1978 FIFA World Cup squads

None January 2023 Below are the squads for the 1978 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Argentina. Group 1 Argentina Head coach: César Luis Menotti 1 MF Norberto Alonso yes 1978 6 1 1953 1 4 6 River Plate Argentina 2 MF Osvaldo Ardiles yes 1978 6 1 1952 8 3 33 Huracán Argentina 3 GK Héctor Baley yes 1978 6 1 1950 11 16 10 Huracán Argentina 4 FW Daniel Bertoni yes 1978 6 1 1955 3 14 16 Independiente Argentina 5 GK Ubaldo Fillol yes 1978 6 1 1950 7 21 7 River Plate Argentina 6 MF Américo Gallego yes 1978 6 1 1955 4 25 34 Newell's Old Boys Argentina 7 DF Luis Galván yes 1978 6 1 1948 2 24 7 Talleres de Córdoba Argentina 8 MF Rubén Galván yes 1978 6 1 1952 4 7 6 Independiente Argentina 9 FW René Houseman yes 1978 6 1 1953 7 19 41 Huracán Argentina 10 FW Mario Kempes yes 1978 6 1 1954 7 15 24 Valencia Spain 1977 11 DF Daniel Killer yes 1978 6 1 1949 12 21 21 Racing Club Argentina 12 MF Omar Larrosa yes 1978 6 1 1947 11 18 9 Independiente Argentina 13 GK Ricardo La Volpe yes 1978 6 1 1952 2 6 8 San Lorenzo Argentina 14 FW Leopoldo Luque yes 1978 6 1 1949 5 3 27 River Plate Argentina 15 DF Jorge Olguín yes 1978 6 1 1952 5 17 22 San Lorenzo Argentina 16 FW Oscar Ortiz yes 1978 6 1 1953 4 8 15 River Plate Argentina 17 MF Miguel Oviedo yes 1978 6 1 1950 10 12 6 Talleres de Córdoba Argentina 18 DF Rubén Pagnanini yes 1978 6 1 1949 1 31 4 Independiente Argentina 19 DF Daniel Passarella captain yes 1978 6 1 1953 5 25 18 River Plate Argentina 20 DF Alberto Tarantini yes 1978 6 1 1955 12 3 26 Free agentTarantini left clubless after a contractual dispute with Boca Juniors, six months before the World Cup. 21 MF José Daniel Valencia yes 1978 6 1 1955 10 3 16 Talleres de Córdoba Argentina 22 MF Ricardo Villa yes 1978 6 1 1952 8 18 13 Racing Club Argentina Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems where the goalkeeper has shirt number 1 and so forth. France Head coach: Michel Hidalgo 1 GK Dominique Baratelli yes 1978 6 1 1947 12 26 18 Nice France 1974 2 DF Patrick Battiston yes 1978 6 1 1957 3 12 5 Metz France 1974 3 DF Maxime Bossis yes 1978 6 1 1955 6 26 11 Nantes France 1974 4 DF Gérard Janvion yes 1978 6 1 1953 8 21 15 Saint-Étienne France 1974 5 DF François Bracci yes 1978 6 1 1951 11 6 15 Marseille France 1974 6 DF Christian Lopez yes 1978 6 1 1953 3 15 12 Saint-Étienne France 1974 7 DF Patrice Rio yes 1978 6 1 1948 8 15 15 Nantes France 1974 8 DF Marius Trésor captain yes 1978 6 1 1950 1 15 36 Marseille France 1974 9 MF Dominique Bathenay yes 1978 6 1 1954 2 13 12 Saint-Étienne France 1974 10 MF Jean-Marc Guillou yes 1978 6 1 1945 12 20 18 Nice France 1974 11 MF Henri Michel yes 1978 6 1 1947 10 28 52 Nantes France 1974 12 MF Claude Papi yes 1978 6 1 1949 4 16 2 Bastia France 1974 13 MF Jean Petit yes 1978 6 1 1949 9 25 3 Monaco France 1974 14 FW Marc Berdoll yes 1978 6 1 1953 4 6 10 Marseille France 1974 15 MF Michel Platini yes 1978 6 1 1955 6 21 15 Nancy France 1974 16 FW Christian Dalger yes 1978 6 1 1949 12 19 5 Monaco France 1974 17 FW Bernard Lacombe yes 1978 6 1 1952 8 15 14 Lyon France 1974 18 FW Dominique Rocheteau yes 1978 6 1 1955 1 14 10 Saint-Étienne France 1974 19 FW Didier Six yes 1978 6 1 1954 8 21 15 Lens France 1974 20 FW Olivier Rouyer yes 1978 6 1 1955 12 1 9 Nancy France 1974 21 GK Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes yes 1978 6 1 1952 5 23 9 Nantes