1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 4

Football tournament qualifying stage 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification 1954 FIFA World Cup 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 LUX Report 1 – 6 FRA Kohn 6 Piantoni 5Kopa 10Cicci 41Glovacki 44Kargu 73Flamion 88 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Stade Municipal Dörflinger (Switzerland) 1 4 October 1953 IRL Report 3 – 5 FRA Ryan 58 pen.Walsh 83O'Farrell 88 Glovacki 23Penverne 40Ujlaki 50 69Flamion 72 Dublin, Republic of Ireland Dalymount Park Franken (Belgium) 1 28 October 1953 IRL Report 4 – 0 LUX Fitzsimons 14 83Ryan 48 pen.Eglington 59 Dublin, Republic of Ireland Dalymount Park Bond (England) 1 25 November 1953 FRA Report 1 – 0 IRL Piantoni 73 Paris, France Parc des Princes Van Nuffel (Belgium) 1 17 December 1953 FRA Report 8 – 0 LUX Desgranges 2 88Vincent 6 10Fontaine 21 75 80Foix 57 Paris, France Parc des Princes Roeykens (Belgium) 1 7 March 1954 LUX Report 0 – 1 IRL Cummins 67 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Stade Municipal Ausum (Netherlands) 1 France qualified. Final Table Final tableHomeAway RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts FRAIRLLUX PldWDLGFGAPtsPldWDLGFGAPts1.FRA4400204+168 X1:08:0 2200904220011442.IRL420286+24 3:5X4:0 210175221011123.LUX4004119-180 1:60:1X 200217020020120 Team stats FRA Head coach: none, selected by committee Pos.PlayerDoBGamesplayedGoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onLUXIRLIRLLUXClub FW Abdesselem Ben Mohammed January 2, 1926 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 - FRA Girondins Bordeaux GK Pierre Bernard June 27, 1932 0 0 0 0 0 - - - B FRA Girondins Bordeaux MF Guillaume Bieganski November 3, 1932 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA Lille O.S.C. DF Marius Bruat June 27, 1930 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA FC Sochaux MF Raymond Cicci August 11, 1929 1 1 90 0 0 90 - - - FRA Stade Reims MF Antoine Cuissard July 19, 1924 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 - FRA OGC Nice GK Stéphane Dakowski June 29, 1921 0 0 0 0 0 - - B - FRA Nîmes Olympique FW Léon Deladerrière June 29, 1927 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 - FRA FC Nancy FW Jean Desgranges April 22, 1929 1 2 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA RC Lens FW Ferry September 2, 1930 0 0 0 0 0 B - - - FRA AS Saint-Étienne FW Pierre Flamion December 13, 1924 2 2 180 0 0 90 90 - - FRA Troyes AC FW Jacques Foix November 26, 1930 1 1 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA AS Saint-Étienne FW Just Fontaine August 18, 1933 1 3 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA OGC Nice DF Lazare Gianessi November 9, 1925 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 - FRA AS Monaco MF Léon Glovacki February 19, 1928 2 2 180 0 0 90 90 - - FRA Stade Reims DF Robert Jonquet May 3, 1925 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - - FRA Stade Reims FW Édouard Kargu December 16, 1925 1 1 90 0 0 90 B - - FRA Girondins Bordeaux FW Raymond Kopa October 13, 1931 2 1 180 0 0 90 90 - - FRA Stade Reims GK Jean-Pierre Kress March 1, 1930 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA RC Strasbourg DF Robert Lemaître March 7, 1929 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA Lille O.S.C. DF André Lerond December 6, 1930 0 0 0 0 0 - - - B FRA Olympique Lyonnais MF Abderrahman Mahjoub April 25, 1929 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA OGC Nice MF Jean-Jacques Marcel June 13, 1931 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 90 - FRA FC Sochaux DF Roger Marche March 5, 1924 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 - FRA Stade Reims DF Ahmed Mihoubi June 2, 1924 1 1 90 0 0 - - 90 - FRA Toulouse FC FW Célestin Oliver July 12, 1930 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA UA Sedan-Torcy DF Antoine Pazur January 3, 1931 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA Lille O.S.C. DF Armand Penverne November 26, 1926 2 1 180 0 0 90 90 - - FRA Stade Reims MF Roger Piantoni December 26, 1931 3 2 270 0 0 90 90 90 - FRA FC Nancy DF René Pleimelding February 13, 1925 0 0 0 0 0 B B B - FRA Toulouse FC GK François Remetter August 8, 1928 2 0 172 0 1 82 B 90 - FRA FC Metz MF André Strappe February 23, 1928 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 - FRA Lille O.S.C. MF Joseph Ujlaki August 10, 1929 2 2 180 0 0 - 90 90 - FRA OGC Nice GK René Vignal August 12, 1926 2 0 98 1 0 8 90 - - FRA RCF Paris FW Jean Vincent November 29, 1930 1 2 90 0 0 - - - 90 FRA Lille O.S.C. FW Raymond Wozniesko January 17, 1930 0 0 0 0 0 - - - B FRA Girondins Bordeaux IRL Head coach: none, selected by committee, team manager: IRL Alex Stevenson Pos.PlayerDoBGamesplayedGoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onFRALUXFRALUXClub DF Tom Aherne January 26, 1919 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - - ENG/2The number indicates the league the team played in that year. Luton Town MF Noel Cantwell February 28, 1932 