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.[1]

Matches

Mandatory Palestine vs Greece

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine 1 — 3
(final score after 90 minutes) 		Greece Greece
Manager: Austria 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:
Saturday
22 January 1938

Kick off:
3.30 p.m.

Venue:
Maccabiah Stadium, Tel Aviv

Attendance:
5000

Referee:
Mohamed Youssef  EGY

Assistants:
?

Match rules:
90 minutes
substitutes ?

Manager: Greece Kostas Negrepontis

Team:
01 - GK - Spyros Sklavounos
02 - DF - Georgios Gasparis
03 - DF - Georgios Papadopoulos
04 - MF - Anastassios 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

Greece Greece 1 — 0
(final score after 90 minutes) 		Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine
Manager: Greece 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:
Sunday
20 February 1938

Kick off:
3 p.m.

Venue:
Leoforos Alexandras, Athens

Attendance:
12000

Referee:
Mika Popović  YUG

Assistants:
?

Match rules:
90 minutes
substitutes ?

Manager: Austria 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

Hungary Hungary 11 — 1
(final score after 90 minutes) 		Greece Greece
Manager: Hungary 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:

none

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:
Friday
25 March 1938

Kick off:
3 p.m.

Venue:
Hungária Stadion, Budapest

Attendance:
14000

Referee:
Denis Xifando  ROM

Assistants:
?

Match rules:
90 minutes
substitutes ?

Manager: England Alan Buckett

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:

none

Unused Substitutes:
 ?

Scorers:
11-1 Lefteris Makris (90')

Team stats

 Hungary

Head coach: Hungary Károly Dietz

Pos. Player DoB Games
played 		Goals Minutes
played 		Sub off Sub on Greece Club
MF István Balogh September 21, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungary Újpest FC
DF Sándor Bíró August 19, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungary Hungária FC
GK József Háda March 2, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungary Ferencvárosi FC
DF Lajos Korányi May 15, 1907 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungary Ferencvárosi FC
MF Gyula Lázár January 24, 1911 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungary Ferencvárosi FC
FW József Nemes 1914 1 3 90 0 0 90 Hungary Kispesti FC
FW Ferenc Sas 1915 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungary Hungária FC
MF György Szűcs April 23, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 90 Hungary Újpest FC
FW Pál Titkos January 8, 1908 1 2 90 0 0 90 Hungary Hungária FC
FW Jenő Vincze November 20, 1908 1 1 90 0 0 90 Hungary Újpest FC
FW Gyula Zsengellér December 27, 1915 1 5 90 0 0 90 Hungary Újpest FC

 Greece

Head coach: Greece Kostas Negrepontis (first and second match); England Alan Buckett (third match)

Pos. Player DoB Games
played 		Goals Minutes
played 		Sub off Sub on Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine Hungary Club
FW Dimitris Baltatsis 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - Greece Panathinaikos FC
FW Kostas Christodoulou 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 Greece Panathinaikos FC
MF Kimonas Deligiannis 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 Greece Apollon Smyrnis
FW Spyros Depountis 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - Greece Olympiacos FC
DF Giorgos Gasparis 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - Greece AEK Athens FC
MF Kostas Gikas 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 Greece Apollon Smyrnis
MF Antonis Kasimatis 1 0 45 1 0 45 - - Greece Olympiacos FC
MF Spyros Kontoulis 3 0 225 0 1 45 90 90 Greece AEK Athens FC
MF Tasos Kritikos 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - Greece Panathinaikos FC
FW Lefteris Makris 1 1 90 0 0 - - 90 Greece Asteras Zografou
FW Vasilis Manetas 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - Greece AEK Athens FC
FW Kleanthis Maropoulos 1919 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 Greece AEK Athens FC
FW Antonis Migiakis 1911 3 2 270 0 0 90 90 90 Greece Panathinaikos FC
DF Giorgos Papadopoulos 3 0 270 0 0 90 90 90 Greece AEK Athens FC
GK Spyros Sklavounos 1912 3 0 195 1 0 90 15 90 Greece Panathinaikos FC
GK Nikos Sotiriadis 1 0 75 0 1 - 75 - Greece PAOK FC
FW Theologis Symeonidis 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - Greece Olympiacos FC
DF Nikos Tsaganias 1 0 90 0 0 - - 90 Greece Iraklis F.C.
FW Kleanthis Vikelidis 1916 3 3 270 0 0 90 90 90 Greece Aris Thessaloniki F.C.

 Mandatory Palestine

Head coach: Austria Egon Pollak

Pos. Player DoB Games
played 		Goals Minutes
played 		Sub off Sub on Greece Greece Club
DF Avraham Beit haLevi 1915 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Tel Aviv
FW Jerry Beit haLevi November 14, 1912 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Shuka Brashedski 1914 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Haifa
GK Israel Elsner 1909 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
MF Gdalyahu Fuchs 1911 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Haifa
FW Mila Ginzburg 1918 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
GK Julius Klein 1907 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Haifa
MF Yosef Libermann 1909 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Gaul Machlis 1918 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
MF Menahem Mirmovich 1919 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Peri Neufeld 1913 2 1 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Avraham Nudelmann 1910 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Tel Aviv
FW Natan Pentz 1917 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
DF Avraham Reznik 1909 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 Mandatory Palestine Maccabi Tel Aviv
FW Yona Stern 1908 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Haifa
MF Yohanan Sukenik 1910 1 0 90 0 0 90 - Mandatory Palestine Hapoel Tel Aviv

References

  1. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Jarreta, Sergio Henrique (22 May 2014). "World Cup 1938 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

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