The1962 FIFA World Cupwas the 7th edition of theFIFA World Cup,the quadrennial internationalfootballchampionship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. Thequalificationrounds took place between August 1960 and December 1961, with 56 teams entering from six confederations, and fourteen qualifying for the finals tournament alongsideChile,the hosts, andBrazil,the defending champions.

1962 FIFA World Cup
Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol
Copa Jules Rimet Chile 1962
(Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates30 May – 17 June
Teams16 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil(2nd title)
Runners-upCzechoslovakia
Third placeChile
Fourth placeYugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored89 (2.78 per match)
Attendance893,172 (27,912 per match)
Top scorer(s)BrazilGarrincha
BrazilVavá
ChileLeonel Sánchez
HungaryFlórián Albert
Soviet UnionValentin Ivanov
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaDražan Jerković
(4 goals each)
1958
1966

Brazil successfully defended their World Cup title, defeatingCzechoslovakia3–1 in the final in the Chilean capitalSantiago.They became the second team, afterItalyin1934and1938,to win the World Cup twice consecutively; no team has since achieved the feat. Host nation Chile finished third, defeatingYugoslavia1–0 in the third-place play-off.

The tournament was marred by violence between players on the pitch and a toxic atmosphere; it included the first-round match between Chile and Italy (2–0), which became known as theBattle of Santiago,one of a number of violent matches played throughout the tournament. It was the first World Cup that usedgoal averageas a means of separating teams with the same number of points. It was also the first World Cup in which the average number of goals per match was less than three (2.78); this has been repeated at every World Cup since.

Host selection

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After Europe hosted two consecutive World Cups, the American federations demanded the 1962 edition must be held in South America or they would stage a complete boycott of the tournament, similar to 1938.[1]Argentina,after previously failed candidacies, was the favorite.Magallanes' chairman, Ernesto Alvear, attended a FIFA Congress held inHelsinkiwhile theFinnishcity was hosting the1952 Summer Olympics.He considered that Chile was able to organise the World Cup. Several sources also say that FIFA did not want Argentina to run alone, requesting the participation of Chile as almost symbolic. Chile registered its candidacy in 1954 alongside Argentina andWest Germany,the latter withdrawing at the request of FIFA.[1]

Chile'sfootball federationcommittee, led byCarlos Dittbornand Juan Pinto Durán, toured many countries convincing various football associations about the country's ability to organise the tournament in comparison to Argentina's superior sports infrastructure and prestige. The FIFA Congress met in Lisbon, Portugal on 10 June 1956. That day, Raul Colombo, representing Argentina's candidacy, ended his speech with the phrase "We can start the World Cup tomorrow. We have it all." The next day, Dittborn presented four arguments that supported Chile's candidacy: Chile's continued participations at FIFA-organised conferences and tournaments, sports climate, tolerance of race and creed and political and institutional stability of the country. In addition, Dittborn invoked Article 2 of the FIFA statutes that addressed the tournament's role in promoting the sport in countries deemed "underdeveloped".[2]In a counter-point to Colombo's claim that "We have it all" Dittborn coined the phrase "Because we have nothing, we want to do it all" (Spanish:Porque no tenemos nada, queremos hacerlo todo) around the fifteenth minute of his speech.[3]Chile won 32 votes to Argentina's 10.[3]Fourteen members abstained from voting.[3]

Qualification

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Countries qualified for World Cup
Country failed to qualify
Countries that did not enter World Cup
Country not a FIFA member

57 teams entered the 1962 World Cup (due to rejected entries and withdrawals, 52 teams eventually participated in the qualifying stages). Chile as host nation and Brazil as reigning World Cup champions were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 14 finals places divided among the continental confederations.

Eight places were contested byUEFAteams (Europe) and three byCONMEBOLteams (South America).CAFteams (Africa),AFCteams (Asia),NAFCteams (North America), andCCCFteams (Central America and Caribbean) contested three play-offs slots. The three winners would then face a European or South American team for entry into the World Cup. The 1962 tournament was the last one for which only nations from Europe or the Americas qualified.

Two teams qualified for the first time ever:ColombiaandBulgaria.Colombia would not qualify for another World Cup until1990.

Among the teams who failed to qualify were the1958runners upSwedenand third-place finishersFrance.Austriawithdrew during the qualification tournament due to financial problems.

