1978 FIFA World Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 1978 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Argentina.

Group 1

Argentina

Head coach: César Luis Menotti

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	3MF	Norberto Alonso	(1953-01-04)4 January 1953 (aged 25)	6	River Plate
2	3MF	Osvaldo Ardiles	(1952-08-03)3 August 1952 (aged 25)	33	Huracán
3	1GK	Héctor Baley	(1950-11-16)16 November 1950 (aged 27)	10	Huracán
4	4FW	Daniel Bertoni	(1955-03-14)14 March 1955 (aged 23)	16	Independiente
5	1GK	Ubaldo Fillol	(1950-07-21)21 July 1950 (aged 27)	7	River Plate
6	3MF	Américo Gallego	(1955-04-25)25 April 1955 (aged 23)	34	Newell's Old Boys
7	2DF	Luis Galván	(1948-02-24)24 February 1948 (aged 30)	7	Talleres de Córdoba
8	3MF	Rubén Galván	(1952-04-07)7 April 1952 (aged 26)	6	Independiente
9	4FW	René Houseman	(1953-07-19)19 July 1953 (aged 24)	41	Huracán
10	4FW	Mario Kempes	(1954-07-15)15 July 1954 (aged 23)	24	Valencia
11	2DF	Daniel Killer	(1949-12-21)21 December 1949 (aged 28)	21	Racing Club
12	3MF	Omar Larrosa	(1947-11-18)18 November 1947 (aged 30)	9	Independiente
13	1GK	Ricardo La Volpe	(1952-02-06)6 February 1952 (aged 26)	8	San Lorenzo
14	4FW	Leopoldo Luque	(1949-05-03)3 May 1949 (aged 29)	27	River Plate
15	2DF	Jorge Olguin	(1952-05-17)17 May 1952 (aged 26)	22	San Lorenzo
16	4FW	Oscar Ortiz	(1953-04-08)8 April 1953 (aged 25)	15	River Plate
17	3MF	Miguel Oviedo	(1950-10-12)12 October 1950 (aged 27)	6	Talleres de Córdoba
18	2DF	Rubén Pagnanini	(1949-01-31)31 January 1949 (aged 29)	4	Independiente
19	2DF	Daniel Passarella (c)	(1953-05-25)25 May 1953 (aged 25)	18	River Plate
20	2DF	Alberto Tarantini	(1955-12-03)3 December 1955 (aged 22)	26	Free agent
21	3MF	José Daniel Valencia	(1955-10-03)3 October 1955 (aged 22)	16	Talleres de Córdoba
22	3MF	Ricardo Villa	(1952-08-18)18 August 1952 (aged 25)	13	Racing Club

Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems where the goalkeeper has shirt number 1 and so forth.

France

Head coach: Michel Hidalgo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Dominique Baratelli	(1947-12-26)26 December 1947 (aged 30)	18	Nice
2	2DF	Patrick Battiston	(1957-03-12)12 March 1957 (aged 21)	5	Metz
3	2DF	Maxime Bossis	(1955-06-26)26 June 1955 (aged 22)	11	Nantes
4	2DF	Gérard Janvion	(1953-08-21)21 August 1953 (aged 24)	15	Saint-Étienne
5	2DF	François Bracci	(1951-11-06)6 November 1951 (aged 26)	15	Marseille
6	2DF	Christian Lopez	(1953-03-15)15 March 1953 (aged 25)	12	Saint-Étienne
7	2DF	Patrice Rio	(1948-08-15)15 August 1948 (aged 29)	15	Nantes
8	2DF	Marius Trésor (c)	(1950-01-15)15 January 1950 (aged 28)	36	Marseille
9	3MF	Dominique Bathenay	(1954-02-13)13 February 1954 (aged 24)	12	Saint-Étienne
10	3MF	Jean-Marc Guillou	(1945-12-20)20 December 1945 (aged 32)	18	Nice
11	3MF	Henri Michel	(1947-10-28)28 October 1947 (aged 30)	52	Nantes
12	3MF	Claude Papi	(1949-04-16)16 April 1949 (aged 29)	2	Bastia
13	3MF	Jean Petit	(1949-09-25)25 September 1949 (aged 28)	3	Monaco
14	4FW	Marc Berdoll	(1953-04-06)6 April 1953 (aged 25)	10	Marseille
15	3MF	Michel Platini	(1955-06-21)21 June 1955 (aged 22)	15	Nancy
16	4FW	Christian Dalger	(1949-12-19)19 December 1949 (aged 28)	5	Monaco
17	4FW	Bernard Lacombe	(1952-08-15)15 August 1952 (aged 25)	14	Lyon
18	3MF	Dominique Rocheteau	(1955-01-14)14 January 1955 (aged 23)	10	Saint-Étienne
19	3MF	Didier Six	(1954-08-21)21 August 1954 (aged 23)	15	Lens
20	4FW	Olivier Rouyer	(1955-12-01)1 December 1955 (aged 22)	9	Nancy
21	1GK	Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes	(1952-05-23)23 May 1952 (aged 26)	9	Nantes
22	1GK	Dominique Dropsy	(1951-12-09)9 December 1951 (aged 26)	0	Strasbourg

