Football World Cup 1958 / Scotland

This article covers the Scottish national football team at the 1958 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Scotland	10: 9	6th
2	Spain	12: 8	5
3	Switzerland	6:11	1

Scotland	-	Spain	4: 2
Switzerland	-	Scotland	1: 2
Spain	-	Scotland	4: 1
Scotland	-	Switzerland	3: 2

Scottish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates	References
goalkeeper
1	Tommy Younger	Liverpool FC	04/10/1930	2	0	0
2	Bill Brown	Dundee FC	10/08/1931	1	0	0
Defender
3	Alex Parker	Everton FC	08/02/1935	1	0	0
4th	Eric Caldow	Glasgow Rangers	05/14/1934	3	0	0
5	John Hewie	Charlton Athletic	12/13/1927	2	0	0
6th	Harry Haddock	Clyde FC	07/28/1925	0	0	0
7th	Ian McColl	Glasgow Rangers	06/07/1927	0	0	0
10	Tommy Docherty	Preston North End	08/24/1928	0	0	0
midfield player
9	Bobby Evans	Celtic Glasgow	07/16/1927	3	0	0
11	Dave Mackay	Heart of Midlothian	11/14/1934	1	0	0
12	Doug Cowie	Dundee FC	05/01/1926	2	0	0
19th	Bobby Collins	Celtic Glasgow	02/16/1931	3	1	0
striker
8th	Eddie Turnbull	Hibernian Edinburgh	04/12/1923	3	0	0
13	Sammy Baird	Glasgow Rangers	May 13, 1930	1	1	0
14th	Graham Leggat	Aberdeen FC	06/20/1934	2	0	0
15th	Alex Scott	Glasgow Rangers	11/22/1936	0	0	0
16	Jimmy Murray	Heart of Midlothian	02/04/1933	2	1	0
17th	Jackie Mudie	Blackpool FC	04/10/1930	3	1	0
18th	John Coyle	Clyde FC	09/28/1932	0	0	0
20th	Archie Robertson	Clyde FC	09/15/1929	1	0	0
21st	Stewart Imlach	Nottingham Forest	01/06/1932	2	0	0
22nd	Willie Fernie	Celtic Glasgow	11/22/1928	1	0	0
Trainer
	Dawson Walker		03/14/1916

Scottish team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	France	11: 7	4th
2	Yugoslavia	7: 6	4th
3	Paraguay	9:12	3
4th	Scotland	4: 6	1

• Yugoslavia - Scotland 1: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Arosvallen ( Västerås )

Spectators: 9,500

Referee: Wyssling ( Switzerland )

Goals: 1-0 Petaković (6th), 1: 1 Murray (49th)

• Paraguay - Scotland 3: 2 (2: 1)

Stadium: Idrottspark ( Norrköping )

Spectators: 12,000

Referee: Orlandini ( Italy )

Goals: 1: 0 Agüero (4th), 1: 1 Mudie (24th), 2: 1 Ré (45th), 3: 1 Parodi (73rd), 3: 2 Collins (74th)

• France - Scotland 2: 1 (2: 0)

Stadium: Eyravallen ( Örebro )

Spectators: 13,500

Referee: Brozzi ( Argentina )

Goals: 1-0 Kopa (22nd), 2-0 Fontaine (44th), 2-1 Baird (58th)

There was no favorite in group 2. The negative surprise, however, was the Scots. It was enough to score 1-1 against Yugoslavia, but they lost 3-2 to Paraguay. Since it was also a 2-1 defeat against the French, they were eliminated, landing in fourth place. France won the group with its World Cup goal scorer Just Fontaine, who set the record of 13 goals that is still in place today. He was already successful three times against Paraguay at 7-3. Even the two goals of the French in the 2-3 defeat against the later group runners-up, Yugoslavia, scored Fontaine. The 3: 3 against Paraguay was enough for the Yugoslavs to advance, one point ahead of the South Americans.