1970 FIFA World Cup squads

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Below are the squads for the 1970 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Mexico. Sweden (6), West Germany (2) and Czechoslovakia (1) had players representing foreign clubs.

Group 1

Mexico

The Mexico squad before their match against the Soviet Union.

Head coach: Raúl Cárdenas

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ignacio Calderón (1943-12-13)13 December 1943 (aged 26) 40 Mexico Guadalajara
2 2DF Juan Manuel Alejandrez (1944-05-17)17 May 1944 (aged 26) 24 Mexico Cruz Azul
3 2DF Gustavo Peña (c) (1941-11-22)22 November 1941 (aged 28) 63 Mexico Cruz Azul
4 2DF Francisco Montes (1943-04-22)22 April 1943 (aged 27) 7 Mexico Veracruz
5 2DF Mario Pérez (1946-07-30)30 July 1946 (aged 23) 45 Mexico América
6 2DF Guillermo Hernández (1942-06-25)25 June 1942 (aged 27) 26 Mexico América
7 3MF Marcos Rivas (1947-11-25)25 November 1947 (aged 22) 5 Mexico Atlante
8 3MF Antonio Munguía (1942-06-27)27 June 1942 (aged 27) 33 Mexico Cruz Azul
9 4FW Enrique Borja (1945-12-30)30 December 1945 (aged 24) 37 Mexico América
10 4FW Horacio López Salgado (1948-09-15)15 September 1948 (aged 21) 15 Mexico América
11 4FW Aarón Padilla (1942-07-10)10 July 1942 (aged 27) 51 Mexico UNAM
12 1GK Antonio Mota (1939-01-26)26 January 1939 (aged 31) 13 Mexico Necaxa
13 2DF José Vantolrá (1943-03-30)30 March 1943 (aged 27) 26 Mexico Toluca
14 2DF Javier Guzmán (1945-01-09)9 January 1945 (aged 25) 9 Mexico Cruz Azul
15 3MF Héctor Pulido (1942-12-20)20 December 1942 (aged 27) 24 Mexico Cruz Azul
16 4FW Isidoro Díaz (1938-03-14)14 March 1938 (aged 32) 67 Mexico León
17 3MF José Luis González (1942-09-14)14 September 1942 (aged 27) 36 Mexico UNAM
18 3MF Mario Velarde (1940-03-29)29 March 1940 (aged 30) 2 Mexico UNAM
19 4FW Javier Valdivia (1941-12-04)4 December 1941 (aged 28) 16 Mexico Guadalajara
20 3MF Juan Ignacio Basaguren (1944-07-21)21 July 1944 (aged 25) 10 Mexico Atlante
21 4FW Javier Fragoso (1942-04-19)19 April 1942 (aged 28) 43 Mexico América
22 1GK Francisco Castrejón (1947-06-11)11 June 1947 (aged 22) 13 Mexico UNAM

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Gavril Kachalin

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Leonid Shmuts (1948-10-08)8 October 1948 (aged 21) 0 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
2 1GK Anzor Kavazashvili (1940-07-19)19 July 1940 (aged 29) 25 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
3 2DF Valentin Afonin (1939-12-22)22 December 1939 (aged 30) 38 Soviet Union SKA Rostov
4 2DF Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1945-04-15)15 April 1945 (aged 25) 10 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
5 2DF Vladimir Kaplichny (1944-02-26)26 February 1944 (aged 26) 22 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
6 2DF Evgeny Lovchev (1949-01-29)29 January 1949 (aged 21) 10 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
7 2DF Gennady Logofet (1942-04-15)15 April 1942 (aged 28) 15 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
8 2DF Murtaz Khurtsilava (1943-01-05)5 January 1943 (aged 27) 39 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
9 2DF Albert Shesternyov (c) (1941-06-20)20 June 1941 (aged 28) 74 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
10 3MF Valery Zykov (1944-02-24)24 February 1944 (aged 26) 1 Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow
11 3MF Kakhi Asatiani (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) 10 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
12 3MF Nikolay Kiselyov (1946-01-29)29 January 1946 (aged 24) 8 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
13 1GK Lev Yashin (1929-10-22)22 October 1929 (aged 40) 74 Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow
14 3MF Vladimir Muntyan (1946-09-14)14 September 1946 (aged 23) 13 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
15 3MF Viktor Serebryanikov (1940-03-29)29 March 1940 (aged 30) 19 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
16 4FW Anatoliy Byshovets (1946-04-23)23 April 1946 (aged 24) 29 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
17 4FW Gennady Yevriuzhikin (1944-02-04)4 February 1944 (aged 26) 13 Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow
18 4FW Slava Metreveli (1936-05-30)30 May 1936 (aged 34) 48 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
19 4FW Givi Nodia (1948-01-02)2 January 1948 (aged 22) 10 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
20 4FW Anatoliy Puzach (1941-06-03)3 June 1941 (aged 28) 10 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
21 4FW Vitaly Khmelnitsky (1943-06-12)12 June 1943 (aged 26) 13 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
22 4FW Valeriy Porkujan (1944-10-04)4 October 1944 (aged 25) 8 Soviet Union Chornomorets Odesa

Belgium

The Belgium squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Raymond Goethals

