1982 FIFA World Cup squads
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Below are the squads for the 1982 FIFA World Cup
1982 FIFA World Cup
The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup, was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July. The tournament was won by Italy, after defeating West Germany 3–1 in the final.-Host selection:...

tournament in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

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Cameroon

Head coach:   Jean Vincent

Italy

Head coach: Enzo Bearzot
Enzo Bearzot
Vincenzo "Enzo" Bearzot was an Italian association football player and manager. He is best known for having led the Italian national football team to a triumph in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.-Playing career:...


Note: With the exception of the goalkeepers, the Italian team was numbered alphabetically within their respective positions - Defenders, Midfielders, Wingers and Forwards.

Peru

Head coach:   Tim

Poland

Head coach: Antoni Piechniczek
Antoni Piechniczek
Antoni Piechniczek is a retired Polish football player and a football manager. Since 2007 he is a Polish senator.- Player career :...



Algeria

Head coaches: Mahieddine Khalef
Mahieddine Khalef
Mahieddine Khalef is an Algerian football manager. Most notably he was the co-manager of the Algeria national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, together with Rachid Mekloufi.-References:...

 and Rachid Mekloufi
Rachid Mekloufi
Rachid Mekhloufi is an Algerian former football striker. He later became a manager, including coaching the Algeria national football team.-References:***** at * at...



Austria

Head coaches: Felix Latzke
Felix Latzke
Felix Latzke is an Austrian football former player and manager.Most notably he was co-manager of the Austria national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, with Georg Schmidt, and was thus credited with infamy for the Shame of Gijón, a somewhat dubious 0-1 loss to West Germany.-External links:*...

 and Georg Schmidt
Georg Schmidt (football coach)
Georg Schmidt is an Austrian football former manager.Most notably he was co-manager of the Austria national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, with Felix Latzke, and was thus credited with infamy for the Shame of Gijón, a somewhat dubious 0-1 loss to West Germany.-External links:*...



Chile

Head coach: Luis Santibáñez
Luis Santibañez
Luis Alberto Santibáñez Díaz was a retired football manager from Chile. As a team coach he won the Chilean title four times, once with Unión San Felipe and three times with Unión Española .He served as manager of the Chile national football team between 1977 and 1982, which included qualification...



West Germany

Head coach: Jupp Derwall

Argentina

Head coach: César Luis Menotti
César Luis Menotti
César Luis Menotti, known as El Flaco is an Argentine football coach and former player, who as coach, won the 1978 FIFA World Cup for Argentina.-Playing career:...



Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems where the goalkeeper has shirt number 1 and so forth. However, Diego Maradona and Patricio Hernández were swapped round to give Maradona his favoured 10.

Belgium

Head coach: Guy Thys
Jozef Dearden replacement to René Vandereycken in at the last moment by injury

El Salvador

Head coach: Pipo Rodríguez
Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez
Mauricio Alonso "Pipo" Rodríguez Lindo is a retired footballer from El Salvador. He represented his country at the Olympic Games in 1968, 1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico and coached them to in the 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain.-Playing years:...


  • Only 20 players in El Salvador's squad.

Hungary

Head coach: Kálmán Mészöly
Kálmán Mészöly
Kálmán Mészöly is a former Hungarian football player and coach.He played 61 matches and scored 6 goals for the Hungary national football team, and participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 UEFA European Football Championship, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup.He played in several World All...



Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Jozef Vengloš
Jozef Vengloš
Dr. Jozef Vengloš is a former Czechoslovak football player and coach. He has a Doctorate in Physical Education, as well as specialising in Psychology...



England

Head coach: Ron Greenwood
Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems. Despite this the goalkeepers are given the usual England goalkeepers' shirts 1, 13 & 22 (again alphabetically) and Kevin Keegan is given his favoured 7.

France

Head coach: Michel Hidalgo
Note: This squad is numbered alphabetically within the players positions, including the goalkeepers. The exception is Michel Platini, who was given his favoured number 10

Kuwait

Head coach:   Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira is a Brazilian former football manager. He managed Brazil to championships at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup...



Honduras

Head coach: José de la Paz Herrera
José de la Paz Herrera
José de la Paz Herrera Ucles is a famous Honduran footballer and coach. Best known as Chelato, he grew up in Soledad, Honduras, a small town of the municipality of El Paraíso in extreme poverty....



Northern Ireland

Head coach: Billy Bingham
Billy Bingham
William Laurence "Billy" Bingham, MBE is a former international footballer and football manager. He is currently a scout for English Football League Championship side Burnley....



Spain

Head coach:    José Santamaría
José Santamaria
José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias is an Spanish-Uruguayan former football player and coach. He is regarded by many as one of the all-time greatest central defenders...



Yugoslavia

Head coach: Miljan Miljanić
Miljan Miljanic
Miljan Miljanić is a retired Yugoslav football player, coach and administrator....



Brazil

Head coach: Telê Santana
Telê Santana
Telê Santana da Silva, also known as Telê Santana , was a Brazilian football manager and former player...



New Zealand

Head coach:   John Adshead
John Adshead
John Adshead is an England-born former head coach of New Zealand's national football team the All Whites, whom he led to their first FIFA World Cup appearance in the 1982 tournament...



Scotland

Head coach: Jock Stein
Jock Stein
John 'Jock' Stein CBE was a Scottish association football player and manager. He became the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967...



Soviet Union

Head coach: Konstantin Beskov
Konstantin Beskov
Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov was a Soviet/Russian football player and manager.Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, scoring 126 goals, and after finishing his playing career he became a successful manager who coached Dynamo and their rivals Spartak as well as the USSR...

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