1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

The five teams (four of them played with Romania withdrawing) in this group played in a knockout stage on a home-and-away basis. The winner (Italy) qualified for the seventh FIFA World Cup held in Chile.

Matches[]

	First Round						Second Round						Final Round
	Italy
	bye
							Italy			w/o
							Romania (withdrew)
	Romania
	bye
													Italy	4	6	10
													Israel	2	0	2
	Ethiopia
	bye
							Ethiopia	0	2	2
							Israel	1	3	4
	Israel	1	6	7
	Cyprus	1	1	2

First round[]

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Israel advanced to the Second Round.

Second round[]

Romania withdrew, so Italy advanced to the Final Round automatically.

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Israel advanced to the Final Round.

Final round[]

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Italy qualified.

Team stats[]

 Italy[]

Head coach: Giovanni Ferrari

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on			Club
FW	José Altafini	24 August 1938	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	A.C. Milan
FW	Antonio Angelillo	5 September 1937	1	1	90	0	0	-	90	A.S. Roma
DF	Bruno Bolchi	21 February 1940	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Inter Milan
GK	Lorenzo Buffon	19 December 1929	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Inter Milan
MF	Mario Corso	25 August 1941	2	3	180	0	0	90	90	Inter Milan
MF	Francisco Lojacono	11 December 1935	1	1	90	0	0	90	-	A.S. Roma
DF	Giacomo Losi	10 September 1935	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	A.S. Roma
DF	Cesare Maldini	5 February 1932	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	A.C. Milan
MF	Bruno Mora	29 March 1937	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Juventus F.C.
DF	Enzo Robotti	13 June 1935	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Fiorentina
FW	Omar Sivori	2 October 1935	2	4	180	0	0	90	90	Juventus F.C.
MF	Giovanni Trapattoni	17 March 1939	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	A.C. Milan

 Israel[]

Head coach: Gyula Mándi

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
MF	Aharon Amar	1937	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	Maccabi Haifa F.C.
DF	Mordechai Benbinisti		6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Hapoel Jerusalem F.C.
FW	Yehoshua Glazer	29 December 1927	2	3	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
MF	Yosef Goldstein		3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	-	Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
DF	Yaacov Grundman		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.
GK	Ya'akov Hodorov	16 June 1927	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
FW	Boaz Kofman		1	1	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Hapoel Petah Tikva
FW	Shlomo Levi		4	3	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	Hapoel Haifa F.C.
DF	Amatsia Levkovich		6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
MF	Avraham Menchel	12 December 1935	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	90	Maccabi Haifa F.C.
DF	Zvi Moisescu	13 August 1939	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	Maccabi Netanya
MF	Shlomo Nahari		3	1	270	0	0	-	90	90	-	90	-	Hapoel Petah Tikva
DF	Shalom Peterburg		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva
FW	Zecharia Ratzabi		3	0	270	0	0	90	-	-	-	90	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva
FW	Danny Shmulevich-Rom	29 November 1940	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	90	Maccabi Haifa F.C.
FW	Nahum Stelmach	19 July 1936	5	4	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva
DF	Zvi Tendler		2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Hapoel Haifa F.C.
MF	Gideon Tish		5	0	450	0	0	90	-	90	90	90	90	Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
GK	Yaacov Visoker		4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	Hapoel Petah Tikva
DF	Uri Weinberg		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	Hapoel Haifa F.C.
FW	Roeben Young		3	1	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	Hapoel Haifa F.C.

 Ethiopia[]

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on			Club
DF			2	0	180	0	0	90	90
DF			2	0	180	0	0	90	90
DF			2	0	180	0	0	90	90
GK			2	0	180	0	0	90	90
DF			2	3	180	0	0	90	90
FW			2	1	180	0	0	90	90
FW			2	0	180	0	0	90	90
MF			2	0	180	0	0	90	90
MF			2	0	180	0	0	90	90
MF	Luciano Vassalo		2	1	180	0	0	90	90	Cotton Factory Club
FW	Mengistu Worku		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Saint George S.C.

 Cyprus[]

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on			Club
DF			2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Anorthosis
MF	Vasos Dimitriadis		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Nea Salamina
GK	Nikos Eleutheriadis		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Omonia Nicosia
DF			2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Anorthosis
MF	Panicos Krystallis	1942	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Apollon Limassol
DF			2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Pezoporikos Larnaca
FW			2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Omonia Nicosia
DF	Costas Panayiotou		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Omonia Nicosia
MF	Mihalis Shialis		2	2	180	0	0	90	90	Anorthosis
FW			1	0	90	0	0	90	-	Omonia Nicosia
			1	0	90	0	0	-	90	AEL Limassol
MF			2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Anorthosis

External links[]

• FIFA official page
• RSSSF - 1962 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup