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The 1934 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament that was held in Italy from 27 May
to 10 June 1934. Below are the squads registered by the 16 national teams involved in the tournament.
Brazil and Czechoslovakia were the only teams to have players from foreign clubs.
Rosters include reserves, alternates, and pre-selected players that may have participated in qualifiers and/or
pre-tournament friendlies but not in the finals themselves.
Contents
Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Romania
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
References
External links
Argentina
Head coach: Felipe Pascucci[1][2]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
25 September 1907 (aged Club Sportivo Buenos Aires
- MF Ernesto Albarracín 0
26)
- DF Ramón Astudillo 0 Colón de Santa Fe
Gimnasia y Esgrima de
- FW Roberto Irañeta 21 March 1915 (aged 19) 0
Mendoza
- FW Luis Izzeta 0 Defensores de Belgrano
Austria
Head coach: Hugo Meisl
Although registered to the official list, Raftl, Janda, Stroh, Kaburek, Walzhofer and Hassmann remained on
standby in Austria.[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Belgium
Head coach: Hector Goetinck
Although registered to the official list, Bourgeois, Simons, Van Ingelgem, Lamoot, Ledent, Putmans,
Versyp and Brichaut remained on standby in Belgium.[3][1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Royal Daring Club
- GK Arnold Badjou 26 June 1909 (aged 24) 12
Molenbeek
13 December 1908 (aged Royal FC Malinois
- MF Désiré Bourgeois 2
25)
- FW Jean Brichaut 29 July 1911 (aged 22) 11 Standard Liège
Brazil
Head coach: Luiz Vinhaes
Although registered to the official list, Pamplona and Almeida remained on standby in Brazil.[4][1][5]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Notes
Domingos da Guia was not entered in the competition due to problems with the Nacional
(URU), who had already ceded Patesko.The Uruguayan club demanded a
compensation fee for CBD which was considered outrageous.[6][1]
Benedicto (Torino) and Bilé (Ypiranga-SP), who were not registered officially, took part of
the delegation helping in the training activities (Bilé in Brazil, and Benedicto, who
disputed the 1930 FIFA World Cup, in Italy).[7][1]
Czechoslovakia
Head coach: Karel Petrů
Although registered to the official list Daučík, Srbek, Šterc and Šimperský remained on standby in
Czechoslovakia.[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Egypt
Head coach: James McCrae
Although registered to the official list, Bakhati, El-Soury and Youssef remained on standby in Egypt.[8][1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Al-Masry AC Port
- FW Abdulrahman Fawzi 11 August 1909 (aged 24) 2
Said
10 February 1910 (aged Zamalek Mokhtalat
- MF Ahmed Halim Ibrahim
24)
- DF Hamidu 2 Al-Olympi Alexandria
Al-Masry AC Port
- FW Mohammed Hassan 5 February 1905 (aged 29) -
Said
- MF Hafez Kasseb 0 Al-Olympi Alexandria
Union Recreation
- MF Hassan Raghab 1 January 1909 (aged 25) 2
Ithad
- FW Mostafa Taha 23 March 1910 (aged 24) Zamalek Mokhtalat
Al-Masry AC Port
- MF Moustafa Helmi Youssef 11 June 1911 (aged 22) 0
Said
France
Head coach: George Kimpton
Although registered to the official list, Défossé, Vandooren, Beaucourt, Delmer, Korb, Laurent and
Courtois remained on standby in France.[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
- GK Alex Thépot (c) 30 July 1906 (aged 27) 27 Red Star Paris
Germany
Head coach: Otto Nerz
Although registered to the official list, Buchloh, Münzenberg, Albrecht, Dienert and Streb remained on
standby in Germany.[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Hungary
Head coach: Ödön Nádas[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
- FW István Avar 30 May 1905 (aged 28) 17 Újpest
- DF Sándor Bíró 19 August 1911 (aged 22) 13 Hungária
- MF János Dudás 13 February 1913 (aged 21) 0 Hungária
- DF Gyula Futó 29 December 1908 (aged 25) 0 Újpest
- GK József Háda 2 March 1911 (aged 23) 11 Ferencváros
- FW Tibor Kemény 5 March 1913 (aged 21) 5 Ferencváros
- MF Gyula Lázár 24 January 1911 (aged 23) 19 Ferencváros
- FW Imre Markos 9 June 1908 (aged 25) 13 Debreceni Bocskai
- MF István Palotás 5 March 1908 (aged 26) 4 Debreceni Bocskai
- MF Gyula Polgár 8 February 1912 (aged 22) 5 Ferencváros
- FW György Sárosi 15 September 1912 (aged 21) 22 Ferencváros
- MF Rezső Somlai 22 May 1911 (aged 23) 0 Kispest
- DF László Sternberg 28 May 1905 (aged 28) 7 Újpest
- GK Antal Szabó 4 September 1910 (aged 23) 10 Hungária
