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Below are the squads for the 1978 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Argentina.

Group 1

Argentina

Head coach: César Luis Menotti

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 3MF Norberto Alonso (1953-01-04)4 January 1953 (aged 25) 6 Argentina River Plate
2 3MF Osvaldo Ardiles (1952-08-03)3 August 1952 (aged 25) 33 Argentina Huracán
3 1GK Héctor Baley (1950-11-16)16 November 1950 (aged 27) 10 Argentina Huracán
4 4FW Daniel Bertoni (1955-03-14)14 March 1955 (aged 23) 16 Argentina Independiente
5 1GK Ubaldo Fillol (1950-07-21)21 July 1950 (aged 27) 7 Argentina River Plate
6 3MF Américo Gallego (1955-04-25)25 April 1955 (aged 23) 34 Argentina Newell's Old Boys
7 2DF Luis Galván (1948-02-24)24 February 1948 (aged 30) 7 Argentina Talleres de Córdoba
8 3MF Rubén Galván (1952-04-07)7 April 1952 (aged 26) 6 Argentina Independiente
9 4FW René Houseman (1953-07-19)19 July 1953 (aged 24) 41 Argentina Huracán
10 4FW Mario Kempes (1954-07-15)15 July 1954 (aged 23) 24 Spain Valencia
11 2DF Daniel Killer (1949-12-21)21 December 1949 (aged 28) 21 Argentina Racing Club
12 3MF Omar Larrosa (1947-11-18)18 November 1947 (aged 30) 9 Argentina Independiente
13 1GK Ricardo La Volpe (1952-02-06)6 February 1952 (aged 26) 8 Argentina San Lorenzo
14 4FW Leopoldo Luque (1949-05-03)3 May 1949 (aged 29) 27 Argentina River Plate
15 2DF Jorge Olguin (1952-05-17)17 May 1952 (aged 26) 22 Argentina San Lorenzo
16 4FW Oscar Ortiz (1953-04-08)8 April 1953 (aged 25) 15 Argentina River Plate
17 3MF Miguel Oviedo (1950-10-12)12 October 1950 (aged 27) 6 Argentina Talleres de Córdoba
18 2DF Rubén Pagnanini (1949-01-31)31 January 1949 (aged 29) 4 Argentina Independiente
19 2DF Daniel Passarella (c) (1953-05-25)25 May 1953 (aged 25) 18 Argentina River Plate
20 2DF Alberto Tarantini (1955-12-03)3 December 1955 (aged 22) 26 Free agent[1]
21 3MF José Daniel Valencia (1955-10-03)3 October 1955 (aged 22) 16 Argentina Talleres de Córdoba
22 3MF Ricardo Villa (1952-08-18)18 August 1952 (aged 25) 13 Argentina Racing Club

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Dominique Baratelli (1947-12-26)26 December 1947 (aged 30) 18 France Nice
2 2DF Patrick Battiston (1957-03-12)12 March 1957 (aged 21) 5 France Metz
3 2DF Maxime Bossis (1955-06-26)26 June 1955 (aged 22) 11 France Nantes
4 2DF Gérard Janvion (1953-08-21)21 August 1953 (aged 24) 15 France Saint-Étienne
5 2DF François Bracci (1951-11-03)3 November 1951 (aged 26) 15 France Marseille
6 2DF Christian Lopez (1953-03-15)15 March 1953 (aged 25) 12 France Saint-Étienne
7 2DF Patrice Rio (1948-08-15)15 August 1948 (aged 29) 15 France Nantes
8 2DF Marius Trésor (c) (1950-01-15)15 January 1950 (aged 28) 36 France Marseille
9 3MF Dominique Bathenay (1954-02-13)13 February 1954 (aged 24) 12 France Saint-Étienne
10 3MF Jean-Marc Guillou (1945-12-20)20 December 1945 (aged 32) 18 France Nice
11 3MF Henri Michel (1947-10-28)28 October 1947 (aged 30) 52 France Nantes
12 3MF Claude Papi (1949-04-16)16 April 1949 (aged 29) 2 France Bastia
13 3MF Jean Petit (1949-09-25)25 September 1949 (aged 28) 3 France Monaco
14 4FW Marc Berdoll (1953-04-06)6 April 1953 (aged 25) 10 France Marseille
15 3MF Michel Platini (1955-06-21)21 June 1955 (aged 22) 15 France Nancy
16 4FW Christian Dalger (1949-12-19)19 December 1949 (aged 28) 5 France Monaco
17 4FW Bernard Lacombe (1952-08-15)15 August 1952 (aged 25) 14 France Lyon
18 3MF Dominique Rocheteau (1955-01-14)14 January 1955 (aged 23) 10 France Saint-Étienne
19 3MF Didier Six (1954-08-21)21 August 1954 (aged 23) 15 France Lens
20 4FW Olivier Rouyer (1955-12-01)1 December 1955 (aged 22) 9 France Nancy
21 1GK Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes (1952-05-23)23 May 1952 (aged 26) 9 France Nantes
22 1GK Dominique Dropsy (1951-12-09)9 December 1951 (aged 26) 0 France Strasbourg