Hungary

Head coach: Lajos Baróti

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Sándor Gujdár	(1951-11-08)8 November 1951 (aged 26)	19	Budapest Honvéd
2	2DF	Péter Török	(1951-04-18)18 April 1951 (aged 27)	29	Vasas
3	2DF	István Kocsis	(1949-10-06)6 October 1949 (aged 28)	6	Budapest Honvéd
4	3MF	József Tóth	(1951-12-02)2 December 1951 (aged 26)	25	Újpesti Dózsa
5	3MF	Sándor Zombori	(1951-10-31)31 October 1951 (aged 26)	16	Vasas
6	2DF	Zoltán Kereki (c)	(1953-07-13)13 July 1953 (aged 24)	24	Haladás
7	4FW	László Fazekas	(1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 30)	71	Újpesti Dózsa
8	4FW	Tibor Nyilasi	(1955-01-18)18 January 1955 (aged 23)	26	Ferencváros
9	4FW	András Törőcsik	(1955-05-01)1 May 1955 (aged 23)	11	Újpesti Dózsa
10	3MF	Sándor Pintér	(1950-07-18)18 July 1950 (aged 27)	32	Budapest Honvéd
11	4FW	Béla Várady	(1953-04-12)12 April 1953 (aged 25)	28	Vasas
12	2DF	Győző Martos	(1949-12-15)15 December 1949 (aged 28)	11	Ferencváros
13	3MF	Károly Csapó	(1952-02-23)23 February 1952 (aged 26)	5	Tatabányai
14	2DF	László Bálint	(1948-02-01)1 February 1948 (aged 30)	54	Ferencváros
15	2DF	Tibor Rab	(1955-10-02)2 October 1955 (aged 22)	11	Ferencváros
16	3MF	István Halász	(1951-10-12)12 October 1951 (aged 26)	3	Tatabányai
17	4FW	László Pusztai	(1946-03-01)1 March 1946 (aged 32)	22	Ferencváros
18	3MF	László Nagy	(1949-10-21)21 October 1949 (aged 28)	21	Újpesti Dózsa
19	4FW	András Tóth	(1949-09-05)5 September 1949 (aged 28)	14	Újpesti Dózsa
20	3MF	Ferenc Fülöp	(1955-02-22)22 February 1955 (aged 23)	0	MTK
21	1GK	Ferenc Mészáros	(1950-04-11)11 April 1950 (aged 28)	13	Vasas
22	1GK	László Kovács	(1951-04-24)24 April 1951 (aged 27)	12	Videoton

Italy

Head coach: Enzo Bearzot

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Dino Zoff (c)	(1942-02-28)28 February 1942 (aged 36)	63	Juventus
2	2DF	Mauro Bellugi	(1950-02-07)7 February 1950 (aged 28)	22	Bologna
3	2DF	Antonio Cabrini	(1957-10-08)8 October 1957 (aged 20)	0	Juventus
4	2DF	Antonello Cuccureddu	(1949-10-04)4 October 1949 (aged 28)	6	Juventus
5	2DF	Claudio Gentile	(1953-09-27)27 September 1953 (aged 24)	16	Juventus
6	2DF	Aldo Maldera	(1953-10-14)14 October 1953 (aged 24)	5	Milan
7	2DF	Lionello Manfredonia	(1956-11-27)27 November 1956 (aged 21)	3	Lazio
8	2DF	Gaetano Scirea	(1953-05-25)25 May 1953 (aged 25)	9	Juventus
9	3MF	Giancarlo Antognoni	(1954-04-01)1 April 1954 (aged 24)	28	Fiorentina
10	3MF	Romeo Benetti	(1945-10-20)20 October 1945 (aged 32)	40	Juventus
11	3MF	Eraldo Pecci	(1955-04-12)12 April 1955 (aged 23)	5	Torino
12	1GK	Paolo Conti	(1950-04-01)1 April 1950 (aged 28)	2	Roma
13	3MF	Patrizio Sala	(1955-06-16)16 June 1955 (aged 22)	5	Torino
14	3MF	Marco Tardelli	(1954-09-24)24 September 1954 (aged 23)	19	Juventus
15	3MF	Renato Zaccarelli	(1951-01-18)18 January 1951 (aged 27)	14	Torino
16	3MF	Franco Causio	(1949-02-01)1 February 1949 (aged 29)	33	Juventus
17	3MF	Claudio Sala	(1947-09-08)8 September 1947 (aged 30)	15	Torino
18	4FW	Roberto Bettega	(1950-12-27)27 December 1950 (aged 27)	16	Juventus
19	4FW	Francesco Graziani	(1952-12-16)16 December 1952 (aged 25)	22	Torino
20	4FW	Paolo Pulici	(1950-04-27)27 April 1950 (aged 28)	18	Torino
21	4FW	Paolo Rossi	(1956-09-23)23 September 1956 (aged 21)	2	Vicenza
22	1GK	Ivano Bordon	(1951-04-13)13 April 1951 (aged 27)	1	Internazionale

Note: With the exception of the goalkeepers, who were assigned the traditional shirt numbers for the role (1, 12 and 22) the Italian team was numbered alphabetically within their respective positions – Defenders (from 2 to 8), Midfielders (from 9 to 15), Wingers (16 and 17) and Forwards (from 18 to 21).