France 1974 22 GK Dominique Dropsy yes 1978 6 1 1951 12 9 0 Strasbourg France 1974 Hungary Head coach: Lajos Baróti 1 GK Sándor Gujdár yes 1978 6 1 1951 11 8 19 Budapest Honvéd Hungary 2 DF Péter Török yes 1978 6 1 1951 4 18 29 Vasas Hungary 3 DF István Kocsis yes 1978 6 1 1949 10 6 6 Budapest Honvéd Hungary 4 MF József Tóth yes 1978 6 1 1951 12 2 25 Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 5 MF Sándor Zombori yes 1978 6 1 1951 10 31 16 Vasas Hungary 6 DF Zoltán Kereki captain yes 1978 6 1 1953 7 13 24 Haladás Hungary 7 FW László Fazekas yes 1978 6 1 1947 10 15 71 Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 8 FW Tibor Nyilasi yes 1978 6 1 1955 1 18 26 Ferencváros Hungary 9 FW András Törőcsik yes 1978 6 1 1955 5 1 11 Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 10 MF Sándor Pintér yes 1978 6 1 1950 7 18 32 Budapest Honvéd Hungary 11 FW Béla Várady yes 1978 6 1 1953 4 12 28 Vasas Hungary 12 DF Győző Martos yes 1978 6 1 1949 12 15 11 Ferencváros Hungary 13 MF Károly Csapó yes 1978 6 1 1952 2 23 5 Tatabányai Hungary 14 DF László Bálint yes 1978 6 1 1948 2 1 54 Ferencváros Hungary 15 DF Tibor Rab yes 1978 6 1 1955 10 2 11 Ferencváros Hungary 16 MF István Halász yes 1978 6 1 1951 10 12 3 Tatabányai Hungary 17 FW László Pusztai yes 1978 6 1 1946 3 1 22 Ferencváros Hungary 18 MF László Nagy yes 1978 6 1 1949 10 21 21 Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 19 FW András Tóth yes 1978 6 1 1949 9 5 14 Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 20 MF Ferenc Fülöp yes 1978 6 1 1955 2 22 0 MTK Hungary 21 GK Ferenc Mészáros yes 1978 6 1 1950 4 11 13 Vasas Hungary 22 GK László Kovács yes 1978 6 1 1951 4 24 12 Videoton Hungary Italy Head coach: Enzo Bearzot 1 GK Dino Zoff captain yes 1978 6 1 1942 2 28 63 Juventus Italy 2 DF Mauro Bellugi yes 1978 6 1 1950 2 7 22 Bologna Italy 3 DF Antonio Cabrini yes 1978 6 1 1957 10 8 0 Juventus Italy 4 DF Antonello Cuccureddu yes 1978 6 1 1949 10 4 6 Juventus Italy 5 DF Claudio Gentile yes 1978 6 1 1953 9 27 16 Juventus Italy 6 DF Aldo Maldera yes 1978 6 1 1953 10 14 5 Milan Italy 7 DF Lionello Manfredonia yes 1978 6 1 1956 11 27 3 Lazio Italy 8 DF Gaetano Scirea yes 1978 6 1 1953 5 25 9 Juventus Italy 9 MF Giancarlo Antognoni yes 1978 6 1 1954 4 1 28 Fiorentina Italy 10 MF Romeo Benetti yes 1978 6 1 1945 10 20 40 Juventus Italy 11 MF Eraldo Pecci yes 1978 6 1 1955 4 12 5 Torino Italy 12 GK Paolo Conti yes 1978 6 1 1950 4 1 2 Roma Italy 13 MF Patrizio Sala yes 1978 6 1 1955 6 16 5 Torino Italy 14 MF Marco Tardelli yes 1978 6 1 1954 9 24 19 Juventus Italy 15 MF Renato Zaccarelli yes 1978 6 1 1951 1 18 14 Torino Italy 16 MF Franco Causio yes 1978 6 1 1949 2 1 33 Juventus Italy 17 MF Claudio Sala yes 1978 6 1 1947 9 8 15 Torino Italy 18 FW Roberto Bettega yes 1978 6 1 1950 12 27 16 Juventus Italy 19 FW Francesco Graziani yes 1978 6 1 1952 12 16 22 Torino Italy 20 FW Paolo Pulici yes 1978 6 1 1950 4 27 18 Torino Italy 21 FW Paolo Rossi yes 1978 6 1 1956 9 23 2 Vicenza Italy 22 GK Ivano Bordon yes 1978 6 1 1951 4 13 1 Internazionale Italy Note: With the exception of the goalkeepers, who were assigned the traditional shirt numbers for the role (1, 12 and 22) the Italian team was numbered alphabetically within their respective positions – Defenders (from 2 to 8), Midfielders (from 9 to 15), Wingers (16 and 17) and Forwards (from 18 to 21). Group 2 Mexico Head