Italy, Switzerland and Uruguay all qualified for the first time since1954,and Spain for the first time since1950.Scotland failed to qualify for the first time since rejoining FIFA in 1946 (though they had ultimately also declined to participate in the1950 edition).

List of qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

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Originally, eight stadiums were selected to host the World Cup matches in eight cities:Santiago,Viña del Mar,Rancagua,Arica,Talca,Concepción,TalcahuanoandValdivia.

TheValdivia earthquake,themost powerfulearthquake ever recorded, occurred on 22 May 1960. With over 50,000 casualties and more than 2 million people affected, the earthquake forced the organising committee to completely modify the World Cup's calendar. Talca, Concepción, Talcahuano and Valdivia were severely damaged and discarded as venues.AntofagastaandValparaísodeclined to host any matches as their venues were not financially self-sustainable.Viña del MarandAricamanaged to rebuild their stadiums whileBraden Copper Company,then an American company that controlled theEl Tenientecopper mine,allowed the use of its stadium in Rancagua. Due to these setbacks, this is the World Cup edition with the smallest number of venues spread across the country (while the1930 FIFA World Cupwas held in three venues, all of them were located in a single city). The most used stadium was the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, with 10 matches; the Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar hosted 8 matches, and the stadiums in Rancagua and far-away Arica (the only location that was not close to the other cities) both hosted 7 matches. Being that Estadio Nacional was the only large venue of the tournament (all others had less than 20,000 seats), it also saw the largest attendance average, by far, with Estadio Sausalito's attendance only being boosted with the Brazil matches it hosted (the semifinal between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia was the only one in the stadium with less than 10,000 spectators).

Being largely concerned with the build-up of the country after the 1960 earthquake, government support for the tournament was minimal.[4]

Santiago Viña del Mar
Estadio Nacional Estadio Sausalito
33°27′52″S70°36′38″W/ 33.46444°S 70.61056°W/-33.46444; -70.61056(Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos) 33°00′51.83″S71°32′6.84″W/ 33.0143972°S 71.5352333°W/-33.0143972; -71.5352333(Estadio Sausalito)
Capacity:66,660 Capacity:18,037
Rancagua Arica
Estadio Braden Copper Co. Estadio Carlos Dittborn
34°10′39.95″S70°44′15.79″W/ 34.1777639°S 70.7377194°W/-34.1777639; -70.7377194(Estadio El Teniente) 18°29′15.47″S70°17′56.96″W/ 18.4876306°S 70.2991556°W/-18.4876306; -70.2991556(Estadio Carlos Dittborn)
Capacity:18,000 Capacity:17,786

Team bases

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Team Site City
Argentina Hostería El Sauzal Rancagua
Brazil Villa Retiro Quilpué
Bulgaria Parque Municipal Machalí
Chile Villa del Seleccionado Santiago
Colombia Hotel El Morro Arica
Czechoslovakia Posada Quebrada Verde Valparaíso
England Staff House Braden Copper Co. Coya
Hungary Hotel Turismo Rengo
Italy Escuela de Aviación Cap. Ávalos Santiago
Mexico Hotel O'Higgins Viña del Mar
Soviet Union Hostería Arica Arica
Spain Hotel Miramar Caleta Abarca Viña del Mar
Switzerland Club Suizo Santiago
Uruguay Hotel Azapa Arica
West Germany Escuela Militar Bernardo O'Higgins Santiago
Yugoslavia Hotel El Paso Arica

Squads

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Squads for the 1962 World Cup consisted of 22 players, as for the previous tournament in 1958.

AfterAttilio DemaríaandLuis Monti,who both represented Argentina in 1930 and Italy in 1934,Ferenc Puskás(Hungary in 1954, then Spain),José Santamaría(Uruguay in 1954, then Spain) andJosé Altafini(Brazil in 1958, then Italy) became the third, fourth and fifth players to play for two national teams in the World Cup. In light of this, FIFA created stipulations describing that once a player represents a nation during a World Cup or its qualifying rounds the player cannot switch to another national team.[5]Robert ProsinečkiandRobert Jarniwould later become the sixth and seventh such players, playing for Yugoslavia in 1990, then for Croatia in 1998;Davor Šukerwas also selected in both squads, but did not play in 1990. This was accepted by FIFA because Croatia was a newly independent former republic of Yugoslavia.

