Player ratings Italy 1-4 Norway

1-0 11' Francesco Esposito (F. Dimarco), 1-1 63' Antonio Nusa (A. Sørloth), 1-2 78' Erling Haaland (O. Bobb), 1-3 79' Erling Haaland (M. Thorsby), 1-4 90'+3 Jørgen Strand Larsen (M. Thorsby). Att: 69.020 (Giuseppe Meazza, Milan).

Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma 5,60 - Alessandro Bastoni 5,10 (86' Samuele Ricci), Giovanni Di Lorenzo 4,80, Federico Dimarco 6,60, Gianluca Mancini 5,30, Nicolò Barella 5,70 (86' Alessandro Buongiorno), Davide Frattesi 5,10 (68' Bryan Cristante 5,50), Manuel Locatelli 5,80 (79' Gianluca Scamacca), Francesco Esposito 6,50 (79' Mattia Zaccagni), Matteo Politano 5,40, Mateo Retegui 5,70. - coach: Gennaro Gattuso 4,80. = average: 5,59 [failing]

Norway: Ørjan Nyland 5,90 - Torbjørn Heggem 5,80, David Møller Wolfe 5,80 (89' Leo Østigård), Julian Ryerson 5,10, Kristoffer Ajer 6,10, Patrick Berg 5,80 (64' Morten Thorsby 6,60), Sander Berge 6,00, Kristian Thorstvedt 6,20 (75' Thelo Aasgaard), Erling Haaland 7,70 (89' Jørgen Strand Larsen), Antonio Nusa 7,10, Alexander Sørloth 6,30 (76' Oscar Bobb 6,70). - coach: Ståle Solbakken 7,00. = average: 6,19 [solid]

Player ratings Norway 3-0 Italy

 

1-0 14' Alexander Sørloth (Antonio Nusa), 2-0 34' Antonio Nusa, 3-0 42' Erling Haaland (Martin Ødegaard). Att: 25.796 (Ullevaal, Oslo).

Norway: Ørjan Nyland 6,00 - Julian Ryerson 6,60, Kristoffer Ajer 6,40, Torbjørn Heggem 6,30 (71' Leo Østigård), David Møller Wolfe 6,60 (75' Marcus Pedersen), Martin Ødegaard 7,30, Sander Berge 6,80, Morten Thorsby 6,50 (46' Patrick Berg 6,30), Antonio Nusa 7,90 (75' Oscar Bobb), Alexander Sørloth 7,30 (83' Jørgen Strand Larsen), Erling Haaland 6,90. - coach: Ståle Solbakken 7,50. = average: 6,74 [top-class]

Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma 5,40 - Giovanni Di Lorenzo 4,20, Diego Coppola 5,10, Alessandro Bastoni 4,20, Davide Zappacosta 4,40 (72' Riccardo Orsolini 5,40), Nicolò Barella 4,50, Nicolò Rovella 4,30 (46' Davide Frattesi 5,20), Sandro Tonali 4,50, Destiny Udogie 4,80 (83' Federico Dimarco), Giacomo Raspadori 4,90 (83' Samuele Ricci), Mateo Retegui 4,80 (72' Lorenzo Lucca 5,50). - coach: Luciano Spalletti 3,80. = average: 4,80 [abysmal]

The arguably best WC qualifying group in history

1982 World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

             w d l goals pt      att

Belgium      5 1 2 12-9  11   41.703

France       5 0 3 20-8  10   45.195

Ireland      4 2 2 17-11 10   34.914

Netherlands  4 1 3 11-7   9   43.243

Cyprus       0 0 8  4-29  0    7.450

5 goals:

Erwin Vandenbergh (Bel), Michel Platini (Fra) 

4 goals:

Jan Ceulemans (Bel)

3 goals:

Gerry Daly, Michael Robinson, Frank Stapleton (Irl), Bernard Lacombe, Didier Six (Fra) 

2 goals:

Jean-François Larios, Gerard Soler, Jacques Zimako (Fra), Tony Grealish, Mark Lawrenson, Paul McGee (Irl), Arnold Mühren, Kees van Kooten (Ned) 

European topscorers in the 1950 World Cup

 

Including Qualifiers.

