1970 FIFA World Cup squads

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 edit

Mexico edit

 
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   Guadalajara
2 2DF Juan Manuel Alejandrez (1944-05-17)17 May 1944 (aged 26) 24   Cruz Azul
3 2DF Gustavo Peña (c) (1941-11-22)22 November 1941 (aged 28) 63   Cruz Azul
4 2DF Francisco Montes (1943-04-22)22 April 1943 (aged 27) 7   Veracruz
5 2DF Mario Pérez (1946-07-30)30 July 1946 (aged 23) 45   América
6 2DF Guillermo Hernández (1942-06-25)25 June 1942 (aged 27) 26   América
7 3MF Marcos Rivas (1947-11-25)25 November 1947 (aged 22) 5   Atlante
8 3MF Antonio Munguía (1942-06-27)27 June 1942 (aged 27) 33   Cruz Azul
9 4FW Enrique Borja (1945-12-30)30 December 1945 (aged 24) 37   América
10 4FW Horacio López Salgado (1948-09-15)15 September 1948 (aged 21) 15   América
11 4FW Aarón Padilla (1942-07-10)10 July 1942 (aged 27) 51   UNAM
12 1GK Antonio Mota (1939-01-26)26 January 1939 (aged 31) 13   Necaxa
13 2DF José Vantolrá (1943-03-30)30 March 1943 (aged 27) 26   Toluca
14 2DF Javier Guzmán (1945-01-09)9 January 1945 (aged 25) 9   Cruz Azul
15 3MF Héctor Pulido (1942-12-20)20 December 1942 (aged 27) 24   Cruz Azul
16 4FW Isidoro Díaz (1938-03-14)14 March 1938 (aged 32) 67   León
17 3MF José Luis González (1942-09-14)14 September 1942 (aged 27) 36   UNAM
18 3MF Mario Velarde (1940-03-29)29 March 1940 (aged 30) 2   UNAM
19 4FW Javier Valdivia (1941-12-04)4 December 1941 (aged 28) 16   Guadalajara
20 3MF Juan Ignacio Basaguren (1944-07-21)21 July 1944 (aged 25) 10   Atlante
21 4FW Javier Fragoso (1942-04-19)19 April 1942 (aged 28) 43   América
22 1GK Francisco Castrejón (1947-06-11)11 June 1947 (aged 22) 13   UNAM

Soviet Union edit

 
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   CSKA Moscow
2 1GK Anzor Kavazashvili (1940-07-19)19 July 1940 (aged 29) 25   Spartak Moscow
3 2DF Valentin Afonin (1939-12-22)22 December 1939 (aged 30) 38   SKA Rostov
4 2DF Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1945-04-15)15 April 1945 (aged 25) 10   Dinamo Tbilisi
5 2DF Vladimir Kaplichny (1944-02-26)26 February 1944 (aged 26) 22   CSKA Moscow
6 2DF Evgeny Lovchev (1949-01-29)29 January 1949 (aged 21) 10   Spartak Moscow
7 2DF Gennady Logofet (1942-04-15)15 April 1942 (aged 28) 15   Spartak Moscow
8 2DF Murtaz Khurtsilava (1943-01-05)5 January 1943 (aged 27) 39   Dinamo Tbilisi
9 2DF Albert Shesternyov (c) (1941-06-20)20 June 1941 (aged 28) 74   CSKA Moscow
10 3MF Valery Zykov (1944-02-24)24 February 1944 (aged 26) 1   Dynamo Moscow
11 3MF Kakhi Asatiani (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) 10   Dinamo Tbilisi
12 3MF Nikolay Kiselyov (1946-01-29)29 January 1946 (aged 24) 8   Spartak Moscow
13 1GK Lev Yashin (1929-10-22)22 October 1929 (aged 40) 74   Dynamo Moscow
14 3MF Vladimir Muntyan (1946-09-14)14 September 1946 (aged 23) 13   Dynamo Kyiv
15 3MF Viktor Serebryanikov (1940-03-29)29 March 1940 (aged 30) 19   Dynamo Kyiv
16 4FW Anatoliy Byshovets (1946-04-23)23 April 1946 (aged 24) 29   Dynamo Kyiv
17 4FW Gennady Yevriuzhikin (1944-02-04)4 February 1944 (aged 26) 13   Dynamo Moscow
18 4FW Slava Metreveli (1936-05-30)30 May 1936 (aged 34) 48   Dinamo Tbilisi
19 4FW Givi Nodia (1948-01-02)2 January 1948 (aged 22) 10   Dinamo Tbilisi
20 4FW Anatoliy Puzach (1941-06-03)3 June 1941 (aged 28) 10   Dynamo Kyiv
21 4FW Vitaly Khmelnitsky (1943-06-12)12 June 1943 (aged 26) 13   Dynamo Kyiv
22 4FW Valeriy Porkujan (1944-10-04)4 October 1944 (aged 25) 8   Chornomorets Odesa

Belgium edit

 
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   Standard Liège
2 2DF Georges Heylens (1941-08-08)8 August 1941 (aged 28) 47   Anderlecht
3 2DF Jean Thissen (1946-04-21)21 April 1946 (aged 24) 12   Standard Liège
4 2DF Nicolas Dewalque (1945-09-20)20 September 1945 (aged 24) 12   Standard Liège
5 2DF Léon Jeck (1947-02-09)9 February 1947 (aged 23) 7   Standard Liège
6 3MF Jean Dockx (1941-05-24)24 May 1941 (aged 29) 10   RWD Molenbeek
7 3MF Léon Semmeling (1940-01-04)4 January 1940 (aged 30) 15   Standard Liège
8 3MF Wilfried Van Moer (1945-03-01)1 March 1945 (aged 25) 15   Standard Liège
9 4FW Johan Devrindt (1944-04-14)14 April 1944 (aged 26) 14   Anderlecht
10 4FW Paul Van Himst (c) (1943-10-02)2 October 1943 (aged 26) 53   Anderlecht
11 4FW Wilfried Puis (1943-02-18)18 February 1943 (aged 27) 40   Anderlecht
12 1GK Jean-Marie Trappeniers (1942-01-13)13 January 1942 (aged 28) 11   Anderlecht
13 2DF Jacques Beurlet (1944-12-21)21 December 1944 (aged 25) 3   Standard Liège
14 3MF Maurice Martens (1947-06-05)5 June 1947 (aged 22) 0   Anderlecht
15 3MF Erwin Vandendaele (1945-03-05)5 March 1945 (aged 25) 0   Club Brugge
16 3MF Odilon Polleunis (1943-05-01)1 May 1943 (aged 27) 11   Sint-Truiden
17 3MF Jan Verheyen (1944-07-09)9 July 1944 (aged 25) 10   Beerschot
18 4FW Raoul Lambert (1944-10-20)20 October 1944 (aged 25) 4   Club Brugge
19 4FW Pierre Carteus (1943-09-24)24 September 1943 (aged 26) 0   Club Brugge
20 3MF Alfons Peeters (1943-01-21)21 January 1943 (aged 27) 4   Anderlecht
21 4FW Frans Janssens (1945-09-25)25 September 1945 (aged 24) 0   Lierse
22 1GK Jacques Duquesne (1940-04-22)22 April 1940 (aged 30) 0   Olympic Charleroi

El Salvador edit

 
The El Salvador squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach:   Hernán Carrasco