Hungary

Head coach: Lajos Baróti

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Sándor Gujdár (1951-11-08)8 November 1951 (aged 26) 19 Hungary Budapest Honvéd
2 2DF Péter Török (1951-04-18)18 April 1951 (aged 27) 29 Hungary Vasas
3 2DF István Kocsis (1949-10-06)6 October 1949 (aged 28) 6 Hungary Budapest Honvéd
4 3MF József Tóth (1951-12-02)2 December 1951 (aged 26) 25 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
5 3MF Sándor Zombori (1951-10-31)31 October 1951 (aged 26) 16 Hungary Vasas
6 2DF Zoltán Kereki (c) (1953-07-13)13 July 1953 (aged 24) 24 Hungary Haladás
7 4FW László Fazekas (1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 30) 71 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
8 4FW Tibor Nyilasi (1955-01-18)18 January 1955 (aged 23) 26 Hungary Ferencváros
9 4FW András Törőcsik (1955-05-01)1 May 1955 (aged 23) 11 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
10 3MF Sándor Pintér (1950-07-18)18 July 1950 (aged 27) 32 Hungary Budapest Honvéd
11 4FW Béla Várady (1953-04-12)12 April 1953 (aged 25) 28 Hungary Vasas
12 2DF Győző Martos (1949-12-15)15 December 1949 (aged 28) 11 Hungary Ferencváros
13 3MF Károly Csapó (1952-02-23)23 February 1952 (aged 26) 5 Hungary Tatabányai
14 2DF László Bálint (1948-02-01)1 February 1948 (aged 30) 54 Hungary Ferencváros
15 2DF Tibor Rab (1955-10-02)2 October 1955 (aged 22) 11 Hungary Ferencváros
16 3MF István Halász (1951-10-12)12 October 1951 (aged 26) 3 Hungary Tatabányai
17 4FW László Pusztai (1946-03-01)1 March 1946 (aged 32) 22 Hungary Ferencváros
18 3MF László Nagy (1949-10-21)21 October 1949 (aged 28) 21 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
19 4FW András Tóth (1949-09-05)5 September 1949 (aged 28) 14 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
20 3MF Ferenc Fülöp (1955-02-22)22 February 1955 (aged 23) 0 Hungary MTK
21 1GK Ferenc Mészáros (1950-04-11)11 April 1950 (aged 28) 13 Hungary Vasas
22 1GK László Kovács (1951-04-24)24 April 1951 (aged 27) 12 Hungary Videoton

Italy

Head coach: Enzo Bearzot

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Dino Zoff (c) (1942-02-28)28 February 1942 (aged 36) 63 Italy Juventus
2 2DF Mauro Bellugi (1950-02-07)7 February 1950 (aged 28) 22 Italy Bologna
3 2DF Antonio Cabrini (1957-10-08)8 October 1957 (aged 20) 0 Italy Juventus
4 2DF Antonello Cuccureddu (1949-10-04)4 October 1949 (aged 28) 6 Italy Juventus
5 2DF Claudio Gentile (1953-09-27)27 September 1953 (aged 24) 16 Italy Juventus
6 2DF Aldo Maldera (1953-10-14)14 October 1953 (aged 24) 5 Italy Milan
7 2DF Lionello Manfredonia (1956-11-27)27 November 1956 (aged 21) 3 Italy Lazio
8 2DF Gaetano Scirea (1953-05-25)25 May 1953 (aged 25) 9 Italy Juventus
9 3MF Giancarlo Antognoni (1954-04-01)1 April 1954 (aged 24) 28 Italy Fiorentina
10 3MF Romeo Benetti (1945-10-20)20 October 1945 (aged 32) 40 Italy Juventus
11 3MF Eraldo Pecci (1955-04-12)12 April 1955 (aged 23) 5 Italy Torino
12 1GK Paolo Conti (1950-04-01)1 April 1950 (aged 28) 2 Italy Roma
13 3MF Patrizio Sala (1955-06-16)16 June 1955 (aged 22) 5 Italy Torino
14 3MF Marco Tardelli (1954-09-24)24 September 1954 (aged 23) 19 Italy Juventus
15 3MF Renato Zaccarelli (1951-01-18)18 January 1951 (aged 27) 14 Italy Torino
16 3MF Franco Causio (1949-02-01)1 February 1949 (aged 29) 33 Italy Juventus
17 3MF Claudio Sala (1947-09-08)8 September 1947 (aged 30) 15 Italy Torino
18 4FW Roberto Bettega (1950-12-27)27 December 1950 (aged 27) 16 Italy Juventus
19 4FW Francesco Graziani (1952-12-16)16 December 1952 (aged 25) 22 Italy Torino
20 4FW Paolo Pulici (1950-04-27)27 April 1950 (aged 28) 18 Italy Torino
21 4FW Paolo Rossi (1956-09-23)23 September 1956 (aged 21) 2 Italy Vicenza
22 1GK Ivano Bordon (1951-04-13)13 April 1951 (aged 27) 1 Italy Internazionale

