The
1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the World Cup, was held in
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
from 16 June to 4 July. As the year saw the 50th anniversary of
FIFAThe International Federation of Association Football, commonly known by its French acronym, FIFA , is the international governing body of association football. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Sepp Blatter...
, it was appropriate for football's premier competition to be played in the home of its governing body, and Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament was won by
West GermanyThe German national football team is the football team representing the country of Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association DFB which was founded in 1900....
, who defeated
HungaryThe Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. It has a rich and proud pedigree in the game and a rightful place in football annals as one of the first original footballing nations in continental Europe and an...
3-2 in the final, giving them their first title.
Qualification
Summary
For the first time there was television coverage, and special coins were issued to mark the event. 16 teams qualified for the tournament and an unusual system was used in the first stage. The 16 teams were divided into four groups: each group comprised two of the eight seeded teams based on world rankings (
AustriaThe Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....
,
BrazilThe Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships...
,
EnglandThe English national football team represents England in international association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England...
,
FranceThe France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA....
,
HungaryThe Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. It has a rich and proud pedigree in the game and a rightful place in football annals as one of the first original footballing nations in continental Europe and an...
,
ItalyThe Italy national football team represents Italy in international football competition and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio...
,
TurkeyThe Turkish national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. They are affiliated with UEFA....
and
UruguayThe Uruguay national football team represents Uruguay in international football competition and is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol....
), plus two unseeded teams.
With seeding determined before the teams had even qualified for the final tournament, the organizers had to replace Spain with Turkey, the team that unexpectedly knocked the Spaniards out. The draw took place in
ZürichZürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne...
, on 30 November 1953.
Instead of a conventional
round-robinA round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of tournament "in which each contestant meets every other contestant in turn". In a single round-robin schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is frequently called a...
where each team would play three matches, the seeded teams as well as the unseeded teams were spared from playing each other as the unseeded teams were squared up only against the seeded ones in a chance to qualify, so each team played only 2 group matches, unless tied for the second qualifying position by points, which required a play-off. Extra time was played for any games that was tied after 90 minutes, with the result being a draw if the scores were still level after 120 minutes. The two teams finishing at the top of their group went through to the quarter-finals. Uruguay and Austria both won their games, thus finished the group level on points in the qualifying positions, and drew lots to determine who they would play in the next round, as did Brazil and Yugoslavia.
Consequently
SwitzerlandThe Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association....
and Italy played each other twice with Switzerland winning the play-off 4-1.
The GermansThe German national football team is the football team representing the country of Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association DFB which was founded in 1900....
, who had been reinstated as full FIFA members only in 1950 and were unseeded, won the first of two encounters with the seeded Turkish convincingly in Berne at Wankdorf stadium. The Koreans, as the other unseeded team, lost 0-7 and 0-9, with Germany being denied the chance to play such an easy opponent.
Sepp HerbergerJosef "Sepp" Herberger was a German football player and manager...
the German coach gambled against the seeded team of Hungary by sending in a reserve side to take an expected 3-8 loss, with the only consequence being the additional playoff game against Turkey that was won with ease. Hungary's team captain
Ferenc PuskásFerenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager and is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. He scored a remarkable 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues...
, considered by many as the best player in the world in that time, was injured by German defender
Werner LiebrichWerner Liebrich was a German football player and coach. He was born in Kaiserslautern.He played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, with which won the German championship in 1951 and 1953....
, and had to miss the next two matches of his team, only to show up in the final again, still being in a questionable condition.
The quarter-finals saw the favourites Hungary beat Brazil 4-2 in one of the most violent matches in football history, which became infamous as the
Battle of BerneThe Battle of Berne is a name used to refer to the infamous football match played between Hungary and Brazil, a quarter-final at the 1954 World Cup. It was played on June 27, 1954 at the Wankdorf Stadium in Berne, Switzerland....
