1982 FIFA World Cup squads


Below are the squads for the 1982 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Spain.

Group 1

Cameroon

Head coach: Jean Vincent

Italy

Head coach: Enzo Bearzot
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

Group 2

Algeria

Head coaches: Mahieddine Khalef and Rachid Mekhloufi

Austria

Head coaches: Felix Latzke and Georg Schmidt

Chile

Head coach: Luis Santibáñez

West Germany

Head coach: Jupp Derwall

Argentina

Head coach: César Luis Menotti
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 Daerden replacement to René Vandereycken in at the last moment by injury

El Salvador

Head coach: Mauricio Rodríguez
Head coach: Kálmán Mészöly

Group 4

Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Jozef Vengloš

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 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

Group 5

Honduras

Head coach: José de la Paz Herrera

Northern Ireland

Head coach: Billy Bingham

Spain

Head coach: José Santamaría

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Miljan Miljanić

Group 6

Brazil

Head coach: Telê Santana

New Zealand

Head coach: John Adshead

Scotland

Head coach: Jock Stein

Soviet Union

Head coach: Konstantin Beskov