1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2

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

Table and Matches

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Final table Home Away
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts       Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1.   Belgium 4 3 1 0 11 6 +5 7 X 2:0 2:2 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 2 2 0 0 7 4 4
2.   Sweden 4 1 1 2 9 8 +1 3 2:3 X 4:0 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 5 1
3.   Finland 4 0 2 2 7 13 -6 2 2:4 3:3 X 2 0 1 1 5 7 1 2 0 1 1 2 6 1
25 May 1953 Finland   2 – 4   Belgium Helsinki, Finland
Lehtovirta   49', 75' Report Coppens   4', 26', 83'
Anoul   9'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Referee: Helge (Denmark)

28 May 1953 Sweden   2 – 3   Belgium Stockholm, Sweden
Bengtsson   20'
Selmosson   26'
Report Anoul   28'
Straetmans   37'
Lemberechts   40'
Stadium: Råsunda Stadion
Referee: Mowat (Scotland)

5 August 1953 Finland   3 – 3   Sweden Helsinki, Finland
Lehtovirta   63'
Lahtinen   67'
Rikberg   70'
Report Sandell   9', 71'
Persson   23'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Referee: Baalstad (Norway)

16 August 1953 Sweden   4 – 0   Finland Stockholm, Sweden
Sandberg   22'
Sandell   24', 61'
Sandin   56'
Report Stadium: Råsunda Stadion
Referee: Asmussen (Denmark)

23 September 1953 Belgium   2 – 2   Finland Brussels, Belgium
Bollen   25'   75' Report Lahtinen   83'
Vaihela   90'
Stadium: Heysel Stadion
Referee: Baumberger (Switzerland)

8 October 1953 Belgium   2 – 0   Sweden Brussels, Belgium
Coppens   23'
Mees   49'
Report Stadium: Heysel Stadion
Referee: Schipper (Netherlands)

Belgium qualified.

Team stats

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Head coach:   Bill Gormlie (first and second match);   Doug Livingstone (third and fourth match)

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on         Club
FW Léopold Anoul August 19, 1922 4 2 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   FC Liégeois
MF Fernand Blaise February 7, 1925 1 0 90 0 0 90 B - -   Standard Liège
FW Mathieu Bollen December 31, 1928 2 2 180 0 0 - - 90 90   Waterschei Thor
MF Louis Carré January 7, 1925 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   FC Liégeois
FW Henri Coppens April 29, 1930 4 4 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Beerschot VAV
GK François Daenen August 18, 1919 2 0 180 0 0 B 90 90 B   FC Tilleur
DF Henri Dirickx July 7, 1927 2 0 180 0 0 90 B B 90   Union Saint-Gilloise
DF Marcel Dries September 19, 1929 2 0 180 0 0 B 90 90 B   Berchem Sport
GK Léopold Gernaey February 25, 1927 1 0 90 0 0 - - B 90   AS Oostende
MF Joseph Givard May 7, 1923 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   Standard Liège
FW Augustin Janssens September 24, 1930 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 -   Union Saint-Gilloise
FW Victor Lemberechts May 18, 1924 2 1 180 0 0 90 90 - -   KV Mechelen
MF Robert Maertens January 24, 1930 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   FC Antwerp
MF Victor Mees January 27, 1927 3 1 270 0 0 B 90 90 90   FC Antwerp
FW Joseph Mermans February 16, 1922 1 0 90 0 0 90 B B B   RSC Anderlecht
GK Armand Seghers June 21, 1926 1 0 90 0 0 90 B - -   AA Gent
FW Jean Straetmans June 13, 1930 1 1 90 0 0 B 90 - -   White Star AC
DF Alfons Van Brandt June 24, 1927 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Lierse SK
FW Fernand Van Gestel January 20, 1930 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90   Lyra TSV
MF Robert Van Kerkhoven October 1, 1924 0 0 0 0 0 B B B B   Daring Bruxelles

Head coach:   Putte Kock

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on         Club
FW Hans Andersson 2 0 180 0 0 90 - - 90
Jan Aronsson 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   Degerfors IF
FW Sylve Bengtsson July 2, 1930 1 1 90
90
Halmstad BK
DF Orvar Bergmark November 16, 1930 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Örebro SK
FW Lars Eriksson 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - -   Degerfors IF
MF Bengt Gustavsson January 13, 1928 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   IFK Norrköping
FW Kurt Hamrin November 19, 1934 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   AIK
FW Lennart Holmqvist 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - -   IFK Norrköping
DF Gösta Lindh August 8, 1924 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Örebro SK
FW Gösta Löfgren August 29, 1923 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90   Motala AIF
FW Hans Persson 1929 1 1 90 0 0 - 90 - -   Helsingborgs IF
DF Lennart Samuelsson July 7, 1924 3 0 270 0 0 90 - 90 90   IF Elfsborg
FW Gösta Sandberg August 6, 1932 3 1 270 0 0 90 - 90 90   Djurgårdens IF
DF Sune Sandbring April 10, 1928 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - -   Malmö FF
FW Nils-Åke Sandell February 5, 1927 2 4 180 0 0 - 90 90 -   Malmö FF
FW Herbert Sandin 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 -   IFK Norrköping
FW Arne Selmosson March 29, 1931 1 1 90 0 0 90 - - -   Jönköpings Södra IF
GK Kalle Svensson November 11, 1925 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Hälsingborgs IF
MF Sven-Ove Svensson 1922 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Hälsingborgs IF
MF Henry Tillberg 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 90   Malmo FF

Head coach:   Aatos Lehtonen

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on         Club
FW Rainer Forss October 20, 1930 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 -   Pyrkivä Turku
FW Matti Hiltunen January 26, 1933 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   Koparit
GK Matti Jokinen November 8, 1928 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   Vasa IFK
GK Aarre Klinga March 20, 1930 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 90 -   KIF Helsinki
DF Pekka Kupiainen November 25, 1929 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   KTP Kotka
FW Olavi Lahtinen January 5, 1929 4 1 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   HJK Helsinki
MF Martti Laitinen August 2, 1925 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   Helsingin Ponnistus
MF Lauri Lehtinen August 19, 1927 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 -   HJK Helsinki
FW Kalevi Lehtovirta February 20, 1928 4 3 360 0 0 90 90 90 90  /2[1] TPS Turku
DF Åke Lindman January 11, 1928 3 0 270 0 0 - 90 90 90  /2[1] HIFK
DF Kurt Martin March 13, 1923 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90   Vasa IFK
FW Stig-Göran Myntti August 6, 1925 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 -   Vasa IFK
DF Sulo Parkkinen April 24, 1930 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - -   KTP Kotka
MF Seppo Pelkonen March 13, 1930 3 0 270 0 0 - 90 90 90   KuPS
DF Aimo Pulkkinen June 14, 1928 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 90 -   FC Haka
FW Nils Rikberg March 29, 1928 3 1 270 0 0 - 90 90 90  /2[1] ÅIFK Turku
GK Mauno Rintanen November 28, 1925 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   HJK Helsinki
FW Aulis Rytkönen January 5, 1929 1 1 90 0 0 - - - 90   Toulouse FC
DF Reino Suojanen September 3, 1925 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90   Pyrkivä Turku
FW Jorma Vaihela September 30, 1925 2 1 180 0 0 90 - - 90   RU-38 Pori
  1. ^ a b c The number indicates the league the team played in that year.
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