Group 2

Mexico

Head coach: José Antonio Roca

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	José Pilar Reyes	(1955-10-12)12 October 1955 (aged 22)	9	Tigres UANL
2	2DF	Manuel Nájera	(1952-12-20)20 December 1952 (aged 25)	18	Leones Negros
3	2DF	Alfredo Tena	(1956-11-21)21 November 1956 (aged 21)	5	América
4	2DF	Eduardo Ramos	(1949-11-08)8 November 1949 (aged 28)	36	Toluca
5	2DF	Arturo Vázquez Ayala (c)	(1949-06-26)26 June 1949 (aged 28)	34	UNAM Pumas
6	3MF	Guillermo Mendizábal	(1954-10-08)8 October 1954 (aged 23)	5	Cruz Azul
7	3MF	Antonio de la Torre	(1951-09-21)21 September 1951 (aged 26)	41	América
8	3MF	Enrique López Zarza	(1957-10-25)25 October 1957 (aged 20)	5	UNAM Pumas
9	4FW	Víctor Rangel	(1957-03-11)11 March 1957 (aged 21)	9	Guadalajara
10	4FW	Cristóbal Ortega	(1956-07-25)25 July 1956 (aged 21)	9	América
11	4FW	Hugo Sánchez	(1958-07-11)11 July 1958 (aged 19)	11	UNAM Pumas
12	2DF	Jesús Martínez	(1952-06-07)7 June 1952 (aged 25)	0	América
13	2DF	Rigoberto Cisneros	(1953-08-15)15 August 1953 (aged 24)	3	Toluca
14	2DF	Carlos Gómez	(1952-08-16)16 August 1952 (aged 25)	5	León
15	2DF	Ignacio Flores Ocaranza	(1953-07-31)31 July 1953 (aged 24)	4	Cruz Azul
16	3MF	Javier Cárdenas	(1952-12-08)8 December 1952 (aged 25)	10	Toluca
17	3MF	Leonardo Cuéllar	(1952-01-14)14 January 1952 (aged 26)	29	UNAM Pumas
18	3MF	Gerardo Lugo	(1955-03-13)13 March 1955 (aged 23)	3	Atlante
19	4FW	Hugo René Rodríguez	(1959-03-14)14 March 1959 (aged 19)	2	Laguna
20	4FW	Mario Medina	(1952-09-02)2 September 1952 (aged 25)	5	Toluca
21	4FW	Raúl Isiordia	(1952-12-22)22 December 1952 (aged 25)	8	Atlético Español
22	1GK	Pedro Soto	(1952-10-22)22 October 1952 (aged 25)	1	América

Poland

Head coach: Jacek Gmoch

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Jan Tomaszewski	(1948-01-09)9 January 1948 (aged 30)	57	ŁKS Łódź
2	4FW	Włodzimierz Mazur	(1954-04-18)18 April 1954 (aged 24)	7	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
3	2DF	Henryk Maculewicz	(1950-04-24)24 April 1950 (aged 28)	14	Wisła Kraków
4	2DF	Antoni Szymanowski	(1951-01-13)13 January 1951 (aged 27)	61	Wisła Kraków
5	3MF	Adam Nawałka	(1957-10-23)23 October 1957 (aged 20)	11	Wisła Kraków
6	2DF	Jerzy Gorgoń	(1949-07-18)18 July 1949 (aged 28)	50	Górnik Zabrze
7	4FW	Andrzej Iwan	(1959-11-10)10 November 1959 (aged 18)	0	Wisła Kraków
8	3MF	Henryk Kasperczak	(1946-07-10)10 July 1946 (aged 31)	55	Stal Mielec
9	2DF	Władysław Żmuda	(1954-06-06)6 June 1954 (aged 23)	44	Śląsk Wrocław
10	2DF	Wojciech Rudy	(1952-10-24)24 October 1952 (aged 25)	14	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
11	3MF	Bohdan Masztaler	(1949-09-19)19 September 1949 (aged 28)	16	ŁKS Łódź
12	3MF	Kazimierz Deyna (c)	(1947-10-23)23 October 1947 (aged 30)	91	Legia Warsaw
13	2DF	Janusz Kupcewicz	(1955-12-09)9 December 1955 (aged 22)	2	Arka Gdynia
14	2DF	Mirosław Justek	(1948-09-23)23 September 1948 (aged 29)	3	Lech Poznań
15	3MF	Marek Kusto	(1954-04-29)29 April 1954 (aged 24)	11	Legia Warsaw
16	4FW	Grzegorz Lato	(1950-04-08)8 April 1950 (aged 28)	59	Stal Mielec
17	4FW	Andrzej Szarmach	(1950-10-03)3 October 1950 (aged 27)	49	Stal Mielec
18	3MF	Zbigniew Boniek	(1956-03-03)3 March 1956 (aged 22)	21	Widzew Łódź
19	4FW	Włodzimierz Lubański	(1947-02-28)28 February 1947 (aged 31)	69	Lokeren
20	2DF	Roman Wójcicki	(1958-01-08)8 January 1958 (aged 20)	1	Odra Opole
21	1GK	Zygmunt Kukla	(1948-01-21)21 January 1948 (aged 30)	5	Stal Mielec
22	1GK	Zdzisław Kostrzewa	(1955-10-26)26 October 1955 (aged 22)	1	Zagłębie Sosnowiec

