1954 FIFA World Cup squads

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Castilho	(1927-11-27)27 November 1927 (aged 26)	13	Fluminense
2	2DF	Djalma Santos	(1929-02-27)27 February 1929 (aged 25)	15	Portuguesa
3	2DF	Nílton Santos	(1925-05-16)16 May 1925 (aged 29)	20	Botafogo
4	2DF	Brandãozinho	(1925-06-09)9 June 1925 (aged 29)	13	Portuguesa
5	3MF	Pinheiro	(1932-01-13)13 January 1932 (aged 22)	13	Fluminense
6	3MF	Bauer (c)	(1925-11-21)21 November 1925 (aged 28)	22	São Paulo FC
7	4FW	Julinho	(1929-07-29)29 July 1929 (aged 24)	14	Portuguesa
8	3MF	Didi	(1928-10-08)8 October 1928 (aged 25)	14	Fluminense
9	4FW	Baltazar	(1926-01-14)14 January 1926 (aged 28)	19	Corinthians
10	4FW	Pinga	(1924-02-11)11 February 1924 (aged 30)	14	Vasco da Gama
11	4FW	Rodrigues	(1925-06-27)27 June 1925 (aged 28)	15	Palmeiras
12	2DF	Paulinho	(1932-04-15)15 April 1932 (aged 22)	0	Vasco da Gama
13	2DF	Alfredo	(1924-10-27)27 October 1924 (aged 29)	2	São Paulo FC
14	3MF	Ely	(1921-05-14)14 May 1921 (aged 33)	17	Vasco da Gama
15	2DF	Mauro Ramos	(1930-08-30)30 August 1930 (aged 23)	6	São Paulo FC
16	3MF	Dequinha	(1928-03-19)19 March 1928 (aged 26)	0	Flamengo
17	4FW	Maurinho	(1933-06-06)6 June 1933 (aged 21)	1	São Paulo FC
18	4FW	Humberto	(1934-02-04)4 February 1934 (aged 20)	4	Palmeiras
19	4FW	Índio	(1931-03-01)1 March 1931 (aged 23)	0	Flamengo
20	4FW	Rubens	(1928-11-04)4 November 1928 (aged 25)	1	Flamengo
21	1GK	Veludo	(1930-08-07)7 August 1930 (aged 23)	4	Fluminense
22	1GK	Cabeção	(1930-08-23)23 August 1930 (aged 23)		Corinthians

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Aleksandar Tirnanić

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Vladimir Beara	(1928-11-02)2 November 1928 (aged 25)	25	Hajduk Split
2	2DF	Branko Stanković	(1921-10-31)31 October 1921 (aged 32)	50	Red Star Belgrade
3	2DF	Tomislav Crnković	(1929-06-17)17 June 1929 (aged 24)	17	Dinamo Zagreb
4	3MF	Zlatko Čajkovski	(1923-11-24)24 November 1923 (aged 30)	53	Partizan Belgrade
5	2DF	Ivan Horvat	(1926-07-16)16 July 1926 (aged 27)	43	Dinamo Zagreb
6	2DF	Vujadin Boškov	(1931-05-16)16 May 1931 (aged 23)	22	Vojvodina Novi Sad
7	4FW	Tihomir Ognjanov	(1927-03-02)2 March 1927 (aged 27)	22	Spartak Subotica
8	4FW	Rajko Mitić	(1922-11-19)19 November 1922 (aged 31)	47	Red Star Belgrade
9	4FW	Bernard Vukas	(1927-05-01)1 May 1927 (aged 27)	35	Hajduk Split
10	3MF	Stjepan Bobek (c)	(1923-12-03)3 December 1923 (aged 30)	53	Partizan Belgrade
11	4FW	Branko Zebec	(1929-05-17)17 May 1929 (aged 25)	22	Partizan Belgrade
12	1GK	Branko Kralj	(1924-03-10)10 March 1924 (aged 30)	0	Dinamo Zagreb
13	2DF	Miljan Zeković	(1925-11-15)15 November 1925 (aged 28)	3	Red Star Belgrade
14	3MF	Lav Mantula	(1928-12-08)8 December 1928 (aged 25)	0	Dinamo Zagreb
15	3MF	Ljubiša Spajić	(1926-03-07)7 March 1926 (aged 28)	6	Red Star Belgrade
16	2DF	Sima Milovanov	(1923-04-10)10 April 1923 (aged 31)	4	Vojvodina Novi Sad
17	2DF	Bruno Belin	(1929-01-16)16 January 1929 (aged 25)	3	Partizan Belgrade
18	4FW	Miloš Milutinović	(1933-02-05)5 February 1933 (aged 21)	8	Partizan Belgrade
19	3MF	Zlatko Papec	(1934-01-17)17 January 1934 (aged 20)	2	Lokomotiva Zagreb
20	4FW	Dionizije Dvornić	(1926-04-27)27 April 1926 (aged 28)	3	Dinamo Zagreb
21	4FW	Todor Veselinović	(1930-10-22)22 October 1930 (aged 23)	4	Vojvodina Novi Sad
22	4FW	Aleksandar Petaković	(1930-02-06)6 February 1930 (aged 24)	0	Radnički Belgrade

