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 Final tableHomeAway RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts PldWDLGFGAPtsPldWDLGFGAPts1.4310116+57 X2:02:2 211042322007442.411298+13 2:3X4:0 210163220113513.4022713-62 2:43:3X 20115712011261

Belgium qualified.

Team stats

Head coach: Bill Gormlie (first and second match); Doug Livingstone (third and fourth match) Pos.PlayerDoBGamesplayedGoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onClub 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.PlayerDoBGamesplayedGoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onClubFW Hans Andersson 2 0 180 0 0 90 - - 90 Djurgårdens IFFW Jan Aronsson 1 0 90 0 0 - - - 90 Degerfors IFFWSylve BengtssonJuly 2, 1930119000 90 - - - Halmstads 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 AIKFW 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 AIFFW 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 FFFW 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 IFMF Henry Tillberg 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 90 - Malmö FF

Head coach: Aatos Lehtonen Pos.PlayerDoBGamesplayedGoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onClub 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 HelsinkiMF 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 /2The number indicates the league the team played in that year. TPS Turku DF Åke Lindman January 11, 1928 3 0 270 0 0 - 90 90 90 /2 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 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

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