Group 2

Mexico

Head coach: José Antonio Roca

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK José Pilar Reyes (1955-10-12)12 October 1955 (aged 22) 9 Mexico Tigres UANL
2 2DF Manuel Nájera (1952-12-20)20 December 1952 (aged 25) 18 Mexico Leones Negros
3 2DF Alfredo Tena (1956-11-21)21 November 1956 (aged 21) 5 Mexico América
4 2DF Eduardo Ramos (1949-11-08)8 November 1949 (aged 28) 36 Mexico Toluca
5 2DF Arturo Vázquez Ayala (c) (1949-06-26)26 June 1949 (aged 28) 34 Mexico UNAM Pumas
6 3MF Guillermo Mendizábal (1954-10-08)8 October 1954 (aged 23) 5 Mexico Cruz Azul
7 3MF Antonio de la Torre (1951-09-21)21 September 1951 (aged 26) 41 Mexico América
8 3MF Enrique López Zarza (1957-10-25)25 October 1957 (aged 20) 5 Mexico UNAM Pumas
9 4FW Víctor Rangel (1957-03-11)11 March 1957 (aged 21) 9 Mexico Guadalajara
10 4FW Cristóbal Ortega (1956-07-25)25 July 1956 (aged 21) 9 Mexico América
11 4FW Hugo Sánchez (1958-07-11)11 July 1958 (aged 19) 11 Mexico UNAM Pumas
12 2DF Jesús Martínez (1952-06-07)7 June 1952 (aged 25) 0 Mexico América
13 2DF Rigoberto Cisneros (1953-08-15)15 August 1953 (aged 24) 3 Mexico Toluca
14 2DF Carlos Gómez (1952-08-16)16 August 1952 (aged 25) 5 Mexico León
15 2DF Ignacio Flores Ocaranza (1953-07-31)31 July 1953 (aged 24) 4 Mexico Cruz Azul
16 3MF Javier Cárdenas (1952-12-08)8 December 1952 (aged 25) 10 Mexico Toluca
17 3MF Leonardo Cuéllar (1952-01-14)14 January 1952 (aged 26) 29 Mexico UNAM Pumas
18 3MF Gerardo Lugo (1955-03-13)13 March 1955 (aged 23) 3 Mexico Atlante
19 4FW Hugo René Rodríguez (1959-03-14)14 March 1959 (aged 19) 2 Mexico Laguna
20 4FW Mario Medina (1952-09-02)2 September 1952 (aged 25) 5 Mexico Toluca
21 4FW Raúl Isiordia (1952-12-22)22 December 1952 (aged 25) 8 Mexico Atlético Español
22 1GK Pedro Soto (1952-10-22)22 October 1952 (aged 25) 1 Mexico América

Poland

Head coach: Jacek Gmoch

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Jan Tomaszewski (1948-01-09)9 January 1948 (aged 30) 57 Poland ŁKS Łódź
2 4FW Włodzimierz Mazur (1954-04-18)18 April 1954 (aged 24) 7 Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec
3 2DF Henryk Maculewicz (1950-04-24)24 April 1950 (aged 28) 14 Poland Wisła Kraków
4 2DF Antoni Szymanowski (1951-01-13)13 January 1951 (aged 27) 61 Poland Wisła Kraków
5 3MF Adam Nawałka (1957-10-23)23 October 1957 (aged 20) 11 Poland Wisła Kraków
6 2DF Jerzy Gorgoń (1949-07-18)18 July 1949 (aged 28) 50 Poland Górnik Zabrze
7 4FW Andrzej Iwan (1959-11-10)10 November 1959 (aged 18) 0 Poland Wisła Kraków
8 3MF Henryk Kasperczak (1946-07-10)10 July 1946 (aged 31) 55 Poland Stal Mielec
9 2DF Władysław Żmuda (1954-06-06)6 June 1954 (aged 23) 44 Poland Śląsk Wrocław
10 2DF Wojciech Rudy (1952-10-24)24 October 1952 (aged 25) 14 Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec
11 3MF Bohdan Masztaler (1949-09-19)19 September 1949 (aged 28) 16 Poland ŁKS Łódź
12 3MF Kazimierz Deyna (c) (1947-10-23)23 October 1947 (aged 30) 91 Poland Legia Warsaw
13 2DF Janusz Kupcewicz (1955-12-09)9 December 1955 (aged 22) 2 Poland Arka Gdynia
14 2DF Mirosław Justek (1948-09-23)23 September 1948 (aged 29) 3 Poland Lech Poznań
15 3MF Marek Kusto (1954-04-29)29 April 1954 (aged 24) 11 Poland Legia Warsaw
16 4FW Grzegorz Lato (1950-04-08)8 April 1950 (aged 28) 59 Poland Stal Mielec
17 4FW Andrzej Szarmach (1950-10-03)3 October 1950 (aged 27) 49 Poland Stal Mielec
18 3MF Zbigniew Boniek (1956-03-03)3 March 1956 (aged 22) 21 Poland Widzew Łódź
19 4FW Włodzimierz Lubański (1947-02-28)28 February 1947 (aged 31) 69 Belgium Lokeren
20 2DF Roman Wójcicki (1958-01-08)8 January 1958 (aged 20) 1 Poland Odra Opole
21 1GK Zygmunt Kukla (1948-01-21)21 January 1948 (aged 30) 5 Poland Stal Mielec
22 1GK Zdzisław Kostrzewa (1955-10-26)26 October 1955 (aged 22) 1 Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec

Tunisia

Head coach: Abdelmajid Chetali

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Sadok "Attouga" Sassi (1945-11-15)15 November 1945 (aged 32) 1 Tunisia Club Africain
2 2DF Mokhtar Dhouieb (1952-03-23)23 March 1952 (aged 26) 2 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
3 2DF Ali Kaabi (1953-11-15)15 November 1953 (aged 24) 2 Tunisia COT Tunis
4 3MF Khaled Gasmi (1953-04-08)8 April 1953 (aged 25) 2 Tunisia CA Bizertin
5 2DF Mohsen "Jendoubi" Labidi (1954-01-15)15 January 1954 (aged 24) 2 Tunisia Stade Tunis
6 3MF Néjib Ghommidh (1953-03-12)12 March 1953 (aged 25) 2 Tunisia Club Africain
7 4FW Témime Lahzami (c) (1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 29) 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
8 3MF Hamadi Agrebi (1951-03-20)20 March 1951 (aged 27) 1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
9 4FW Mohamed Akid (1949-07-05)5 July 1949 (aged 28) 2 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
10 3MF Tarak Dhiab (1954-07-15)15 July 1954 (aged 23) 4 Tunisia Espérance
11 4FW Abderraouf Ben Aziza (1953-09-23)23 September 1953 (aged 24) 2 Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel
12 3MF Khemais Labidi (1950-08-30)30 August 1950 (aged 27) 2 Tunisia JS Kairouan
13 4FW Néjib Limam (1953-06-12)12 June 1953 (aged 24) 1 Tunisia Stade Tunis
14 4FW Slah Karoui (1951-09-11)11 September 1951 (aged 26) 0 Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel
15 4FW Mohamed Ben Moussa (1954-04-05)5 April 1954 (aged 24) ? Tunisia Club Africain
16 4FW Ohman Chehaibi (1954-12-23)23 December 1954 (aged 23) ? Tunisia JS Kairouan
17 2DF Ridha El Louze (1953-04-27)27 April 1953 (aged 25) ? Tunisia Sfax Railways Sports
18 2DF Kamel Chebli (1954-03-09)9 March 1954 (aged 24) 1 Tunisia Club Africain
19 4FW Mokhtar Hasni (1952-03-19)19 March 1952 (aged 26) 1 Belgium La Louviére
20 2DF Amor Jebali (1956-12-24)24 December 1956 (aged 21) 1 Tunisia AS Marsa
21 1GK Lamine Ben Aziza (1952-11-10)10 November 1952 (aged 25) ? Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel
22 1GK Mokhtar Naili (1953-09-03)3 September 1953 (aged 24) 1 Tunisia Club Africain

West Germany

Head coach: Helmut Schön

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Sepp Maier (1944-02-28)28 February 1944 (aged 34) 83 West Germany Bayern Munich
2 2DF Berti Vogts (c) (1946-12-30)30 December 1946 (aged 31) 90 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
3 2DF Bernard Dietz (1948-03-22)22 March 1948 (aged 30) 24 West Germany MSV Duisburg
4 3MF Rolf Rüssmann (1950-10-13)13 October 1950 (aged 27) 13 West Germany Schalke 04
5 2DF Manfred Kaltz (1953-01-06)6 January 1953 (aged 25) 15 West Germany Hamburger SV
6 3MF Rainer Bonhof (1952-03-29)29 March 1952 (aged 26) 34 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
7 4FW Rüdiger Abramczik (1956-02-18)18 February 1956 (aged 22) 12 West Germany Schalke 04
8 4FW Herbert Zimmermann (1954-07-01)1 July 1954 (aged 23) 4 West Germany 1. FC Köln
9 4FW Klaus Fischer (1949-12-27)27 December 1949 (aged 28) 12 West Germany Schalke 04
10 3MF Heinz Flohe (1948-01-28)28 January 1948 (aged 30) 35 West Germany 1. FC Köln
11 4FW Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955-09-25)25 September 1955 (aged 22) 12 West Germany Bayern Munich
12 2DF Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948-04-03)3 April 1948 (aged 30) 44 West Germany Bayern Munich
13 2DF Harald Konopka (1952-11-18)18 November 1952 (aged 25) 0 West Germany 1. FC Köln
14 4FW Dieter Müller (1954-04-01)1 April 1954 (aged 24) 8 West Germany 1. FC Köln
15 3MF Erich Beer (1946-12-09)9 December 1946 (aged 31) 20 West Germany Hertha BSC
16 3MF Bernhard Cullmann (1949-11-01)1 November 1949 (aged 28) 22 West Germany 1. FC Köln
17 4FW Bernd Hölzenbein (1946-03-09)9 March 1946 (aged 32) 37 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
18 3MF Gerd Zewe (1950-06-13)13 June 1950 (aged 27) 0 West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
19 4FW Ronald Worm (1953-10-07)7 October 1953 (aged 24) 6 West Germany MSV Duisburg
20 3MF Hansi Müller (1957-07-27)27 July 1957 (aged 20) 2 West Germany VfB Stuttgart
21 1GK Rudolf Kargus (1952-08-15)15 August 1952 (aged 25) 3 West Germany Hamburger SV
22 1GK Dieter Burdenski (1950-11-26)26 November 1950 (aged 27) 2 West Germany Werder Bremen