. Meanwhile, the World Cup holders Uruguay sent England out of the tournament, also by 4-2. Germany dispatched
YugoslaviaThe Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
2-0, and Austria beat the host nation Switzerland in
the gameOn June 26, 1954, in a quarterfinal match of the 1954 Football World Cup, Austria beat Switzerland 7-5 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 12 goals scored in the match set a World Cup record, unequalled to date, for the highest scoring match ever...
that saw the most goals in any World Cup match, 7-5.
One of the semi-finals saw Austria, against the DFB team which represented the Federal Republic of Germany, one of three German states of the time. The DFB had qualified against fellow Germans from the
SaarlandThe Saarland national football team was the association football team representing the German state of the Saarland from 1950 to 1956 during the French occupation following World War II...
(which then was a French protectorate), while East Germany had not entered, cancelling international football games after the East German uprising of 1953. With the final at stake, West Germany won 6-1.
The other semi-final, one of the most exciting games of the tournament, saw Hungary go into the second half leading Uruguay 1-0, only for the game to be taken to extra time with a score after 90 minutes of 2-2. The deadlock was broken by
Sándor KocsisSándor Kocsis Péter was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, CF Barcelona and Hungary. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was one of the legendary Mighty Magyars...
with two late goals to take Hungary through to the final, beating a team that had not previously lost a World Cup game. Uruguay then went on to be beaten for a second time as Austria secured third place.
Final: "The Miracle of Bern"
The Wankdorf Stadion in
BerneThe city of Bern or Berne is the Bundesstadt of Switzerland, and, with 122,658 people, the fourth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 43 municipalities, has a population of 343,600...
saw 60,000 people cram inside to watch the final between West Germany and Hungary, a rematch of a first round game, which Hungary had won 8-3 against the reserves of the German team. The
Golden TeamThe Golden Team is one of several popular names that refer to the record-breaking and world famous varsity Hungary national football team of the 1950s considered in many opinions to be the greatest national side in international competition...
of the Hungarians were favourites, as they were unbeaten for a record of 32 consecutive matches but they had two tough play-off matches. It had started raining on game day - in Germany this was dubbed "Fritz-Walter-Wetter" (
Fritz Walter's weather) because the German team captain
Fritz WalterFriedrich "Fritz" Walter was a German footballer. In his time with the German national team, he won 61 caps and scored 33 goals....
was said to play his best in rainy weather. Adi Dassler had provided shoes with exchangeable studs.
The final saw Hungary's Ferenc Puskás playing again even though he was not fully fit. Despite this he put his team ahead after only 6 minutes and with
Zoltán CziborZoltán Czibor Suhai , also referred to as Czibor Zoltán, was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros TC and Honvéd, and Hungary before joining CF Barcelona. Czibor played as a left-winger or striker and was notable for having a powerful shot, world class...
adding another two minutes later it seemed that the pre-tournament favourites would take the title. However, with a quick goal from
Max MorlockMaximilian Morlock was one of the most popular German football players in the 1950s and early 1960s. In his time with the German and West German national team, he earned 26 caps and scored 21 goals.In his youth he learned to play soccer at the Eintracht Nürnberg...
in the 10th and the equalizer of
Helmut RahnHelmut Rahn, known as Der Boss , was a German football player. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in the final game of the 1954 FIFA World Cup .- Career :...
in the 19th, the tide began to turn.
The second half saw telling misses from the Hungarian team. Barely 6 minutes before the end of the match, the popular German radio reporter
Herbert ZimmermannHerbert Zimmermann was a popular German football commentator.He did one of the most famous pieces of commentary in German language during the World Cup final in 1954 by "recommending" the goal that won the The Miracle of Bern for Germany.After the final he was criticized for praising the goal...
gave the most famous German piece of commentary, recommending
Rahn should kick from the backfield, which he did. The second goal from Rahn gave Germany a 3-2 lead while the Hungarian reporter György Szepesi burst into tears. Later, Zimmermann called Puskás offside before he kicked the ball into
Toni TurekToni Turek, real name Anton Turek, was a German football goalkeeper.-Biography:Turek was born in Duisburg....