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Christian Piot (1947-10-04)4 October 1947 (aged 22) 2 Belgium Standard Liège
2 2DF Georges Heylens (1941-08-08)8 August 1941 (aged 28) 47 Belgium Anderlecht
3 2DF Jean Thissen (1946-04-21)21 April 1946 (aged 24) 12 Belgium Standard Liège
4 2DF Nicolas Dewalque (1945-09-20)20 September 1945 (aged 24) 12 Belgium Standard Liège
5 2DF Léon Jeck (1947-02-09)9 February 1947 (aged 23) 7 Belgium Standard Liège
6 3MF Jean Dockx (1941-05-24)24 May 1941 (aged 29) 10 Belgium RWD Molenbeek
7 3MF Léon Semmeling (1940-01-04)4 January 1940 (aged 30) 15 Belgium Standard Liège
8 3MF Wilfried Van Moer (1945-03-01)1 March 1945 (aged 25) 15 Belgium Standard Liège
9 4FW Johan Devrindt (1944-04-14)14 April 1944 (aged 26) 14 Belgium Anderlecht
10 4FW Paul Van Himst (c) (1943-10-02)2 October 1943 (aged 26) 53 Belgium Anderlecht
11 4FW Wilfried Puis (1943-02-18)18 February 1943 (aged 27) 40 Belgium Anderlecht
12 1GK Jean-Marie Trappeniers (1942-01-13)13 January 1942 (aged 28) 11 Belgium Anderlecht
13 2DF Jacques Beurlet (1944-12-21)21 December 1944 (aged 25) 3 Belgium Standard Liège
14 3MF Maurice Martens (1947-06-05)5 June 1947 (aged 22) 0 Belgium Anderlecht
15 3MF Erwin Vandendaele (1945-03-05)5 March 1945 (aged 25) 0 Belgium Club Brugge
16 3MF Odilon Polleunis (1943-05-01)1 May 1943 (aged 27) 11 Belgium Sint-Truiden
17 3MF Jan Verheyen (1944-07-09)9 July 1944 (aged 25) 10 Belgium Beerschot
18 4FW Raoul Lambert (1944-10-20)20 October 1944 (aged 25) 4 Belgium Club Brugge
19 4FW Pierre Carteus (1943-09-24)24 September 1943 (aged 26) 0 Belgium Club Brugge
20 3MF Alfons Peeters (1943-01-21)21 January 1943 (aged 27) 4 Belgium Anderlecht
21 4FW Frans Janssens (1945-09-25)25 September 1945 (aged 24) 0 Belgium Lierse
22 1GK Jacques Duquesne (1940-04-22)22 April 1940 (aged 30) 0 Belgium Olympic Charleroi

El Salvador

The El Salvador squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Chile Hernán Carrasco

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Raúl Magaña (1940-02-24)24 February 1940 (aged 30) 0 El Salvador FAS
2 2DF Roberto Rivas (1941-07-17)17 July 1941 (aged 28) 3 El Salvador Alianza
3 2DF Salvador Mariona (c) (1943-12-16)16 December 1943 (aged 26) 0 El Salvador Alianza
4 2DF Santiago Cortés (1945-01-19)19 January 1945 (aged 25) 0 El Salvador Atlético Marte
5 2DF Saturnino Osorio (1945-01-06)6 January 1945 (aged 25) 0 El Salvador Águila
6 3MF José Quintanilla (1947-10-29)29 October 1947 (aged 22) 3 El Salvador Atlético Marte
7 3MF Mauricio Rodríguez (1945-09-12)12 September 1945 (aged 24) 3 El Salvador Universidad
8 3MF Jorge Vásquez (1945-04-23)23 April 1945 (aged 25) 3 El Salvador Universidad
9 3MF Juan Ramón Martínez (1948-04-20)20 April 1948 (aged 22) 3 El Salvador Águila
10 4FW Salvador Cabezas (1947-02-28)28 February 1947 (aged 23) 2 El Salvador Adler San Nicolas
11 4FW Ernesto Aparicio (1948-12-28)28 December 1948 (aged 21) 0 El Salvador Atlético Marte
12 4FW Mario Monge (1938-11-27)27 November 1938 (aged 31) 0 El Salvador FAS
13 1GK Tomás Pineda (1946-01-21)21 January 1946 (aged 24) ? El Salvador Juventud Olimpica
14 2DF Mauricio Manzano (1943-09-30)30 September 1943 (aged 26) 0 El Salvador FAS
15 4FW David Cabrera (1945-09-12)12 September 1945 (aged 24) ? El Salvador FAS
16 3MF Genaro Sarmeno (1948-11-28)28 November 1948 (aged 21) 0 El Salvador FAS
17 4FW Jaime Portillo (1947-09-18)18 September 1947 (aged 22) 0 El Salvador Alianza
18 2DF Guillermo Castro (1940-06-25)25 June 1940 (aged 29) 2 El Salvador Atlético Marte
19 3MF Sergio Méndez (1942-02-14)14 February 1942 (aged 28) 3 El Salvador Atlético Marte
20 1GK Gualberto Fernández (1941-07-12)12 July 1941 (aged 28) 3 El Salvador Atlante San Alejo
21 4FW Elmer Acevedo (1946-02-24)24 February 1946 (aged 24) 1 El Salvador FAS
22 3MF Alberto Villalta (1947-11-19)19 November 1947 (aged 22) 2 El Salvador Atlético Marte