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

Group 2 edit

Italy edit

 
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   Cagliari
2 2DF Tarcisio Burgnich (1939-04-25)25 April 1939 (aged 31) 33   Internazionale
3 2DF Giacinto Facchetti (c) (1942-07-18)18 July 1942 (aged 27) 46   Internazionale
4 2DF Fabrizio Poletti (1943-07-13)13 July 1943 (aged 26) 4   Torino
5 2DF Pierluigi Cera (1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 29) 2   Cagliari
6 3MF Ugo Ferrante (1945-07-18)18 July 1945 (aged 24) 1   Fiorentina
7 3MF Comunardo Niccolai (1946-12-15)15 December 1946 (aged 23) 1   Cagliari
8 2DF Roberto Rosato (1943-08-18)18 August 1943 (aged 26) 18   Milan
9 2DF Giorgio Puia (1938-03-08)8 March 1938 (aged 32) 7   Torino
10 3MF Mario Bertini (1944-01-07)7 January 1944 (aged 26) 9   Internazionale
11 4FW Gigi Riva (1944-11-07)7 November 1944 (aged 25) 16   Cagliari
12 1GK Dino Zoff (1942-02-28)28 February 1942 (aged 28) 10   Napoli
13 4FW Angelo Domenghini (1941-08-25)25 August 1941 (aged 28) 22   Cagliari
14 3MF Gianni Rivera (1943-08-18)18 August 1943 (aged 26) 38   Milan
15 3MF Sandro Mazzola (1942-11-08)8 November 1942 (aged 27) 37   Internazionale
16 3MF Giancarlo De Sisti (1943-03-13)13 March 1943 (aged 27) 12   Fiorentina
17 1GK Lido Vieri (1939-07-16)16 July 1939 (aged 30) 4   Internazionale
18 2DF Antonio Juliano (1942-12-26)26 December 1942 (aged 27) 14   Napoli
19 4FW Sergio Gori (1946-02-24)24 February 1946 (aged 24) 0   Cagliari
20 4FW Roberto Boninsegna (1943-11-13)13 November 1943 (aged 26) 1   Internazionale
21 2DF Giuseppe Furino (1946-07-05)5 July 1946 (aged 23) 0   Juventus
22 4FW Pierino Prati (1946-12-13)13 December 1946 (aged 23) 6   Milan

Sweden edit

 
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   Hammarby IF
2 2DF Hans Selander (1945-03-15)15 March 1945 (aged 25) 28   Helsingborgs IF
3 2DF Kurt Axelsson (1941-11-10)10 November 1941 (aged 28) 22   Club Brugge
4 2DF Björn Nordqvist (c) (1942-10-06)6 October 1942 (aged 27) 43   IFK Norrköping
5 2DF Roland Grip (1941-01-01)1 January 1941 (aged 29) 21   AIK
6 3MF Tommy Svensson (1945-03-04)4 March 1945 (aged 25) 23   Östers IF
7 3MF Bo Larsson (1944-05-05)5 May 1944 (aged 26) 22   Malmö FF
8 3MF Leif Eriksson (1942-03-20)20 March 1942 (aged 28) 40   Örebro SK
9 4FW Ove Kindvall (1943-05-16)16 May 1943 (aged 27) 15   Feyenoord
10 4FW Ove Grahn (1943-05-09)9 May 1943 (aged 27) 14   Grasshopper
11 3MF Örjan Persson (1942-08-27)27 August 1942 (aged 27) 28   Rangers
12 1GK Sven-Gunnar Larsson (1940-05-10)10 May 1940 (aged 30) 14   Örebro SK
13 2DF Claes Cronqvist (1944-10-15)15 October 1944 (aged 25) 2   Djurgårdens IF
14 2DF Krister Kristensson (1942-07-25)25 July 1942 (aged 27) 19   Malmö FF
15 2DF Leif Målberg (1945-09-01)1 September 1945 (aged 24) 0   IF Elfsborg
16 4FW Tomas Nordahl (1946-05-24)24 May 1946 (aged 24) 8   Anderlecht
17 1GK Ronney Pettersson (1940-04-26)26 April 1940 (aged 30) 17   Djurgårdens IF
18 4FW Tom Turesson (1942-05-17)17 May 1942 (aged 28) 18   Club Brugge
19 3MF Göran Nicklasson (1942-08-20)20 August 1942 (aged 27) 4   IFK Göteborg
20 2DF Jan Olsson (1944-03-18)18 March 1944 (aged 26) 11   VfB Stuttgart
21 4FW Inge Ejderstedt (1946-12-24)24 December 1946 (aged 23) 15   Östers IF
22 3MF Sten Pålsson (1945-12-04)4 December 1945 (aged 24) 7   GAIS

