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MATCHFIFA World Cup1958Group D1958-06-15
Brazil
2–0
Soviet Union
Match details

At a glance

City
Gothenburg
Kick-off
19:00
Attendance
~51,000
Referee
Maurice Guigue (France)
Stage
Group D
Scoring

Goals

3'
VaváBrazil
77'
VaváBrazil
Starting XI

Lineups

Brazil

  1. Gilmar
  2. De Sordi
  3. Nilton Santos
  4. Zito
  5. BelliniC
  6. Orlando
  7. Garrincha
  8. Didi
  9. Pelé
  10. Vavá
  11. Zagallo

Soviet Union

  1. Yashin
  2. Kesarev
  3. Kuznetsov
  4. Voinov
  5. Krizhevskiy
  6. Tsarev
  7. A. Ivanov
  8. V. Ivanov
  9. Simonyan
  10. NettoC
  11. Ilyin
Tactical view

Lineup graphic

Brazil 2-0 Soviet Union lineup graphic
Brazil 1958 World Cup team — historical Swedish press image — public domain in Sweden
Officials & discipline

Match administration

RefereeMaurice Guigue (France)
OfficialJørgensen (Denmark)
OfficialNilsen (Norway)