1958 FIFA World Cup squads

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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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