Soccer World Cup 1962 / Colombia

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

qualification

Colombia	-	Peru	1-0
Peru	-	Colombia	1: 1

Colombian contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Efraín Sánchez	Atlético Nacional	02/26/1926
2	Achito Vivas	Deportivo Pereira	03/01/1934
12	Hernando Tovar	Independiente Santa Fe	06/07/1938
Defense
3	Francisco Zuluaga	Independiente Santa Fe	02/04/1929
4th	Anibal Alzate	Deportes Tolima	January 31, 1933
5	Jaime González	America de Cali	04/01/1938
6th	Ignacio Calle	Atlético Nacional
7th	Carlos Aponte	Independiente Santa Fe	01/24/1939
8th	Héctor Echeverry	Atlético Nacional	04/10/1938
11	Óscar López	Once Caldas	04/02/1939
midfield
9	Jaime Silva	Independiente Santa Fe	10/10/1935
10	Rolando Serrano	America de Cali	11/13/1938
15th	Marco Coll	America de Cali	08/23/1935
attack
13	German Aceros	Deportivo Cali	09/30/1938
14th	Luis Paz	America de Cali
16	Ignacio Perez	Once Caldas
17th	Marino Klinger	Millonarios	02/07/1936
18th	Eusebio Escobar	Deportivo Pereira	07/02/1936
19th	Delio Gamboa	Millonarios	01/28/1936
20th	Antonio Rada	Deportivo Pereira	06/13/1937
21st	Héctor González	Independiente Santa Fe	07/07/1937
22nd	Jairo Arias	Atlético Nacional	11/02/1938
Trainer
	Adolfo Pedernera		11/15/1918

Games of the Colombian 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

• Uruguay - Colombia 2: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn ( Arica )

Spectators: 7,908

Referee: Dorogi ( Hungary )

Goals: 0: 1 Zuluaga (19th) 11m , 1: 1 Sasía (56th), 2: 1 Cubilla (75th)

• Soviet Union - Colombia 4: 4 (3: 1)

Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn ( Arica )

Spectators: 8,040

Referee: Etzel Filho ( Brazil )

Goals: 1: 0 Ivanov (8th), 2: 0 Tschislenko (10th), 3: 0 Ivanov (11th), 3: 1 Aceros (21st), 4: 1 Ponedelnik (56th), 4: 2 Coll (68.), 4: 3 Rada (72.), 4: 4 Klinger (86.)

• 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 athletes 0: 2, but against the Urus and Colombia (5: 0) drove the filigree technicians from the Balkans, who later played well-known Bundesliga players with Soskic, Jusufi, Skoblar and Sekularac , convincing victories and qualified for the quarterfinals as second in the group. The group winners were the USSR, which only allowed themselves a little slip up against bottom-bottom Colombia (4: 4).