Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

The following squads were named for the 1976 Summer Olympics tournament.[1]

Brazil

Head coach: Cláudio Coutinho

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Carlos March 4, 1956 20 35 Brazil Ponte Preta 5 0 437 1 0
2 DF Rosemiro February 22, 1954 22 ? Brazil Palmeiras 4 1 246 1 2 1 Yellow
3 DF Tecão May 10, 1952 24 ? Brazil São Paulo 4 0 332 0 1
4 DF Edinho June 5, 1955 21 56 Brazil Fluminense 5 0 450 0 0 2 Yellow
5 DF Júnior June 29, 1954 22 88 Brazil Flamengo 4 1 360 0 0
6 MF Alberto Leguelé February 28, 1953 23 ? Brazil Bahia 4 0 304 0 1
7 MF Marinho May 23, 1957 19 ? Brazil Santos FC 4 0 318 2 0 1 Yellow
8 MF Batista March 8, 1955 21 38 Brazil Internacional 5 0 450 0 0
9 MF Eudes April 8, 1955 21 ? Brazil Portuguesa 3 0 214 3 0
10 MF Erivelto July 10, 1954 22 ? Brazil Fluminense 5 1 450 0 0
11 MF Santos July 07, 1957 19 ? Brazil Santa Cruz 4 0 172 0 1
12 DF Mauro Cabeção April 23, 1955 21 ? Brazil Guarani 4 0 299 1 0
13 FW Júlio César March 3, 1956 20 ? Brazil Flamengo 1 0 172 1 0
14 FW Chico Fraga October 2, 1954 21 ? Brazil Internacional 4 1 360 0 0 1 Yellow
15 FW Jarbas September 17, 1957 18 ? Brazil America (RJ) 5 2 154 0 4
16 FW Edval February 17, 1954 22 ? Brazil Campo Grande 2 0 118 1 0
17 GK Zé Carlos April 29, 1955 21 ? Brazil Botafogo 1 0 13 0 1

Canada

Head coach: Colin Morris

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Jack Brand April 4, 1953 23 ? Canada Toronto Italia
2 MF Bob Bolitho July 20, 1952 24 ? Canada London Boxing Club
3 DF Ray Telford November 23, 1946 29 ? Canada Nanaimo United
4 DF Kevin Grant October 24, 1952 23 ? Canada Hamilton Croatia
5 DF Tony Lawrence February 2, 1946 30 ? Canada Serbian White Eagles
6 MF Jimmy Douglas October 6, 1948 27 ? Canada St Catharine's Heidelberg
7 FW John McGrane October 12, 1953 22 ? Canada Simon Fraser University
8 MF Robin Megraw August 9, 1950 25 ? Canada First Portuguese
9 MF Carl Rose November 25, 1952 23 ? Canada Toronto Emerald
10 DF Peter Roe September 23, 1955 20 ? Canada Toronto Italia
11 FW John Connor June 8, 1953 23 ? Canada New Westminster Blues
12 DF Mike McLenaghen June 10, 1950 26 ? Canada Pegasus
13 GK Tino Lettieri September 27, 1957 18 ? Canada Quebec Selects
14 MF Wes McLeod October 24, 1957 18 ? Canada Coquitlam Blue Mountain
15 DF Garry Ayre October 2, 1953 22 ? Canada New Westminster Blues
16 FW Jim McLoughlin February 5, 1957 19 ? Canada Toronto Emerald
17 FW Ken Whitehead April 11, 1955 21 ? Canada Simon Fraser University

