Football World Cup 1934 / France
This article covers the French national team at the 1934 World Cup .
qualification
France only had to play one game to qualify for the World Cup finals because the first two of Group 8 were allowed to participate in the World Cup and Luxembourg was bottom of the group after two defeats, so the last group game between Germany and France was canceled, because it would only have decided on their placement.
Luxembourg - France 1: 6 (0: 2)
The goals for France were scored by Jean Nicolas (26th, 67th, 84th, 89th / EM), Alfred Aston (3rd) and Ernest Libérati (80th) On the side of Luxembourg, Théophile Speicher (46th) met for 1 : 2.
French contingent
The selection committee of the Fédération Française de Football, led by Gaston Barreau, nominated the following 22 players:
Missing information on individual players will be added after further research.
French team games
Missing statistics and a short game report will follow soon.
Round of 16
France - Austria 2: 3 a.d. (1: 1, 1: 1)
On May 27th at the Stadio Mussolini in Turin in front of 15,000 spectators; SR: van Morseel (Netherlands):
1: 0 Nicolas (18th), 1: 1 Sindelar (45th), 1: 2 Schall (93rd), 1: 3 Bican (109th), 2: 3 Verriest (115th, FE)
literature
- Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de l'équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. Larousse, o. O. 2004 ISBN 2-03-505420-6
- Gérard Ejnès / L'Équipe: La belle histoire. L'équipe de France de football. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2004 ISBN 2-951-96053-0
- Hardy Greens: Football World Cup 1934 Italy. AGON, Kassel 2002 ISBN 3-89784-198-3