Uruguay edit

 
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   Peñarol
2 2DF Atilio Ancheta (1948-07-19)19 July 1948 (aged 21) 10   Nacional
3 2DF Roberto Matosas (1940-05-11)11 May 1940 (aged 30) 12   Peñarol
4 2DF Luis Ubiña (1940-06-07)7 June 1940 (aged 29) 19   Nacional
5 3MF Julio Montero Castillo (1944-04-25)25 April 1944 (aged 26) 22   Nacional
6 2DF Juan Mujica (1943-12-22)22 December 1943 (aged 26) 16   Nacional
7 4FW Luis Cubilla (1940-03-28)28 March 1940 (aged 30) 23   Nacional
8 3MF Pedro Rocha (c) (1942-12-03)3 December 1942 (aged 27) 48   Peñarol
9 3MF Víctor Espárrago (1944-10-06)6 October 1944 (aged 25) 15   Nacional
10 3MF Ildo Maneiro (1947-08-04)4 August 1947 (aged 22) 3   Nacional
11 4FW Julio Morales (1945-02-16)16 February 1945 (aged 25) 11   Nacional
12 1GK Héctor Santos (1944-10-29)29 October 1944 (aged 25) 1   Bella Vista
13 2DF Rodolfo Sandoval (1948-10-04)4 October 1948 (aged 21) 0   Peñarol
14 2DF Francisco Cámera (1944-01-01)1 January 1944 (aged 26) 1   Bella Vista
15 3MF Dagoberto Fontes (1943-06-06)6 June 1943 (aged 26) 9   Defensor
16 2DF Omar Caetano (1938-11-08)8 November 1938 (aged 31) 30   Peñarol
17 4FW Rúben Bareño (1944-01-23)23 January 1944 (aged 26) 12   Cerro
18 4FW Alberto Gómez (1944-06-10)10 June 1944 (aged 25) 3   Liverpool
19 4FW Oscar Zubia (1946-02-08)8 February 1946 (aged 24) 11   River Plate
20 3MF Julio César Cortés (1941-03-29)29 March 1941 (aged 29) 24   Peñarol
21 4FW Julio Losada (1950-06-16)16 June 1950 (aged 19) 3   Peñarol
22 1GK Walter Corbo (1949-05-02)2 May 1949 (aged 21) 0   Peñarol

Israel edit

 
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   Hapoel Petah Tikva
2 2DF Shraga Bar (1948-03-24)24 March 1948 (aged 22) 13   Maccabi Netanya
3 2DF Menachem Bello (1947-12-26)26 December 1947 (aged 22) 25   Maccabi Tel Aviv
4 3MF David Primo (1946-05-05)5 May 1946 (aged 24) 18   Hapoel Tel Aviv
5 2DF Zvi Rosen (1947-06-23)23 June 1947 (aged 22) 16   Maccabi Tel Aviv
6 2DF Shmuel Rosenthal (1947-04-22)22 April 1947 (aged 23) 23   Hapoel Petah Tikva
7 3MF Itzhak Shum (1948-09-01)1 September 1948 (aged 21) 8   Hapoel Kfar Saba
8 4FW Giora Spiegel (1947-07-27)27 July 1947 (aged 22) 19   Maccabi Tel Aviv
9 4FW Yehoshua Feigenbaum (1947-12-05)5 December 1947 (aged 22) 15   Hapoel Tel Aviv
10 4FW Mordechai Spiegler (c) (1944-08-19)19 August 1944 (aged 25) 36   Maccabi Netanya
11 3MF George Borba (1944-07-12)12 July 1944 (aged 25) 10   Hapoel Tel Aviv
12 3MF Yisha'ayahu Schwager (1946-02-10)10 February 1946 (aged 24) 6   Maccabi Haifa
13 4FW Yechezekel Chazom (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) 4   Hapoel Tel Aviv
14 3MF Danny Shmulevich-Rom (1940-11-29)29 November 1940 (aged 29) 24   Maccabi Haifa
15 4FW Rachamim Talbi (1943-05-17)17 May 1943 (aged 27) 25   Maccabi Tel Aviv
16 2DF Yochanan Vollach (1945-05-14)14 May 1945 (aged 25) 4   Hapoel Haifa
17 4FW Eli Ben Rimoz (1944-11-20)20 November 1944 (aged 25) 2   Hapoel Jerusalem
18 3MF Moshe Romano (1946-05-06)6 May 1946 (aged 24) 6   Shimshon Tel Aviv
19 3MF Roni Shuruk (1946-02-24)24 February 1946 (aged 24) 8   Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan
20 2DF David Karako (1945-02-11)11 February 1945 (aged 25) 6   Maccabi Tel Aviv
21 1GK Yechiel Hameiri (1946-08-20)20 August 1946 (aged 23) 1   Hapoel Haifa
22 1GK Yair Nossovsky (1937-06-29)29 June 1937 (aged 32) 3   Hapoel Kfar Saba