Group 2

Italy

The Italy squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Enrico Albertosi (1939-11-02)2 November 1939 (aged 30) 21 Italy Cagliari
2 2DF Tarcisio Burgnich (1939-04-25)25 April 1939 (aged 31) 33 Italy Internazionale
3 2DF Giacinto Facchetti (c) (1942-07-18)18 July 1942 (aged 27) 46 Italy Internazionale
4 2DF Fabrizio Poletti (1943-07-13)13 July 1943 (aged 26) 4 Italy Torino
5 2DF Pierluigi Cera (1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 29) 2 Italy Cagliari
6 3MF Ugo Ferrante (1945-07-18)18 July 1945 (aged 24) 1 Italy Fiorentina
7 3MF Comunardo Niccolai (1946-12-15)15 December 1946 (aged 23) 1 Italy Cagliari
8 2DF Roberto Rosato (1943-08-18)18 August 1943 (aged 26) 18 Italy Milan
9 2DF Giorgio Puia (1938-03-08)8 March 1938 (aged 32) 7 Italy Torino
10 3MF Mario Bertini (1944-01-07)7 January 1944 (aged 26) 9 Italy Internazionale
11 4FW Gigi Riva (1944-11-07)7 November 1944 (aged 25) 16 Italy Cagliari
12 1GK Dino Zoff (1942-02-28)28 February 1942 (aged 28) 10 Italy Napoli
13 4FW Angelo Domenghini (1941-08-25)25 August 1941 (aged 28) 22 Italy Cagliari
14 3MF Gianni Rivera (1943-08-18)18 August 1943 (aged 26) 38 Italy Milan
15 3MF Sandro Mazzola (1942-11-08)8 November 1942 (aged 27) 37 Italy Internazionale
16 3MF Giancarlo De Sisti (1943-03-13)13 March 1943 (aged 27) 12 Italy Fiorentina
17 1GK Lido Vieri (1939-07-16)16 July 1939 (aged 30) 4 Italy Internazionale
18 2DF Antonio Juliano (1942-12-26)26 December 1942 (aged 27) 14 Italy Napoli
19 4FW Sergio Gori (1946-02-24)24 February 1946 (aged 24) 0 Italy Cagliari
20 4FW Roberto Boninsegna (1943-11-13)13 November 1943 (aged 26) 1 Italy Internazionale
21 2DF Giuseppe Furino (1946-07-05)5 July 1946 (aged 23) 0 Italy Juventus
22 4FW Pierino Prati (1946-12-13)13 December 1946 (aged 23) 6 Italy Milan

Sweden

The Sweden squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Orvar Bergmark

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ronnie Hellström (1949-02-21)21 February 1949 (aged 21) 12 Sweden Hammarby IF
2 2DF Hans Selander (1945-03-15)15 March 1945 (aged 25) 28 Sweden Helsingborgs IF
3 2DF Kurt Axelsson (1941-11-10)10 November 1941 (aged 28) 22 Belgium Club Brugge
4 2DF Björn Nordqvist (c) (1942-10-06)6 October 1942 (aged 27) 43 Sweden IFK Norrköping
5 2DF Roland Grip (1941-01-01)1 January 1941 (aged 29) 21 Sweden AIK
6 3MF Tommy Svensson (1945-03-04)4 March 1945 (aged 25) 23 Sweden Östers IF
7 3MF Bo Larsson (1944-05-05)5 May 1944 (aged 26) 22 Sweden Malmö FF
8 3MF Leif Eriksson (1942-03-20)20 March 1942 (aged 28) 40 Sweden Örebro SK
9 4FW Ove Kindvall (1943-05-16)16 May 1943 (aged 27) 15 Netherlands Feyenoord
10 4FW Ove Grahn (1943-05-09)9 May 1943 (aged 27) 14 Switzerland Grasshopper
11 3MF Örjan Persson (1942-08-27)27 August 1942 (aged 27) 28 Scotland Rangers
12 1GK Sven-Gunnar Larsson (1940-05-10)10 May 1940 (aged 30) 14 Sweden Örebro SK
13 2DF Claes Cronqvist (1944-10-15)15 October 1944 (aged 25) 2 Sweden Djurgårdens IF
14 2DF Krister Kristensson (1942-07-25)25 July 1942 (aged 27) 19 Sweden Malmö FF
15 2DF Leif Målberg (1945-09-01)1 September 1945 (aged 24) 0 Sweden IF Elfsborg
16 4FW Tomas Nordahl (1946-05-24)24 May 1946 (aged 24) 8 Belgium Anderlecht
17 1GK Ronney Pettersson (1940-04-26)26 April 1940 (aged 30) 17 Sweden Djurgårdens IF
18 4FW Tom Turesson (1942-05-17)17 May 1942 (aged 28) 18 Belgium Club Brugge
19 3MF Göran Nicklasson (1942-08-20)20 August 1942 (aged 27) 4 Sweden IFK Göteborg
20 2DF Jan Olsson (1944-03-18)18 March 1944 (aged 26) 11 Germany VfB Stuttgart
21 4FW Inge Ejderstedt (1946-12-24)24 December 1946 (aged 23) 15 Sweden Östers IF
22 3MF Sten Pålsson (1945-12-04)4 December 1945 (aged 24) 7 Sweden GAIS

