1954 FIFA World Cup squads

none April 2021 Below are the squads for the 1954 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Switzerland. Each team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included three goalkeepers, except England, Mexico, Scotland, South Korea, Uruguay and Yugoslavia, who only named two. This was the first World Cup for which the players were assigned squad numbers. Scotland were the only team to have players from foreign clubs (namely 7 players from English clubs). Group 1 Brazil Head coach: Zezé Moreira 1 GK Castilho y 1954 6 16 1927 11 27 13 Fluminense Brazil 1889 2 DF Djalma Santos y 1954 6 16 1929 2 27 15 Portuguesa Brazil 1889 3 DF Nílton Santos y 1954 6 16 1925 5 16 20 Botafogo Brazil 1889 4 DF Brandãozinho y 1954 6 16 1925 6 9 13 Portuguesa Brazil 1889 5 MF Pinheiro y 1954 6 16 1932 1 13 13 Fluminense Brazil 1889 6 MF Bauer (c) y 1954 6 16 1925 11 21 22 São Paulo FC Brazil 1889 7 FW Julinho y 1954 6 16 1929 7 29 14 Portuguesa Brazil 1889 8 MF Didi y 1954 6 16 1928 10 8 14 Fluminense Brazil 1889 9 FW Baltazar y 1954 6 16 1926 1 14 19 Corinthians Brazil 1889 10 FW Pinga y 1954 6 16 1924 2 11 14 Vasco da Gama Brazil 1889 11 FW Rodrigues y 1954 6 16 1925 6 27 15 Palmeiras Brazil 1889 12 DF Paulinho y 1954 6 16 1932 4 15 0 Vasco da Gama Brazil 1889 13 DF Alfredo y 1954 6 16 1924 10 27 2 São Paulo FC Brazil 1889 14 MF Ely y 1954 6 16 1921 5 14 17 Vasco da Gama Brazil 1889 15 DF Mauro Ramos y 1954 6 16 1930 8 30 6 São Paulo FC Brazil 1889 16 MF Dequinha y 1954 6 16 1928 3 19 0 Flamengo Brazil 1889 17 FW Maurinho y 1954 6 16 1933 6 6 1 São Paulo FC Brazil 1889 18 FW Humberto y 1954 6 16 1934 2 4 4 Palmeiras Brazil 1889 19 FW Índio y 1954 6 16 1931 3 1 0 Flamengo Brazil 1889 20 FW Rubens y 1954 6 16 1928 11 4 1 Flamengo Brazil 1889 21 GK Veludo y 1954 6 16 1930 8 7 4 Fluminense Brazil 1889 22 GK Cabeção y 1954 6 16 1930 8 23 Corinthians Brazil 1889 Yugoslavia Head coach: Aleksandar Tirnanić 1 GK Vladimir Beara y 1954 6 16 1928 11 2 25 Hajduk Split Yugoslavia 2 DF Branko Stanković y 1954 6 16 1921 10 31 50 Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 3 DF Tomislav Crnković y 1954 6 16 1929 6 17 17 Dinamo Zagreb Yugoslavia 4 MF Zlatko Čajkovski y 1954 6 16 1923 11 24 53 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 5 DF Ivica Horvat y 1954 6 16 1926 7 16 43 Dinamo Zagreb Yugoslavia 6 DF Vujadin Boškov y 1954 6 16 1931 5 16 22 Vojvodina Novi Sad Yugoslavia 7 FW Tihomir Ognjanov y 1954 6 16 1927 3 2 22 Spartak Subotica Yugoslavia 8 FW Rajko Mitić y 1954 6 16 1922 11 19 47 Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 9 FW Bernard Vukas y 1954 6 16 1927 5 1 35 Hajduk Split Yugoslavia 10 MF Stjepan Bobek (c) y 1954 6 16 1923 12 3 53 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 11 FW Branko Zebec y 1954 6 16 1929 5 17 22 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 12 GK Branko Kralj y 1954 6 16 1924 3 10 0 Dinamo Zagreb Yugoslavia 13 DF Miljan Zeković y 1954 6 16 1925 11 15 3 Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 14 MF Lav Mantula y 1954 6 16 1928 12 8 0 Dinamo Zagreb Yugoslavia 15 MF Ljubiša Spajić y 1954 6 16 1926 3 7 6 Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 16 DF Sima Milovanov y 1954 6 16 1923 4 10 4 Vojvodina Novi Sad Yugoslavia 17 DF Bruno Belin y 1954 6 16 1929 1 16 3 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 18 FW Miloš Milutinović y 1954 6 16 1933 2 5 8 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 19 MF Zlatko Papec y 1954 6 16 1934 1 17 2 Lokomotiva Zagreb Yugoslavia 20 FW Dionizije Dvornić y 1954 6 16 1926 4 27 3 Dinamo Zagreb Yugoslavia 21 FW Todor Veselinović y 1954 6 16 1930 10 22 4 Vojvodina Novi Sad Yugoslavia 22 FW Aleksandar Petaković y 1954 6 16 1930 2 6 0 Radnički Belgrade Yugoslavia France Head coach: Pierre Pibarot 1 GK François Remetter y 1954 6 16 1928 8 8 4 Metz France 2 GK César Ruminski y 1954 6 16 1924 6 14 7 Lille France 3 GK Claude Abbes y 1954 6 16 1927 5 24 0 Saint-Étienne France 4 DF Lazare Gianessi y 1954 6 16 1925 11 9 12 Monaco France 5 DF Jacques Grimonpon y 1954 6 16 1925 7 30 0 Girondins de Bordeaux France 6 DF Raymond Kaelbel y 1954 6 16 1932 1 31 0 RC Strasbourg France 7 DF Roger Marche (c) y 1954 6 16 1924 3 5 37 Stade de Reims France 8 MF Guillaume Bieganski