Cuba

Head coach: Sergio Padrón

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK José Francisco Reinoso May 20, 1950 26 ? Cuba Azucareros
2 DF Lorenzo Sotomayor February 2, 1949 27 ? Cuba Granjeros
3 DF Luis Holmanza September 12, 1949 26 ? Cuba Industriales
4 DF Antonio Garcés September 2, 1950 25 ? Cuba Granjeros
5 DF René Bonora January 21, 1951 25 ? Cuba Granjeros
6 MF José Luis Elejalde January 1951, 14 25 ? Cuba La Habana
7 FW Andrés Roldán February 28, 1950 26 ? Cuba Azucareros
8 MF Julio Cepero May 27, 1953 23 ? Cuba La Habana
9 FW Dagoberto Lara April 16, 1953 23 ? Cuba Azucareros
10 MF Luis Hernández August 24, 1949 26 ? Cuba La Habana
11 MF Francisco Farinas April 2, 1948 28 ? Cuba Industriales
12 FW Roberto Pereira September 23, 1954 22 ? Cuba Azucareros
13 DF Miguel Rivero March 14, 1952 26 ? Cuba La Habana
14 MF Regino Delgado September 7, 1956 20 ? Cuba Azucareros
15 FW Jorge Massó February 16, 1950 26 ? Cuba La Habana
16 GK Fermín Maderos November 24, 1951 24 ? Cuba Granjeros
17 FW Carlos Loredo October 14, 1951 24 ? Cuba La Habana

East Germany

Head coach: Georg Buschner

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Jürgen Croy October 19, 1946 29 ? East Germany BSG Sachsenring Zwickau
2 DF Gerd Weber May 31, 1956 20 ? East Germany SG Dynamo Dresden
3 DF Hans-Jürgen Dörner January 25, 1951 25 ? East Germany SG Dynamo Dresden
4 DF Konrad Weise August 17, 1951 24 ? East Germany FC Carl Zeiss Jena
5 DF Lothar Kurbjuweit November 6, 1950 25 ? East Germany FC Carl Zeiss Jena
6 MF Reinhard Lauck September 16, 1946 29 ? East Germany BFC Dynamo
7 FW Gert Heidler January 30, 1948 28 ? East Germany SG Dynamo Dresden
8 MF Reinhard Häfner February 2, 1952 24 ? East Germany SG Dynamo Dresden
9 FW Hans-Jürgen Riediger December 20, 1955 20 ? East Germany BFC Dynamo
10 MF Bernd Bransch September 24, 1944 31 ? East Germany Hallescher FC
11 FW Martin Hoffmann March 22, 1955 21 ? East Germany 1. FC Magdeburg
12 DF Gerd Kische October 23, 1951 24 ? East Germany Hansa Rostock
13 FW Wolfram Löwe May 14, 1945 31 ? East Germany 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
14 MF Hartmut Schade November 13, 1954 22 ? East Germany SG Dynamo Dresden
15 FW Dieter Riedel September 16, 1947 28 ? East Germany SG Dynamo Dresden
16 GK Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin September 2, 1943 32 ? East Germany FC Carl Zeiss Jena
17 DF Wilfried Gröbner December 18, 1949 25 ? East Germany 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

France

Head coach: Gabriel Robert

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Jean-Claude Larrieu March 23, 1946 30 ? France AS Cannes
2 GK Henri Orlandini August 9, 1955 20 ? France Nîmes Olympique
3 DF Patrick Battiston March 12, 1957 19 ? France FC Metz
4 DF Claude Chazottes January 7, 1949 27 ? France Paris FC
5 DF Francis Meynieu January 9, 1953 23 ? France FC Girondins de Bordeaux
6 DF Michel Pottier January 12, 1948 28 ? France Tours FC
7 DF Alexandre Stassievitch September 20, 1950 25 ? France RC Lens
8 DF Henri Zambelli March 9, 1957 29 ? France OGC Nice
9 MF Michel Cougé June 11, 1954 22 ? France Stade Rennais FC
10 MF Jean Fernandez October 9, 1954 21 ? France Olympique de Marseille
11 MF Michel Platini June 21, 1955 21 ? France AS Nancy
12 MF Francisco Rubio December 6, 1953 22 ? France AS Nancy
13 FW Loïc Amisse August 9, 1954 21 ? France FC Nantes
14 FW Bruno Baronchelli January 13, 1957 19 ? France FC Nantes
15 FW Éric Pécout February 17, 1956 20 ? France FC Nantes
16 FW Olivier Rouyer December 1, 1955 21 ? France AS Nancy
17 FW Jean-Marc Schaer January 1, 1953 23 ? France AS Saint-Étienne

