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1958 FIFA World Cup squads
Below are the squads for the 1958 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Sweden. France (1), Northern Ireland (19), Scotland (6), Sweden (5) and Wales (14) had players representing foreign clubs. For the first time, seven players (one French, five Swedish and one Welsh) were selected from clubs from nations that did not qualify for the tournament (Italy and Spain).
Group 1
West Germany
Head coach: Sepp Herberger
Northern Ireland
Head coach: Peter Doherty
Czechoslovakia
Head coach: Karel Kolský
Argentina
Head coach: Guillermo Stábile
Group 2
France
Head coach: Albert Batteux
Yugoslavia
Head coach: Aleksandar Tirnanić Players no. 20-22 did not travel to Sweden.
Paraguay
Head coach: Aurelio González
Scotland
Head coach: Dawson Walker (officially only acting manager in place of Matt Busby, who was seriously injured in the Munich air disaster and unable to resume his duties in time for the tournament)
Group 3
Sweden
Head coach: 🏴 George Raynor
Wales
Head coach: Jimmy Murphy Note: Swansea Town (now Swansea City) and Cardiff City are Welsh clubs that play in the English football league system.
Hungary
Head coach: Lajos Baróti
Mexico
Head coach: 🇪🇸 Antonio López Herranz
Group 4
Brazil
Head coach: Vicente Feola
Soviet Union
Head coach: Gavriil Kachalin
England
Head coach: Walter Winterbottom
Austria
Head coach: Karl Argauer
Coaches representation by country
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