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

Brazil

Head coach: Zezé Moreira

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Castilho 27 November 1927 (aged 26) 13 Fluminense 2 2DF Djalma Santos 27 February 1929 (aged 25) 14 Portuguesa 3 2DF Nílton Santos 16 May 1927 (aged 27) 18 Botafogo 4 2DF Brandãozinho 9 June 1925 (aged 29) 12 Portuguesa 5 3MF Pinheiro 13 January 1932 (aged 22) 13 Fluminense 6 3MF Bauer 21 November 1925 (aged 28) 21 São Paulo FC 7 4FW Julinho 29 July 1929 (aged 24) 13 Portuguesa 8 3MF Didi 8 October 1929 (aged 24) 13 Fluminense 9 4FW Baltazar 14 January 1926 (aged 28) 19 Corinthians 10 4FW Pinga 11 February 1924 (aged 30) 14 Vasco da Gama 11 4FW Rodrigues 27 June 1925 (aged 28) 14 Palmeiras 12 2DF Paulinho 15 April 1932 (aged 22) Vasco da Gama 13 2DF Alfredo 27 October 1924 (aged 29) São Paulo FC 14 3MF Ely 14 May 1921 (aged 33) 15 Vasco da Gama 15 2DF Mauro 30 August 1930 (aged 23) 4 São Paulo FC 16 3MF Dequinha 19 March 1928 (aged 26) 7 Flamengo 17 4FW Maurinho 6 June 1933 (aged 21) 0 São Paulo FC 18 4FW Humberto 4 February 1934 (aged 20) 3 Palmeiras 19 4FW Índio 1 March 1931 (aged 23) 0 Flamengo 20 4FW Rubens 4 November 1928 (aged 25) 1 Flamengo 21 1GK Veludo 7 August 1930 (aged 23) 3 Fluminense 22 1GK Cabeção 23 August 1930 (aged 23) Corinthians

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Aleksandar Tirnanić

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Vladimir Beara 2 November 1928 (aged 25) 25 Hajduk Split 2 2DF Branko Stanković 31 October 1921 (aged 32) 50 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 3 2DF Tomislav Crnković 17 June 1929 (aged 24) 17 Dinamo Zagreb 4 3MF Zlatko Čajkovski 24 January 1923 (aged 31) 51 Partizan Belgrade 5 2DF Ivan Horvat 16 July 1926 (aged 27) 43 Dinamo Zagreb 6 2DF Vujadin Boškov 16 May 1931 (aged 23) 22 Vojvodina Novi Sad 7 4FW Tihomir Ognjanov 2 March 1927 (aged 27) 22 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 8 2DF Rajko Mitić 6 September 1922 (aged 31) 47 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 9 4FW Bernard Vukas 1 May 1927 (aged 27) 35 Hajduk Split 10 3MF Stjepan Bobek 3 December 1923 (aged 30) 53 Partizan Belgrade 11 4FW Branko Zebec 17 May 1929 (aged 25) 22 Partizan Belgrade 12 1GK Branko Kralj 10 March 1924 (aged 30) 0 Dinamo Zagreb 13 2DF Miljan Zeković 15 November 1925 (aged 28) 3 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 14 3MF Lev Mantula 8 December 1928 (aged 25) 0 Dinamo Zagreb 15 3MF Ljubiša Spajić 7 March 1926 (aged 28) 6 Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 16 2DF Sima Milovanov 10 April 1923 (aged 31) 4 Vojvodina Novi Sad 17 2DF Bruno Belin 16 January 1929 (aged 25) 3 Partizan Belgrade 18 4FW Miloš Milutinović 5 February 1933 (aged 21) 8 Partizan Belgrade 19 3MF Zlatko Papec 17 January 1934 (aged 20) 1 Hajduk Split 20 4FW Dionizije Dvornić 27 April 1926 (aged 28) 3 Dinamo Zagreb 21 4FW Todor Veselinović 22 October 1930 (aged 23) 2 Vojvodina Novi Sad 22 4FW Aleksandar Petaković 6 August 1932 (aged 21) 0 Radnicki Belgrade

