1954 FIFA World Cup

...Swiss club FC Basel. It was built in 1954, and as well as serving as a club stadium, it hosted several important matches, including a 1954 FIFA World Cup semi-final and the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup final. The St. Jakob-Park has been built in its...

In this article: St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, FC Basel, and St. Jakob-Park

A total of 45 teams entered the '1954 FIFA World Cup qualification ' rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. , as the hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for...

In this article: FIFA World Cup Qualification, FIFA, Taiwan, Asia, Europe, Turkey, Spain, and Egypt

Below are the squads for the 1954 FIFA World Cup tournament in Switzerland. This was the first World Cup where the players were assigned squad numbers. Only 13 members of the squad actually travelled to Switzerland for the 1954...

In this article: World Cup and Switzerland

The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. As the year saw the 50th anniversary of FIFA, it was appropriate for football's premier competition to be played in the home of its...

In this article: FIFA World Cup, Helmut Rahn, Ferenc Puskas, Hungary, Germany, Fritz Walter, Herbert Zimmermann, Sandor Kocsis, and Uruguay

...success as a player. Between April 1948 and July 1960 Robert Jonquet played 58 matches for France and captained them. He participated 1954 FIFA World Cup (one match) and 1958 FIFA World Cup (five matches as the team captain). In Sweden his...

In this article: Robert Jonquet, Raymond Kopa, France, 1958 FIFA World Cup, World Cup, Albert Batteux, RC Strasbourg, England, and London

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

In this article: FIFA World Cup, Switzerland, Silvio Piola, Angelo Schiavio, Lajos Czeizler, Turkey, and Austria

Ernie Copland was a Scottish footballer who played for Arbroath , Dundee and Raith Rovers . He was selected for Scotland's 1954 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not travel to the finals and never actually played for the national side.

In this article: Ernie Copland, Scottish Football Association, Jimmy Binning, Bobby Combe, Raith Rovers, Arbroath, Scotland, and Switzerland

...Fenerbahce from Eskisehir Demirspor in 1951. He played 27 times for Turkey and was a member of 1952 National Olympic Team and the 1954 FIFA World Cup team. He also worked as assistant manager for Fenerbahce with Ignace Molnar, Traian...

In this article: Basri Dirimlili, Branko Stankovic, and Turkey

...over but for all their efforts, Romania were not to conjure up a second Miracle of Berne at the stadium that hosted West Germany's 1954 FIFA World Cup triumph, Van Persie underlining the class divide with the fiercely-struck second goal. The...

In this article: Romania, Orlando Engelaar, Arjen Robben, Robin van Persie, Netherlands, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Ibrahim Afellay, and Bogdan Lobont

...took over, Turkey qualified for the UEFA EURO 1996 - the first time they had reached the final phase of a major tournament since the 1954 FIFA World Cup ™. This very much started the ball rolling for Turkey who finished an incredible third at...

In this article: Fatih Terim, Turkey, 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/japan, Champions League, Galatasaray, Fiorentina, UEFA Champions League, AC Milan, and Switzerland