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

Palestine (British Mandate)	1 — 3 (final score after 90 minutes)	Greece
Manager: 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: 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	1 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes)	Palestine (British Mandate)
Manager: 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: 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	11 — 1 (final score after 90 minutes)	Greece
Manager: 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: 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: Károly Dietz

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

Greece

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

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

Palestine, British Mandate

Head coach: Egon Pollak

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

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played			Club
MF	Jaroslav Bouček	November 13, 1912	1	0	90	90	-	Sparta Prague
DF	Jaroslav Burgr	March 7, 1906	2	0	180	90	90	Sparta Prague
DF	Josef Čtyřoký	September 30, 1906	1	0	90	90	-	Sparta Prague
DF	Ferdinand Daučík	May 30, 1910	1	0	90	-	90	SK Slavia Prague
FW	František Kloz	May 19, 1905	1	0	90	90	-	SK Kladno
MF	Karel Kolský	September 21, 1914	2	0	180	90	90	Sparta Prague
FW	Vlastimil Kopecký	October 14, 1912	1	0	90	90	-	SK Slavia Prague
MF	Josef Košťálek	August 31, 1909	2	0	180	90	90	Sparta Prague
MF	Arnošt Kreuz	March 14, 1910	1	0	90	-	90	SK Pardubice
FW	Josef Ludl	June 3, 1916	1	1	90	-	90	FK Viktoria Žižkov
FW	Oldřich Nejedlý	December 25, 1909	1	2	90	-	90	Sparta Prague
GK	František Plánička	June 2, 1904	1	0	90	-	90	SK Slavia Prague
FW	Ĺudovít Rado	July 27, 1914	1	0	90	-	90
FW	Jan Říha	November 11, 1915	2	1	180	90	90	Sparta Prague
FW	Oldřich Rulc	March 28, 1911	1	0	90	90	-	SK Židenice
FW	Ladislav Šimůnek	October 4, 1916	1	3	900	-	90	SK Slavia Prague
FW	Jiří Sobotka	June 6, 1911	1	0	90	90	-	SK Slavia Prague
GK	Vojtěch Věchet	June 2, 1904	1	0	90	90	-

Bulgaria

Head coach: Stanislav Toms

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

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