Group 3

Austria

Head coach: Helmut Senekowitsch

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Friedrich Koncilia (1948-02-25)25 February 1948 (aged 30) 37 Austria SSW Innsbruck
2 2DF Robert Sara (c) (1946-06-09)9 June 1946 (aged 31) 37 Austria Austria Wien
3 2DF Erich Obermayer (1953-01-23)23 January 1953 (aged 25) 10 Austria Austria Wien
4 2DF Gerhard Breitenberger (1954-10-14)14 October 1954 (aged 23) 11 Austria VÖEST Linz
5 2DF Bruno Pezzey (1955-02-03)3 February 1955 (aged 23) 25 Austria SSW Innsbruck
6 3MF Roland Hattenberger (1948-12-07)7 December 1948 (aged 29) 23 West Germany VfB Stuttgart
7 3MF Josef Hickersberger (1948-04-27)27 April 1948 (aged 30) 33 West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
8 3MF Herbert Prohaska (1955-08-08)8 August 1955 (aged 22) 27 Austria Austria Wien
9 4FW Hans Krankl (1953-02-14)14 February 1953 (aged 25) 34 Austria Rapid Wien
10 4FW Wilhelm Kreuz (1949-05-29)29 May 1949 (aged 29) 35 Netherlands Feyenoord
11 3MF Kurt Jara (1950-10-14)14 October 1950 (aged 27) 29 West Germany MSV Duisburg
12 3MF Eduard Krieger (1946-12-16)16 December 1946 (aged 31) 20 Belgium Club Brugge
13 3MF Günther Happich (1952-01-28)28 January 1952 (aged 26) 4 Austria Wiener Sport-Club
14 2DF Heinrich Strasser (1948-10-26)26 October 1948 (aged 29) 20 Austria Admira/Wacker
15 2DF Heribert Weber (1955-06-28)28 June 1955 (aged 22) 7 Austria Sturm Graz
16 2DF Peter Persidis (1947-03-08)8 March 1947 (aged 31) 7 Austria Rapid Wien
17 4FW Franz Oberacher (1954-03-24)24 March 1954 (aged 24) 3 Austria SSW Innsbruck
18 4FW Walter Schachner (1957-02-01)1 February 1957 (aged 21) 6 Austria DSV Alpine Donawitz
19 4FW Hans Pirkner (1946-03-25)25 March 1946 (aged 32) 18 Austria Austria Wien
20 3MF Ernst Baumeister (1957-01-22)22 January 1957 (aged 21) 1 Austria Austria Wien
21 1GK Erwin Fuchsbichler (1952-03-27)27 March 1952 (aged 26) 2 Austria VÖEST Linz
22 1GK Hubert Baumgartner (1955-02-25)25 February 1955 (aged 23) 1 Austria Austria Wien

Brazil

Head coach: Cláudio Coutinho

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Leão (1949-07-11)11 July 1949 (aged 28) 50 Brazil Palmeiras
2 2DF Toninho (1948-06-07)7 June 1948 (aged 29) 4 Brazil Flamengo
3 2DF Oscar (1954-06-20)20 June 1954 (aged 23) 4 Brazil Ponte Preta
4 2DF Amaral (1954-12-25)25 December 1954 (aged 23) 22 Brazil Guarani
5 3MF Toninho Cerezo (1955-04-21)21 April 1955 (aged 23) 16 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
6 2DF Edinho (1955-06-05)5 June 1955 (aged 22) 12 Brazil Fluminense
7 4FW Zé Sérgio (1957-03-08)8 March 1957 (aged 21) 2 Brazil São Paulo
8 3MF Zico (1953-03-03)3 March 1953 (aged 25) 21 Brazil Flamengo
9 4FW Reinaldo (1957-01-11)11 January 1957 (aged 21) 12 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
10 4FW Rivelino (c) (1946-01-01)1 January 1946 (aged 32) 88 Brazil Fluminense
11 3MF Dirceu (1952-06-15)15 June 1952 (aged 25) 14 Brazil Vasco da Gama
12 1GK Carlos (1956-03-04)4 March 1956 (aged 22) 0 Brazil Ponte Preta
13 2DF Nelinho (1950-07-26)26 July 1950 (aged 27) 13 Brazil Cruzeiro
14 2DF Abel (1952-09-01)1 September 1952 (aged 25) 1 Brazil Vasco da Gama
15 2DF Polozzi (1955-10-01)1 October 1955 (aged 22) 0 Brazil Ponte Preta
16 2DF Rodrigues Neto (1949-12-06)6 December 1949 (aged 28) 7 Brazil Botafogo
17 3MF Batista (1955-03-08)8 March 1955 (aged 23) 4 Brazil Internacional
18 4FW Gil (1950-12-24)24 December 1950 (aged 27) 22 Brazil Botafogo
19 4FW Jorge Mendonça (1954-06-06)6 June 1954 (aged 23) 0 Brazil Palmeiras
20 4FW Roberto Dinamite (1954-04-13)13 April 1954 (aged 24) 20 Brazil Vasco da Gama
21 3MF Chicão (1949-01-30)30 January 1949 (aged 29) 5 Brazil São Paulo
22 1GK Valdir Peres (1951-02-02)2 February 1951 (aged 27) 5 Brazil São Paulo

