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Below are the squads for the 1958 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Sweden.
France (1), Northern Ireland (19), Scotland (6), Sweden (5) and Wales (14) had players representing
foreign clubs.
The total of 45 "Foreigners" establishes the First record of this kind.
For the First time, seven selected players (1 French, 5 Swedish and 1 Welsh) comes from foreign clubs of
not qualified countries (Italy and Spain).
Contents
Group 1
West Germany
Northern Ireland
Czechoslovakia
Argentina
Group 2
France
Yugoslavia
Paraguay
Scotland
Group 3
Sweden
Wales
Hungary
Mexico
Group 4
Brazil
Soviet Union
England
Austria
Notes
References
Group 1
West Germany
Northern Ireland
Czechoslovakia
Argentina
Group 2
France
Yugoslavia
Paraguay
Scotland
Head coach: Dawson Walker (officially only acting manager in place of Matt Busby, who was seriously
injured in the Munich air disaster and unable to resume his duties in time for the tournament)
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Group 3
Sweden
Wales
Note: Swansea Town (now Swansea City) and Cardiff City are Welsh clubs that play in the English
football league system.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
Hungary
Mexico
Group 4
Brazil
Soviet Union
England
Some sources state that England took only 20 squad members to the 1958 tournament in
Sweden, and their squad lists do not include Alan Hodgkinson or Maurice Setters. Other
sources, including FIFA's official World Cup records, list 22 players on the squad and
include both Hodgkinson and Setters. The likelihood is that these two players were included
on the squad list submitted to FIFA but did not travel to the tournament. [2] (http://www.engla
ndfootballonline.com/CmpWC/CmpWC1958Squad.html)
Austria
Notes
Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except
Argentina, Paraguay, Scotland, Hungary and Brazil who only called two.
References
1. "1950:1959: Ya mero, embrión de Chivas campeón" (https://web.archive.org/web/20071008
170200/http://www.soccernetwork.com/SPA/articulos/20060616-03296). Soccer Network. 5
January 2006. Archived from the original (http://www.soccernetwork.com/SPA/articulos/2006
0616-03296) on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2014.