1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 4

Last updated June 19, 2024

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

Results

20 September 1953	Luxembourg	1 – 6	France	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
	Kohn 6'	Report	Piantoni 5' Kopa 10' Cicci 41' Glovacki 44' Kargu 73' Flamion 88'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Dörflinger (Switzerland)

4 October 1953	Republic of Ireland	3 – 5	France	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Ryan 58' (pen.) Walsh 83' O'Farrell 88'	Report	Glovacki 23' Penverne 40' Ujlaki 50', 69' Flamion 72'	Stadium: Dalymount Park Referee: Franken (Belgium)

28 October 1953	Republic of Ireland	4 – 0	Luxembourg	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Fitzsimons 14'83' Ryan 48' (pen.) Eglington 59'	Report		Stadium: Dalymount Park Referee: Bond (England)

25 November 1953	France	1 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Paris, France
	Piantoni 73'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Van Nuffel (Belgium)

17 December 1953	France	8 – 0	Luxembourg	Paris, France
	Desgranges 2', 88' Vincent 6', 10' Fontaine 21', 75', 80' Foix 57'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Roeykens (Belgium)

7 March 1954	Luxembourg	0 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
		Report	Cummins 67'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Ausum (Netherlands)

France qualified.

Final Table

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Final table													Home							Away
1.	France	4	4	0	0	20	4	+16	8	X	1:0	8:0	2	2	0	0	9	0	4	2	2	0	0	11	4	4
2.	Republic of Ireland	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	4	3:5	X	4:0	2	1	0	1	7	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	2
3.	Luxembourg	4	0	0	4	1	19	-18	0	1:6	0:1	X	2	0	0	2	1	7	0	2	0	0	2	0	12	0

Team stats

France

Head coach: none, selected by committee

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on					Club
FW	Abdesselem Ben Mohammed	January 2, 1926	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Girondins Bordeaux
GK	Pierre Bernard	June 27, 1932	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	Girondins Bordeaux
MF	Guillaume Bieganski	November 3, 1932	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Lille O.S.C.
DF	Marius Bruat	June 27, 1930	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	FC Sochaux
MF	Raymond Cicci	August 11, 1929	1	1	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	Stade Reims
MF	Antoine Cuissard	July 19, 1924	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	OGC Nice
GK	Stéphane Dakowski	June 29, 1921	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	Nîmes Olympique
FW	Léon Deladerrière	June 29, 1927	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	FC Nancy
FW	Jean Desgranges	April 22, 1929	1	2	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	RC Lens
FW	Ferry	September 2, 1930	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	AS Saint-Étienne
FW	Pierre Flamion	December 13, 1924	2	2	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Troyes AC
FW	Jacques Foix	November 26, 1930	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	AS Saint-Étienne
FW	Just Fontaine	August 18, 1933	1	3	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	OGC Nice
DF	Lazare Gianessi	November 9, 1925	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	AS Monaco
MF	Léon Glovacki	February 19, 1928	2	2	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Stade Reims
DF	Robert Jonquet	May 3, 1925	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Stade Reims
FW	Édouard Kargu	December 16, 1925	1	1	90	0	0	90	B	-	-	Girondins Bordeaux
FW	Raymond Kopa	October 13, 1931	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Stade Reims
GK	Jean-Pierre Kress	March 1, 1930	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	RC Strasbourg
DF	Robert Lemaître	March 7, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Lille O.S.C.
DF	André Lerond	December 6, 1930	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	Olympique Lyonnais
MF	Abderrahman Mahjoub	April 25, 1929	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	OGC Nice
MF	Jean-Jacques Marcel	June 13, 1931	2	0	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	FC Sochaux
DF	Roger Marche	March 5, 1924	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	Stade Reims
DF	Ahmed Mihoubi	June 2, 1924	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Toulouse FC
FW	Célestin Oliver	July 12, 1930	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	UA Sedan-Torcy
DF	Antoine Pazur	January 3, 1931	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Lille O.S.C.
DF	Armand Penverne	November 26, 1926	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	Stade Reims
MF	Roger Piantoni	December 26, 1931	3	2	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	FC Nancy
DF	René Pleimelding	February 13, 1925	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	B	-	Toulouse FC
GK	François Remetter	August 8, 1928	2	0	172	0	1	82	B	90	-	FC Metz
MF	André Strappe	February 23, 1928	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	90	-	Lille O.S.C.
MF	Joseph Ujlaki	August 10, 1929	2	2	180	0	0	-	90	90	-	OGC Nice
GK	René Vignal	August 12, 1926	2	0	98	1	0	8	90	-	-	RCF Paris
FW	Jean Vincent	November 29, 1930	1	2	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	Lille O.S.C.
FW	Raymond Wozniesko	January 17, 1930	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	Girondins Bordeaux

