Below are the squads for the 1974 FIFA World Cup final tournament in West Germany. For the first time, a majority of countries (9 of 16) had players representing foreign clubs.
Group 1
West Germany
Head coach: Helmut Schön
East Germany
Head coach: Georg Buschner
Australia
Head coach: Rale Rasic
Chile
Head coach: Luis Alamos
Group 2
Brazil
Head coach: Mário Zagallo
Scotland
Head coach: Willie Ormond
Yugoslavia
Head coach: Miljan Miljanić
Zaire
Head coach: Blagoje Vidinić
Group 3
Netherlands
Head coach: Rinus Michels
Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems where the goalkeeper has shirt number 1 and so forth. An exception was Johan Cruyff, who was given his favoured 14.
Sweden
Head coach: Georg Ericson
Uruguay
Head coach: Roberto Porta
Bulgaria
Head coach: Hristo Mladenov
Group 4
Poland
Head coach: Kazimierz Górski
Italy
Head coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi
Argentina
Head coach: Vladislao Cap
Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, with the exception of the goalkeepers which received traditional numbers 1, 12 and 21.
Haiti
Head coach: Antoine Tassy
Coaches representation by country
References
Stages General information
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Second group stage First group stage
Fédération internationale de football association (
FIFA )
Tournaments Qualification Finals Squads Final draw Broadcasters Bids Officials Team appearances Overall records
Player records
Goalscorer records
Manager records
Match records
Miscellaneous
1 Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host the inaugural games
2 There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.
3 No final held; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.