y 1954 6 16 1932 11 3 1 Lille France 9 MF Antoine Cuissard y 1954 6 16 1924 7 19 27 Nice France 10 DF Robert Jonquet y 1954 6 16 1925 5 3 26 Stade de Reims France 11 MF Xercès Louis y 1954 6 16 1926 10 31 0 RC Lens France 12 MF Jean-Jacques Marcel y 1954 6 16 1931 6 13 8 FC Sochaux France 13 MF Abderrahmane Mahjoub y 1954 6 16 1929 4 25 2 Nice France 14 MF Armand Penverne y 1954 6 16 1926 11 26 11 Stade de Reims France 15 MF Abdelaziz Ben Tifour y 1954 6 16 1927 7 25 1 Troyes France 16 MF René Dereuddre y 1954 6 16 1930 6 26 1 Toulouse FC France 17 FW Léon Glovacki y 1954 6 16 1928 2 19 3 Stade de Reims France 18 MF Raymond Kopa y 1954 6 16 1931 10 13 13 Stade de Reims France 19 MF Michel Leblond y 1954 6 16 1932 5 10 1 Stade de Reims France 20 FW Ernest Schultz y 1954 6 16 1931 1 29 0 Lyon France 21 FW André Strappe y 1954 6 16 1928 2 23 23 Lille France 22 FW Jean Vincent y 1954 6 16 1930 11 29 2 Lille France Mexico Head coach: Spain 1945 Antonio López Herranz 1 GK Antonio Carbajal y 1954 6 16 1929 6 7 11 León Mexico 1934 2 DF Narciso López y 1954 6 16 1928 8 18 3 Oro Mexico 1934 3 DF Jorge Romo y 1954 6 16 1923 4 20 5 Marte Mexico 1934 4 DF Saturnino Martínez y 1954 6 16 1928 1 1 6 Necaxa Mexico 1934 5 MF Raúl Cárdenas y 1954 6 16 1928 10 30 4 Puebla Mexico 1934 6 MF Rafael Ávalos y 1954 6 16 1925 11 22 4 Atlante Mexico 1934 7 FW Alfredo Torres y 1954 6 16 1931 5 31 3 Atlas Mexico 1934 8 FW José Naranjo (c) y 1954 6 16 1926 3 19 12 Oro Mexico 1934 9 FW José Luis Lamadrid y 1954 6 16 1930 7 3 5 Necaxa Mexico 1934 10 FW Tomás Balcázar y 1954 6 16 1931 12 21 9 Guadalajara Mexico 1934 11 FW Raúl Arellano y 1954 6 16 1935 2 28 0 Guadalajara Mexico 1934 12 GK Salvador Mota y 1954 6 16 1922 11 30 0 Atlante Mexico 1934 13 DF Sergio Bravo y 1954 6 16 1927 11 27 6 León Mexico 1934 14 DF Juan Gómez y 1954 6 16 1924 6 26 0 Atlas Mexico 1934 15 FW Carlos Blanco y 1954 6 16 1928 3 5 4 Necaxa Mexico 1934 16 MF Pedro Nájera y 1954 6 16 1929 2 3 0 Club América Mexico 1934 17 FW Carlos Septién y 1954 6 16 1923 1 18 13 Tampico Mexico 1934 18 FW Carlos Carus y 1954 6 16 1930 10 6 0 Toluca Mexico 1934 19 FW Moises Jinich y 1954 6 16 1927 12 15 1 Atlante Mexico 1934 20 FW José Antonio Roca y 1954 6 16 1928 5 24 10 Zacatepec Mexico 1934 21 MF Mario Ochoa y 1954 6 16 1927 11 7 5 Marte Mexico 1934 22 FW Ranulfo Cortés y 1954 6 9 1934 7 9 0 Oro Mexico 1934 Roca, Ochoa, Cortes, although registered the official list remained on stand by in Mexico Group 2 Hungary Head coach: Gusztáv Sebes 1 GK Gyula Grosics y 1954 6 16 1926 2 4 31 Budapesti Honvéd SE Hungary 1949 2 DF Jenő Buzánszky y 1954 6 16 1925 5 4 23 Dorogi Bányász Hungary 1949 3 DF Gyula Lóránt y 1954 6 16 1923 2 6 24 Budapesti Honvéd SE Hungary 1949 4 DF Mihály Lantos y 1954 6 16 1928 9 29 30 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó Hungary 1949 5 MF József Bozsik y 1954 6 16 1925 11 25 48 Budapesti Honvéd SE Hungary 1949 6 MF József Zakariás y 1954 6 16 1924 3 25 31 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó Hungary 1949 7 FW József Tóth y 1954 6 16 1929 5 16 2 Csepeli Vasas Hungary 1949 8 FW Sándor Kocsis y 1954 6 16 1929 9 21 36 Budapesti Honvéd SE Hungary 1949 9 FW Nándor Hidegkuti y 1954 6 16 1922 3 3 36 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó Hungary 1949 10 FW Ferenc Puskás (c) y 1954 6 16 1927 4 2 55 Budapesti Honvéd SE Hungary 1949 11 FW Zoltán Czibor y 1954 6 16 1929 8 8 26 Budapesti Honvéd SE Hungary 1949 12 DF Béla Kárpáti y 1954 6 16 1929 9 30 1 Győri Vasas SE Hungary 1949 13 DF Pál Várhidi y 1954 6 16 1931 11 6 0 Budapesti Dózsa Hungary 1949 14 MF Imre Kovács y 1954 6 16 1921 11 26 8 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó Hungary 1949 15 MF Ferenc Szojka y 1954 6 16 1931 4 7 0 Salgótarjáni BTC Hungary 1949 16 MF László Budai y 1954 6 16 1928 7 19 21 Budapesti Honvéd SE Hungary 1949 17 FW Ferenc Machos y 1954 6 16 1932 6 30 0 Budapesti Honvéd SE Hungary 1949 18 FW Lajos Csordás y 1954 6 16 1932 10 6 7 Budapesti Vasas SE Hungary 1949 19 FW Péter Palotás y 1954 6 16 1929 6 27 16 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó Hungary 1949 20 FW Mihály Tóth y 1954 6 16 1926 9 24 3 Budapesti Dózsa Hungary 1949 21 GK Sándor Gellér y 1954 6 16 1925 7 12 5 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó Hungary 