Below are the squads for the
1954 FIFA World Cup
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzer ...
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 number
In team sports, the number, often referred to as the uniform number, squad number, jersey number, shirt number, sweater number, or similar (with such naming differences varying by sport and region) is the number worn on a player's uniform, to ...
s.
Scotland were the only team to have players from foreign clubs (namely 7 players from English clubs).
Group 1
Brazil
Head coach:
Zezé Moreira
Yugoslavia
Head coach:
Aleksandar Tirnanić
Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар "Тирке" Тирнанић; 15 July 1910 – 13 December 1992) was a Yugoslav football (soccer), football player and manager.
Early life and beginnings
Born in the central Serbian sm ...
France
Head coach:
Pierre Pibarot
Mexico
Head coach:
Antonio López Herranz
Antonio López Herranz (4 May 1913 – 29 September 1959) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker and a manager.
Playing career
Born in Madrid, López Herranz spent two seasons with local Real Madrid, appearing in only ...
Roca, Ochoa, Cortes, although registered the official list remained on stand by in Mexico
Group 2
Hungary
Head coach:
Gusztáv Sebes
Gusztáv Sebes (born Gusztáv Scharenpeck; 22 January 1906 – 30 January 1986) was a Hungarian footballer and coach. With the title of Deputy Minister of Sport, he coached the Hungarian team known as the ''Mighty Magyars'' in the 1950s. A ...
West 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 ...
Turkey
Head coach:
Sandro Puppo
Sandro Puppo (; 28 January 1918 – 16 October 1986) was an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Club career
During his playing days, Puppo played for Italian clubs Piacenza, Ambrosiana, Venezia and A.S. Roma i ...
Gurbuz, Günar and Aytaç, although registered the official list remained on stand by in Turkey.
South Korea
Head coach:
Kim Yong-sik
Kim Yong-sik (; Hanja: 金容植; 25 July 1910 – 8 March 1985) was a South Korean Association football, football player and manager. He is esteemed as the godfather of the South Korean football.
International career
Kim played internationa ...
* Only 20 players in South Korea squad.
Group 3
Uruguay
Head coach:
Juan López
Austria
Head coach:
Walter Nausch
Czechoslovakia
Head coach:
Karol Borhy
Karol Borhy ( hu, Károly Borhy, 23 June 1912 in Budapest – 9 January 1997 in Lučenec) was a Czechoslovak football coach. He coached FK Inter Bratislava, ŠK Slovan Bratislava and briefly Czechoslovakia national football team. Borhy was a member ...
Scotland
Head coach:
Andy Beattie
Andrew Beattie (11 August 1913 – 20 September 1983) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He was the first manager of the Scottish national team.
Playing career
Beattie was born in Kintore, Aberdeenshire and was emplo ...
(quit after first match; remaining match was managed by a selection committee)
*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.
Group 4
England
Head coach:
Walter Winterbottom
Sir Walter Winterbottom (31 March 1913 – 16 February 2002) was an English football player and coach. He was the first manager of the England national team (1946–1962) and Director of Coaching for The Football Association (the FA). He ...
*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.
1954 Squad at englandfootballonline.com
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Switzerland
Head coach: Karl Rappan
Italy
Head coach: Lajos Czeizler
Belgium
Head coach: Doug Livingstone
Players numbered 17–22 did not travel to Switzerland.
References
* weltfussball.d
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