1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 4

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

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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

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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.   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

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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

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

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

Head coach:   Béla Volentik

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