Football World Cup 1962 / Spain

This article covers the Spanish national football team at the 1962 World Cup .

qualification

Wales	-	Spain	1: 2
Spain	-	Wales	1: 1

Intercontinental playoff between UEFA and CAF

Morocco	-	Spain	0: 1
Spain	-	Morocco	3: 2

Spanish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates	References
goalkeeper
1	José Araquistáin	real Madrid	03/04/1937	1	0	0
2	Salvador Sadurní	FC Barcelona	04/03/1941	0	0	0
3	Carmelo Cedrún	Athletic Bilbao	December 06, 1930	2	0	0
Defender
7th	Luis María Echeberría	Athletic Bilbao	March 24, 1940	1	0	0
10	Sígfrid Gràcia	FC Barcelona	03/27/1932	2	0	0
11	Feliciano Rivilla	Atlético Madrid	08/21/1936	1	0	0
13	Pachín	real Madrid	12/28/1938	2	0	0
16	Severino Reija	Real Zaragoza	11/25/1938	0	0	0
17th	Rodrí	FC Barcelona	03/08/1934	2	0	0
19th	José Santamaría	real Madrid	07/31/1929	2	0	0
20th	Joan Segarra	FC Barcelona	11/15/1927	1	0	0
midfield player
5	Luis del Sol	real Madrid	04/06/1935	2	0	0
8th	Jesús Garay	FC Barcelona	09/10/1930	1	0	0
21st	Luis Suarez	Inter Milan	05/02/1935	2	0	0
22nd	Martín Vergés	FC Barcelona	03/08/1934	2	0	0
striker
4th	Enrique Collar	Atlético Madrid	11/02/1934	1	0	0
6th	Alfredo Di Stéfano	real Madrid	07/04/1926	0	0	0
9	Francisco Gento	real Madrid	10/21/1933	3	0	0
12	Joaquín Peiró	Atlético Madrid	01/29/1936	2	1	0
14th	Ferenc Puskás	real Madrid	04/02/1927	3	0	0
15th	Eulogio Martínez	FC Barcelona	06/11/1935	1	0	0
18th	Abelardo	Atlético Madrid	09/26/1939	1	1	0
Trainer
	Helenio Herrera		04/17/1910

Spanish team games

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	4: 1	5: 1
2	Czechoslovakia	2: 3	3: 3
3	Mexico	3: 4	2: 4
4th	Spain	2: 3	2: 4

• Czechoslovakia - Spain 1: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Spectators: 12,700

Referee: Steiner ( Austria )

Goals: 1-0 Stibranyi (80.)

• Spain - Mexico 1: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Spectators: 11,875

Referee: Tesanic ( Yugoslavia )

Goals: 1-0 Peiró (90.)

• Brazil - Spain 2: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Spectators: 18,715

Referee: Marino ( Uruguay )

Goals: 0: 1 Adelardo (35th), 1: 1 Amarildo (72nd), 2: 1 Amarildo (86th)

The reigning world champion Brazil could not convince playfully in group 3. The team won the group, but the 2-0 win against Mexico, the 0-0 win against the Czechoslovaks and the 2-1 win against the Spaniards were miles away from the 58 performance. In addition, Pelé injured himself so badly (muscle tear) after two games that he had to be replaced by the young Amarildo for the rest of the tournament. However, Amarildo did surprisingly well and turned out to be one of the best players in the World Cup. The Czechoslovaks unexpectedly came second behind Brazil, although the Spaniards (with Puskas, Gento and Suarez) were rated higher. As in the whole tournament, the defensive department dominated the CSSR too, with Pluskal, Popluhar and above all Masopust being able to set up an outstanding row of runners.