Uruguay

The Uruguay squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Juan Hohberg

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945-02-14)14 February 1945 (aged 25) 27 Uruguay Peñarol
2 2DF Atilio Ancheta (1948-07-19)19 July 1948 (aged 21) 10 Uruguay Nacional
3 2DF Roberto Matosas (1940-05-11)11 May 1940 (aged 30) 12 Uruguay Peñarol
4 2DF Luis Ubiña (1940-06-07)7 June 1940 (aged 29) 19 Uruguay Nacional
5 3MF Julio Montero Castillo (1944-04-25)25 April 1944 (aged 26) 22 Uruguay Nacional
6 2DF Juan Mujica (1943-12-22)22 December 1943 (aged 26) 16 Uruguay Nacional
7 4FW Luis Cubilla (1940-03-28)28 March 1940 (aged 30) 23 Uruguay Nacional
8 3MF Pedro Rocha (c) (1942-12-03)3 December 1942 (aged 27) 48 Uruguay Peñarol
9 3MF Víctor Espárrago (1944-10-06)6 October 1944 (aged 25) 15 Uruguay Nacional
10 3MF Ildo Maneiro (1947-08-04)4 August 1947 (aged 22) 3 Uruguay Nacional
11 4FW Julio Morales (1945-02-16)16 February 1945 (aged 25) 11 Uruguay Nacional
12 1GK Héctor Santos (1944-10-29)29 October 1944 (aged 25) 1 Uruguay Bella Vista
13 2DF Rodolfo Sandoval (1948-10-04)4 October 1948 (aged 21) 0 Uruguay Peñarol
14 2DF Francisco Cámera (1944-01-01)1 January 1944 (aged 26) 1 Uruguay Bella Vista
15 3MF Dagoberto Fontes (1943-06-06)6 June 1943 (aged 26) 9 Uruguay Defensor
16 2DF Omar Caetano (1938-11-08)8 November 1938 (aged 31) 30 Uruguay Peñarol
17 4FW Rúben Bareño (1944-01-23)23 January 1944 (aged 26) 12 Uruguay Cerro
18 4FW Alberto Gómez (1944-06-10)10 June 1944 (aged 25) 3 Uruguay Liverpool
19 4FW Oscar Zubia (1946-02-08)8 February 1946 (aged 24) 11 Uruguay River Plate
20 3MF Julio César Cortés (1941-03-29)29 March 1941 (aged 29) 24 Uruguay Peñarol
21 4FW Julio Losada (1950-06-16)16 June 1950 (aged 19) 3 Uruguay Peñarol
22 1GK Walter Corbo (1949-05-02)2 May 1949 (aged 21) 0 Uruguay Peñarol

Israel

The Israel squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Emmanuel Scheffer

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Yitzchak Vissoker (1944-09-18)18 September 1944 (aged 25) 17 Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva
2 2DF Shraga Bar (1948-03-24)24 March 1948 (aged 22) 13 Israel Maccabi Netanya
3 2DF Menachem Bello (1947-12-26)26 December 1947 (aged 22) 25 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
4 3MF David Primo (1946-05-05)5 May 1946 (aged 24) 18 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
5 2DF Zvi Rosen (1947-06-23)23 June 1947 (aged 22) 16 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
6 2DF Shmuel Rosenthal (1947-04-22)22 April 1947 (aged 23) 23 Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva
7 3MF Itzhak Shum (1948-09-01)1 September 1948 (aged 21) 8 Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba
8 4FW Giora Spiegel (1947-07-27)27 July 1947 (aged 22) 19 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
9 4FW Yehoshua Feigenbaum (1947-12-05)5 December 1947 (aged 22) 15 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
10 4FW Mordechai Spiegler (c) (1944-08-19)19 August 1944 (aged 25) 36 Israel Maccabi Netanya
11 3MF George Borba (1944-07-12)12 July 1944 (aged 25) 10 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
12 3MF Yisha'ayahu Schwager (1946-02-10)10 February 1946 (aged 24) 6 Israel Maccabi Haifa
13 4FW Yechezekel Chazom (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) 4 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
14 3MF Danny Shmulevich-Rom (1940-11-29)29 November 1940 (aged 29) 24 Israel Maccabi Haifa
15 4FW Rachamim Talbi (1943-05-17)17 May 1943 (aged 27) 25 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
16 2DF Yochanan Vollach (1945-05-14)14 May 1945 (aged 25) 4 Israel Hapoel Haifa
17 4FW Eli Ben Rimoz (1944-11-20)20 November 1944 (aged 25) 2 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
18 3MF Moshe Romano (1946-05-06)6 May 1946 (aged 24) 6 Israel Shimshon Tel Aviv
19 3MF Roni Shuruk (1946-02-24)24 February 1946 (aged 24) 8 Israel Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan
20 2DF David Karako (1945-02-11)11 February 1945 (aged 25) 6 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
21 1GK Yechiel Hameiri (1946-08-20)20 August 1946 (aged 23) 1 Israel Hapoel Haifa
22 1GK Yair Nossovsky (1937-06-29)29 June 1937 (aged 32) 3 Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba

Group 3

Brazil

The Brazil squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Mário Zagallo

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Félix (1937-12-24)24 December 1937 (aged 32) 23 Brazil Fluminense
2 2DF Brito (1939-08-09)9 August 1939 (aged 30) 28 Brazil Flamengo
3 3MF Piazza (1943-02-25)25 February 1943 (aged 27) 16 Brazil Cruzeiro
4 2DF Carlos Alberto (c) (1944-07-17)17 July 1944 (aged 25) 40 Brazil Santos
5 3MF Clodoaldo (1949-09-26)26 September 1949 (aged 20) 7 Brazil Santos
6 2DF Marco Antônio (1951-02-06)6 February 1951 (aged 19) 7 Brazil Fluminense
7 4FW Jairzinho (1944-12-25)25 December 1944 (aged 25) 45 Brazil Botafogo
8 3MF Gérson (1941-01-11)11 January 1941 (aged 29) 54 Brazil São Paulo
9 4FW Tostão (1947-01-25)25 January 1947 (aged 23) 36 Brazil Cruzeiro
10 4FW Pelé (1940-10-23)23 October 1940 (aged 29) 81 Brazil Santos
11 3MF Rivellino (1946-01-01)1 January 1946 (aged 24) 21 Brazil Corinthians
12 1GK Ado (1946-07-04)4 July 1946 (aged 23) 2 Brazil Corinthians
13 4FW Roberto Miranda (1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 25) 9 Brazil Botafogo
14 2DF Baldocchi (1946-03-14)14 March 1946 (aged 24) 1 Brazil Palmeiras
15 2DF Fontana (1940-12-31)31 December 1940 (aged 29) 6 Brazil Cruzeiro
16 2DF Everaldo (1944-09-11)11 September 1944 (aged 25) 8 Brazil Grêmio
17 2DF Joel Camargo (1946-09-18)18 September 1946 (aged 23) 26 Brazil Santos
18 3MF Paulo Cézar (1949-06-16)16 June 1949 (aged 20) 14 Brazil Botafogo
19 4FW Edu (1949-08-06)6 August 1949 (aged 20) 29 Brazil Santos
20 4FW Dario (1946-03-04)4 March 1946 (aged 24) 3 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
21 2DF Zé Maria (1949-05-18)18 May 1949 (aged 21) 1 Brazil Portuguesa
22 1GK Leão (1949-07-11)11 July 1949 (aged 20) 2 Brazil Palmeiras

England

The England squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Alf Ramsey

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Gordon Banks (1937-12-30)30 December 1937 (aged 32) 59 England Stoke City
2 2DF Keith Newton (1941-06-23)23 June 1941 (aged 28) 24 England Everton
3 2DF Terry Cooper (1944-07-12)12 July 1944 (aged 25) 8 England Leeds United
4 3MF Alan Mullery (1941-11-23)23 November 1941 (aged 28) 27 England Tottenham Hotspur
5 2DF Brian Labone (1940-01-23)23 January 1940 (aged 30) 23 England Everton
6 2DF Bobby Moore (c) (1941-04-12)12 April 1941 (aged 29) 80 England West Ham United
7 4FW Francis Lee (1944-04-29)29 April 1944 (aged 26) 14 England Manchester City
8 3MF Alan Ball (1945-05-12)12 May 1945 (aged 25) 41 England Everton
9 3MF Bobby Charlton (1937-10-11)11 October 1937 (aged 32) 102 England Manchester United
10 4FW Geoff Hurst (1941-12-08)8 December 1941 (aged 28) 38 England West Ham United
11 3MF Martin Peters (1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 26) 38 England Tottenham Hotspur
12 1GK Peter Bonetti (1941-09-27)27 September 1941 (aged 28) 6 England Chelsea
13 1GK Alex Stepney (1942-09-18)18 September 1942 (aged 27) 1 England Manchester United
14 2DF Tommy Wright (1944-10-21)21 October 1944 (aged 25) 9 England Everton
15 2DF Nobby Stiles (1942-05-18)18 May 1942 (aged 28) 28 England Manchester United
16 3MF Emlyn Hughes (1947-08-28)28 August 1947 (aged 22) 6 England Liverpool
17 2DF Jack Charlton (1935-05-08)8 May 1935 (aged 35) 34 England Leeds United
18 2DF Norman Hunter (1943-10-29)29 October 1943 (aged 26) 13 England Leeds United
19 3MF Colin Bell (1946-02-26)26 February 1946 (aged 24) 11 England Manchester City
20 4FW Peter Osgood (1947-02-20)20 February 1947 (aged 23) 1 England Chelsea
21 4FW Allan Clarke (1946-07-31)31 July 1946 (aged 23) 0 England Leeds United
22 4FW Jeff Astle (1942-05-13)13 May 1942 (aged 28) 3 England West Bromwich Albion

Czechoslovakia

The Czechoslovakia squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Jozef Marko

