1950 FIFA World Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 1950 FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil. This was the first World Cup where the players' jerseys featured back numbers (allowed in football since 1944), though no teams had fixed numbers for each player (that would only be compulsory from the next World Cup, in 1954). Thus, the players are ordered by name.

Group 1

Brazil

Head coach: Flávio Costa

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Barbosa 27 March 1921 (aged 29) 13 Vasco da Gama 2 2DF Augusto 22 October 1920 (aged 29) 12 Vasco da Gama 3 2DF Nílton Santos 16 May 1927 (aged 23) 5 Botafogo 4 3MF Bauer 21 November 1925 (aged 24) 6 São Paulo 5 3MF Danilo 3 December 1920 (aged 29) 15 Vasco da Gama 6 3MF Bigode 4 April 1922 (aged 28) 5 Flamengo 7 4FW Friaça 20 October 1924 (aged 25) 6 São Paulo 8 4FW Zizinho 14 September 1922 (aged 27) 30 Bangu 9 4FW Ademir 8 November 1922 (aged 27) 25 Vasco da Gama 10 4FW Jair 21 March 1921 (aged 29) 32 Palmeiras 11 4FW Chico 7 January 1922 (aged 28) 15 Vasco da Gama - 4FW Adãozinho 2 April 1923 (aged 27) 2 Internacional - 4FW Alfredo 1 January 1920 (aged 30) 0 Vasco da Gama - 4FW Baltazar 14 January 1926 (aged 24) 4 Corinthians - 1GK Castilho 27 November 1927 (aged 22) 2 Fluminense - 2DF Ely 14 May 1921 (aged 29) 8 Vasco da Gama - 2DF Juvenal 27 November 1923 (aged 26) 4 Flamengo - 4FW Maneca 28 January 1926 (aged 24) 3 Vasco da Gama - 2DF Nena 27 March 1921 (aged 29) 5 Internacional - 3MF Noronha 25 September 1918 (aged 31) 15 São Paulo - 4FW Rodrigues 27 June 1925 (aged 24) 2 Fluminense - 3MF Rui 2 August 1922 (aged 27) 27 São Paulo

Switzerland

Head coach: Franco Andreoli

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 4FW Charles Antenen 3 November 1929 (aged 20) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds - 4FW René Bader 7 August 1922 (aged 27) FC Basel - 4FW Walter Beerli 23 July 1928 (aged 21) Young Boys Bern - 4FW Alfred Bickel 2 May 1918 (aged 32) Grasshoppers Club Zurich - 2DF Roger Bocquet 9 April 1921 (aged 29) Lausanne-Sport - 1GK Eugen Corrodi 2 July 1922 (aged 27) FC Lugano - 3MF Oliver Eggimann 6 August 1921 (aged 28) Servette FC - 4FW Jacques Fatton 19 December 1925 (aged 24) Servette FC - 4FW Hans-Peter Friedländer 6 November 1920 (aged 29) Lausanne-Sport - 2DF Rudolf Gyger 16 April 1920 (aged 30) Cantonal Neuchâtel - 1GK Adolphe Hug 23 September 1923 (aged 26) Urania Genf - 2DF Willy Kernen 6 August 1929 (aged 20) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds - 4FW Gerhard Lusenti 24 April 1921 (aged 29) AC Bellinzona - 2DF André Neury 3 September 1921 (aged 28) FC Locarno - 3MF Roger Quinche 22 July 1922 (aged 27) Young Boys Bern - 2DF Kurt Rey 1923 SC Young Fellows - 4FW Walter Schneiter FC Zurich - 4FW Hans Siegenthaler 1923 SC Young Fellows - 2DF Felice Soldini 1915 AC Bellinzona - 2DF Willi Steffen 24 May 1923 (aged 27) Cantonal Neuchâtel - 1GK Georges Stuber 11 May 1925 (aged 25) Lausanne-Sport - 4FW Jean Tamini 9 December 1919 (aged 30) Servette FC

