October 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | Jean-Jacques Marcel | 13 June 1931 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | B | ![]() |
DF | Maryan Synakowski | 14 March 1936 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Lucien Muller | 3 September 1934 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Georges Peyroche | 27 January 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | Roger Piantoni | 26 December 1931 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
GK | François Remetter | 8 August 1928 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | B | ![]() |
DF | Bruno Rodzik | 29 May 1935 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
GK | 29 September 1931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | B | - | ![]() | |
FW | Ernest Schultz | 29 January 1931 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Guy Sénac | 13 March 1932 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Robert Siatka | 20 June 1934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | B | - | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Henri Skiba | 14 July 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
GK | Jean Taillandier | 22 January 1938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Richard Tylinski | 18 September 1937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Joseph Ujlaki | 10 August 1929 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Guy van Sam | 20 December 1935 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Jean Vincent | 29 November 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | B | ![]() |
DF | Jean Wendling | 29 April 1934 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Maryan Wisnieski | 1 February 1937 | 4 | 3 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | ![]() |
Bulgaria[]
Head coach: Georgi Pachedzhiev
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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MF | Stefan Abadzhiev | 3 July 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Spiro Debarski | 8 December 1933 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | Todor Diev | 28 September 1934 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Ivan Dimitrov | 14 May 1935 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Dimitar Dimov | 13 December 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Hristo Iliev | 11 May 1936 | 5 | 2 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Stoyan Kitov | 27 August 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Ivan Kolev | 1 November 1930 | 5 | 1 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Nikola Kovachev | 4 June 1934 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Dimitar Largov | 10 September 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Manol Manolov | 4 August 1925 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Vasil Metodiev | 6 January 1935 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
GK | Georgi Naydenov | 21 December 1931 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Kiril Rakarov | 24 May 1932 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Petar Velichkov | 8 August 1940 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Dimitar Yakimov | 12 August 1941 | 5 | 1 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Nikola Yordanov | 1938 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Dobromir Zhechev | 12 November 1942 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
Finland[]
Head coach: Aatos Lehtonen
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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DF | Matti Haahti | 8 June 1936 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Olli Heinonen | 7 January 1937 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Stig Holmqvist | 13 February 1936 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | Martti Hyvärinen | 6 November 1939 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
DF | Reijo Jalava | 18 February 1932 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Hannu Kankkonen | 26 January 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | |
DF | Raimo Lukander | 18 April 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Paavo Lyytikäinen | 14 April 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
GK | Carl-Gustaf Nabb | 9 September 1936 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Unto Nevalainen | 13 June 1935 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
DF | Antti Nieminen | 12 March 1928 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Arno Nordlund | 2 September 1935 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Semi Nuoranen | 14 December 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Kalevi Nupponen | 19 January 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Mauno Nurmi | 23 December 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Kai Pahlman | 8 July 1935 | 3 | 2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | Yrjö Pärnänen | 5 January 1931 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Juhani Peltonen | 16 June 1936 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Sauli Pietiläinen | 20 July 1941 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Nils Rikberg | 29 March 1928 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Aulis Rytkönen | 5 January 1929 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | ![]() | ||
90 | - | ![]() | ||||||||||
DF | Veijo Valtonen | 5 January 1936 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | ![]() |
GK | Anders Westerholm | 1 September 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
External links[]
Categories:
- 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
- 1960 in Finnish football
- 1961 in Finnish football
- 1960–61 in Bulgarian football
- Bulgaria at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
- 1960–61 in French football
- France at the 1962 FIFA World Cup