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ivo Viktor (1942-05-21)21 May 1942 (aged 28) 19 Czechoslovakia VTJ Dukla Praha
2 2DF Karol Dobiaš (1947-12-18)18 December 1947 (aged 22) 9 Czechoslovakia Spartak TAZ Trnava
3 2DF Václav Migas (1944-09-16)16 September 1944 (aged 25) 4 Czechoslovakia TJ Sparta ČKD Praha
4 2DF Vladimír Hagara (1943-11-07)7 November 1943 (aged 26) 10 Czechoslovakia Spartak TAZ Trnava
5 2DF Alexander Horváth (c) (1938-12-28)28 December 1938 (aged 31) 24 Czechoslovakia TJ Slovan CHZJD
6 4FW Andrej Kvašňák (1936-05-19)19 May 1936 (aged 34) 45 Belgium RFC Malinois
7 3MF Bohumil Veselý (1945-06-18)18 June 1945 (aged 24) 13 Czechoslovakia TJ Sparta ČKD Praha
8 4FW Ladislav Petráš (1946-12-01)1 December 1946 (aged 23) 1 Czechoslovakia TJ Internacionál Slovnaft
9 3MF Ladislav Kuna (1947-04-03)3 April 1947 (aged 23) 22 Czechoslovakia Spartak TAZ Trnava
10 4FW Jozef Adamec (1942-02-26)26 February 1942 (aged 28) 30 Czechoslovakia Spartak TAZ Trnava
11 4FW Karol Jokl (1945-08-29)29 August 1945 (aged 24) 18 Czechoslovakia TJ Slovan CHZJD
12 2DF Ján Pivarník (1947-11-13)13 November 1947 (aged 22) 6 Czechoslovakia VSS Košice
13 1GK Anton Flešár (1944-05-08)8 May 1944 (aged 26) 1 Czechoslovakia Lokomotíva Košice
14 2DF Vladimír Hrivnák (1945-04-23)23 April 1945 (aged 25) 4 Czechoslovakia TJ Slovan CHZJD
15 2DF Ján Zlocha (1942-03-24)24 March 1942 (aged 28) 3 Czechoslovakia TJ Slovan CHZJD
16 3MF Ivan Hrdlička (1943-11-20)20 November 1943 (aged 26) 13 Czechoslovakia TJ Slovan CHZJD
17 3MF Jaroslav Pollák (1947-07-11)11 July 1947 (aged 22) 5 Czechoslovakia VSS Košice
18 3MF František Veselý (1943-12-07)7 December 1943 (aged 26) 16 Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague
19 3MF Josef Jurkanin (1949-03-05)5 March 1949 (aged 21) 8 Czechoslovakia TJ Sparta ČKD Praha
20 4FW Milan Albrecht (1950-07-16)16 July 1950 (aged 19) 2 Czechoslovakia Jednota Trenčín
21 4FW Ján Čapkovič (1948-01-11)11 January 1948 (aged 22) 4 Czechoslovakia TJ Slovan CHZJD
22 1GK Alexander Vencel (1944-02-08)8 February 1944 (aged 26) 12 Czechoslovakia TJ Slovan CHZJD

Romania

The Romania squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Angelo Niculescu

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Necula Răducanu (1946-05-10)10 May 1946 (aged 24) 9 Romania Rapid București
2 2DF Lajos Sătmăreanu (1944-02-21)21 February 1944 (aged 26) 20 Romania Steaua București
3 2DF Nicolae Lupescu (1940-12-17)17 December 1940 (aged 29) 7 Romania Rapid București
4 2DF Mihai Mocanu (1942-02-24)24 February 1942 (aged 28) 25 Romania Petrolul Ploiești
5 3MF Cornel Dinu (1948-08-02)2 August 1948 (aged 21) 16 Romania Dinamo București
6 3MF Dan Coe (1941-09-08)8 September 1941 (aged 28) 39 Romania Rapid București
7 3MF Emerich Dembrovschi (1945-10-06)6 October 1945 (aged 24) 11 Romania Dinamo Bacău
8 4FW Nicolae Dobrin (1947-08-26)26 August 1947 (aged 22) 24 Romania Argeș Pitești
9 4FW Florea Dumitrache (1948-05-22)22 May 1948 (aged 22) 13 Romania Dinamo București
10 3MF Radu Nunweiller (1944-11-16)16 November 1944 (aged 25) 14 Romania Dinamo București
11 4FW Mircea Lucescu (c) (1945-07-29)29 July 1945 (aged 24) 25 Romania Dinamo București
12 2DF Mihai Ivăncescu (1942-03-22)22 March 1942 (aged 28) 0 Romania Steagul Roșu Brașov
13 2DF Augustin Deleanu (1944-08-23)23 August 1944 (aged 25) 11 Romania Dinamo București
14 2DF Vasile Gergely (1941-10-28)28 October 1941 (aged 28) 35 Romania Dinamo București
15 2DF Ion Dumitru (1950-01-02)2 January 1950 (aged 20) 3 Romania Rapid București
16 3MF Alexandru Neagu (1948-07-19)19 July 1948 (aged 21) 4 Romania Rapid București
17 3MF Gheorghe Tătaru (1948-05-05)5 May 1948 (aged 22) 0 Romania Steaua București
18 4FW Marin Tufan (1942-10-14)14 October 1942 (aged 27) 2 Romania Farul Constanța
19 4FW Flavius Domide (1946-05-11)11 May 1946 (aged 24) 6 Romania UTA Arad
20 2DF Nicolae Pescaru (1943-03-27)27 March 1943 (aged 27) 1 Romania Steagul Roșu Brașov
21 1GK Stere Adamache (1941-08-17)17 August 1941 (aged 28) 2 Romania Steagul Roșu Brașov
22 1GK Gheorghe Gornea (1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 25) 4 Romania UTA Arad