1949 22 GK Géza Gulyás y 1954 6 16 1931 6 5 0 Budapesti Kinizsi Hungary 1949 West Germany Head coach: Sepp Herberger 1 GK Toni Turek y 1954 6 16 1919 1 18 14 Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany 2 DF Fritz Laband y 1954 6 16 1925 11 1 1 Hamburger SV West Germany 3 DF Werner Kohlmeyer y 1954 6 16 1924 4 19 13 1. FC Kaiserslautern West Germany 4 DF Hans Bauer y 1954 6 16 1927 7 28 2 Bayern Munich West Germany 5 DF Herbert Erhardt y 1954 6 16 1930 7 6 1 SpVgg Fürth West Germany 6 MF Horst Eckel y 1954 6 16 1932 2 8 8 1. FC Kaiserslautern West Germany 7 DF Josef Posipal y 1954 6 16 1927 6 20 16 Hamburger SV West Germany 8 MF Karl Mai y 1954 6 16 1928 7 27 3 SpVgg Fürth West Germany 9 MF Paul Mebus y 1954 6 16 1920 6 9 5 1. FC Köln West Germany 10 DF Werner Liebrich y 1954 6 16 1927 1 18 3 1. FC Kaiserslautern West Germany 11 MF Karl-Heinz Metzner y 1954 6 16 1923 1 9 2 KSV Hessen Kassel West Germany 12 FW Helmut Rahn y 1954 6 16 1929 8 16 10 Rot-Weiss Essen West Germany 13 FW Max Morlock y 1954 6 16 1925 5 11 13 1. FC Nürnberg West Germany 14 FW Bernhard Klodt y 1954 6 16 1926 10 26 6 FC Schalke 04 West Germany 15 FW Ottmar Walter y 1954 6 16 1924 3 6 12 1. FC Kaiserslautern West Germany 16 FW Fritz Walter (c) y 1954 6 16 1920 10 31 39 1. FC Kaiserslautern West Germany 17 FW Richard Herrmann y 1954 6 16 1923 1 28 7 FSV Frankfurt West Germany 18 FW Ulrich Biesinger y 1954 6 16 1933 8 6 0 BC Augsburg West Germany 19 MF Alfred Pfaff y 1954 6 16 1926 7 16 1 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 20 FW Hans Schäfer y 1954 6 16 1927 10 19 6 1. FC Köln West Germany 21 GK Heinz Kubsch y 1954 6 16 1930 7 20 1 FK Pirmasens West Germany 22 GK Heinz Kwiatkowski y 1954 6 16 1926 7 16 0 Borussia Dortmund West Germany Turkey Head coach: ITA 1946 Sandro Puppo 1 GK Turgay Şeren (c) y 1954 6 16 1932 5 15 11 Galatasaray Turkey 2 DF Rıdvan Bolatlı y 1954 6 16 1928 12 2 2 Karagücü Turkey 3 DF Basri Dirimlili y 1954 6 16 1929 6 7 3 Fenerbahçe Turkey 4 DF Mustafa Ertan y 1954 6 16 1926 4 21 4 Karagücü Turkey 5 MF Çetin Zeybek y 1954 6 16 1932 9 12 2 Kasımpaşa Turkey 6 MF Rober Eryol y 1954 6 16 1930 12 21 5 Galatasaray Turkey 7 FW Erol Keskin y 1954 6 16 1927 3 2 1 Adalet SK Istanbul Turkey 8 FW Suat Mamat y 1954 6 16 1930 11 8 2 Galatasaray Turkey 9 FW Feridun Buğeker y 1954 6 16 1933 4 5 3 Fenerbahçe Turkey 10 FW Burhan Sargun y 1954 6 16 1929 2 11 5 Fenerbahçe Turkey 11 FW Lefter Küçükandonyadis y 1954 6 16 1925 12 22 3 Fenerbahçe Turkey 12 GK Şükrü Ersoy y 1954 6 16 1934 1 14 3 Karagücü Turkey 13 DF Bülent Eken y 1954 6 16 1923 10 26 0 Galatasaray Turkey 14 DF Ali Beratlıgil y 1954 6 16 1931 10 21 2 Galatasaray Turkey 15 MF Mehmet Dinçer y 1954 6 16 1933 2 20 0 Adalet SK Istanbul Turkey 16 DF Nedim Günar y 1954 6 16 1932 1 2 0 Fenerbahçe Turkey 17 DF Naci Erdem y 1954 6 16 1931 1 28 0 Fenerbahçe Turkey 18 DF Akgün Kaçmaz y 1954 6 16 1935 2 19 1 Fenerbahçe Turkey 19 DF Ahmet Berman y 1954 6 16 1932 10 6 0 Karagümrük Turkey 20 FW Necmi Onarıcı y 1954 6 16 1925 11 2 0 Adalet SK Istanbul Turkey 21 FW Kadri Aytaç y 1954 6 16 1931 8 6 0 Galatasaray Turkey 22 FW Coşkun Taş y 1954 6 16 1934 4 23 2 Beşiktaş Turkey Gurbuz, Günar and Aytaç, although registered the official list remained on stand by in Turkey. South Korea Head coach: KOR 1949 Kim Yong-sik 1 GK Hong Deok-young y 1954 6 16 1921 5 5 2 Chosun Textile Company FC South Korea 1949 2 DF Park Kyu-chung y 1954 6 16 1915 4 21 2 ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC South Korea 1949 3 DF Park Jae-seung y 1954 6 16 1923 4 1 0 ROK Army Counterintelligence Corps FC South Korea 1949 4 MF Kang Chang-gi y 1954 6 16 1927 8 28 0 Chosun Textile Company FC South Korea 1949 5 MF Lee Sang-yi y 1954 6 16 1922 1 1 ? Chosun Textile Company FC South Korea 1949 6 DF Min Byung-dae y 1954 6 16 1918 2 20 2 ROK Army Counterintelligence Corps FC South Korea 1949 7 FW Lee Soo-nam y 1954 6 16 1927 2 2 0 ROK Army Counterintelligence Corps FC South Korea 1949 8 FW Choi Chung-min y 1954 6 16 1930 8 30 0 ROK Army Counterintelligence Corps FC South Korea 1949 9 FW Woo Sang-kwon y 1954 6 16 1926 2 2 2 ROK Armed Forces Military Police Command FC South Korea 1949 10 FW Sung Nak-woon y 1954 6 16 1926 2 2 0 ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC South Korea 1949 