Guatemala

Head coach: Rubén Amorín

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Julio Rodolfo Garcia November 23, 1945 30 ? Guatemala Tiquisate FC
2 DF Julio Gómez October 28, 1954 21 ? Guatemala Aurora
3 DF Carlos Monterroso July 28, 1948 27 ? Guatemala Municipal
4 DF Luis Villavicencio February 3, 1950 26 ? Guatemala Comunicaciones
5 DF Allan Wellmann May 26, 1954 22 ? Guatemala Comunicaciones
6 MF Edgar Bolaños February 20, 1951 25 ? Guatemala Comunicaciones
7 FW Óscar Enrique Sánchez July 15, 1955 21 ? Guatemala Comunicaciones
8 MF Benjamín Monterroso September 1, 1952 23 ? Guatemala Municipal
9 FW Selvin Pennant January 4, 1950 26 ? Guatemala Aurora
10 MF Jorge Hurtarte April 23, 1945 31 ? Guatemala Aurora
11 FW René Morales February 22, 1953 23 ? Guatemala Xelajú
12 MF Marco Fión January 17, 1947 29 ? Guatemala Aurora
13 FW Julio César Anderson November 27, 1947 28 ? Guatemala Municipal
14 MF Sergio Rivera November 28, 1955 20 ? Guatemala Comunicaciones
15 FW Peter Sandoval April 22, 1947 29 ? Guatemala Comunicaciones
16 MF Felix McDonald June 26, 1954 22 ? Guatemala Comunicaciones
17 GK Ricardo Piccinini September 7, 1949 26 ? Guatemala Comunicaciones

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Iran

Head coach: Heshmat Mohajerani

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Mansour Rashidi November 12, 1948 28 ? Iran Taj
2 DF Hassan Nazari August 19, 1956 19 ? Iran Taj
3 DF Andranik Eskandarian December 31, 1951 24 ? Iran Taj
4 DF Bijan Zolfagharnassab June 7, 1949 27 ? Iran Persepolis
5 MF Parviz Ghelichkhani December 4, 1945 30 ? Iran Persepolis
6 MF Ebrahim Ghasempour September 11, 1957 18 ? Iran Shahbaz
7 MF Ali Parvin September 25, 1947 28 ? Iran Persepolis
8 DF Nasrollah Abdollahi September 2, 1951 25 ? Iran Shahbaz
9 FW Nasser Nouraei June 16, 1954 22 ? Iran Homa
10 FW Hassan Rowshan December 31, 1956 21 ? Iran Taj
11 FW Alireza Khorshidi May 16, 1951 25 ? Iran Homa
12 MF Hassan Nayebagha September 17, 1950 25 ? Iran Homa
13 FW Gholam Hossein Mazloumi January 13, 1950 26 ? Iran Shahbaz
14 DF Sahameddin Mirfakhraei February 4, 1951 25 ? Iran Homa
15 FW Ghafour Jahani June 19, 1951 25 ? Iran Malavan
16 MF Alireza Azizi January 12, 1950 26 ? Iran Persepolis
17 GK Nasser Hejazi December 19, 1949 26 ? Iran Shahbaz

Israel

Head coach: David Schweitzer

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Yitzhak Vissoker September 18, 1944 31 ? Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva 4
2 DF Avraham Lev August 24, 1948 27 ? Israel Beitar Tel Aviv 2
3 MF Yaron Oz May 10, 1952 24 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 1
4 DF Haim Bar May 14, 1954 22 4 Israel Maccabi Netanya 4
5 MF Moshe Schweitzer April 24, 1954 22 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 4
6 FW Vicky Peretz February 11, 1953 23 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 2
7 MF Itzhak Shum September 1, 1948 27 ? Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba 4 1
8 DF Eli Leventhal March 18, 1953 23 ? Israel Hapoel Haifa 4
9 MF Rifaat Turk September 16, 1954 21 ? Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 2
10 FW Gideon Damti October 31, 1951 24 ? Israel Shimshon Tel Aviv 4
11 GK Yosef Sorinov May 17, 1946 30 ? Israel Hapoel Ramat Gan 0
12 DF Meir Nimni September 29, 1948 27 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 4
13 FW Oded Machnes June 8, 1956 20 ? Israel Maccabi Netanya 2
14 DF Avi Cohen November 14, 1956 19 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3
15 MF Yehoshua Gal July 11, 1951 25 ? Israel Maccabi Netanya 1
16 FW Ehud Ben Tuvim August 12, 1952 23 ? Israel Bnei Yehuda 0
17 DF Alon Ben Dor March 18, 1952 24 ? Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4

