The 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 took place from January to March 1938. Hungary as the strongest team of this group was seeded. Greece and Mandatory Palestine would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. Hungary would play against the winner at home. The winner would qualify for the third FIFA World Cup held in France.

Matches

Mandatory Palestine vs Greece Mandatory Palestine1 — 3(final score after 90 minutes) GreeceManager: Egon Pollak

Team: 01 - GK - Julius Klein 02 - DF - Avraham Beit haLevi 03 - DF - Avraham Reznik (capt.) 04 - MF - Yosef Libermann 05 - MF - Yohanan Sukenik 06 - MF - Menahem Mirmovich 07 - FW - Mila Ginzburg 08 - FW - Shuka Brashedski 09 - FW - Peri Neufeld 10 - FW - Gaul Machlis 11 - FW - Avraham Nudelmann

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes: ?

Scorers: 1-2 Peri Neufeld (36')Half-time:1-2

Competition:World Cup qualifier 1938 (Group 5)

Date:Saturday22 January 1938

Kick off:3.30 p.m.

Venue:Maccabiah Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance: 5000

Referee:Mohamed Youssef

Assistants:?

Match rules:90 minutes substitutes ?Manager: Kostas Negrepontis

Team: 01 - GK - Spyros Sklavounos 02 - DF - Giorgos Gasparis 03 - DF - Georgios Papadopoulos 04 - MF - Anastasios Kritikos 05 - MF - Antonis Kasimatis sub 46' 06 - MF - Konstantinos Gikas 07 - FW - Antonis Migiakis (capt.) 08 - FW - Dimitris Baltatsis 09 - FW - Kleanthis Vikelidis 10 - FW - Kleanthis Maropoulos 11 - FW - Theologis Symeonidis

Substitutes: 12 - MF - Spyros Kontoulis on 46'

Unused Substitutes: ?

Scorers: 0-1 Kleanthis Vikelidis (15') 0-2 Kleanthis Vikelidis (30') 1-3 Antonis Migiakis (73')

Greece vs Mandatory Palestine Greece1 — 0(final score after 90 minutes) Mandatory PalestineManager: Kostas Negrepontis

Team: 01 - GK - Spyros Sklavounos sub 15' 02 - DF - Giorgos Gasparis 03 - DF - Georgios Papadopoulos 04 - MF - Anastasios Kritikos 05 - MF - Spyros Kontoulis 06 - MF - Konstantinos Gikas 07 - FW - Antonis Migiakis (capt.) 08 - FW - Spyros Depountis 09 - FW - Kleanthis Vikelidis 10 - FW - Kleanthis Maropoulos 11 - FW - Vasilios Manettas

Substitutes: 12 - GK - Nikolaos Sotiriadis on 15'

Unused Substitutes: ?

Scorers: 1-0 Kleanthis Vikelidis (86', pen.)Half-time:0-0

Competition:World Cup qualifier 1938 (Group 5)

Date:Sunday20 February 1938

Kick off:3 p.m.

Venue:Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 12000

Referee:Mika Popović

Assistants:?

Match rules:90 minutes substitutes ?Manager: Egon Pollak

Team: 01 - GK - Israel Elsner 02 - DF - Avraham Beit haLevi 03 - DF - Avraham Reznik (capt.) 06 - MF - Yosef Libermann 05 - MF - Gdalyahu Fuchs 04 - MF - Menahem Mirmovich 08 - FW - Yona Stern 10 - FW - Jerry Beit haLevi 09 - FW - Peri Neufeld 07 - FW - Gaul Machlis 11 - FW - Natan Panz

Substitutes:

none

Unused Substitutes: ?

Scorers: -

Hungary vs Greece Hungary11 — 1(final score after 90 minutes) GreeceManager: Károly Dietz

Team: 01 - GK - József Háda 02 - DF - Lajos Korányi 03 - DF - Sándor Bíró 04 - MF - Gyula Lázár 05 - MF - György Szűcs 06 - MF - István Balogh 07 - FW - Ferenc Sas 08 - FW - Jenő Vincze 09 - FW - József Nemes 10 - FW - Gyula Zsengellér 11 - FW - Pál Titkos

Substitutes:

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Unused Substitutes: ?