coach: José Antonio Roca 1 GK José Pilar Reyes yes 1978 6 1 1955 10 12 9 Tigres UANL Mexico 2 DF Manuel Nájera yes 1978 6 1 1952 12 20 18 Leones Negros Mexico 3 DF Alfredo Tena yes 1978 6 1 1956 11 21 5 América Mexico 4 DF Eduardo Ramos yes 1978 6 1 1949 11 8 36 Toluca Mexico 5 DF Arturo Vázquez Ayala captain yes 1978 6 1 1949 6 26 34 Pumas UNAM Mexico 6 MF Guillermo Mendizábal yes 1978 6 1 1954 10 8 5 Cruz Azul Mexico 7 MF Antonio de la Torre yes 1978 6 1 1951 9 21 41 América Mexico 8 MF Enrique López Zarza yes 1978 6 1 1957 10 25 5 Pumas UNAM Mexico 9 FW Víctor Rangel yes 1978 6 1 1957 3 11 9 Guadalajara Mexico 10 FW Cristóbal Ortega yes 1978 6 1 1956 7 25 9 América Mexico 11 FW Hugo Sánchez yes 1978 6 1 1958 7 11 11 Pumas UNAM Mexico 12 DF Jesús Martínez yes 1978 6 1 1952 6 7 0 América Mexico 13 DF Rigoberto Cisneros yes 1978 6 1 1953 8 15 3 Toluca Mexico 14 DF Carlos Gómez yes 1978 6 1 1952 8 16 5 León Mexico 15 DF Ignacio Flores yes 1978 6 1 1953 7 31 4 Cruz Azul Mexico 16 MF Javier Cárdenas yes 1978 6 1 1952 12 8 10 Toluca Mexico 17 MF Leonardo Cuéllar yes 1978 6 1 1952 1 14 29 Pumas UNAM Mexico 18 MF Gerardo Lugo yes 1978 6 1 1955 3 13 3 Atlante Mexico 19 FW Hugo Rodríguez yes 1978 6 1 1959 3 14 2 Laguna Mexico 20 FW Mario Medina yes 1978 6 1 1952 9 2 5 Toluca Mexico 21 FW Raúl Isiordia yes 1978 6 1 1952 12 22 8 Atlético Español Mexico 22 GK Pedro Soto yes 1978 6 1 1952 10 22 1 América Mexico Poland Head coach: Jacek Gmoch 1 GK Jan Tomaszewski yes 1978 6 1 1948 1 9 57 ŁKS Łódź Poland 2 FW Włodzimierz Mazur yes 1978 6 1 1954 4 18 7 Zagłębie Sosnowiec Poland 3 DF Henryk Maculewicz yes 1978 6 1 1950 4 24 14 Wisła Kraków Poland 4 DF Antoni Szymanowski yes 1978 6 1 1951 1 13 61 Wisła Kraków Poland 5 MF Adam Nawałka yes 1978 6 1 1957 10 23 11 Wisła Kraków Poland 6 DF Jerzy Gorgoń yes 1978 6 1 1949 7 18 50 Górnik Zabrze Poland 7 FW Andrzej Iwan yes 1978 6 1 1959 11 10 0 Wisła Kraków Poland 8 MF Henryk Kasperczak yes 1978 6 1 1946 7 10 55 Stal Mielec Poland 9 DF Władysław Żmuda yes 1978 6 1 1954 6 6 44 Śląsk Wrocław Poland 10 DF Wojciech Rudy yes 1978 6 1 1952 10 24 14 Zagłębie Sosnowiec Poland 11 MF Bohdan Masztaler yes 1978 6 1 1949 9 19 16 ŁKS Łódź Poland 12 MF Kazimierz Deyna captain yes 1978 6 1 1947 10 23 91 Legia Warsaw Poland 13 MF Janusz Kupcewicz yes 1978 6 1 1955 12 9 2 Arka Gdynia Poland 14 DF Mirosław Justek yes 1978 6 1 1948 9 23 3 Lech Poznań Poland 15 FW Marek Kusto yes 1978 6 1 1954 4 29 11 Legia Warsaw Poland 16 FW Grzegorz Lato yes 1978 6 1 1950 4 8 59 Stal Mielec Poland 17 FW Andrzej Szarmach yes 1978 6 1 1950 10 3 49 Stal Mielec Poland 18 MF Zbigniew Boniek yes 1978 6 1 1956 3 3 21 Widzew Łódź Poland 19 FW Włodzimierz Lubański yes 1978 6 1 1947 2 28 69 Lokeren Belgium 20 DF Roman Wójcicki yes 1978 6 1 1958 1 8 1 Odra Opole Poland 21 GK Zygmunt Kukla yes 1978 6 1 1948 1 21 5 Stal Mielec Poland 22 GK Zdzisław Kostrzewa yes 1978 6 1 1955 10 26 1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec Poland Tunisia Head coach: Abdelmajid Chetali 1 GK Sadok "Attouga" Sassi yes 1978 6 1 1945 11 15 1 Club Africain Tunisia 1959 2 DF Mokhtar Dhouieb yes 1978 6 1 1952 3 23 2 CS Sfaxien Tunisia 1959 3 DF Ali Kaabi yes 1978 6 1 1953 11 15 2 COT Tunis Tunisia 1959 4 MF Khaled Gasmi yes 1978 6 1 1953 4 8 2 CA Bizertin Tunisia 1959 5 DF Mohsen "Jendoubi" Labidi yes 1978 6 1 1954 1 15 2 Stade Tunis Tunisia 1959 6 MF Néjib Ghommidh