's net with 2 minutes left. While
referee LingWilliam Ling was an English football referee from Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, who refereed the 1954 FIFA World Cup Final.-1948 Olympic Games:Ling rose quickly through the ranks as a referee...
pointed to the centre spot, linesman Griffiths signalled offside. After a one-minute consultation, referee Ling disallowed the claimed equalizer.
The Germans were handed the Jules Rimet trophy and the title of World Cup winners while the crowd sang along to the tunes of the national anthems of Germany. In Germany the success is known as
The Miracle of BernThe Miracle of Bern is a 2003 film by Sönke Wortmann, which tells the story of a German family and the unexpected West German miracle victory in the 1954 World Cup Final in Bern, Switzerland.The film can be regarded as a portrait of post-war Germany...
, upon which a 2003 film of the same name was based. For the Hungarians, the defeat was a disaster, and remains controversial due to referee errors and claims of doping.
One controversy concerns the 2-2. Hungarian goalie
Gyula GrosicsGyula Grosics is a Hungarian former football goalkeeper who played 86 times for the Hungarian national football team and was part of the legendary Golden Team of the 1950s. He was nicknamed the Black Panther ....
jumped to catch
Fritz WalterFriedrich "Fritz" Walter was a German footballer. In his time with the German national team, he won 61 caps and scored 33 goals....
's corner shot, but in plain sight of the camera,
Hans SchäferHans Schäfer is a former German footballer. He played for 1. FC Köln between 1948 and 1965. He also played for the West-Germany national football team, earning 39 caps and scoring 15 goals. He played in three World Cups, in 1954, 1958, and 1962, earning a winner's medal in 1954 and scoring a total...
obstructed him, thus the ball could reach Rahn unhindered. The second controversy concerns allegations of doping to explain the better condition of the German team in the second half. Though teammates steadfastly denied this rumour, German historian Guido Knopp claimed in a 2004 documentary for German public channel
ZDFZweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television channel based in Mainz. It is run as an independent non-profit agency established by joint contract between the German federal states...
that the players were injected with shots of vitamin C at half-time, using a needle earlier taken from a Soviet sports doctor, which would also explain the wave of
jaundiceJaundice, also known as icterus , is a yellowish discoloration of the skin, the conjunctival membranes over the sclerae , and other mucous membranes caused by hyperbilirubinemia...
among team members following the tournament.
Most controversial was the offside ruling for Puskás's intended 87th minute equalizer. The camera filming the official footage was in a bad position to judge the situation, only eyewitnesses claimed that the referee was wrong, including German replacement player
Alfred PfaffAlfred Pfaff was a German football player and World Cup winner with West Germany in 1954.- Life :Pfaff was capped seven times between 1953 and 1956 for the West German national team, scoring two goals....
. However, since then, footage evidencing no offside surfaced (shown on North German regional public channel
NDRNorddeutscher Rundfunk is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein...
in 2004).
The 11 goals scored by Kocsis of Hungary not only led the World Cup but bettered the previous record (set by Brazilian
AdemirAdemir Marques de Menezes , best known as Ademir, was a Brazilian football player, regarded as one of the best centre forwards in the history of the Brazil national team. His prominent jawbone earned him the nickname Queixada, which means "Jaw".He is best known for his exploits in the World Cup...
in the previous tournament) by two goals. Kocsis' mark was then broken by
Just FontaineJust "Justo" Fontaine is a former French football player. He holds the record for most goals scored in a single FIFA World Cup finals tournament, with thirteen in 1958...
's 13 goals in
1958The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 June to 29 June. Sweden was chosen as hosts by FIFA in June 1950. It was won by Brazil, who beat Sweden 5-2 in the final for their first title...
. Despite not winning the 1954 tournament, the fourth place finish and their two previous World Cup titles made Uruguay the most successful World Cup nation for eight years, until Brazil won their second title in
1962The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from 30 May to 17 June. Chile was chosen as host by FIFA in June 1956, as the World Cup returned to the continent of South America after 12 years...
