1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 2)

Qualification for the 1962 FIFA World Cup
UEFA
	Group 1
	Group 2
	Group 3
	Group 4
	Group 5
	Group 6
	Group 7
	Group 8
	Group 9
	Group 10
CONMEBOL
	Group 1
	Group 2
	Group 3
CCCF/NAFC
	Group 1
	Group 2
	Group 3
	Final

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 seventh FIFA World Cup held in Chile.

Matches

Finland  v  France

25 September 1960	Finland	1 – 2	France	Helsinki, Finland
	Pahlman  36' (pen.)	Report	Wisnieski  63' Ujlaki  83'	Referee: Malka (West Germany)

France  v  Bulgaria

11 December 1960	France	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Colombes, France
	Wisnieski  48' Marcel  58' Cossou  80'	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 40,690 Referee: Bonetto (Italy)

Finland  v  Bulgaria

16 June 1961	Finland	0 – 2	Bulgaria	Helsinki, Finland
		Report	Iliev  33' Kolev  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 11,977 Referee: Latyshev (Soviet Union)

France  v  Finland

28 September 1961	France	5 – 1	Finland	Paris, France
	Faivre  6', 41' Wisnieski  12' Piantoni  79' Schultz  86'	Report	Pahlman  44'	Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)

Bulgaria  v  Finland

29 October 1961	Bulgaria	3 – 1	Finland	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Yakimov  28' Diev  34' Velichkov  86'	Report	Pietiläinen  10'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Baçar (Turkey)

Bulgaria  v  France

12 November 1961	Bulgaria	1 – 0	France	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Iliev  89'	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.

Bulgaria  v  France

16 December 1961	Bulgaria	1 – 0	France	Milan, Italy
	Yakimov  47'	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						Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	France	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.	Bulgaria	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.	Finland	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						Club
MF	Pierre Barlaguet	October 10, 1931	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	-	Nîmes Olympique
GK	Pierre Bernard	June 27, 1932	4	0	360	0	0	-	90				UA Sedan-Torcy
										90	90	90	Nîmes Olympique
MF	Henri Biancheri	July 30, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	AS Monaco
DF	Guillaume Bieganski	November 3, 1932	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	B	RC Lens
DF	Richard Boucher	March 1, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	Toulouse FC
GK	Dominique Colonna	September 4, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	B	-	-	Stade Reims
MF	Lucien Cossou	January 29, 1936	1	1	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	AS Monaco
GK	Robert Devis	May 22, 1933	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	Angers SCO
FW	Fleury Di Nallo	April 20, 1943	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	-	Olympique Lyonnais
MF	Yvon Douis	May 16, 1935	1	0	90	0	0	B	90	-	-	-	Le Havre AC
FW	Jacques Faivre	November 25, 1932	1	2	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	AS Saint-Étienne
MF	René Ferrier	December 7, 1936	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	B	90	90	AS Saint-Étienne
FW	Just Fontaine	August 18, 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	-	Stade Reims
FW	Maxime Fulgenzi	June 26, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	UA Sedan-Torcy
MF	Roland Guillas	September 23, 1936	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	90	-	AS Saint-Étienne
FW	François Heutte	February 21, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	-	90	Racing Club de Paris
DF	Raymond Kaelbel	January 31, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	B	-	AS Monaco
FW	Casimir Koza	January 27, 1935	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	-	RC Strasbourg
DF	André Lerond	December 6, 1930	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	Stade Français
DF	François Ludo	March 4, 1930	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	-	AS Monaco
FW	Khennane Mahi	October 21, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	Stade Rennais FC
MF	Jean-Jacques Marcel	June 13, 1931	2	1	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	B	Racing Club de Paris
DF	Maryan	March 14, 1936	1	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	UA Sedan-Torcy
MF	Lucien Muller	September 3, 1934	3	0	270	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	Stade Reims
FW	Georges Peyroche	January 27, 1937	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	B	90	-	AS Saint-Étienne
MF	Roger Piantoni	December 26, 1931	2	1	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	Stade Reims
GK	François Remetter	August 8, 1928	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	B	RC Strasbourg
DF	Bruno Rodzik	May 29, 1935	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	Stade Reims
GK	Alexandre Roszak	September 29, 1931	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	-	UA Sedan-Torcy
FW	Ernest Schultz	January 29, 1931	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	-	Toulouse FC
DF	Guy Sénac	March 13, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	B	90	-	-	-	Racing Club de Paris
DF	Robert Siatka	June 20, 1934	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	Stade Reims
FW	Henri Skiba	July 14, 1927	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	Stade Français
GK	Jean Taillandier	January 22, 1938	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	Racing Club de Paris
DF	Richard Tylinski	September 18, 1937	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	AS Saint-Étienne
MF	Joseph Ujlaki	August 10, 1929	1	1	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	Racing Club de Paris
MF	Guy van Sam	December 20, 1935	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	Racing Club de Paris
FW	Jean Vincent	November 29, 1930	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	B	Stade Reims
DF	Jean Wendling	April 29, 1934	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	Stade Reims
FW	Maryan Wisnieski	February 1, 1937	4	3	360	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	RC Lens