Tunisia

Head coach: Abdelmajid Chetali

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Sadok "Attouga" Sassi	(1945-11-15)15 November 1945 (aged 32)	1	Club Africain
2	2DF	Mokhtar Dhouieb	(1952-03-23)23 March 1952 (aged 26)	2	CS Sfaxien
3	2DF	Ali Kaabi	(1953-11-15)15 November 1953 (aged 24)	2	COT Tunis
4	3MF	Khaled Gasmi	(1953-04-08)8 April 1953 (aged 25)	2	CA Bizertin
5	2DF	Mohsen "Jendoubi" Labidi	(1954-01-15)15 January 1954 (aged 24)	2	Stade Tunis
6	3MF	Néjib Ghommidh	(1953-03-12)12 March 1953 (aged 25)	2	Club Africain
7	4FW	Témime Lahzami (c)	(1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 29)	2	Al-Ittihad
8	3MF	Hamadi Agrebi	(1951-03-20)20 March 1951 (aged 27)	1	CS Sfaxien
9	4FW	Mohamed Akid	(1949-07-05)5 July 1949 (aged 28)	2	CS Sfaxien
10	3MF	Tarak Dhiab	(1954-07-15)15 July 1954 (aged 23)	4	Espérance
11	4FW	Abderraouf Ben Aziza	(1953-09-23)23 September 1953 (aged 24)	2	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
12	3MF	Khemais Labidi	(1950-08-30)30 August 1950 (aged 27)	2	JS Kairouan
13	4FW	Néjib Limam	(1953-06-12)12 June 1953 (aged 24)	1	Stade Tunis
14	4FW	Slah Karoui	(1951-09-11)11 September 1951 (aged 26)	0	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
15	4FW	Mohamed Ben Moussa	(1954-04-05)5 April 1954 (aged 24)	?	Club Africain
16	4FW	Ohman Chehaibi	(1954-12-23)23 December 1954 (aged 23)	?	JS Kairouan
17	2DF	Ridha El Louze	(1953-04-27)27 April 1953 (aged 25)	?	Sfax Railways Sports
18	2DF	Kamel Chebli	(1954-03-09)9 March 1954 (aged 24)	1	Club Africain
19	4FW	Mokhtar Hasni	(1952-03-19)19 March 1952 (aged 26)	1	La Louviére
20	2DF	Amor Jebali	(1956-12-24)24 December 1956 (aged 21)	1	AS Marsa
21	1GK	Lamine Ben Aziza	(1952-11-10)10 November 1952 (aged 25)	?	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
22	1GK	Mokhtar Naili	(1953-09-03)3 September 1953 (aged 24)	1	Club Africain

West Germany

Head coach: Helmut Schön

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Sepp Maier	(1944-02-28)28 February 1944 (aged 34)	83	Bayern Munich
2	2DF	Berti Vogts (c)	(1946-12-30)30 December 1946 (aged 31)	90	Borussia Mönchengladbach
3	2DF	Bernard Dietz	(1948-03-22)22 March 1948 (aged 30)	24	MSV Duisburg
4	3MF	Rolf Rüssmann	(1950-10-13)13 October 1950 (aged 27)	13	Schalke 04
5	2DF	Manfred Kaltz	(1953-01-06)6 January 1953 (aged 25)	15	Hamburger SV
6	3MF	Rainer Bonhof	(1952-03-29)29 March 1952 (aged 26)	34	Borussia Mönchengladbach
7	4FW	Rüdiger Abramczik	(1956-02-18)18 February 1956 (aged 22)	12	Schalke 04
8	4FW	Herbert Zimmermann	(1954-07-01)1 July 1954 (aged 23)	4	1. FC Köln
9	4FW	Klaus Fischer	(1949-12-27)27 December 1949 (aged 28)	12	Schalke 04
10	3MF	Heinz Flohe	(1948-01-28)28 January 1948 (aged 30)	35	1. FC Köln
11	4FW	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	(1955-09-25)25 September 1955 (aged 22)	12	Bayern Munich
12	2DF	Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck	(1948-04-03)3 April 1948 (aged 30)	44	Bayern Munich
13	2DF	Harald Konopka	(1952-11-18)18 November 1952 (aged 25)	0	1. FC Köln
14	4FW	Dieter Müller	(1954-04-01)1 April 1954 (aged 24)	8	1. FC Köln
15	3MF	Erich Beer	(1946-12-09)9 December 1946 (aged 31)	20	Hertha BSC
16	3MF	Bernhard Cullmann	(1949-11-01)1 November 1949 (aged 28)	22	1. FC Köln
17	4FW	Bernd Hölzenbein	(1946-03-09)9 March 1946 (aged 32)	37	Eintracht Frankfurt
18	3MF	Gerd Zewe	(1950-06-13)13 June 1950 (aged 27)	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
19	4FW	Ronald Worm	(1953-10-07)7 October 1953 (aged 24)	6	MSV Duisburg
20	3MF	Hansi Müller	(1957-07-27)27 July 1957 (aged 20)	2	VfB Stuttgart
21	1GK	Rudolf Kargus	(1952-08-15)15 August 1952 (aged 25)	3	Hamburger SV
22	1GK	Dieter Burdenski	(1950-11-26)26 November 1950 (aged 27)	2	Werder Bremen

Group 3

Austria

Head coach: Helmut Senekowitsch

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Friedrich Koncilia	(1948-02-25)25 February 1948 (aged 30)	37	SSW Innsbruck
2	2DF	Robert Sara (c)	(1946-06-09)9 June 1946 (aged 31)	37	Austria Wien
3	2DF	Erich Obermayer	(1953-01-23)23 January 1953 (aged 25)	10	Austria Wien
4	2DF	Gerhard Breitenberger	(1954-10-14)14 October 1954 (aged 23)	11	VÖEST Linz
5	2DF	Bruno Pezzey	(1955-02-03)3 February 1955 (aged 23)	25	SSW Innsbruck
6	3MF	Roland Hattenberger	(1948-12-07)7 December 1948 (aged 29)	23	VfB Stuttgart
7	3MF	Josef Hickersberger	(1948-04-27)27 April 1948 (aged 30)	33	Fortuna Düsseldorf
8	3MF	Herbert Prohaska	(1955-08-08)8 August 1955 (aged 22)	27	Austria Wien
9	4FW	Hans Krankl	(1953-02-14)14 February 1953 (aged 25)	34	Rapid Wien
10	4FW	Wilhelm Kreuz	(1949-05-29)29 May 1949 (aged 29)	35	Feyenoord
11	3MF	Kurt Jara	(1950-10-14)14 October 1950 (aged 27)	29	MSV Duisburg
12	3MF	Eduard Krieger	(1946-12-16)16 December 1946 (aged 31)	20	Club Brugge
13	3MF	Günther Happich	(1952-01-28)28 January 1952 (aged 26)	4	Wiener Sport-Club
14	2DF	Heinrich Strasser	(1948-10-26)26 October 1948 (aged 29)	20	Admira/Wacker
15	2DF	Heribert Weber	(1955-06-28)28 June 1955 (aged 22)	7	Sturm Graz
16	2DF	Peter Persidis	(1947-03-08)8 March 1947 (aged 31)	7	Rapid Wien
17	4FW	Franz Oberacher	(1954-03-24)24 March 1954 (aged 24)	3	SSW Innsbruck
18	4FW	Walter Schachner	(1957-02-01)1 February 1957 (aged 21)	6	DSV Alpine Donawitz
19	4FW	Hans Pirkner	(1946-03-25)25 March 1946 (aged 32)	18	Austria Wien
20	3MF	Ernst Baumeister	(1957-01-22)22 January 1957 (aged 21)	1	Austria Wien
21	1GK	Erwin Fuchsbichler	(1952-03-27)27 March 1952 (aged 26)	2	VÖEST Linz
22	1GK	Hubert Baumgartner	(1955-02-25)25 February 1955 (aged 23)	1	Austria Wien

Brazil

Head coach: Cláudio Coutinho

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Leão	(1949-07-11)11 July 1949 (aged 28)	50	Palmeiras
2	2DF	Toninho	(1948-06-07)7 June 1948 (aged 29)	4	Flamengo
3	2DF	Oscar	(1954-06-20)20 June 1954 (aged 23)	4	Ponte Preta
4	2DF	Amaral	(1954-12-25)25 December 1954 (aged 23)	22	Guarani
5	3MF	Toninho Cerezo	(1955-04-21)21 April 1955 (aged 23)	16	Atlético Mineiro
6	2DF	Edinho	(1955-06-05)5 June 1955 (aged 22)	12	Fluminense
7	4FW	Zé Sérgio	(1957-03-08)8 March 1957 (aged 21)	2	São Paulo
8	3MF	Zico	(1953-03-03)3 March 1953 (aged 25)	21	Flamengo
9	4FW	Reinaldo	(1957-01-11)11 January 1957 (aged 21)	12	Atlético Mineiro
10	4FW	Rivellino (c)	(1946-01-01)1 January 1946 (aged 32)	88	Fluminense
11	3MF	Dirceu	(1952-06-15)15 June 1952 (aged 25)	14	Vasco da Gama
12	1GK	Carlos	(1956-03-04)4 March 1956 (aged 22)	0	Ponte Preta
13	2DF	Nelinho	(1950-07-26)26 July 1950 (aged 27)	13	Cruzeiro
14	2DF	Abel	(1952-09-01)1 September 1952 (aged 25)	1	Vasco da Gama
15	2DF	Polozzi	(1955-10-01)1 October 1955 (aged 22)	0	Ponte Preta
16	2DF	Rodrigues Neto	(1949-12-06)6 December 1949 (aged 28)	7	Botafogo
17	3MF	Batista	(1955-03-08)8 March 1955 (aged 23)	4	Internacional
18	4FW	Gil	(1950-12-24)24 December 1950 (aged 27)	22	Botafogo
19	4FW	Jorge Mendonça	(1954-06-06)6 June 1954 (aged 23)	0	Palmeiras
20	4FW	Roberto Dinamite	(1954-04-13)13 April 1954 (aged 24)	20	Vasco da Gama
21	3MF	Chicão	(1949-01-30)30 January 1949 (aged 29)	5	São Paulo
22	1GK	Waldir Peres	(1951-02-02)2 February 1951 (aged 27)	5	São Paulo