France

Head coach: Pierre Pibarot

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	François Remetter	(1928-08-08)8 August 1928 (aged 25)	4	FC Metz
2	1GK	César Ruminski	(1924-06-14)14 June 1924 (aged 30)	7	Lille OSC
3	1GK	Claude Abbes	(1927-05-24)24 May 1927 (aged 27)	0	AS Saint-Étienne
4	2DF	Lazare Gianessi	(1925-11-09)9 November 1925 (aged 28)	12	AS Monaco
5	2DF	Jacques Grimonpon	(1925-07-30)30 July 1925 (aged 28)	0	FC Girondins de Bordeaux
6	2DF	Raymond Kaelbel	(1932-01-31)31 January 1932 (aged 22)	0	RC Strasbourg
7	2DF	Roger Marche (c)	(1924-03-05)5 March 1924 (aged 30)	37	Stade de Reims
8	3MF	Guillaume Bieganski	(1932-11-03)3 November 1932 (aged 21)	1	Lille OSC
9	3MF	Antoine Cuissard	(1924-07-19)19 July 1924 (aged 29)	27	OGC Nice
10	2DF	Robert Jonquet	(1925-05-03)3 May 1925 (aged 29)	26	Stade de Reims
11	3MF	Xercès Louis	(1926-10-31)31 October 1926 (aged 27)	0	RC Lens
12	3MF	Jean-Jacques Marcel	(1931-06-13)13 June 1931 (aged 23)	8	FC Sochaux
13	3MF	Abderrahmane Mahjoub	(1929-04-25)25 April 1929 (aged 25)	2	OGC Nice
14	3MF	Armand Penverne	(1926-11-26)26 November 1926 (aged 27)	11	Stade de Reims
15	3MF	Abdelaziz Ben Tifour	(1927-07-25)25 July 1927 (aged 26)	1	AS Troyes
16	3MF	René Dereuddre	(1930-06-26)26 June 1930 (aged 23)	1	Toulouse FC
17	4FW	Léon Glovacki	(1928-02-19)19 February 1928 (aged 26)	3	Stade de Reims
18	3MF	Raymond Kopa	(1931-10-13)13 October 1931 (aged 22)	13	Stade de Reims
19	3MF	Michel Leblond	(1932-05-10)10 May 1932 (aged 22)	1	Stade de Reims
20	4FW	Ernest Schultz	(1931-01-29)29 January 1931 (aged 23)	0	Olympique de Lyon
21	4FW	André Strappe	(1928-02-23)23 February 1928 (aged 26)	23	Lille OSC
22	4FW	Jean Vincent	(1930-11-29)29 November 1930 (aged 23)	2	Lille OSC

Mexico

Head coach: Antonio López Herranz

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Antonio Carbajal	(1929-06-07)7 June 1929 (aged 25)	11	FC León
2	2DF	Narciso López	(1928-08-18)18 August 1928 (aged 25)	3	CD Oro
3	2DF	Jorge Romo	(1923-04-20)20 April 1923 (aged 31)	5	Club Deportivo Marte
4	2DF	Saturnino Martínez	(1928-01-01)1 January 1928 (aged 26)	6	Necaxa
5	3MF	Raúl Cárdenas	(1928-10-30)30 October 1928 (aged 25)	4	Puebla F.C.
6	3MF	Rafael Ávalos	(1925-11-22)22 November 1925 (aged 28)	4	Atlante F.C.
7	4FW	Alfredo Torres	(1931-05-31)31 May 1931 (aged 23)	3	Atlas
8	4FW	José Naranjo (c)	(1926-03-19)19 March 1926 (aged 28)	12	CD Oro
9	4FW	José Luis Lamadrid	(1930-07-03)3 July 1930 (aged 23)	5	Necaxa
10	4FW	Tomás Balcázar	(1931-12-21)21 December 1931 (aged 22)	9	CD Guadalajara
11	4FW	Raúl Arellano	(1935-02-28)28 February 1935 (aged 19)	0	CD Guadalajara
12	1GK	Salvador Mota	(1922-11-30)30 November 1922 (aged 31)	0	Atlante F.C.
13	2DF	Sergio Bravo	(1927-11-27)27 November 1927 (aged 26)	6	FC León
14	2DF	Juan Gómez	(1924-06-26)26 June 1924 (aged 29)	0	Atlas
15	4FW	Carlos Blanco	(1928-03-05)5 March 1928 (aged 26)	4	Necaxa
16	3MF	Pedro Nájera	(1929-02-03)3 February 1929 (aged 25)	0	Club América
17	4FW	Carlos Septién	(1923-01-18)18 January 1923 (aged 31)	13	CD Tampico
18	4FW	Carlos Carus	(1930-10-06)6 October 1930 (aged 23)	0	Club Toluca
19	4FW	Moises Jinich	(1927-12-15)15 December 1927 (aged 26)	1	Atlante F.C.
20	4FW	José Antonio Roca	(1928-05-24)24 May 1928 (aged 26)	10	CD Zacatepec
21	3MF	Mario Ochoa	(1927-11-07)7 November 1927 (aged 26)	5	Club Deportivo Marte
22	4FW	Ranulfo Cortés	(1934-07-09)9 July 1934 (aged 19)	0	CD Oro

Roca, Ochoa, Cortes, although registered the official list remained on stand by in Mexico

