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1938 FIFA World Cup Qualification
A total of 37 teams entered the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. For the first time the title holders and the host country were given automatic qualification. Therefore, France, as the hosts, and Italy, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. Due to the Spanish Civil War, Spain withdrew from the competition. The remaining 34 teams were divided into 12 groups, based on geographical considerations, as follows: *Groups 1 to 9 – Europe: ''11 places'', contested by 23 teams (including Egypt and Palestine). *Groups 10 and 11 – The Americas: ''2 places'', contested by 9 teams. *Group 12 – Asia: ''1 place'', contested by 2 teams. However, due to the withdrawal of Austria after qualifying (they had been annexed by Germany), only 15 teams actually competed in the final tournament. FIFA did not offer participation to the runner-up of the group that Austria had played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fricis Kaņeps
Fricis Kaņeps (10 August 1916, in Ventspils – 30 November 1981, in Staicele) was a Latvian footballer. He was one of the most powerful Latvian forwards of the 1930s who didn't have a very good technique but compensated it mostly by his physical strength. In earlier years when still playing in Ventspils Kaņeps also played in defence. Biography Fricis Kaņeps was the most notable footballer from Ventspils in the era between the two world wars. The first club that he played for was Ventspils Spars, one of the strongest sides in Kurzeme at the time. Before the 1936 he moved to Liepāja to play with the best football club in Latvia outside Riga - Olimpija Liepāja. This was a serious step in forward for Kaņeps and the year which he spent with Olimpija was a very productive one. Olimpija won the Latvian Higher League title and Kaņeps was the club's best goalscorer with 12 league goals (just one less than the overall leader Aleksandrs Vanags). After just one season with Olimpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Persson (footballer)
Erik Persson (19 November 1909 – 1 February 1989) was a Swedish association football, football Forward (association football), forward who played for AIK Fotboll, AIK. He also played for Sweden national football team, Team Sweden at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and at the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France. His brother was boxer Harry Persson (boxer), Harry Persson. References External links * 1909 births 1989 deaths Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Association football forwards AIK Fotboll players 1938 FIFA World Cup players AIK Fotboll managers Allsvenskan players AIK IF players Olympic footballers of Sweden Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Swedish football managers {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Urban
Adolf Urban (9 January 1914 – 23 May 1943) was a German footballer. Urban, a forward, played for Schalke 04, among others, and made 21 appearances for Germany between 1935 and 1941, scoring 11 goals. He was also part of Germany's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Urban was the son of Polish immigrants (see '' Ruhrpolen''), who came to the Ruhr area from Olsztyn, which was located within the Prussian Partition of Poland since the First Partition of Poland. In the Second World War Urban was mobilised with the Wehrmacht in which he served in the 422nd Infantry Regiment on the Eastern Front in Russia, fighting at the battle of Demyansk. He later died in 1943 in Staraya Russa, from wounds received in further fighting. He was the only member of the Breslau Eleven The Breslau Eleven (german: Breslau-Elf) was the name given to the Germany national football team who defeated Denmark 8–0 at Hermann-Göring-Sportfeld in Breslau, Nazi Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) on 16 May 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Lehner
Ernst Lehner (7 November 1912 – 10 January 1986) was a German footballer. He was born in Augsburg and died in Aschaffenburg. International He played for the Germany national football team in the 1934 FIFA World Cup and the 1938 FIFA World Cup. In total, he made 65 appearances and scored 31 goals for the national team. Lehner was a member of the Breslau Eleven that beat Denmark 8–0 in Breslau in 1937 and went on to win 10 out of 11 games played during that year. His position was that of an outside right. He was also part of Germany's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Career Ernst Lehner was one of the paciest and most skilled outside rights of the mid-/late-1930s. His specialty was corner kicks; gaining a reputation for often trying (and succeeding) to convert them directly. In a 1937 World Cup qualifier against Estonia, with Germany one goal behind at half-time, Germany collected 18 corner kicks in the second half, two of which Lehner converted directly and two other corners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Football Association
The Danish Football Union ( da, Dansk Boldspil-Union; DBU) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA. The DBU has also been the governing body of futsal in Denmark since 2008. Beginnings The DBU was founded on 18 May 1889 and was the first national football association outside Great Britain and Ireland. However, it did not register games officially before the 1908 Summer Olympics, meaning that the win in the 1906 Intercalated Olympics tournament was not officially recorded by the DBU. DBU competitions Men's *Leagues ** Superliga ** First Division () ** Second Divisions () ** Third Divisions () ** Denmark Series () (4 groups) *Cups **DBU Pokalen Women's * Elite Division () *First Division () *Danish Series () (3 groups) *Cup () Defunct * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Uukkivi