Mexico

Head coach: Diego Mercado

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Javier Regalado December 3, 1955 20 ? Mexico Monterrey
2 MF Gabriel Márquez February 12, 1956 20 ? Mexico Monterrey
3 DF Eduardo Rergis April 20, 1956 20 ? Mexico América
4 DF Bardomiano Viveros January 10, 1955 21 ? Mexico Cruz Azul
5 MF Carlos García July 3, 1958 18 ? Mexico Monterrey
6 DF Ernesto de la Rosa September 14, 1955 20 ? Mexico Puebla
7 FW Héctor Tapia July 11, 1957 19 ? Mexico Cruz Azul
8 MF José Luis Caballero June 21, 1955 21 ? Mexico Cruz Azul
9 FW Víctor Rangel March 11, 1957 19 ? Mexico Guadalajara
10 FW Hugo Sánchez July 11, 1958 18 ? Mexico UNAM
11 FW Rafael Toribio August 21, 1958 18 ? Mexico Cruz Azul
12 GK José Gomez January 14, 1955 21 ? Mexico Cruz Azul
13 DF Antonio Hernández April 1, 1955 21 ? Mexico UNAM
14 DF Jorge López Malo August 14, 1957 18 ? Mexico Cruz Azul
15 DF Mario Carrillo February 1, 1956 20 ? Mexico Cruz Azul
16 MF Alfredo Navarrete March 31, 1955 21 ? Mexico Puebla
17 MF Guillermo Cosio September 15, 1958 18 ? Mexico Zacatepec

Note: Mexican selections for the 1972 and 1976 Olympics consisted of entirely amateur players.

North Korea

Head coach: Pak Doo-ik

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Jin In-chol February 2, 1948 28 ?
2 DF Kim Gwang-sok May 20, 1950 26 ?
3 DF Kim Il-nam July 1, 1954 22 ?
4 DF Kim Myong-song June 10, 1948 28 ? North Korea April 25
5 DF Kim Jong-min April 19, 1947 29 ? North Korea April 25
6 MF Kim Mu-gil April 1, 1950 26 ?
7 MF Ma Jong-u December 9, 1947 28 ?
8 MF Pak Jong-hun March 10, 1948 28 ?
9 FW An Se-uk October 29, 1946 ? ? North Korea April 25
10 FW Hong Song-nam February 12, 1947 29 ?
11 MF Cha Jong-sok November 26, 1949 26 ?
12 MF Kim Sung-Gyu March 12, 1949 27 ?
13 FW Yang Song-guk August 18, 1944 ? ? North Korea April 25
14 DF An Gil-wan August 8, 1948 28 ?
15 FW Li Hi-yon November 7, 1947 28 ?
16 MF Myong Dong-chan January 8, 1948 28 ? North Korea April 25
17 GK Park Kyong-won August 19, 1946 30 ?

Poland

Head coach: Kazimierz Górski

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Jan Tomaszewski January 9, 1948 26 38 Poland ŁKS Łódź
2 DF Antoni Szymanowski January 13, 1951 25 51 Poland Wisła Kraków
3 DF Jerzy Gorgoń July 18, 1949 27 46 Poland Górnik Zabrze
4 DF Wojciech Rudy October 24, 1952 23 4 Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec
5 DF Władysław Żmuda June 6, 1954 22 23 Poland Śląsk Wrocław
6 MF Zygmunt Maszczyk May 3, 1945 31 32 Poland Ruch Chorzów
7 FW Grzegorz Lato April 8, 1950 26 38 Poland Stal Mielec
8 MF Henryk Kasperczak July 10, 1946 30 37 Poland Stal Mielec
9 MF Kazimierz Deyna October 23, 1947 28 71 Poland KP Legia Warsaw
10 FW Andrzej Szarmach May 10, 1950 26 31 Poland Stal Mielec
11 FW Kazimierz Kmiecik September 19, 1951 24 21 Poland Wisła Kraków
12 GK Piotr Mowlik April 21, 1951 25 3 Poland KP Legia Warsaw
13 DF Henryk Wawrowski September 25, 1949 25 16 Poland Pogoń Szczecin
14 MF Henryk Wieczorek December 14, 1949 25 7 Poland Górnik Zabrze
15 MF Lesław Ćmikiewicz August 25, 1948 27 48 Poland KP Legia Warsaw
16 MF Jan Benigier February 18, 1950 26 3 Poland Ruch Chorzów
17 FW Roman Ogaza November 17, 1952 24 4 Poland GKS Tychy