France

Head coach: Pierre Pibarot

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK François Remetter 8 August 1928 (aged 25) 4 FC Metz 2 1GK César Ruminski 14 June 1924 (aged 30) 7 Lille OSC 3 1GK Claude Abbes 24 May 1927 (aged 27) 0 AS Saint-Étienne 4 2DF Lazare Gianessi 9 November 1925 (aged 28) 12 AS Monaco FC 5 2DF Jacques Grimonpon 30 July 1925 (aged 28) 0 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 6 2DF Raymond Kaelbel 31 January 1932 (aged 22) 0 RC Strasbourg 7 2DF Roger Marche 5 March 1924 (aged 30) 37 Stade de Reims 8 3MF Guillaume Bieganski 3 November 1932 (aged 21) 1 Lille OSC 9 3MF Antoine Cuissard 19 July 1924 (aged 29) 27 OGC Nice 10 3MF Robert Jonquet 3 May 1925 (aged 29) 26 Stade de Reims 11 3MF Xercès Louis 31 October 1926 (aged 27) 0 RC Lens 12 3MF Jean-Jacques Marcel 13 June 1931 (aged 23) 8 FC Sochaux 13 4FW Abderrahmane Mahjoub 25 April 1929 (aged 25) 2 OGC Nice 14 2DF Armand Penverne 26 November 1926 (aged 27) 11 Stade de Reims 15 3MF Abdelaziz Ben Tifour 25 July 1927 (aged 26) 1 AS Troyes 16 4FW René Dereuddre 26 June 1930 (aged 23) 1 Toulouse FC 17 4FW Léon Glovacki 19 February 1928 (aged 26) 3 Stade de Reims 18 4FW Raymond Kopa 13 October 1931 (aged 22) 13 Stade de Reims 19 3MF Michel Leblond 10 May 1932 (aged 22) 1 Stade de Reims 20 4FW Ernest Schultz 29 January 1931 (aged 23) 0 Olympique de Lyon 21 4FW André Strappe 23 February 1928 (aged 26) 23 Lille OSC 22 4FW Jean Vincent 29 November 1930 (aged 23) 2 Lille OSC

Mexico

Head coach: Antonio López Herranz

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Antonio Carbajal 7 June 1929 (aged 25) 11 FC León 2 2DF Narciso López 18 August 1928 (aged 25) 3 CD Oro 3 3MF Jorge Romo 20 April 1934 (aged 20) 5 Club Deportivo Marte 4 2DF Saturnino Martínez 1918 6 Necaxa 5 2DF Raúl Cárdenas 30 October 1928 (aged 25) 4 Puebla F.C. 6 3MF Rafael Avalos 1922 3 Atlante F.C. 7 4FW Alfredo Torres 31 May 1931 (aged 23) 3 Atlas 8 4FW José Naranjo 19 March 1926 (aged 28) 12 CD Oro 9 4FW José Luis Lamadrid 1928 5 Necaxa 10 4FW Tomás Balcázar 21 December 1931 (aged 22) 9 CD Guadalajara 11 4FW Raúl Arellano 28 February 1935 (aged 19) 0 CD Guadalajara 12 1GK Salvador Mota 1923 0 Atlante F.C. 13 2DF Sergio Bravo 6 FC León 14 3MF Juan Gómez 26 June 1924 (aged 29) 0 Atlas 15 4FW Carlos Blanco 1927 4 Necaxa 16 3MF Pedro Nájera 3 February 1929 (aged 25) 0 Club América 17 4FW Carlos Septién 18 January 1923 (aged 31) 11 CD Tampico 18 4FW Carlos Carus 0 Club Toluca 19 4FW Moises Jinich 1 Atlante F.C. 20 4FW José Antonio Roca 24 May 1928 (aged 26) 7 CD Zacatepec 21 3MF Mario Ochoa 1927 5 Club Deportivo Marte 22 4FW Ranulfo Cortés 0 CD Oro