Spain

Head coach: Ladislao Kubala

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Luis Arconada (1954-06-26)26 June 1954 (aged 23) 6 Spain Real Sociedad
2 2DF Antonio de la Cruz (1947-05-07)7 May 1947 (aged 31) 5 Spain Barcelona
3 2DF Francisco Javier Uría (1950-02-01)1 February 1950 (aged 28) 5 Spain Sporting Gijón
4 3MF Juan Manuel Asensi (1949-09-23)23 September 1949 (aged 28) 25 Spain Barcelona
5 2DF Migueli (1951-12-19)19 December 1951 (aged 26) 13 Spain Barcelona
6 2DF Antonio Biosca (1948-12-08)8 December 1948 (aged 29) 1 Spain Real Betis
7 4FW Dani (1951-06-28)28 June 1951 (aged 26) 7 Spain Athletic Bilbao
8 4FW Juanito (1954-11-10)10 November 1954 (aged 23) 6 Spain Real Madrid
9 4FW Quini (1949-09-23)23 September 1949 (aged 28) 22 Spain Sporting Gijón
10 4FW Santillana (1952-08-23)23 August 1952 (aged 25) 9 Spain Real Madrid
11 3MF Julio Cardeñosa (1949-10-27)27 October 1949 (aged 28) 3 Spain Real Betis
12 3MF Antonio Guzmán (1953-12-02)2 December 1953 (aged 24) 1 Spain Rayo Vallecano
13 1GK Miguel Ángel (1947-12-24)24 December 1947 (aged 30) 11 Spain Real Madrid
14 3MF Eugenio Leal (1953-05-13)13 May 1953 (aged 25) 7 Spain Atlético Madrid
15 4FW Marañón (1948-07-23)23 July 1948 (aged 29) 4 Spain Español
16 2DF Antonio Olmo (1954-01-18)18 January 1954 (aged 24) 4 Spain Barcelona
17 2DF Marcelino (1955-08-13)13 August 1955 (aged 22) 3 Spain Atlético Madrid
18 2DF Pirri (c) (1945-03-11)11 March 1945 (aged 33) 39 Spain Real Madrid
19 3MF Carles Rexach (1947-01-13)13 January 1947 (aged 31) 14 Spain Barcelona
20 4FW Rubén Cano (1951-02-05)5 February 1951 (aged 27) 6 Spain Atlético Madrid
21 2DF Isidoro San José (1955-10-27)27 October 1955 (aged 22) 4 Spain Real Madrid
22 1GK Urruti (1952-02-17)17 February 1952 (aged 26) 1 Spain Español

Sweden

Head coach: Georg Ericson

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ronnie Hellström (1949-02-21)21 February 1949 (aged 29) 66 West Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2 2DF Hasse Borg (1953-08-04)4 August 1953 (aged 24) 14 West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
3 2DF Roy Andersson (1949-08-02)2 August 1949 (aged 28) 16 Sweden Malmö FF
4 3MF Björn Nordqvist (c) (1942-10-06)6 October 1942 (aged 35) 108 Sweden IFK Göteborg
5 2DF Ingemar Erlandsson (1957-11-16)16 November 1957 (aged 20) 3 Sweden Malmö FF
6 3MF Staffan Tapper (1948-07-10)10 July 1948 (aged 29) 34 Sweden Malmö FF
7 3MF Anders Linderoth (1950-03-21)21 March 1950 (aged 28) 27 France Marseille
8 4FW Bo Larsson (1944-05-05)5 May 1944 (aged 34) 67 Sweden Malmö FF
9 3MF Lennart Larsson (1953-07-09)9 July 1953 (aged 24) 14 West Germany Schalke 04
10 4FW Thomas Sjöberg (1952-07-06)6 July 1952 (aged 25) 29 Sweden Malmö FF
11 4FW Benny Wendt (1950-11-04)4 November 1950 (aged 27) 14 West Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
12 1GK Göran Hagberg (1947-11-08)8 November 1947 (aged 30) 13 Sweden Östers IF
13 2DF Magnus Andersson (1958-04-23)23 April 1958 (aged 20) 4 Sweden Malmö FF
14 3MF Ronald Åhman (1957-01-31)31 January 1957 (aged 21) 1 Sweden Örebro SK
15 4FW Torbjörn Nilsson (1954-07-09)9 July 1954 (aged 23) 8 Sweden IFK Göteborg
16 4FW Conny Torstensson (1949-08-28)28 August 1949 (aged 28) 37 Switzerland Zürich
17 1GK Jan Möller (1953-09-17)17 September 1953 (aged 24) 0 Sweden Malmö FF
18 3MF Olle Nordin (1949-11-23)23 November 1949 (aged 28) 11 Sweden IFK Göteborg
19 2DF Kent Karlsson (1945-11-25)25 November 1945 (aged 32) 38 Sweden IFK Eskilstuna
20 2DF Roland Andersson (1950-03-28)28 March 1950 (aged 28) 18 Sweden Malmö FF
21 4FW Sanny Åslund (1952-08-29)29 August 1952 (aged 25) 3 Sweden AIK
22 4FW Ralf Edström (1952-10-07)7 October 1952 (aged 25) 31 Sweden IFK Göteborg

