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MATCHFIFA World Cup1958Third-place match1958-06-28
France
6–3
West Germany

Fontaine's four goals took him to a World Cup-record 13 for the tournament.

Match details

At a glance

City
Gothenburg
Kick-off
17:00
Attendance
~33,000
Referee
Brossi (Argentina)
Stage
Third-place match
Scoring

Goals

16' Fontaine
18'
CieslarczykWest Germany
27' Kopa penalty
36' Fontaine
50' Douis
52'
RahnWest Germany
78' Fontaine
84'
SchäferWest Germany
89' Fontaine
Starting XI

Lineups

France

  1. Abbes
  2. Kaelbel
  3. Lerond
  4. PenverneC
  5. Lafont
  6. Marcel
  7. Wisnieski
  8. Fontaine
  9. Kopa
  10. Douis
  11. Vincent

West Germany

  1. Kwiatkowski
  2. Stollenwerk
  3. Wewers
  4. Erhardt
  5. Schnellinger
  6. Szymaniak
  7. Rahn
  8. Sturm
  9. SchäferC
  10. Kelbassa
  11. Cieslarczyk
Tactical view

Lineup graphic

France 6-3 West Germany lineup graphic
1958 world cup.png — Wikimedia Commons contributors — CC BY-SA 3.0/GFDL
Officials & discipline

Match administration

RefereeBrossi (Argentina)
OfficialArthur Ellis (England)
OfficialLundell (Sweden)
Research

Sources

  • RSSSF — World Cup 1958 finalsstadium, kickoff, attendance, officials, lineups, scorers and incidentshttps://www.rsssf.org/tables/58full.html
  • Wikimedia Commonspage media and rights metadatahttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1958_world_cup.png