Group 2

Hungary

Head coach: Gusztáv Sebes

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Gyula Grosics 4 February 1926 (aged 28) 31 Budapesti Honvéd SE 2 2DF Jenő Buzánszky 4 May 1925 (aged 29) 23 Dorogi Bányász 3 2DF Gyula Lóránt 6 February 1923 (aged 31) 24 Budapesti Honvéd SE 4 2DF Mihály Lantos 29 September 1928 (aged 25) 30 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó 5 3MF József Bozsik 25 November 1925 (aged 28) 48 Budapesti Honvéd SE 6 4FW József Zakariás 25 March 1924 (aged 30) 31 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó 7 4FW József Tóth 16 May 1929 (aged 25) 2 Csepeli Vasas 8 4FW Sándor Kocsis 21 September 1929 (aged 24) 36 Budapesti Honvéd SE 9 4FW Nándor Hidegkuti 3 March 1922 (aged 32) 36 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó 10 4FW Ferenc Puskás 2 April 1927 (aged 27) 55 Budapesti Honvéd SE 11 4FW Zoltán Czibor 8 August 1929 (aged 24) 26 Budapesti Honvéd SE 12 2DF Béla Kárpáti 30 September 1929 (aged 24) 1 Győri Vasas SE 13 2DF Pál Várhidi 6 November 1931 (aged 22) 0 Budapesti Dózsa 14 3MF Imre Kovács 26 November 1921 (aged 32) 8 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó 15 3MF Ferenc Szojka 7 April 1931 (aged 23) 0 Salgótarjáni BTC 16 3MF László Budai 19 July 1928 (aged 25) 21 Budapesti Honvéd SE 17 4FW Ferenc Machos 30 June 1932 (aged 21) 0 Budapesti Honvéd SE 18 4FW Lajos Csordás 6 October 1932 (aged 21) 7 Budapesti Vasas SE 19 4FW Péter Palotás 27 June 1929 (aged 24) 16 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó 20 4FW Mihály Tóth 24 September 1926 (aged 27) 3 Budapesti Dózsa 21 1GK Sándor Gellér 12 July 1925 (aged 28) 5 Budapesti Vörös Lobogó 22 1GK Géza Gulyás 5 June 1931 (aged 23) 0 Budapesti Kinizsi

West Germany

Head coach: Sepp Herberger

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Toni Turek 18 January 1919 (aged 35) 13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 2DF Fritz Laband 1 November 1925 (aged 28) 1 Hamburger SV 3 2DF Werner Kohlmeyer 19 April 1924 (aged 30) 12 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4 2DF Hans Bauer 28 July 1927 (aged 26) 2 Bayern Munich 5 2DF Herbert Erhardt 6 July 1930 (aged 23) 1 SpVgg Fürth 6 3MF Horst Eckel 8 February 1932 (aged 22) 8 1. FC Kaiserslautern 7 2DF Josef Posipal 20 June 1927 (aged 26) 15 Hamburger SV 8 3MF Karl Mai 27 July 1928 (aged 25) 3 SpVgg Fürth 9 3MF Paul Mebus 9 June 1920 (aged 34) 5 1. FC Köln 10 2DF Werner Liebrich 18 January 1927 (aged 27) 2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 11 3MF Karl-Heinz Metzner 9 January 1923 (aged 31) 2 KSV Hessen Kassel 12 4FW Helmut Rahn 16 August 1929 (aged 24) 9 Rot-Weiss Essen 13 3MF Max Morlock 11 May 1925 (aged 29) 12 1. FC Nuremberg 14 4FW Bernhard Klodt 26 October 1926 (aged 27) 6 FC Schalke 04 15 4FW Ottmar Walter 6 March 1924 (aged 30) 11 1. FC Kaiserslautern 16 3MF Fritz Walter 31 October 1920 (aged 33) 38 1. FC Kaiserslautern 17 4FW Richard Herrmann 28 January 1923 (aged 31) 7 FSV Frankfurt 18 4FW Ulrich Biesinger 6 August 1933 (aged 20) 0 BC Augsburg 19 4FW Alfred Pfaff 16 July 1926 (aged 27) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 20 4FW Hans Schäfer 19 October 1927 (aged 26) 5 1. FC Köln 21 1GK Heinz Kubsch 20 July 1930 (aged 23) 1 FK Pirmasens 22 1GK Heinz Kwiatkowski 16 July 1926 (aged 27) 0 Borussia Dortmund