Heinrich Uukkivi (10 May 1912 – 12 April 1943) was an Estonian association football, bandy and ice hockey player. He won the Estonian Football Championship five times, the Estonian Bandy Championship three times and the Estonian Ice Hockey Championship twice. Internationally, Uukkivi made 46 appearances for the Estonia national football team since his debut in 1931, and scored 7 goals. He won the 1931 and the 1938 Baltic Cup with the team. He also made three appearances for the Estonia national bandy team and three appearances for the Estonia men's national ice hockey team. In 1940, after Soviet occupation, Uukkivi was forcibly drafted into the Soviet Army and subsequently captured by the invading German forces. Later, he was released by the Soviet Army and sentenced to a prison camp, where he died. Honours Club Football ;Estonia * Estonian Championship: 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937–38, 1938–39 Bandy ;Kalev * Estonian Championship: 1933, 1934 ;Dünamo * Estonian Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Siimenson
Georg Siimenson (14 April 1912 – 12 June 1978) was an Estonian international footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who scored 13 goals in 42 games for the Estonian national side. References ;General Profile at Weltfußball.de ;Specific 1912 births 1978 deaths Estonian footballers Estonia international footballers Sportspeople from Narva Association football forwards {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Wetterström
Karl Gustav Evert Wetterström (15 October 1911 – 16 November 1991) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker. He played for IK Sleipner and the Sweden national football team, for whom he appeared in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He scored a hat trick in Sweden's 8-0 victory over Cuba, although many sources outside of FIFA have credited him with scoring 4 goals in that match. Career statistics International : ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wetterström goal.'' Honours IK Sleipner * Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...: 1937–1938 References 1911 births 1938 FIFA World Cup players Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers 1991 deaths {{Sweden-footy-for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Jonasson
Sven Jonasson (9 July 1909 – 17 September 1984) was a Swedish football striker and manager. Career He played for Sweden at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Borås and died in Varberg. He played for IF Elfsborg and the Sweden national football team, for whom he appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. He scored two goals in 1934 and one in 1938. Jonasson holds the record for most goals (252 goals) and most consecutive games (344 games, 1927–1941) in Allsvenskan (top level of Swedish football). In 1936 he is mentioned in a Danish source for playing as a "false 9" when playing against a team using a WM-formation. In the same article the Danish journalist compares Sven Jonasson to the English centreforward Ted Drake. Honours Player ;Elfsborg *Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Josefsson
Karl Gustaf Ragnvald "Niggern" Josefsson-Reinsell (16 February 1916 – 16 April 1983) was a Swedish footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a part of the AIK team that won the 1936–37 Allsvenskan Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1936/1937. Overview The league was contested by 12 teams, with AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general s .... References External links * * 1916 births 1983 deaths Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Sweden Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Footballers from Stockholm Men's association football forwards AIK Fotboll players {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Association Of Norway
The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems for men and women (whose top levels are respectively the Eliteserien and Toppserien). The current president of NFF is Lise Klaveness. By 1 January 2004, there were 1,814 clubs organized in Norway and 373,532 registered players. It is the largest sports federation in Norway. The NFF joined FIFA in 1908, and UEFA in 1954. The NFF was part of an unsuccessful joint bid with the SvFF, the DBU and the SPL to host the UEFA Euro 2008 championship. The SvFF invited the NFF to join them in bidding for the UEFA Euro 2016 championship. The NFF and Norwegian politicians expressed support for such a proposal, but Euro 2016 was eventually awarded to France. Foundation In Spring 1902, Lyn invited representatives from Grane and Spring (both now defunct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolbjørn Daehlen
Kolbjørn is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Kolbjørn Almlid (born 1945), Norwegian businessman and politician *Kolbjørn Buøen (1895–1975), Norwegian actor *Kolbjørn Fjeld (1901–1978), Norwegian librarian and publisher *Kolbjørn Hauge (1926–2007), Norwegian schoolteacher and non-fiction writer *Kolbjørn Kvam (1865–1933), Norwegian sports shooter *Kolbjørn Lyslo (born 1975), Norwegian musician *Kolbjørn Skaare (1931–2017), Norwegian numismatist *Kolbjørn Stordrange Kolbjørn Stordrange (27 September 1924 in Nes, Vest-Agder – 18 November 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1969, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had ... (1924–2004), Norwegian politician * Kolbjørn Varmann (1904–1980), Norwegian priest and politician {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