Scorers: 1-0 Gyula Zsengellér (15') 2-0 Pál Titkos (18') 3-0 Gyula Zsengellér (23', pen.) 4-0 Gyula Zsengellér (25') 5-0 Jenő Vincze (30') 6-0 József Nemes (37') 7-0 József Nemes (41') 8-0 József Nemes (51') 9-0 Gyula Zsengellér (67') 10-0 Pál Titkos (82') 11-0 Gyula Zsengellér (85')Half-time:7-0

Competition:World Cup qualifier 1938 (Group 5)

Date:Friday25 March 1938

Kick off:3 p.m.

Venue:Hungária Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 14000

Referee:Denis Xifando

Assistants:?

Match rules:90 minutes substitutes ?Manager: Bill Baggett

Team: 01 - GK - Spyros Sklavounos 02 - DF - Nikos Tsaganias 03 - DF - Georgios Papadopoulos 04 - MF - Kimonas Deligiannis 05 - MF - Spyros Kontoulis 06 - MF - Konstantinos Gikas 07 - FW - Antonis Migiakis (capt.) 08 - FW - Kleanthis Maropoulos 09 - FW - Kleanthis Vikelidis 10 - FW - Lefteris Makris 11 - FW - Kostas Christodoulou

Substitutes:

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Unused Substitutes: ?

Scorers: 11-1 Lefteris Makris (90')

Team stats

Head coach: Károly Dietz Pos.PlayerDoBGamesplayedGoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onClub MF István Balogh September 21, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 90 Újpest FC DF Sándor Bíró August 19, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungária FC GK József Háda March 2, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 Ferencvárosi FC DF Lajos Korányi May 15, 1907 1 0 90 0 0 90 Ferencvárosi FC MF Gyula Lázár January 24, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 Ferencvárosi FC FW József Nemes 1914 1 3 90 0 0 90 Kispesti FC FW Ferenc Sas 1915 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungária FC MF György Szűcs April 23, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 90 Újpest FC FW Pál Titkos January 8, 1908 1 2 90 0 0 90 Hungária FC FW Jenő Vincze November 20, 1908 1 1 90 0 0 90 Újpest FC FW Gyula Zsengellér December 27, 1915 1 5 90 0 0 90 Újpest FC

Head coach: Kostas Negrepontis (first and second match); Alan Buckett (third match) Pos.PlayerDoBGamesplayedGoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onClub FW Dimitris Baltatsis 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - Panathinaikos FW Kostas Christodoulou 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 Panathinaikos MF Kimonas Deligiannis 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 Apollon Smyrnis FW Spyros Depountis 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - Olympiacos DF Giorgos Gasparis 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - AEK Athens MF Kostas Gikas 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 Apollon Smyrnis MF Antonis Kasimatis 1 0 45 1 0 45 - - Olympiacos MF Spyros Kontoulis 3 0 225 0 1 45 90 90 AEK Athens MF Anastasios Kritikos 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - Panathinaikos FW Lefteris Makris 1 1 90 0 0 - - 90 Asteras Zografou FW Vasilis Manetas 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - AEK Athens FW Kleanthis Maropoulos 1919 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 AEK Athens FW Antonis Migiakis 1911 3 2 270 0 0 90 90 90 Panathinaikos DF Georgios Papadopoulos 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 AEK Athens GK Spyros Sklavounos 1912 3 0 195 1 0 90 15 90 Panathinaikos GK Nikos Sotiriadis 1 0 75 0 1 - 75 - PAOK FW Theologis Symeonidis 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - Olympiacos DF Nikos Tsaganias 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 Iraklis FW Kleanthis Vikelidis 1916 3 3 270 0 0 90 90 90 Aris

Head coach: Egon Pollak Pos.PlayerDoBGamesplayedGoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onClub DF Avraham Beit haLevi 1915 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Hapoel Tel Aviv FW Jerry Beit haLevi November 14, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv FW Shuka Brashedski 1914 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Hapoel Haifa GK Israel Elsner 1909 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv MF Gdalyahu Fuchs 1911 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Hapoel Haifa FW Mila Ginzburg 1918 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Maccabi Tel Aviv GK Julius Klein 1907 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Hapoel Haifa MF Yosef Libermann 1909 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv FW Gaul Machlis 1918 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv MF Menahem Mirmovich 1919 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv FW Peri Neufeld 1913 2 1 180 0 0 90 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv FW Avraham Nudelmann 1910 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Hapoel Tel Aviv FW Natan Pentz 1917 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv DF Avraham Reznik 1909 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Maccabi Tel Aviv FW Yona Stern 1908 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Hapoel Haifa MF Yohanan Sukenik 1910 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Hapoel Tel Aviv

References

External links FIFA official page RSSSF - 1938 World Cup Qualification Allworldcup