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MATCHFIFA World Cup1954Quarter-finals1954-06-26
Uruguay
4–2
England
Match details

At a glance

City
Basel
Kick-off
17:00
Attendance
~50,000
Referee
Steiner (Austria)
Stage
Quarter-finals
Scoring

Goals

5' Borges
16'
LofthouseEngland
44' Varela
47' Schiaffino
67'
FinneyEngland
78' Ambrois
Starting XI

Lineups

Uruguay

  1. Máspoli
  2. Martínez
  3. Santamaría
  4. Andrade
  5. VarelaC
  6. Cruz
  7. Abbadie
  8. Ambrois
  9. Míguez
  10. Schiaffino
  11. Borges

England

  1. Merrick
  2. Staniforth
  3. Byrne
  4. McGarry
  5. WrightC
  6. Dickinson
  7. Matthews
  8. Broadis
  9. Lofthouse
  10. Wilshaw
  11. Finney
Tactical view

Lineup graphic

Uruguay 4-2 England lineup graphic
1954 world cup.png — Wikimedia Commons contributors — CC BY-SA 3.0/GFDL
Officials & discipline

Match administration

RefereeSteiner (Austria)
OfficialOrlandini (Italy)
OfficialStefanović (Yugoslavia)
Research

Sources

  • RSSSF — World Cup 1954 finalskickoff, stadium, attendance, officials, lineups, scorers and incidentshttps://www.rsssf.org/tables/54full.html
  • Wikimedia Commonsmedia lookup and reusable image/license recordhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1954_world_cup.png