 Bulgaria

Head coach: Georgi Pachedzhiev

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on						Club
MF	Stefan Abadzhiev	July 3, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	FD Levski Sofia
FW	Spiro Debarski	December 8, 1933	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	FD Lokomotiv Sofia
MF	Todor Diev	September 28, 1934	4	1	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	FC Spartak Plovdiv
DF	Ivan Dimitrov	May 14, 1935	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	FD Lokomotiv Sofia
DF	Dimitar Dimov	December 13, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	FC Spartak Plovdiv
FW	Hristo Iliev	May 11, 1936	5	2	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	FD Levski Sofia
DF	Stoyan Kitov	August 27, 1938	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	Spartak Sofia
FW	Ivan Kolev	November 1, 1930	5	1	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	CDNA Sofia
MF	Nikola Kovachev	June 4, 1934	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	CDNA Sofia
DF	Dimitar Largov	September 10, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	FD Slavia Sofia
DF	Manol Manolov	August 4, 1925	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	90	-	-	CDNA Sofia
DF	Vasil Metodiev	January 6, 1935	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	-	90	90	PFC Lokomotiv Sofia
GK	Georgi Naydenov	December 21, 1931	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	CDNA Sofia
DF	Kiril Rakarov	May 24, 1932	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	90	CDNA Sofia
FW	Petar Velichkov	August 8, 1940	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	90	-	90	FD Slavia Sofia
FW	Dimitar Yakimov	August 12, 1941	5	1	450	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	CDNA Sofia
FW	Nikola Yordanov	1938	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	FC Dunav Rousse
DF	Dobromir Zhechev	November 12, 1942	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	-	Spartak Sofia

 Finland

Head coach: Aatos Lehtonen

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
DF	Matti Haahti	June 8, 1936	3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	HIFK
MF	Olli Heinonen	January 7, 1937	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	/2+[1] Reipas Lahti
MF	Stig Holmqvist	February 13, 1936	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	HIFK
MF	Martti Hyvärinen	November 6, 1939	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	Reipas Lahti
DF	Reijo Jalava	February 18, 1932	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	90	HJK Helsinki
MF	Hannu Kankkonen	January 26, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-
DF	Raimo Lukander	April 18, 1934	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Pallo-Pojat
FW	Paavo Lyytikäinen	April 14, 1930	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	FC Kiffen 08
GK	Karl-Gustav Nabb	September 9, 1936	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	90	Vasa IFK
MF	Unto Nevalainen	June 13, 1935	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	HIFK
DF	Antti Nieminen	March 12, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	FC Haka
FW	Arno Nordlund	September 2, 1935	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	HIFK
FW	Semi Nuoranen	December 14, 1941	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	-	90	Reipas Lahti
MF	Kalevi Nupponen	January 19, 1942	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Reipas Lahti
FW	Mauno Nurmi	December 23, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	TPS Turku
MF	Kai Pahlman	July 8, 1935	3	2	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	HPS Helsinki
MF	Yrjö Pärnänen	January 5, 1931	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	HIFK
FW	Juhani Peltonen	June 16, 1936	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	FC Haka
MF	Sauli Pietiläinen	July 20, 1941	3	1	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	/2[2] Kotkan Jäntevä
FW	Nils Rikberg	March 29, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Åbo IFK
MF	Aulis Rytkönen	January 5, 1929	2	0	180	0	0	90	-			Toulouse FC
										90	-	HJK Helsinki
DF	Veijo Valtonen	January 5, 1936	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	FC Haka
GK	Anders Westerholm	September 1, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	HIFK

1. ↑ After the first qualification match Reipas Lahti was promoted to league one.
2. ↑ The number indicates the league the team played in that year.

External links

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