Match officials

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Eighteen match officials from 17 countries were assigned to the tournament to serve as referees and assistant referees.

Seeding

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Pot 1: South America Pot 2: Europe I Pot 3: Europe II Pot 4: Rest of the World

Format

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The format of the competition was similar to that of the1958 competition:16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Four teams were seeded in the draw taking place inSantiago,on 18 January 1962: Brazil, England, Italy and Uruguay.[6]The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. In a change from the 1958 format,goal averagewas used to separate any teams equal on points.[7](In 1958, goal average was available, but was only between teams level on points in first place, or if a playoff between teams equal in second place failed to yield a result after extra time). Argentina became the first team in World Cup history to be eliminated on goal average when England advanced from Group 4 in second place.

In the knockout games, if the teams were level after ninety minutes, thirty minutes of extra time were played. For any match other than the final, if the teams were still even after extra time then lots would be drawn to determine the winner. The final would have been replayed if still tied after extra time; but if still tied after the replay, the champion would have been decided by drawing lots. In the event, no replays or drawing of lots were necessary.

Qualifying countries and their result

Summary

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In May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile sufferedthe largest earthquake ever recorded(9.5magnitude), which caused enormous damage to the national infrastructure. In the face of this,Carlos Dittborn,the president of the Organization Committee, coined the phrase "Porque nada tenemos, lo haremos todo" (Because we have nothing, we will do everything).[8]Stadia and other infrastructure were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament occurred on schedule with no major organisational flaw. Dittborn did not live to see the success of his efforts, as he died one month before the start of the tournament. The World Cup venue atAricawas namedEstadio Carlos Dittbornin his honour and bears his name to this day.[9]Even with these few and low-capacity stadiums Chile was able to meet the demand for seats as international travel to Chile, far-away for Europe, was minimal at the time.[4]

PresidentJorge Alessandrigave an uninspiring inaugural speech before the first match, which was played between Chile and Switzerland. Alessandri left however before the end of the match. While Chilean society was living in a "footballized" atmosphere, Alessandri was criticized for his cold attitude towards the tournament, which forced his ministers to come out and claim he was as "footballized" as everybody else, but was too busy to devote too much attention to the competition.[4]

Official 1962 FIFA World Cup poster.

The competition was marred by constant violence on the pitch. This poisonous atmosphere culminated in the first-round match between host Chile andItaly(2–0), known as theBattle of Santiago.Two Italian journalists had written unflattering articles about the host country and its capital city; describing Santiago as a "proudly backwards and poverty-stricken dump full of prostitution and crime".[10]Although only two players (both of them Italian) were sent off by the English refereeKen Aston,the match saw repeated attempts from players on both sides to harm opponents, and the Italian team needed police protection to leave the field in safety.[11]Articles in the Italian papersLa NazioneandCorriere della Serawere saying that allowing Chile to host the World Cup was "pure madness"; this was used and magnified by local newspapers to inflame the Chilean population. The British newspaper the Daily Express wrote "The tournament shows every sign of developing into a violent bloodbath. Reports read like battlefront despatches; the Italy vs West Germany match was described as 'wrestling and warfare'".

As the competition began, a shift in strategy was imminent. Defensive strategies began to take hold as the average goals per match dropped to 2.78, under 3 for the first time in competition history (the average has never been above 3 since).[12]

Peléwas injured in the second group match against Czechoslovakia. The Soviet Union goalkeeperLev Yashin,arguably the best goalkeeper in the world at the time, was in poor form and his team went out toChile(1–2) in the quarter-finals. Bright spots included the emergence of the young BraziliansAmarildo(standing in for Pelé) andGarrincha,the heroics of Czechoslovakia goalkeeperViliam SchrojfagainstHungaryandYugoslavia,and the performance of the host nation Chile, who took third place with a squad of relatively unknown players.[citation needed].This has been the best performance of a South American team in a World Cup so far without taking into account the historical ones (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay).

In the first round, Brazil topped their group withCzechoslovakiafinishing second, aboveMexicoandSpain,even as the latter had in their ranks the naturalizedFerenc PuskásandAlfredo Di Stéfanowho, injured, was called up but did not play. USSR and Yugoslavia finished aboveUruguayandColombia.Hungary, along withEnglandprogressed to the quarter-finals, whileArgentinaandBulgariawere eliminated. England had the same number of points as Argentina but progressed due to a superiorgoal average;the first time such a requirement had been necessary in a World Cup finals tournament.Switzerlandlost all three games whileWest Germanyand Chile both went through over Italy.