Group 4

West Germany

The West Germany squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Helmut Schön

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Sepp Maier (1944-02-28)28 February 1944 (aged 26) 19 West Germany Bayern Munich
2 2DF Horst-Dieter Höttges (1943-09-10)10 September 1943 (aged 26) 39 West Germany Werder Bremen
3 2DF Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939-03-31)31 March 1939 (aged 31) 41 Italy Milan
4 3MF Franz Beckenbauer (1945-09-11)11 September 1945 (aged 24) 38 West Germany Bayern Munich
5 2DF Willi Schulz (1938-10-04)4 October 1938 (aged 31) 63 West Germany Hamburger SV
6 3MF Wolfgang Weber (1944-06-26)26 June 1944 (aged 25) 37 West Germany 1. FC Köln
7 2DF Berti Vogts (1946-12-30)30 December 1946 (aged 23) 24 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
8 4FW Helmut Haller (1939-07-21)21 July 1939 (aged 30) 32 Italy Juventus
9 4FW Uwe Seeler (c) (1936-11-05)5 November 1936 (aged 33) 65 West Germany Hamburger SV
10 4FW Sigfried Held (1942-08-07)7 August 1942 (aged 27) 27 West Germany Borussia Dortmund
11 2DF Klaus Fichtel (1944-11-19)19 November 1944 (aged 25) 13 West Germany Schalke 04
12 3MF Wolfgang Overath (1943-09-29)29 September 1943 (aged 26) 49 West Germany 1. FC Köln
13 4FW Gerd Müller (1945-11-03)3 November 1945 (aged 24) 19 West Germany Bayern Munich
14 4FW Reinhard Libuda (1943-10-10)10 October 1943 (aged 26) 15 West Germany Schalke 04
15 2DF Bernd Patzke (1943-03-14)14 March 1943 (aged 27) 19 West Germany Hertha BSC
16 3MF Max Lorenz (1939-08-19)19 August 1939 (aged 30) 18 West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
17 4FW Hannes Löhr (1942-07-05)5 July 1942 (aged 27) 13 West Germany 1. FC Köln
18 2DF Klaus-Dieter Sieloff (1942-02-27)27 February 1942 (aged 28) 9 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
19 3MF Peter Dietrich (1944-03-06)6 March 1944 (aged 26) 1 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
20 4FW Jürgen Grabowski (1944-07-07)7 July 1944 (aged 25) 7 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
21 1GK Manfred Manglitz (1940-03-08)8 March 1940 (aged 30) 4 West Germany 1. FC Köln
22 1GK Horst Wolter (1942-06-08)8 June 1942 (aged 27) 12 West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig

Peru

The Peru squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Brazil Didi

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Luis Rubiños (1940-12-31)31 December 1940 (aged 29) 3 Peru Sporting Cristal
2 2DF Eloy Campos (1942-05-31)31 May 1942 (aged 28) 11 Peru Sporting Cristal
3 2DF Orlando de la Torre (1943-11-21)21 November 1943 (aged 26) 2 Peru Sporting Cristal
4 2DF Héctor Chumpitaz (c) (1944-04-12)12 April 1944 (aged 26) 4 Peru Universitario
5 2DF Nicolás Fuentes (1941-12-20)20 December 1941 (aged 28) 0 Peru Universitario
6 3MF Ramón Mifflin (1947-04-05)5 April 1947 (aged 23) 6 Peru Sporting Cristal
7 3MF Roberto Challe (1946-11-24)24 November 1946 (aged 23) 3 Peru Universitario
8 3MF Julio Baylón (1947-12-10)10 December 1947 (aged 22) 4 Peru Alianza Lima
9 4FW Pedro Pablo León (1943-03-26)26 March 1943 (aged 27) 10 Peru Alianza Lima
10 4FW Teófilo Cubillas (1949-03-08)8 March 1949 (aged 21) 3 Peru Alianza Lima
11 3MF Alberto Gallardo (1940-11-28)28 November 1940 (aged 29) 13 Peru Sporting Cristal
12 1GK Rubén Correa (1941-07-25)25 July 1941 (aged 28) ? Peru Universitario
13 3MF Pedro González (1943-05-19)19 May 1943 (aged 27) 1 Peru Universitario
14 2DF José Fernández (1939-02-14)14 February 1939 (aged 31) 3 Peru Sporting Cristal
15 3MF Javier González (1939-05-11)11 May 1939 (aged 31) 2 Peru Alianza Lima
16 2DF Félix Salinas (1939-05-11)11 May 1939 (aged 31) ? Peru Universitario
17 3MF Luis Cruzado (1941-07-06)6 July 1941 (aged 28) 0 Peru Universitario
18 4FW José del Castillo (1943-01-01)1 January 1943 (aged 27) ? Peru Sporting Cristal
19 4FW Eladio Reyes (1948-01-08)8 January 1948 (aged 22) 0 Peru Juan Aurich
20 4FW Hugo Sotil (1949-05-18)18 May 1949 (aged 21) 0 Peru Deportivo Municipal
21 1GK Jesus Goyzueta (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) ? Peru Universitario
22 4FW Oswaldo Ramírez (1947-03-29)29 March 1947 (aged 23) 2 Peru Sport Boys

