Football World Cup 1958 / Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	3	1	2	0	007: 500	+2	04: 20
2.	Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	03: 30
3.	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	008: 400	+4	03: 30
4th	Argentina	3	1	0	2	005:100	−5	02: 40
Northern Ireland runners-up by playoff

Group 1 of the Football World Cup 1958 :

Argentina - Germany 1: 3 (1: 2)

Argentina		BR Germany
	1. Group game June 8, 1958 at 7:00 p.m. in Malmö ( Malmö Stadium ) Spectators: 31,156 Referee: Reg Leafe ( England )   Match report
	Amadeo Carrizo - Federico Vairo , Francisco Lombardo , Néstor Rossi - José Varacka , Pedro Dellacha - Omar Corbatta , Eliseo Prado , Norberto Menéndez , Alfredo Rojas , Osvaldo Cruz Trainer: Guillermo Stábile	Fritz Herkenrath - Herbert Erhardt , Erich Juskowiak , Horst Eckel , Georg Stollenwerk - Horst Szymaniak , Fritz Walter , Aki Schmidt - Helmut Rahn , Hans Schäfer , Uwe Seeler Trainer: Sepp Herberger
	1-0 Corbatta (2nd)	1: 1 H. Rahn (32nd) 1: 2 Seeler (40th) 1: 3 H. Rahn (79th)
	Argentina competed in yellow IFK Malmö jerseys .

Northern Ireland - Czechoslovakia 1: 0 (1: 0)

Northern Ireland		Czechoslovakia
	1. Group game June 8, 1958 at 7:00 p.m. in Halmstad ( Örjans vall ) Spectators: 10,647 Referee: Fritz Seipelt ( Austria )   Match report
	Harry Gregg - Willie Cunningham , Alf McMichael , Dick Keith - Danny Blanchflower , Bertie Peacock - Billy Bingham , Wilbur Cush , Jimmy McIlroy , Peter McParland , Derek Dougan Trainer: Peter Doherty	Břetislav Dolejší - Gustav Mráz , Ladislav Novák , Svatopluk Pluskal - Jiří Čadek , Josef Masopust - Milan Dvořák , Jaroslav Borovička , Tadeáš Kraus , Václav Hovorka , Jan Hertl Trainers: Karel Kolský
	1-0 Cush (16.)

Argentina - Northern Ireland 3: 1 (1: 1)

Argentina		Northern Ireland
	2. Group game June 11, 1958 at 7:00 p.m. in Halmstad ( Örjans vall ) Spectators: 14,174 Referee: Sten Ahlner ( Sweden )   Match report
	Amadeo Carrizo - Federico Vairo , Francisco Lombardo , Néstor Rossi - Pedro Dellacha , José Varacka - Omar Corbatta , Norberto Menéndez , Ángel Labruna , Norberto Boggio , Ludovico Avio Trainer: Guillermo Stábile	Harry Gregg - Willie Cunningham , Alf McMichael , Dick Keith - Danny Blanchflower , Bertie Peacock - Billy Bingham , Wilbur Cush , Jimmy McIlroy , Peter McParland , Fay Coyle Trainer: Peter Doherty
	1: 1 Corbatta (38th, penalty kick) 2: 1 Menéndez (55th) 3: 1 Avio (59th)	0: 1 McParland (3rd)

Federal Republic of Germany - Czechoslovakia 2: 2 (0: 2)

Germany		Czechoslovakia
	2. Group game June 11, 1958 at 7:00 p.m. in Helsingborg ( Olympia ) Spectators: 25,000 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis ( England )   Match report
	Fritz Herkenrath - Herbert Erhardt , Erich Juskowiak , Georg Stollenwerk , Karl-Heinz Schnellinger - Horst Szymaniak , Fritz Walter - Hans Schäfer , Helmut Rahn , Uwe Seeler , Bernhard Klodt Trainer: Sepp Herberger	Břetislav Dolejší - Gustav Mráz , Ladislav Novák , Svatopluk Pluskal , Ján Popluhár - Josef Masopust - Milan Dvořák , Pavol Molnár , Zdeněk Zikán , Václav Hovorka , Jiří Feureisl Trainers: Karel Kolský
	1: 2 H. Schäfer (59.) 2: 2 H. Rahn (70.)	0: 1 Dvořák (24th, penalty kick) 0: 2 Zikán (43.)
	For Sepp Herberger it was the 10th World Cup game as a coach. He replaced Vittorio Pozzo (9 games in 1934 and 1938) as World Cup record coach.

Federal Republic of Germany - Northern Ireland 2: 2 (1: 1)

Germany		Northern Ireland
	3. Group game June 15, 1958 at 7:00 p.m. in Malmö ( Malmö Stadium ) Spectators: 21,990 Referee: Joaquim Campos ( Portugal )   Match report
	Fritz Herkenrath - Herbert Erhardt , Erich Juskowiak , Horst Eckel , Georg Stollenwerk - Horst Szymaniak , Fritz Walter - Helmut Rahn , Hans Schäfer , Uwe Seeler , Bernhard Klodt Trainer: Sepp Herberger	Harry Gregg - Willie Cunningham , Alf McMichael , Dick Keith - Danny Blanchflower , Bertie Peacock - Billy Bingham , Wilbur Cush , Jimmy McIlroy , Peter McParland , Tommy Casey Trainer: Peter Doherty
	1: 1 H. Rahn (20th) 2: 2 Seeler (79th)	0: 1 McParland (17th) 1: 2 McParland (58th)

Czechoslovakia - Argentina 6: 1 (3: 0)

Czechoslovakia		Argentina
	3. Group game June 15, 1958 at 7:00 p.m. in Helsingborg ( Olympia ) Spectators: 16,418 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis ( England )   Match report
	Břetislav Dolejší - Gustav Mráz , Ladislav Novák , Ján Popluhár - Josef Masopust - Milan Dvořák , Pavol Molnár , Jaroslav Borovička , Zdeněk Zikán , Václav Hovorka , Jiří Feureisl Trainer: Karel Kolský	Amadeo Carrizo - Federico Vairo , Francisco Lombardo , Néstor Rossi - Pedro Dellacha , José Varacka - Omar Corbatta , Norberto Menéndez , Ángel Labruna , Ludovico Avio , Osvaldo Cruz Trainer: Guillermo Stábile
	1: 0 Dvořák (8th) 2: 0 Zikán (17th) 3: 0 Zikán (40th) 4: 1 Feureisl (69th) 5: 1 Hovorka (82nd) 6: 1 Hovorka (89th)	3: 1 Corbatta (65th, foul penalty)

Play-off Northern Ireland - Czechoslovakia 2: 1 a.s. (1: 1, 1: 1)

Northern Ireland		Czechoslovakia
	Playoff for 3rd place 17th June 1958 at 7:00 p.m. in Malmö ( Malmö Stadium ) Spectators: 6,196 Referee: Maurice Guigue ( France )   Match report
	Norman Uprichard - Willie Cunningham , Alf McMichael , Dick Keith - Danny Blanchflower , Bertie Peacock - Billy Bingham , Wilbur Cush , Jimmy McIlroy , Peter McParland , Jackie Scott Trainer: Peter Doherty	Břetislav Dolejší - Gustav Mráz , Ladislav Novák , Ján Popluhár - Josef Masopust - Milan Dvořák , Pavol Molnár , Jaroslav Borovička , Zdeněk Zikán , Jiří Feureisl , Titus Buberník Trainer: Karel Kolský
	1: 1 McParland (44th) 2: 1 McParland (91st)	0: 1 Zikan (19th)
		Expulsion: Buberník (102.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Historical Football Kits