Below are the rosters for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in Mexico. Those marked in bold went on to earn full international caps. Age as of 2 June 1983, first day of the tournament.

Group A

Head coach: 🇦🇺 Les Scheinflug

Head coach: 🇰🇷 Park Jong-Hwan

Head coach: 🇲🇽 Mario Velarde

Head coach: Andy Roxburgh

Group B

Head coach: 🇨🇮 Benjamin Iojene

Head coach: 🇵🇱 Mieczysław Broniszewski

Head coach: Angus McAlpine

Head coach: José Etchegoyen

Group C

Head coach: 🇦🇷 Carlos Pachamé

Head coach: 🇦🇹 Gerhard Hitzel

Head coach: Gao Fengwen

Head coach: Milouš Kvaček

Group D

Head coach: Jair Pereira

Head coach: Kees Rijvers

Head coach: 🇳🇬 Christopher Udemezue

Head coach: Nikolay Kiselyov