Below are the squads for the
1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, be ...
final tournament in France.
Hungary and Switzerland were the only teams who had players from foreign clubs. All the three such players represented French clubs.
Nine selected players by Germany came from the qualified but not participating Austria due to
Anschluss
The (, or , ), also known as the (, en, Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938.
The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a " Greater Germa ...
.
Rosters include reserves, alternates, and preselected players that may have participated in qualifiers and/or pre-tournament friendlies but not in the finals themselves.
Italy
Head coach:
Vittorio Pozzo
Vittorio Pozzo (; 2 March 1886 – 21 December 1968) was an Italian football player, manager and journalist.
The creator of the '' Metodo'' tactical formation, Pozzo is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, and is the only man ...
Hungary
Head coach:
Károly Dietz
Károly Dietz (21 July 1885 – 9 July 1969) was a Hungarian football player and manager who coached Hungary in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Magyar AC and Műegyetemi AFC
Műegyetemi Atlétikai és Football Club (English: Techn ...
and
Alfréd Schaffer
Alfréd Schaffer (13 February 1893 – 30 August 1945) was a Hungarian international footballer. He is recorded as having played for a record number of clubs: 21 in a 15-year career which lasted from 1910 to 1925.
Career
Born in Budapest, he ...
Brazil
Head coach:
Adhemar Pimenta
Adhemar Pimenta (1896-1970) was a Brazilian football manager.
He was born in Rio de Janeiro on April 12, 1896, and died in the same city on August 26, 1970.
References
* Obituaries Jornal do Brasil, Folha de S. Paulo
''Folha de S.Paulo'' (som ...
Sweden
Head coach:
József Nagy
Czechoslovakia
Head coach:
Josef Meissner
Switzerland
Head coach:
Karl Rappan
Karl Rappan (26 September 1905 – 2 January 1996) was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played and managed mostly in Switzerland, where he won multiple titles. He had four tenures as coach of the Switzerland national team, which he managed i ...
Cuba
Head coach:
José Tapia
France
Head coach:
Gaston Barreau
Gaston Barreau (7 December 1883 – 11 June 1958) was a French football player and coach. He played primarily for FEC Levallois, but was also honored with 12 selections in the France national team between 1911 and 1914. He played as a defend ...
Romania
Head coach:
Alexandru Săvulescu and
Costel Rădulescu
Germany
Head coach:
Sepp Herberger
Josef "Sepp" Herberger (28 March 1897 – 28 April 1977) was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West German national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, a match later dubbed '' The Mir ...
Poland
Head coach:
Józef Kałuża
Józef Ignacy Kałuża (11 February 1896 – 11 October 1944) was a Polish footballer and later coach, was one of the legends of Polish sports.
Club career
Kałuża was one of the most experienced forward players of 1920s Poland. His whole car ...
Norway
Head coach:
Asbjørn Halvorsen
Belgium
Head coach:
Jack Butler
Netherlands
Head coach:
Bob Glendenning
Robert Glendenning (6 June 1888 – 19 November 1940) was an English professional footballer, who played as a wing half for several English clubs prior to and just after the First World War. He later went on to coach in the Netherlands, includi ...
Dutch East Indies
Head coach:
Johan Mastenbroek
References
External links
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1938 FIFA World Cup squadsat Weltfussball.de
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Squads
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FIFA World Cup squads