yes 1978 6 1 1953 3 12 2 Club Africain Tunisia 1959 7 FW Témime Lahzami captain yes 1978 6 1 1949 1 1 2 Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 8 MF Hamadi Agrebi yes 1978 6 1 1951 3 20 1 CS Sfaxien Tunisia 1959 9 FW Mohamed Akid yes 1978 6 1 1949 7 5 2 CS Sfaxien Tunisia 1959 10 MF Tarak Dhiab yes 1978 6 1 1954 7 15 4 Espérance Tunisia 1959 11 FW Abderraouf Ben Aziza yes 1978 6 1 1953 9 23 2 Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 1959 12 MF Khemais Labidi yes 1978 6 1 1950 8 30 2 JS Kairouan Tunisia 1959 13 FW Néjib Limam yes 1978 6 1 1953 6 12 1 Stade Tunis Tunisia 1959 14 FW Slah Karoui yes 1978 6 1 1951 9 11 0 Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 1959 15 FW Mohamed Ben Moussa yes 1978 6 1 1954 4 5 ? Club Africain Tunisia 1959 16 FW Ohman Chehaibi yes 1978 6 1 1954 12 23 ? JS Kairouan Tunisia 1959 17 DF Ridha El Louze yes 1978 6 1 1953 4 27 ? Sfax Railways Sports Tunisia 1959 18 DF Kamel Chebli yes 1978 6 1 1954 3 9 1 Club Africain Tunisia 1959 19 FW Mokhtar Hasni yes 1978 6 1 1952 3 19 1 La Louvière Belgium 20 DF Amor Jebali yes 1978 6 1 1956 12 24 1 AS Marsa Tunisia 1959 21 GK Lamine Ben Aziza yes 1978 6 1 1952 11 10 ? Étoile Sportive du Sahel Tunisia 1959 22 GK Mokhtar Naili yes 1978 6 1 1953 9 3 1 Club Africain Tunisia 1959 West Germany Head coach: Helmut Schön 1 GK Sepp Maier yes 1978 6 1 1944 2 28 83 Bayern Munich West Germany 2 DF Berti Vogts captain yes 1978 6 1 1946 12 30 90 Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 3 DF Bernard Dietz yes 1978 6 1 1948 3 22 24 MSV Duisburg West Germany 4 DF Rolf Rüssmann yes 1978 6 1 1950 10 13 13 Schalke 04 West Germany 5 DF Manfred Kaltz yes 1978 6 1 1953 1 6 15 Hamburger SV West Germany 6 MF Rainer Bonhof yes 1978 6 1 1952 3 29 34 Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 7 FW Rüdiger Abramczik yes 1978 6 1 1956 2 18 12 Schalke 04 West Germany 8 DF Herbert Zimmermann yes 1978 6 1 1954 7 1 4 1. FC Köln West Germany 9 FW Klaus Fischer yes 1978 6 1 1949 12 27 12 Schalke 04 West Germany 10 MF Heinz Flohe yes 1978 6 1 1948 1 28 35 1. FC Köln West Germany 11 FW Karl-Heinz Rummenigge yes 1978 6 1 1955 9 25 12 Bayern Munich West Germany 12 DF Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck yes 1978 6 1 1948 4 3 44 Bayern Munich West Germany 13 DF Harald Konopka yes 1978 6 1 1952 11 18 0 1. FC Köln West Germany 14 FW Dieter Müller yes 1978 6 1 1954 4 1 8 1. FC Köln West Germany 15 MF Erich Beer yes 1978 6 1 1946 12 9 20 Hertha BSC West Germany 16 MF Bernhard Cullmann yes 1978 6 1 1949 11 1 22 1. FC Köln West Germany 17 FW Bernd Hölzenbein yes 1978 6 1 1946 3 9 37 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 18 MF Gerd Zewe yes 1978 6 1 1950 6 13 0 Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany 19 FW Ronnie Worm yes 1978 6 1 1953 10 7 6 MSV Duisburg West Germany 20 MF Hansi Müller yes 1978 6 1 1957 7 27 2 VfB Stuttgart West Germany 21 GK Rudi Kargus yes 1978 6 1 1952 8 15 3 Hamburger SV West Germany 22 GK Dieter Burdenski yes 1978 6 1 1950 11 26 2 Werder Bremen West Germany Group 3 Austria Head coach: Helmut Senekowitsch 1 GK Friedrich Koncilia yes 1978 6 1 1948 2 25 37 SSW Innsbruck Austria 2 DF Robert Sara captain yes 1978 6 1 1946 6 9 37 Austria Wien Austria 3 DF Erich Obermayer yes 1978 6 1 1953 1 23 10 Austria Wien Austria 4 DF Gerhard Breitenberger yes 1978 6 1 1954 10 14 11 VÖEST Linz Austria 