Group 2

Hungary

Head coach: Gusztáv Sebes

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Gyula Grosics	(1926-02-04)4 February 1926 (aged 28)	31	Budapesti Honvéd SE
2	2DF	Jenő Buzánszky	(1925-05-04)4 May 1925 (aged 29)	23	Dorogi Bányász
3	2DF	Gyula Lóránt	(1923-02-06)6 February 1923 (aged 31)	24	Budapesti Honvéd SE
4	2DF	Mihály Lantos	(1928-09-29)29 September 1928 (aged 25)	30	Budapesti Vörös Lobogó
5	3MF	József Bozsik	(1925-11-25)25 November 1925 (aged 28)	48	Budapesti Honvéd SE
6	3MF	József Zakariás	(1924-03-25)25 March 1924 (aged 30)	31	Budapesti Vörös Lobogó
7	4FW	József Tóth	(1929-05-16)16 May 1929 (aged 25)	2	Csepeli Vasas
8	4FW	Sándor Kocsis	(1929-09-21)21 September 1929 (aged 24)	36	Budapesti Honvéd SE
9	4FW	Nándor Hidegkuti	(1922-03-03)3 March 1922 (aged 32)	36	Budapesti Vörös Lobogó
10	4FW	Ferenc Puskás (c)	(1927-04-02)2 April 1927 (aged 27)	55	Budapesti Honvéd SE
11	4FW	Zoltán Czibor	(1929-08-08)8 August 1929 (aged 24)	26	Budapesti Honvéd SE
12	2DF	Béla Kárpáti	(1929-09-30)30 September 1929 (aged 24)	1	Győri Vasas SE
13	2DF	Pál Várhidi	(1931-11-06)6 November 1931 (aged 22)	0	Budapesti Dózsa
14	3MF	Imre Kovács	(1921-11-26)26 November 1921 (aged 32)	8	Budapesti Vörös Lobogó
15	3MF	Ferenc Szojka	(1931-04-07)7 April 1931 (aged 23)	0	Salgótarjáni BTC
16	3MF	László Budai	(1928-07-19)19 July 1928 (aged 25)	21	Budapesti Honvéd SE
17	4FW	Ferenc Machos	(1932-06-30)30 June 1932 (aged 21)	0	Budapesti Honvéd SE
18	4FW	Lajos Csordás	(1932-10-06)6 October 1932 (aged 21)	7	Budapesti Vasas SE
19	4FW	Péter Palotás	(1929-06-27)27 June 1929 (aged 24)	16	Budapesti Vörös Lobogó
20	4FW	Mihály Tóth	(1926-09-24)24 September 1926 (aged 27)	3	Budapesti Dózsa
21	1GK	Sándor Gellér	(1925-07-12)12 July 1925 (aged 28)	5	Budapesti Vörös Lobogó
22	1GK	Géza Gulyás	(1931-06-05)5 June 1931 (aged 23)	0	Budapesti Kinizsi

West Germany

Head coach: Sepp Herberger

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Toni Turek	(1919-01-18)18 January 1919 (aged 35)	14	Fortuna Düsseldorf
2	2DF	Fritz Laband	(1925-11-01)1 November 1925 (aged 28)	1	Hamburger SV
3	2DF	Werner Kohlmeyer	(1924-04-19)19 April 1924 (aged 30)	13	1. FC Kaiserslautern
4	2DF	Hans Bauer	(1927-07-28)28 July 1927 (aged 26)	2	Bayern Munich
5	2DF	Herbert Erhardt	(1930-07-06)6 July 1930 (aged 23)	1	SpVgg Fürth
6	3MF	Horst Eckel	(1932-02-08)8 February 1932 (aged 22)	8	1. FC Kaiserslautern
7	2DF	Josef Posipal	(1927-06-20)20 June 1927 (aged 26)	16	Hamburger SV
8	3MF	Karl Mai	(1928-07-27)27 July 1928 (aged 25)	3	SpVgg Fürth
9	3MF	Paul Mebus	(1920-06-09)9 June 1920 (aged 34)	5	1. FC Köln
10	2DF	Werner Liebrich	(1927-01-18)18 January 1927 (aged 27)	3	1. FC Kaiserslautern
11	3MF	Karl-Heinz Metzner	(1923-01-09)9 January 1923 (aged 31)	2	KSV Hessen Kassel
12	4FW	Helmut Rahn	(1929-08-16)16 August 1929 (aged 24)	10	Rot-Weiss Essen
13	4FW	Max Morlock	(1925-05-11)11 May 1925 (aged 29)	13	1. FC Nürnberg
14	4FW	Bernhard Klodt	(1926-10-26)26 October 1926 (aged 27)	6	FC Schalke 04
15	4FW	Ottmar Walter	(1924-03-06)6 March 1924 (aged 30)	12	1. FC Kaiserslautern
16	4FW	Fritz Walter (c)	(1920-10-31)31 October 1920 (aged 33)	39	1. FC Kaiserslautern
17	4FW	Richard Herrmann	(1923-01-28)28 January 1923 (aged 31)	7	FSV Frankfurt
18	4FW	Ulrich Biesinger	(1933-08-06)6 August 1933 (aged 20)	0	BC Augsburg
19	3MF	Alfred Pfaff	(1926-07-16)16 July 1926 (aged 27)	1	Eintracht Frankfurt
20	4FW	Hans Schäfer	(1927-10-19)19 October 1927 (aged 26)	6	1. FC Köln
21	1GK	Heinz Kubsch	(1930-07-20)20 July 1930 (aged 23)	1	FK Pirmasens
22	1GK	Heinz Kwiatkowski	(1926-07-16)16 July 1926 (aged 27)	0	Borussia Dortmund