Spain

Head coach: Ladislao Kubala

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Luis Arconada	(1954-06-26)26 June 1954 (aged 23)	6	Real Sociedad
2	2DF	Antonio de la Cruz	(1947-05-07)7 May 1947 (aged 31)	5	Barcelona
3	2DF	Francisco Javier Uría	(1950-02-01)1 February 1950 (aged 28)	5	Sporting Gijón
4	3MF	Juan Manuel Asensi	(1949-09-23)23 September 1949 (aged 28)	25	Barcelona
5	2DF	Migueli	(1951-12-19)19 December 1951 (aged 26)	13	Barcelona
6	2DF	Antonio Biosca	(1948-12-08)8 December 1948 (aged 29)	1	Real Betis
7	4FW	Dani	(1951-06-28)28 June 1951 (aged 26)	7	Athletic Bilbao
8	4FW	Juanito	(1954-11-10)10 November 1954 (aged 23)	6	Real Madrid
9	4FW	Quini	(1949-09-23)23 September 1949 (aged 28)	22	Sporting Gijón
10	4FW	Santillana	(1952-08-23)23 August 1952 (aged 25)	9	Real Madrid
11	3MF	Julio Cardeñosa	(1949-10-27)27 October 1949 (aged 28)	3	Real Betis
12	3MF	Antonio Guzmán	(1953-12-02)2 December 1953 (aged 24)	1	Rayo Vallecano
13	1GK	Miguel Ángel	(1947-12-24)24 December 1947 (aged 30)	11	Real Madrid
14	3MF	Eugenio Leal	(1953-05-13)13 May 1953 (aged 25)	7	Atlético Madrid
15	4FW	Marañón	(1948-07-23)23 July 1948 (aged 29)	4	Español
16	2DF	Antonio Olmo	(1954-01-18)18 January 1954 (aged 24)	4	Barcelona
17	2DF	Marcelino	(1955-08-13)13 August 1955 (aged 22)	3	Atlético Madrid
18	2DF	Pirri (c)	(1945-03-11)11 March 1945 (aged 33)	39	Real Madrid
19	3MF	Carles Rexach	(1947-01-13)13 January 1947 (aged 31)	14	Barcelona
20	4FW	Rubén Cano	(1951-02-05)5 February 1951 (aged 27)	6	Atlético Madrid
21	2DF	Isidoro San José	(1955-10-27)27 October 1955 (aged 22)	4	Real Madrid
22	1GK	Urruti	(1952-02-17)17 February 1952 (aged 26)	1	Español

Sweden

Head coach: Georg Ericson

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ronnie Hellström	(1949-02-21)21 February 1949 (aged 29)	66	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2	2DF	Hasse Borg	(1953-08-04)4 August 1953 (aged 24)	14	Eintracht Braunschweig
3	2DF	Roy Andersson	(1949-08-02)2 August 1949 (aged 28)	16	Malmö FF
4	2DF	Björn Nordqvist (c)	(1942-10-06)6 October 1942 (aged 35)	108	IFK Göteborg
5	2DF	Ingemar Erlandsson	(1957-11-16)16 November 1957 (aged 20)	3	Malmö FF
6	3MF	Staffan Tapper	(1948-07-10)10 July 1948 (aged 29)	34	Malmö FF
7	3MF	Anders Linderoth	(1950-03-21)21 March 1950 (aged 28)	27	Marseille
8	3MF	Bo Larsson	(1944-05-05)5 May 1944 (aged 34)	67	Malmö FF
9	3MF	Lennart Larsson	(1953-07-09)9 July 1953 (aged 24)	14	Schalke 04
10	4FW	Thomas Sjöberg	(1952-07-06)6 July 1952 (aged 25)	29	Malmö FF
11	4FW	Benny Wendt	(1950-11-04)4 November 1950 (aged 27)	14	1. FC Kaiserslautern
12	1GK	Göran Hagberg	(1947-11-08)8 November 1947 (aged 30)	13	Östers IF
13	2DF	Magnus Andersson	(1958-04-23)23 April 1958 (aged 20)	4	Malmö FF
14	3MF	Ronald Åhman	(1957-01-31)31 January 1957 (aged 21)	1	Örebro SK
15	4FW	Torbjörn Nilsson	(1954-07-09)9 July 1954 (aged 23)	8	IFK Göteborg
16	4FW	Conny Torstensson	(1949-08-28)28 August 1949 (aged 28)	37	Zürich
17	1GK	Jan Möller	(1953-09-17)17 September 1953 (aged 24)	0	Malmö FF
18	3MF	Olle Nordin	(1949-11-23)23 November 1949 (aged 28)	11	IFK Göteborg
19	2DF	Kent Karlsson	(1945-11-25)25 November 1945 (aged 32)	38	IFK Eskilstuna
20	2DF	Roland Andersson	(1950-03-28)28 March 1950 (aged 28)	18	Malmö FF
21	4FW	Sanny Åslund	(1952-08-29)29 August 1952 (aged 25)	3	AIK
22	4FW	Ralf Edström	(1952-10-07)7 October 1952 (aged 25)	31	IFK Göteborg