Brazil national football team in the World Cup, 1962.National Archives of Brazil.

Chile defeated European champions USSR to earn a semi-final game against the winner of the England – Brazil game. Garrincha scored two goals in a 3–1 win against England. Meanwhile, 1–0 wins for Yugoslavia against West Germany – and another 1–0 win of Czechoslovakia against neighbours Hungary – saw the two Slavic states meet in the semi-finals.

Viña del Marwas the original venue for the South American semi-final and Santiago for the Slavic one, but due to Chile's surprise qualification, the organisers prompted FIFA to switch the venues. This irritated crowds in Viña del Mar and only a little under 6,000 spectators came toEstadio Sausalitoto watch Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia 3–1, whereas a capacity crowd of 76,600 in Santiago watched Brazil beat the hosts 4–2.[13]This game saw Garrincha sent off for Brazil andHonorino Landasent off for Chile. Chile eventually took third place in a 1–0 victory over Yugoslavia with the last play of the match. The same player,Eladio Rojas,had also scored the winning goal in Chile's game against USSR.

Santiago'sEstadio Nacionalserved as the venue for the final, and after 15 minutes, Brazil again found themselves a goal behind in the World Cup final, as a long ball fromAdolf Schererwas latched onto byJosef Masopust:1–0 Czechoslovakia. As in the previous final in 1958, Brazil soon hit back, equalising two minutes later through Amarildo after an error by Czechoslovak goalkeeper Schroijf. The Brazilians scored goals fromZitoandVavá(another Schrojf error) midway through the second half, and the Czechoslovaks could not get back into the game. The match ended 3–1 to Brazil, a successful defence of the title for only the second time in the history of the competition in spite of the absence of one of their star players of 1958, Pelé, who was replaced byAmarildo.

Group stage

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 8 5 1.600 5 Advance toknockout stage
2 Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 8 3 2.667 4
3 Uruguay 3 1 0 2 4 6 0.667 2
4 Colombia 3 0 1 2 5 11 0.455 1
Source:FIFA
Uruguay2–1Colombia
Cubilla56'
Sasía75'
Report Zuluaga19' (pen.)


Soviet Union2–1Uruguay
Mamykin38'
Ivanov89'
Report Sasía54'
Yugoslavia5–0Colombia
Galić20',61'
Jerković25',87'
Melić82'
Report

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 West Germany 3 2 1 0 4 1 4.000 5 Advance toknockout stage
2 Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 1.667 4
3 Italy 3 1 1 1 3 2 1.500 3
4 Switzerland 3 0 0 3 2 8 0.250 0
Source:FIFA
Chile3–1Switzerland
L. Sánchez44',55'
Ramírez51'
Report Wüthrich6'

Chile2–0Italy
Ramírez73'
Toro87'
Report

Italy3–0Switzerland
Mora2'
Bulgarelli65',67'
Report

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Brazil 3 2 1 0 4 1 4.000 5 Advance toknockout stage
2 Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 2 3 0.667 3
3 Mexico 3 1 0 2 3 4 0.750 2
4 Spain 3 1 0 2 2 3 0.667 2
Source:FIFA

Spain1–0Mexico
Peiró90' Report

Brazil2–1Spain
Amarildo72',86' Report Adelardo35'

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Hungary 3 2 1 0 8 2 4.000 5 Advance toknockout stage
2 England 3 1 1 1 4 3 1.333 3[a]
3 Argentina 3 1 1 1 2 3 0.667 3[a]
4 Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 1 7 0.143 1
Source:FIFA
Notes:
  1. ^abEngland finished ahead of Argentina ongoal average.
Hungary2–1England
Tichy17'
Albert71'
Report Flowers60' (pen.)