Turkey

Head coach: Sandro Puppo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Turgay Şeren 15 May 1932 (aged 22) 11 Galatasaray S.K. 2 2DF Rıdvan Bolatlı 2 December 1928 (aged 25) 2 MKE Ankaragücü SK 3 2DF Basri Dirimlili 7 June 1929 (aged 25) 3 Fenerbahçe SK 4 2DF Mustafa Ertan 21 April 1926 (aged 28) 4 MKE Ankaragücü SK 5 3MF Çetin Zeybek 12 September 1932 (aged 21) 2 Kasımpaşa SK 6 3MF Rober Eryol 21 December 1930 (aged 23) 5 Galatasaray S.K. 7 4FW Erol Keskin 2 March 1927 (aged 27) 1 Adalet SK Istanbul 8 4FW Suat Mamat 8 November 1930 (aged 23) 2 Galatasaray S.K. 9 4FW Feridun Buğeker 5 April 1933 (aged 21) 3 Fenerbahçe SK 10 4FW Burhan Sargun 11 February 1929 (aged 25) 5 Fenerbahçe SK 11 4FW Lefter Küçükandonyadis 22 December 1925 (aged 28) 3 Fenerbahçe SK 12 1GK Şükrü Ersoy 14 January 1934 (aged 20) 3 Vefa SK 13 2DF Bülent Eken 26 January 1923 (aged 31) 11 Galatasaray S.K. 14 2DF Ali Beratlıgil 2 Galatasaray S.K. 15 3MF Mehmet Dinçer 0 Fenerbahçe SK 16 2DF Nedim Günar 0 Fenerbahçe SK 17 2DF Naci Erdem 28 January 1931 (aged 23) 0 Fenerbahçe SK 18 2DF Kaçmaz Akgün 1 MKE Ankaragücü SK 19 2DF Ahmet Berman 0 Beşiktaş 20 4FW Necmi Onarıcı 2 November 1925 (aged 28) 0 Adalet SK Istanbul 21 4FW Kadri Aytaç 6 August 1931 (aged 22) 0 Galatasaray S.K. 22 4FW Coşkun Taş 23 April 1935 (aged 19) 2 MKE Ankaragücü SK

Korea Republic

Head coach: Kim Young-Sik

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Hong Duk-Yung 5 May 1921 (aged 33) Seoul Army Club 2 2DF Park Kyu-Chong 12 June 1924 (aged 30) Seoul Army Club 3 2DF Park Yae-Seung 1 April 1923 (aged 31) Seoul Army Club 4 3MF Kang Chang-Gi 28 August 1928 (aged 25) Seoul Army Club 5 3MF Lee Sang-Yi 1922 Seoul Army Club 6 2DF Min Byung-Dae 20 February 1918 (aged 36) Seoul Army Club 7 4FW Lee Seo-Nam 1927 Seoul Army Club 8 4FW Choi Chung-Min 30 August 1930 (aged 23) Seoul Army Club 9 4FW Woo Sang-Kwon 1927 Seoul Army Club 10 4FW Sung Nak-Woon 2 February 1926 (aged 28) Seoul Army Club 11 3MF Chung Nam-Sik 16 February 1917 (aged 37) Seoul Army Club 12 1GK Ham Heung-Chul 1931 Seoul Army Club 13 2DF Lee Chong-Kap 18 March 1920 (aged 34) ? 14 2DF Han Chang-Wha 3 November 1922 (aged 31) Seoul Army Club 15 3MF Kim Ji-Sung 7 November 1924 (aged 29) Seoul Army Club 16 3MF Choo Young-Kwan 15 July 1931 (aged 22) Seoul Army Club 17 4FW Park Il-Kap 21 March 1926 (aged 28) Seoul Army Club 18 4FW Choi Young-Keun 8 February 1923 (aged 31) Seoul Army Club 19 4FW Lee Ki-Joo 12 November 1926 (aged 27) Pusan National University 20 4FW Chung Kook-Chin 2 January 1917 (aged 37) Wonsan University

• Only 20 players in South Korea squad.