. Hungary's 9-0 result against Korea during the group stages remains to this day the biggest margin of victory in FIFA World Cup history, later equalled by Yugoslavia winning 9-0 against Zaire in
1974The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. West Germany had been chosen in July 1966 as hosts by FIFA. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio...
and again Hungary winning 10-1 against El Salvador in
1982The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup, was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July. Spain was chosen as hosts by FIFA in July 1966. This World Cup was won by Italy, who beat West Germany 3-1 in the final. With their third World Cup title , Italy drew level with Brazil as the most...
.
Germany's victory in the match is considered one of the greatest upsets of all time and one of the finest achievements in German sporting history. The German team was made up of amateur players as Germany did not have a professional league at this time, while the Hungarians were
de jure amateurs, like in any communist country that time, and playing football as professionals, mainly for Budapesti Honvéd FC and later for major clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, and were ranked best in the world. This is the only time a team has won the World Cup with amateur footballers and will likely be the only time ever.
Venues
Six cities hosted the tournament:
- Basel
Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city . With 830000 inhabitants in the tri-national metropolitan area , Basel is Switzerland's second-largest urban area....
, St. Jakob StadiumThe St. Jakob Stadium was a football stadium in Basel, Switzerland, and the former home of Swiss club FC Basel. It was built in 1954, and as well as serving as a club stadium, it hosted several important matches, including a 1954 FIFA World Cup semi-final and the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup final. The...
- Berne
The city of Bern or Berne is the Bundesstadt of Switzerland, and, with 122,658 people, the fourth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 43 municipalities, has a population of 343,600...
, Wankdorf StadiumThe Wankdorf Stadium was a football stadium in the Wankdorf quarter of Bern, Switzerland, and the former home of Swiss club BSC Young Boys. It was built in 1925, and as well as serving as a club stadium, it hosted several important matches, including the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, the 1961...
- Geneva
Geneva, is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie...
, Charmilles StadiumCharmilles Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Geneva, Switzerland. It was used mostly for football matches, and was the home venue for Servette FC. The stadium was able to hold 9,250 people and was built in 1930 for the Coupe des Nations 1930 tournament. During the 1954 FIFA World Cup the...
- Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing Évian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located some northeast of Geneva. It is the capital of the canton of Vaud and of the district of...
, Stade Olympique de la PontaiseStade Olympique de la Pontaise is a multi-purpose stadium in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 15,900 people and was built in 1904. During the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the stadium hosted five games....
- Lugano
Lugano is a town in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
, Cornaredo StadiumCornaredo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lugano, Switzerland. It is used mostly for football matches. It is a home ground of AC Lugano. The stadium is able to hold 15,000 people and was built in 1951...
- Zürich
Zürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne...
, Hardturm Stadium
Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see
1954 FIFA World Cup squadsBelow are the squads for the 1954 FIFA World Cup tournament in Switzerland. This was the first World Cup where the players were assigned squad numbers.- Brazil :Head coach: Zezé Moreira- Yugoslavia :...
.
Group 1
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
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Group 2
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
4 |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
9 |
2 |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
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Play-off
Group 3
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
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2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
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Group 4
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
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2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
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Play-off
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place match
Final
Scorers
11 goals Sándor KocsisSándor Kocsis Péter was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, CF Barcelona and Hungary. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was one of the legendary Mighty Magyars...
6 goals Erich ProbstErich Probst was an Austrian footballer.-International career:Probst made his debut for Austria in a May 1951 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup tournament 1954 in Switzerland, where he was one of the foremost strikers...
Max MorlockMaximilian Morlock was one of the most popular German football players in the 1950s and early 1960s. In his time with the German and West German national team, he earned 26 caps and scored 21 goals.In his youth he learned to play soccer at the Eintracht Nürnberg...
Josef HügiJosef "Sepp" Hügi was a Swiss international footballer who played as a striker during the late 1940s, 1950's and early 1960s....
4 goals Helmut RahnHelmut Rahn, known as Der Boss , was a German football player. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in the final game of the 1954 FIFA World Cup .- Career :...