Group 3 edit

Brazil edit

 
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   Fluminense
2 2DF Brito (1939-08-09)9 August 1939 (aged 30) 28   Flamengo
3 3MF Piazza (1943-02-25)25 February 1943 (aged 27) 16   Cruzeiro
4 2DF Carlos Alberto (c) (1944-07-17)17 July 1944 (aged 25) 40   Santos
5 3MF Clodoaldo (1949-09-26)26 September 1949 (aged 20) 7   Santos
6 2DF Marco Antônio (1951-02-06)6 February 1951 (aged 19) 7   Fluminense
7 4FW Jairzinho (1944-12-25)25 December 1944 (aged 25) 45   Botafogo
8 3MF Gérson (1941-01-11)11 January 1941 (aged 29) 54   São Paulo
9 4FW Tostão (1947-01-25)25 January 1947 (aged 23) 36   Cruzeiro
10 4FW Pelé (1940-10-23)23 October 1940 (aged 29) 81   Santos
11 3MF Rivellino (1946-01-01)1 January 1946 (aged 24) 21   Corinthians
12 1GK Ado (1946-07-04)4 July 1946 (aged 23) 2   Corinthians
13 4FW Roberto Miranda (1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 25) 9   Botafogo
14 2DF Baldocchi (1946-03-14)14 March 1946 (aged 24) 1   Palmeiras
15 2DF Fontana (1940-12-31)31 December 1940 (aged 29) 6   Cruzeiro
16 2DF Everaldo (1944-09-11)11 September 1944 (aged 25) 8   Grêmio
17 2DF Joel Camargo (1946-09-18)18 September 1946 (aged 23) 26   Santos
18 3MF Paulo Cézar (1949-06-16)16 June 1949 (aged 20) 14   Botafogo
19 4FW Edu (1949-08-06)6 August 1949 (aged 20) 29   Santos
20 4FW Dario (1946-03-04)4 March 1946 (aged 24) 3   Atlético Mineiro
21 2DF Zé Maria (1949-05-18)18 May 1949 (aged 21) 1   Portuguesa
22 1GK Leão (1949-07-11)11 July 1949 (aged 20) 2   Palmeiras