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Milorad Arsenijević

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 3MF Aleksandar Atanacković 29 April 1920 (aged 30) 15 Partizan Belgrade - 1GK Vladimir Beara 2 November 1928 (aged 21) 0 Hajduk Split - 4FW Stjepan Bobek 3 December 1923 (aged 26) 26 Partizan Belgrade - 2DF Božo Broketa 24 December 1921 (aged 28) 3 Hajduk Split - 4FW Željko Čajkovski 5 May 1925 (aged 25) 16 Dinamo Zagreb - 3MF Zlatko Čajkovski 24 January 1923 (aged 27) 25 Partizan Belgrade - 2DF Ratko Čolić 17 March 1918 (aged 32) 6 Partizan Belgrade - 3MF Predrag Đajić 1 May 1922 (aged 28) 5 Red Star Belgrade - 2DF Vladimir Firm 1923 3 Partizan Belgrade - 2DF Ivica Horvat 16 July 1926 (aged 23) 13 Dinamo Zagreb - 2DF Miodrag Jovanović 17 January 1922 (aged 28) 18 Partizan Belgrade - 3MF Ervin Katnić Hajduk Split - 4FW Prvoslav Mihajlović 13 April 1921 (aged 29) 12 Partizan Belgrade - 4FW Rajko Mitić 6 September 1922 (aged 27) 19 Red Star Belgrade - 1GK Srđan Mrkušić 26 June 1915 (aged 34) 4 Red Star Belgrade - 4FW Tihomir Ognjanov 2 March 1927 (aged 23) 2 Red Star Belgrade - 3MF Bela Palfi 16 February 1923 (aged 27) 1 Red Star Belgrade - 3MF Ivo Radovniković Hajduk Split - 2DF Branko Stanković 31 October 1921 (aged 28) 19 Red Star Belgrade - 4FW Kosta Tomašević 26 May 1924 (aged 26) 6 Red Star Belgrade - 4FW Bernard Vukas 1 May 1927 (aged 23) 6 Hajduk Split - 2DF Siniša Zlatković Red Star Belgrade

Mexico

Head coach: Octavio Vial

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 4FW José Luis Borbolla 31 January 1920 (aged 30) Club América - 1GK Antonio Carbajal 7 June 1929 (aged 21) España FC - 4FW Horacio Casarín 25 May 1918 (aged 32) España FC - 1GK Raúl Córdoba San Sebastian Leon - 3MF Samuel Cuburu 20 February 1928 (aged 22) FC Puebla - 3MF Antonio Flores 13 July 1923 (aged 26) Atlas - 2DF Gregorio Gómez 26 June 1924 (aged 25) Deportivo Guadalajara - 3MF Carlos Guevara Asturias F.C. - 2DF Manuel Gutiérrez 8 April 1920 (aged 30) Club América - 3MF Francisco Hernández CD Zacatepec - 2DF Alfonso Montemayor 28 April 1922 (aged 28) FC Leon - 4FW José Naranjo 19 March 1926 (aged 24) Oro Guadalajara - 4FW Leonardo Navarro FC Atlante - 3MF Mario Ochoa 1927 Club América - 3MF Héctor Ortiz 20 December 1928 (aged 21) CD Marte - 3MF Mario Pérez 19 February 1927 (aged 23) CD Marte - 4FW Max Prieto Deportivo Guadalajara - 2DF José Antonio Roca 24 May 1928 (aged 22) Necaxa - 2DF Rodrígo Ruíz 14 April 1923 (aged 27) Deportivo Guadalajara - 4FW Carlos Septién 18 January 1923 (aged 27) España FC - 4FW José Velázquez 12 August 1923 (aged 26) FC Puebla - 2DF Felipe Zetter 3 July 1923 (aged 26) Atlas