Turkey

Head coach: Sandro Puppo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Turgay Şeren (c)	(1932-05-15)15 May 1932 (aged 22)	11	Galatasaray S.K.
2	2DF	Rıdvan Bolatlı	(1928-12-02)2 December 1928 (aged 25)	2	Karagücü
3	2DF	Basri Dirimlili	(1929-06-07)7 June 1929 (aged 25)	3	Fenerbahçe SK
4	2DF	Mustafa Ertan	(1926-04-21)21 April 1926 (aged 28)	4	Karagücü
5	3MF	Çetin Zeybek	(1932-09-12)12 September 1932 (aged 21)	2	Kasımpaşa SK
6	3MF	Rober Eryol	(1930-12-21)21 December 1930 (aged 23)	5	Galatasaray S.K.
7	4FW	Erol Keskin	(1927-03-02)2 March 1927 (aged 27)	1	Adalet SK Istanbul
8	4FW	Suat Mamat	(1930-11-08)8 November 1930 (aged 23)	2	Galatasaray S.K.
9	4FW	Feridun Buğeker	(1933-04-05)5 April 1933 (aged 21)	3	Fenerbahçe SK
10	4FW	Burhan Sargun	(1929-02-11)11 February 1929 (aged 25)	5	Fenerbahçe SK
11	4FW	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	(1925-12-22)22 December 1925 (aged 28)	3	Fenerbahçe SK
12	1GK	Şükrü Ersoy	(1934-01-14)14 January 1934 (aged 20)	3	Karagücü
13	1GK	Gurbuz Bulent	(1934-01-01)1 January 1934 (aged 20)	0	Beşiktaş J.K.
14	2DF	Ali Beratlıgil	(1931-10-21)21 October 1931 (aged 22)	2	Galatasaray S.K.
15	3MF	Mehmet Dinçer	(1924-01-01)1 January 1924 (aged 30)	0	Adalet SK Istanbul
16	2DF	Nedim Günar	(1932-01-02)2 January 1932 (aged 22)	0	Fenerbahçe SK
17	2DF	Naci Erdem	(1931-01-28)28 January 1931 (aged 23)	0	Fenerbahçe SK
18	2DF	Kaçmaz Akgün	(1935-02-19)19 February 1935 (aged 19)	1	Fenerbahçe SK
19	2DF	Esinduy Ozcan	(1933-01-01)1 January 1933 (aged 21)	0	Beşiktaş J.K.
20	4FW	Necmi Onarıcı	(1925-11-02)2 November 1925 (aged 28)	0	Adalet SK Istanbul
21	4FW	Kadri Aytaç	(1931-08-06)6 August 1931 (aged 22)	0	Galatasaray S.K.
22	4FW	Coşkun Taş	(1934-04-23)23 April 1934 (aged 20)	2	Beşiktaş J.K.

Gurbuz, Günar and Aytaç, although registered the official list remained on stand by in Turkey.

South Korea

Head coach: Kim Yong-sik

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Hong Deok-young	(1921-05-05)5 May 1921 (aged 33)	2	Chosun Textile Company FC
2	2DF	Park Kyu-chung	(1915-04-21)21 April 1915 (aged 39)	2	ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC
3	2DF	Park Jae-seung	(1923-04-01)1 April 1923 (aged 31)	0	ROK Army Counterintelligence Corps FC
4	3MF	Kang Chang-gi	(1927-08-28)28 August 1927 (aged 26)	0	Chosun Textile Company FC
5	3MF	Lee Sang-yi	(1922-01-01)1 January 1922 (aged 32)	?	Chosun Textile Company FC
6	2DF	Min Byung-dae	(1918-02-20)20 February 1918 (aged 36)	2	ROK Army Counterintelligence Corps FC
7	4FW	Lee Soo-nam	(1927-02-02)2 February 1927 (aged 27)	0	ROK Army Counterintelligence Corps FC
8	4FW	Choi Chung-min	(1930-08-30)30 August 1930 (aged 23)	0	ROK Army Counterintelligence Corps FC
9	4FW	Woo Sang-kwon	(1926-02-02)2 February 1926 (aged 28)	2	ROK Armed Forces Military Police Command FC
10	4FW	Sung Nak-woon	(1926-02-02)2 February 1926 (aged 28)	0	ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC
11	3MF	Chung Nam-sik	(1917-02-16)16 February 1917 (aged 37)	2	ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC
12	1GK	Ham Heung-chul	(1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 23)	3	ROK Armed Forces Military Police Command FC
13	2DF	Li Jong-kap	(1920-03-18)18 March 1920 (aged 34)	0	ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC
14	2DF	Han Chang-wha	(1922-11-03)3 November 1922 (aged 31)	0	ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC
15	3MF	Kim Ji-sung	(1924-11-07)7 November 1924 (aged 29)	0	ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC
16	3MF	Chu Yung-kwang (c)	(1931-07-15)15 July 1931 (aged 22)	0	ROK Navy FC
17	4FW	Park Il-kap	(1926-03-21)21 March 1926 (aged 28)	0	ROK Counterintelligence Corps FC
18	4FW	Choi Yung-keun	(1923-02-08)8 February 1923 (aged 31)	0	ROK Navy FC
19	4FW	Li Ki-joo	(1926-11-12)12 November 1926 (aged 27)	0	Chosun Textile Company FC
20	4FW	Chung Kook-chin	(1917-01-02)2 January 1917 (aged 37)	2	ROK Navy FC

Only 20 players in South Korea squad.