Bulgaria

The Bulgaria squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Stefan Bozhkov

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Simeon Simeonov (1946-04-26)26 April 1946 (aged 24) 30 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
2 2DF Aleksandar Shalamanov (1941-09-04)4 September 1941 (aged 28) 33 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
3 2DF Ivan Dimitrov (c) (1935-05-14)14 May 1935 (aged 35) 70 Bulgaria Akademik Sofia
4 2DF Stefan Aladzhov (1947-10-18)18 October 1947 (aged 22) 9 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia
5 3MF Ivan Davidov (1943-10-05)5 October 1943 (aged 26) 10 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
6 2DF Dimitar Penev (1945-07-12)12 July 1945 (aged 24) 48 Bulgaria CSKA SZ Sofia
7 4FW Georgi Popov (1944-07-14)14 July 1944 (aged 25) 20 Bulgaria Trakia Plovdiv
8 4FW Hristo Bonev (1947-02-03)3 February 1947 (aged 23) 25 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv
9 4FW Petar Zhekov (1944-10-10)10 October 1944 (aged 25) 31 Bulgaria CSKA SZ Sofia
10 4FW Dimitar Yakimov (1941-07-12)12 July 1941 (aged 28) 59 Bulgaria CSKA SZ Sofia
11 3MF Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941-06-02)2 June 1941 (aged 28) 36 Bulgaria Trakia Plovdiv
12 2DF Milko Gaydarski (1946-03-18)18 March 1946 (aged 24) 19 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia
13 1GK Stoyan Yordanov (1944-01-29)29 January 1944 (aged 26) 8 Bulgaria CSKA SZ Sofia
14 2DF Dobromir Zhechev (1942-11-12)12 November 1942 (aged 27) 42 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia
15 2DF Boris Gaganelov (1941-10-07)7 October 1941 (aged 28) 50 Bulgaria CSKA SZ Sofia
16 3MF Asparuh Nikodimov (1945-08-21)21 August 1945 (aged 24) 17 Bulgaria CSKA SZ Sofia
17 2DF Todor Kolev (1942-04-29)29 April 1942 (aged 28) 9 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
18 4FW Dimitar Marashliev (1947-08-31)31 August 1947 (aged 22) 6 Bulgaria CSKA SZ Sofia
19 3MF Georgi Asparuhov (1943-05-04)4 May 1943 (aged 27) 46 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia
20 3MF Vasil Mitkov (1943-09-17)17 September 1943 (aged 26) 8 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia
21 4FW Bozhidar Grigorov (1945-07-27)27 July 1945 (aged 24) 0 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
22 1GK Georgi Kamenski (1947-02-03)3 February 1947 (aged 23) 0 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia

Georgi Kamenski was a last-minute replacement for the injured Yordan Filipov

Morocco

The Morocco squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Blagoje Vidinić

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Allal Benkassou (1941-11-11)11 November 1941 (aged 28) 2 Morocco FAR Rabat
2 2DF Abdallah Lamrani (1946-01-01)1 January 1946 (aged 24) 0 Morocco FAR Rabat
3 2DF Boujemaa Benkhrif (1947-11-30)30 November 1947 (aged 22) 0 Morocco KAC Kenitra
4 2DF Moulay Khanousi (c) (1939-06-21)21 June 1939 (aged 30) 0 Morocco MAS Fes
5 2DF Kacem Slimani (1948-07-01)1 July 1948 (aged 21) 0 Morocco RS Settat
6 3MF Mohammed Mahroufi (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) 0 Morocco DH Jadida
7 3MF Said Ghandi (1948-08-16)16 August 1948 (aged 21) 0 Morocco RCA Casablanca
8 3MF Driss Bamous (1942-12-15)15 December 1942 (aged 27) 2 Morocco FAR Rabat
9 4FW Ahmed Faras (1946-12-07)7 December 1946 (aged 23) 0 Morocco Chabab Mohammedia
10 4FW Mohammed El Filali (1945-07-09)9 July 1945 (aged 24) 0 Morocco Mouloudia Oujda
11 3MF Maouhoub Ghazouani (1946-01-01)1 January 1946 (aged 24) 0 Morocco FAR Rabat
12 1GK Mohammed Hazzaz (1944-11-30)30 November 1944 (aged 25) 0 Morocco MAS Fes
13 2DF Jalili Fadili (1940-01-01)1 January 1940 (aged 30) 0 Morocco FAR Rabat
14 4FW Houmane Jarir (1944-11-30)30 November 1944 (aged 25) 0 Morocco RCA Casablanca
15 3MF Hadi Dahane (1946-01-01)1 January 1946 (aged 24) ? Morocco Union Sidi Kacem
16 3MF Mustapha Choukri (1945-01-01)1 January 1945 (aged 25) 0 Morocco RCA Casablanca
17 4FW Ahmed Alaoui (1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 21) 0 Morocco RS Settat
18 2DF Abdelkader El Khiati (1945-01-01)1 January 1945 (aged 25) 0 Morocco FAR Rabat
19 1GK Abdelkader Ouaraghli (1943-01-01)1 January 1943 (aged 27) ? Morocco WAC Casablanca

Note: Only 19 players in Morocco squad.

References