7: Calle Palmér (Sweden, photo), Telmo Zarra (Spain)
6: Željko Čajkovski (Yugoslavia)
5: Jacques Fatton (Switzerland), Estanislao Basora (Spain)
4: Stan Mortensen & Jack Rowley (England), Stjepan Bobek (Yugoslavia)
3: Egon Jönsson, Sune Andersson, Hans Jeppson, Ingvar Rydell & Stig Sundqvist (Sweden), Silvestre Igoa (Spain), Milutin Pajević (Yugoslavia), Jackie Milburn (England), Con Martin & Samuel Smyth (Ireland), Henry Morris (Scotland), Fahreddin Cansever (Turkey)
2: René Maillard & Charles Antenen (Switzerland), Riccardo Carapellese (Italy), Stan Pearson (England), Kosta Tomašević (Yugoslavia), Henri Baillot (France), Jarmo Vaihela (Finland)

European goalscorers in the 2006 World Cup

 

Including qualifiers. In bold text, players scoring at least three goals in the finals.

12: Pauleta (Portugal)
10: Fernando Torres (Spain)
9: Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic), Alexander Frei (Switzerland)
8: Zlatan Ibrahimović & Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
7: Adrian Mutu (Romania), Alexei Eremenko (Finland), Fatih Tekke (Turkey), Andres Oper (Estonia), Tomasz Frankowski & Maciej Żurawski (Poland), Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
6: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark), Tuncay Şanlı (Turkey), Róbert Vittek (Slovakia), Luca Toni (Italy), Eiður Guðjohnsen (Iceland), Darijo Srna (Croatia), Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
5: Michael Owen & Frank Lampard (England), Dado Pršo (Croatia), Māris Verpakovskis (Latvia), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Milan Baroš & Vratislav Lokvenc (Czech Republic), Goran Pandev (Macedonia), Philip Cocu (Netherlands), Søren Larsen (Denmark), Giorgi Demetradze (Georgia), Elvir Bolić (Bosnia), Mateja Kežman (Serbia & Montenegro)
4: David Villa & Raúl (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Jan Polák (Czech Republic), Mikael Forssell (Finland), Dmitri Sychev & Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia), Juris Laizāns (Latvia), Miroslav Karhan (Slovakia), Simão (Portugal), Djibril Cissé (France), Robbie Keane (Ireland), Yossi Benayoun (Israel), Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland), Vitali Kutuzov (Belarus), Jacek Krzynówek (Poland), Zvonimir Vukić (Serbia & Montenegro), Erjon Bogdani (Albania)

European topscorers in the 1978 World Cup

 

Including Qualifiers.

  11: Roberto Bettega (Italy), Hans Krankl (Austria)
  6: Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
  5: Rob Rensenbrink (Holland), Kazimierz Deyna (Poland), Thomas Sjöberg (Sweden), Cemil Turan (Turkey), Martin Hoffmann (East Germany)
  4: Johnny Rep (Holland), Michel Platini (France), Kevin Keegan (England), Manuel Fernandes (Portugal), Joachim Streich (East Germany)
  3: Ruud Geels (Holland), Francesco Graziani & Paolo Rossi (Italy), Andrzej Szarmach & Zbigniew Boniek (Poland), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), Tibor Nyilasi (Hungary), Kenny Dalglish (Scotland), Mick Channon (England), Safet Sušić (Yugoslavia), Chris McGrath (Northern Ireland)
  2: Johan Cruyff, Willy van de Kerkhof, René van de Kerkhof, Ernie Brandts & Arie Haan (Holland), Giancarlo Antognoni, Romeo Benetti & Renato Zaccarelli (Italy), Dieter Müller & Heinz Flohe (West Germany), Stanislaw Terlecki & Wlodzimierz Lubański (Poland), Bernard Lacombe & Dominique Rocheteau (France), Joe Jordan & Archie Gemmill (Scotland), Andras Töröcsik & Sándor Zombori (Hungary), Rubén Cano (Spain), Bo Börjesson (Sweden), Josef Stering (Austria), Raoul Lambert (Belgium), Per Røntved, Lars Bastrup, Henning Munk Jensen & Allan Simonsen (Denmark), Ray Kennedy (England), Chalana & Nené (Portugal), Anghel Iordănescu & Dudu Georgescu (Romania), Aki Heiskanen, Esa Heiskanen & Olavi Rissanen (Finland), David Kipiani (USSR), Mimis Papaioannou (Greece), Hartmut Schade (East Germany), Pavel Panov (Bulgaria), Leighton James (Wales), Sedat (Turkey), Gerry Armstrong (Northern Ireland).