11 MF Chung Nam-sik y 1954 6 16 1917 2 16 2 ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC South Korea 1949 12 GK Ham Heung-chul y 1954 6 16 1930 11 17 3 ROK Armed Forces Military Police Command FC South Korea 1949 13 DF Li Jong-kap y 1954 6 16 1920 3 18 0 ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC South Korea 1949 14 DF Han Chang-wha y 1954 6 16 1922 11 3 0 ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC South Korea 1949 15 MF Kim Ji-sung y 1954 6 16 1924 11 7 0 ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC South Korea 1949 16 MF Chu Yung-kwang (c) y 1954 6 16 1931 7 15 0 ROK Navy FC South Korea 1949 17 FW Park Il-kap y 1954 6 16 1926 3 21 0 ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC South Korea 1949 18 FW Choi Yung-keun y 1954 6 16 1923 2 8 0 ROK Navy FC South Korea 1949 19 FW Li Ki-joo y 1954 6 16 1926 11 12 0 Chosun Textile Company FC South Korea 1949 20 FW Chung Kook-chin y 1954 6 16 1917 1 2 2 ROK Navy FC South Korea 1949 Only 20 players in South Korea squad. Group 3 Uruguay Head coach: Juan López 1 GK Roque Máspoli y 1954 6 16 1917 10 12 31 Peñarol Uruguay 2 DF José Santamaría y 1954 6 16 1929 7 31 4 Nacional Uruguay 3 DF William Martínez y 1954 6 16 1928 1 13 11 Rampla Juniors Uruguay 4 MF Víctor Rodríguez Andrade y 1954 6 16 1927 5 2 22 Peñarol Uruguay 5 MF Obdulio Varela (c) y 1954 6 16 1917 9 20 42 Peñarol Uruguay 6 MF Roberto Leopardi y 1954 6 16 1933 7 19 3 Nacional Uruguay 7 FW Julio Abbadie y 1954 6 16 1930 9 7 9 Peñarol Uruguay 8 FW Juan Hohberg y 1954 6 16 1926 10 8 3 Peñarol Uruguay 9 FW Oscar Míguez y 1954 6 16 1927 12 5 17 Peñarol Uruguay 10 FW Juan Alberto Schiaffino y 1954 6 16 1925 7 28 16 Peñarol Uruguay 11 FW Carlos Borges y 1954 6 16 1932 1 14 2 Peñarol Uruguay 12 GK Julio Maceiras y 1954 6 16 1926 4 22 1 Danubio Uruguay 13 DF Mirto Davoine y 1954 6 16 1933 2 13 1 Peñarol Uruguay 14 DF Eusebio Tejera y 1954 6 16 1922 1 6 31 Defensor Uruguay 15 MF Urbano Rivera y 1954 6 16 1926 4 1 7 Danubio Uruguay 16 MF Néstor Carballo y 1954 6 16 1929 2 3 10 Nacional Uruguay 17 MF Luis Cruz y 1954 6 16 1925 4 28 7 Nacional Uruguay 18 FW Rafael Souto y 1954 6 16 1930 10 24 5 Nacional Uruguay 19 FW Javier Ambrois y 1954 6 16 1932 5 9 7 Nacional Uruguay 20 FW Omar Méndez y 1954 6 16 1934 8 7 4 Nacional Uruguay 21 FW Julio Pérez y 1954 6 16 1926 6 19 17 Nacional Uruguay 22 FW Luis Castro y 1954 6 16 1921 7 31 19 Defensor Uruguay Austria Head coach: Walter Nausch 1 GK Kurt Schmied y 1954 6 16 1926 6 14 2 First Vienna FC Austria 2 DF Gerhard Hanappi y 1954 6 16 1929 2 16 37 Rapid Wien Austria 3 DF Ernst Happel y 1954 6 16 1925 11 29 39 Rapid Wien Austria 4 DF Leopold Barschandt y 1954 6 16 1925 8 12 2 Wiener Sportclub Austria 5 MF Ernst Ocwirk (c) y 1954 6 16 1926 3 7 45 Austria Wien Austria 6 MF Karl Koller y 1954 6 16 1929 2 9 8 First Vienna FC Austria 7 FW Robert Körner y 1954 6 16 1924 8 21 7 Rapid Wien Austria 8 FW Walter Schleger y 1954 6 16 1929 9 19 9 Austria Wien Austria 9 FW Theodor Wagner y 1954 6 16 1927 8 6 28 Wacker Wien Austria 10 MF Erich Probst y 1954 6 16 1927 12 5 9 Rapid Wien Austria 11 FW Alfred Körner y 1954 6 16 1926 2 14 24 Rapid Wien Austria 12 MF Karl Stotz y 1954 6 16 1927 3 27 11 Austria Wien Austria 13 MF Walter Kollmann y 1954 6 16 1932 6 17 3 Wacker Wien Austria 14 MF Karl Giesser y 1954 6 16 1928 10 29 1 Rapid Wien Austria 15 GK Franz Pelikan y 1954 6 16 1925 11 6 6 Wacker Wien Austria 16 GK Walter Zeman y 1954 6 16 1927 5 1 39 Rapid Wien Austria 17 MF Alfred Teinitzer y 1954 6 16 1929 7 29 0 Linzer ASK Austria 18 MF Johann Riegler y 1954 6 16 1929 7 17 3 Rapid Wien Austria 19 FW Robert Dienst y 1954 6 16 1928 3 1 16 Rapid Wien Austria 20 DF Paul Halla y 1954 6 16 1931 4 10 4 Rapid Wien Austria 21 FW Ernst Stojaspal y 1954 6 16 1925 1 14 28 Austria Wien Austria 22 FW Walter Haummer y 1954 6 16 1928 11 22 4 Wacker Wien Austria Czechoslovakia Head coach: Karol Borhy 1 GK Theodor Reimann y 1954 6 16 1921 2 10 4 Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia 2 DF František Šafránek y 1954 6 16 1931 1 2 10 ÚDA Prague Czechoslovakia 3 MF Svatopluk Pluskal y 1954 6 16 1930 10 28 3 ÚDA Prague Czechoslovakia 4 DF Ladislav Novák (c) y 1954 6 16 1931 12 5 11 ÚDA Prague Czechoslovakia 5 DF Jiří Trnka y 1954 6 16 1926 12 2 20 ÚDA Prague