Group 2

Spain

Head coach: Guillermo Eizaguirre

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 1GK Juan Acuña 11 January 1923 (aged 27) 1 Deportivo de La Coruña - 2DF Gabriel Alonso 9 November 1923 (aged 26) 4 Celta de Vigo - 2DF Francisco Antúnez 1 November 1922 (aged 27) 2 CF Sevilla - 2DF Vicente Asensi 28 January 1919 (aged 31) 5 Valencia CF - 4FW Estanislao Basora 18 November 1926 (aged 23) 4 CF Barcelona - 4FW César 29 June 1920 (aged 29) 8 CF Barcelona - 4FW Agustín Gaínza 28 May 1922 (aged 28) 14 Atlético Bilbao - 2DF Josep Gonzalvo 16 January 1920 (aged 30) 3 CF Barcelona - 3MF Marià Gonzalvo 22 March 1922 (aged 28) 8 CF Barcelona - 4FW Rosendo Hernández 1 March 1921 (aged 29) 2 RCD Espanyol - 4FW Silvestre Igoa 5 September 1920 (aged 29) 5 Valencia CF - 1GK Ignacio Eizaguirre 7 November 1920 (aged 29) 14 Valencia CF - 4FW José Juncosa 2 February 1922 (aged 28) 1 Atlético Madrid - 2DF Rafael Lesmes 9 November 1926 (aged 23) 0 Valladolid - 4FW Luis Molowny 12 May 1925 (aged 25) 2 Real Madrid - 3MF Nando 1 February 1921 (aged 29) 5 Atlético Bilbao - 4FW José Luis Panizo 12 January 1922 (aged 28) 6 Atlético Bilbao - 2DF José Parra 28 August 1925 (aged 24) 1 RCD Espanyol - 3MF Antonio Puchades 4 June 1925 (aged 25) 6 Valencia CF - 1GK Antoni Ramallets 4 June 1924 (aged 26) 0 CF Barcelona - 2DF Alfonso Silva 19 March 1926 (aged 24) 3 Atlético Madrid - 4FW Zarra 20 January 1921 (aged 29) 11 Atlético Bilbao

England

Head coach: Walter Winterbottom

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 2DF John Aston 2 September 1921 (aged 28) 14 Manchester United - 3MF Eddie Baily 6 August 1925 (aged 24) 0 Tottenham Hotspur - 4FW Roy Bentley 17 May 1924 (aged 26) 4 Chelsea - 3MF Henry Cockburn 14 September 1921 (aged 28) 10 Manchester United - 3MF Jimmy Dickinson 24 April 1925 (aged 25) 7 Portsmouth - 1GK Ted Ditchburn 24 October 1921 (aged 28) 2 Tottenham Hotspur - 2DF Bill Eckersley 16 July 1925 (aged 24) 0 Blackburn Rovers - 4FW Tom Finney 5 April 1922 (aged 28) 25 Preston North End - 3MF Laurie Hughes 2 March 1924 (aged 26) 0 Liverpool - 4FW Wilf Mannion 16 May 1918 (aged 32) 19 Middlesbrough - 4FW Stanley Matthews 1 February 1915 (aged 35) 30 Blackpool - 4FW Jackie Milburn 11 May 1924 (aged 26) 7 Newcastle United - 4FW Stan Mortensen 26 May 1921 (aged 29) 18 Blackpool - 4FW Jimmy Mullen 6 January 1923 (aged 27) 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers - 3MF Bill Nicholson 26 January 1919 (aged 31) 0 Tottenham Hotspur - 2DF Alf Ramsey 22 January 1920 (aged 30) 5 Tottenham Hotspur - 2DF Laurie Scott 23 April 1917 (aged 33) 17 Arsenal - 2DF Jim Taylor 5 November 1917 (aged 32) 0 Fulham - 3MF Willie Watson 7 March 1920 (aged 30) 2 Sunderland - 1GK Bert Williams 31 January 1920 (aged 30) 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. - 2DF Billy Wright 6 February 1924 (aged 26) 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Chile

