1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 10

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The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Yugoslavia qualified for the 1954 FIFA World Cup held in Switzerland.

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts
1	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	+4	8		—	1–0	1–0
2	Greece	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	+1	4		0–1	—	1–0
3	Israel	4	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	−5	0		0–1	0–2	—

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Results

Yugoslavia   v   Greece

9 May 1953	Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Greece	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
	Matošić 71'	Report		Referee: Steiner (Austria)

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Greece   v   Israel

1 November 1953	Greece	1 – 0	Israel	Athens, Greece
	Bembis	Report		Referee: Massai (Italy)

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Yugoslavia   v   Israel

8 November 1953	Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Israel	Skopje, Yugoslavia
	Milutinović	Report		Referee: Alsteen (Belgium)

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Israel   v   Greece

8 March 1954	Israel	0 – 2	Greece	Tel Aviv, Israel
		Report	Kokkinakis Kamaras	Referee: Buchmüller (Switzerland)

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Israel   v   Yugoslavia

21 March 1954	Israel	0 – 1	Yugoslavia	Tel Aviv, Israel
		Report	Zebec	Referee: Leafe (England)

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Greece   v   Yugoslavia

28 March 1954	Greece	0 – 1	Yugoslavia	Athens, Greece
		Report	Veselinović	Referee: Rufli (Switzerland)

Team stats

  Yugoslavia

Head coach: Milorad Arsenijević, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Leo Lemešić (together)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
GK	Vladimir Beara	November 2, 1928	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Hajduk Split
DF	Bruno Belin	January 16, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	Partizan Belgrade
FW	Stjepan Bobek	December 3, 1923	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	Partizan Belgrade
MF	Vujadin Boškov	May 16, 1931	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Vojvodina Novi Sad
MF	Zlatko Čajkovski	November 24, 1923	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Partizan Belgrade
DF	Tomislav Crnković	June 17, 1929	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	90	-	Dinamo Zagreb
DF	Ivan Horvat	July 16, 1926	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	Dinamo Zagreb
FW	Frane Matošić	November 25, 1918	1	1	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Hajduk Split
MF	Sima Milovanov	April 10, 1923	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	Vojvodina Novi Sad
FW	Miloš Milutinović	February 5, 1933	3	1	218	1	0	-	90	38	90	Partizan Belgrade
MF	Rajko Mitić	November 6, 1922	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	Red Star Belgrade
DF	Tihomir Ognjanov	March 2, 1927	1	0	52	0	1	-	-	52	-	Red Star Belgrade
MF	Zdravko Rajkov	December 5, 1927	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Vojvodina Novi Sad
DF	Branko Stanković	October 31, 1921	3	0	270	0	0	90	-	90	90	Red Star Belgrade
GK	Slavko Stojanović	June 1, 1930	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Partizan Belgrade
FW	Todor Veselinović	October 22, 1930	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Vojvodina Novi Sad
FW	Bernard Vukas	May 1, 1927	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Hajduk Split
MF	Branko Zebec	May 17, 1929	4	1	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Partizan Belgrade
DF	Milan Zeković	November 15, 1925	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	-	90	Red Star Belgrade

  Greece

Head coach: Kostas Negrepontis (first and second match), Ioannis Chelmis (third and fourth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
DF	Theodoros Aloupis	December 14, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Panathinaikos FC
MF	Thanasis Bebis	June 26, 1928	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
FW	Georgios Darivas	March 12, 1926	1	0	41	1	0	-	41	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
MF	Babis Drosos	1928	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
MF	Pavlos Emmanouilidis	1929	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	AEK Athens F.C.
MF	Ioannis Ioannou	1931	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
FW	Georgios Kamaras	1931	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Apollon Smyrnis F.C.
MF	Dimitris Kokkinakis	1930	2	1	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Olympiacos F.C.
MF	Babis Kotridis	1928	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Olympiacos F.C.
DF	Georgios Kourtzidis	1931	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Panathinaikos FC
DF	Kostas Linoxilakis	March 5, 1933	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Panathinaikos FC
GK	Stathis Mantalozis		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Ethnikos
DF	Giorgos Mouratidis	1927	1	0	50	0	1	-	-	-	50	AEK Athens F.C.
DF	Andreas Mouratis	November 29, 1926	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
FW	Ioannis Nembidis	March 10, 1928	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Panathinaikos FC
FW	Vangelis Panakis	June 8, 1933	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Panathinaikos FC
FW	Giannis Papantoniou		2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Panathinaikos FC
MF	Ilias Papageorgiou	1925	1	0	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	AEK Athens F.C.
MF	Lakis Petropoulos	August 29, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	Panathinaikos FC
DF	Kostas Poulis	1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	90	-	-	AEK Athens F.C.
DF	Ilias Rosidis	February 3, 1927	4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	Olympiacos F.C.
MF	Lambis Serafeidis		2	0	139	0	1	90	49	-	-	Apollon Smyrnis F.C.
DF	Thanasis Kingley		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Olympiacos F.C.
MF	Andreas Stamatiadis	August 16, 1935	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	AEK Athens F.C.
GK	Babis Taouxis	1930	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	Apollon Smyrnis F.C.
DF	Vasilis Xanthopoulos	1929	2	0	130	1	0	-	-	90	40	Olympiacos F.C.

External links

• FIFA official page
• RSSSF - 1954 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup