1970 FIFA World Cup squads explained

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

Mexico

Head coach: Raúl Cárdenas

Soviet Union

Head coach: Gavril Kachalin

Belgium

Head coach: Raymond Goethals

El Salvador

Head coach: Hernán Carrasco

Group 2

Italy

Head coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

Sweden

Head coach: Orvar Bergmark

Uruguay

Head coach: Juan Hohberg

Israel

Head coach: Emmanuel Scheffer

Group 3

Brazil

Head coach: Mário Zagallo

England

Head coach: Alf Ramsey

Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Jozef Marko

Romania

Head coach: Angelo Niculescu

Group 4

West Germany

Head coach: Helmut Schön

Peru

Head coach: Didi

Bulgaria

Head coach: Stefan Bozhkov

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

Morocco

Head coach: Blagoje VidinićNote: Only 19 players in Morocco squad.

Coaches representation by country

NºCountryCoaches
2 BrazilDidi (Peru), Mário Zagallo
1 BelgiumRaymond Goethals
BulgariaStefan Bozhkov
ChileHernán Carrasco (El Salvador)
CzechoslovakiaJozef Marko
EnglandAlf Ramsey
IsraelEmmanuel Scheffer
ItalyFerruccio Valcareggi
MexicoRaúl Cárdenas
RomaniaAngelo Niculescu
Soviet UnionGavril Kachalin
SwedenOrvar Bergmark
UruguayJuan Hohberg
West GermanyHelmut Schön
YugoslaviaBlagoje Vidinić (Morocco)

References

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