Soviet Union

Head coach: Valeriy Lobanovskyi

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Vladimir Astapovskiy July 16, 1946 30 ? Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 5 0 450 0 0
2 DF Anatoliy Konkov September 19, 1949 27 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 2 0 112 1 0
3 DF Viktor Matvienko November 9, 1948 27 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 5 0 450 0 0
4 DF Mykhaylo Fomenko September 19, 1948 27 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 5 0 302 0 3
5 DF Stefan Reshko March 24, 1947 29 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 4 0 360 0 0
6 DF Volodymyr Troshkin September 28, 1947 28 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 5 0 445 0 0 2Y/1R
7 MF David Kipiani November 18, 1951 24 ? Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Volodymyr Onyshchenko October 28, 1949 25 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 5 3 291 3 1
9 MF Viktor Kolotov July 3, 1949 27 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 5 2 450 0 0
10 MF Volodymyr Veremeyev November 8, 1948 27 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 4 1 248 1 1 2Y/1R
11 FW Oleh Blokhin November 5, 1952 23 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 5 1 433 1 0
12 MF Leonid Buryak July 10, 1953 23 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 5 0 425 1 0
13 DF Vladimir Fyodorov January 5, 1956 20 ? Soviet Union Pakhtakor Tashkent 4 0 151 0 3 1Y
14 MF Aleksandr Minayev August 11, 1954 21 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow 5 1 450 0 0
15 DF Viktor Zvyahintsev October 22, 1950 25 ? Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 3 1 251 1 0 1Y
16 FW Leonid Nazarenko March 21, 1955 21 ? Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 2 1 112 1 1
17 GK Aleksandr Prokhorov July 18, 1946 30 ? Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 0 0 0 0 0

Spain

Head coach: Ladislao Kubala

No. Pos. Player Date of birth Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Luis Arconada June 26, 1954 22 0 Spain Real Sociedad 2 0 180
2 DF Isidoro San José October 27, 1955 21 0 Spain Real Madrid 2 0 174 1
3 DF Pedro Camus July 13, 1955 21 1 Spain Racing Santander 2 0 110 1
4 DF Francisco Sanjosé November 12, 1952 24 0 Spain Sevilla 1 0 90
5 DF Mariano Pulido August 22, 1956 19 0 Spain Sevilla 1 0 90
6 MF José Vicente Sánchez October 8, 1956 19 0 Spain FC Barcelona 2 0 76 2
7 FW Juanito November 10, 1954 21 0 Spain Burgos 2 0 148 1 1 yellow
8 MF Enrique Saura August 2, 1954 21 0 Spain Valencia 2 0 180
9 FW Santiago Idígoras July 24, 1953 22 4 Spain Real Sociedad 2 1 180
10 MF Alberto Vitoria January 11, 1956 20 0 Spain Real Madrid 2 0 135 1
11 FW Esteban Vigo January 17, 1955 21 1 Spain Málaga 2 0 180 1 yellow
12 DF Cundi April 13, 1955 21 0 Spain Sporting de Gijón 1 0 90
13 GK José Manzanedo February 10, 1956 20 0 Spain Burgos 0 0 0
14 DF Antonio Olmo January 18, 1954 22 0 Spain FC Barcelona 2 0 180
15 MF Francisco Javier Bermejo March 9, 1956 20 0 Spain Atlético Madrid 1 0 90
16 FW Miguel Mir March 24, 1956 20 0 Spain FC Barcelona 1 0 45 1
17 FW Juani October 3, 1955 20 0 Spain Las Palmas 1 0 32 1

References

  1. ^ "1976 Summer Olympics: Football, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. ^ Roster – FIFA