Player ratings Poland 2-0 Sweden

 1-0 49' Robert Lewandowski PK, 2-0 72' Piotr Zieliński r. Att: 54.000 (Stadion Śląski, Chorzow). 

Poland: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,50 - Krystian Bielik 6,00, Kamil Glik 6,20, Jan Bednarek 6,50, Matty Cash 6,40, Jacek Góralski 5,70 (46' Grzegorz Krychowiak 6,50), Jakub Moder 6,20, Bartosz Bereszyński 6,20, Piotr Zieliński 6,60 (89' Adam Buksa), Sebastian Szymański 6,40, Robert Lewandowski 7,00. - coach: Czesław Michniewicz. = average: 6,35 [good]

Sweden: Robin Olsen 6,90 - Emil Krafth 6,00, Victor Lindelöf 6,20, Marcus Danielson 5,00 (80' Jesper Karlsson), Ludwig Augustinsson 6,00, Dejan Kulusevski 5,90, Jesper Karlström 5,40 (67' Mattias Svanberg 6,00), Kristoffer Olsson 5,50 (80' Zlatan Ibrahimović), Emil Forsberg 5,60, Alexander Isak 6,00, Robin Quaison 5,50 (67' Anthony Elanga 5,50). - coach: Janne Andersson. = average: 5,81 [mediocre]

Player ratings Italy 0-1 North Macedonia

 

0-1 90' Aleksandar Trajkovski r. Att: 34.129 (Palermo).

Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma 5,60 - Alessandro Florenzi 6,10, Gianluca Mancini 5,60 (89' Giorgio Chiellini), Alessandro Bastoni 6,00, Emerson Palmieri 5,40, Nicolò Barella 4,90 (77' Sandro Tonali), Jorginho 5,10, Marco Verratti 6,40, Domenico Berardi 5,00 (89' João Pedro), Ciro Immobile 4,60 (77' Lorenzo Pellegrini), Lorenzo Insigne 4,40 (64' Giacomo Raspadori). - coach: Roberto Mancini 4,10. = average: 5,40 [lame]

N. Macedonia: Stole Dimitrievski 6,20 - Stefan Ristovski 6,40, Darko Velkovski 6,60 (86' Kire Ristevski), Visar Musliu 6,50, Ezgjan Alioski 6,20, Darko Churlinov 6,00, Arijan Ademi 5,90 (58' Stefan Aškovski 6,20), Enis Bardhi 6,50, Boban Nikolov 5,50 (58' Stefan Spirovski 5,90), Milan Ristovski 5,40 (72' Bojan Miovski 5,80), Aleksandar Trajkovski 7,00. - coach: Blagoja Milevski 6,90. = average: 6,15 [solid]

Player ratings Northern Ireland 0-0 Italy

N. Ireland: Bailey Peacock-Farrell 6,50 - Tom Flanagan 6,20, Jonny Evans 7,00, Craig Cathcart 6,40, Stuart Dallas 6,70, Ali McCann 6,20, Steven Davis 6,60, George Saville 6,40 (72' Corry Evans 6,00), Jamal Lewis 6,40, Josh Magennis 6,20, Gavin Whyte 6,30 (72' Conor Washington 5,90). - coach: Ian Baraclough 6,90. = average: 6,37 [good]

Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma 5,60 - Giovanni Di Lorenzo 5,80, Leonardo Bonucci 6,10, Francesco Acerbi 5,50, Emerson Palmieri 5,20 (80' Gianluca Scamacca), Sandro Tonali 5,20 (46' Bryan Cristante 5,10), Jorginho 4,60 (68' Manuel Locatelli 5,40), Nicolò Barella 5,40 (64' Andrea Belotti 4,90), Domenico Berardi 5,40, Lorenzo Insigne 4,90 (68' Federico Bernardeschi 5,00), Federico Chiesa 5,40. - coach: Roberto Mancini 4,60. = average: 5,30 [lame]

Player ratings Spain 1-0 Sweden

1-0 86' Morata r.  (Dani Olmo). Att: 51.844 (La Cartuja, Sevilla).