Hungary6–1Bulgaria
Albert1',6',53'
Tichy8',70'
Solymosi12'
Report Sokolov64'[14]

England0–0Bulgaria
Report

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
10 June – Arica
Soviet Union1
13 June – Santiago
Chile2
Chile2
10 June – Viña del Mar
Brazil4
Brazil3
17 June – Santiago
England1
Brazil3
10 June – Santiago
Czechoslovakia1
West Germany0
13 June – Viña del Mar
Yugoslavia1
Yugoslavia1
10 June – Rancagua
Czechoslovakia3 Third place play-off
Hungary0
16 June – Santiago
Czechoslovakia1
Chile1
Yugoslavia0

Quarter-finals

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Brazil3–1England
Garrincha31',59'
Vavá53'
Report Hitchens38'

Semi-finals

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Brazil4–2Chile
Garrincha9',32'
Vavá47',78'
Report Toro42'
L. Sánchez61' (pen.)
Attendance: 76,594

Third place play-off

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Chile1–0Yugoslavia
Rojas90' Report

Final

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Goalscorers

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With four goals each, Flórián Albert, Garrincha, Valentin Ivanov, Dražan Jerković, Leonel Sánchez and Vavá were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 89 goals were scored by 54 players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

FIFA retrospective ranking

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In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[15][16]The rankings for the 1962 tournament were as follows:

R Team G P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1 Brazil 3 6 5 1 0 14 5 +9 11
2 Czechoslovakia 3 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 7
3 Chile 2 6 4 0 2 10 8 +2 8
4 Yugoslavia 1 6 3 0 3 10 7 +3 6
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5 Hungary 4 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 5
6 Soviet Union 1 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 5
7 West Germany 2 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
8 England 4 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 3
Eliminated in the group stage
9 Italy 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
10 Argentina 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
11 Mexico 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
12 Spain 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
13 Uruguay 1 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 2
14 Colombia 1 3 0 1 2 5 11 −6 1
15 Bulgaria 4 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
16 Switzerland 2 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0

Footnotes

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  1. ^ab"FIFA World Cup 1962 – Historical Football Kits".Historicalkits.co.uk.Retrieved29 June2014.
  2. ^Paul (16 December 2012)."Carlos Dittborn Pinto – 1962 FIFA World Cup".DoFooty. Archived fromthe originalon 14 July 2014.Retrieved15 June2014.
  3. ^abcZamorano, Javier (31 May 2022).""Porque no tenemos nada...": la icónica respuesta a Argentina que pasó a la historia ".Radio Bío-Bío(in Spanish).Retrieved6 October2022.
  4. ^abcOrtega, Luis (2005), "De pasión de multitudes a rito privado", in Sagredo, Rafael; Gazmuri, Cristián (eds.),Historia de la vida privada en Chile(in Spanish), vol. 3: El Chile contemporáneo. De 1925 a nuestros días (4th ed.), Santiago de Chile: Aguilar Chilena de Ediciones,ISBN956-239-337-2
  5. ^Ryan, Kelly."FIFA national team eligibility: Rules, players who have switched & everything you need to know".Goal.Retrieved17 January2020.
  6. ^"History of the World Cup Final Draw"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 26 February 2008.Retrieved2 March2012.
  7. ^"for the first time goal average was brought in as a means of separating teams with the same number of points""Compact book of the World Cup"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 30 December 2013.
  8. ^Brewin, John; Williamson, Martin (30 April 2014)."World Cup History: 1962".ESPN FC.ESPN Internet Ventures.Retrieved12 June2015.
  9. ^Fett, Matthias (2 July 2020)."The game has changed – a systematic approach to classify FIFA World Cups".International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.12(3):455–470.doi:10.1080/19406940.2020.1784978.ISSN1940-6940.S2CID221714908.
  10. ^"Italy World Cup Rewind: Infamy at the Battle of Santiago, 1962".Bleacher Report.
  11. ^Lopresti, Sam (28 February 2014)."Italy World Cup Rewind: Infamy at the Battle of Santiago, 1962".Bleacher Report.Retrieved15 June2014.
  12. ^"FIFA World Cup Record – Organisation".FIFA. Archived fromthe originalon 13 June 2007.Retrieved15 June2014.
  13. ^Grüne, Hardy (2006). "WM 1962 Chile".Fussball WM Enzyklopädie 1930–2006.Agon Sportverlag.ISBN978-3-89784-261-8.
  14. ^RSSSF credits this goal toGeorgi Asparuhov.
  15. ^"page 45"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 14 June 2010.Retrieved2 March2012.
  16. ^"FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7"(PDF).FIFA.26 March 2013. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 21 May 2013.
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