Czechoslovakia 6 MF Michal Benedikovič y 1954 6 16 1923 5 31 7 Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia 7 FW Ladislav Hlaváček y 1954 6 16 1925 6 26 13 ÚDA Prague Czechoslovakia 8 FW Otto Hemele y 1954 6 16 1926 1 22 8 ÚDA Prague Czechoslovakia 9 FW Anton Malatinský y 1954 6 16 1920 1 15 10 Baník Handlová Czechoslovakia 10 FW Emil Pažický y 1954 6 16 1927 10 14 14 Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia 11 FW Jiří Pešek y 1954 6 16 1927 6 4 4 Spartak Praha Sokolovo Czechoslovakia 12 DF Anton Krásnohorský y 1954 6 16 1925 10 22 9 Iskra Žilina Czechoslovakia 13 MF Jiří Hledík y 1954 6 16 1929 4 19 3 Křídla vlasti Olomouc Czechoslovakia 14 MF Jan Hertl y 1954 6 16 1929 1 23 6 ÚDA Prague Czechoslovakia 15 FW Ladislav Kačáni y 1954 6 16 1931 4 1 7 CH Bratislava Czechoslovakia 16 MF Zdeněk Procházka y 1954 6 16 1928 1 12 1 Spartak Praha Sokolovo Czechoslovakia 17 FW Tadeáš Kraus y 1954 6 16 1932 10 22 5 Křídla vlasti Olomouc Czechoslovakia 18 FW Josef Majer y 1954 6 16 1925 6 8 0 Baník Kladno Czechoslovakia 19 FW Jaroslav Košnar y 1954 6 16 1930 8 17 1 CH Bratislava Czechoslovakia 20 FW Kazimír Gajdoš y 1954 6 16 1934 3 28 0 Tatran Prešov Czechoslovakia 21 GK Imrich Stacho y 1954 6 16 1931 11 4 6 Tankista Praha Czechoslovakia 22 GK Viliam Schrojf y 1954 6 16 1931 8 2 1 Křídla vlasti Olomouc Czechoslovakia Scotland Head coach: Andy Beattie Alex Dowdells had also been appointed the team's trainer. MANAGER ANDREW BEATTIE https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19540202/104/0011 Daily Record 2 February 1954 14 July 2024 subscription British Newspaper Archive A provisional squad of 18 players was announced to meet World Cup requirements, but a three-man committee later selected a final pool of only 13 players to travel. Big three will choose our World Cup men https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19540129/102/0006 Dundee Courier 29 January 1954 14 July 2024 subscription British Newspaper Archive 1 GK Fred Martin y 1954 6 16 1929 5 13 2 Aberdeen Scotland 2 DF Willie Cunningham (c) y 1954 6 16 1925 2 22 3 Preston North End England 3 DF Jock Aird y 1954 6 16 1926 2 18 2 Burnley England 4 DF Bobby Evans y 1954 6 16 1927 7 16 17 Celtic Scotland 5 DF Tommy Docherty y 1954 6 16 1928 8 24 5 Preston North End England 6 MF Jimmy Davidson y 1954 6 16 1925 11 8 2 Partick Thistle Scotland 7 MF Doug Cowie y 1954 6 16 1926 5 1 6 Dundee Scotland 8 FW John Mackenzie y 1954 6 16 1925 9 4 4 Partick Thistle Scotland 9 FW George Hamilton y 1954 6 16 1917 12 7 5 Aberdeen Scotland 10 FW Allan Brown y 1954 6 16 1926 10 12 12 Blackpool England 11 FW Neil Mochan y 1954 6 16 1927 4 6 1 Celtic Scotland 12 FW Willie Fernie y 1954 6 16 1928 11 22 1 Celtic Scotland 13 FW Willie Ormond y 1954 6 16 1927 2 23 3 Hibernian Scotland 14 GK John Anderson* y 1954 6 16 1929 12 8 1 Leicester City England 15 FW Bobby Johnstone* y 1954 6 16 1929 9 7 11 Hibernian Scotland 16 FW Jackie Henderson* y 1954 6 16 1932 1 17 4 Portsmouth England 17 MF David Mathers* y 1954 6 16 1931 10 25 1 Partick Thistle Scotland 18 DF Alex Wilson* y 1954 6 16 1933 10 29 1 Portsmouth England 19 FW Jimmy Binning* y 1954 6 16 1927 7 25 0 Queen of the South Scotland 20 FW Bobby Combe* y 1954 6 16 1924 2 29 3 Hibernian Scotland 21 FW Ernie Copland* y 1954 6 16 1927 4 15 0 Raith Rovers Scotland 22 FW Ian McMillan* y 1954 6 16 1931 3 18 3 Airdrieonians Scotland Only 13 members of the squad travelled to Switzerland for the 1954 tournament. Anderson, Henderson, Mathers, Wilson, Binning, Combe, Copland and McMillan were not required to travel and stayed at home on reserve. Johnstone originally travelled with the squad but returned home injured before the tournament started and was replaced by Hamilton.Rafferty p96http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2004/12/23/blether.shtm https://web.archive.org/web/20090806031355/http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2004/12/23/blether.shtm 6 August 2009 Unlucky 13 for Scots Evening Telegraph 23 December 2004 20 June 2014 Group 4 England Head coach: Walter Winterbottom 1 GK Gil Merrick y 1954 6 16 1922 1 26 20 Birmingham City England 2 DF Ron Staniforth y 1954 6 16 1924 4 13 3 Huddersfield Town England 3 DF Roger Byrne y 1954 6 16 1929 9 8 3 Manchester United England 