Spain: Unai Simón 5,50 - Azpilicueta 5,50, Aymeric Laporte 6,40, Pau Torres 6,30, Jordi Alba 6,20, Carlos Soler 5,80 (73' Mikel Merino 5,80), Busquets 6,60, Gavi 6,80 (89' Rodri), Pablo Sarabia 6,00 (59' Rodrigo 5,70), Raúl de Tomás 5,60 (59' Morata 6,80), Dani Olmo 6,50 (89' Brais Méndez). - coach: Luis Enrique 6,30. = average: 6,11 [satisfactory]

Sweden: Robin Olsen 5,90 - Emil Krafth 5,90 (85' Martin Olsson), Victor Lindelöf 6,50, Joakim Nilsson 6,10, Ludwig Augustinsson 6,30, Emil Forsberg 6,80 (63' Mattias Svanberg 5,50), Albin Ekdal 6,30, Kristoffer Olsson 6,10, Victor Claesson 6,00, Alexander Isak 5,60 (73' Zlatan Ibrahimović 5,50), Dejan Kulusevski 5,70 (63' Robin Quaison 5,40). - coach: Janne Andersson 5,00. = average: 6,00 [acceptable]

 

Player ratings Sweden 2-1 Spain

 

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Player ratings Italy 0-0 Sweden

Att: 72.696 (San Siro, Milan).

Italy: Buffon 6,10 - Barzagli 5,60, Bonucci 5,90, Chiellini 5,90, Candreva 5,50 (76' Bernardeschi), Jorginho 6,10, Florenzi 6,10, Parolo 5,80, Darmian 5,40 (63' El Shaarawy 6,00), Gabbiadini 5,00 (63' Belotti 5,20), Immobile 5,40. - coacg: Ventura 3,40. = average: 5,69 [disappointing]

Sweden: Olsen 6,80 - Lustig 6,00, Lindelöf 6,50, Granqvist 6,90, Augustinsson 6,00, Claesson 5,90 (72' Rohdén 5,70), J. Johansson (19' G. Svensson 5,90), S. Larsson 6,00, Forsberg 5,60, Toivonen 5,40 (54' Thelin 5,50), Berg 5,50. - coach: J. Andersson 7,10. = average: 5,97 [acceptable]

Player ratings Ireland 1-5 Denmark

1-0 6' Shane Duffy h., 1-1 29' Andreas Christensen r. (Pione Sisto), 1-2 32' Christian Eriksen r. (Nicolai Jørgensen), 1-3 63' Christian Eriksen l. (Pione Sisto), 1-4 74' Christian Eriksen r., 1-5 90' Nicklas Bendtner PK (Nicklas Bendtner). Att: 50.000 (Aviva Stadium, Dublin).

Ireland: Darren Randolph 6,30 - Stephen Ward 4,70, Shane Duffy 6,00, Ciaran Clark 5,50 (71' Shane Long), Cyrus Christie 5,40, David Meyler 5,40 (46' Wes Hoolahan 5,70), Jeff Hendrick 5,00, Robbie Brady 5,20, Harry Arter 5,10 (46' Aiden McGeady 5,20), Daryl Murphy 5,40, James McClean 5,60. - coach: Martin O'Neill. = average: 5,42 [feeble]

Denmark: Kasper Schmeichel 5,80 - Andreas Christensen 6,40, Simon Kjær 6,40, Andreas Bjelland 6,20, Jens Stryger Larsen 5,80 (54' Peter Ankersen 5,80), William Kvist 6,60, Christian Eriksen 8,30, Thomas Delaney 6,40, Yussuf Poulsen 6,30 (70' Andreas Cornelius 5,80), Nicolai Jørgensen 6,80 (84' Nicklas Bendtner), Pione Sisto 7,10. - coach: Åge Hareide. = average: 6,44 [strong]

Player ratings Spain 3-0 Italy

1-0 14' Isco freekick, 2-0 40' Isco (Iniesta), 3-0 77'     Morata  (Sergio Ramos). Att: 75.000 (Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid).