Group 4

Iran

Head coach: Heshmat Mohajerani

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Nasser Hejazi	(1949-12-14)14 December 1949 (aged 28)	47	Shahbaz
2	3MF	Iraj Danaeifard	(1951-03-19)19 March 1951 (aged 27)	7	Taj
3	4FW	Behtash Fariba	(1955-02-11)11 February 1955 (aged 23)	3	Pas
4	4FW	Majid Bishkar	(1956-08-06)6 August 1956 (aged 21)	0	Shahbaz
5	2DF	Javad Allahverdi	(1954-07-16)16 July 1954 (aged 23)	1	Persepolis
6	3MF	Hassan Nayebagha	(1950-09-17)17 September 1950 (aged 27)	18	Homa FC
7	3MF	Ali Parvin (c)	(1946-10-12)12 October 1946 (aged 31)	7	Persepolis
8	3MF	Ebrahim Ghasempour	(1956-08-24)24 August 1956 (aged 21)	1	Shahbaz
9	3MF	Mohammad Sadeghi	(1951-03-17)17 March 1951 (aged 27)	3	Persepolis
10	4FW	Hassan Rowshan	(1955-06-02)2 June 1955 (aged 22)	4	Taj
11	2DF	Alireza Ghashghaean	(1954-02-27)27 February 1954 (aged 24)	?	Bargh Shiraz
12	1GK	Bahram Mavaddat	(1950-01-30)30 January 1950 (aged 28)	?	Sepahan
13	4FW	Hamid Majd Teymouri	(1953-06-03)3 June 1953 (aged 24)	?	Shahbaz
14	2DF	Hassan Nazari	(1955-08-19)19 August 1955 (aged 22)	4	Taj
15	2DF	Andranik Eskandarian	(1951-12-31)31 December 1951 (aged 26)	4	Taj
16	4FW	Nasser Nouraei	(1956-07-09)9 July 1956 (aged 21)	?	Homa FC
17	4FW	Ghafour Jahani	(1950-06-18)18 June 1950 (aged 27)	1	Malavan
18	4FW	Hossein Faraki	(1956-04-19)19 April 1956 (aged 22)	1	Pas
19	3MF	Ali Shojaei	(1953-03-23)23 March 1953 (aged 25)	?	Zob Ahan
20	2DF	Nasrollah Abdollahi	(1951-09-02)2 September 1951 (aged 26)	3	Shahbaz
21	2DF	Hossein Kazerani	(1947-04-13)13 April 1947 (aged 31)	1	Pas
22	1GK	Rasoul Korbekandi	(1953-01-27)27 January 1953 (aged 25)	?	Zob Ahan

Netherlands

Head coach: Ernst Happel

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Piet Schrijvers	(1946-12-15)15 December 1946 (aged 31)	16	Ajax
2	2DF	Jan Poortvliet	(1955-09-21)21 September 1955 (aged 22)	1	PSV
3	3MF	Dick Schoenaker	(1952-11-30)30 November 1952 (aged 25)	0	Ajax
4	2DF	Adrie van Kraay	(1953-08-01)1 August 1953 (aged 24)	13	PSV
5	2DF	Ruud Krol (c)	(1949-03-24)24 March 1949 (aged 29)	52	Ajax
6	3MF	Wim Jansen	(1946-10-28)28 October 1946 (aged 31)	50	Feyenoord
7	2DF	Piet Wildschut	(1957-10-25)25 October 1957 (aged 20)	1	Twente
8	1GK	Jan Jongbloed	(1940-11-25)25 November 1940 (aged 37)	19	Roda JC
9	3MF	Arie Haan	(1948-11-16)16 November 1948 (aged 29)	24	Anderlecht
10	3MF	René van de Kerkhof	(1951-09-16)16 September 1951 (aged 26)	20	PSV
11	3MF	Willy van de Kerkhof	(1951-09-16)16 September 1951 (aged 26)	18	PSV
12	4FW	Rob Rensenbrink	(1947-07-03)3 July 1947 (aged 30)	34	Anderlecht
13	3MF	Johan Neeskens	(1951-09-15)15 September 1951 (aged 26)	38	Barcelona
14	3MF	Johan Boskamp	(1948-10-21)21 October 1948 (aged 29)	1	Molenbeek
15	2DF	Hugo Hovenkamp	(1950-10-05)5 October 1950 (aged 27)	7	AZ
16	4FW	Johnny Rep	(1951-11-25)25 November 1951 (aged 26)	23	Bastia
17	2DF	Wim Rijsbergen	(1952-01-18)18 January 1952 (aged 26)	25	Feyenoord
18	4FW	Dick Nanninga	(1949-01-17)17 January 1949 (aged 29)	1	Roda JC
19	1GK	Pim Doesburg	(1943-10-28)28 October 1943 (aged 34)	2	Sparta Rotterdam
20	2DF	Wim Suurbier	(1945-01-16)16 January 1945 (aged 33)	56	Schalke 04
21	4FW	Harry Lubse	(1951-09-23)23 September 1951 (aged 26)	1	PSV
22	2DF	Ernie Brandts	(1956-02-03)3 February 1956 (aged 22)	1	PSV

Jan Jongbloed wore number 8 because some of the players who had been in the Dutch squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where the Netherlands used a purely alphabetical numbering system, were given the same numbers again in 1978. Hugo Hovenkamp withdrew from the squad before the tournament began, but after the deadline for naming replacement players had passed. The Netherlands thus went to the World Cup with only 21 players.

