1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off)

1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
(UEFA–AFC play-off)
Event	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
	Yugoslavia won 4–0 on points and qualified for the 1962 FIFA World Cup
First leg
Date	8 October 1961
Venue	JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Referee	Konstantinos Ioannidis (Greece)
Attendance	20,000
Second leg
Date	26 November 1961
Venue	Hyochang Stadium, Seoul
Referee	Mak Xeun Fei (Hong Kong)
Attendance	25,000

The 1962 FIFA World Cup UEFA–AFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of UEFA Group 10, Yugoslavia, and the winners of the AFC final round, South Korea. The matches were played on 8 October and 26 November 1961 in Belgrade and Seoul, respectively.^[1]

After beating South Korea in both matches (5–1 in Belgrade and 3–1 in Seoul), Yugoslavia won the tie and qualified for the World Cup.

Teams[edit]

Team	Confederation	Qualification
Yugoslavia	UEFA	UEFA Group 10 winners
South Korea	AFC	AFC round-robin winners

JNA Stadium in Belgrade (left) and Hyochang Stadium in Seoul were the venues for the series

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	4	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	5–1
2	South Korea	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0			1–3	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]

8 October 1961

Yugoslavia	5–1	South Korea
Čebinac 42' Šekularac 54', 70' Radaković 67' Galić 89'		Chung Sun-cheon 82'

Attendance: 20,000

Yugoslavia

South Korea


GK		Milutin Soskic
DF		Vladimir Durkovic
DF		Velibor Vasović
DF		Zarko Nikolic
DF		Fahrudin Jusufi
MF		Petar Radakovic
MF		Dragoslav Sekularac
MF		Muhamed Mujic
FW		Milan Galić
FW		Asim Ferhatovic
FW		Srdjan Cebinac
Manager:
Ljubomir Lovrić Prvoslav Mihajlović Hugo Ruševljanin

26 November 1961

South Korea	1–3	Yugoslavia
Yoo Pan-sun 61'		Galić 17', 27' Jerković 89'

Attendance: 25,000

^ "1962 FIFA World Cup Sweden - Qualifiers". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 October 2017.^{[dead link]}
^ "World Cup 1962 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

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v t e Matches played by the Yugoslavia national football team
UEFA European Championship Finals	1960 1968
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v t e South Korea national football team matches
AFC Asian Cup Finals	1972 1980 1988 2015
FIFA World Cup play-offs	1962
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	1987
FIFA World Cup matches	South Korea 2–0 Germany (2018)