Group 4

Iran

Head coach: Heshmat Mohajerani

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Nasser Hejazi (1949-12-14)14 December 1949 (aged 28) 4 Iran Shahbaz
2 3MF Iraj Danaeifard (1951-03-19)19 March 1951 (aged 27) 0 Iran Taj
3 4FW Behtash Fariba (1955-02-11)11 February 1955 (aged 23) 1 Iran Pas
4 4FW Majid Bishkar (1956-08-06)6 August 1956 (aged 21) ? Iran Shahbaz
5 2DF Javad Allahverdi (1954-07-16)16 July 1954 (aged 23) 1 Iran Persepolis
6 3MF Hassan Nayebagha (1950-09-17)17 September 1950 (aged 27) 0 Iran Guard FC
7 3MF Ali Parvin (c) (1946-10-12)12 October 1946 (aged 31) 7 Iran Persepolis
8 3MF Ebrahim Ghasempour (1956-08-24)24 August 1956 (aged 21) 1 Iran Shahbaz
9 3MF Mohammad Sadeghi (1951-03-17)17 March 1951 (aged 27) 3 Iran Persepolis
10 4FW Hassan Rowshan (1955-06-02)2 June 1955 (aged 22) 4 Iran Taj
11 2DF Alireza Ghashghaean (1954-02-27)27 February 1954 (aged 24) ? Iran Bargh Shiraz
12 1GK Bahram Mavaddat (1950-01-30)30 January 1950 (aged 28) ? Iran Sepahan
13 4FW Hamid Majd Teymouri (1953-06-03)3 June 1953 (aged 24) ? Iran Shahbaz
14 2DF Hassan Nazari (1955-08-19)19 August 1955 (aged 22) 4 Iran Taj
15 2DF Andranik Eskandarian (1951-12-31)31 December 1951 (aged 26) 4 Iran Taj
16 4FW Nasser Nouraei (1956-07-09)9 July 1956 (aged 21) ? Iran Guard FC
17 4FW Ghafour Jahani (1950-06-18)18 June 1950 (aged 27) 1 Iran Malavan
18 4FW Hossein Faraki (1956-04-19)19 April 1956 (aged 22) 1 Iran Pas
19 3MF Ali Shojaei (1953-03-23)23 March 1953 (aged 25) ? Iran Sepahan
20 2DF Nasrollah Abdollahi (1951-09-02)2 September 1951 (aged 26) 3 Iran Shahbaz
21 2DF Hossein Kazerani (1947-04-13)13 April 1947 (aged 31) 1 Iran Pas
22 1GK Rasoul Korbekandi (1953-01-27)27 January 1953 (aged 25) ? Iran Zob Ahan

Netherlands

Head coach: Austria Ernst Happel

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Piet Schrijvers (1946-12-15)15 December 1946 (aged 31) 16 Netherlands Ajax
2 2DF Jan Poortvliet (1955-09-21)21 September 1955 (aged 22) 1 Netherlands PSV
3 3MF Dick Schoenaker (1952-11-30)30 November 1952 (aged 25) 0 Netherlands Ajax
4 2DF Adrie van Kraay (1953-08-01)1 August 1953 (aged 24) 13 Netherlands PSV
5 2DF Ruud Krol (c) (1949-03-24)24 March 1949 (aged 29) 52 Netherlands Ajax
6 3MF Wim Jansen (1946-10-28)28 October 1946 (aged 31) 50 Netherlands Feyenoord
7 2DF Piet Wildschut (1957-10-25)25 October 1957 (aged 20) 1 Netherlands Twente
8 1GK Jan Jongbloed (1940-11-25)25 November 1940 (aged 37) 19 Netherlands Roda JC
9 3MF Arie Haan (1948-11-16)16 November 1948 (aged 29) 24 Belgium Anderlecht
10 3MF René van de Kerkhof (1951-09-16)16 September 1951 (aged 26) 20 Netherlands PSV
11 3MF Willy van de Kerkhof (1951-09-16)16 September 1951 (aged 26) 18 Netherlands PSV
12 4FW Rob Rensenbrink (1947-07-03)3 July 1947 (aged 30) 34 Belgium Anderlecht
13 3MF Johan Neeskens (1951-09-15)15 September 1951 (aged 26) 38 Spain Barcelona
14 3MF Johan Boskamp (1948-10-21)21 October 1948 (aged 29) 1 Belgium Molenbeek
15 2DF Hugo Hovenkamp[2] (1950-10-05)5 October 1950 (aged 27) 7 Netherlands AZ
16 4FW Johnny Rep (1951-11-25)25 November 1951 (aged 26) 23 France Bastia
17 2DF Wim Rijsbergen (1952-01-18)18 January 1952 (aged 26) 25 Netherlands Feyenoord
18 4FW Dick Nanninga (1949-01-17)17 January 1949 (aged 29) 1 Netherlands Roda JC
19 1GK Pim Doesburg (1943-10-28)28 October 1943 (aged 34) 2 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam
20 2DF Wim Suurbier (1945-01-16)16 January 1945 (aged 33) 56 West Germany Schalke 04
21 4FW Harry Lubse (1951-09-23)23 September 1951 (aged 26) 1 Netherlands PSV
22 2DF Ernie Brandts (1956-02-03)3 February 1956 (aged 22) 1 Netherlands PSV