5 DF Bruno Pezzey yes 1978 6 1 1955 2 3 25 SSW Innsbruck Austria 6 MF Roland Hattenberger yes 1978 6 1 1948 12 7 23 VfB Stuttgart West Germany 7 MF Josef Hickersberger yes 1978 6 1 1948 4 27 33 Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany 8 MF Herbert Prohaska yes 1978 6 1 1955 8 8 27 Austria Wien Austria 9 FW Hans Krankl yes 1978 6 1 1953 2 14 34 Rapid Wien Austria 10 FW Wilhelm Kreuz yes 1978 6 1 1949 5 29 35 Feyenoord Netherlands 11 MF Kurt Jara yes 1978 6 1 1950 10 14 29 MSV Duisburg West Germany 12 MF Eduard Krieger yes 1978 6 1 1946 12 16 20 Club Brugge Belgium 13 MF Günther Happich yes 1978 6 1 1952 1 28 4 Wiener Sport-Club Austria 14 DF Heinrich Strasser yes 1978 6 1 1948 10 26 20 Admira/Wacker Austria 15 DF Heribert Weber yes 1978 6 1 1955 6 28 7 Sturm Graz Austria 16 DF Peter Persidis yes 1978 6 1 1947 3 8 7 Rapid Wien Austria 17 FW Franz Oberacher yes 1978 6 1 1954 3 24 3 SSW Innsbruck Austria 18 FW Walter Schachner yes 1978 6 1 1957 2 1 6 DSV Alpine Donawitz Austria 19 FW Hans Pirkner yes 1978 6 1 1946 3 25 18 Austria Wien Austria 20 MF Ernst Baumeister yes 1978 6 1 1957 1 22 1 Austria Wien Austria 21 GK Erwin Fuchsbichler yes 1978 6 1 1952 3 27 2 VÖEST Linz Austria 22 GK Hubert Baumgartner yes 1978 6 1 1955 2 25 1 Austria Wien Austria Brazil Head coach: Cláudio Coutinho 1 GK Leão yes 1978 6 1 1949 7 11 50 Palmeiras Brazil 1968 2 DF Toninho yes 1978 6 1 1948 6 7 4 Flamengo Brazil 1968 3 DF Oscar yes 1978 6 1 1954 6 20 4 Ponte Preta Brazil 1968 4 DF Amaral yes 1978 6 1 1954 12 25 22 Guarani Brazil 1968 5 MF Toninho Cerezo yes 1978 6 1 1955 4 21 16 Atlético Mineiro Brazil 1968 6 DF Edinho yes 1978 6 1 1955 6 5 12 Fluminense Brazil 1968 7 FW Zé Sérgio yes 1978 6 1 1957 3 8 2 São Paulo Brazil 1968 8 MF Zico yes 1978 6 1 1953 3 3 21 Flamengo Brazil 1968 9 FW Reinaldo yes 1978 6 1 1957 1 11 12 Atlético Mineiro Brazil 1968 10 MF Rivellino captain yes 1978 6 1 1946 1 1 88 Fluminense Brazil 1968 11 MF Dirceu yes 1978 6 1 1952 6 15 14 Vasco da Gama Brazil 1968 12 GK Carlos yes 1978 6 1 1956 3 4 0 Ponte Preta Brazil 1968 13 DF Nelinho yes 1978 6 1 1950 7 26 13 Cruzeiro Brazil 1968 14 DF Abel yes 1978 6 1 1952 9 1 1 Vasco da Gama Brazil 1968 15 DF Polozzi yes 1978 6 1 1955 10 1 0 Ponte Preta Brazil 1968 16 DF Rodrigues Neto yes 1978 6 1 1949 12 6 7 Botafogo Brazil 1968 17 MF Batista yes 1978 6 1 1955 3 8 4 Internacional Brazil 1968 18 FW Gil yes 1978 6 1 1950 12 24 22 Botafogo Brazil 1968 19 MF Jorge Mendonça yes 1978 6 1 1954 6 6 0 Palmeiras Brazil 1968 20 FW Roberto Dinamite yes 1978 6 1 1954 4 13 20 Vasco da Gama Brazil 1968 21 MF Chicão yes 1978 6 1 1949 1 30 5 São Paulo Brazil 1968 22 GK Waldir Peres yes 1978 6 1 1951 2 2 5 São Paulo Brazil 1968 Spain Head coach: Hungary Ladislao Kubala 1 GK Luis Arconada yes 1978 6 1 1954 6 26 6 Real Sociedad Spain 1977 2 DF Antonio de la Cruz yes 1978 6 1 1947 5 7 5 Barcelona Spain 1977 3 DF Francisco Javier Uría yes 1978 6 1 1950 2 1 5 Sporting Gijón Spain 1977 4 MF Juan Manuel Asensi yes 1978 6 1 1949 9 23 25 Barcelona Spain 1977 5 DF Migueli yes 1978 6 1 1951 12 19 13 Barcelona Spain 1977 6 DF Antonio Biosca yes 1978 6 1 1948 12 8 1 Real Betis Spain 1977 7 FW Dani yes 1978 6 1 1951 6 28 7 Athletic Bilbao Spain 1977 8 FW Juanito yes 1978 6 1 1954 11 10 6 Real Madrid Spain 1977 9 FW Quini yes 1978 6 1 1949 9 23 22 Sporting Gijón Spain 1977 10 FW Santillana yes 1978 6 1 1952 8 23 9 