England edit

 
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   Stoke City
2 2DF Keith Newton (1941-06-23)23 June 1941 (aged 28) 24   Everton
3 2DF Terry Cooper (1944-07-12)12 July 1944 (aged 25) 8   Leeds United
4 3MF Alan Mullery (1941-11-23)23 November 1941 (aged 28) 27   Tottenham Hotspur
5 2DF Brian Labone (1940-01-23)23 January 1940 (aged 30) 23   Everton
6 2DF Bobby Moore (c) (1941-04-12)12 April 1941 (aged 29) 80   West Ham United
7 4FW Francis Lee (1944-04-29)29 April 1944 (aged 26) 14   Manchester City
8 3MF Alan Ball (1945-05-12)12 May 1945 (aged 25) 41   Everton
9 3MF Bobby Charlton (1937-10-11)11 October 1937 (aged 32) 102   Manchester United
10 4FW Geoff Hurst (1941-12-08)8 December 1941 (aged 28) 38   West Ham United
11 3MF Martin Peters (1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 26) 38   Tottenham Hotspur
12 1GK Peter Bonetti (1941-09-27)27 September 1941 (aged 28) 6   Chelsea
13 1GK Alex Stepney (1942-09-18)18 September 1942 (aged 27) 1   Manchester United
14 2DF Tommy Wright (1944-10-21)21 October 1944 (aged 25) 9   Everton
15 2DF Nobby Stiles (1942-05-18)18 May 1942 (aged 28) 28   Manchester United
16 3MF Emlyn Hughes (1947-08-28)28 August 1947 (aged 22) 6   Liverpool
17 2DF Jack Charlton (1935-05-08)8 May 1935 (aged 35) 34   Leeds United
18 2DF Norman Hunter (1943-10-29)29 October 1943 (aged 26) 13   Leeds United
19 3MF Colin Bell (1946-02-26)26 February 1946 (aged 24) 11   Manchester City
20 4FW Peter Osgood (1947-02-20)20 February 1947 (aged 23) 1   Chelsea
21 4FW Allan Clarke (1946-07-31)31 July 1946 (aged 23) 0   Leeds United
22 4FW Jeff Astle (1942-05-13)13 May 1942 (aged 28) 3   West Bromwich Albion

Czechoslovakia edit

 
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   VTJ Dukla Praha
2 2DF Karol Dobiaš (1947-12-18)18 December 1947 (aged 22) 9   Spartak TAZ Trnava
3 2DF Václav Migas (1944-09-16)16 September 1944 (aged 25) 4   TJ Sparta ČKD Praha
4 2DF Vladimír Hagara (1943-11-07)7 November 1943 (aged 26) 10   Spartak TAZ Trnava
5 2DF Alexander Horváth (c) (1938-12-28)28 December 1938 (aged 31) 24   TJ Slovan CHZJD
6 4FW Andrej Kvašňák (1936-05-19)19 May 1936 (aged 34) 45   RFC Malinois
7 3MF Bohumil Veselý (1945-06-18)18 June 1945 (aged 24) 13   TJ Sparta ČKD Praha
8 4FW Ladislav Petráš (1946-12-01)1 December 1946 (aged 23) 1   TJ Internacionál Slovnaft
9 3MF Ladislav Kuna (1947-04-03)3 April 1947 (aged 23) 22   Spartak TAZ Trnava
10 4FW Jozef Adamec (1942-02-26)26 February 1942 (aged 28) 30   Spartak TAZ Trnava
11 4FW Karol Jokl (1945-08-29)29 August 1945 (aged 24) 18   TJ Slovan CHZJD
12 2DF Ján Pivarník (1947-11-13)13 November 1947 (aged 22) 6   VSS Košice
13 1GK Anton Flešár (1944-05-08)8 May 1944 (aged 26) 1   Lokomotíva Košice
14 2DF Vladimír Hrivnák (1945-04-23)23 April 1945 (aged 25) 4   TJ Slovan CHZJD
15 2DF Ján Zlocha (1942-03-24)24 March 1942 (aged 28) 3   TJ Slovan CHZJD
16 3MF Ivan Hrdlička (1943-11-20)20 November 1943 (aged 26) 13   TJ Slovan CHZJD
17 3MF Jaroslav Pollák (1947-07-11)11 July 1947 (aged 22) 5   VSS Košice
18 3MF František Veselý (1943-12-07)7 December 1943 (aged 26) 16   Slavia Prague
19 3MF Josef Jurkanin (1949-03-05)5 March 1949 (aged 21) 8   TJ Sparta ČKD Praha
20 4FW Milan Albrecht (1950-07-16)16 July 1950 (aged 19) 2   Jednota Trenčín
21 4FW Ján Čapkovič (1948-01-11)11 January 1948 (aged 22) 4   TJ Slovan CHZJD
22 1GK Alexander Vencel (1944-02-08)8 February 1944 (aged 26) 12   TJ Slovan CHZJD

