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= FIFA World Cup qualification 1953 =
Sat May 9
Yugoslavia 1-0 Greece @ Belgrade, Yugoslavia
(Frane Matošić 71')
Mon May 25
Finland 2-4 Belgium @ Helsinki, Finland
(Kalevi Lehtovirta 49',75';
Henri Coppens 4',26',83' Léopold Anoul 9')
Thu May 28
Sweden 2-3 Belgium @ Solna, Sweden
(Bengt Berndtsson 20' Arne Selmosson 26';
Léopold Anoul 28' Jean-Louis Straetmans 37' Victor Lemberechts 40')
Sun Jun 14
Czechoslovakia 2-0 Romania @ Prague, Czechoslovakia
(Emil Pažický 54' František Vlk 63')
Wed Jun 24
Norway 2-3 Saarland @ Oslo, Norway
(Gunnar Thoresen 3' Knut Dahlen 15';
Herbert Binkert 16' Werner Otto 30' Gerhard Siedl 55')
Sun Jun 28
Romania 3-1 Bulgaria @ Bucharest, Romania
(József Pecsovszky 20',30' Alexandru Ene 82';
Dobromir Tashkov 53')
Sun Jul 19
Mexico 8-0 Haiti @ Mexico City, Mexico
(Tomás Balcázar 23',26',76' Gregorio Gómez 27' Nicolás Tellez 34' Pedro Arnauda 38',69',85')
Wed Aug 5
Finland 3-3 Sweden @ Helsinki, Finland
(Kalevi Lehtovirta 63' Olavi Lahtinen 67' Nils Rikberg 70';
Nils-Åke Sandell 9',71' Hans Persson 23')
Sun Aug 16
Sweden 4-0 Finland @ Solna, Sweden
(Gösta Sandberg 22' Nils-Åke Sandell 24',61' Herbert Sandin 56')
Wed Aug 19
Norway 1-1 Germany @ Oslo, Norway
(Harald Hennum 41';
Fritz Walter 44')
Sun Sep 6
Bulgaria 1-2 Czechoslovakia @ Sofia, Bulgaria
(Stefan Bozhkov 55'(p);
František Vlk 5',40')
Sun Sep 20
Luxembourg 1-6 France @ Luxembourg, Luxembourg
(Antoine Kohn 6';
Roger Piantoni 5' Raymond Kopa 10' Raymond Cicci 41' Léon Glovacki 44' Édouard Kargu 73' Pierre Flamion 88')
Wed Sep 23
Belgium 2-2 Finland @ Brussels, Belgium
(Mathieu Bollen 25',75';
Olavi Lahtinen 83' Jorma Vaihela 90')
Sun Sep 27
Austria 9-1 Portugal @ Vienna, Austria
(Ernst Ocwirk 13' Erich Probst 14',19',31',59',70' Ernst Happel 68'(p) Theodor Wagner 83' Robert Dienst 87';
José Águas 60')
Sun Oct 4
Republic of Ireland 3-5 France @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland
(Reg Ryan 58'(p) Davy Walsh 83' Frank O'Farrell 88';
Léon Glovacki 23' Armand Penverne 40' Joseph Ujlaki 50',69' Pierre Flamion 72')
Thu Oct 8
Belgium 2-0 Sweden @ Brussels, Belgium
(Henri Coppens 23' Victor Mees 49')
Sun Oct 11
Bulgaria 1-2 Romania @ Sofia, Bulgaria
(Ivan Kolev 28';
Gavril Serfözö 27' Valeriu Călinoiu 52')
Germany 3-0 Saarland @ Stuttgart, Germany
(Max Morlock 13',50' Horst Schade 70')
Sun Oct 25
Romania 0-1 Czechoslovakia @ Bucharest, Romania
(František Šafránek 38'(p))
Wed Oct 28
Republic of Ireland 4-0 Luxembourg @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland
(Arthur Fitzsimons 14',83' Reg Ryan 48'(p) Tommy Eglington 59')
Sun Nov 1
Greece 1-0 Israel @ Athens, Greece
(Thanasis Bembis 52')
Sun Nov 8
Czechoslovakia 0-0 Bulgaria @ Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Saarland 0-0 Norway @ Saarbrücken, Saarland
Yugoslavia 1-0 Israel @ Skopje, Yugoslavia
(Miloš Milutinović 3')
Fri Nov 13
Egypt 1-2 Italy @ Cairo, Egypt
(Ad-Diba 33';
Amleto Frignani 62' Ermes Muccinelli 79')
Sun Nov 22
Germany 5-1 Norway @ Hamburg, Germany
(Max Morlock 27',63' Ottmar Walter 69' Fritz Walter 80' Helmut Rahn 88';
Hans Nordahl 26')
Wed Nov 25
France 1-0 Republic of Ireland @ Paris, France
(Roger Piantoni 73')
Sun Nov 29
Portugal 0-0 Austria @ Oeiras, Portugal
Thu Dec 17
France 8-0 Luxembourg @ Paris, France
(Jean Desgranges 2',88' Jean Vincent 6',10' Just Fontaine 21',75',80' Jacques Foix 57')
Sun Dec 27
Haiti 0-4 Mexico @ Port-au-Prince, Haiti
(Rafael Ávalos 6' José Luis Lamadrid 15',59' Tomás Balcázar 65')
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