4 MF Billy Wright (c) y 1954 6 16 1924 2 6 58 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 5 MF Syd Owen y 1954 6 16 1922 2 28 2 Luton Town England 6 MF Jimmy Dickinson y 1954 6 16 1925 4 24 35 Portsmouth England 7 FW Stanley Matthews y 1954 6 16 1915 2 1 36 Blackpool England 8 FW Ivor Broadis y 1954 6 16 1922 12 18 11 Newcastle United England 9 FW Nat Lofthouse y 1954 6 16 1925 8 27 19 Bolton Wanderers England 10 FW Tommy Taylor y 1954 6 16 1932 1 29 3 Manchester United England 11 FW Tom Finney y 1954 6 16 1922 4 5 51 Preston North End England 12 GK Ted Burgin y 1954 6 16 1927 4 29 0 Sheffield United England 13 DF Ken Green y 1954 6 16 1924 4 27 0 Birmingham City England 14 MF Bill McGarry y 1954 6 16 1927 6 10 0 Huddersfield Town England 15 FW Dennis Wilshaw y 1954 6 16 1926 3 11 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 16 MF Albert Quixall y 1954 6 16 1933 8 9 3 Sheffield Wednesday England 17 FW Jimmy Mullen y 1954 6 16 1923 1 6 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 18 MF Allenby Chilton* y 1954 6 16 1918 9 16 2 Manchester United England 19 MF Ken Armstrong* y 1954 6 16 1924 6 3 0 Chelsea England 20 FW Bedford Jezzard* y 1954 6 16 1927 10 19 1 Fulham England 21 FW Johnny Haynes* y 1954 6 16 1934 10 17 0 Fulham England 22 FW Harry Hooper* y 1954 6 16 1933 6 14 0 West Ham United England Only 17 of the 22 squad members travelled to Switzerland for the 1954 tournament. Five players—Ken Armstrong, Allenby Chilton, Johnny Haynes, Harry Hooper and Bedford Jezzard—were put on reserve status and remained at home awaiting a call if the need arose. It did not happen however.1954 Squad at englandfootballonline.com Switzerland Head coach: Austria Karl Rappan 1 GK Walter Eich y 1954 6 16 1925 5 27 5 Young Boys Switzerland 2 GK Eugene Parlier y 1954 6 16 1929 2 13 5 Servette Switzerland 3 GK Georges Stuber y 1954 6 16 1925 5 11 13 Lausanne Sports Switzerland 4 MF Roger Bocquet (c) y 1954 6 16 1921 4 9 44 Lausanne Sports Switzerland 5 DF Marcel Flückiger y 1954 6 16 1929 6 20 2 Young Boys Switzerland 6 DF Roger Mathis y 1954 6 16 1921 4 4 1 Lausanne Sports Switzerland 7 DF André Neury y 1954 6 16 1921 9 3 26 Servette Switzerland 8 MF Heinz Bigler y 1954 6 16 1925 12 21 3 Young Boys Switzerland 9 MF Charles Casali y 1954 6 16 1923 4 27 15 Young Boys Switzerland 10 MF Oliver Eggimann y 1954 6 16 1921 8 6 39 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 11 MF Norbert Eschmann y 1954 6 16 1933 9 19 0 Lausanne Sports Switzerland 12 MF Gilbert Fesselet y 1954 6 16 1928 4 16 4 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 13 MF Ivo Frosio y 1954 6 16 1930 4 27 7 Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland 14 DF Willy Kernen y 1954 6 16 1929 8 6 16 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 15 FW Charles Antenen y 1954 6 16 1929 11 3 28 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 16 FW Robert Ballaman y 1954 6 16 1926 6 21 22 Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland 17 FW Jacques Fatton y 1954 6 16 1925 12 19 48 Servette Switzerland 18 FW Josef Hügi y 1954 6 16 1930 1 23 13 Basel Switzerland 19 FW Marcel Mauron y 1954 6 16 1929 3 25 4 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland 20 FW Eugen Meier y 1954 6 16 1930 4 30 7 Young Boys Switzerland 21 FW Ferdinando Riva y 1954 6 16 1930 7 3 6 Chiasso Switzerland 22 FW Roger Vonlanthen y 1954 6 16 1930 12 5 10 Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland Italy Head coach: HUN 1949 Lajos Czeizler 1 GK Giorgio Ghezzi y 1954 6 16 1930 7 10 1 Internazionale ITA 1946 2 DF Guido Vincenzi y 1954 6 16 1932 7 14 1 Internazionale ITA 1946 3 DF Giovanni Giacomazzi y 1954 6 16 1928 1 18 1 Internazionale ITA 1946 4 MF Maino Neri y 1954 6 16 1924 6 30 6 Internazionale ITA 1946 5 MF Omero Tognon y 1954 6 16 1924 3 3 11 Milan ITA 1946 6 MF Fulvio Nesti y 1954 6 16 1925 6 8 2 Internazionale ITA 1946 7 FW Ermes Muccinelli y 1954 6 16 1927 7 28 9 Juventus ITA 1946 8 FW Egisto Pandolfini y 1954 6 16 1926 2 19 14 Roma ITA 1946 9 FW Carlo Galli y 1954 6 16 1931 3 6 2 Roma ITA 1946 10 FW Gino Cappello y 1954 6 16 1920 6 2 10 Bologna ITA 1946 11 FW Benito Lorenzi y 1954 6 16 1925 12 20 11 Internazionale ITA 1946 12 GK Giovanni Viola y 1954 6 16 1926 6 26 0 Juventus ITA 1946 13 DF Ardico Magnini