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - ENG/2 West Ham United DF Tommy Clinton April 13, 1926 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90 ENG/2 Everton F.C. FW George Cummins March 12, 1931 2 1 180 0 0 - 90 - 90 ENG/2 Luton Town DF Seamus Dunne April 13, 1930 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - - ENG/2 Luton Town FW Tommy Eglington January 15, 1923 3 1 270 0 0 90 90 90 - ENG/2 Everton F.C. DF/MF Peter Farrell August 16, 1922 2 0 180 0 0 90 - 90 - ENG/2 Everton F.C. FW Arthur Fitzsimons December 16, 1929 3 2 270 0 0 90 90 90 - ENG Middlesbrough F.C. DF Mick Gallagher 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 SCO Hibernian F.C. DF Eddie Gannon January 3, 1921 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 90 - ENG Sheffield Wednesday FW Johnny Gavin April 20, 1928 1 0 180 0 0 - - - 90 ENG/3 Norwich City FW Shay Gibbons May 19, 1929 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - IRL St Patrick's Athletic FW Jimmy Hartnett March 21, 1927 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 ENG Middlesbrough F.C. FW Freddie Kearns November 8, 1927 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 ENG/2 West Ham UnitedMF Noel Kelly December 28, 1921 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 ENG/2 Nottingham Forest DF Robin Lawler August 28, 1925 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 90 - ENG/2 Fulham F.C. MF Con Martin March 20, 1923 3 0 270 0 0 90 - 90 90 ENG Aston Villa FW Tommy Moroney November 10, 1923 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - - IRL Evergreen United FW Liam Munroe November 15, 1930 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - IRL Shamrock Rovers MF Frank O'Farrell October 9, 1927 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - - ENG/2 West Ham United GK Jimmy O'Neill October 13, 1931 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 - ENG/2 Everton F.C. FW Alf Ringstead October 14, 1927 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 - ENG Sheffield United MF Reg Ryan February 13, 1925 3 2 270 0 0 90 90 90 - ENG West Bromwich Albion MF Pat Saward August 17, 1928 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 ENG/3 Millwall F.C. GK Tom Scannell June 3, 1925 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 ENG/3 Southend United DF Tommy Traynor July 22, 1933 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 ENG/3 Southampton F.C. FW Davy Walsh April 28, 1923 2 0 180 0 0 90 - 90 - ENG Aston Villa LUX Head coach: HUN Béla Volentik Pos.PlayerDoBGamesplayedGoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onFRAIRLFRAIRLClub DF Secondo Caldarelli August 13, 1923 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 LUX Progrès Niederkorn DF Henri Fickinger July 25, 1930 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 - LUX Progrès Niederkorn MF Fernand Guth May 3, 1926 0 0 0 0 0 B - - - LUX Union Luxembourg FW Jos Hansen June 8, 1932 1 0 90 0 0 90 - B - LUX The National Schifflange FW Lucien Karier July 7, 1923 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 LUX The Belval Belvaux FW Paul Kemp September 27, 1930 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 - LUX Union Luxembourg GK Théo Kemp September 25, 1931 0 0 0 0 0 - - B B LUX Red Boys Differdange FW Antoine Kohn November 1, 1933 4 1 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 LUX Jeunesse Esch GK Ferdy Lahure March 28, 1929 1 0 90 0 0 90 B - - LUX Progrès Niederkorn DF Roger Lorang November 22, 1930 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - LUX Union Luxembourg DF Nicolas May September 30, 1927 3 0 270 0 0 - 90 90 90 LUX Red Boys Differdange DF Jean-Pierre Mertl April 23, 1930 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - B LUX Union Luxembourg MF Jules Meurisse May 3, 1931 3 0 270 0 0 - 90 90 90 LUX Jeunesse Esch DF Robert Mond December 13, 1927 0 0 0 0 0 - - B - LUX Jeunesse Esch DF Josy Mosar September 16, 1927 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 LUX Red Star Merl MF Armand Müller July 26, 1928 0 0 0 0 0 - - - B LUX AS Differdange MF François Müller February 23, 1927 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - - LUX Red Star Merl MF Guillaume Peiffer May 2, 1928 1 0 90 0 0 - B B 90 LUX Fola Esch DF Michel Reuter November 24, 1929 3 0 270 0 0 90 B 90 90 LUX SC Tetingen MF Jos Roller August 21, 1929 0 0 0 0 0 B B - - LUX Progrès Niederkorn DF Léon Spartz April 17, 1927 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 - LUX Red Boys Differdange DF Jacques Speck November 5, 1931 2 0 180 0 0 B 90 90 - LUX The National Schifflange GK Paul Steffen January 17, 1930 3 0 270 0 0 B 90 90 90 LUX Jeunesse Esch DF Camille Wagner April 13, 1925 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 LUX FC Etzella Ettelbruck FW Roger Weydert February 18, 1927 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 LUX Union Luxembourg External links FIFA official page RSSSF - 1954 World Cup Qualification Allworldcup 4 Category:1953–54 in Republic of Ireland association football qual Category:1953–54 in Luxembourgian football