Head coach: Arturo Bucciardi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 2DF Manuel Álvarez 23 May 1928 (aged 22) 3 Universidad Católica - 3MF Miguel Busquets 15 October 1920 (aged 29) 15 Universidad de Chile - 3MF Fernando Campos 9 August 1921 (aged 28) 5 Colo-Colo - 3MF Hernán Carvallo 19 August 1922 (aged 27) 5 Universidad Católica - 4FW Atilio Cremaschi 8 March 1923 (aged 27) 10 Unión Española - 4FW Guillermo Díaz 29 December 1930 (aged 19) 4 Santiago Wanderers - 2DF Arturo Farías 1 November 1927 (aged 22) 4 Colo-Colo - 2DF Miguel Flores 0 Universidad de Chile - 4FW Carlos Ibáñez 30 November 1931 (aged 18) 0 Magallanes - 4FW Raimundo Infante 2 February 1928 (aged 22) 13 Universidad Católica - 1GK Sergio Livingstone 26 March 1920 (aged 30) 31 Universidad Católica - 2DF Manuel Machuca 6 June 1924 (aged 26) 18 Colo-Colo - 4FW Luis Mayanés 15 January 1925 (aged 25) 0 Universidad de Chile - 4FW Manuel Muñoz 28 April 1928 (aged 22) 0 Colo-Colo - 4FW Andrés Prieto 19 December 1928 (aged 21) 9 Universidad Católica - 1GK René Quitral 22 July 1920 (aged 29) 0 Santiago Wanderers - 4FW Fernando Riera 27 June 1920 (aged 29) 16 Universidad Católica - 4FW George Robledo 14 April 1926 (aged 24) 0 Newcastle United - 3MF Carlos Rojas October 2, 1928 (aged 21) 5 Unión Española - 2DF Fernando Roldán 1 April 1921 (aged 29) 0 Universidad Católica - 3MF Osvaldo Saez 13 August 1923 (aged 26) 11 Colo-Colo - 2DF Francisco Urroz 31 October 1921 (aged 28) 10 Colo-Colo

United States

Head coach: William Jeffrey

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 2DF Robert Annis 5 September 1928 (aged 21) 1 St. Louis Simpkins-Ford - 3MF Walter Bahr 1 April 1927 (aged 23) 7 Philadelphia Nationals - 1GK Frank Borghi 9 April 1925 (aged 25) 4 St. Louis Simpkins-Ford - 3MF Charlie Colombo 20 July 1920 (aged 29) 7 St. Louis Simpkins-Ford - 2DF Geoff Coombes 23 April 1919 (aged 31) 0 Chicago Vikings - 4FW Robert Craddock 5 September 1923 (aged 26) 0 Pittsburgh Harmarville S.C. - 4FW Nicholas DiOrio 4 February 1921 (aged 29) 0 Pittsburgh Harmarville S.C. - 4FW Joe Gaetjens 19 March 1924 (aged 26) 0 Brookhattan - 1GK Gino Gardassanich 26 November 1922 (aged 27) 0 Chicago Slovaks - 2DF Harry Keough 15 November 1927 (aged 22) 3 St. Louis McMahon - 2DF Joe Maca 28 September 1920 (aged 29) 0 Brooklyn Hispano - 3MF Ed McIlvenny 21 October 1924 (aged 25) 0 Philadelphia Nationals - 4FW Benny McLaughlin 10 April 1928 (aged 22) 0 Philadelphia Nationals - 4FW Frank Moniz 26 September 1911 (aged 38) 0 Ponta Delgada S.C. - 4FW Gino Pariani 21 February 1928 (aged 22) 2 St. Louis Simpkins-Ford - 4FW Ed Souza 22 September 1921 (aged 28) 2 Ponta Delgada S.C. - 4FW John Souza 12 July 1920 (aged 29) 9 Ponta Delgada S.C. - 4FW Frank Wallace 15 July 1922 (aged 27) 4 St. Louis Simpkins-Ford - 4FW Adam Wolanin 13 November 1919 (aged 30) 0 Chicago Eagles

