1954 FIFA World Cup squads

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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

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Aleksandar Tirnanić

France

Head coach: Pierre Pibarot

Mexico

Head coach: 🇪🇸 Antonio López Herranz Roca, Ochoa, Cortes, although registered the official list remained on stand by in Mexico

Group 2

Hungary

Head coach: Gusztáv Sebes

West Germany

Head coach: Sepp Herberger

Turkey

Head coach: 🇮🇹 Sandro Puppo Gurbuz, Günar and Aytaç, although registered the official list remained on stand by in Turkey.

South Korea

Head coach: 🇰🇷 Kim Yong-sik

Group 3

Uruguay

Head coach: Juan López

Austria

Head coach: Walter Nausch

Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Karol Borhy

Scotland

Head coach: Andy Beattie (quit after first match; remaining match was managed by a selection committee) Alex Dowdells had also been appointed the team's trainer. 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.

Group 4

England

Head coach: Walter Winterbottom

Switzerland

Head coach: 🇦🇹 Karl Rappan

Italy

Head coach: 🇭🇺 Lajos Czeizler

Belgium

Head coach: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Doug Livingstone Players numbered 17–22 did not travel to Switzerland.

Coaches representation by country

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