Real Madrid Spain 1977 11 MF Julio Cardeñosa yes 1978 6 1 1949 10 27 3 Real Betis Spain 1977 12 MF Antonio Guzmán yes 1978 6 1 1953 12 2 1 Rayo Vallecano Spain 1977 13 GK Miguel Ángel yes 1978 6 1 1947 12 24 11 Real Madrid Spain 1977 14 MF Eugenio Leal yes 1978 6 1 1953 5 13 7 Atlético Madrid Spain 1977 15 FW Marañón yes 1978 6 1 1948 7 23 4 Español Spain 1977 16 DF Antonio Olmo yes 1978 6 1 1954 1 18 4 Barcelona Spain 1977 17 DF Marcelino yes 1978 6 1 1955 8 13 3 Atlético Madrid Spain 1977 18 DF Pirri captain yes 1978 6 1 1945 3 11 39 Real Madrid Spain 1977 19 MF Carles Rexach yes 1978 6 1 1947 1 13 14 Barcelona Spain 1977 20 FW Rubén Cano yes 1978 6 1 1951 2 5 6 Atlético Madrid Spain 1977 21 DF Isidoro San José yes 1978 6 1 1955 10 27 4 Real Madrid Spain 1977 22 GK Urruti yes 1978 6 1 1952 2 17 1 Español Spain 1977 Sweden Head coach: Georg Ericson 1 GK Ronnie Hellström yes 1978 6 1 1949 2 21 66 1. FC Kaiserslautern West Germany 2 DF Hasse Borg yes 1978 6 1 1953 8 4 14 Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany 3 DF Roy Andersson yes 1978 6 1 1949 8 2 16 Malmö FF Sweden 4 DF Björn Nordqvist captain yes 1978 6 1 1942 10 6 108 IFK Göteborg Sweden 5 DF Ingemar Erlandsson yes 1978 6 1 1957 11 16 3 Malmö FF Sweden 6 MF Staffan Tapper yes 1978 6 1 1948 7 10 34 Malmö FF Sweden 7 MF Anders Linderoth yes 1978 6 1 1950 3 21 27 Marseille France 1974 8 MF Bo Larsson yes 1978 6 1 1944 5 5 67 Malmö FF Sweden 9 MF Lennart Larsson yes 1978 6 1 1953 7 9 14 Schalke 04 West Germany 10 FW Thomas Sjöberg yes 1978 6 1 1952 7 6 29 Malmö FF Sweden 11 FW Benny Wendt yes 1978 6 1 1950 11 4 14 1. FC Kaiserslautern West Germany 12 GK Göran Hagberg yes 1978 6 1 1947 11 8 13 Östers IF Sweden 13 DF Magnus Andersson yes 1978 6 1 1958 4 23 4 Malmö FF Sweden 14 MF Ronald Åhman yes 1978 6 1 1957 1 31 1 Örebro SK Sweden 15 FW Torbjörn Nilsson yes 1978 6 1 1954 7 9 8 IFK Göteborg Sweden 16 FW Conny Torstensson yes 1978 6 1 1949 8 28 37 Zürich Switzerland 17 GK Jan Möller yes 1978 6 1 1953 9 17 0 Malmö FF Sweden 18 MF Olle Nordin yes 1978 6 1 1949 11 23 11 IFK Göteborg Sweden 19 DF Kent Karlsson yes 1978 6 1 1945 11 25 38 IFK Eskilstuna Sweden 20 DF Roland Andersson yes 1978 6 1 1950 3 28 18 Malmö FF Sweden 21 FW Sanny Åslund yes 1978 6 1 1952 8 29 3 AIK Sweden 22 FW Ralf Edström yes 1978 6 1 1952 10 7 31 IFK Göteborg Sweden Group 4 Iran Head coach: Heshmat Mohajerani 1 GK Nasser Hejazi yes 1978 6 1 1949 12 14 47 Shahbaz Iran 1964 2 MF Iraj Danaeifard yes 1978 6 1 1951 3 11 7 Taj Iran 1964 3 FW Behtash Fariba yes 1978 6 1 1955 2 11 3 Pas Iran 1964 4 MF Majid Bishkar yes 1978 6 1 1956 8 6 0 Shahbaz Iran 1964 5 DF Javad Allahverdi yes 1978 6 1 1952 6 16 1 Persepolis Iran 1964 6 DF Hassan Nayebagha yes 1978 6 1 1950 9 17 18 Homa FC Iran 1964 7 MF Ali Parvin captain yes 1978 6 1 1946 10 12 7 Persepolis Iran 1964 8 MF Ebrahim Ghasempour yes 1978 6 1 1957 9 11 1 Shahbaz Iran 1964 9 MF Mohammad Sadeghi yes 1978 6 1 1952 3 16 3 Persepolis Iran 1964 10 FW Hassan Rowshan yes 1978 6 1 1955 6 2 4 Taj Iran 1964 11 DF Alireza Ghashghaean yes 1978 6 1 1954 2 27 ? Bargh Shiraz Iran 1964 12 GK Bahram Mavaddat yes 1978 6 1 1950 1 30 ? Sepahan Iran 1964 13 FW Hamid Majd Teymouri yes 1978 6 1 1953 6 3 ? Shahbaz Iran 1964 14 DF Hassan Nazari yes 1978 6 1 1956 8 19 4 Taj Iran 1964 15 DF Andranik Eskandarian yes 1978 6 1 1951 12 31 4 Taj Iran 1964 16 FW Nasser Nouraei yes 1978 