Hans SchäferHans Schäfer is a former German footballer. He played for 1. FC Köln between 1948 and 1965. He also played for the West-Germany national football team, earning 39 caps and scoring 15 goals. He played in three World Cups, in 1954, 1958, and 1962, earning a winner's medal in 1954 and scoring a total...
Ottmar WalterOttmar Walter is a former German footballer.He played together with his brother, Fritz Walter, at the club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. They also played together for the Germany national football team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Ottmar scored 4 goals in the tournament as West Germany won their first ever...
Nándor HidegkutiNándor Hidegkuti was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a prominent member of the legendary Hungary team known as the Golden Team...
Ferenc PuskásFerenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager and is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. He scored a remarkable 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues...
Robert BallamanRobert Ballaman is a former Swiss footballer.He earned 50 caps and scored 18 goals for the Switzerland national football team, and played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup on home soil, where he scored 4 goals and Switzerland reached the quarterfinals.-Club career:* 1944-1950: FC Bienne* 1950-1963:...
Carlos BorgesCarlos Ariel Borges is a former Uruguayan footballer.He earned 35 caps and scored 10 goals for the Uruguay national football team from 1954 to 1959. He played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup when Uruguay finished fourth, as he scored four goals including a hat-trick against Scotland.During his club...
Own goals Jimmy DickinsonJames William 'Jimmy' Dickinson was an English football player.Dickinson holds the record for number of league appearances for Portsmouth . Only Swindon Town's John Trollope has made more appearances for a single club.Signed for Portsmouth F.C. as a trainee and made his debut in 1946 against...
(for Belgium)
Raúl CárdenasRaúl Cárdenas de la Vega is a former Mexican football player and coach. He represented the Mexico national football team as a player in three FIFA World Cups: 1954, 1958 and 1962, and coached the national team when they reached the quarterfinals at home in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and managed Cruz...
(for France) Luis Cruz (for Austria)
Ivan HorvatIvica "Ivan" Horvat is a Croatian former professional football player and manager who played for Yugoslavia. Today he has a Croatian passport. In 2004, he received the Croatian Olympic Committee's Matija Ljubek Award....
(for Germany)
3 goals Ernst StojaspalErnst Stojaspal was an Austrian football player. He was born in Vienna.-Club career:A prolific striker, the left-footed Stojaspal played for Austria Wien for 10 years, winning three league titles and 2 domestic cups. Also, he topped the final goalscoring charts 5 times...
Theodor WagnerTheodor "Turl" Wagner is a former Austrian footballer.-International career:He made his debut for Austria in a November 1946 friendly match against Switzerland and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a hat-trick in the 7-5 quarterfinal win over Switzerland.He earned 46...
Léopold AnoulLéopold Anoul , aka Pol Anoul, was a Belgian footballer.During his club career he played for Royal FC Liegeois and Standard Liège...
Nat LofthouseNathaniel Lofthouse, OBE , better known as Nat Lofthouse, is a retired English footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers for his whole career...
Fritz WalterFriedrich "Fritz" Walter was a German footballer. In his time with the German national team, he won 61 caps and scored 33 goals....
Zoltán CziborZoltán Czibor Suhai , also referred to as Czibor Zoltán, was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros TC and Honvéd, and Hungary before joining CF Barcelona. Czibor played as a left-winger or striker and was notable for having a powerful shot, world class...
Burhan SargınBurhan Sargun is a former Turkish footballer.During his club career he played for Fenerbahçe, scoring a total of 112 goals. He played 8 games and scored 8 goals for the Turkey national football team, including a hat-trick in the 1954 FIFA World Cup against South Korea....
Suat Mamat Suat İsmail Mamat is a retired Turkish professional footballer who played in Turkey for Ankara Demirspor, Galatasaray S.K., Beşiktaş J.K...
Juan HohbergJuan Eduardo Hohberg was an Argentine - Uruguayan football player and coach.-Club career:Hohberg started his playing career in 1946 with Central Córdoba before joining Rosario Central in 1947....