- FW Gábor P. Szabó 14 October 1902 (aged 31) 10 Újpest
- MF Antal Szalay 12 March 1912 (aged 22) 8 Újpest
- MF György Szűcs 23 April 1912 (aged 22) 3 Újpest
- FW István Tamássy 30 June 1906 (aged 27) 1 Újpest
- FW Pál Teleki 5 March 1906 (aged 28) 6 Debreceni Bocskai
- FW Géza Toldi 11 February 1909 (aged 25) 21 Ferencváros
- DF József Vágó 30 June 1906 (aged 27) 1 Debreceni Bocskai
- FW Jenő Vincze 20 November 1908 (aged 25) 5 Debreceni Bocskai
Italy
Head coach: Vittorio Pozzo[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Netherlands
Head coach: Bob Glendenning
Although registered to the official list, Vrauwdeunt and Paauwe remained on standby in the Netherlands.[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Go Ahead Eagles
- GK Leo Halle 17 February 1903 (aged 31) 2
Deventer
- FW Wim Langendaal 13 April 1909 (aged 25) 0 Xerxes Rotterdam
Romania
Head coach: Josef Uridil and Costel Rădulescu
The Romanian Football Federation had nominated Zoltán Beke in case Bindea did not recover in time from
injury, but this contravened FIFA regulations and so Beke, who travelled with the team to Italy, was not
eligible to play.[9][1]
Although registered to the official list, Konrard, Bürger, Juhász, Weichelt, Baratky, Klimek and Schwartz
remained on standby in Romania.[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Spain
Head coach: Amadeo García
Although registered to the official list, Hilario and Sabater remained on standby in Spain.[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Sweden
Although registered to the official list, Hult, Jansson, Bunke, Holmberg and Lundhal remained on standby
in Sweden.[10][1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Switzerland
Head coach: Heinrich Müller
Although registered to the official list, Huber, Gobet, Loichot and Hochsträsser remained on standby in
Switzerland.[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
United States
Head coach: David Gould[1]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
- MF Tom Amrhein 1911 0 Baltimore Canton
- DF Ed Czerkiewicz 8 July 1912 (aged 21) 1 Pawtucket Rangers
20 September 1905 (aged
- FW Walter Dick 0 Pawtucket Rangers
28)
- FW Aldo Donelli 22 July 1907 (aged 26) 1 Pittsburgh Curry Silver Tops
Philadelphia German-
- MF Bill Fiedler 10 January 1910 (aged 24) 0
Americans
6 September 1897 (aged
- MF Tom Florie 7 Pawtucket Rangers
36)
- MF Jimmy Gallagher 7 June 1901 (aged 32) 7 Cleveland Slavia
- MF Billy Gonsalves 10 August 1908 (aged 25) 5 St. Louis Stix, Baer & Fuller
Philadelphia German-
- DF Al Harker 11 April 1910 (aged 24) 0
Americans
- GK Julius Hjulian 15 March 1903 (aged 31) 1 Chicago Wonderbolts
20 December 1901 (aged
- MF William Lehman 1 St. Louis Stix, Baer & Fuller
32)
- MF Tom Lynch 0 Brooklyn Celtic
- DF Joe Martinelli 22 August 1916 (aged 17) 0 Pawtucket Rangers
- FW Willie McLean 27 January 1904 (aged 30) 1 St. Louis Stix, Baer & Fuller
George Moorhouse
- DF 4 May 1901 (aged 33) 6 New York Americans
(c)
- FW Werner Nilsen 24 February 1904 (aged 30) 1 St. Louis Stix, Baer & Fuller
Philadelphia German-
- MF Peter Pietras 21 April 1908 (aged 26) 1
Americans
Philadelphia German-
- DF Herman Rapp 1907 0
Americans
Philadelphia German-
- FW Francis Ryan 10 January 1908 (aged 26) 2
Americans
References
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2. Fielder, Robert (2018). The Complete History of the World Cup. Kindle Edition.
3. "Belgisch elftal samengesteld" (https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=d
dd:010674183:mpeg21:p014). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 17 May 1934. p. 14.
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4. "La Copa del Mundo" (http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1934/05/24/pagina-2/
631445/pdf.html). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 May 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 1 July
2018.
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Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1934–1938" (https://rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil193438.ht
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t.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=2011&p=4#page/4/mode/2up). Il Littoriale (in Dutch). 21 May
1934. p. 4. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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External links
(in German) 1934 FIFA World Cup squads (https://www.weltfussball.de/spieler/wm-1934-in-it
alien/) at Weltfussball.de