Football World Cup 1958 / Czechoslovakia

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

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Czechoslovakia	9: 3	6th
2	Wales	6: 5	4th
3	GDR	5:12	2

Wales	-	Czechoslovakia	1-0
Czechoslovakia	-	Wales	2-0
Czechoslovakia	-	GDR	3: 1
GDR	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 4

Czechoslovak contingent

Number / name	Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Imrich Stacho	Spartak Trnava	04/11/1931
19th	Břetislav Dolejší	Dynamo Prague	09/26/1928
22nd	Viliam Schrojf	Slovan Bratislava	08/02/1931
Defense
2	Gustáv Mráz	Red Star Bratislava	09/11/1934
4th	Ladislav Novák	Dukla Prague	05.12.1930
6th	Svatopluk Pluskal	Dukla Prague	10/28/1930
16	Ján Popluhár	Slovan Bratislava	09/12/1935
17th	Titus Buberník	Red Star Bratislava	10/12/1933
21st	František Šafránek	Dukla Prague	01/02/1931
midfield
3	Jiří Čadek	Dukla Prague	December 07, 1935
5	Josef Masopust	Dukla Prague	02/09/1931
18th	Adolf Scherer	Red Star Bratislava	05/05/1938
20th	Anton Moravčík	Slovan Bratislava	06/03/1931
attack
7th	Kazimír Gajdoš	Red Star Bratislava	03/28/1934
8th	Milan Dvořák	Dukla Prague	11/19/1934
9	Pavol Molnár	Red Star Bratislava	02/13/1936
10	Jaroslav Borovička	Dukla Prague	01/26/1931
11	Tadeáš Kraus	Spartak Prague Sokolovo	10/22/1932
12	Zdeněk Zikán	Dukla Pardubice	11/10/1937
13	Václav Hovorka	Dynamo Prague	09/19/1931
14th	Jiří Feureisl	Slavia Karlovy Vary	10/03/1931
15th	Jan Hertl	Spartak Prague Sokolovo	01/23/1929
Trainer
	Karel Kolský		09/21/1914

Czechoslovak team matches

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	BR Germany	7: 5	4th
2	Northern Ireland	4: 5	3
3	Czechoslovakia	8: 4	3
4th	Argentina	5:10	2

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

Stadium: Örjans vall ( Halmstad )

Spectators: 26,000

Referee: Seipelt ( Austria )

Goals: 1-0 Cush (16.)

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

Stadium: Olympia ( Helsingborg )

Spectators: 25,000

Referee: Ellis ( England )

Goals: 0: 1 Dvořák (24th), 0: 2 Zikán (43th), 1: 2 Schäfer (59th), 2: 2 Rahn (70th)

• Czechoslovakia - Argentina 6: 1 (3: 0)

Stadium: Olympia ( Helsingborg )

Spectators: 20,000

Referee: Ellis (England)

Goals: 1: 0 Dvořák (8th), 2: 0 Zikán (17th), 3: 0 Zikán (40th), 3: 1 Corbatta (65th) 11m , 4: 1 Feureisl (69th), 5: 1 Hovorka (82nd), 6: 1 Hovorka (89th)

Germany were drawn in Group 1 Argentina, Czechoslovakia and Northern Ireland. The first game was against the highly rated Argentinians. 31,000 spectators in Malmö saw the South Americans lead in the third minute and it took a long time for the Germans to calm down their game, organized by 38-year-old Fritz Walter. In addition, one of the most important 'heroes of Bern', Helmut Rahn, was still one of the most dangerous goal scorers in the world. In the 32nd minute, the 'Boss' equalized and shortly before the final whistle, the 3: 1. In between, the 21-year-old Uwe Seeler from Hamburg made it 2-1. Then it went against the Czechoslovaks, who had made a false start against the Northern Irish at 0-1. Although the ambitious opponent led 2-0 at halftime, the Germans showed their counter-strength in the second half, which Schäfer (60th) and Rahn (70th) converted into countable figures. Above all, the Schäfer-Tor was extremely controversial long after the game, as the Cologne player pushed the ball along with the keeper Dolesji over the line. But the draw was a good starting position before the game against the Northern Irish. After playing against the CSSR in Helsingborg, you were allowed to play against Northern Ireland again in Malmö. MacParland, the opponent's feared striker, made it 1-0 in the Herkenrath goal (17th), but Helmut Rahn equalized three minutes later. The Germans had gained an overweight, but it was precisely in this phase that the Northern Irish (again MacParland, 60th) took the lead. The following game on a goal saw an excellent goalkeeper Harry Gregg, who destroyed all chances of the Germans - except for a violent shot by Uwe Seeler, which saved the Herberger team from a play-off. Germany were group winners, while Northern Ireland had to play against the Czechoslovaks (2-1 win after extra time).

Playoff

• Northern Ireland - Czechoslovakia 2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 1: 1)

Stadium: Malmö Stadion ( Malmö )

Spectators: 26,000

Referee: Guigue ( France )

Goals: 0: 1 Zikán (19th), 1: 1 McParland (44th), 2: 1 McParland (91st)