Jan Jongbloed wore number 8 because 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. Hugo Hovenkamp withdrew from the squad before the tournament began, 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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ottorino Sartor (1945-09-18)18 September 1945 (aged 32) 12 Peru Colegio Nacional de Iquitos
2 2DF Jaime Duarte (1955-02-27)27 February 1955 (aged 23) 0 Peru Alianza Lima
3 2DF Rodolfo Manzo (1949-06-05)5 June 1949 (aged 28) 16 Peru Deportivo Municipal
4 2DF Héctor Chumpitaz (c) (1944-04-12)12 April 1944 (aged 34) 85 Peru Sporting Cristal
5 2DF Rubén Toribio Díaz (1952-04-17)17 April 1952 (aged 26) 36 Peru Sporting Cristal
6 3MF José Velásquez (1952-06-04)4 June 1952 (aged 25) 31 Peru Alianza Lima
7 4FW Juan Muñante (1948-06-12)12 June 1948 (aged 29) 42 Mexico UNAM Pumas
8 3MF César Cueto (1952-06-16)16 June 1952 (aged 25) 1 Peru Alianza Lima
9 3MF Percy Rojas (1949-09-16)16 September 1949 (aged 28) 11 Peru Sporting Cristal
10 3MF Teófilo Cubillas (1949-03-08)8 March 1949 (aged 29) 70 Peru Alianza Lima
11 4FW Juan Carlos Oblitas (1951-02-16)16 February 1951 (aged 27) 32 Peru Sporting Cristal
12 4FW Roberto Mosquera (1956-06-21)21 June 1956 (aged 21) 1 Peru Sporting Cristal
13 1GK Juan Cáceres (1949-12-27)27 December 1949 (aged 28) 1 Peru Alianza Lima
14 2DF José Navarro (1948-09-24)24 September 1948 (aged 29) 5 Peru Sporting Cristal
15 3MF Germán Leguía (1954-01-02)2 January 1954 (aged 24) 0 Peru Deportivo Municipal
16 3MF Raúl Gorriti (1956-10-10)10 October 1956 (aged 21) 1 Peru Sporting Cristal
17 3MF Alfredo Quesada (1949-09-22)22 September 1949 (aged 28) 48 Peru Sporting Cristal
18 3MF Ernesto Labarthe (1956-06-02)2 June 1956 (aged 21) 0 Peru Sport Boys
19 4FW Guillermo La Rosa (1952-06-06)6 June 1952 (aged 25) 1 Peru Alianza Lima
20 4FW Hugo Sotil (1946-05-18)18 May 1946 (aged 32) 7 Peru Alianza Lima
21 1GK Ramón Quiroga (1950-07-23)23 July 1950 (aged 27) 2 Peru Sporting Cristal
22 2DF Roberto Rojas (1955-10-26)26 October 1955 (aged 22) 0 Peru Alianza Lima

Scotland

Manager: Ally MacLeod

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Alan Rough (1951-11-25)25 November 1951 (aged 26) 18 Scotland Partick Thistle
2 2DF Sandy Jardine (1948-12-31)31 December 1948 (aged 29) 33 Scotland Rangers
3 2DF Willie Donachie (1951-10-05)5 October 1951 (aged 26) 30 England Manchester City
4 2DF Martin Buchan (1949-03-06)6 March 1949 (aged 29) 28 England Manchester United
5 2DF Gordon McQueen (1952-06-26)26 June 1952 (aged 25) 20 England Manchester United
6 3MF Bruce Rioch (c) (1947-09-06)6 September 1947 (aged 30) 22 England Derby County
7 3MF Don Masson (1946-08-26)26 August 1946 (aged 31) 16 England Derby County
8 4FW Kenny Dalglish (1951-03-04)4 March 1951 (aged 27) 54 England Liverpool
9 4FW Joe Jordan (1951-12-15)15 December 1951 (aged 26) 30 England Manchester United
10 3MF Asa Hartford (1950-10-24)24 October 1950 (aged 27) 24 England Manchester City
11 3MF Willie Johnston[3] (1946-12-19)19 December 1946 (aged 31) 21 England West Bromwich Albion
12 1GK Jim Blyth (1955-02-02)2 February 1955 (aged 23) 2 England Coventry City
13 2DF Stuart Kennedy (1953-05-31)31 May 1953 (aged 25) 3 Scotland Aberdeen
14 2DF Tom Forsyth (1949-01-23)23 January 1949 (aged 29) 19 Scotland Rangers
15 3MF Archie Gemmill (1947-03-24)24 March 1947 (aged 31) 26 England Nottingham Forest
16 4FW Lou Macari (1949-06-07)7 June 1949 (aged 28) 22 England Manchester United
17 4FW Derek Johnstone (1953-11-04)4 November 1953 (aged 24) 13 Scotland Rangers
18 3MF Graeme Souness (1953-05-06)6 May 1953 (aged 25) 6 England Liverpool
19 4FW John Robertson (1953-01-20)20 January 1953 (aged 25) 2 England Nottingham Forest
20 1GK Bobby Clark (1945-09-26)26 September 1945 (aged 32) 17 Scotland Aberdeen
21 4FW Joe Harper (1948-01-11)11 January 1948 (aged 30) 3 Scotland Aberdeen
22 2DF Kenny Burns (1953-09-23)23 September 1953 (aged 24) 11 England Nottingham Forest

Notes

Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Mexico who only called two.

References

  1. ^ Tarantini left clubless after a contractual dispute with Boca Juniors, six months before the World Cup. [1]
  2. ^ Hugo 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.
  3. ^ Willie Johnston was sent home for failing a drug test after the first match against Peru.[2]


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