1954 FIFA World Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 1954 FIFA World Cup tournament in Switzerland. This was the first World Cup where the players were assigned squad numbers.

Group 1

=flagicon|Brazil|1889 Brazil =

Head coach: Zezé Moreira

=flagicon|Yugoslavia Yugoslavia =

Head coach: Aleksandar Tirnanić

=flagicon|France France =

Head coach: Pierre Pibarot

=flagicon|Mexico|1934 Mexico =

Head coach: flagicon|Spain|1939 Antonio López Herranz

Group 2

=flagicon|Hungary|1949 Hungary=

Head coach: Gusztáv Sebes

=flagicon|West Germany West Germany=

Head coach: Sepp Herberger

=flagicon|Turkey Turkey =

Head coach: flagicon|Italy Sandro Puppo

=flagicon|South Korea South Korea =

Head coach: Kim Young-Sik

*Only 20 players in South Korea squad.

Group 3

=flagicon|Uruguay Uruguay =

Head coach: Juan López

=flagicon|Austria Austria =

Head coach: Walter Nausch

=flagicon|Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia =

Head coach: Jaroslav Cejp

=flagicon|Scotland Scotland =

Head coach: Andy Beattie (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. [Rafferty p96 ] [ [http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2004/12/23/blether.shtm Unlucky 13 for Scots] , "Evening Telegraph", 23 December 2004]

Group 4

=flagicon|England 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. [ [http://www.englandfootballonline.com/CmpWC/CmpWC1954Squad.html 1954 Squad at englandfootballonline.com] ]

=flagicon|Switzerland Switzerland =

Head coach: flagicon|Austria Karl Rappan

=flagicon|Italy Italy =

Head coach: flagicon|Hungary|1949 Lajos Czeizler

=flagicon|Belgium Belgium =

Head coach: flagicon|Scotland Doug Livingstone

Notes

References

* cite book | last = Rafferty | first = John | title = One Hundred Years of Scottish Football | format = Paperback | year = 1973 | publisher = Pan | id = ISBN 0-330-23654-7