Football World Cup 1954 / Czechoslovakia

This article covers the Czechoslovak national soccer team at the 1954 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	5: 1	7th
2	Romania	5: 5	4th
3	Bulgaria	3: 7	1

Czechoslovakia	-	Romania	2-0
Bulgaria	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 2
Romania	-	Czechoslovakia	0: 1
Czechoslovakia	-	Bulgaria	0-0

Czechoslovak contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Theodor Reimann	Slovan Bratislava	02/10/1921
21st	Imrich Stacho	Tankista Prague	04/11/1931
22nd	Viliam Schrojf	Křídla vlasti Olomouc	08/02/1931
Defense
2	František Šafránek	ÚDA Prague	01/02/1931
4th	Ladislav Novák	ÚDA Prague	December 05, 1931
5	Jiří Trnka	ÚDA Prague	12/02/1926
12	Anton Krásnohorský	Iskra Žilina	10/22/1925
midfield
3	Svatopluk Pluskal	ÚDA Prague	10/28/1930
6th	Michal Benedikovič	Slovan Bratislava	05/31/1923
13	Jiří Hledík	Křídla vlasti Olomouc	04/19/1929
14th	Jan Hertl	ÚDA Prague	01/23/1929
16	Zdeněk Procházka	Spartak Prague Sokolowo	01/12/1928
attack
7th	Ladislav Hlaváček	ÚDA Prague	06/26/1925
8th	Ota Hemele	ÚDA Prague	01/22/1926
9	Anton Malatinsky	Baník Handlová	01/15/1920
10	Emil Pažický	Slovan Bratislava	10/14/1927
11	Jiří Pešek	Spartak Prague Sokolowo	06/04/1927
15th	Ladislav Kačáni	CH Bratislava	04/01/1931
17th	Tadeáš Kraus	Křídla vlasti Olomouc	10/22/1932
18th	Josef Majer	Baník Kladno	06/08/1925
19th	Jaroslav Košnar	CH Bratislava	08/17/1930
20th	Kazimír Gajdoš	1. FC Tatran Prešov	03/28/1934
Trainer
	Jaroslav Cejp		02/07/1924

Czechoslovak team matches

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Austria	6-0	4th
2	Uruguay	9-0	4th
3	Czechoslovakia	0: 7	0
4th	Scotland	0: 8	0

• Uruguay - Czechoslovakia 2-0 (0-0)

Stadium: Wankdorfstadion ( Bern )

Spectators: 20,500

Referee: Ellis ( England )

Goals: 1-0 Míguez (72nd), 2-0 Schiaffino (81st)

• Austria - Czechoslovakia 5: 0 (4: 0)

Stadium: Hardturm ( Zurich )

Spectators: 25,000

Referee: Stefanovic ( Yugoslavia )

Goals: 1: 0 Stojaspal (3rd), 2: 0 Probst (4th), 3: 0 Probst (21st), 4: 0 Probst (24th), 5: 0 Stojaspal (70th)

The reigning world champion Uruguay was able to assert itself as expected in Group III as second. 2-0 against the Czechoslovaks and a 7-0 against the overwhelmed Scots were enough for the group victory. Even the strong Austrians left nothing to be desired. Scotland were defeated 1-0 and Czechoslovakia 5-0. As group winners Austria was naturally also in the quarter-finals.