6 1 1956 7 9 ? Homa FC Iran 1964 17 FW Ghafour Jahani yes 1978 6 1 1951 6 19 1 Malavan Iran 1964 18 FW Hossein Faraki yes 1978 6 1 1956 4 19 1 Pas Iran 1964 19 MF Ali Shojaei yes 1978 6 1 1953 3 23 ? Zob Ahan Iran 1964 20 DF Nasrollah Abdollahi yes 1978 6 1 1951 9 2 3 Shahbaz Iran 1964 21 DF Hossein Kazerani yes 1978 6 1 1947 4 13 1 Pas Iran 1964 22 GK Rasoul Korbekandi yes 1978 6 1 1953 1 27 ? Zob Ahan Iran 1964 Netherlands Head coach: Austria Ernst Happel 1 GK Piet Schrijvers yes 1978 6 1 1946 12 15 16 Ajax Netherlands 2 DF Jan Poortvliet yes 1978 6 1 1955 9 21 1 PSV Netherlands 3 MF Dick Schoenaker yes 1978 6 1 1952 11 30 0 Ajax Netherlands 4 DF Adrie van Kraay yes 1978 6 1 1953 8 1 13 PSV Netherlands 5 DF Ruud Krol captain yes 1978 6 1 1949 3 24 52 Ajax Netherlands 6 MF Wim Jansen yes 1978 6 1 1946 10 28 50 Feyenoord Netherlands 7 DF Piet Wildschut yes 1978 6 1 1957 10 25 1 Twente Netherlands 8 GK Jan Jongbloed yes 1978 6 1 1940 11 25 19 Roda JC Netherlands 9 MF Arie Haan yes 1978 6 1 1948 11 16 24 Anderlecht Belgium 10 FW René van de Kerkhof yes 1978 6 1 1951 9 16 20 PSV Netherlands 11 MF Willy van de Kerkhof yes 1978 6 1 1951 9 16 18 PSV Netherlands 12 FW Rob Rensenbrink yes 1978 6 1 1947 7 3 34 Anderlecht Belgium 13 MF Johan Neeskens yes 1978 6 1 1951 9 15 38 Barcelona Spain 1977 14 MF Johan Boskamp yes 1978 6 1 1948 10 21 1 Molenbeek Belgium 15 DF Hugo HovenkampHugo Hovenkamp withdrew due to injury. As the deadline for calling up replacement players had passed, the Netherlands went to the World Cup with 21 players only. yes 1978 6 1 1950 10 5 7 AZ Netherlands 16 FW Johnny Rep yes 1978 6 1 1951 11 25 23 Bastia France 1974 17 DF Wim Rijsbergen yes 1978 6 1 1952 1 18 25 Feyenoord Netherlands 18 FW Dick Nanninga yes 1978 6 1 1949 1 17 1 Roda JC Netherlands 19 GK Pim Doesburg yes 1978 6 1 1943 10 28 2 Sparta Rotterdam Netherlands 20 DF Wim Suurbier yes 1978 6 1 1945 1 16 56 Schalke 04 West Germany 21 FW Harry Lubse yes 1978 6 1 1951 9 23 1 PSV Netherlands 22 DF Ernie Brandts yes 1978 6 1 1956 2 3 1 PSV Netherlands Some of the players who had been in the Dutch squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where the Netherlands used a purely alphabetical numbering system, were given the same numbers again in 1978. This applied to: Jan Jongbloed (number 8), René van de Kerkhof (number 10), Willy van de Kerkhof (number 11), Johan Neeskens (number 13), Johnny Rep (number 16), Wim Rijsbergen (number 17), and Wim Suurbier (number 20). Hugo Hovenkamp withdrew from the squad before the tournament began,https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/246679/hugo-hovenkamp-het-winnen-van-de-beker-gaf-een-gevoel-van-onoverwinnelijkheid Hugo Hovenkamp: "Het winnen van de beker gaf een gevoel van onoverwinnelijkheid" nhnieuws.nl nl 29 May 2019 17 January 2019 but after the deadline for naming replacement players had passed. The Netherlands thus went to the World Cup with only 21 players. Peru Head coach: Marcos Calderón 1 GK Ottorino Sartor yes 1978 6 1 1945 9 18 12 Colegio Nacional de Iquitos Peru 2 DF Jaime Duarte yes 1978 6 1 1955 2 27 0 Alianza Lima Peru 3 DF Rodulfo Manzo yes 1978 6 1 1949 6 5 16 Deportivo Municipal Peru 4 DF Héctor Chumpitaz captain yes 1978 6 1 1944 4 12 85 Sporting Cristal Peru 5 DF Rubén Toribio Díaz yes 1978 6 1 1952 4 17 36 Sporting Cristal Peru 6 MF José Velásquez yes 1978 6 1 1952 6 4 31 Alianza