Oscar MíguezÓscar Omar Miguez Antón was a Uruguayan footballer. He was part of the Uruguay team in the 1950 and 1954 World Cups, where he played as a striker, and is Uruguay's all-time record World Cup goalscorer with eight goals....
2 goals Robert KörnerRobert Körner was a Austrian footballer.-Club career:He played for and skippered SK Rapid Wien, and later managed SK Rapid Wien , SV Waldhof Mannheim , and 1...
Ernst OcwirkErnst Ocwirk was an Austrian football player and coach. He is considered one of the greatest Austrian footballers of all time....
DidiWaldyr Pereira , nicknamed Didi, was a Brazilian football midfield player who played in three World Cups: 1954, 1958, and 1962, winning the latter two. He is considered to be one of the greatest midfielders ever...
JulinhoJúlio Botelho, also known as Julinho was a Brazilian football player....
PingaJosé Lázaro Robles, best known as Pinga was a Brazilian footballer.He was born in São Paulo. During his career he played for Juventus, Portuguesa and Vasco da Gama, where played 466 matches from 1953 to 1962 and scoring 250 goals...
Ivor BroadisIvan Arthur Broadis is a former England international footballer. Broadis' clubs were Carlisle United, Sunderland, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Queen of the South. Broadis played at inside forward...
Mihály LantosMihály Lantos , also known as Lantos Mihály or Mihály Lendenmayer, was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He played as a defender, spending the majority of his career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a member of the legendary Hungary team known as the Mighty Magyars...
Péter PalotásPéter Palotás , also referred to as Péter Poteleczky and Palotás Péter, was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward for MTK Hungária FC and Hungary...
Lefter KüçükandonyadisLefter Küçükandonyadis , born 29 January 1925 in Istanbul, is a Turkish football player who is recognised as one of the greatest footballers to play for Turkey...
Julio AbbadieJulio César Abbadie Gismero was a former Uruguayan football striker. During his career he played for C.A. Peñarol, when he won in 1966 Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup....
Juan Alberto Schiaffino Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villano was an Uruguayan-Italian football player. He played forward, in particular with CA Peñarol and AC Milan, and won the FIFA World Cup 1950 with the Uruguayan national team.-Clubs:Schiaffino started to play in the Italian Serie A in September 1954...
1 goal Henri CoppensHenri 'Rik' François Coppens is a former Belgian football striker. His parents owned and ran a fishmonger's shop there....
Baltazar
Djalma SantosDjalma Pereira Dias dos Santos known simply as Djalma Santos is a Brazilian former football player who started for the Brazil national team in four World Cups, winning two, in 1958 and 1962. Santos is one of the greatest defensive backs that have played for Brazil...
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Jimmy Mullen
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In film
The final scene of
Rainer Werner FassbinderRainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...
's film
The Marriage of Maria BraunThe Marriage of Maria Braun is a 1979 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It was nominated for the 1980 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film...
takes place during the finals of the 1954 World Cup; in the scene's background, the sports announcer is celebrating West Germany's victory and shouting
"Deutschland ist wieder was!" (Germany is something again) - which the film uses as the symbol of Germany's recovery from the ravages of WWII.
Sönke WortmannSönke Wortmann is a German film director.- Work :After graduation, Sönke played professional soccer for three years. Without enough talent for a larger career, he left the game in search of a new field of study. After dabbling in sociology, he settled upon the University of Television and Film...
's 2003 German box-office hit
The Miracle of BernThe Miracle of Bern is a 2003 film by Sönke Wortmann, which tells the story of a German family and the unexpected West German miracle victory in the 1954 World Cup Final in Bern, Switzerland.The film can be regarded as a portrait of post-war Germany...
(in German:
Das Wunder von Bern) re-tells the story of the German team's route to victory through the eyes of a young boy who admires the key player of the final,
Helmut RahnHelmut Rahn, known as Der Boss , was a German football player. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in the final game of the 1954 FIFA World Cup .- Career :...
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