1962 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Cyprus  v  Israel

13 November 1960	Cyprus	1 – 1	Israel	Nicosia, Cyprus
	Shialis	Report	Kofman  31'	Referee: Bajić (Yugoslavia)

Israel  v  Cyprus

27 November 1960	Israel	6 – 1	Cyprus	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Levi  14', 30', 66' Stelmach  61', 88' Nahari  34'	Report	Shialis	Referee: Bajić (Yugoslavia)

Israel advanced to the Second Round.

Romania withdrew, so Italy advanced to the Final Round automatically.

Israel  v  Ethiopia

14 March 1961	Israel	1 – 0	Ethiopia	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Glazer  69'			Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)

Israel  v  Ethiopia

19 March 1961	Israel	3 – 2	Ethiopia	Haifa, Israel
	Glazer  27', 77' Stelmach  59'		Mengistu Tesfaye	Referee: Pósa (Hungary)

Israel advanced to the Final Round.

Israel  v  Italy

15 October 1961	Israel	2 – 4	Italy	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Stelmach  15' Young  38'	Report	Lojacono  53' (pen.) Altafini  79' Corso  87', 90'	Referee: Takow (Bulgaria)

Italy  v  Israel

4 November 1961	Italy	6 – 0	Israel	Turin, Italy
	Sivori  16', 52', 65', 88' Corso  59' Angelillo  69'	Report		Referee: Asensi Martin (Spain)

Italy qualified.

Head coach: Giovanni Ferrari

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on			Club
FW	José Altafini	August 24, 1938	2	1	180	0	0	90	90	A.C. Milan
FW	Antonio Angelillo	September 5, 1937	1	1	90	0	0	-	90	A.S. Roma
DF	Bruno Bolchi	February 21, 1940	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Inter Milan
GK	Lorenzo Buffon	December 19, 1929	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Inter Milan
MF	Mario Corso	August 25, 1941	2	3	180	0	0	90	90	Inter Milan
MF	Francisco Lojacono	December 11, 1935	1	1	90	0	0	90	-	A.S. Roma
DF	Giacomo Losi	September 10, 1935	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	A.S. Roma
DF	Cesare Maldini	February 5, 1932	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	A.C. Milan
MF	Bruno Mora	March 29, 1937	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Juventus F.C.
DF	Enzo Robotti	June 13, 1935	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Fiorentina
FW	Omar Sivori	October 2, 1935	2	4	180	0	0	90	90	Juventus F.C.
MF	Giovanni Trapattoni	March 17, 1939	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	A.C. Milan

Head coach: Gyula Mándi

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on							Club
MF	Aharon Amar	1937	3	0	270	0	0	90	90	90	-	-	-	Maccabi Haifa F.C.
DF	Mordechai Benbinisti		6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Hapoel Jerusalem F.C.
FW	Yehoshua Glazer	December 29, 1927	2	3	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
MF	Yosef Goldstein		3	0	270	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	-	Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
DF	Yaacov Grundman		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	-	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.
GK	Ya'akov Hodorov	June 16, 1927	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
FW	Boaz Kofman		1	1	90	0	0	90	-	-	-	-	-	Hapoel Petah Tikva
FW	Shlomo Levi		4	3	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	Hapoel Haifa F.C.
DF	Amatsia Levkovich		6	0	540	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
MF	Avraham Menchel	December 12, 1935	5	0	450	0	0	90	90	-	90	90	90	Maccabi Haifa F.C.
DF	Zvi Moisescu	August 13, 1939	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	-	-	-	-	Maccabi Netanya
MF	Shlomo Nahari		3	1	270	0	0	-	90	90	-	90	-	Hapoel Petah Tikva
DF	Shalom Peterburg		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva
FW	Zecharia Ratzabi		3	0	270	0	0	90	-	-	-	90	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva
FW	Danny Shmulevich-Rom	November 29, 1940	4	0	360	0	0	-	90	90	90	-	90	Maccabi Haifa F.C.
FW	Nahum Stelmach	July 19, 1936	5	4	450	0	0	90	90	90	-	90	90	Hapoel Petah Tikva
DF	Zvi Tendler		2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	90	90	Hapoel Haifa F.C.
MF	Gideon Tish		5	0	450	0	0	90	-	90	90	90	90	Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
GK	Yaacov Visoker		4	0	360	0	0	90	90	90	90	-	-	Hapoel Petah Tikva
DF	Uri Weinberg		1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	90	-	-	Hapoel Haifa F.C.
FW	Roeben Young		3	1	270	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	Hapoel Haifa F.C.

Head coach: Slavko Milošević

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on			Club
DF	Mekouria Kebede Asfaw		2	0	180	0	0	90	90
DF	Berhe Asmelash		2	0	180	0	0	90	90
DF	Mohamed Awad		2	0	180	0	0	90	90
GK	Mikael Gila		2	0	180	0	0	90	90
DF	Araya Kiflom		2	3	180	0	0	90	90
FW	Kebede Metaferia		2	1	180	0	0	90	90
FW	Abde Selassie Netsere		2	0	180	0	0	90	90
MF	Mekouria Tadesse		2	0	180	0	0	90	90
MF	Gebre Medhin Tesfaye		2	0	180	0	0	90	90
MF	Luciano Vassalo		2	1	180	0	0	90	90	Cotton Factory Club
FW	Mengistu Worku		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Saint George S.C.

Head coach: Argyrios Gavalas

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on			Club
DF	Pambos Charalambous		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Anorthosis
MF	Vasos Demetriadis		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Nea Salamina
GK	Nicos Eleftheriadis		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Omonia Nicosia
DF	Antonis Kkaras		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Anorthosis
MF	Panicos Krystallis	1942	2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Apollon Limassol
DF	Militis		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Pezoporikos Larnaca
FW	Andreas Pakkos		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Omonia Nicosia
DF	Costas Panayiotou		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Omonia Nicosia
MF	Michalis Shialis		2	2	180	0	0	90	90	Anorthosis
FW	Panayiotis Tselepis		1	0	90	0	0	90	-	Omonia Nicosia
	Yiannos		1	0	90	0	0	-	90	AEL Limassol
MF	Demetris Zangilos		2	0	180	0	0	90	90	Anorthosis