Group 3

Uruguay

Head coach: Juan López

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Roque Máspoli 12 October 1917 (aged 36) 35 Peñarol 2 2DF José Santamaría 31 July 1929 (aged 24) 3 Nacional 3 2DF William Martínez 13 January 1928 (aged 26) 11 Rampla Juniors 4 2DF Víctor Rodríguez Andrade 2 May 1927 (aged 27) 20 Peñarol 5 3MF Obdulio Varela 20 September 1917 (aged 36) 43 Peñarol 6 3MF Roberto Leopardi 19 July 1933 (aged 20) 3 Nacional 7 4FW Julio Abbadie 7 September 1930 (aged 23) 9 Peñarol 8 4FW Juan Hohberg 8 October 1929 (aged 24) 3 Peñarol 9 4FW Oscar Míguez 5 December 1927 (aged 26) 14 Peñarol 10 4FW Juan Alberto Schiaffino 28 July 1925 (aged 28) 14 Peñarol 11 4FW Carlos Borges 14 January 1932 (aged 22) 2 Peñarol 12 1GK Julio Maceiras 22 April 1926 (aged 28) 1 Danubio 13 2DF Mirto Davoine 13 February 1933 (aged 21) 1 Peñarol 14 2DF Eusebio Tejera 6 January 1922 (aged 32) 31 Defensor 15 3MF Urbano Rivera 1 April 1926 (aged 28) 8 Danubio 16 3MF Néstor Carballo 3 February 1929 (aged 25) 10 Nacional 17 3MF Luis Cruz 28 April 1925 (aged 29) 7 Nacional 18 4FW Rafael Souto 24 October 1930 (aged 23) 4 Nacional 19 4FW Javier Ambrois 9 May 1932 (aged 22) 7 Nacional 20 4FW Omar Méndez 7 August 1934 (aged 19) 3 Nacional 21 4FW Julio Pérez 19 June 1926 (aged 27) 14 Nacional 22 4FW Luis Castro 31 July 1921 (aged 32) 1 Defensor

Austria

Head coach: Walter Nausch

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Kurt Schmied 14 June 1926 (aged 28) 1 First Vienna FC 2 2DF Gerhard Hanappi 16 February 1929 (aged 25) 37 Rapid Wien 3 3MF Ernst Happel 29 November 1925 (aged 28) 39 Rapid Wien 4 2DF Leopold Barschandt 12 August 1925 (aged 28) 2 Wiener Sportclub 5 2DF Ernst Ocwirk 7 March 1926 (aged 28) 44 Austria Wien 6 3MF Karl Koller 8 February 1929 (aged 25) 7 First Vienna FC 7 4FW Robert Körner 21 August 1924 (aged 29) Rapid Wien 8 2DF Walter Schleger 19 September 1929 (aged 24) 8 Austria Wien 9 4FW Theodor Wagner 6 August 1927 (aged 26) 28 Wacker Wien 10 3MF Erich Probst 5 December 1927 (aged 26) 8 Rapid Wien 11 4FW Alfred Körner 14 February 1926 (aged 28) Rapid Wien 12 3MF Karl Stotz 27 March 1927 (aged 27) 10 Austria Wien 13 3MF Walter Kollmann 17 June 1932 (aged 21) 3 Wacker Wien 14 3MF Karl Giesser 29 October 1928 (aged 25) 1 Rapid Wien 15 1GK Franz Pelikan 6 November 1925 (aged 28) 3 Wacker Wien 16 1GK Walter Zeman 1 May 1927 (aged 27) 38 Rapid Wien 17 3MF Alfred Teinitzer 29 July 1929 (aged 24) 0 Linzer ASK 18 3MF Johann Riegler 17 July 1929 (aged 24) 3 Rapid Wien 19 4FW Robert Dienst 1 March 1928 (aged 26) 16 Rapid Wien 20 2DF Paul Halla 10 April 1931 (aged 23) 3 Rapid Wien 21 4FW Ernst Stojaspal 14 January 1925 (aged 29) 27 Austria Wien 22 4FW Walter Haummer 22 November 1928 (aged 25) 4 Wacker Wien

Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Karol Borhy

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Theodor Reimann 10 February 1921 (aged 33) 4 Slovan Bratislava 2 2DF František Šafránek 2 January 1931 (aged 23) 10 ÚDA Praha 3 3MF Svatopluk Pluskal 28 October 1930 (aged 23) 3 ÚDA Praha 4 2DF Ladislav Novák 5 December 1931 (aged 22) 11 ÚDA Praha 5 2DF Jiří Trnka 2 December 1926 (aged 27) 20 ÚDA Praha 6 3MF Michal Benedikovič 31 May 1923 (aged 31) 7 Slovan Bratislava 7 4FW Ladislav Hlaváček 26 June 1925 (aged 28) 13 ÚDA Praha 8 4FW Otto Hemele 22 January 1926 (aged 28) 8 ÚDA Praha 9 4FW Anton Malatinský 15 January 1920 (aged 34) 10 Baník Handlová 10 4FW Emil Pažický 14 October 1927 (aged 26) 14 Slovan Bratislava 11 4FW Jiří Pešek 4 June 1927 (aged 27) 4 Spartak Praha Sokolovo 12 2DF Anton Krásnohorský 22 October 1925 (aged 28) 9 Iskra Žilina 13 3MF Jiří Hledík 19 April 1929 (aged 25) 3 Křídla vlasti Olomouc 14 3MF Jan Hertl 23 January 1929 (aged 25) 6 ÚDA Praha 15 4FW Ladislav Kačáni 1 April 1931 (aged 23) 7 CH Bratislava 16 3MF Zdeněk Procházka 12 January 1928 (aged 26) 1 Spartak Praha Sokolovo 17 4FW Tadeáš Kraus 22 October 1932 (aged 21) 5 Křídla vlasti Olomouc 18 4FW Josef Majer 8 June 1925 (aged 29) 0 Baník Kladno 19 4FW Jaroslav Košnar 17 August 1930 (aged 23) 1 CH Bratislava 20 4FW Kazimír Gajdoš 28 March 1934 (aged 20) 0 Tatran Prešov 21 1GK Imrich Stacho 4 November 1931 (aged 22) 6 Tankista Praha 22 1GK Viliam Schrojf 2 August 1931 (aged 22) 1 Křídla vlasti Olomouc

Scotland

Head coach: Andy Beattie (quit after first match; remaining matches were managed by a selection committee)

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Fred Martin 13 May 1929 (aged 25) 2 Aberdeen 2 2DF Willie Cunningham 22 February 1925 (aged 29) 3 Preston North End 3 2DF Jock Aird 18 February 1926 (aged 28) 2 Burnley 4 2DF Bobby Evans 16 July 1927 (aged 26) 17 Celtic 5 2DF Tommy Docherty 24 August 1928 (aged 25) 5 Preston North End 6 3MF Jimmy Davidson 8 November 1925 (aged 28) 2 Partick Thistle 7 3MF Doug Cowie 1 May 1926 (aged 28) 6 Dundee 8 4FW John Mackenzie 4 September 1925 (aged 28) 4 Partick Thistle 9 4FW George Hamilton 7 December 1917 (aged 36) 5 Aberdeen 10 4FW Allan Brown 12 October 1926 (aged 27) 11 Blackpool 11 4FW Neil Mochan 6 April 1927 (aged 27) 1 Celtic 12 4FW Willie Fernie 22 November 1928 (aged 25) 1 Celtic 13 4FW Willie Ormond 23 February 1927 (aged 27) 3 Hibernian 14 1GK John Anderson* 8 December 1929 (aged 24) 1 Leicester City 15 4FW Bobby Johnstone* 7 September 1929 (aged 24) 11 Hibernian 16 4FW Jackie Henderson* 17 January 1932 (aged 22) 4 Portsmouth 17 3MF David Mathers* 25 October 1931 (aged 22) 1 Partick Thistle 18 2DF Alex Wilson* 29 October 1933 (aged 20) 1 Portsmouth 19 4FW Jimmy Binning* 25 July 1927 (aged 26) 0 Queen of the South 20 4FW Bobby Combe* 29 February 1924 (aged 30) 3 Hibernian 21 4FW Ernie Copland* 0 Raith Rovers 22 4FW Ian McMillan* 18 March 1931 (aged 23) 3 Airdrieonians

• 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.^[1][2]