Group 3

Sweden

Head coach: George Raynor

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 3MF Olle Åhlund 22 August 1920 (aged 29) 15 Degerfors IF - 3MF Sune Andersson 22 February 1921 (aged 29) 23 AIK Stockholm - 2DF Ivan Bodin 20 July 1923 (aged 26) 0 AIK Stockholm - 3MF Ingvar Gärd 6 October 1921 (aged 28) 1 Malmö FF - 4FW Hasse Jeppson 10 May 1925 (aged 25) 1 Djurgårdens IF Stockholm - 2DF Gunnar Johansson 29 February 1924 (aged 26) 0 GAIS - 4FW Egon Jönsson 6 December 1926 (aged 23) 7 Malmö FF - 1GK Torsten Lindberg 14 April 1917 (aged 33) 18 IFK Norrköping * 2DF Arne Månsson 1 Malmö FF - 4FW Bror Mellberg 9 December 1923 (aged 26) 1 AIK Stockholm - 2DF Erik Nilsson 6 August 1916 (aged 33) 28 Malmö FF - 4FW Stellan Nilsson 28 May 1922 (aged 28) 15 Malmö FF - 3MF Knut Nordahl 13 January 1920 (aged 30) 22 IFK Norrköping - 4FW Karl-Erik Palmér 17 April 1929 (aged 21) 5 Malmö FF - 4FW Ingvar Rydell 7 May 1922 (aged 28) 2 Malmö FF - 2DF Lennart Samuelsson 7 July 1924 (aged 25) 1 IF Elfsborg Borås - 4FW Lennart Skoglund 24 December 1929 (aged 20) 1 AIK Stockholm - 4FW Stig Sundqvist 19 July 1922 (aged 27) 6 IFK Norrköping - 1GK Kalle Svensson 11 November 1925 (aged 24) 4 Helsingborgs IF - 4FW Kurt Svensson 0 IS Halmia - 1GK Tore Svensson 6 December 1927 (aged 22) 0 Malmö FF - 4FW Börje Tapper 20 May 1922 (aged 28) 4 Malmö FF

Italy

Head coach: Ferruccio Novo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 4FW Amedeo Amadei 26 July 1921 (aged 28) 6 Internazionale - 2DF Carlo Annovazzi 24 May 1925 (aged 25) 10 Milan - 2DF Ivano Blason 24 May 1923 (aged 27) 0 Triestina - 4FW Giampiero Boniperti 4 July 1928 (aged 21) 6 Juventus - 4FW Aldo Campatelli 7 April 1919 (aged 31) 6 Internazionale - 4FW Gino Cappello 2 June 1920 (aged 30) 3 Bologna - 4FW Emilio Caprile 30 September 1928 (aged 21) 2 Atalanta - 4FW Riccardo Carapellese 1 July 1922 (aged 27) 11 Torino - 1GK Giuseppe Casari 10 April 1922 (aged 28) 2 Atalanta - 2DF Osvaldo Fattori 22 June 1922 (aged 28) 3 Internazionale - 2DF Zeffiro Furiassi 19 January 1923 (aged 27) 0 Lazio - 2DF Attilio Giovannini 30 July 1924 (aged 25) 4 Internazionale - 4FW Benito Lorenzi 20 December 1925 (aged 24) 5 Internazionale - 3MF Augusto Magli 9 March 1923 (aged 27) 0 Fiorentina - 3MF Giacomo Mari 17 October 1924 (aged 25) 3 Juventus - 1GK Giuseppe Moro 16 January 1921 (aged 29) 2 Torino - 4FW Ermes Muccinelli 28 July 1927 (aged 22) 2 Juventus - 4FW Egisto Pandolfini 19 February 1926 (aged 24) 0 Fiorentina - 3MF Carlo Parola 20 September 1921 (aged 28) 9 Juventus - 3MF Leandro Remondini 17 November 1917 (aged 32) 0 Lazio - 1GK Lucidio Sentimenti 1 July 1920 (aged 29) 7 Lazio - 3MF Omero Tognon 3 March 1924 (aged 26) 4 Milan

Paraguay

Head coach: Manuel Fleitas Solich

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 4FW Enrique Avalos 1922 Cerro Porteño - 4FW Marcial Avalos Cerro Porteño - 3MF Melanio Baez Nacional - 4FW Ángel Berni 9 January 1931 (aged 19) Sportivo Luqueño - 2DF Antonio Cabrera Libertad - 4FW Lorenzo Calonga Guaraní - 4FW Juan Cañete Presidente Hayes - 3MF Castor Cantero 1918 Olimpia - 1GK Pablo Centurión Cerro Porteño - 2DF Casiano Céspedes 1924 Olimpia - 2DF Manuel Gavilán 1921 Libertad - 2DF Alberto González 1922 Olimpia - 3MF Armando González Guaraní - 3MF Victoriano Leguizamón 1923 Olimpia - 4FW Atilio López 1925 Nacional - 4FW César López Fretes 21 March 1923 (aged 27) Olimpia - 4FW Hilarión Osorio Sportivo Luqueño - 2DF Elioro Paredes Sportivo Luqueño - 4FW Darío Saguier 11 September 1926 (aged 23) Cerro Porteño - 4FW Francisco Sosa Cerro Porteño - 4FW Leongino Unzaim 16 May 1925 (aged 25) Olimpia - 1GK Marcelino Vargas 1921 Libertad