y 1954 6 16 1928 10 21 4 Fiorentina ITA 1946 14 DF Sergio Cervato y 1954 6 16 1929 3 22 11 Fiorentina ITA 1946 15 MF Giacomo Mari y 1954 6 16 1924 10 17 7 Sampdoria ITA 1946 16 MF Rino Ferrario y 1954 6 16 1926 12 7 1 Juventus ITA 1946 17 FW Armando Segato y 1954 6 16 1930 5 3 3 Fiorentina ITA 1946 18 FW Gino Pivatelli y 1954 6 16 1933 3 27 0 Bologna ITA 1946 19 FW Giampiero Boniperti (c) y 1954 6 16 1928 7 4 22 Juventus ITA 1946 20 MF Guido Gratton y 1954 6 16 1932 9 23 1 Fiorentina ITA 1946 21 FW Amleto Frignani y 1954 6 16 1932 3 5 6 Milan ITA 1946 22 GK Leonardo Costagliola y 1954 6 16 1921 10 27 3 Fiorentina ITA 1946 Belgium Head coach: Scotland Doug Livingstone 1 GK Léopold Gernaey y 1954 6 16 1927 2 25 7 A.S.V. Oostende K.M. Belgium 2 DF Marcel Dries y 1954 6 16 1929 9 19 7 Berchem Sport Belgium 3 DF Alfons Van Brandt y 1954 6 16 1927 6 24 19 Lierse Belgium 4 DF Constant Huysmans y 1954 6 16 1928 10 11 5 Royal Beerschot AC Belgium 5 MF Louis Carré y 1954 6 16 1925 1 7 41 Royal FC Liegeois Belgium 6 MF Victor Mees y 1954 6 16 1927 1 26 34 Royal Antwerp FC Belgium 7 MF Jozef Vliers y 1954 6 16 1932 12 18 0 Cercle Sportif Tongrois Belgium 8 FW Denis Houf y 1954 6 16 1932 2 16 0 Standard Liège Belgium 9 FW Henri Coppens y 1954 6 16 1930 4 29 26 Royal Beerschot AC Belgium 10 FW Léopold Anoul y 1954 6 16 1922 8 19 45 Royal FC Liegeois Belgium 11 FW Joseph Mermans (c) y 1954 6 16 1922 2 16 45 RSC Anderlechtois Belgium 12 GK Charles Geerts y 1954 6 16 1930 10 29 0 Royal Beerschot AC Belgium 13 DF Henri Dirickx y 1954 6 16 1927 7 7 13 Union St. Gilloise Belgium 14 MF Robert Van Kerkhoven y 1954 6 16 1924 10 1 5 Daring Club Belgium 15 FW Hippolyte Van Den Bosch y 1954 6 16 1926 4 30 2 RSC Anderlechtois Belgium 16 FW Pieter Van Den Bosch y 1954 6 16 1927 10 31 0 RSC Anderlechtois Belgium 17 GK Raymond Ausloos y 1954 6 16 1928 5 15 0 White Star Belgium 18 DF Jef Van Der Linden y 1954 6 16 1927 11 2 0 Royal Antwerp FC Belgium 19 MF Jo Backaert y 1954 6 16 1921 8 5 0 Charleroi SC Belgium 20 MF Robert Maertens y 1954 6 16 1930 1 24 11 Royal Antwerp FC Belgium 21 MF Jean Van Steen y 1954 6 16 1929 6 2 5 RSC Anderlechtois Belgium 22 FW Luc Van Hoyweghen y 1954 6 16 1929 1 7 0 Daring Club Belgium Players numbered 17–22 did not travel to Switzerland. Statistics Age Players Outfield players Oldest: fbicon ENG Stanley Matthews (1915 2 1 1954 6 16) Youngest: fbicon MEX Raúl Arellano (1935 2 28 1954 6 16) Goalkeepers Oldest: fbicon URU Roque Máspoli (1917 10 12 1954 6 16) Youngest: fbicon TUR Şükrü Ersoy (1934 1 14 1954 6 16) Player representation by club Players Clubs 10 fbaicon AUT Rapid Wien 9 fbaicon URU Peñarol 8 fbaicon HUN 1949 Budapesti Honvéd SE 8 fbaicon URU Nacional 7 fbaicon TCH ÚDA Prague 7 fbaicon TUR Fenerbahçe 6 fbaicon FRA Stade de Reims 6 fbaicon HUN 1949 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó 6 fbaicon ITA Internazionale 6 fbaicon TUR Galatasaray 5 fbaicon FRG 1. FC Kaiserslautern 5 fbaicon ITA Fiorentina 5 fbaicon KOR 1949 ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC 5 fbaicon SUI La Chaux-de-Fonds 5 fbaicon YUG Dinamo Zagreb 5 fbaicon YUG Partizan Belgrade 5 fbaicon SUI Young Boys 4 fbaicon AUT Austria Wien 4 fbaicon AUT Wacker Wien 4 fbaicon BEL RSC Anderlechtois 4 fbaicon BRA 1889 Fluminense 4 fbaicon BRA 1889 São Paulo FC 4 fbaicon FRA Lille 4 fbaicon ITA Juventus 4 fbaicon KOR 1949 Chosun Textile Company FC 4 fbaicon KOR 1949 ROK Army Counterintelligence Corps FC 4 fbaicon SUI Lausanne Sports 4 fbaicon YUG Red Star Belgrade 3 fbaicon BEL Royal Antwerp FC 3 fbaicon BEL Royal Beerschot AC 3 fbaicon BRA 1889 Flamengo 3 fbaicon BRA 1889 Portuguesa 3 fbaicon BRA 1889 Vasco da Gama 3 fbaicon TCH Křídla vlasti Olomouc 3 fbaicon TCH Slovan Bratislava 3 fbaicon ENG Manchester United 3 fbaicon ENG Portsmouth 3 fbaicon ENG Preston North End 3 fbaicon ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 fbaicon MEX Atlante 3 fbaicon MEX Necaxa 3 fbaicon MEX Oro 3 fbaicon SCO Celtic 3 fbaicon SCO Hibernian 3 fbaicon SCO Partick Thistle 3 fbaicon SUI Grasshopper Club Zürich 3 fbaicon SUI Servette 3 fbaicon KOR 1949 ROK Navy FC 3 fbaicon TUR Adalet SK Istanbul 3 fbaicon TUR Karagücü 3 fbaicon YUG Vojvodina Novi Sad 2 fbaicon AUT First Vienna FC 2 fbaicon BRA 1889 Corinthians 2 fbaicon BRA 1889 