Group 4

England

Head coach: Walter Winterbottom

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Gil Merrick 26 January 1922 (aged 32) 20 Birmingham City 2 2DF Ron Staniforth 13 April 1924 (aged 30) 3 Huddersfield Town 3 2DF Roger Byrne 8 February 1929 (aged 25) 3 Manchester United 4 2DF Billy Wright 6 February 1924 (aged 30) 58 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 3MF Syd Owen 28 February 1922 (aged 32) 2 Luton Town 6 3MF Jimmy Dickinson 24 April 1925 (aged 29) 35 Portsmouth 7 4FW Stanley Matthews 1 February 1915 (aged 39) 36 Blackpool 8 4FW Ivor Broadis 18 December 1922 (aged 31) 11 Newcastle United 9 4FW Nat Lofthouse 27 August 1925 (aged 28) 19 Bolton Wanderers 10 4FW Tommy Taylor 29 January 1932 (aged 22) 3 Manchester United 11 4FW Tom Finney 5 April 1922 (aged 32) 51 Preston North End 12 1GK Ted Burgin 29 April 1927 (aged 27) 0 Sheffield United 13 2DF Ken Green 27 April 1924 (aged 30) 0 Birmingham City 14 3MF Bill McGarry 10 June 1927 (aged 27) 0 Huddersfield Town 15 4FW Dennis Wilshaw 11 March 1926 (aged 28) 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 16 3MF Albert Quixall 9 August 1933 (aged 20) 3 Sheffield Wednesday 17 4FW Jimmy Mullen 6 January 1923 (aged 31) 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 2DF Allenby Chilton* 16 September 1918 (aged 35) 2 Manchester United 19 3MF Ken Armstrong* 3 June 1924 (aged 30) 0 Chelsea 20 3MF Bedford Jezzard* 19 October 1927 (aged 26) 1 Fulham 21 3MF Johnny Haynes* 17 October 1934 (aged 19) 0 Fulham 22 4FW Harry Hooper* 14 June 1933 (aged 21) 0 West Ham United

• 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.^[3]

Switzerland

Head coach: Karl Rappan

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Walter Eich 27 May 1925 (aged 29) Young Boys Bern 2 1GK Eugene Parlier 5 December 1930 (aged 23) Servette FC 3 1GK Georges Stuber 11 May 1925 (aged 29) Lausanne Sports 4 3MF Roger Bocquet 9 April 1921 (aged 33) Lausanne Sports 5 2DF Marcel Flückiger 20 June 1929 (aged 24) Young Boys Bern 6 2DF Roger Mathis 4 April 1921 (aged 33) Lausanne Sports 7 2DF André Neury 3 September 1921 (aged 32) Servette FC 8 3MF Heinz Bigler 21 December 1925 (aged 28) Young Boys Bern 9 3MF Charles Casali 27 April 1923 (aged 31) Young Boys Bern 10 2DF Oliver Eggimann 6 August 1921 (aged 32) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 11 4FW Norbert Eschmann 19 March 1933 (aged 21) Lausanne Sports 12 3MF Gilbert Fesselet 16 April 1928 (aged 26) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 13 3MF Ivo Frosio 27 April 1930 (aged 24) Grasshopper-Club Zürich 14 2DF Willy Kernen 6 August 1929 (aged 24) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 15 4FW Charles Antenen 3 November 1929 (aged 24) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 16 4FW Robert Ballaman 21 June 1926 (aged 27) Grasshopper-Club Zürich 17 4FW Jacques Fatton 19 December 1925 (aged 28) Servette FC 18 4FW Josef Hügi 23 January 1930 (aged 24) FC Basel 19 4FW Marcel Mauron 25 March 1929 (aged 25) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 20 4FW Eugen Meier 30 April 1930 (aged 24) Young Boys Bern 21 4FW Ferdinando Riva 3 July 1930 (aged 23) FC Chiasso 22 4FW Roger Vonlanthen 13 February 1929 (aged 25) Grasshopper-Club Zürich