Romania edit

 
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   Rapid București
2 2DF Lajos Sătmăreanu (1944-02-21)21 February 1944 (aged 26) 20   Steaua București
3 2DF Nicolae Lupescu (1940-12-17)17 December 1940 (aged 29) 7   Rapid București
4 2DF Mihai Mocanu (1942-02-24)24 February 1942 (aged 28) 25   Petrolul Ploiești
5 3MF Cornel Dinu (1948-08-02)2 August 1948 (aged 21) 16   Dinamo București
6 3MF Dan Coe (1941-09-08)8 September 1941 (aged 28) 39   Rapid București
7 3MF Emerich Dembrovschi (1945-10-06)6 October 1945 (aged 24) 11   Dinamo Bacău
8 4FW Nicolae Dobrin (1947-08-26)26 August 1947 (aged 22) 24   Argeș Pitești
9 4FW Florea Dumitrache (1948-05-22)22 May 1948 (aged 22) 13   Dinamo București
10 3MF Radu Nunweiller (1944-11-16)16 November 1944 (aged 25) 14   Dinamo București
11 4FW Mircea Lucescu (c) (1945-07-29)29 July 1945 (aged 24) 25   Dinamo București
12 2DF Mihai Ivăncescu (1942-03-22)22 March 1942 (aged 28) 0   Steagul Roșu Brașov
13 2DF Augustin Deleanu (1944-08-23)23 August 1944 (aged 25) 11   Dinamo București
14 2DF Vasile Gergely (1941-10-28)28 October 1941 (aged 28) 35   Dinamo București
15 2DF Ion Dumitru (1950-01-02)2 January 1950 (aged 20) 3   Rapid București
16 3MF Alexandru Neagu (1948-07-19)19 July 1948 (aged 21) 4   Rapid București
17 3MF Gheorghe Tătaru (1948-05-05)5 May 1948 (aged 22) 0   Steaua București
18 4FW Marin Tufan (1942-10-14)14 October 1942 (aged 27) 2   Farul Constanța
19 4FW Flavius Domide (1946-05-11)11 May 1946 (aged 24) 6   UTA Arad
20 2DF Nicolae Pescaru (1943-03-27)27 March 1943 (aged 27) 1   Steagul Roșu Brașov
21 1GK Stere Adamache (1941-08-17)17 August 1941 (aged 28) 2   Steagul Roșu Brașov
22 1GK Gheorghe Gornea (1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 25) 4   UTA Arad

Group 4 edit

West Germany edit

 
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   Bayern Munich
2 2DF Horst-Dieter Höttges (1943-09-10)10 September 1943 (aged 26) 39   Werder Bremen
3 2DF Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939-03-31)31 March 1939 (aged 31) 41   Milan
4 3MF Franz Beckenbauer (1945-09-11)11 September 1945 (aged 24) 38   Bayern Munich
5 2DF Willi Schulz (1938-10-04)4 October 1938 (aged 31) 63   Hamburger SV
6 3MF Wolfgang Weber (1944-06-26)26 June 1944 (aged 25) 37   1. FC Köln
7 2DF Berti Vogts (1946-12-30)30 December 1946 (aged 23) 24   Borussia Mönchengladbach
8 4FW Helmut Haller (1939-07-21)21 July 1939 (aged 30) 32   Juventus
9 4FW Uwe Seeler (c) (1936-11-05)5 November 1936 (aged 33) 65   Hamburger SV
10 4FW Sigfried Held (1942-08-07)7 August 1942 (aged 27) 27   Borussia Dortmund
11 2DF Klaus Fichtel (1944-11-19)19 November 1944 (aged 25) 13   Schalke 04
12 3MF Wolfgang Overath (1943-09-29)29 September 1943 (aged 26) 49   1. FC Köln
13 4FW Gerd Müller (1945-11-03)3 November 1945 (aged 24) 19   Bayern Munich
14 4FW Reinhard Libuda (1943-10-10)10 October 1943 (aged 26) 15   Schalke 04
15 2DF Bernd Patzke (1943-03-14)14 March 1943 (aged 27) 19   Hertha BSC
16 3MF Max Lorenz (1939-08-19)19 August 1939 (aged 30) 18   Eintracht Braunschweig
17 4FW Hannes Löhr (1942-07-05)5 July 1942 (aged 27) 13   1. FC Köln
18 2DF Klaus-Dieter Sieloff (1942-02-27)27 February 1942 (aged 28) 9   Borussia Mönchengladbach
19 3MF Peter Dietrich (1944-03-06)6 March 1944 (aged 26) 1   Borussia Mönchengladbach
20 4FW Jürgen Grabowski (1944-07-07)7 July 1944 (aged 25) 7   Eintracht Frankfurt
21 1GK Manfred Manglitz (1940-03-08)8 March 1940 (aged 30) 4   1. FC Köln
22 1GK Horst Wolter (1942-06-08)8 June 1942 (aged 27) 12   Eintracht Braunschweig