Palmeiras 2 fbaicon BEL Daring Club 2 fbaicon BEL Royal FC Liegeois 2 fbaicon TCH CH Bratislava 2 fbaicon TCH Spartak Praha Sokolovo 2 fbaicon ENG Birmingham City 2 fbaicon ENG Blackpool 2 fbaicon ENG Fulham 2 fbaicon ENG Huddersfield Town 2 fbaicon FRA Nice 2 fbaicon FRG 1. FC Köln 2 fbaicon FRG Hamburger SV 2 fbaicon FRG SpVgg Fürth 2 fbaicon HUN 1949 Budapesti Dózsa 2 fbaicon ITA Bologna 2 fbaicon ITA Milan 2 fbaicon ITA Roma 2 fbaicon MEX Atlas 2 fbaicon MEX Guadalajara 2 fbaicon MEX León 2 fbaicon MEX Marte 2 fbaicon SCO Aberdeen 2 fbaicon KOR 1949 ROK Armed Forces Military Police Command FC 2 fbaicon KOR 1949 ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC 2 fbaicon URU Danubio 2 fbaicon URU Defensor 2 fbaicon YUG Hajduk Split 1 fbaicon AUT Linzer ASK 1 fbaicon AUT Wiener Sportclub 1 fbaicon BEL A.S.V. Oostende K.M. 1 fbaicon BEL Berchem Sport 1 fbaicon BEL Cercle Sportif Tongrois 1 fbaicon BEL Charleroi SC 1 fbaicon BEL Lierse 1 fbaicon BEL Standard Liège 1 fbaicon BEL Union St. Gilloise 1 fbaicon BEL White Star 1 fbaicon BRA 1889 Botafogo 1 fbaicon TCH Baník Handlová 1 fbaicon TCH Baník Kladno 1 fbaicon TCH Iskra Žilina 1 fbaicon TCH Tankista Praha 1 fbaicon TCH Tatran Prešov 1 fbaicon ENG Bolton Wanderers 1 fbaicon ENG Burnley 1 fbaicon ENG Chelsea 1 fbaicon ENG Leicester City 1 fbaicon ENG Luton Town 1 fbaicon ENG Newcastle United 1 fbaicon ENG Sheffield United 1 fbaicon ENG Sheffield Wednesday 1 fbaicon ENG West Ham United 1 fbaicon FRA FC Sochaux 1 fbaicon FRA Girondins de Bordeaux 1 fbaicon FRA Lyon 1 fbaicon FRA Metz 1 fbaicon FRA Monaco 1 fbaicon FRA RC Lens 1 fbaicon FRA RC Strasbourg 1 fbaicon FRA Saint-Étienne 1 fbaicon FRA Toulouse FC 1 fbaicon FRA Troyes 1 fbaicon FRG 1. FC Nürnberg 1 fbaicon FRG Bayern Munich 1 fbaicon FRG BC Augsburg 1 fbaicon FRG Borussia Dortmund 1 fbaicon FRG Eintracht Frankfurt 1 fbaicon FRG FC Schalke 04 1 fbaicon FRG FK Pirmasens 1 fbaicon FRG Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 fbaicon FRG FSV Frankfurt 1 fbaicon FRG KSV Hessen Kassel 1 fbaicon FRG Rot-Weiss Essen 1 fbaicon HUN 1949 Budapesti Kinizsi 1 fbaicon HUN 1949 Budapesti Vasas SE 1 fbaicon HUN 1949 Csepeli Vasas 1 fbaicon HUN 1949 Dorogi Bányász 1 fbaicon HUN 1949 Győri Vasas SE 1 fbaicon HUN 1949 Salgótarjáni BTC 1 fbaicon ITA Sampdoria 1 fbaicon MEX Club América 1 fbaicon MEX Puebla 1 fbaicon MEX Tampico 1 fbaicon MEX Toluca 1 fbaicon MEX Zacatepec 1 fbaicon SCO Airdrieonians 1 fbaicon SCO Dundee 1 fbaicon SCO Queen of the South 1 fbaicon SCO Raith Rovers 1 fbaicon SUI Basel 1 fbaicon SUI Chiasso 1 fbaicon TUR Beşiktaş 1 fbaicon TUR Karagümrük 1 fbaicon TUR Kasımpaşa 1 fbaicon URU Rampla Juniors 1 fbaicon YUG Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 fbaicon YUG Radnički Belgrade 1 fbaicon YUG Spartak Subotica Player representation by league system Country Players Outsidenationalsquad Clubsfbaicon ENG England 29 7 17fbaicon AUT Austria 22 0 6fbaicon BEL Belgium 22 0 13fbaicon BRA Brazil 22 0 8fbaicon TCH Czecholovakia 22 0 10fbaicon FRA France 22 0 13fbaicon FRG Germany 22 0 15fbaicon HUN Hungary 22 0 9fbaicon ITA Italy 22 0 7fbaicon MEX Mexico 22 0 12fbaicon SUI Switzerland 22 0 7fbaicon TUR Turkey 22 0 7fbaicon URU Uruguay 22 0 5fbaicon YUG Yugoslavia 22 0 8fbaicon KOR South Korea 20 0 6fbaicon SCO Scotland 15 0 8 Total 350 7 (2%) 151 Scotland were the only country to include players playing outside their domestic league, with all seven playing in England. South Korea were the only country to not include twenty-two players in their squad, leaving two vacant slots. Coaches representation by country NºCountryCoaches2Austria AustriaWalter Nausch, Karl Rappan (Switzerland)Hungary 1949 HungaryLajos Czeizler (Italy), Gusztáv SebesScotland ScotlandAndy Beattie, Doug Livingstone (Belgium)1Brazil 1889 BrazilZezé MoreiraCzechoslovakia CzechoslovakiaKarol BorhyEngland EnglandWalter WinterbottomFrance FrancePierre PibarotItaly 1946 ItalySandro Puppo (Turkey)South Korea 1949 South KoreaKim Yong-sikSpain 1945 SpainAntonio López Herranz (Mexico)Uruguay UruguayJuan LópezWest Germany West GermanySepp HerbergerYugoslavia YugoslaviaAleksandar Tirnanić References weltfussball.de Rafferty John One Hundred Years of Scottish Football Paperback 1973 Pan 0-330-23654-7 Squads Category:FIFA World Cup squads