Peru

Head coach: Marcos Calderón

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ottorino Sartor	(1945-09-18)18 September 1945 (aged 32)	12	Colegio Nacional de Iquitos
2	2DF	Jaime Duarte	(1955-02-27)27 February 1955 (aged 23)	0	Alianza Lima
3	2DF	Rodolfo Manzo	(1949-06-05)5 June 1949 (aged 28)	16	Deportivo Municipal
4	2DF	Héctor Chumpitaz (c)	(1944-04-12)12 April 1944 (aged 34)	85	Sporting Cristal
5	2DF	Rubén Toribio Díaz	(1952-04-17)17 April 1952 (aged 26)	36	Sporting Cristal
6	3MF	José Velásquez	(1952-06-04)4 June 1952 (aged 25)	31	Alianza Lima
7	4FW	Juan Muñante	(1948-06-12)12 June 1948 (aged 29)	42	UNAM Pumas
8	3MF	César Cueto	(1952-06-16)16 June 1952 (aged 25)	1	Alianza Lima
9	3MF	Percy Rojas	(1949-09-16)16 September 1949 (aged 28)	11	Sporting Cristal
10	3MF	Teófilo Cubillas	(1949-03-08)8 March 1949 (aged 29)	70	Alianza Lima
11	4FW	Juan Carlos Oblitas	(1951-02-16)16 February 1951 (aged 27)	32	Sporting Cristal
12	4FW	Roberto Mosquera	(1956-06-21)21 June 1956 (aged 21)	1	Sporting Cristal
13	1GK	Juan Cáceres	(1949-12-27)27 December 1949 (aged 28)	1	Alianza Lima
14	2DF	José Navarro	(1948-09-24)24 September 1948 (aged 29)	5	Sporting Cristal
15	3MF	Germán Leguía	(1954-01-02)2 January 1954 (aged 24)	0	Deportivo Municipal
16	3MF	Raúl Gorriti	(1956-10-10)10 October 1956 (aged 21)	1	Sporting Cristal
17	3MF	Alfredo Quesada	(1949-09-22)22 September 1949 (aged 28)	48	Sporting Cristal
18	3MF	Ernesto Labarthe	(1956-06-02)2 June 1956 (aged 21)	0	Sport Boys
19	4FW	Guillermo La Rosa	(1952-06-06)6 June 1952 (aged 25)	1	Alianza Lima
20	4FW	Hugo Sotil	(1949-05-18)18 May 1949 (aged 29)	7	Alianza Lima
21	1GK	Ramón Quiroga	(1950-07-23)23 July 1950 (aged 27)	2	Sporting Cristal
22	2DF	Roberto Rojas	(1955-10-26)26 October 1955 (aged 22)	0	Alianza Lima

Scotland

Manager: Ally MacLeod

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Alan Rough	(1951-11-25)25 November 1951 (aged 26)	18	Partick Thistle
2	2DF	Sandy Jardine	(1948-12-31)31 December 1948 (aged 29)	33	Rangers
3	2DF	Willie Donachie	(1951-10-05)5 October 1951 (aged 26)	30	Manchester City
4	2DF	Martin Buchan	(1949-03-06)6 March 1949 (aged 29)	28	Manchester United
5	2DF	Gordon McQueen	(1952-06-26)26 June 1952 (aged 25)	20	Manchester United
6	3MF	Bruce Rioch (c)	(1947-09-06)6 September 1947 (aged 30)	22	Derby County
7	3MF	Don Masson	(1946-08-26)26 August 1946 (aged 31)	16	Derby County
8	4FW	Kenny Dalglish	(1951-03-04)4 March 1951 (aged 27)	54	Liverpool
9	4FW	Joe Jordan	(1951-12-15)15 December 1951 (aged 26)	30	Manchester United
10	3MF	Asa Hartford	(1950-10-24)24 October 1950 (aged 27)	24	Manchester City
11	3MF	Willie Johnston	(1946-12-19)19 December 1946 (aged 31)	21	West Bromwich Albion
12	1GK	Jim Blyth	(1955-02-02)2 February 1955 (aged 23)	2	Coventry City
13	2DF	Stuart Kennedy	(1953-05-31)31 May 1953 (aged 25)	3	Aberdeen
14	2DF	Tom Forsyth	(1949-01-23)23 January 1949 (aged 29)	19	Rangers
15	3MF	Archie Gemmill	(1947-03-24)24 March 1947 (aged 31)	26	Nottingham Forest
16	4FW	Lou Macari	(1949-06-07)7 June 1949 (aged 28)	22	Manchester United
17	4FW	Derek Johnstone	(1953-11-04)4 November 1953 (aged 24)	13	Rangers
18	3MF	Graeme Souness	(1953-05-06)6 May 1953 (aged 25)	6	Liverpool
19	4FW	John Robertson	(1953-01-20)20 January 1953 (aged 25)	2	Nottingham Forest
20	1GK	Bobby Clark	(1945-09-26)26 September 1945 (aged 32)	17	Aberdeen
21	4FW	Joe Harper	(1948-01-11)11 January 1948 (aged 30)	3	Aberdeen
22	2DF	Kenny Burns	(1953-09-23)23 September 1953 (aged 24)	11	Nottingham Forest

Notes

Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Mexico who only called two.

Coaches representation by country

Nº	Country	Coaches
2	Austria	Ernst Happel (Netherlands), Helmut Senekowitsch
	Hungary	Lajos Baróti, Ladislao Kubala (Spain)
1	Argentina	César Luis Menotti
	Brazil	Cláudio Coutinho
	France	Michel Hidalgo
	Iran	Heshmat Mohajerani
	Italy	Enzo Bearzot
	Mexico	José Antonio Roca
	Peru	Marcos Calderón
	Poland	Jacek Gmoch
	Scotland	Ally MacLeod
	Sweden	Georg Ericson
	Tunisia	Abdelmajid Chetali
	West Germany	Helmut Schön

References

• (in English) Planet World Cup website
• weltfussball.de [3]