Below are the squads for the 1954 FIFA World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game...

tournament in Switzerland. This was the first World Cup where the players were assigned squad number

Squad number

In team sports, the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, uniform number or simply a number is the number worn on a player's uniform, to identify and distinguish each player from others wearing the same or similar uniforms...

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Brazil

Head coach: Zezé Moreira

Zezé Moreira

Alfredo Moreira Júnior, usually known as Zezé Moreira was a Brazilian footballer and football manager that coached Brazil for some games in 1952. He was born in Miracema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was brother of Aymoré Moreira and Ayrton Moreira, both of them also successful coaches in the...

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Aleksandar Tirnanić

Aleksandar Tirnanic

Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić was a Serbian football player and manager....

France

Head coach: Pierre Pibarot

Pierre Pibarot

Pierre Pibarot, was a French football player and legendary football manager. He was born in Alès, France.A product of the Olympique Alès youth programme, Pibarot left Alès briefly in 1932 to play for the now-defunct sporting club attached to the lycée Victor Hugo-de-Marseille...

Mexico

Head coach:   Antonio López Herranz

Antonio López Herranz

Antonio López Herranz was a Spanish football player and manager.As a player, he played for Real Madrid, Club América and Hércules CF...

Hungary

Head coach: Gusztáv Sebes

Gusztáv Sebes

Gusztáv Sebes was a Hungarian footballer and coach. With the title of Deputy Minister of Sport, he coached the Hungarian team known as the Mighty Magyars in the 1950s. Among the players in the team were Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, and Nándor Hidegkuti...

West Germany

Head coach: Sepp Herberger

Sepp Herberger

Josef "Sepp" Herberger was a German football player and manager...

Turkey

Head coach:   Sandro Puppo

Sandro Puppo

Sandro Puppo was an Italian football player and manager born in Piacenza.During his playing days he played for Piacenza, Ambrosiana, Venezia and A.S. Roma in the 1930s and 1940s...

Korea Republic

Head coach:   Kim Young-Sik

Kim Young-sik

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• Only 20 players in South Korea squad.

Uruguay

Head coach: Juan López

Juan López Fontana

Juan López Fontana was a Uruguayan football manager. He coached the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 FIFA World Cup.- Biography :...

Austria

Head coach: Walter Nausch

Walter Nausch

Walter Nausch was an Austrian footballer, who later became a football manager.-Club career:Nausch played for FK Austria Wien between 1923-25 and 1929-38, interspersed with a spell at Wiener AC....

Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Karol Borhy

Karol Borhy

Karol Borhy was a Slovak football coach. He coached FK Inter Bratislava, ŠK Slovan Bratislava and briefly Czechoslovakia national football team....

Scotland

Head coach: Andy Beattie

Andy Beattie

Andrew "Andy" Beattie was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He was the first manager of the Scottish national team.- Playing days :...

 (quit after first match; remaining matches were managed by a selection committee)

• Only 13 members of the squad actually 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.

England

Head coach: Walter Winterbottom

• Only 17 of the 22 official squad members actually 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.

Switzerland

Head coach:   Karl Rappan

Karl Rappan

Karl Rappan was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played and managed mostly in Switzerland, where he won multiple titles. He had four tenures as coach of the Swiss national team, which he managed in three World Cups, and is the all-time leader in matches won as coach of the Swiss team...

Italy

Head coach:   Lajos Czeizler

Lajos Czeizler

Lajos Czeizler was a Hungarian football coach born in Heves.With altogether 11 major titles he remains one of the most successful football coaches of all time....

Belgium

Head coach:   Doug Livingstone

Doug Livingstone

Dugald Livingstone was a Scottish football player and manager.He played fullback for Parkhead, Ashfield, Celtic, Dumbarton Harp , Everton, Plymouth Argyle, Aberdeen and Tranmere Rovers during an illustrious playing career before hanging up his boots and going into management.During his managerial...