Spain: De Gea 6,70 - Jordi Alba 5,90, Dani Carvajal 6,60, Sergio Ramos 7,00, Piqué 6,60, Koke 6,50, Isco 8,20 (89' David Villa), Iniesta 6,80 (72' Morata), David Silva 6,50, Busquets 6,80, Marco Asensio 6,70 (78' Saúl). - coach: Lopetegui 7,30. = average: 6,77 [superb]

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 5,40 - Matteo Darmian 5,40, Leonardo Bonucci 4,80, Andrea Barzagli 4,90, Daniele De Rossi 5,10, Antonio Candreva 5,20 (70' Federico Bernardeschi), Marco Verratti 4,30, Leonardo Spinazzola 4,80, Ciro Immobile 4,90 (78' Manolo Gabbiadini), Andrea Belotti 5,40 (70' Éder), Lorenzo Insigne 4,90. - coach: Giampiero Ventura 4,30. = average: 5,01 [hopeless]

Player ratings Sweden 2-1 France

0-1 37' Olivier Giroud l., 1-1 43' Jimmy Durmaz l. (Ludwig Augustinsson), 2-1 90' Ola Toivonen r. Att: 48.783.

Sweden: Robin Olsen 6,70 - Mikael Lustig 5,90, Victor Lindelöf 6,80, Andreas Granqvist 6,50, Ludwig Augustinsson 6,20, Albin Ekdal 6,40 (77' Sebastian Larsson), Jakob Johansson 6,00, Jimmy Durmaz 7,00 (76' Victor Claesson), Emil Forsberg 6,40, Ola Toivonen 6,50, Marcus Berg 5,40 (89' John Guidetti). - coach: Janne Andersson. = average: 6,35 [good]

France: Hugo Lloris 4,20 - Benjamin Mendy 6,40, Raphaël Varane 6,50, Laurent Koscielny 6,40, Djibril Sidibé 5,60, Moussa Sissoko 5,50, Paul Pogba 5,80, Blaise Matuidi 5,60, Dimitri Payet 5,00 (76' Thomas Lemar), Antoine Griezmann 5,10 (76' Kylian Mbappé), Olivier Giroud 6,50. - coach: Didier Deschamps. = average: 5,69 [disappointing]

Player ratings Portugal 4-1 Latvia.

1-0 28' Cristiano Ronaldo PK, 1-1 67' Artūrs Zjuzins, 2-1 69' William Carvalho, 3-1 85' Cristiano Ronaldo, 4-1 90' Bruno Alves.

Portugal: Rui Patrício 5,70 - João Cancelo 5,70, Bruno Alves 6,00, José Fonte 5,90, Raphaël Guerreiro 6,30, William Carvalho 6,20, João Mário 5,90 (72' Gelson Martins 5,70), André Gomes 5,20 (88' Renato Sanches), Nani 5,10 (65' Ricardo Quaresma 7,30), Cristiano Ronaldo 7,30, André Silva 5,40. - coach: Fernando Santos.= average: 5,98 [acceptable]

Latvia: Andris Vaņins 6,20 - Gints Freimanis 5,00, Vitālijs Jagodinskis 5,40, Kaspars Gorkšs 5,40, Vitālijs Maksimenko 5,30, Vladislavs Gabovs 5,40, Igors Tarasovs 5,20, Oļegs Laizāns 5,70, Gļebs Kļuškins 4,70 (79' Aleksejs Višņakovs), Artjoms Rudņevs 5,20 (87' Vladislavs Gutkovskis), Dāvis Ikaunieks 4,80 (60' Artūrs Zjuzins 6,50). - coach: Marian Pahars. = average: 5,40 [feeble]

Player ratings France 2-1 Sweden.

0-1 54' Emil Forsberg freekick, 1-1 58' Paul Pogba, 2-1 65' Dimitri Payet. Att: 78.000.

France: Hugo Lloris 5,80 – Djibril Sidibé 5,20, Raphael Varane 6,80, Laurent Koscielny 6,70, Patrice Evra 5,90 – Moussa Sissoko 5,80, Paul Pogba 6,90, Blaise Matuidi 6,40, Dimitri Payet 7,50 – Antoine Griezmann 6,00 (87' N'Golo Kanté), Olivier Giroud 5,10. - coach: Didier Deschamps. = average: 6,19 [solid]

Sweden: Robin Olsen 4,70 – Emil Krafth 5,70, Victor Nilsson Lindelöf 5,90, Andreas Granqvist 5,90, Ludwig Augustinsson 6,20 – Jimmy Durmaz 6,00 (86' Pontus Jansson), Jakob Johansson 5,70, Albin Ekdal 5,10 (66' Oscar Hiljemark), Emil Forsberg 6,80 – John Guidetti 5,60 (73' Isaac Kiese Thelin), Ola Toivonen 5,70. - coach: Janne Andersson. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]

Player ratings England 3-0 Scotland.

