Soccer World Cup 1962 / Yugoslavia

This article covers the Yugoslav national soccer team at the 1962 World Cup .

qualification

Yugoslavia	-	Poland	2: 1
Poland	-	Yugoslavia	1: 1

International playoff between UEFA and AFC

Yugoslavia	-	South Korea	5: 1
South Korea	-	Yugoslavia	1: 3

Yugoslav contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Milutin Šoškić	Partizan Belgrade	December 31, 1937
12	Srboljub Krivokuca	OFK Belgrade	03/14/1928
19th	Mirko Stojanović	Dinamo Zagreb	06/11/1939
Defense
2	Vladimir Durković	Red Star Belgrade	11/06/1948
3	Fahrudin Jusufi	Partizan Belgrade	December 8, 1939
4th	Petar Radaković	NK Rijeka	02/22/1937
5	Vlatko Marković	Dinamo Zagreb	01/01/1937
13	Slavko Svinjarevic	Vojvodina Novi Sad	04/06/1935
14th	Vasilije Šijaković	OFK Belgrade	March 30, 1943
20th	Žarko Nikolić	Vojvodina Novi Sad	10/16/1938
midfield
6th	Vladimir Popović	Red Star Belgrade	March 17, 1935
15th	Željko Matuš	Dinamo Zagreb	08/09/1935
16	Muhamed Mujić	Velež Mostar	04/25/1932
17th	Vojislav Melić	Red Star Belgrade	05/01/1940
22nd	Aleksander Ivos	Sloboda Tuzla	06/28/1931
attack
7th	Andrija Anković	Hajduk Split	07/16/1937
8th	Dragoslav Šekularac	Red Star Belgrade	11/30/1937
9	Dražan Jerković	Dinamo Zagreb	08/06/1936
10	Milan Galic	Partizan Belgrade	03/08/1938
11	Josip Skoblar	OFK Belgrade	03/12/1941
18th	Vladimir Kovačević	Partizan Belgrade	January 16, 1940
21st	Nikola Stipic	Red Star Belgrade	December 18, 1937
Trainer
	Prvoslav Mihajlovič		04/13/1921

Games of the Yugoslav team

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	8: 5	5
2	Yugoslavia	8: 3	4th
3	Uruguay	4: 6	2
4th	Colombia	5:11	1

• Soviet Union - Yugoslavia 2: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn ( Arica )

Spectators: 15,000

Referee: Dusch ( Germany )

Goals: 1-0 Ivanov (51st), 2-0 Ponedelnik (83rd)

• Yugoslavia - Uruguay 3: 1 (2: 1)

Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn ( Arica )

Spectators: 8,829

Referee: Galba ( Czechoslovakia )

Goals: 0: 1 Cabrera (19th), 1: 1 Skoblar (25th) 11m , 2: 1 Galić (29th), 3: 1 Jerković (49th)

• Yugoslavia - Colombia 5: 0 (2: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn ( Arica )

Spectators: 7,167

Referee: Robles ( Chile )

Goals: 1-0 Galić (20th), 2-0 Jerković (25th), 3-0 Galić (61st), 4-0 Melić (82nd), 5-0 Jerković (87th)

In Group 1, ex-world champions Uruguay were at least classified as one of the favorites, but things turned out differently. Although the Urus won against the underdog Colombia 2-1 in their first game, the South Americans lost the game against Yugoslavia (1: 3) and against the USSR (1: 2). The Yugoslavs failed in their first game against the Soviet Union 0: 2, but against Uruguay and Colombia (5: 0) the filigree technicians from the Balkans, who later played well-known Bundesliga players with Šoškić, Jusufi, Skoblar and Šekularac, were convincing Wins and qualified as second in the group for the quarter-finals. The group winners were the USSR, which only allowed themselves a little slip up against bottom-bottom Colombia (4: 4).

Quarter finals

63,324

Estadio Nacional de Chile ( Santiago de Chile )

Yugoslavia

BR Germany

Yamasaki ( Peru )

1: 0 (0: 0)

1-0 Radaković (85.)

Meanwhile, the team around captain Hans Schäfer, the last remaining player from the 1954 world championship eleven, faced Yugoslavia, which had already been Germany's quarter-final opponent at the two previous World Cups and was defeated 2-0 in each case. As in the preliminary round games, national coach Sepp Herberger had given a defensive direction from which the counterattack should be driven via Uwe Seeler. But apart from in the second minute of the game, in which 'Uns Uwe' hit the post, the German team had no significant chance of scoring. The Yugoslavs dominated the game thanks to their outstanding technique, but only got the deserved winner three minutes before the final whistle or the impending extra time by Radakovic, who scored a left flank from Galic, who in turn had loaded Willi Schulz. Herberger's team, which was undergoing a change in personnel, was eliminated to the great disappointment of the fans. In retrospect, Herberger's destructive game system was criticized and considered the cause of the defeat.

Semifinals

5,890

Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia

Service ( Switzerland )

3: 1 (0: 0)

1: 0 Kadraba (48th) 1: 1 Jerković (69th) 2: 1 Scherer (80th) 3: 1 Scherer (84th) 11m

3rd place match

67,000

Estadio Nacional de Chile ( Santiago de Chile )

Chile

Yugoslavia

Gardeazabal ( Spain )

1: 0 (0: 0)

1-0 Rojas (90th)

In the game for third place, the hosts won 1-0 with a goal from Rojas against the Yugoslavs.