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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: Spain 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: ITA Sandro Puppo Gurbuz, Günar and Aytaç, although registered the official list remained on stand by in Turkey.

South Korea

Head coach: KOR Kim Yong-sik

Only 20 players in South Korea squad.

Group 3

Uruguay

Head coach: Juan López

Austria

Head coach: Walter Nausch

Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Karol Borhy

Scotland

Head coach: Andy Beattie

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.

Only 13 members of the squad travelled to Switzerland for the 1954 tournament. Anderson, Henderson, Mathers, Wilson, Binning, Combe, Copland and McMillan were not required to travel and stayed at home on reserve. Johnstone originally travelled with the squad but returned home injured before the tournament started and was replaced by Hamilton.

Group 4

England

Head coach: Walter Winterbottom

Only 17 of the 22 squad members travelled to Switzerland for the 1954 tournament. Five players—Ken Armstrong, Allenby Chilton, Johnny Haynes, Harry Hooper and Bedford Jezzard—were put on reserve status and remained at home awaiting a call if the need arose. It did not happen however.

Switzerland

Head coach: Austria Karl Rappan

Italy

Head coach: HUN Lajos Czeizler

Belgium

Head coach: Scotland Doug Livingstone Players numbered 17–22 did not travel to Switzerland.

Coaches representation by country

Nº	Country	Coaches
2	Austria Austria	Walter Nausch, Karl Rappan (Switzerland)
	Hungary Hungary	Lajos Czeizler (Italy), Gusztáv Sebes
	Scotland Scotland	Andy Beattie, Doug Livingstone (Belgium)
1	Brazil Brazil	Zezé Moreira
	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	Karol Borhy
	England England	Walter Winterbottom
	France France	Pierre Pibarot
	Italy Italy	Sandro Puppo (Turkey)
	South Korea South Korea	Kim Yong-sik
	Spain Spain	Antonio López Herranz (Mexico)
	Uruguay Uruguay	Juan López
	West Germany West Germany	Sepp Herberger
	Yugoslavia Yugoslavia	Aleksandar Tirnanić

References

weltfussball.de https://www.weltfussball.de/spieler/wm-1954-in-der-schweiz/

References

(2 February 1954). "MANAGER ANDREW BEATTIE". Daily Record.
(29 January 1954). "Big three will choose our World Cup men". Dundee Courier.
Rafferty p96
(23 December 2004). "Unlucky 13 for Scots". Evening Telegraph.
[http://www.englandfootballonline.com/CmpWC/CmpWC1954Squad.html 1954 Squad at englandfootballonline.com]

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