Lima Peru 7 FW Juan José Muñante yes 1978 6 1 1948 6 12 42 UNAM Pumas Mexico 8 MF César Cueto yes 1978 6 1 1952 6 16 1 Alianza Lima Peru 9 MF Percy Rojas yes 1978 6 1 1949 9 16 11 Sporting Cristal Peru 10 MF Teófilo Cubillas yes 1978 6 1 1949 3 8 70 Alianza Lima Peru 11 FW Juan Carlos Oblitas yes 1978 6 1 1951 2 16 32 Sporting Cristal Peru 12 FW Roberto Mosquera yes 1978 6 1 1956 6 21 1 Sporting Cristal Peru 13 GK Juan Cáceres yes 1978 6 1 1949 12 27 1 Alianza Lima Peru 14 DF José Navarro yes 1978 6 1 1948 9 24 5 Sporting Cristal Peru 15 MF Germán Leguía yes 1978 6 1 1954 1 2 0 Deportivo Municipal Peru 16 MF Raúl Gorriti yes 1978 6 1 1956 10 10 1 Sporting Cristal Peru 17 MF Alfredo Quesada yes 1978 6 1 1949 9 22 48 Sporting Cristal Peru 18 MF Ernesto Labarthe yes 1978 6 1 1956 6 2 0 Sport Boys Peru 19 FW Guillermo La Rosa yes 1978 6 1 1952 6 6 1 Alianza Lima Peru 20 FW Hugo Sotil yes 1978 6 1 1949 5 18 7 Alianza Lima Peru 21 GK Ramón Quiroga yes 1978 6 1 1950 7 23 2 Sporting Cristal Peru 22 DF Roberto Rojas yes 1978 6 1 1955 10 26 0 Alianza Lima Peru Scotland Manager: Ally MacLeod 1 GK Alan Rough yes 1978 6 1 1951 11 25 18 Partick Thistle Scotland 2 DF Sandy Jardine yes 1978 6 1 1948 12 31 33 Rangers Scotland 3 DF Willie Donachie yes 1978 6 1 1951 10 5 30 Manchester City England 4 DF Martin Buchan yes 1978 6 1 1949 3 6 28 Manchester United England 5 DF Gordon McQueen yes 1978 6 1 1952 6 26 20 Manchester United England 6 MF Bruce Rioch captain yes 1978 6 1 1947 9 6 22 Derby County England 7 MF Don Masson yes 1978 6 1 1946 8 26 16 Derby County England 8 FW Kenny Dalglish yes 1978 6 1 1951 3 4 54 Liverpool England 9 FW Joe Jordan yes 1978 6 1 1951 12 15 30 Manchester United England 10 MF Asa Hartford yes 1978 6 1 1950 10 24 24 Manchester City England 11 MF Willie JohnstonWillie Johnston was sent home for failing a drug test after the first match against Peru. yes 1978 6 1 1946 12 19 21 West Bromwich Albion England 12 GK Jim Blyth yes 1978 6 1 1955 2 2 2 Coventry City England 13 DF Stuart Kennedy yes 1978 6 1 1953 5 31 3 Aberdeen Scotland 14 DF Tom Forsyth yes 1978 6 1 1949 1 23 19 Rangers Scotland 15 MF Archie Gemmill yes 1978 6 1 1947 3 24 26 Nottingham Forest England 16 FW Lou Macari yes 1978 6 1 1949 6 7 22 Manchester United England 17 FW Derek Johnstone yes 1978 6 1 1953 11 4 13 Rangers Scotland 18 MF Graeme Souness yes 1978 6 1 1953 5 6 6 Liverpool England 19 FW John Robertson yes 1978 6 1 1953 1 20 2 Nottingham Forest England 20 GK Bobby Clark yes 1978 6 1 1945 9 26 17 Aberdeen Scotland 21 FW Joe Harper yes 1978 6 1 1948 1 11 3 Aberdeen Scotland 22 DF Kenny Burns yes 1978 6 1 1953 9 23 11 Nottingham Forest England Notes Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Mexico who only called two. Coaches representation by country NºCountryCoaches2Austria AustriaErnst Happel (Netherlands), Helmut SenekowitschHungary HungaryLajos Baróti, Ladislao Kubala (Spain)1Argentina ArgentinaCésar Luis MenottiBrazil 1968 BrazilCláudio CoutinhoFrance 1974 FranceMichel HidalgoIran 1964 IranHeshmat MohajeraniItaly ItalyEnzo BearzotMexico MexicoJosé Antonio RocaPeru PeruMarcos CalderónPoland PolandJacek GmochScotland ScotlandAlly MacLeodSweden SwedenGeorg EricsonTunisia 1959 TunisiaAbdelmajid ChetaliWest Germany West GermanyHelmut Schön References External links Planet World Cup website at WorldFootball de Squads Category:FIFA World Cup squads