Below are the squads for the

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final tournament in

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Group 1

Argentina

Head coach:

César Luis Menotti César Luis Menotti (; 22 October 1938 – 5 May 2024), known as ''El Flaco'' ("Slim"), was an Argentine association football, football player and Manager (association football), manager who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as the head coach of the ...

Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems where the

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has shirt number 1 and so forth.

France

Head coach:

Michel Hidalgo Michel François Hidalgo (; 22 March 1933 – 26 March 2020) was a French professional footballer and manager. He was the head coach of the France national team from 1976 to 1984, with whom he won the UEFA Euro 1984 on home soil, also reaching ...

Hungary

Head coach:

Lajos Baróti Lajos Baróti (; 19 August 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a Hungarian association football, football player and manager. With eleven major titles he is one of the most outstanding coaches of his time. Career Baróti played from 1928 until 1946 ...

Italy

Head coach:

Enzo Bearzot Enzo Bearzot (; 26 September 1927 – 21 December 2010) was an Italian professional football player and manager. A defender and midfielder in his playing career, he also coached the Italy national team to victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. ...

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 José Antonio Roca García (24 May 1928 – 4 May 2007) was a Mexican Association football, football player and Manager (association football), manager. Life and career Born in Mexico City, Roca played football for Asturias F.C., Club Necaxa, ...

Poland

Head coach: Jacek Gmoch

Tunisia

Head coach: Abdelmajid Chetali

West Germany

Head coach:

Helmut Schön Helmut Schön (15 September 1915 – 23 February 1996) was a German football player and manager. He is best remembered for his exceptional career as manager of the West Germany national team in four consecutive World Cup tournaments, including ...

Group 3

Austria

Head coach: Helmut Senekowitsch

Brazil

Head coach: Cláudio Coutinho

Spain

Head coach:

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Sweden

Head coach: Georg Ericson

Group 4

Iran

Head coach: Heshmat Mohajerani

Netherlands

Head coach:

Ernst Happel Ernst Franz Hermann Happel (29 November 1925 – 14 November 1992) was an Austrian football player and manager. Happel is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, winning both league and domestic cup titles in the Netherlands, Bel ...

Jan Jongbloed wore number 8 because some of the players who had been in the Dutch squad at the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

, 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

Scotland

Manager:

Ally MacLeod Alistair Reid MacLeod (26 February 1931 – 1 February 2004) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He is perhaps best known for his time as the Scotland national football team manager, including their appearance at the 1978 ...

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

References

External links

Planet World Cup website
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