1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
# 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification.

## Format

Sweden, the hosts of the World Cup, and West Germany, the defending champions, qualified automatically for the final tournament. The 27 teams were divided into 9 groups, each featuring 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the group winners qualified. One runner-up was randomly drawn for the CAR/AFC-UEFA play-off. East Germany, Iceland and the Soviet Union and took part for the first time. Albania were the only UEFA member not to enter.

## Summary

| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 | Group 9 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| England | France | Hungary | Czechoslovakia | Austria | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Northern Ireland | Scotland |
| Republic of Ireland | Belgium | Bulgaria | Wales | Netherlands | Poland | Romania | Italy | Spain |
| Denmark | Iceland | Norway | East Germany | Luxembourg | Finland | Greece | Portugal | Switzerland |

## Groups

### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3.000 | 7 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 5 | | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0.308 | 0 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4.750 | 7 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 6–3 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1.455 | 5 | | 0–0 | — | 8–3 |
| 3 | Iceland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 0.231 | 0 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | — |

### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 6 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 4 | | 1–2 | — | 7–0 |
| 3 | Norway | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0.200 | 2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | — |

### Group 4

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 6 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Wales | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 4 | Drawn for CAF/AFC–UEFA play-off | 1–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | East Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0.417 | 2 | | 1–4 | 2–1 | — |

### Group 5

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Austria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4.667 | 7 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–2 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 5 | | 1–1 | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0.158 | 0 | | 0–3 | 2–5 | — |

### Group 6

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

* 1 2 As the Soviet Union and Poland finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine the group winner. The Soviet Union won the play-off 2–0 to win the group.

### Group 7

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.500 | 6 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Romania | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 5 | | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Greece | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |

### Group 8

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Northern Ireland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 5 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 4 | | 1–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Portugal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 3 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | — |

### Group 9

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scotland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | 6 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 4–2 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 5 | | 4–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0.545 | 1 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | — |

## Inter-confederation play-off

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wales | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 | Qualification to 1958 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 |
| 2 | Israel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | | 0–2 | — |

## Qualified Teams

The following 12 countries qualified for the 1958 FIFA World Cup

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | Hosts | 23 June 1950 | 3 (1934, 1938, 1950) |
| West Germany | Defending champions | 4 July 1954 | 3 (1934, 1938, 1954) |
| England | Group 1 winners | 19 May 1957 | 2 (1950, 1954) |
| France | Group 2 winners | 27 October 1957 | 4 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954) |
| Hungary | Group 3 winners | 10 November 1957 | 3 (1934, 1938, 1954) |
| Czechoslovakia | Group 4 winners | 27 October 1957 | 3 (1934, 1938, 1954) |
| Austria | Group 5 winners | 29 September 1957 | 2 (1934, 1954) |
| Soviet Union | Group 6 winners | 24 November 1957 | 0 (debut) |
| Yugoslavia | Group 7 winners | 17 November 1957 | 3 (1930, 1950, 1954) |
| Northern Ireland | Group 8 winners | 15 January 1958 | 0 (debut) |
| Scotland | Group 9 winners | 24 November 1957 | 1 (1954) |
| Wales | AFC/CAF-UEFA play-off winners | 5 February 1958 | 0 (debut) |

    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
    $^2Competed$ as Germany

## Goalscorers

### 8 goals

* Tommy Taylor

### 7 goals

* Thadée Cisowski

### 5 goals

* Jackie Mudie

### 4 goals

* Paul Vandenberg
* Tadeusz Kraus
* John Atyeo
* Ferenc Machos
* Edward Jankowski
* Nikita Simonyan
* Ladislao Kubala

### 3 goals

* Gerhard Hanappi
* Maurice Willems
* Hristo Iliev
* Jean Vincent
* Dermot Curtis
* Abe Lenstra
* Noud van Melis
* Jimmy McIlroy
* Anatoli Ilyin
* Eduard Streltsov
* Des Palmer
* Muhamed Mujić

### 2 goals

* Hans Buzek
* Theodor Wagner
* Henri Coppens
* Victor Mees
* Richard Orlans
* Georgi Dimitrov
* Panayot Panayotov
* Ove Bech Nielsen
* Günther Wirth
* Duncan Edwards
* Célestin Oliver
* Roger Piantoni
* Joseph Ujlaki
* Lajos Csordás
* Nándor Hidegkuti
* Ríkharður Jónsson
* Þórður Jónsson
* Þórður Þórðarson
* Guido Gratton
* Cor van der Gijp
* Harald Hennum
* Lucjan Brychczy
* Gerard Cieślik
* Manuel Vasques
* Alexandru Ene
* Anatoli Isayev
* Igor Netto
* Estanislao Basora
* Alfredo di Stéfano
* Luis Suárez Miramontes
* Josef Hügi
* Roger Vonlanthen
* Ivor Allchurch
* Cliff Jones
* Miloš Milutinović

### 1 goal

* Robert Dienst
* Walter Haummer
* Karl Koller
* Ernst Kozlicek
* Helmut Senekowitsch
* Karl Stotz
* Otto Walzhofer
* André van Herpe
* Denis Houf
* André Piters
* Spiro Debarski
* Todor Diev
* Ivan Petkov Kolev
* Krum Yanev
* Vlastimil Bubník
* Pavol Molnár
* Anton Moravčík
* Ladislav Novák
* Aage Rou Jensen
* John Jensen
* Manfred Kaiser
* Helmut Müller
* Willy Tröger
* Johnny Haynes
* Olavi Lahtinen
* Mauri Vanhanen
* Said Brahimi
* René Dereuddre
* Maryan Wisnieski
* Kostas Nestoridis
* Vaggelis Panakis
* József Bozsik
* Károly Sándor
* Lajos Tichy
* George Cummins
* Johnny Gavin
* Alf Ringstead
* Sergio Cervato
* Dino da Costa
* Gino Pivatelli
* Jean-Pierre Fiedler
* Johnny Halsdorf
* Léon Letsch
* Toon Brusselers
* Coen Dillen
* Kees Rijvers
* Servaas Wilkes
* Billy Bingham
* Tommy Casey
* Wilbur Cush
* Billy Simpson
* Kjell Kristiansen
* Ginter Gawlik
* Matateu
* António Dias Teixeira
* Cornel Cacoveanu
* Titus Ozon
* Iosif Petschovsky
* Nicolae Tǎtaru
* John Hewie
* Tommy Ring
* Archie Robertson
* Alex Scott
* Gordon Smith
* Genrich Fedosov
* Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
* Boris Tatushin
* Yuri Voinov
* Miguel González
* Enrique Mateos
* Robert Ballaman
* Ferdinando Riva
* Dave Bowen
* Mel Charles
* Roy Vernon
* Dobrosav Krstić
* Aleksandar Petaković

### 1 own goal

* Edgar Falch (playing against Hungary)
* Ray Daniel (playing against Czechoslovakia)