Italy

Head coach: Lajos Czeizler

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Giorgio Ghezzi 10 July 1930 (aged 23) 1 Internazionale 2 2DF Guido Vincenzi 14 July 1932 (aged 21) 1 Internazionale 3 2DF Giovanni Giacomazzi 18 January 1928 (aged 26) 1 Internazionale 4 2DF Maino Neri 30 June 1924 (aged 29) 6 Internazionale 5 3MF Omero Tognon 3 March 1924 (aged 30) 11 Milan 6 3MF Fulvio Nesti 8 June 1925 (aged 29) 2 Internazionale 7 4FW Ermes Muccinelli 28 July 1927 (aged 26) 9 Juventus 8 4FW Egisto Pandolfini 19 February 1926 (aged 28) 14 Roma 9 4FW Carlo Galli 6 March 1931 (aged 23) 2 Roma 10 4FW Gino Cappello 2 June 1920 (aged 34) 10 Bologna 11 4FW Benito Lorenzi 20 December 1925 (aged 28) 11 Internazionale 12 1GK Giovanni Viola 26 June 1926 (aged 27) 0 Juventus 13 2DF Ardico Magnini 21 October 1928 (aged 25) 4 Fiorentina 14 2DF Sergio Cervato 22 March 1929 (aged 25) 11 Fiorentina 15 2DF Giacomo Mari 17 October 1924 (aged 29) 7 Juventus 16 3MF Rino Ferrario 7 December 1926 (aged 27) 1 Juventus 17 4FW Armando Segato 3 May 1930 (aged 24) 3 Fiorentina 18 3MF Gino Pivatelli 27 March 1933 (aged 21) 0 Bologna 19 4FW Giampiero Boniperti 4 July 1928 (aged 25) 22 Juventus 20 3MF Guido Gratton 23 September 1932 (aged 21) 1 Fiorentina 21 4FW Amleto Frignani 5 March 1932 (aged 22) 6 Milan 22 1GK Leonardo Costagliola 27 October 1921 (aged 32) 3 Fiorentina

Belgium

Head coach: Doug Livingstone

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Léopold Gernaey 25 February 1927 (aged 27) 7 A.S.V. Oostende K.M. 2 2DF Marcel Dries 19 September 1929 (aged 24) 7 Berchem Sport 3 2DF Alfons Van Brandt 24 June 1927 (aged 26) 18 Lierse 4 2DF Constant Huysmans 11 October 1928 (aged 25) 5 Royal Beerschot AC 5 3MF Louis Carré 7 January 1925 (aged 29) 39 Royal FC Liegeois 6 3MF Victor Mees 26 January 1927 (aged 27) 31 Royal Antwerp FC 7 3MF Jozef Vliers 18 December 1932 (aged 21) 0 Royal Beerschot AC 8 4FW Denis Houf 16 February 1932 (aged 22) 0 Standard Liège 9 4FW Henri Coppens 29 April 1930 (aged 24) 32 Royal Beerschot AC 10 4FW Léopold Anoul 19 August 1922 (aged 31) 45 Royal FC Liegeois 11 4FW Joseph Mermans 16 February 1922 (aged 32) 45 RSC Anderlechtois 12 1GK Charles Geerts 29 October 1930 (aged 23) 0 Royal Beerschot AC 13 2DF Henri Dirickx 7 July 1927 (aged 26) 13 Union St. Gilloise 14 3MF Robert Van Kerkhoven 1 October 1924 (aged 29) 5 Daring Club 15 4FW Hippolyte Van Den Bosch 30 April 1926 (aged 28) 2 RSC Anderlechtois 16 4FW Pieter Van Den Bosch 31 October 1927 (aged 26) 0 RSC Anderlechtois 17 1GK Raymond Ausloos 15 May 1928 (aged 26) 0 White Star 18 2DF Jef Van Der Linden 2 November 1927 (aged 26) 0 Royal Antwerp FC 19 3MF Jo Backaert 5 August 1921 (aged 32) 0 Charleroi SC 20 3MF Robert Maertens 24 January 1930 (aged 24) 11 Royal Antwerp FC 21 3MF Jean Van Steen 2 June 1929 (aged 25) 5 RSC Anderlechtois 22 4FW Luc Van Hoyweghen 0 Daring Club

Notes

1. ^ Rafferty p96
2. ^ Unlucky 13 for Scots, Evening Telegraph, December 23, 2004
3. ^ 1954 Squad at englandfootballonline.com

References

• Rafferty, John (1973) (Paperback). One Hundred Years of Scottish Football. Pan. ISBN 0-330-23654-7.