Group 3

Uruguay

Head coach: Juan López

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Roque Máspoli	(1917-10-12)12 October 1917 (aged 36)	31	Peñarol
2	2DF	José Santamaría	(1929-07-31)31 July 1929 (aged 24)	4	Nacional
3	2DF	William Martínez	(1928-01-13)13 January 1928 (aged 26)	11	Rampla Juniors
4	3MF	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade	(1927-05-02)2 May 1927 (aged 27)	22	Peñarol
5	3MF	Obdulio Varela (c)	(1917-09-20)20 September 1917 (aged 36)	42	Peñarol
6	3MF	Roberto Leopardi	(1933-07-19)19 July 1933 (aged 20)	3	Nacional
7	4FW	Julio Abbadie	(1930-09-07)7 September 1930 (aged 23)	9	Peñarol
8	4FW	Juan Hohberg	(1926-10-08)8 October 1926 (aged 27)	3	Peñarol
9	4FW	Oscar Míguez	(1927-12-05)5 December 1927 (aged 26)	17	Peñarol
10	4FW	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	(1925-07-28)28 July 1925 (aged 28)	16	Peñarol
11	4FW	Carlos Borges	(1932-01-14)14 January 1932 (aged 22)	2	Peñarol
12	1GK	Julio Maceiras	(1926-04-22)22 April 1926 (aged 28)	1	Danubio
13	2DF	Mirto Davoine	(1933-02-13)13 February 1933 (aged 21)	1	Peñarol
14	2DF	Eusebio Tejera	(1922-01-06)6 January 1922 (aged 32)	31	Defensor
15	3MF	Urbano Rivera	(1926-04-01)1 April 1926 (aged 28)	7	Danubio
16	3MF	Néstor Carballo	(1929-02-03)3 February 1929 (aged 25)	10	Nacional
17	3MF	Luis Cruz	(1925-04-28)28 April 1925 (aged 29)	7	Nacional
18	4FW	Rafael Souto	(1930-10-24)24 October 1930 (aged 23)	5	Nacional
19	4FW	Javier Ambrois	(1932-05-09)9 May 1932 (aged 22)	7	Nacional
20	4FW	Omar Méndez	(1934-08-07)7 August 1934 (aged 19)	4	Nacional
21	4FW	Julio Pérez	(1926-06-19)19 June 1926 (aged 27)	17	Nacional
22	4FW	Luis Castro	(1921-07-31)31 July 1921 (aged 32)	19	Defensor

Austria

Head coach: Walter Nausch

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Kurt Schmied	(1926-06-14)14 June 1926 (aged 28)	2	First Vienna FC
2	2DF	Gerhard Hanappi	(1929-02-16)16 February 1929 (aged 25)	37	Rapid Wien
3	2DF	Ernst Happel	(1925-11-29)29 November 1925 (aged 28)	39	Rapid Wien
4	2DF	Leopold Barschandt	(1925-08-12)12 August 1925 (aged 28)	2	Wiener Sportclub
5	3MF	Ernst Ocwirk (c)	(1926-03-07)7 March 1926 (aged 28)	45	Austria Wien
6	3MF	Karl Koller	(1929-02-09)9 February 1929 (aged 25)	8	First Vienna FC
7	4FW	Robert Körner	(1924-08-21)21 August 1924 (aged 29)	7	Rapid Wien
8	4FW	Walter Schleger	(1929-09-19)19 September 1929 (aged 24)	9	Austria Wien
9	4FW	Theodor Wagner	(1927-08-06)6 August 1927 (aged 26)	28	Wacker Wien
10	3MF	Erich Probst	(1927-12-05)5 December 1927 (aged 26)	9	Rapid Wien
11	4FW	Alfred Körner	(1926-02-14)14 February 1926 (aged 28)	24	Rapid Wien
12	3MF	Karl Stotz	(1927-03-27)27 March 1927 (aged 27)	11	Austria Wien
13	3MF	Walter Kollmann	(1932-06-17)17 June 1932 (aged 21)	3	Wacker Wien
14	3MF	Karl Giesser	(1928-10-29)29 October 1928 (aged 25)	1	Rapid Wien
15	1GK	Franz Pelikan	(1925-11-06)6 November 1925 (aged 28)	6	Wacker Wien
16	1GK	Walter Zeman	(1927-05-01)1 May 1927 (aged 27)	39	Rapid Wien
17	3MF	Alfred Teinitzer	(1929-07-29)29 July 1929 (aged 24)	0	Linzer ASK
18	3MF	Johann Riegler	(1929-07-17)17 July 1929 (aged 24)	3	Rapid Wien
19	4FW	Robert Dienst	(1928-03-01)1 March 1928 (aged 26)	16	Rapid Wien
20	2DF	Paul Halla	(1931-04-10)10 April 1931 (aged 23)	4	Rapid Wien
21	4FW	Ernst Stojaspal	(1925-01-14)14 January 1925 (aged 29)	28	Austria Wien
22	4FW	Walter Haummer	(1928-11-22)22 November 1928 (aged 25)	4	Wacker Wien

Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Karol Borhy

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Theodor Reimann	(1921-02-10)10 February 1921 (aged 33)	4	Slovan Bratislava
2	2DF	František Šafránek	(1931-01-02)2 January 1931 (aged 23)	10	ÚDA Prague
3	3MF	Svatopluk Pluskal	(1930-10-28)28 October 1930 (aged 23)	3	ÚDA Prague
4	2DF	Ladislav Novák (c)	(1931-12-05)5 December 1931 (aged 22)	11	ÚDA Prague
5	2DF	Jiří Trnka	(1926-12-02)2 December 1926 (aged 27)	20	ÚDA Prague
6	3MF	Michal Benedikovič	(1923-05-31)31 May 1923 (aged 31)	7	Slovan Bratislava
7	4FW	Ladislav Hlaváček	(1925-06-26)26 June 1925 (aged 28)	13	ÚDA Prague
8	4FW	Otto Hemele	(1926-01-22)22 January 1926 (aged 28)	8	ÚDA Prague
9	4FW	Anton Malatinský	(1920-01-15)15 January 1920 (aged 34)	10	Baník Handlová
10	4FW	Emil Pažický	(1927-10-14)14 October 1927 (aged 26)	14	Slovan Bratislava
11	4FW	Jiří Pešek	(1927-06-04)4 June 1927 (aged 27)	4	Spartak Praha Sokolovo
12	2DF	Anton Krásnohorský	(1925-10-22)22 October 1925 (aged 28)	9	Iskra Žilina
13	3MF	Jiří Hledík	(1929-04-19)19 April 1929 (aged 25)	3	Křídla vlasti Olomouc
14	3MF	Jan Hertl	(1929-01-23)23 January 1929 (aged 25)	6	ÚDA Prague
15	4FW	Ladislav Kačáni	(1931-04-01)1 April 1931 (aged 23)	7	CH Bratislava
16	3MF	Zdeněk Procházka	(1928-01-12)12 January 1928 (aged 26)	1	Spartak Praha Sokolovo
17	4FW	Tadeáš Kraus	(1932-10-22)22 October 1932 (aged 21)	5	Křídla vlasti Olomouc
18	4FW	Josef Majer	(1925-06-08)8 June 1925 (aged 29)	0	Baník Kladno
19	4FW	Jaroslav Košnar	(1930-08-17)17 August 1930 (aged 23)	1	CH Bratislava
20	4FW	Kazimír Gajdoš	(1934-03-28)28 March 1934 (aged 20)	0	Tatran Prešov
21	1GK	Imrich Stacho	(1931-11-04)4 November 1931 (aged 22)	6	Tankista Praha
22	1GK	Viliam Schrojf	(1931-08-02)2 August 1931 (aged 22)	1	Křídla vlasti Olomouc

Scotland

Head coach: Andy Beattie (quit after first match; remaining match was managed by a selection committee)^{[citation needed]}

Alex Dowdells had also been appointed the team's trainer.^[1] 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.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Fred Martin	(1929-05-13)13 May 1929 (aged 25)	2	Aberdeen
2	2DF	Willie Cunningham (c)	(1925-02-22)22 February 1925 (aged 29)	3	Preston North End
3	2DF	Jock Aird	(1926-02-18)18 February 1926 (aged 28)	2	Burnley
4	2DF	Bobby Evans	(1927-07-16)16 July 1927 (aged 26)	17	Celtic
5	2DF	Tommy Docherty	(1928-08-24)24 August 1928 (aged 25)	5	Preston North End
6	3MF	Jimmy Davidson	(1925-11-08)8 November 1925 (aged 28)	2	Partick Thistle
7	3MF	Doug Cowie	(1926-05-01)1 May 1926 (aged 28)	6	Dundee
8	4FW	John Mackenzie	(1925-09-04)4 September 1925 (aged 28)	4	Partick Thistle
9	4FW	George Hamilton	(1917-12-07)7 December 1917 (aged 36)	5	Aberdeen
10	4FW	Allan Brown	(1926-10-12)12 October 1926 (aged 27)	12	Blackpool
11	4FW	Neil Mochan	(1927-04-06)6 April 1927 (aged 27)	1	Celtic
12	4FW	Willie Fernie	(1928-11-22)22 November 1928 (aged 25)	1	Celtic
13	4FW	Willie Ormond	(1927-02-23)23 February 1927 (aged 27)	3	Hibernian
14	1GK	John Anderson*	(1929-12-08)8 December 1929 (aged 24)	1	Leicester City
15	4FW	Bobby Johnstone*	(1929-09-07)7 September 1929 (aged 24)	11	Hibernian
16	4FW	Jackie Henderson*	(1932-01-17)17 January 1932 (aged 22)	4	Portsmouth
17	3MF	David Mathers*	(1931-10-25)25 October 1931 (aged 22)	1	Partick Thistle
18	2DF	Alex Wilson*	(1933-10-29)29 October 1933 (aged 20)	1	Portsmouth
19	4FW	Jimmy Binning*	(1927-07-25)25 July 1927 (aged 26)	0	Queen of the South
20	4FW	Bobby Combe*	(1924-02-29)29 February 1924 (aged 30)	3	Hibernian
21	4FW	Ernie Copland*	(1927-04-15)15 April 1927 (aged 27)	0	Raith Rovers
22	4FW	Ian McMillan*	(1931-03-18)18 March 1931 (aged 23)	3	Airdrieonians

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.^[3]^[4]