1-0 24' Daniel Sturridge h. (Kyle Walker), 2-0 52' Adam Lallana h. (Danny Rose), 3-0 61' Gary Cahill h. (Wayne Rooney). Att: 87.258.

England: Joe Hart 6,10 - Kyle Walker 7,30, Gary Cahill 6,40, John Stones 6,00, Danny Rose 7,00, Jordan Henderson 6,10, Eric Dier 5,70, Raheem Sterling 6,40, Wayne Rooney 6,20, Adam Lallana 7,40, Daniel Sturridge 6,70 (75' Jamie Vardy). - coach: Gareth Southgate. = average: 6,48 [very good]

Scotland: Craig Gordon 5,60 - Grant Hanley 5,30, Christophe Berra 5,30, Lee Wallace 5,50, James Morrison 4,70 (66' James McArthur 5,90), James Forrest 5,70, Darren Fletcher 5,70, Scott Brown 5,30, Ikechi Anya 5,70 (79' Callum Paterson), Robert Snodgrass 5,50 (82' Matt Ritchie), Leigh Griffiths 5,70. - coach: Gordon Strachan. = average: 5,49 [poor]

Player ratings Brazil 3-0 Argentina.

1-0 25' Coutinho r. (Neymar), 2-0 45' Neymar r. (Gabriel Jesus), 3-0 58' Paulinho r. (Renato Augusto). Att: 53.490 (Mineirão, Belo Horizonte).

Brazil: Alisson 6,40 - Dani Alves 6,20, Miranda 6,10 (87' Thiago Silva), Marquinhos 6,30, Marcelo 6,40, Paulinho 7,10, Fernandinho 6,10, Renato Augusto 6,20, Coutinho 7,20 (85' Douglas Costa), Gabriel Jesus 6,70 (82' Roberto Firmino), Neymar 7,70. - coach: Tite. = average: 6,58 [excellent]

Argentina: Sergio Romero 5,40 - Pablo Zabaleta 5,60, Nicolás Otamendi 5,10, Ramiro Funes Mori 4,90, Emanuel Mas 5,10, Javier Mascherano 5,20, Enzo Pérez 5,40 (46' Kun Agüero 5,80), Lucas Biglia 5,80, Ángel Di María 5,20 (71' Ángel Correa), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 5,00, Lionel Messi 5,10. - coach: Edgardo Bauza. = average: 5,30 [lame]

Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1954 World Cup.

Including Qualifiers.

   12: Maxl Morlock (BRD)
   11: Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), Erich Probst (Austria)
   6: Nat Lofthouse (England), Josef Hügi (Switzerland)
   5: Hans Schäfer, Ottmar Walter & Helmut Rahn (BRD), Henri Coppens & Léopold Anoul (Belgium), Burhan Sargun (Turkey)
   4: Ferenc Puskás & Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary), ­Theodor Wagner & Ernst Stojaspal (Austria), Robert Ballaman (Switzerland), Nils-Åke "Kajan" Sandell (Sweden), Suat Mamat (Turkey)
   3: Fritz Walter (BRD), Zoltán Czibor (Hungary), Amleto Frignani & Giampiero Boniperti (Italy), Ivor Broadis & Dennis Wilshaw (England), Jean Vincent & Just Fontaine (France), Ernst Ocwirk (Austria), Kalevi Lehtovirta (Finland), John Charles (Wales)
   2: Roger Piantoni, Raymond Kopa, Léon Glovacki, Pierre Flamion, Joseph Ujlaki & Jean Desgranges (France), Mihály Lantos & Péter Palotás (Hungary), Miloš Milutinović & Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia), Harald Hassall & Jimmy Mullen (England), Robert Körner (Austria), Mathieu Bollen (Belgium), Lefter Küçükandonyadis (Turkey), Egisto Pandolfini (Italy), Charlie Fleming & Allan Brown (Scotland), Reg Ryan & Arthur Fitzsimmons (Ireland), František Vlk (Czechoslovakia), Olavi Lahtinen (Finland), Peter McParland (Northern Ireland), Ivor Allchurch (Wales), József Pecsovszky/Iosif Petschovschi (Romania), Ivan Kolev (Bulgaria)