Peru edit

 
The Peru squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach:   Didi

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

Bulgaria edit

 
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   Slavia Sofia
2 2DF Aleksandar Shalamanov (1941-09-04)4 September 1941 (aged 28) 33   Slavia Sofia
3 2DF Ivan Dimitrov (c) (1935-05-14)14 May 1935 (aged 35) 70   Akademik Sofia
4 2DF Stefan Aladzhov (1947-10-18)18 October 1947 (aged 22) 9   Levski-Spartak Sofia
5 3MF Ivan Davidov (1943-10-05)5 October 1943 (aged 26) 10   Slavia Sofia
6 2DF Dimitar Penev (1945-07-12)12 July 1945 (aged 24) 48   CSKA SZ Sofia
7 4FW Georgi Popov (1944-07-14)14 July 1944 (aged 25) 20   Trakia Plovdiv
8 4FW Hristo Bonev (1947-02-03)3 February 1947 (aged 23) 25   Lokomotiv Plovdiv
9 4FW Petar Zhekov (1944-10-10)10 October 1944 (aged 25) 31   CSKA SZ Sofia
10 4FW Dimitar Yakimov (1941-07-12)12 July 1941 (aged 28) 59   CSKA SZ Sofia
11 3MF Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941-06-02)2 June 1941 (aged 28) 36   Trakia Plovdiv
12 2DF Milko Gaydarski (1946-03-18)18 March 1946 (aged 24) 19   Levski-Spartak Sofia
13 1GK Stoyan Yordanov (1944-01-29)29 January 1944 (aged 26) 8   CSKA SZ Sofia
14 2DF Dobromir Zhechev (1942-11-12)12 November 1942 (aged 27) 42   Levski-Spartak Sofia
15 2DF Boris Gaganelov (1941-10-07)7 October 1941 (aged 28) 50   CSKA SZ Sofia
16 3MF Asparuh Nikodimov (1945-08-21)21 August 1945 (aged 24) 17   CSKA SZ Sofia
17 2DF Todor Kolev (1942-04-29)29 April 1942 (aged 28) 9   Slavia Sofia
18 4FW Dimitar Marashliev (1947-08-31)31 August 1947 (aged 22) 6   CSKA SZ Sofia
19 3MF Georgi Asparuhov (1943-05-04)4 May 1943 (aged 27) 46   Levski-Spartak Sofia
20 3MF Vasil Mitkov (1943-09-17)17 September 1943 (aged 26) 8   Levski-Spartak Sofia
21 4FW Bozhidar Grigorov (1945-07-27)27 July 1945 (aged 24) 0   Slavia Sofia
22 1GK Georgi Kamenski (1947-02-03)3 February 1947 (aged 23) 0   Levski-Spartak Sofia

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

Morocco edit

 
The Morocco squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Head coach:   Blagoje Vidinić

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

Note: Only 19 players in Morocco squad.

References edit