# 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6

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.

## Matches
### Mandatory Palestine vs Greece

| Mandatory Palestine | 1 — 3 (final score after 90 minutes) | Greece |
| Manager: 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: 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 | 1 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes) | Mandatory Palestine |
| Manager: 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: 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 | 11 — 1 (final score after 90 minutes) | Greece |
| Manager: 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: 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: Károly Dietz
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | Club |
| MF | István Balogh | September 21, 1912 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Újpest FC |
| DF | Sándor Bíró | August 19, 1911 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Hungária FC |
| GK | József Háda | March 2, 1911 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Ferencvárosi FC |
| DF | Lajos Korányi | May 15, 1907 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Ferencvárosi FC |
| MF | Gyula Lázár | January 24, 1911 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Ferencvárosi FC |
| FW | József Nemes | 1914 | 1 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Kispesti FC |
| FW | Ferenc Sas | 1915 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Hungária FC |
| MF | György Szűcs | April 23, 1912 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Újpest FC |
| FW | Pál Titkos | January 8, 1908 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Hungária FC |
| FW | Jenő Vincze | November 20, 1908 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Újpest FC |
| FW | Gyula Zsengellér | December 27, 1915 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Újpest FC |

### Greece

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

### Mandatory Palestine

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