Group 4

England

Head coach: Walter Winterbottom

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Gil Merrick	(1922-01-26)26 January 1922 (aged 32)	20	Birmingham City
2	2DF	Ron Staniforth	(1924-04-13)13 April 1924 (aged 30)	3	Huddersfield Town
3	2DF	Roger Byrne	(1929-09-08)8 September 1929 (aged 24)	3	Manchester United
4	3MF	Billy Wright (c)	(1924-02-06)6 February 1924 (aged 30)	58	Wolverhampton Wanderers
5	3MF	Syd Owen	(1922-02-28)28 February 1922 (aged 32)	2	Luton Town
6	3MF	Jimmy Dickinson	(1925-04-24)24 April 1925 (aged 29)	35	Portsmouth
7	4FW	Stanley Matthews	(1915-02-01)1 February 1915 (aged 39)	36	Blackpool
8	4FW	Ivor Broadis	(1922-12-18)18 December 1922 (aged 31)	11	Newcastle United
9	4FW	Nat Lofthouse	(1925-08-27)27 August 1925 (aged 28)	19	Bolton Wanderers
10	4FW	Tommy Taylor	(1932-01-29)29 January 1932 (aged 22)	3	Manchester United
11	4FW	Tom Finney	(1922-04-05)5 April 1922 (aged 32)	51	Preston North End
12	1GK	Ted Burgin	(1927-04-29)29 April 1927 (aged 27)	0	Sheffield United
13	2DF	Ken Green	(1924-04-27)27 April 1924 (aged 30)	0	Birmingham City
14	3MF	Bill McGarry	(1927-06-10)10 June 1927 (aged 27)	0	Huddersfield Town
15	4FW	Dennis Wilshaw	(1926-03-11)11 March 1926 (aged 28)	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
16	3MF	Albert Quixall	(1933-08-09)9 August 1933 (aged 20)	3	Sheffield Wednesday
17	4FW	Jimmy Mullen	(1923-01-06)6 January 1923 (aged 31)	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers
18	3MF	Allenby Chilton*	(1918-09-16)16 September 1918 (aged 35)	2	Manchester United
19	3MF	Ken Armstrong*	(1924-06-03)3 June 1924 (aged 30)	0	Chelsea
20	4FW	Bedford Jezzard*	(1927-10-19)19 October 1927 (aged 26)	1	Fulham
21	4FW	Johnny Haynes*	(1934-10-17)17 October 1934 (aged 19)	0	Fulham
22	4FW	Harry Hooper*	(1933-06-14)14 June 1933 (aged 21)	0	West Ham United

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.^[5]

Switzerland

Head coach: Karl Rappan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Walter Eich	(1925-05-27)27 May 1925 (aged 29)	5	Young Boys
2	1GK	Eugene Parlier	(1929-02-13)13 February 1929 (aged 25)	5	Servette FC
3	1GK	Georges Stuber	(1925-05-11)11 May 1925 (aged 29)	13	Lausanne Sports
4	3MF	Roger Bocquet (c)	(1921-04-09)9 April 1921 (aged 33)	44	Lausanne Sports
5	2DF	Marcel Flückiger	(1929-06-20)20 June 1929 (aged 24)	2	Young Boys
6	2DF	Roger Mathis	(1921-04-04)4 April 1921 (aged 33)	1	Lausanne Sports
7	2DF	André Neury	(1921-09-03)3 September 1921 (aged 32)	26	Servette FC
8	3MF	Heinz Bigler	(1925-12-21)21 December 1925 (aged 28)	3	Young Boys
9	3MF	Charles Casali	(1923-04-27)27 April 1923 (aged 31)	15	Young Boys
10	3MF	Oliver Eggimann	(1921-08-06)6 August 1921 (aged 32)	39	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
11	3MF	Norbert Eschmann	(1933-09-19)19 September 1933 (aged 20)	0	Lausanne Sports
12	3MF	Gilbert Fesselet	(1928-04-16)16 April 1928 (aged 26)	4	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
13	3MF	Ivo Frosio	(1930-04-27)27 April 1930 (aged 24)	7	Grasshopper Club Zürich
14	2DF	Willy Kernen	(1929-08-06)6 August 1929 (aged 24)	16	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
15	4FW	Charles Antenen	(1929-11-03)3 November 1929 (aged 24)	28	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
16	4FW	Robert Ballaman	(1926-06-21)21 June 1926 (aged 27)	22	Grasshopper Club Zürich
17	4FW	Jacques Fatton	(1925-12-19)19 December 1925 (aged 28)	48	Servette FC
18	4FW	Josef Hügi	(1930-01-23)23 January 1930 (aged 24)	13	FC Basel
19	4FW	Marcel Mauron	(1929-03-25)25 March 1929 (aged 25)	4	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
20	4FW	Eugen Meier	(1930-04-30)30 April 1930 (aged 24)	7	Young Boys
21	4FW	Ferdinando Riva	(1930-07-03)3 July 1930 (aged 23)	6	FC Chiasso
22	4FW	Roger Vonlanthen	(1930-12-05)5 December 1930 (aged 23)	10	Grasshopper Club Zürich

Italy

Head coach: Lajos Czeizler

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Giorgio Ghezzi	(1930-07-10)10 July 1930 (aged 23)	1	Internazionale
2	2DF	Guido Vincenzi	(1932-07-14)14 July 1932 (aged 21)	1	Internazionale
3	2DF	Giovanni Giacomazzi	(1928-01-18)18 January 1928 (aged 26)	1	Internazionale
4	3MF	Maino Neri	(1924-06-30)30 June 1924 (aged 29)	6	Internazionale
5	3MF	Omero Tognon	(1924-03-03)3 March 1924 (aged 30)	11	Milan
6	3MF	Fulvio Nesti	(1925-06-08)8 June 1925 (aged 29)	2	Internazionale
7	4FW	Ermes Muccinelli	(1927-07-28)28 July 1927 (aged 26)	9	Juventus
8	4FW	Egisto Pandolfini	(1926-02-19)19 February 1926 (aged 28)	14	Roma
9	4FW	Carlo Galli	(1931-03-06)6 March 1931 (aged 23)	2	Roma
10	4FW	Gino Cappello	(1920-06-02)2 June 1920 (aged 34)	10	Bologna
11	4FW	Benito Lorenzi	(1925-12-20)20 December 1925 (aged 28)	11	Internazionale
12	1GK	Giovanni Viola	(1926-06-26)26 June 1926 (aged 27)	0	Juventus
13	2DF	Ardico Magnini	(1928-10-21)21 October 1928 (aged 25)	4	Fiorentina
14	2DF	Sergio Cervato	(1929-03-22)22 March 1929 (aged 25)	11	Fiorentina
15	3MF	Giacomo Mari	(1924-10-17)17 October 1924 (aged 29)	7	Sampdoria
16	3MF	Rino Ferrario	(1926-12-07)7 December 1926 (aged 27)	1	Juventus
17	4FW	Armando Segato	(1930-05-03)3 May 1930 (aged 24)	3	Fiorentina
18	4FW	Gino Pivatelli	(1933-03-27)27 March 1933 (aged 21)	0	Bologna
19	4FW	Giampiero Boniperti (c)	(1928-07-04)4 July 1928 (aged 25)	22	Juventus
20	3MF	Guido Gratton	(1932-09-23)23 September 1932 (aged 21)	1	Fiorentina
21	4FW	Amleto Frignani	(1932-03-05)5 March 1932 (aged 22)	6	Milan
22	1GK	Leonardo Costagliola	(1921-10-27)27 October 1921 (aged 32)	3	Fiorentina