Group 4

Uruguay

Head coach: Juan López

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 4FW Julio César Britos 18 May 1926 (aged 24) 10 Peñarol - 4FW Juan Burgueño 4 February 1923 (aged 27) 4 Danubio - 2DF Schubert Gambetta 14 April 1920 (aged 30) 39 Nacional - 4FW Alcides Ghiggia 22 December 1926 (aged 23) 3 Peñarol - 2DF Juan Carlos González 22 August 1924 (aged 25) 3 Peñarol - 2DF Matías González 6 August 1925 (aged 24) 7 Cerro - 2DF William Martínez 13 January 1928 (aged 22) 3 Rampla Juniors - 1GK Roque Máspoli 12 October 1917 (aged 32) 27 Peñarol - 4FW Oscar Míguez 5 December 1927 (aged 22) 5 Peñarol - 4FW Rubén Morán 6 August 1930 (aged 19) 2 Cerro - 3MF Washington Ortuño 13 May 1928 (aged 22) 0 Peñarol - 1GK Aníbal Paz 18 February 1918 (aged 32) 23 Nacional - 4FW Julio Pérez 19 June 1926 (aged 24) 7 Nacional - 3MF Rodolfo Pini 1926 6 Nacional - 4FW Luis Rijo 28 September 1927 (aged 22) 0 Central - 3MF Víctor Rodríguez Andrade 2 May 1927 (aged 23) 11 Central - 4FW Carlos Romero 7 September 1927 (aged 22) 3 Danubio - 4FW Juan Alberto Schiaffino 28 July 1925 (aged 24) 9 Peñarol - 2DF Eusebio Tejera 6 January 1922 (aged 28) 28 Nacional - 3MF Obdulio Varela 20 September 1917 (aged 32) 39 Peñarol - 4FW Ernesto Vidal 15 November 1921 (aged 28) 0 Peñarol - 2DF Héctor Vilches 14 February 1926 (aged 24) 5 Cerro

Bolivia

Head coach: Mario Pretto

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club - 2DF Alberto Figueroa de Acha 3 April 1920 (aged 30) 23 The Strongest - 4FW Víctor Celestino Algarañaz 1926 8 Club Litoral - 3MF Alberto Aparicio 0 Feroviario La Paz - 3MF Duberty Aráoz 10 Club Litoral - 1GK Vicente Arraya 26 Feroviario La Paz - 3MF Juan Arricio 0 Ayacucho La Paz - 4FW Víctor Brown 2 Club Litoral - 2DF José Bustamante 1921 31 Club Litoral - 3MF René Cabrera 8 Club Jorge Wilstermann - 4FW Roberto Capparelli 1923 0 The Strongest - 3MF Leonardo Ferrel 1924 18 The Strongest - 4FW Benedicto Godoy Véizaga 9 Feroviario La Paz - 2DF Antonio Greco 1923 0 Club Litoral - 4FW Juan Guerra 9 Feroviario La Paz - 4FW Benigno Gutiérrez 1 September 1925 (aged 24) 15 Club Litoral - 1GK Eduardo Gutiérrez 2 September 1922 (aged 27) 12 CD Ingavi - 4FW Benjamin Maldonado 1928 4 San Jose de Oruro - 4FW Mario Mena 1923 9 Club Bolívar - 3MF Humberto Saavedra 0 The Strongest - 3MF Eulogio Sandoval 0 Club Litoral - 4FW Víctor Agustín Ugarte 5 May 1926 (aged 24) 16 Club Bolívar - 3MF Antonio Valencia 1927 9 Club Bolívar

• NB*: Rosters include reserves, alternates, and preselected players that may have participated in qualifiers and/or pre-tournament friendlies but not in the finals themselves.