1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 explained

The 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 contained Spain and Turkey.^[1]

Table

width=30	Rank	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
1=		2	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
1=		2	2	1	0	1	2	4	-2

Matches

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Spain and Turkey finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Turkey qualified after drawing lots. Since the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals, goal difference has been used as a tiebreaker for future qualifying rounds. Had those rules been in place, Spain would have qualified, and Turkey would have been eliminated. A 14-year-old local (i.e. Roman) boy whose father worked at the stadium, Luigi Franco Gemma, picked Turkey's name from the lots with his eyes blindfolded.^{[2] [3]}

Team stats

Head coach: Sandro Puppo

width=7%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=6%	Games played	width=6%	Goals	width=4%	Minutes played	width=4%	Sub off	width=4%	Sub on	width=3%		width=3% bgcolor=yellow		width=3% bgcolor=orange		width=27%	Club
MF		3 May 1929	1	1	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	–	Beşiktaş J.K.
		2 December 1928	2	0	210	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Ankaragücü
		5 April 1933	2	0	210	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Fenerbahçe S.K.
FW		1930	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	–	Beşiktaş J.K.
		7 June 1929	2	0	210	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Fenerbahçe S.K.
		26 October 1923	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	–	Galatasaray S.K.
		14 January 1934	2	0	165	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	bgcolor=lightgreen	75	Ankaragücü
		21 April 1926	2	0	210	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Ankaragücü
		21 December 1930	3	0	300	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Galatasaray S.K.
MF			1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	–	Fenerbahçe S.K.
MF		1927	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	–	Beşiktaş J.K.
		22 December 1925	3	0	300	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Fenerbahçe S.K.
		8 November 1930	2	1	180	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Galatasaray S.K.
DF		1930	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	–	Beşiktaş J.K.
		11 February 1929	3	2	300	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Fenerbahçe S.K.
	Turgay Şeren (c)	15 May 1932	2	0	135	1	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=blue	45	Galatasaray S.K.
		23 April 1935	2	0	210	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Beşiktaş J.K.
MF	Müzdat Yetkiner (c)		1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	–	Fenerbahçe S.K.
		12 September 1932	2	0	210	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Kasımpaşa S.K.

Head coach: Luis Iribarren

width=7%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=6%	Games played	width=6%	Goals	width=4%	Minutes played	width=4%	Sub off	width=4%	Sub on	width=3% bgcolor=yellow		width=3%		width=3% bgcolor=orange		width=27%	Club
		18 August 1923	2	1	180	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	–	Racing de Santander
		26 December 1922	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	–	Real Oviedo
		28 June 1930	1	1	120	0	0	–	–	bgcolor=red	120	Athletic Bilbao
		29 February 1928	2	0	210	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	FC Barcelona
		22 April 1931	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	–	FC Barcelona
	<		13 February 1931	3	0	300	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Sevilla FC
		6 December 1930	2	0	210	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Athletic Bilbao
		24 November 1927	1	1	120	0	0	–	–	bgcolor=red	120	Atlético Madrid
	Agustín Gaínza (c)	28 May 1922	2	1	210	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	bgcolor=red	120	Athletic Bilbao
		22 March 1922	1	0	120	0	0	–	–	bgcolor=red	120	FC Barcelona
		10 June 1927	1	0	90	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	–	FC Barcelona
		4 March 1924	1	0	90	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	–	–	Real Valladolid
		24 July 1930	1	0	90	0	0	–	bgcolor=red	90	–	FC Barcelona
		27 April 1927	2	1	180	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	–	Atlético Madrid
		21 May 1925	3	0	300	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Valencia CF
	Antonio Puchades (vc)	4 June 1925	3	0	300	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Valencia CF
		15 November 1927	3	0	300	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	FC Barcelona
		22 April 1921	3	1	300	0	0	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	90	bgcolor=red	120	Athletic Bilbao

External links

• FIFA official page
• RSSSF – 1954 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stokkermans . Karel . Jarreta . Sergio Henrique . World Cup 1954 Qualifying . . 27 March 2015 . 7 December 2019.
2. Web site: FIFA Fact Sheet: History of the FIFA World Cup (TM) Preliminary Competition (by year) . 2010 . 2010-06-09 . FIFA . https://web.archive.org/web/20100614212731/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf . 14 June 2010 . dead .
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20140709172000/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/southafrica2010/news/newsid=1193744/index.html 57 days to go - FIFA.com