Belgium

Head coach: Doug Livingstone

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Léopold Gernaey	(1927-02-25)25 February 1927 (aged 27)	7	A.S.V. Oostende K.M.
2	2DF	Marcel Dries	(1929-09-19)19 September 1929 (aged 24)	7	Berchem Sport
3	2DF	Alfons Van Brandt	(1927-06-24)24 June 1927 (aged 26)	19	Lierse
4	2DF	Constant Huysmans	(1928-10-11)11 October 1928 (aged 25)	5	Royal Beerschot AC
5	3MF	Louis Carré	(1925-01-07)7 January 1925 (aged 29)	41	Royal FC Liegeois
6	3MF	Victor Mees	(1927-01-26)26 January 1927 (aged 27)	34	Royal Antwerp FC
7	3MF	Jozef Vliers	(1932-12-18)18 December 1932 (aged 21)	0	Tongres
8	4FW	Denis Houf	(1932-02-16)16 February 1932 (aged 22)	0	Standard Liège
9	4FW	Henri Coppens	(1930-04-29)29 April 1930 (aged 24)	26	Royal Beerschot AC
10	4FW	Léopold Anoul	(1922-08-19)19 August 1922 (aged 31)	45	Royal FC Liegeois
11	4FW	Joseph Mermans (c)	(1922-02-16)16 February 1922 (aged 32)	45	RSC Anderlechtois
12	1GK	Charles Geerts	(1930-10-29)29 October 1930 (aged 23)	0	Royal Beerschot AC
13	2DF	Henri Dirickx	(1927-07-07)7 July 1927 (aged 26)	13	Union St. Gilloise
14	3MF	Robert Van Kerkhoven	(1924-10-01)1 October 1924 (aged 29)	5	Daring Club
15	4FW	Hippolyte Van Den Bosch	(1926-04-30)30 April 1926 (aged 28)	2	RSC Anderlechtois
16	4FW	Pieter Van Den Bosch	(1927-10-31)31 October 1927 (aged 26)	0	RSC Anderlechtois
17	1GK	Raymond Ausloos	(1928-05-15)15 May 1928 (aged 26)	0	White Star
18	2DF	Jef Van Der Linden	(1927-11-02)2 November 1927 (aged 26)	0	Royal Antwerp FC
19	3MF	Jo Backaert	(1921-08-05)5 August 1921 (aged 32)	0	Charleroi SC
20	3MF	Robert Maertens	(1930-01-24)24 January 1930 (aged 24)	11	Royal Antwerp FC
21	3MF	Jean Van Steen	(1929-06-02)2 June 1929 (aged 25)	5	RSC Anderlechtois
22	4FW	Luc Van Hoyweghen	(1929-01-07)7 January 1929 (aged 25)	0	Daring Club

Players numbered 17–22 did not travel to Switzerland.

Coaches representation by country

Nº	Country	Coaches
2	Austria	Walter Nausch, Karl Rappan (Switzerland)
	Hungary	Lajos Czeizler (Italy), Gusztáv Sebes
	Scotland	Andy Beattie, Doug Livingstone (Belgium)
1	Brazil	Zezé Moreira
	Czechoslovakia	Karol Borhy
	England	Walter Winterbottom
	France	Pierre Pibarot
	Italy	Sandro Puppo (Turkey)
	South Korea	Kim Yong-sik
	Spain	Antonio López Herranz (Mexico)
	Uruguay	Juan López
	West Germany	Sepp Herberger
	Yugoslavia	Aleksandar Tirnanić

References

^ "MANAGER ANDREW BEATTIE". Daily Record. 2 February 1954. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Big three will choose our World Cup men". Dundee Courier. 29 January 1954. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Rafferty p96
^ "Unlucky 13 for Scots". Evening Telegraph. 23 December 2004. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ 1954 Squad at englandfootballonline.com

weltfussball.de [1]
Rafferty, John (1973). One Hundred Years of Scottish Football (Paperback). Pan. ISBN 0-330-23654-7.

[1] "MANAGER ANDREW BEATTIE". Daily Record. 2 February 1954. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Big three will choose our World Cup men". Dundee Courier. 29 January 1954. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] Rafferty p96

[4] "Unlucky 13 for Scots". Evening Telegraph. 23 December 2004. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[5] 1954 Squad at englandfootballonline.com

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