Football World Cup 1958 / England

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

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	England	15: 5	7th
2	Ireland	6: 7	5
3	Denmark	4:13	0

England	-	Denmark	5: 2
England	-	Ireland	5: 1
Denmark	-	England	1: 4
Ireland	-	England	1: 1

English contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates	References
goalkeeper
1	Colin McDonald	Burnley FC	October 15, 1930	4th	0	0
12	Eddie Hopkinson	Bolton Wanderers	October 29, 1935	0	0	0
13	Alan Hodgkinson	Sheffield United	08/16/1936	0	0	0
Defender
2	Don Howe	West Bromwich Albion	October 12, 1935	4th	0	0
3	Tommy Banks	Bolton Wanderers	11/10/1929	4th	0	0
5	Billy Wright	Wolverhampton Wanderers	02/06/1924	4th	0	0
14th	Peter Sillett	Chelsea FC	02/01/1933	0	0	0
16	Maurice Norman	Tottenham Hotspur	05/08/1934	0	0	0
midfield player
4th	Eddie Clamp	Wolverhampton Wanderers	09/14/1934	3	0	0
6th	Bill Slater	Wolverhampton Wanderers	04/29/1927	3	0	0
8th	Bobby Robson	West Bromwich Albion	02/18/1933	3	0	0
15th	Ronnie Clayton	Blackburn Rovers	08/05/1934	1	0	0
18th	Peter Broadbent	Wolverhampton Wanderers	05/15/1933	1	0	0
striker
7th	Bryan Douglas	Blackburn Rovers	May 27, 1934	3	0	0
9	Derek Kevan	West Bromwich Albion	03/06/1935	4th	2	0
10	Johnny Haynes	Fulham FC	10/17/1934	4th	1	0
11	Tom Finney	Preston North End	04/05/1922	1	1	0
17th	Peter Brabrook	Chelsea FC	11/08/1937	1	0	0
19th	Bobby Smith	Tottenham Hotspur	02/22/1933	0	0	0
20th	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	10/11/1937	0	0	0
21st	Alan A'Court	Liverpool FC	09/30/1934	3	0	0
22nd	Maurice Setters	West Bromwich Albion	December 16, 1936	0	0	0
Trainer
	Walter Winterbottom		March 31, 1913

English team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	5-0	5
2	Soviet Union	4: 4	3
3	England	4: 4	3
4th	Austria	2: 7	1

• Soviet Union - England 2: 2 (1: 0)

Stadium: Ullevi ( Gothenburg )

Spectators: 45,000

Referee: Zsolt ( Hungary )

Goals: 1: 0 Simonjan (13th), 2: 0 A. Ivanov (55th), 2: 1 Kevan (66th), 2: 2 Finney (85th) 11m

• Brazil - England 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Ullevi ( Gothenburg )

Spectators: 30,000

Referee: Dusch ( Germany )

Goals: none

• England - Austria 2: 2 (0: 1)

Stadium: Ryavallen ( Borås )

Spectators: 16,800

Referee: Bronkhorst ( Netherlands )

Goals: 0: 1 Koller (16th), 1: 1 Haynes (56th), 1: 2 Korn (70th), 2: 2 Kevan (73rd)

Particularly interesting was Group 4, in which Brazil prevailed first against the Soviet Union, England and the third place in the 1954 World Cup, Austria. After the 3-0 win against Austria, the South Americans could only wrest a 0-0 from the English. Against the Soviet Union (2-0 through two goals from Vava), a 17-year-old young man appeared in the starting line-up for the first time and was supposed to cause a sensation: Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé. Second in the group went to the Russians (with goalkeeping legend Lev Yashin), who had to go into the play-off game due to the equality of points with the favorite England (had to cope with the loss of the Manchester United players who had been killed in the plane crash) : Defeated 0. Austria (middle runner: Ernst Happel!) Could not do much in this group and was bottom of the table with only one draw (against England).

Playoff

• Soviet Union - England 1-0 (0-0)

Stadium: Ullevi ( Gothenburg )

Spectators: 23,180

Referee: Dusch ( Germany )

Goals: 1-0 Ilyin (68th)