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The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Yugoslavia qualified for the 1954 FIFA World Cup held in Switzerland.

Group 10

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts
1   Yugoslavia 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 +4 8 1–0 1–0
2   Greece 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 +1 4 0–1 1–0
3   Israel 4 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 −5 0 0–1 0–2
Source: [ citation needed]

Results

9 May 1953 Yugoslavia  1 – 0   Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Matošić 71' Report Referee: Steiner ( Austria)

1 November 1953 Greece  1 – 0   Israel Athens, Greece
Bembis Report Referee: Massai ( Italy)

8 November 1953 Yugoslavia  1 – 0   Israel Skopje, Yugoslavia
Milutinović Report Referee: Alsteen ( Belgium)

8 March 1954 Israel  0 – 2   Greece Tel Aviv, Israel
Report Kokkinakis
Kamaras
Referee: Buchmüller ( Switzerland)

21 March 1954 Israel  0 – 1   Yugoslavia Tel Aviv, Israel
Report Zebec Referee: Leafe ( England)

28 March 1954 Greece  0 – 1   Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
Report Veselinović Referee: Rufli ( Switzerland)

Team stats

  Yugoslavia

Head coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milorad Arsenijević, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Tirnanić, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Leo Lemešić (together)

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Greece Israel Israel Greece Club
GK Vladimir Beara November 2, 1928 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
DF Bruno Belin January 16, 1929 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Belgrade
FW Stjepan Bobek December 3, 1923 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 90 - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Belgrade
MF Vujadin Boškov May 16, 1931 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojvodina Novi Sad
MF Zlatko Čajkovski November 24, 1923 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Belgrade
DF Tomislav Crnković June 17, 1929 2 0 180 0 0 90 - 90 - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
DF Ivan Horvat July 16, 1926 3 0 270 0 0 90 - 90 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
FW Frane Matošić November 25, 1918 1 1 90 0 0 90 - - - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
MF Sima Milovanov April 10, 1923 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojvodina Novi Sad
FW Miloš Milutinović February 5, 1933 3 1 218 1 0 - 90 38 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Belgrade
MF Rajko Mitić November 6, 1922 3 0 270 0 0 90 - 90 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
DF Tihomir Ognjanov March 2, 1927 1 0 52 0 1 - - 52 - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
MF Zdravko Rajkov December 5, 1927 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojvodina Novi Sad
DF Branko Stanković October 31, 1921 3 0 270 0 0 90 - 90 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
GK Slavko Stojanović June 1, 1930 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Belgrade
FW Todor Veselinović October 22, 1930 1 1 90 0 0 - - - 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojvodina Novi Sad
FW Bernard Vukas May 1, 1927 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
MF Branko Zebec May 17, 1929 4 1 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Belgrade
DF Milan Zeković November 15, 1925 2 0 180 0 0 - 90 - 90 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade

  Greece

Head coach: Greece Kostas Negrepontis (first and second match), Greece Ioannis Chelmis (third and fourth match)

Pos. Player DoB Games
played
Goals Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Israel Israel Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Club
DF Theodoros Aloupis December 14, 1929 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - - Greece Panathinaikos FC
MF Thanasis Bebis June 26, 1928 2 1 180 0 0 90 90 - - Greece Olympiacos F.C.
FW Georgios Darivas March 12, 1926 1 0 41 1 0 - 41 - - Greece Olympiacos F.C.
MF Babis Drosos 1928 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - - Greece Olympiacos F.C.
MF Pavlos Emmanouilidis 1929 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - - Greece AEK Athens F.C.
MF Ioannis Ioannou 1931 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - - Greece Olympiacos F.C.
FW Georgios Kamaras 1931 2 1 180 0 0 - - 90 90 Greece Apollon Smyrnis F.C.
MF Dimitris Kokkinakis 1930 2 1 180 0 0 - - 90 90 Greece Olympiacos F.C.
MF Babis Kotridis 1928 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90 Greece Olympiacos F.C.
DF Georgios Kourtzidis 1931 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90 Greece Panathinaikos FC
DF Kostas Linoxilakis March 5, 1933 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90 Greece Panathinaikos FC
GK Stathis Mantalozis 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - - Greece Ethnikos
DF Giorgos Mouratidis 1927 1 0 50 0 1 - - - 50 Greece AEK Athens F.C.
DF Andreas Mouratis November 29, 1926 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - Greece Olympiacos F.C.
FW Ioannis Nembidis March 10, 1928 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - - Greece Panathinaikos FC
FW Vangelis Panakis June 8, 1933 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90 Greece Panathinaikos FC
FW Giannis Papantoniou 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90 Greece Panathinaikos FC
MF Ilias Papageorgiou 1925 1 0 90 0 0 90 - - - Greece AEK Athens F.C.
MF Lakis Petropoulos August 29, 1932 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - Greece Panathinaikos FC
DF Kostas Poulis 1928 1 0 90 0 0 - 90 - - Greece AEK Athens F.C.
DF Ilias Rosidis February 3, 1927 4 0 360 0 0 90 90 90 90 Greece Olympiacos F.C.
MF Lambis Serafeidis 2 0 139 0 1 90 49 - - Greece Apollon Smyrnis F.C.
DF Thanasis Kingley 2 0 180 0 0 90 90 - - Greece Olympiacos F.C.
MF Andreas Stamatiadis August 16, 1935 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90 Greece AEK Athens F.C.
GK Babis Taouxis 1930 2 0 180 0 0 - - 90 90 Greece Apollon Smyrnis F.C.
DF Vasilis Xanthopoulos 1929 2 0 130 1 0 - - 90 40 Greece Olympiacos F.C.

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