Republic of Ireland

Head coach: none, selected by committee, team manager: Alex Stevenson

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played					Club
DF	Tom Aherne	January 26, 1919	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	/2^[1] Luton Town
MF	Noel Cantwell	February 28, 1932	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	/2^[1] West Ham United
DF	Tommy Clinton	April 13, 1926	2	0	180	-	-	90	90	/2^[1] Everton F.C.
FW	George Cummins	March 12, 1931	2	1	180	-	90	-	90	/2^[1] Luton Town
DF	Seamus Dunne	April 13, 1930	2	0	180	90	90	-	-	/2^[1] Luton Town
FW	Tommy Eglington	January 15, 1923	3	1	270	90	90	90	-	/2^[1] Everton F.C.
DF/MF	Peter Farrell	August 16, 1922	2	0	180	90	-	90	-	/2^[1] Everton F.C.
FW	Arthur Fitzsimons	December 16, 1929	3	2	270	90	90	90	-	Middlesbrough F.C.
DF	Mick Gallagher		1	0	90	-	-	-	90	Hibernian F.C.
DF	Eddie Gannon	January 3, 1921	2	0	180	-	90	90	-	Sheffield Wednesday
FW	Johnny Gavin	April 20, 1928	1	0	180	-	-	-	90	/3^[1] Norwich City
FW	Shay Gibbons	May 19, 1929	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	St Patrick's Athletic
FW	Jimmy Hartnett	March 21, 1927	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	Middlesbrough F.C.
FW	Freddie Kearns	November 8, 1927	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	/2^[1] West Ham United
MF	Noel Kelly	December 28, 1921	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	/2^[1] Nottingham Forest
DF	Robin Lawler	August 28, 1925	2	0	180	-	90	90	-	/2^[1] Fulham F.C.
MF	Con Martin	March 20, 1923	3	0	270	90	-	90	90	Aston Villa
FW	Tommy Moroney	November 10, 1923	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	Evergreen United
FW	Liam Munroe	November 15, 1930	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	Shamrock Rovers
MF	Frank O'Farrell	October 9, 1927	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	/2^[1] West Ham United
GK	Jimmy O'Neill	October 13, 1931	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	/2^[1] Everton F.C.
FW	Alf Ringstead	October 14, 1927	1	0	90	-	-	90	-	Sheffield United
MF	Reg Ryan	February 13, 1925	3	2	270	90	90	90	-	West Bromwich Albion
MF	Pat Saward	August 17, 1928	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	/3^[1] Millwall F.C.
GK	Tom Scannell	June 3, 1925	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	/3^[1] Southend United
DF	Tommy Traynor	July 22, 1933	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	/3^[1] Southampton F.C.
FW	Davy Walsh	April 28, 1923	2	0	180	90	-	90	-	Aston Villa

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The number indicates the league the team played in that year.

Luxembourg

Head coach: Béla Volentik

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played					Club
DF	Secondo Caldarelli	August 13, 1923	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	Progrès Niederkorn
DF	Henri Fickinger	July 25, 1930	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	Progrès Niederkorn
MF	Fernand Guth	May 3, 1926	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	Union Luxembourg
FW	Jos Hansen	June 8, 1932	1	0	90	90	-	B	-	The National Schifflange
FW	Lucien Karier	July 7, 1923	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	The Belval Belvaux
FW	Paul Kemp	September 27, 1930	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	Union Luxembourg
GK	Théo Kemp	September 25, 1931	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	Red Boys Differdange
FW	Antoine Kohn	November 1, 1933	4	1	360	90	90	90	90	Jeunesse Esch
GK	Ferdy Lahure	March 28, 1929	1	0	90	90	B	-	-	Progrès Niederkorn
DF	Roger Lorang	November 22, 1930	1	0	90	-	90	-	-	Union Luxembourg
DF	Nicolas May	September 30, 1927	3	0	270	-	90	90	90	Red Boys Differdange
DF	Jean-Pierre Mertl	April 23, 1930	1	0	90	90	-	-	B	Union Luxembourg
MF	Jules Meurisse	May 3, 1931	3	0	270	-	90	90	90	Jeunesse Esch
DF	Robert Mond	December 13, 1927	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	Jeunesse Esch
DF	Josy Mosar	September 16, 1927	1	0	90	-	-	-	90	Red Star Merl
MF	Armand Müller	July 26, 1928	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	AS Differdange
MF	François Müller	February 23, 1927	1	0	90	90	-	-	-	Red Star Merl
MF	Guillaume Peiffer	May 2, 1928	1	0	90	-	B	B	90	Fola Esch
DF	Michel Reuter	November 24, 1929	3	0	270	90	B	90	90	SC Tetingen
MF	Jos Roller	August 21, 1929	0	0	0	B	B	-	-	Progrès Niederkorn
DF	Léon Spartz	April 17, 1927	3	0	270	90	90	90	-	Red Boys Differdange
DF	Jacques Speck	November 5, 1931	2	0	180	B	90	90	-	The National Schifflange
GK	Paul Steffen	January 17, 1930	3	0	270	B	90	90	90	Jeunesse Esch
DF	Camille Wagner	April 13, 1925	4	0	360	90	90	90	90	FC Etzella Ettelbruck
FW	Roger Weydert	February 18, 1927	4	0	360	90	90	90	90	Union Luxembourg

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